Memorable Quotes - Page 24

• To become "memorable" do things that are somewhat unexpected. Dress, or talk, in ways that draw attention. And mostly, don't follow all the "rule for behavior" so closely.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Attention, Unexpected, Behavior

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• William McKinley has surely been underrated - in no small part because he was succeeded by a memorable leader, Theodore Roosevelt.

  James M Strock

  Leader, Theodore

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• Ronald Reagan was a traditionalist - who purposefully, effectively unleashed innovation and change in himself, in the nation, and in the world. He was a "great communicator" who achieved memorable intimacy with the people everywhere - yet he was often disengaged from his own family.

  James M Strock

  People, Innovation, World

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

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Boston, Moments

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• The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

  Bella Abzug

  Jobs, Women, Equality

  Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press

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• When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

  Gracie Allen

  Funny Birthday, Funny Inspirational, Women

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• War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

  Hannah Arendt

  Peace, War, Women

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• The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.

  Nancy Astor

  Inspirational, Change, People

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• It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.

  Lauren Bacall

  Use, Inappropriate, Vulgar

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

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• Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

  Roseanne Barr

  Funny Inspirational, Children, Anger

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• Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom.

  Candice Bergen

  Funny, California, Hollywood

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• It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Thinking, Cry, Audience

  "The Filmgoer's Companion". Book by Leslie Halliwell, 1965.

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• Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day.

  Daniel Boone

  Country, Adventure, Events

  Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawks (1996). “Daniel Boone: His Own Story”, p.2, Applewood Books

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• Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Art, Hurt, Goes On

  Heat of the Day (1949) ch. 16

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• I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Memories, Believe, Age

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

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• It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.

  Jimmy Carter

  Believe, Government, People

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• The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

  Jimmy Carter

  Land, Way, Emulation

  Jimmy Carter (2013). “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President”, p.23, University of Arkansas Press

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• I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country.

  Jimmy Carter

  Mother, Country, Children

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• I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

  Jimmy Carter

  Commitment, Rights, Environmental Quality

  "The US and Israel Stand Alone". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 15, 2006.

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• Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

  Jimmy Carter

  Government, People, Political

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• Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

  Tom Clancy

  Beats, Over The Edge, Edges

  "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

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• There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs.

  Tom Clancy

  Country, Technology, Unions

  "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

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• Wars are begun by frightened men.

  Tom Clancy

  War, Men, Frightened

  Tom Clancy (2003). “Red Rabbit”, p.47, Penguin

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• If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Women, Food, Cooking

  "Close to Colette". Book by Maurice Goudeket, 1956.

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• 'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.

  Timothy Dalton

  Book, Wind, Watches

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