Glad Quotes - Page 5

• It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Taken, Democracy, Prejudice

  BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. March 30, 2004.

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• I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women.

  Bernard Manning

  Sex, Men, Rejected

  "Bernard Manning has his last laugh" by Mark Tran, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2007.

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• We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure.

  Shane Leslie

  Should Have, Office, Return

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• I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these.

  Tom Glazer

  College, Should Have, Fidgeting

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• We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel.

  Samuel Marsden

  Firsts, First Time, Prepared

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• Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

  Henry Fielding

  Envy, Would Be, Literature

  Henry Fielding (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Fielding (Illustrated)”, p.338, Delphi Classics

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• I'm just glad that I have this huge fan.

  Petra Kvitova

  Fans, Huge

  "Petra Kvitova final". 2016.wimbledon.com. July 5, 2014.

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• I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.

  Donald Sutherland

  Son, Wife, Three

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• I think most people... would be glad to pay the same taxes they paid when Bill Clinton was president, if only they could have the same economy they had when Bill Clinton was president.

  Howard Dean

  Thinking, People, President

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• My hope is that 10 years from now, after I've been across the street at work for a while, they'll all be glad they gave me that wonderful vote.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Hope, Years, Politics

  "O'Connor to Retire from Supreme Court". "Live From" with Kyra Phillips, www.cnn.com. July 1, 2005.

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• We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal.

  Albert Wynn

  Moving, Hydrogen Fuel, Cells

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• I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.

  Roy Ayers

  Compliment, Happened

  Interview with Matt Rogers, www.popmatters.com. February 02, 2004.

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• A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

  Lord Byron

  Freedom, Cynical, Dignity

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• I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

  Dean Acheson

  Work, Office, Doe

  In Time 22 Dec. 1952

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• I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

  Saul Bellow

  Aging, Vain, Havens

  "In Bellow's shadow" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. November 27, 2000.

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• No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

  Annie Besant

  Religious, Atheist, Philosophy

  "Why God". Book by William J. Pardue, May 10, 2012.

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• The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

  Penelope Cruz

  Business, Temptation, Important

  "Captain Corelli's Mandolin : Interview With Penélope Cruz". www.cinema.com. 2001.

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• I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

  Clarence Darrow

  Hate, Humorous, Food

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• I'm glad now, at age 66, that I never used alcohol or tobacco... I've buried a lot of friends who used tobacco or alcohol.

  Jerry Falwell

  Alcohol, Age, Lots Of Friends

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• There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

  William James

  Religious, Attitude, Snickers

  William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.42, Booklassic

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• I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Dog, Steps, Invincible

  D. H. Lawrence, George J. Zytaruk, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.352, Cambridge University Press

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• I didn't start out writing to give children hope, but I'm glad some of them found it.

  Beverly Cleary

  Children, Writing, Giving

  "A few words with Beverly Cleary on her 95th birthday". Interview with Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com. April 12, 2011.

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• If you had asked me moment, as a lawyer, I would have said I would rather have had a male Democrat on the court. Like most lawyers , I love to win. But I was glad to see O'Connor because she made me normal. Just the fact that she was there with a soprano voice and a ruffley collar made my physical presence less weird and less fraught.

  Linda Hirshman

  Winning, Sopranos, Lawyer

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• I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.

  Katy B

  Art, School, People

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• I was really glad to meet Jane Clark because it did give me an insight. I couldn't imagine what kind of woman she was. I was hugely impressed by her energy, straightforward nature and enthusiasm for life.

  Jenny Agutter

  Enthusiasm For Life, Giving, Energy

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