Lord Byron Quotes
I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
Ingvar Kamprad
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My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.
Vikram Seth
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Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
Flavius Josephus
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
V. S. Naipaul
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If I don't know I don't know, I think I know. If I don't know I know, I think I don't know.
R. D. Laing
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Warren Buffett
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A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
J. B. Priestley
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I think that 'The Shield' was a phenomenal series finale.
Damon Lindelof
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Among physicists and chemists, cold fusion - nuclear fusion at close to room temperature - enjoys a reputation about on par with creationism.
Sam Kean
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I think my dad has helped me tremendously.
Rand Paul
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I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill.
Calvin Klein
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You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.
Rachel Kushner
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Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here.
Harold Brodkey
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I think work begets work.
Adam Baldwin
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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
C. L. R. James
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The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the best.
Randy Schekman
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If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
Xavier Niel
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I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.
Mike Tyson
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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
Henrik Ibsen
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I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
Ellie Goulding
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So now I'm going to forget the 400 years of lynching and killing raping and depriving my people feeding of justice and equality and the lowest of low last respect and I'm going to look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and don't see the other million who are trying to kill me? I'm not that big of a fool.
Muhammad Ali
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I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation -- they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves.
Lord Byron