Twenty Quotes

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Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door. — Paul Simon
Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who can afford to… — Philip K. Chapman
I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. — Gene Kelly
You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of twenty… — Trevanian
Once I get over maybe a hundred pages, I won't go back to page one, but I might go back to page fifty-five, or twenty,… — Joan Didion
Twenty-two martyrs were recognized, but there were many more, and not only Catholics. There were also Anglicans and some Mohammedans. — Pope Paul VI
I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen is… — Howard Hawks
The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I came to the… — James Lee
Dhoni is one of the greatest captain I have ever seen. Dhoni's record is praiseworthy. Twenty-two Test wins is not a small achievement. And the… — Sourav Ganguly
If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you. — David Levien
I read the other day that Minor White said it takes twenty years to become a photographer. I think that is a bit of an… — Paul Strand
As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years. — Melinda McGraw
I have been hunted for twenty-one years. I have literally lived in the saddle. I have never known a day of perfect peace. — Frank James
Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty… — Joseph Jarman
That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs you might write, one of… — Mick Ralphs
I've got over three-hundred pairs of shoes back home - I'm twenty-four years old and I wear a size four, so all my shoes are… — Rau'shee Warren
I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. — Bill Ford
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years… — George Bernard Shaw
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast, yet love breaks through and picks them all at last. — William Shakespeare
Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he… — Henry C. Link
Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume… — Richard J. Foster
[P]opulation, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio. ... [T]he means of subsistence, under circumstances the most… — Thomas Malthus
It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the early twenty-first century. — Robert D. Kaplan
I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades — Julia Child
I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five… — Ben Stiller

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