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Dolores Ibarruri quote: "Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees."
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees. Dolores Ibarruri
Umberto Eco quote: "Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's..."
Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame. Umberto Eco
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. Gay Talese
Abba Eban quote: "Better to be disliked than pitied."
Better to be disliked than pitied. Abba Eban
Amelia Earhart quote: "Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn..."
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. Amelia Earhart
Thomas Aquinas quote: "Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to..."
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Thomas Aquinas
Aesop quote: "Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. Aesop
Joseph Addison quote: "Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor."
Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. Joseph Addison
I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who ski better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I. Sylvia Plath
The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow. Tiger Woods
the better you think , the better decisions you make . the better decisions you make , the better actions you take . the better actions you take , the better results you get Brian Tracy
Yesterday a very interesting, beautifully photografed english picture about a nun convent in India, "Black Narcissus," with Deborah Kerr who is quite lovely. They are away ahead of Hollywood, better ideas, better scripts, better color, and much better acting. Kurt Weill, London, May 8, 1947 Kurt Weill
What we’re trying to do is write cricket bats, so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock, it might … travel … ([He] picks up the script.) Now, what we’ve got here is a lump of wood of roughly the same shape trying to be a cricket bat, and if you hit a ball with it, the ball would travel about ten feet and you will drop the bat and dance about shouting ‘Ouch!’ with your hands stuck into your armpits. (indicating the cricket bat) This isn’t better because someone says it’s... Tom Stoppard
My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all been said better before. If I thought I had to say it better than anybody else, I'd never start. Better or worse is immaterial. The thing is that it has to be said; by me; ontologically. We each have to say it, to say it our own way. Not of our own will, but as it comes out through us. Good or bad, great or little: that isn't what human creation is about. It is that we... Madeleine L'Engle
The book is almost always better than the movie. You could have no better case in point than FROM HELL, Alan Moore's best graphic novel to date, brilliantly illustrated by Eddie Campbell. It's hard to describe just how much better the book is. It's like, "If the movie was an episode of Battlestar Galactica with a guest appearance by the Smurfs and everyone spoke Dutch, the graphic novel is Citizen Kane with added sex scenes and music by your favourite ten bands and everyone in the world... Warren Ellis

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