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• Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Taken, Luxury

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• I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

  Winston Churchill

  Taken, Political, Events

  Sir Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Onwards to Victory”, p.19, RosettaBooks

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• I certainly think we're losing a lot of our connections with other people. I fear in my most pessimistic moments that the computer is simply another step down the road which we have already taken quite a few steps on. We're talking to each other on computers because we don't talk across the fence.

  Howard Rheingold

  Taken, Thinking, Talking

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known to me. As if the story has already taken place, and it's my responsibility to put it in the right order to tell it to you.

  John Irving

  Taken, Responsibility, Writing

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• Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.

  Ron Paul

  Taken, Feds, Ends

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• They’d already taken her from me once. I didn’t want to lose her again.

  Lauren Oliver

  Taken, Want, Loses

  Lauren Oliver (2012). “Pandemonium (Delirium Trilogy 2)”, p.197, Hachette UK

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• Remind yourself, in whatever way is personally meaningful, that it is not in your best interest to reinforce thoughts and feelings of unworthiness. Even if you've already taken the bait and feel the familiar pull of self-denigration, marshal your intelligence, courage, and humor in order to turn the tide. Ask yourself: Do I want to strengthen what I'm feeling now? Do I want to cut myself off from my basic goodness? Remind yourself that your fundamental nature is unconditionally open and free.

  Pema Chodron

  Meaningful, Taken, Cutting

  Pema Chodron (2008). “The Pocket Pema Chodron”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

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• That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him. “Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison.

  Patricia Briggs

  Taken, Names, Superhero

  Patricia Briggs (2009). “Bone Crossed”, p.112, Penguin

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• Just be your self. Everybody else is already taken.

  Oscar Wilde

  Taken, Self

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• As you sit there and as I sit here, they are going in. They're taking over, and they just walk in and they can do whatever they want. They have essentially already taken it over.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, Want, Walks

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• There are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the states. I can see a legitimate argument there. I think it's mistaken, however, because the federal government, through the decisions of life-tenured federal judges, has already taken over that area.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Taken, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• Why do they call it proctology? Is it because analogy was already taken?

  Unknown

  Taken, Medicine, Doctors

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• What's great is that the picture is already taken before it goes public. It's in secret. The trust that develops from such a habit engenders risk, and you realise you're not as vulnerable as you thought. Once you become comfortable with being more truthful about who you are, the easier it is, the prouder you become. That's the way it unfolded for us.

  Emmet Gowin

  Photography, Taken, Risk

  "Emmet Gowin: 'Everyone thought my photographs were incestuous'". Interview with Sarah Moroz, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2014.

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• If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Taken, Writing, Mean

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I’ll write down little lines, I always say, 'K.T.N.,' and I say that to my receivers and running backs and that means 'keep taking notes.' That keeps me alert. That keeps me going. That keeps my drive there, even when you’re taking notes on something that you’ve already taken notes on a million times - keep taking notes.

  Russell Wilson

  Running, Taken, Writing

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• Republicans in Congress have already taken the initial steps to start repealing the Affordable Care Act. Democrats are hoping to at the very least slow that process down by rallying public support for the health care law.

  Rachel Martin

  Taken, Law, Support

  "Democrats Rally In Dozens Of Cities To Oppose Obamacare Repeal", bpr.org. January 16, 2017.

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• Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

  William Osler

  Taken, Advice, Position

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.228, ACP Press

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• It is one thing being able to contest an election and to give the people hope that I can be the next prime minister. It is a totally different situation where the people of Pakistan are told that the results are already taken and the leader of your choice is banned.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Taken, Giving, People

  "'I never asked for power'". Interview with Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2002.

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• Sometimes, I even learn new techniques from my students. Although I am still a student at the Art Institute, I think that I have learnt a lot from the classes that I have already taken.

  St. Lucia

  Art, Taken, Thinking

  Source: arcthemagazine.com

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• One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded; his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This is the answer that millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeeper, they cannot find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism. It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to get on reasonably well without Christianity.

  Billy Graham

  Children, Taken, Heart

  "Generation NeXt Parenting: A Savvy Parent's Guide to Getting it Right". Book by Tricia Goyer, 2010.

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• The thing has already taken form in my mind before I start it. The first attempts are absolutely unbearable. I say this because I want you to know that if you see something worthwhile in what I am doing, it is not by accident but because of real direction and purpose.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Real, Taken, Mind

  "The Path of Least Resistance: Principles for Creating What You Want to Create". Book by Robert Fritz, p. 181, 1984.

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  To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891)

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• Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Being Yourself, Love Yourself, Taken

  Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

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• If you believe, then you have already taken the first step towards your achievement.

  Rickson Gracie

  Believe, Taken, Achievement

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• To the seeker after the new, or the sensational, to those who expect a sinister frisson from modern music, it is my melancholy duty to point out that all the bomb throwing and guillotining has already taken place.

  Constant Lambert

  Taken, Bombs, Melancholy

  "Music, Ho!". Book by Constant Lambert , "The Revolutionary Situation", p. 32, 1934.

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