Eleven Quotes - Page 8

• When the necessary eleven days were added, George Washington’s birthday, which fell on February 11, 1731, Old Style, became February 22, 1732, New Style.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Style, February

  Daniel J. Boorstin (2011). “The Discoverers”, p.9, Vintage

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• I came in at half past eleven. Since then I have been sitting in an easy chair like a fool. I could do nothing. I hear nothing but your voice. I am like a fool hearing you call me 'Dear.' I offended two men today by leaving them coolly. I wanted to hear your voice, not theirs. When I am with you I leave aside my contemptuous, suspicious nature. I wish I felt your head on my shoulder.

  James Joyce

  Past, Men, Two

  James Joyce (1976). “Selected letters of James Joyce”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• I've been failing for, like, ten or eleven years. When it turns, it'll turn. Right now I'm just trying to squeeze through a very tight financial period, get the movie out, and put my things in order.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Success, Work, Order

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• It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.

  Henry Walter Bates

  Country, Years, Land

  Henry Walter Bates (1873). “The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel”, p.1

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• There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.

  Dan DeCarlo

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to limit the size of budget deficits among the eleven countries.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Country, Growth, Trying

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• At the end of the day, the Arsenal fans demand that we put eleven players on the pitch

  Don Howe

  Soccer, Player, The End Of The Day

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• Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Two, Giving, Mind Blowing

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2011

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• I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an official note stating that unless we heard from them by eleven o'clock, that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and consequently this country is at war with Germany.

  Neville Chamberlain

  Country, Morning, War

  "Neville Chamberlain's declaration of war". www.theguardian.com. September 03, 1939.

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• Seattle’s Moraine not only make Washington State proud, but also the whole American progressive music scene joyful. ... It’s simply an impressive dead on eleven song tour de force. ... GET THIS! Highly Recommended!

  Lee Henderson

  Song, Proud, Washington State

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• At eleven I was at the peak of my creative powers: I was writing stories and playlets, putting together poetryprojects. I was absorbed by my 'work.' At twelve I was no longer reading or writing, just counting off days and checking them off. I was interested in survival.

  Todd Solondz

  Reading, Writing, Creative

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• I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.

  Dinah Sheridan

  Divorce, Years, England

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• As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Father, Boys, Wish

  Manfred Von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.28, Pen and Sword

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• Too many church services start at eleven sharp and end at twelve dull.

  Vance Havner

  Church Service, Boredom, Twelve

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• You know, the eleven million people living in the shadows, I believe, they're already American citizens... These people are just waiting, waiting for a chance to contribute fully. And by that standard alone eleven million undocumented aliens are already Americans in my view.

  Joe Biden

  Believe, Views, People

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• The decline is in paper values, not in tangible goods and services...America is now in the eighth year of prosperity as commercially defined. The former great periods of prosperity in America averaged eleven years. On this basis we now have three more years to go before the tailspin.

  Stuart Chase

  Depression, Years, America

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• Possession, they say, is eleven points of the law.

  Jonathan Swift

  Law, Possession

  "Works". Volume XVII, p. 270,

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• All men are forced into one of two categories: those with eleven fingers and those without.

  Ned Rorem

  Men, Two, Categories

  Ned Rorem (2013). “The Paris Diary & The New York Diary: 1951–1961”, p.136, Open Road Media

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• I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.

  Cole Younger

  Twenties, Selflessness, Wounded

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• Then it's settled," Harriet said. "We shall work out the smaller roles later.""What about you?" Elizabeth demanded."Oh, I'm going to be the goddess of the sun and moon.""The tale gets stranger and stranger," Daniel said."Just wait until act seven," Miss Wynter told him."Seven?" His head snapped up. "There are seven acts?""Twelve," Harriet corrected, "but don't worry, you're in only eleven of them. Now then, Miss Wynter, when do you propose that we begin our rehearsals? And may we do so out of doors? There is a clearing by the gazebo that would be ideal.

  Julia Quinn

  Moon, Doors, Work Out

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• The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.

  Cher

  Age, Firsts, Realizing

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• I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.

  Francis William Newman

  Religious, Prayer, Book

  Francis William Newman (1850). “Phases of Faith; or, passages from the history of my creed”, p.1

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• We have nine ships and in the next two years will have ten, eleven and twelve. So things are going very nicely and all because of that program that people thought was mindless and so forth.

  Gavin MacLeod

  Years, Two, People

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• My son and I discovered Terry Pratchett's books together, when he was about eleven years old. He'd be reading on his own and would start to laugh, and then eagerly read the passage aloud to me--and I'd do the same to him! Pratchett's books became a shared source of delight for us back then, and they still are today.

  Linda Sue Park

  Book, Reading, Son

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• The heat is searing and superb. The paddocks surrounding the town are bleached blond. The distant ring-barked gums, mile after mile, wriggle in the heat-waves, and seem to melt like the bristles of a melting hairbrush. The hills turn powder-blue and gauzy. Mirages resembling pools of mica and shallows of crystal water appear at the far ends of streets and roads. Punctually at eleven every burning morning, the cicadas begin to drill the air, to drill themselves also, ceaselessly and relentlessly, to death in one short day after seven long years underground.

  Hal Porter

  Morning, Nature, Air

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