Arthur Quotes

• Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is another.

  Chester A. Arthur

  Men, Political, President

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• It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.

  Frederick Buechner

  Men, Would Be, Impossible

  Frederick Buechner (1973). “Wishful thinking: a theological ABC.”, Harper San Francisco

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• In 1944 James Arthur and Minnie Susan were added to the Marx household.

  Harpo Marx

  Minnie, Household

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• I played with Arthur Godfrey for about a year and a half.

  Patsy Cline

  Years, Half

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• Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

  Yannick Noah

  Sports, Athlete, Play

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• Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.

  Mike Tyson

  Real, Book, Quiet

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• Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images.

  James Merrill

  Vocabulary, Fit, Schemes

  James Ingram Merrill (2004). “Collected Prose”, Knopf

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• A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Guy, Influence, Bigs

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

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• I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Forever, Honor

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

  Janis Joplin

  Texas, People, Treats

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• My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Education, Degrees, Honorary

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• Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, has argued that geography seems less relevant than ever in a world where nonstate actors -- malleable entities like ethnicities, for example -- are as powerful and important as the ones with governments and borders. Where on a map can you point to al-Qaeda? Or Google, or Wal-Mart? Everywhere and nowhere.

  Ken Jennings

  Powerful, Government, Ethnicity

  Ken Jennings (2012). “Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond, an outcast, scavenging for the scraps that may perchance plummet off humanity's dirty plates, though often sometimes taking a cab to a restaurant is more convenient.

  Patti Smith

  Dirty, Mean, Humanity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have a sense of them being Easter religions, for some reason. Christianity, of course, is a mystery religion, too, and I believe that Arthur Machen was one of those especially interested in the link between the pagan mysteries and the Christian ones. So, my experience was also a Machenesque experience.

  Quentin S. Crisp

  Christian, Easter, Believe

  Source: www.teemingbrain.com

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• I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.

  Norman Lear

  Directors, Bud, Stories

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is Singin' in the Rain. Arthur Freed had insisted that the song should be in the picture, but he was very anxious about it.

  Gene Kelly

  Song, Rain, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There were, like, 20 of [Jackie Kennedy's biographies], which was interesting because they are not exactly high literature - they are pulpy.But the [Arthur] Schlesinger transcripts ended up being the most useful of anything.

  Natalie Portman

  Interesting, Literature, Biographies

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Amadeus Mozart is to music something like Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was to literature. They are people who created something that nobody before them had. Absolute geniuses. You can recognize their harmonies among thousands.

  Emmanuel Macron

  People, Genius, Literature

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• He [Merlin] is slightly from another world and place, so it [challenge in bringing the role to life] is about having fun and presenting it in a new way. He's more of a politician, and slightly Machiavellian, but there's also a lovely relationship going on between Merlin and Arthur. There's so much to be had, really.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Fun, Lovely, World

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• [John F. Kennedy] was Arthur, the guy in the middle of the room with all the swords pointed at him. ... He wanted control of the situation.

  Chris Matthews

  Guy, Rooms, Middle

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• I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.

  Matt Groening

  Book, Reading, Kids

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• Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.

  Steven Sebring

  People, Inspire, Blake

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• ... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a fantastic kind of warmth certainly, but not exactly that kind of warmth of feeling which the contemplation of virtue usually inspires.

  Charles Dickens

  Character, Eye, Interesting

  Charles Dickens (1854). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby ... With a Frontispiece from a Painting by T. Webster”, p.374

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• I love Arthur Rubinstein, especially his live recordings. I think his Chopin Mazurkas, his interpretation of the Polonaises, and the Concertos of Chopin are just incredible. When I was a child, I wanted to play more and more Chopin because of his recordings.

  Rafal Blechacz

  Children, Thinking, Play

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• What is an editor but a cross between a fall guy and a father figure? arthur koestler

  Arthur Koestler

  Family, Father, Fall

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