Used To Be Quotes

• We cannot go backward,' Marco says. 'A great deal is not how it used to be.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Used, Deals, Marcos

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• Well, I hope you like it here, Leo. It used to be .......really nice.

  Rick Riordan

  Nice, You Like It, Used

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• I used to be ashamed And now I am proud. The world once was black And now it is bright. I used to walk head bent And now I stand up tall. I used to have dreams But now I have hope.

  Judith McNaught

  Dream, Black, World

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• I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road.

  Dave Eggers

  Beautiful, Up North, Chicago

  "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• I'm a good Canadian girl. I miss all that good stuff. I miss tobogganing and I miss snowboarding, but I've also learned to surf and I've become a water baby which I used to be relatively terrified of the water and I kayak all the time now and I'm able to run year round on the beach which you can't obviously do in Canada.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Girl, Running, Baby

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 30, 2006.

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• I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence.

  Alastair Campbell

  Routine, Life Is, Used

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• I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

  Vincent Cassel

  Self, Style, Want

  "Vincent Cassel: 'You can't escape from what you are'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2012.

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• You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.

  Carla Gugino

  Fun, Kids, Being Real

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. April 6, 2001.

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• Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.

  Michael Azerrad

  Rocks, Sound, Use

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• I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.

  Genie Francis

  Kids, Hair, Sea

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• I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation.

  Mark Batterson

  Past, Thinking, Healthy

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• I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.

  Aloe Blacc

  Balance, Energy, Spending Time

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• They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.

  Arthur Boyd

  Arrogant, Used, Nationalistic

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• I used to be a free spirit.

  Soleil Moon Frye

  Free Spirit, Spirit, Used

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.

  Maggie Grace

  Insecure, Self, Way

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• Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.

  Tony Gilroy

  Moving, Community, World

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• I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.

  Francois Gautier

  Writing, Europe, Asia

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• Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

  Jennifer Granholm

  People, Calling, Public Service

  "Madame Voldemort Is Wrong: Public Employees Are American Heroes" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 6, 2012.

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• I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.

  Lisa Gardner

  Unique, Phones, Suspense

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I used to be a dusty little child.

  Mike Epps

  Children, Littles, Used

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. September 19, 2003.

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• Forget what life used to be, you are what you choose to be. It's whatever it is you see that life will become.

  Jackson Browne

  Inspirational, Forget, Used

  Song: The Fuse, Album: The Pretender, 1976

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• Revolution used to be cool, but now it's out of fashion.

  Ray Davies

  Fashion, Art, Media

  Song: Young Conservatives

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• I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. Its my choice.

  Elie Wiesel

  Teacher, Children, Giving

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• Rock and roll just used to be for kicks, now a days it's politics.

  Billy Joel

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Politics

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