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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always… — Hunter S. Thompson
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When… — Desmond Tutu
I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the… — Julie Walters
I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart… — Kanye West
Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition. — Olivia Wilde
I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.' — Steven Wright
I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I… — Andrew Young
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go… — Muhammad Yunus
They said, “You are a savage and dangerous woman.” I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous. — Nawal El Saadawi
Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,'… — Joshua Ferris
Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human - they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang around,… — Charles Bukowski
Not Waving but Drowning Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not… — Stevie Smith
They said there was no rest for the wicked. In fact, there was rest neither for the virtuous nor the wicked, nor for guys like… — Dean Koontz
Friends can be a pain. They can be demanding and hard work. But maybe that's because they're the wrong friends. I read a quote once,… — Lisa Jewell
Wait, we can not break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced… — Paul Rudnick
They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out… — Kate Atkinson
Well, sir, if things are real, they’re there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not quite know what to say. — C.S. Lewis
Me, I've seen 45 years, and I've only figured out one thing. That's this: if a person would just make the effort, there's something to… — Haruki Murakami
She would be a new person, she vowed. They said no matter how far a mule travels it can never come back a horse, but… — Junot Diaz
There was some women in a café the other week that I was sat in, and she came up and she sat down with her… — Karl Pilkington
She was like me in lineaments-- her eyes Her hair, her features, all, to the very tone Even of her voice, they said were like… — Lord Byron
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were… — Molly Ivins
A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without… — Jean-Paul Sartre
It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day forward you are Beatles with… — John Lennon

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