Well Known Quotes - Page 18

• I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like.

  Stephen Fry

  Gay, Kissing, Thinking

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• It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

  Morgan Freeman

  United States, World, Helping

  "Benefits for Hurricane Victims". www.cnn.com. September 01, 2005.

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• One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.

  Ian Fleming

  West Indies, Names, Bird

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• Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

  Nigel Farage

  Levels, Integration, Wells

  "Fruitcakes can be good for you" by Nigel Farage, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2009.

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• Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Beautiful, Two, Piano

  "Zooey Deschanel Can Play the Ukulele". Interview with Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. July 17, 2009.

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• It is well known that I am pro-life... but I would not seek to impose my views on the Canadian people.

  Stockwell Day

  Views, People, Pro Life

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• The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography.

  David Crystal

  People, Stories, Fingerprints

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• I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Mean, Kids, People

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• Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Sad, Education, Weed

  Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.426, Simon and Schuster

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• It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

  Harry Browne

  War, Firsts, Truth Is

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• Markets have built in inefficiencies, serious inefficiencies which are well known.

  Noam Chomsky

  Serious, Wells, Inefficiency

  "My Interview With Noam Chomsky on the Economy". Interview with Ben Cohen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2008.

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• I don't go on that many dates, because the truth is, anytime you go out in public with a girl when you're well-known, there are pictures of you everywhere, and it's like you're a thing.

  George Clooney

  Girl, Goes On, Like You

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• Many of them have accomplished a lot before they ever get to 'Top Chef' although they're not well known. The show just provides them with a platform. There's just one winner and on some seasons you can get numerous chefs that are really good. Even if they don't win, they're all talented.

  Tom Colicchio

  Winning, Chef, Winner

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• As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.

  Gene Siskel

  Fall, Thinking, Thumbs Down

  "Read Playboy … for the Interviews". Interview with David Sheff, www.slate.com. October 1995.

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• I have some that I have become a well-known-even infamous-client of, mostly in Memphis. But a great deal of that is legend and doesn't have anything to do with truth.

  William Eggleston

  Legends, Memphis, Clients

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Huskies get in trouble. Huskies are well-known to be escape artists. Why? Because they were bred to go long-distance. They're not bred to be in the backyard and just look beautiful because they have blue eyes.

  Cesar Millan

  Beautiful, Distance, Eye

  Interview with David Morris, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2015.

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• As a well-known great man would have said if he had thought of it, "Don't go around offending people just because it can be done sitting down."

  Gracie Allen

  Men, Offending, People

  "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

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• For his major contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages, and in particular for his contributions to the "art of computer programming" through his well-known books in a continuous series by this title.

  Donald Knuth

  Art, Book, Design

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• The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile wanted to learn all the details. ...Isaiah was so familiar with it that he did not consider it necessary to communicate it to others as a new thing, especially as it was well known to the intelligent.

  Maimonides

  Intelligent, Details, Generations

  "Guide for the Perplexed". Book by Maimonides, Ch.6, 1190.

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• But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.

  Anthony Trollope

  People, Mad, Facts

  Anthony Trollope (185?). “Phineas Redux”, p.281

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• Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly.

  Walter Kaufmann

  Philosophy, Mean, Perspective

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• It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.

  Maimonides

  Food, Wine, Light

  Moses Maimonides (2014). “The Preservation of Youth: Essays on Health”, p.12, Open Road Media

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• The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.

  Colin Powell

  United States, Essentials, Done

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Indian forms of yoga have spread throughout the world due to their objectives of promoting health and harmony. Japan is but one of many countries that have received these age-old teachings. While Indian yogic disciplines (Hatha yoga in particular) have become well known, not everyone realizes that certain distinctive Japanese versions of Indian spiritual paths have evolved. Perhaps the first of these unique methodologies is the art of Shin-shin-toitsu-do, which was developed by Nakamura Tempu Sensei (1876-1968). In fact, Nakamura Sensei is often considered to be the father of yoga in Japan.

  H. E Davey

  Spiritual, Country, Art

  "Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation". Book by H.E.Davey, 2001.

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• I remember when I was younger, there was a well-known writer who used to dart down the back way whenever saw me coming. I suppose he was in love with me and wasn't quite sure of himself. Well, c'est la vie!

  Robert E. Sherwood

  Way, Saws, Remember

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