Long Ago Quotes - Page 3

• One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured, why? I mean, it's genuine depraved partisan politics insanity, genuine extremist radical ignoramuses on that network.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mean, Play, Insanity

  FaceBook post by Rush Limbaugh from Nov 20, 2013

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• I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.

  Jesse Jackson

  Water, Sides, Bread

  1984 Addressing black voters, NewYork, 30 Jan.

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• I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe.

  Whitney Houston

  Believe, Shadow, Rehabilitation

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• If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Funny Love, Wise

  "The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas".

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• The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

  Havelock Ellis

  Stars, Moon, Hands

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• I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.

  Idris Elba

  Journey, Competition, Ambitious

  FaceBook post by Idris Elba from Oct 19, 2012

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• I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

  Bryan Cranston

  Focus, Attention, Pay

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• Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.

  Grover Cleveland

  Women, Civilization, Work Out

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• I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

  Carl Sandburg

  Old Buildings, Littles, Happens

  Carl Sandburg, Margaret Sandburg, George Hendrick (1999). “Ever the Winds of Chance”, p.3, University of Illinois Press

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• If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

  George Santayana

  Pain, Should, Saved

  George Santayana, Marianne S. Wokeck, Martin A. Coleman, James Gouinlock (2011). “The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, Volume VII, Book One”, p.136, MIT Press

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• Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable.

  Jasper Fforde

  Long, Flavor, Available

  Jasper Fforde (2007). “Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.44, Penguin

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• But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not going to become passionate about something that was impossible. I knew my limits; I knew how much suffering i could bear.

  Paulo Coelho

  Heart, Suffering, Passionate

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• Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?

  Audrey Niffenegger

  Men, Glasses, Years

  Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• There are 10,000 books in my library, and it will keep growing until I die. This has exasperated my daughters, amused my friends and baffled my accountant. If I had not picked up this habit in the library long ago, I would have more money in the bank today; I would not be richer.

  Pete Hamill

  Daughter, Book, Library

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• The Red Poppy The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. I have a lord in heaven called the sun, and open for him, showing him the fire of my own heart, fire like his presence. What could such glory be if not a heart? Oh my brothers and sisters, were you like me once, long ago, before you were human? Did you permit yourselves to open once, who would never open again? Because in truth I am speaking now the way you do. I speak because I am shattered.

  Louise Glück

  Brother, Heart, Fire

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• Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Mind, Burden, Hush

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• Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show.

  Nick Drake

  Memories, Sadness, Theatre

  Song: Fruit Tree

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• My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, 'The Hornet's Nest,' I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.

  Jimmy Carter

  Taken, Years, Nests

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• I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.

  Anurag Kashyap

  College, Thinking, Want

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• Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of "experiments" banned long ago. This is a misrepresentation. The work we do is performed with compassion, care, humanity and humility. I have never seen an animal suffer pain.

  Robert Winston

  Pain, Humility, Animal

  "The shame of our silence" by Robert Winston, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2006.

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• Long ago, I did a five-and-a-half-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show for four years, early on, in Los Angeles - local show. And when you are on that many hours with no script, you know, you get very comfortable, maybe overly comfortable with that small audience.

  Betty White

  Years, Half, Four

  "Betty White Still A Hit, With Ever-Younger Fans". "Weekend Edition" with Liane Hansen, www.npr.org. May 8, 2011.

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• I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy.

  Denzel Washington

  Men, Thinking, Office

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• Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Long Distance Relationship, Nature, Taken

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

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• I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dirty, Fighting, Naughty

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• The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays - beyond their meaning - a factor in our economy.

  Bob Schieffer

  Christmas, Thanksgiving, Football

  "Schieffer: More Than Just a Game" by Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. February 3, 2014.

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