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I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten… — Andrea Arnold
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You… — Chinua Achebe
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. — Margaret Atwood
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. — Margaret Atwood
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. — Jane Austen
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster
I could sell used battery acid and make it fly. — Dan Aykroyd
A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or… — Charles Babbage
Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which… — Charles Babbage
I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to… — Lauren Bacall
I can't drink whiskey like I used to back then, that's for sure. — Sebastian Bach
If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it. — Kevin Bacon
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. — Lord Acton
I've been used by women all my life, fortunately. — David Bailey
I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I… — Amy Adams
I used to always be putting my hat on children being photographed and then getting home and discovering I was riddled with lice. That used… — Tom Baker
One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about… — Christian Bale
I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them. — Alan Ball
I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb;… — Eric Bana

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