Has Beens Quotes - Page 5

• I don't think I could not have been with an artist of some kind, someone creative.

  Heidi Klum

  Artist, Thinking, Creative

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• All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

  Paula Abdul

  Lying, Taught, Taking The High Road

  "As the 'American Idol' turns". www.cnn.com. May 24, 2005.

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• I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.

  Cameron Diaz

  Trying, Worried, Projects

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• I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.

  Shirley Manson

  Thinking, Looks, Pops

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• Well, you know, first of all, let me just say that I am a proud member of the NRA and have been, and I'm a lifetime member and will always be.

  Joe Manchin

  Proud, Firsts, Lifetime

  "Gun Advocate Sen. Joe Manchin Calls For Gun Law Changes After Newtown". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. December 18, 2012.

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• A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.

  Howard Gardner

  Organization, Long, People

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• My belief in why America has been doing so well up to now is that we have been propelled by our immigrants and our encouragement of technical innovation and, indeed, creativity across the board.

  Howard Gardner

  Encouragement, Creativity, America

  "The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2011.

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• I just feel my sexuality is private. I'm very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I've sold millions of records with my clothes on.

  Brandy Norwood

  Sexy, Eye, Clothes

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would argue heavily that the time that has been allocated to social used to come from television, and people are benefitting from it. People who are saying, 'Aw, you're spending all your time on Facebook, or all your time on Twitter,' I'd like to understand what the person used to do with that time.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  People, Television, Arguing

  "Gary Vaynerchuk On Social Media Trends, Time Management, Online & Real-Life Balance (Q&A)". Interview with Craig Kanalley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 30, 2013.

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• If I'd had a great level of success early on, who knows how I would have responded. I might have been a complete jerk.

  Steve Carell

  Levels, Might, Jerk

  "Steve Carell Says Comedy Has Become 'Uber-Cynical,' 'Borderline Mean'" by Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 1, 2012.

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• In order to stay where I am - and I want to do that - I have to stay dedicated as well as I have been before I became No. 1.

  Novak Djokovic

  Order, Want, Dedicated

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• I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Fun, Pain, Blessed

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• As is natural with contiguous states having like institutions and like aims of advancement and development, the friendship of the United States and Mexico has been constantly maintained.

  Chester A. Arthur

  Friendship, United States, Advancement

  Chester A. Arthur (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

  Todd Akin

  Government, Roles, Branches

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• I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions and that sort of thing. So the singing aspect of what I do has been a secondary adventure.

  M. Ward

  Adventure, Guitar, Singing

  "M. Ward's Metallica phase". Interview with Steven Hyden, www.avclub.com. May 3, 2007.

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• History has been the history of warfare.

  Godfrey Reggio

  Warfare

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.

  Edward St Aubyn

  People, Way, Detachment

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• As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.

  Emily Procter

  Adoption, Parent, Different

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• My life has been a gift up to this point, and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where I'm going.

  Sean Hannity

  Blessed, Imagination, Take Me

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• Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.

  Youssou N'Dour

  Islam, Used, Certain

  "A song and a prayer" by Mark Hudson, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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• I love a good road trip. And I have been known to sing cheesy '80s songs at the top of my lungs on a windy road when no one can hear.

  Morena Baccarin

  Song, Cheesy, Road Trip

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Witty, Book, Writing

  "Big ideas". Interview with Alice Wignall, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2004.

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• I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so.

  Michael Gove

  Teacher, Thinking

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• I really feel free and not as serious as I have been in the past.

  Christina Aguilera

  Past, Serious, Feels

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• The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things like the queuing system for Netflix, which was patented in 2003. Yes, it makes renting movies a snap, but was it really a breakthrough deserving patent protection?

  Robert Pozen

  Years, Quality, Patents

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