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• Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

  Josephine Tey

  Education, Women, Offensive

  "The Franchise Affair".

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• This guy says, "I'm perfect for you, 'cause I'm a cross between a macho man and a sensitive man." I said, "Oh, a gay trucker?"

  Judy Tenuta

  Gay, Men, Sensitive Man

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• Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.

  Mary Augusta Ward

  Creeds

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

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• I'd say the most memorable thing for me was my dedication and motivation in how I got so involved in boxing.

  Alexis Arguello

  Motivation, Dedication, Boxing

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• Sons of the Dawn is a page-turner, and author Hank Nuwer is to be thanked for enriching our sense of the West with this memorable novel.

  Gerald Haslam

  Son, Dawn, Pages

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• I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

  Kelsey Grammer

  Fun, Character, Thinking

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• Not only is a good name catchy and memorable, it should help people understand what your business does. If your name reflects your products or services you'll have a much better chance of being found [via Google search], so it's important to choose wisely.

  Lori Greiner

  Names, People, Google

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• I'd have to say that "Mr. Crowley" in my most memorable solo... I had spent hours trying to figure out a solo for the song ... Ozzy came in and said "it's crap - everything you're playing is crap" .. he told me to get in there and just play how I felt. He made me really nervous, so I just played anything. When I came back to listen to it, he said it was great.

  Randy Rhoads

  Music, Song, Play

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• A sentence is like a tune. A memorable sentence gives its emotion a melodic shape. You want to hear it again, say it—in a way, to hum it to yourself. You desire, if only in the sound studio of your imagination, to repeat the physical experience of that sentence. That craving, emotional and intellectual but beginning in the body with a certain gesture of sound, is near the heart of poetry.

  Robert Pinsky

  Heart, Emotional, Giving

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• Tasting a dish should be memorable If nothing remains in the memory of a single guest, then I have made a mistake.

  Alain Ducasse

  Memories, Mistake, Guests

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• When you're a dreamer, heart break and failure come with the territory, but I can tell you it's worth it, because it's a way of living that is both moving and memorable.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Heartbreak, Failure, Moving

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• Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

  Homaro Cantu

  Birthday, Mom, Memories

  "Let Your Taste Buds Take You Back in Time" by Homaro Cantu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2013.

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• Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light.

  Ken Macrorie

  Writing, Light, Sound

  Ken Macrorie (1985). “Telling Writing”, Boynton/Cook

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• Beauty is not generic. Quite often, the thing that makes you memorable is the thing that makes you different.

  Laura Mercier

  Different, Generic

  Laura Mercier (2010). “The New Beauty Secrets: Your Ultimate Guide to a Flawless Face”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

  Jimmy Carter

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Jimmy Carter (1994). “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections”, p.35, University of Arkansas Press

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• Generous in spirit, richly poetic, and packed with memorable characters.

  Lawrence Millman

  Character, Spirit, Poetic

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• Our native susceptibilities and acquired tastes determine which of the many qualities in an object shall most impress us, and be most clearly recalled. One man remembers the combustible properties of a substance, which to another is memorable for its polarising property; to one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.

  George Henry Lewes

  Men, Water, Quality

  "The Principles of Success in Literature". The Fortnightly Review, Volume 1, www.gutenberg.org. 1865.

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• Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure.

  Robert Orben

  Thinking, People, Lines

  "The Joke's On George, Mike, Dan and Lloyd" by Janet Cawley, Chicago Tribune, p. 23, September 22, 1988.

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• My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: The turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.

  Douglas Conant

  Mother, Sweet, Turkeys

  "Thanksgiving Stories: A Recipe for Celebration" by Suzannah Galland, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2016.

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• A superhero's catchphrase should be like a really memorable advertising slogan. It sticks in your head and you can't stop humming it. And let's face it, superheroes are just really selling themselves as products.

  Stan Lee

  Superhero, Faces, Sticks

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• It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I got to see firsthand the sacrifices that Israelis make in the name of security because of the dangerous state of affairs there. I will always be a strong supporter of Israel.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Strong, Sacrifice, Israel

  "Jewish US Lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Prognosis Optimistic". www.israelnationalnews.com. January 08, 2011.

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• Of all the memorable phrases that have been minted and mobilised to describe modern British royalty, 'constitutional monarchy' is virtually the only one which seemes to have neither been anticipated nor invented by Walter Bagehot. It was he who insisted that 'a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such it rivets mankind'; and he who warned that the monarchy's 'mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic'.

  David Cannadine

  Magic, Phrases, Daylight

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• There is always some accident in the best things, whether thoughts or expressions or deeds. The memorable thought, the happy expression, the admirable deed are only partly ours.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Art, Philosophy, Expression

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.207, Courier Corporation

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• The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

  Kevin Spacey

  Home, Theatre, Actors

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• The result of the revolution in Germany has been to establish a democracy in the best sense of the word.  We are steering towards an order of things guaranteeing a process of a natural and reasonable selection in the domain of political leadership, thanks to which that leadership will be entrusted to the most competent, irrespective of their descent, name or fortune.  The memorable words of the great Corsican that every soldier carries a Field Marshal's baton in his knapsack, will find its political complement in Germany.

  Adolf Hitler

  Order, Names, Political

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