Beats Quotes - Page 5

• The so-called Beat Generation was a whole bunch of people, of all different nationalities, who came to the conclusion that society sucked.

  John Clellon Holmes

  Different Nationalities, People, Generations

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• Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

  Michael Lewis

  Book, Writing, Affection

  "Michael Lewis on Moneyball". Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. June 16, 2003.

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• Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

  Dan Gable

  School, Wrestling, People

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• Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all.

  Artur Rodzinski

  Secret Love, World, Orchestra

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• Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place.

  William C. Bryant

  Positive, Attitude, Winning

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• Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Greatness, Doors, Unhappy

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• I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Inspiration, Humor

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• My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

  Emo Philips

  Witty, Humor, Kickboxing

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• Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

  Dan Quayle

  Sports, Winning, Knights

  David S. Broder, Bob Woodward, Dan Quayle (1992). “The man who would be president: Dan Quayle”

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• Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

  Jasper Fforde

  Love, Romantic, Anniversary

  Jasper Fforde (2007). “Thursday Next: First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel”, p.36, Penguin

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• For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.

  Doug Larson

  Time, Sleep, Eight

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• Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

  Horace

  Death, Kings, Men

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• To beat the market you'll have to invest serious bucks to dig up information no one else has yet.

  Merton Miller

  Bucks, Information, Serious

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• I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

  Martina Hingis

  Girl, Sports, Fitness

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• Even if we forget the faces of our friends, we will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls.

  Jun Maeda

  Soul, Faces, Never Forget

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• The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!

  H. Rap Brown

  Men, Black, Doe

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• Here are fruits, flowers, leaves and branches, and here is my heart which beats only for you.

  Paul Verlaine

  Love, Flower, Heart

  1874 Romances sans paroles, 'Aquarelles, Green'

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• My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Memorable, Boston

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• Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

  Stella Adler

  Life, Music, Crush

  Stella Adler (2012). “Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee”, p.11, Vintage

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• My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.

  Yancy Butler

  Mother, Father, Hypocrite

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• Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.

  Will Carleton

  Fall, Land, Ems

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• Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

  Chanakya

  Inspirational, Beauty, Education

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• You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.

  Mia Hamm

  Sports, Volleyball, Team

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• I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.

  James Hetfield

  Wrestling, Hands, Long

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• Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!

  Ed Koch

  New York, Aqua, Cities

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