Twenty Quotes

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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or… — Zadie Smith
If you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains! — Kevin Spacey
The mental capacity of a person to make reasonable contracts, is the only criterion, by which to determine his legal capacity to make obligatory contracts.… — Lysander Spooner
There is a difference between twenty-nine and thirty. When you are twenty-nine it can be the beginning of everything. When you are thirty it can… — Gertrude Stein
What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable. — Adlai E. Stevenson
There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a… — Eric Stoltz
For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn… — Arthur Hays Sulzberger
I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five… — Chuck Tanner
I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played… — James Taylor
Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now. — Arnold J. Toynbee
When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it… — Harry S. Truman
No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon. — Mark Twain
Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late. — Mark Twain
I had been on the junior Olympic team in high school for trampoline; I could do twenty-six back flips in a row. — Steven Tyler
I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. — Tracey Ullman
The moment something happens to one you love, it's twenty times more intense. You experience pain and enlightenment on a much vaster scale. — Rufus Wainwright
I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier, I think I… — Christopher Walken
Short naps are good. Given modern workplace demands, this is not possible for many people - but if you have the option, try napping for… — Andrew Weil
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. — Orson Welles
Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many… — Ida B. Wells
I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes. — Billy Wilder
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. — Steven Wright
Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community. — Brigham Young
I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal… — Alber Elbaz
If the end of the twentieth century can be characterized by futurism, the twenty-first can be defined by presentism. — Douglas Rushkoff

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