Used To Be Quotes - Page 36

• In the glad old days, before the rise of modern morbidities...it used to be thought a disadvantage to be misunderstood.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Misunderstood, Modern, Used

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• America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Pursuit Of Happiness, America, Political

  Jonah Goldberg (2008). “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning”, p.20, Crown Forum

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• I'm sure I never used to be so sensitive. I think it is due to this nervous condition.

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Thinking, Nervous, Sensitive

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1999). “The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader”, p.4, University of Virginia Press

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• But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that is going to be Human and isn’t yet, or used to be Human once and isn’t now, or ought to be Human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.

  C. S. Lewis

  Eye, Advice, Used

  C. S. Lewis (2010). “A Year With Aslan: Words of Wisdom and Reflection from the Chronicles of Narnia”, p.40, HarperCollins UK

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• All the boys were grown up and done for by this time; so it is scarcely worth while saying anything more about them. You may see the twins and Nibs and Curly any day going to an office, each carrying a little bag and an umbrella. Michael is an engine driver. Slightly married a lady of title, and so he became a lord. You see that judge in a wig coming out at the iron door? That used to be Tootles. The bearded man who doesn't know any story to tell his children was once John.

  James M. Barrie

  Children, Boys, Men

  James M. Barrie (2015). “Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels”, p.131, 谷月社

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• When you don't fit in, you become superhuman. You can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck like Velcro. You can hear a whisper about you from a mile away. You can disappear, even when it looks like you're still standing right there. You can scream, and nobody hears a sound. You become the mutant who fell into the vat of acid, the Joker who can't remove his mask, the bionic man who's missing all his limbs and none of his heart. You are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can't even remember what it was like.

  Jodi Picoult

  Heart, Eye, Men

  Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.195, Simon and Schuster

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• Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Funny, Music, Used

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• In our relationships, how much can we allow them to become new, and how much do we cling to what they used to be yesterday?

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  Ram Dass

  Yesterday, Our Relationship, Used

  Ram Dass (2007). “One-Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life”, p.214, Harmony

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• There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Stars, Learning, Science

  "Richard P. Feynman, Teacher". David L. Goodstein, "Physics Today", Volume 42, No. 2, February 1989.

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• Americans used to be 'citizens.' Now we are 'consumers.

  Vicki Robin

  Citizens, Used, Consumers

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• The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be.

  Paul Newman

  Getting Older, Remember, Problem

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• Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Loneliness, Healing, Thinking

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• I asked myself if I would kill my parents to save his life, a question I had been posing since I was fifteen. The answer always used to be yes. But in time, all those boys had faded away, and my parents were still there. I was now less and less willing to kill them for anyone; in fact, I worried for their health. In this case, however, I had to say yes. Yes, I would.

  Miranda July

  Boys, Parent, Answers

  "The Book of Other People". Selected and edited by Zadie Smith, 2008.

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• In the same way that a tornado rips the roof off a double-wide trailer, leaving the occupants dazed and staring at the clouds from the splinters of what used to be their living room, it was over.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Rip, Clouds, Leaving

  Augusten Burroughs (2004). “Running With Scissors”, p.185, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• When you are tempted to get discouraged, remind yourself that according to God’s word, your future is getting brighter; you are on your way to a new level of glory. You may think you’ve got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you’ve already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you’re not what you used to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Long, Thank God

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• To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible.

  Alain Robbe-Grillet

  Girl, Boys, Practice

  Alain Robbe-Grillet (2015). “La Maison de Rendez-Vous and Djinn: Two Novels”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because the he becomes one of the children.

  Marguerite Duras

  Children, Home, Men

  Marguerite Duras (1993). “Practicalities”, p.51, Grove Press

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• Maybe I`m getting to the age when I`m starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people are so angry now. You used to be able to disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the Right and the Left.

  Clint Eastwood

  Believe, People, Age

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• Nice dress Zoey. It looks just like mine. Oh, wait! It used to be mine. Aphrodite laughed a throaty, I'm-so-grown-and-you're-just-a-kid laugh. I really hate it when girls do that.I mean, yes, she's older, but I have boobs, too.

  P. C. Cast

  Girl, Hate, Nice

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• once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be, or lose that person completely.

  H. G. Wells

  Two, Choices, One Tree Hill Love

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• Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

  Charles Dickens

  Pain, Teaching, Heart

  Charles Dickens (1881). “Great Expectations”, p.525

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• Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

  Gregory Maguire

  Book, Fall, Writing

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• He'd changed since the last summer. Instead of Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt, he wore a button-down shirt, khaki pants, and leather loafers. His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. He look like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college-age villain was wearing to Harvard this year.

  Rick Riordan

  Summer, College, Hair

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• America I used to be a communist when I was a kid and I'm not sorry.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Sorry, Kids, America

  Allen Ginsberg, “America”

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• It used to be on the Internet no one knew you were a dog. Now not only does everyone know that you are a dog, they know what kind of a dog you are, who you run with, where you hide your bones, the accidental piddle behind the couch, the fight you got into with the boxer, and your thoughts on the hot poodle down the street.

  Nancy Willard

  Running, Dog, Fighting

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