Used To Be Quotes - Page 14

• I'm just into spirituality. I believe that in a previous life I used to be Shirley MacLaine.

  Roseanne Barr

  Believe, Spirituality, Used

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• it used to be almost the first question (just after 'Can you type?') in the standard female job interview: 'Are you now, or have you ever, contemplated marriage, motherhood, or the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Jobs, Motherhood, Government

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• The geniuses who conduct the motion-picture business killed glamour when they decided that what the public wanted was not dream stuff, from which movies used to be made, but realism.

  Hedda Hopper

  Movie, Dream, Genius

  Hedda Hopper (1963). “the Whole Truth and Nothing But”

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• It used to be enough just to make a fairly decent product and market it. Not anymore. In the '90s, you've got to have a Corporate Soul.

  Faith Popcorn

  Soul, Popcorn, Enough

  Faith Popcorn (1991). “The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life”, p.124, BookBaby

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• It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody's permission or to obey anybody's orders. It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Responsibility, Men, Order

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Chap. 14 : The Safeguards of Individual Liberty, 1960.

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• I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school.

  Margaret Drabble

  Children, School, Flying

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• I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

  Alexandra Bracken

  Dream, Used, Lost

  Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.6, Hachette UK

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• Used to be, conservatives revered the Average American, that Norman Rockwell oil painting of diner food, humble faith, honest toil, and Capraesque virtue.

  James Wolcott

  Humble, Oil Painting, Average

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• It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most populous class of planet in our solar system and we have never sent a mission to this class.

  Alan Stern

  Class, Earth, Pluto

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• The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.

  Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

  Mother, Children, Father

  Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (2012). “From the River's Edge”, p.16, Living Justice Press

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• [There's] a joke that I've done forever: 'Nowadays they say that the largest majority of people will be Latino and you'll tell scary stories to your grandkids: "A long time ago when I was growing up, there used to be people who were white," and the kid says, "Really?" and you say, "Yeah, like the man who cuts our grass."' I've had that line forever and I love it.

  George Lopez

  Growing Up, Kids, Cutting

  "Seriously Funny". Interview with Brett Wilbur, www.carmelmagazine.com. February 1, 2007.

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• The danger with the internet is that you don't need to think about music, you just search for it and you find the answer. Singing used to be part of everyday life. Women sang while pounding corn. Men sang while paddling canoes.

  Pete Seeger

  Men, Thinking, Everyday

  Source: peoplesworld.org

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• The American Communist Party was notoriously infiltrated by informers, some working for the FBI, some for capitalist employers. At one time it used to be said that spies practically kept the Party going with their dues and contributions.

  Helen Lawrenson

  Party, Spy, Communism

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• London used to be reasonably priced, clean, and a decent place to live. These days it's polluted and utterly unbearable

  Munir Butt

  London, Unbearable, Clean

  The Business Magazine, 2006.

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• I am a crazy online shopper. My husband always jokes, Another box arrived! Airplanes used to be my sanctuary for reading books, but now I have to peruse Gilt sales.

  Lisa Ling

  Husband, Crazy, Reading

  "Lisa Ling ‘Our America’: Journalist Talks Pregnancy, Gets Candid For HuffPost’s #nofilter". Interview with Kari Friedlander, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2012.

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• I did a Clean & Clear commercial. I did a series of them. I used to be the Clean & Clear girl!

  Shantel VanSanten

  Girl, Clean, Used

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I used to be a big planner and had to have things figured out ahead of time, but I'm learning to love living in the moment. Last night, I called my friend up randomly and said, 'Where are you? I want to come see you!' It's not a new version of me. I'm just embracing it more.

  Lily Collins

  Night, Live In The Moment, Want

  "5 Things You Don't Know About Lily Collins!". www.seventeen.com. July 29, 2013.

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• I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it

  Lindsey Shaw

  Psychology, Leaving, Able

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• I do not think that the nerve of the modern child is any too good; how can one expect it, brought up as they are amongst all the horrors of civilization. The 'daring' child who used to be common enough, is seldom met nowadays.

  Muriel Wace

  Children, Thinking, Civilization

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• It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Brain, Used, Obvious

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• I believe anything that anyone tells me. I have found that that is the best way to go through life. When I was younger, I used to be more skeptical, but then I found out that most things were true. So I believe tabloids. I believe legends. I believe anything anyone tells me.

  Justin Kirk

  Believe, Tabloids, Legends

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• I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.

  Les Dawson

  Teacher, School, Nerves

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You just may be a redneck if your lawn furniture used to be your living room furniture.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Home, Redneck, House

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• I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on the way down.

  Robin Wasserman

  Writing, Jumping, Way

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• I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.

  Claudia Schiffer

  Husband, Children, Self

  "Claudia Schiffer Reaches Kid Limit" (from the National Ledger),

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