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Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in...

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

Quote by Bette Davis about marriage, respect, end, love

I was latching on to something that was part of my...

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I used to think when I was a kid that the director was...

I used to think when I was a kid that the director was someone who came in and made you better and brought out this amazing performance.

Quote by Kevin Bacon

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought...

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.

Quote by Gerry Adams about determination, fight, courage

As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

Quote by James Lane Allen about love

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you...

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

Quote by James Lane Allen

I liked the fact that I didn't have to worry about being...

I liked the fact that I didn't have to worry about being brought up for cheating, but it was kind of a pain to turn it into the Web site.

Quote by Kim Basinger about cheating, worry, pain, being

I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy.

Quote by Armand Assante about children, school, home, world, time

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about events, things, time

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, ...

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about purpose, wealth, mother, good, good luck, man

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost...

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

Quote by Winston Churchill about contempt, people

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself...

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about water, character, fire, fire brigade, man

Playing the violoncello brought me into numerous chamber and church music ensembles, and stimulated my interest in musical composition that I tried extensively while in high school.

Quote by Richard Ernst about interest, school, music

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.

Quote by Brett Favre

I had to really be clear about what having a cleft palette does and if you had it badly fixed, you would have your hard palette brought together but would have no teeth.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

No matter what you say or do, it always comes down to...

No matter what you say or do, it always comes down to that. The power of sex has brought many people down to their knees.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about power, sex, people

It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to by our parents' generation. The moralities that were followed during our parents' generation were basically arbitrary. This caused a rift between the two generations, which was brought on...

Quote by Peter Fonda about parents, time

If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.

Quote by Owen Hart about being

Television has brought back murder into the home - where...

Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about television, home

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about poverty

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