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Has Beens Quotes (page 10)

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism. Edward Steichen
At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point. Godfried Danneels
Napolean Hill quote: "More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has..."
More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. Napolean Hill
The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen. Michael D. Higgins
William Cowper quote: "How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce..."
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. William Cowper
I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem? Barry Williams
I cannot understand how the education of this United States of America has been fooled time and time again. Either make it separate but equal or integrate, therefore it will be equal. And it has been separate and unequal. Bill Cosby
Healthy debate has been replaced by automatic sensors that eliminate the need for actual talking during a filibuster - a la 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.' Robust debate is necessary in a democratic society. Instead, our discourse has been relegated to media spin by expert entertainers. Doug Wilder
Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. Georgios A. Papandreou
Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why. David Copperfield
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it. Alfred North Whitehead
Joseph Conrad quote: "The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been..."
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. Joseph Conrad
Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have. Irvine Welsh
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. John Boyd Orr
Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be. Paul Harvey

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