Long Ago Quotes - Page 26

• I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.

  Anne Frank

  War, Believe, Men

  Anne Frank (2011). “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition”, p.164, Bantam

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• We should have understood long ago that there is, in this world, religion without God, religion as a center of all idols that possess fallen man, religion that is the justification for these idols.

  Alexander Schmemann

  Men, Should Have, World Religions

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• The Indians long ago knew that music was going on permanently and that hearing it was like looking out a window at a landscape which didn't stop when one turned away.

  John Cage

  Landscape, Hearing, Window

  John Cage (2010). “A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings”, p.122, Wesleyan University Press

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• There was a time in America not long ago when rock 'n' roll was called race music, and white kids who wanted to go see Chuck Berry were completely forbidden.

  David Bowie

  Kids, Race, Rocks

  Source: ca.complex.com

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• There's also the issue of tech titans throwing their weight around in Washington and lobbying. There was just a Reuters poll that reported that more than half of Americans are concerned that tech companies are "encroaching too much on their lives." That's pretty major, considering these companies were universally loved not that long ago.

  Astra Taylor

  Issues, Too Much, Lobbying

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The dangers of eating animal products occur after the age of reproduction. If people developed cardiovascular disease that was fatal by the age of twelve or thirteen, eating animals would have died out long ago. You get it after you've already reproduced.

  Neal Barnard

  Animal, People, Age

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Setbacks, on the other hand, just make us feel weak and stupid: I should have conquered this by now. I happened on a question not long ago that oerfectly expresses this mentality: How many times must I prove myself an idiot?

  Beth Moore

  Stupid, Hands, Should Have

  Beth Moore (2010). “So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us”, p.12, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I'm not the same as I was long ago, I've learned some new things and I hope that it shows.

  Neil Young

  Song, I've Learned, Shows

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• True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.

  Harold Brodkey

  People, Stories, Birth

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• I have nothing but my heart and I have given it long ago to my country.

  Louis Riel

  Country, Heart, Given

  "Fifty Mighty Men". Book by Grant MacEwan, p. 45, 1977.

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• The more you face the truth, the angrier you will probably become. You have a right to be angry about being sexually abused. You have a right to be angry with the perpetrator, regardless of who it was, how long ago the sexual abuse occurred, or how much he/she has changed.

  Beverly Engel

  Abuse, Faces, Perpetrators

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• I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh, what are you gonna be when you grow up?' I would say, 'Astrophysicist .' And then they'd walk away real quickly.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Growing Up, Real, Calling

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘When A Nation Dreams Big, Its Citizenry Dreams Big’". Interview with Cara Santa Maria, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2012.

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• As a woman with strong opinions talking about technology and politics is not always welcome in Germany. Nope, it's more like having a great cheerleader team behind me. People who follow my journey know I have a slightly colorful personality. The rest skipped out long ago.

  Angela Merkel

  Strong, Women, Team

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• Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Someone said to me not too long ago, "Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve", and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Thinking, Ideas, Mind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivation, Real, Thinking

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• The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dirty, Pigs, Likes

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• Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Lying, Civilization, Evil

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• I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.

  Ayumi Hamasaki

  Childhood, Forgiving, Way

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• Way over yonder is a place I have seen In a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream.

  Carole King

  Dream, Garden, Way

  Song: Way Over Yonder, Album: Tapestry

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• I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life.

  Janet Reno

  Decision, Would Be, Made

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• If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Approval, Humans, Has Beens

  Paolo Bacigalupi (2012). “The Drowned Cities: Number 2 in series”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.

  Errol Morris

  Hero, Opportunity, Years

  "Greasing the Ad Engine: Errol Morris". Sandy Hunter, Boards Magazine, August 1, 2000.

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• As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me. You will find many “interpretations” of my lyrics but none of them by me. Isn’t this fun? Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.

  Don McLean

  Song, Sorry, Moving

  "What Is Don McLean’s Song 'American Pie' All About?". www.straightdope.com. May 15, 1993.

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• Every man is responsible only for his own acts. The sons do not inherit the sins of the fathers. But can we say: that was long ago, they were different?

  Aleksander Kwasniewski

  Father, Son, Men

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• Growth and change are never easy...If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.

  Lawrence LeShan

  Motivational, Growth, Done

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