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Used To Be Quotes (page 5)

The ad world used to be something of a refuge for literary types. But I feared for myself at J.W.T. It seemed to be entirely peopled by blocked dramatists, likeably shambling poets, and one-off novelists. The whole place felt like a clubworld sunset home for literary talent. Martin Amis
Winston Churchill quote: "For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use..."
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else. Winston Churchill
The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because the he becomes one of the children. Marguerite Duras
Human beings used to be molecules which could do many, many different sorts of dances, or decline to dance at all --as they pleased. My mother could do the waltz, the tango, the rumba.... Kurt Vonnegut
Byron: The luxuries of this place have made me soft. The metal point's gone from my pen, there's nothing left but the feather. Gutman: That may be true. But what can you do about it? Byron: Make a departure. Gutman: From yourself? Byron: From my present self to myself as I used to be! Gutman: That's the furthest departure a man could make! Tennessee Williams
These relatives of hers, the Boles and the Jetters and the Pooles, used to be around the house a lot, or else Lea wanted to be at one of their houses. It was a clan that didn't always enjoy one another's company but who made sure they got plenty of it. Alice Munro
Elvis Costello quote: "Well, I used to be disgusted. Now I try to be amused."
Well, I used to be disgusted. Now I try to be amused. Elvis Costello
Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit. Lee Myung-bak
Ryan Gosling quote: "There used to be a candy called 'Bonkers,' which I believe to..."
There used to be a candy called 'Bonkers,' which I believe to be the greatest candy of all time. Ryan Gosling
I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be. Rainer W. Fassbinder
There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now. Tom Petty
Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being. Pedro Martinez
Elvis Costello quote: "I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused."
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused. Elvis Costello
Lindsay Lohan quote: "I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they..."
I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be. Lindsay Lohan
It's very different than it use to be. I think everybody has a lot more experience in how to be in a relationship - whether it's a marriage or a significant other or a business or a friend. Kathy Valentine

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