Somewhat Quotes
664 quotes by 582 authors
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A man is not expected to love his country, lest he make an ass of himself. Yet our country, seen through the mists of smog,…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You know, it's a pretty mysterious thing still, why you start the songs you start, and the specific flavor of them, the nature of them.…
— Gillian Welch
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[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away…
— Benjamin Franklin
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If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe…
— Wilhelm von Humboldt
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His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as…
— Evelyn Waugh
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With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought is…
— Jorma Kaukonen
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He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.
— Nicolas Bentley
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Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature.…
— Winston Churchill
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I am not a complete idiot, but whether from weakness or laziness have no talent for thinking. I know only how to reflect: I am…
— Sviatoslav Richter
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Young Michael Brown is still somewhat of a wild-child, with the ill behaviour, with the ill behaviour!!
— Clive Tyldesley
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I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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I'd kill for 'somewhat frosty.'
— Conan O'Brien
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There's a little part of you at all times that hopes to be somewhat objectified, and I think it's healthy.
— Cameron Diaz
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If anything, as a general rule, the cheaper the movie the more creative the experience, generally speaking. Its not to denigrate expensive movies. I dont…
— Alfred Molina
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I think where I've instinctively found myself is that I am somewhat guarded in my public life. Being interviewed or being photographed or just in…
— Annette Bening
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These people—the employed, the somewhat privileged—are drawn into alliance with the elite. They become the guards of the system, buffers between the upper and lower…
— Howard Zinn
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But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.
— Joe Mantegna
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But what I will do is I'll acknowledge it and if it can be of any help the fact that I do acknowledge it then…
— Joe Mantegna
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Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most…
— Anna Paquin
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