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10481 Used quotes by 6288 unique authors

Probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages… — Robert Pattinson
We didn't have packed lunches at my school. I was a lunch monitor as well - I used to take everyone's chips! — Robert Pattinson
I used to wear my mom's Wayfarers. When the people of Ray Ban noticed that, they sent me a box full of sunglasses, two and… — Robert Pattinson
I don't hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about… — Gwyneth Paltrow
These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to do you wrong. — Edward Snowden
Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!' — Lauren Bacall
We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process… — Henry A. Kissinger
For every dollar spent on spaying and neutering now, $17 is saved and can be used for other community projects. We work with the animals… — Doris Day
It used to be believed that the parent had unlimited claims on the child and rights over him. In a truer view of the matter,… — William Graham Sumner
Believing that the happiness of mankind is best promoted by the useful pursuits of peace, that on these alone a stable prosperity can be founded,… — Thomas Jefferson
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used… — Robert Foster Bennett
She used to say 'You can be whoever you want, even yourself'.... Yeah, I show up knowin exactly who I was and never leave as… — Drake
I count it a high honor to belong to a profession in which the good men write every paragraph, every sentence, every line, as lovingly… — Alexander Woollcott
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my… — George R. R. Martin
I saw Nicki for the first time and, like, literally fell in love. She had this snap-back hat on that said 'Minaj.' She used to… — Drake
I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane. I told this… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of the New York… — Stephen King
Jane Austen, much in advance of her day, was a mistress of the use of the dialogue. She used it as dialogue should be used-to… — Elizabeth Bowen
What's needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people's voices. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality. — Adrienne Rich
Adverbs are a sign that you've used the wrong verb. — Annie Dillard
In the camp, this meant committing my verse-many thousands of lines-to memory. To help me with this I improvised decimal counting beads and, in transit… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy,… — Bergen Evans
Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it. — Eric Partridge
I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock. — Barry Venison

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