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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse...

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Quote by Russell Baker about progress, things

On that terrible day, a On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers. a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

Quote by George Pataki about nation, americans, day

I had a terrible education. I attended a school for...

I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.

Quote by Woody Allen about education, teachers, school

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive...

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about nation, burden, magic, faith, people, contentment

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're...

When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it's so much sexier!

Quote by Joseph Addison about smile, sex, contentment

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that...

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.

Quote by Maria Callas about rocks, haven, thinking, things, contentment, life

Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand. It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have...

Quote by Maria Callas about rocks, contentment, haven, thinking, real estate, things, life

I certainly feel a joy in being alive that is sometimes...

I certainly feel a joy in being alive that is sometimes quite overwhelming, but I feel terrible grief at the same time.

Quote by Julie Christie about sadness, joy, being, time

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil...

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about devil, beauty, heart, god, man

I'm very gregarious by nature, and to be trapped by fame...

I'm very gregarious by nature, and to be trapped by fame was terrible. I was looking for something from outside to fill me up.

Quote by Boy George about fame, nature

But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did, I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but...

Quote by Larry Hagman about impossible, day, god, people

So you have to keep waiting and then they give you the script and it's terrible. Then you have to go to the rewrite and they're very upset because you didn't like it. I went through that for seven years.

Quote by Salma Hayek about contentment

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good...

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about depression, reward, artists, good, good luck

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about common sense, war, end, things

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the...

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about mother, interest, being, world, contentment

When I did Saving All My Love, I was going through a terrible love affair. He was married, and that will never work out for anybody. Never, no way. Forget about it.

Quote by Whitney Houston about affair, love, work

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

Quote by Mick Jagger about celebrity

The terrible attack in Manhattan has given place to a...

The terrible attack in Manhattan has given place to a burst of patriotism in the United States.

Quote by Mick Jagger about attack, patriotism

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about pleasure

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