Rare Quotes
1409 quotes by 1124 authors
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It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very…
— Douglas Adams
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I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour…
— Travis Barker
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I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it…
— Roseanne Barr
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I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.
— Scott Adams
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Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
— Stephen Vincent Benet
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious…
— Felix Adler
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I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.
— Christina Aguilera
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The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens, 20s and 30s…
— Julie Burchill
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Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
— James F. Byrnes
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We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which…
— Nicolas Cage
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
— Thomas Carlyle
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
— Dick Cavett
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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.
— Fred Allen
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I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's…
— Kyle Chandler
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Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
— Coco Chanel
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
— Francesca Annis
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Comforts that were rare among our forefathers are now multiplied in factories and handed out wholesale; and indeed, nobody nowadays, so long as he is…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and steadfast, and generous as the…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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