Missed Quotes
1177 Missed quotes by 900 unique authors
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Sometimes, they wait. Sometimes, you see the dead come in to the harbor, and their old dogs are all along the docks, wagging their tails,…
— Douglas Clegg
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Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed
— Brian Stableford
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The examen is a form of personal inventory. At day’s end, spend time in prayerful reflection on your day: your comings and goings, routines and…
— Mark Buchanan
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A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes.
— Ibn Ata Allah
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I’ve learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what’s unsaid, what’s underneath. Understanding on another level of being.
— Anna Kamienska
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I didn't miss the rat race, but I kinda missed the rats.
— Jerry Nachman
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Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood.
— Beau Mirchoff
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We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get…
— Alan Watts
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Nothing could be left to chance, because chance, after all, can be dangerous. But what I didn't realize all that time, what I missed all…
— Jessi Kirby
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I’ve got this tiny pang of regret when I think of how much I have probably missed out on in the last few years because…
— Jessi Kirby
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I slumbered spring's morning and missed the dawn from everywhere, I heard the cry of birds. That night the sound of wind and rain came.…
— Unknown Author
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Without running, I would have missed the joy of rain. What could be considered an inconvenience or a bummer to the inexperienced is actually a…
— Kristin Armstrong
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We have all learned everything we know physically—from walking to running a marathon—by trial and error, so there's no reason to become our own worst…
— Amby Burfoot
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Growing up in my family meant ambushes on your birthday, crossbows for Christmas, and games of dodge ball where the balls were occasionally rigged to…
— Mira Grant
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My Heart and Other Black Holes is alive with intensity, gut-wrenching honesty, moments of humor, and -- of course -- heart. This is an extraordinary…
— Nova Ren Suma
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I missed the moment when time collapsed and memory was erased, replaced by finicky social experiments, lost in the blur of intoxication, sucked through multi-colored…
— Alex Gaskarth
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I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless…
— David Lynch
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When I tried to hit puberty I swung and I missed.
— Bo Burnham
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No road offers more mystery than that first one you mount from the town you were born to, the first time you mount it of…
— Mary Karr
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I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.
— Anatoly Karpov
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I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like…
— Jonny Lee Miller
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Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma senator…
— John Fund
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It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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The one thing I missed was never having children. It just wasn't in the cards, I guess.
— Jeanette MacDonald
Who Wrote These Missed Quotes
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