Tom Bodett
The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett You can make a new friend but you can’t make an old one. Tom Bodett In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a [...]
Tim Bishop
January 22, 2012 by Heather
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We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated. Tim Bishop In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island. Tim Bishop Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the [...]
Theodore Bikel
January 15, 2012 by Heather
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yellowing with age was obligatory. Theodore Bikel We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. Theodore Bikel All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by [...]
Thomas Berger
December 27, 2011 by Heather
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The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. Thomas Berger No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. Thomas Berger
Tristan Bernard
December 27, 2011 by Heather
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To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give. Tristan Bernard In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised – but by things that they expect. Tristan Bernard
Tom Berenger
November 24, 2011 by Heather
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Take characters that Nicholson or De Niro play: they’re not always tough. Tom Berenger Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit. Tom Berenger Debra Winger doesn’t let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be. Tom Berenger Even my agents say, We don’t know what this business is anymore. Tom [...]
Tony Bennett
July 15, 2011 by Heather
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I think one of the reasons I’m popular again is because I’m wearing a tie. You have to be different. Tony Bennett I’ve been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I’ve been sold out all over the world. Tony Bennett More [...]
Tom Bergeron
June 25, 2011 by Heather
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We’re improvising a lot of this, which amazes people. Tom Bergeron I work best when people are here to puncture me. Tom Bergeron I’d like to have a drink with Bill Maher and see how he feels. We were too conservative coming over to Fox from fX, and got ourselves off our best game. Tom [...]
Tony Benn
June 25, 2011 by Heather
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Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters. Tony Benn I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias. Tony Benn The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin’s Russia: it’s like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition [...]
Thomas Beecham
June 10, 2011 by Heather
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I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it. Thomas Beecham Movie music is noise… even more painful than my sciatica. Thomas Beecham No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me. Thomas Beecham The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise [...]
Thomas Becket
June 9, 2011 by Heather
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Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered… the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith… All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. Thomas Becket Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now [...]
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
May 9, 2011 by Heather
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If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy? Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Thomas Haynes Bayly
May 5, 2011 by Heather
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We met, ’twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me. Thomas Haynes Bayly Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Thomas Haynes Bayly
Traian Basescu
April 22, 2011 by Heather
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I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me. Traian Basescu I never promised you a rose garden. Traian Basescu Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Traian Basescu There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only [...]
Travis Barker
April 7, 2011 by Heather
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We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It’s not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. Travis Barker A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don’t know what [...]
Tom Barrett
April 6, 2011 by Heather
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It may take practice to think more positively and more compassionately, but just as you must train a puppy to behave the way you want it to, you must train your mind to behave itself. Otherwise, like the puppy, your mind will just make a lot of messes. Tom Barrett The thought you have now [...]
Thomas John Barnardo
March 28, 2011 by Heather
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Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills. Thomas John Barnardo There can be only one Captain to a ship. Thomas John Barnardo Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Thomas John Barnardo The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard [...]
Theda Bara
March 23, 2011 by Heather
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The reason good women like me and flock to my pictures is that there is a little bit of vampire instinct in every woman. Theda Bara
Tyra Banks
February 20, 2011 by Heather
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I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself. Tyra Banks My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. Tyra Banks Paris is one of the [...]
Tallulah Bankhead
February 5, 2011 by Heather
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I’m as pure as the driven slush. Tallulah Bankhead There is less in this than meets the eye. Tallulah Bankhead Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it. Tallulah Bankhead (On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. [...]
Tammy Baldwin
February 3, 2011 by Heather
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In my grandfather’s lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process. Tammy Baldwin Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy [...]
Toni Cade Bambara
February 3, 2011 by Heather
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I’ve never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it. Toni Cade Bambara The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible. Toni Cade Bambara And what is religion, [...]
Thomas Babington
December 11, 2010 by Heather
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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. Thomas Babington Nothing is so galling to a people [...]
Tammy Faye Bakker
December 11, 2010 by Heather
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim. Tammy Faye Bakker You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. Tammy Faye Bakker I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist. Tammy Faye Bakker I shop, therefore I am. Tammy Faye Bakker You don’t have [...]
Tom Baker
December 10, 2010 by Heather
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I’m obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness. Tom Baker Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid. Tom Baker I think quite often a [...]