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• Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Writing, Belief, Should

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• In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.

  John McCrae

  Blow, Gun, Sky

  Punch 8 Dec. 1915 "In Flanders Fields"

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• A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

  H. L. Mencken

  Couple, Political, Baptism

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  Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

  Jim Morrison

  Sex, Truth, Honesty

  "Into This House We're Born". Book by James Hunt, p. 262, July 1, 2006.

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• And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

  Alexander Pope

  Gossip, Rumor, Enlargement

  Alexander Pope (1815). “Poetical works”, p.130

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• When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

  Marco Rubio

  Country, News, Lasts

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• Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books.

  Ann Rule

  Book, Writing, Expression

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• The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Vaccines, Literature, World

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• I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

  Julie Walters

  Funny, Men, Magazines

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

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• When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.

  William J. Clinton

  Cat, Patriotic, High Heels

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• The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

  John Hanning Speke

  Lions

  John Hanning Speke (2007). “Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”, p.25, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Bridges, America, Rude

  "Concord Hymn" l. 1 (1837)

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• It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

  Michael Bergin

  Stars, Tangible, Hell

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• I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.

  Mose Allison

  Years, Ideas, Tunes

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• Electric guitars are an abomination, whoever heard of an electric violin? An electric cello? Or for that matter an electric singer?

  Andres Segovia

  Guitar, Singers, Violin

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• I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

  Tatyana Ali

  Stars, Rapper, Ideas

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• I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side.

  Bob Kane

  Two Sides, Stories, Involved

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• Voices were heard from the United States of America which made it clear that America wanted a peaceful and united Europe as a basis for mutual cooperation.

  Gustav Stresemann

  Peace, Europe, Voice

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• We'd go to the fraternity house. It was a good place to practice. But we really wanted the kids to overhear us. And whoever heard us would go nuts over it.

  Art Garfunkel

  Kids, Nuts, Practice

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• Country is not what you heard on the Grammys.

  Crystal Gayle

  Country

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• The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.

  Jim Garrison

  New Orleans, Citizens, John Kennedy

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• John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

  Ben Kingsley

  Song, Writing, London

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• I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk.

  Leslie Fiedler

  Camille

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• I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.

  Victoria Jackson

  Cried, Died

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• No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've heard it from a few musicians, too.

  James Iha

  Nice, Successful, Years

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