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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage...

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Quote by Winston Churchill about courage

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better...

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

Quote by Kevin Bacon

if a poet takes too much from a single model is a...

if a poet takes too much from a single model is a worthless imitator, if one takes a few from hundreds is original.

Quote by Gavriil Stiharul about originality, poets

Everything takes time and time takes everything.

Everything takes time and time takes everything.

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about time

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about life, virtue, order, nothing, good, good luck

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes...

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

Quote by William Wordsworth about wisdom, age, olderness, mind

I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

Quote by Aaliyah about art, dance, life

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history, present, body, being

Friends who are not writers try to be sympathetic and...

Friends who are not writers try to be sympathetic and understanding of a writer's mood, but, truly, it takes one to know one.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers

That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts...

That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about day, life

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy....

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about talent

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like...

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again-I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about love

I read the script, I go away. If I have questions, I'll...

I read the script, I go away. If I have questions, I'll ask, but then I do my work. If you don't have it in 10 takes, you're not going to have it.

Quote by Kenneth Peacock Tynan about work

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a...

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about imagination

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example...

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about war, example, idea

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to...

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

Quote by Bruce Barton about people, real estate, life

It takes people a long time to learn the difference...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about genius, talent, man, time, people

It takes two flints to make a fire.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about fire, fire brigade

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes - The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about common sense, earth, god

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Quote by Albert Camus about moral, judgment, day

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