Once Quotes
15894 Once quotes by 7842 unique authors
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There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can…
— Annie Besant
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Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
— Joe Louis
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In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it…
— Althea Gibson
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Indeed, so deep is my pleasure in the work of the garden that, if there be a dimension after death in which grieving for the…
— Hal Porter
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The Australian backyard was once built for tradesmen and outdoor toilets. As suburbs spread, it became a playground and source of pride...
— Pete Munro
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Barry Jones once said that Australia is the only country where the word 'academic' is a pejorative. The academic sector has a vibrant and practical…
— Gustav Nossal
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I wanted to start a website for teenaged girls that was not kind of this one-dimensional strong character empowerment thing, because one thing that can…
— Tavi Gevinson
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I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into…
— Vida Blue
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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know what I mean:…
— Paul Krugman
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The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts very slowly but once it gets going it is practically unstoppable...There is no way…
— Stefan Rahmstorf
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I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost…
— John Hurt
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The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Nature never gives everything at once.
— Samuel Johnson
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Our age has become so mechanical that this has also affected our recreation. People have gotten used to sitting down and watching a movie, a…
— Maria von Trapp
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This morning, prompted by increasing concerns about terrorism, oil prices reached a record high as the cost of a barrel of crude is a whopping…
— Jon Stewart
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Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your…
— Joseph Brodsky
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Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th,…
— Unknown Author
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I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once.
— Robert A. Cook
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It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost…
— Shirley Jackson
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Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.
— Janis Ian
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Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.
— Mark Cuban
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All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.
— Mark Cuban
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Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men]…
— H. L. Mencken
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