Congratulations Quotes - Page 21

• For the first time in history, Congress has 100 women in it. Congratulations. Welcome to modern times, America. It's great having 100 women in Congress. Unless you're in line for the congressional bathroom.

  Craig Ferguson

  America, Lines, Firsts

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• I have never got on with the quietist movements: they lapse too easily into self-congratulations: I have found the oneness, you have not. I prefer to look outside myself if I possibly can, not inside. Meditation reminds me too forcibly of being made to lie on a mat at nursery school and take an hour's nap.

  Fay Weldon

  Lying, School, Naps

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• The sun was shining like a congratulation.

  Margaret Millar

  Shining, Sun

  Margaret Millar (2018). “Experiment in Springtime”, p.95, Soho Press

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• we are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair.

  Winifred Holtby

  Race, Ignorant, Despair

  Winifred Holtby (1937). “Pavements at Anderby: tales of "South riding" and other regions by Winifred Holtby”

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• Unfortunately I'm still straight. But who knows, life is complicated and maybe I'll wake up gay tomorrow! Here's hoping. And congratulations to everyone who lives in a place where they can marry the person they love, regardless of gender!

  Moby

  Gay, Wake Up, Tomorrow

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• So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, People, Political

  George W. Bush's Remarks in Photo Opportunity with University of Nebraska 2001 NCAA Women's Volleyball Champions, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. May 31, 2001.

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  If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

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• Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

  Confucius

  Success, Failure, Preparation

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  Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.

  David Brainerd

  Taught, Kind, Instruction

  David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards, Alexander Anderson (1854). “The Life of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings”, p.252

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• The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

  Jean Cocteau

  Art, Giving, Rewards

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• It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

  Max Planck

  Success, Truth, Science

  Max Planck (1959). “The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics”

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• Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.

  Dennis Prager

  Conservative, Liberalism, Conservatism

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

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• When you wake up one day and say, "You know what? I don't think I ever need to sleep or have sex again." Congratulations, you're ready (to have children).

  Ray Romano

  Funny, Baby, Sex

  Ray Romano (1999). “Everything and a Kite”

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• But the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two years after that, and even Sunny, who had just passed out of babyhood, was not born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.

  Daniel Handler

  Sarcastic, Baby, Sibling

  "The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)". Book by Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler), October 18, 2005.

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• I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

  Eva Gabor

  Would Be, Way, Known

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• In the land of badass, you’ve just been trumped. If Dark-Hunters had inmates, these would be they. Known as the Dogs of War because that’s what they thrive on, they’re cold-blooded and intolerant. Congratulations, bud, these are your new protectors. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Badass, War

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Dream Warrior”, p.302, Macmillan

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• I'm sorry.' Congratulations.' Can you tell me why you're so upset?' The thing is, Tobey should get this. I mean, he's gotten everything else about me. And I don't want to explain it all. So much of it has to do with jealousy, and I know it's stupid to be mad at him because he had a life before me. But I am anyway.

  Susane Colasanti

  Sorry, Stupid, Mean

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• Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.

  Craig Ferguson

  Boston, Nba, Champion

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• Fact is we went on to do other things. But we still wanted to do our success like rock'n'roll stars.

  Joe Eszterhas

  Stars, Rocks, Rock N Roll

  "The Hollywood hitman" by Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. August 19, 2000.

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• The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

  George Eliot

  Success, Thinking, Men

  George Eliot “Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2”, Lulu.com

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• It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.

  Carrot Top

  Success, Hate, People

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

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• Success and money can really be quite blinding.

  Jim Harrison

  Literature, Success And Money

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