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See also Core English Vocabulary (H) List :: Top 1,000 UK English Words (#3) List :: Top 3,000 American English Words (#06) List-
Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.
Peter C. Goldmark, Jr.
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There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
Anthony de Mello
Keywords: beliefs :: cause :: commonly :: false :: have :: head :: held :: in :: is :: it :: never :: occurs :: of :: one :: only :: question :: so :: that :: the :: them :: there :: to :: unhappiness :: widespread :: you :: yourSubject: Happiness Quotes :: Unhappiness QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Paul Engle
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Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
Harold Wilson
Keywords: acceptance :: are :: common :: crawling :: fair :: given :: head :: held :: high :: in :: into :: market :: negotiate :: negotiations :: no :: not :: of :: offered :: our :: terms :: the :: unconditional :: us :: way :: we :: whatever :: will :: wind :: yesSubject: Negotiation QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a wide-spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible
Bertrand Russell
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
Gore Vidal
Keywords: and :: apparently :: are :: at :: candidates :: cost :: democracy :: elections :: great :: held :: interchangeable :: is :: issues :: numerous :: place :: where :: with :: withoutSubject: Politics QuotesSource: brainyquote.com
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Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand
George Washington
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Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.
Emil Ludwig
Keywords: always :: another :: attracted :: because :: by :: close :: difference :: entire :: friends :: has :: held :: lives :: many :: of :: one :: other :: person :: remained :: similarity :: strange :: that :: the :: their :: them :: throughout :: to :: two :: virtueSubject: Friendship QuotesSource: brainyquote.com
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But above everything else, Shakespeare had to deal with a city of 400,000 people and a theatre that held 4,000 and everyone from the streetsweeper upwards. Not unlike your local cineplex, and he used everything possible to arrest and stop that audience - ...
Baz Luhrmann
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I think Orlando Bloom is cute. I met him at an awards show. I was actually nominated and I won that one. When I went up on stage, they didn`t have a step for me to step on at the Critics` Choice Awards so he had to hold me up. He held me for a LONG, LONG ...
Dakota Fanning
Keywords: actually :: an :: and :: at :: awards :: bloom :: choice :: critics :: cute :: didn :: for :: had :: have :: he :: held :: him :: hold :: is :: long :: me :: met :: nominated :: on :: one :: orlando :: show :: so :: stage :: step :: that :: the :: they :: think :: time :: to :: up :: was :: went :: when :: wonSource: imdb.com
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[in her last interview in the Los Angeles Examiner] As long as my money held out I could get drugs. I was afraid to tell my mother, my best friends. My only desire was to get drugs and take them in secrecy. If only I could get on my knees before the polic...
Alma Rubens
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I`ve never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I`ve found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength. (2005)
Brooke Shields
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Did you ever notice they never take any fat hostages? You never see a guy coming out of Lebanon going: `I was held hostage for seven months and I lost 175 pounds, I feel good and I look good and I learned self-discipline. That`s the important thing.`
Denis Leary
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They held up The Outlaw (1943) for five years. And Howard Hughes had me doing publicity for it every day, five days a week for five years.
Jane Russell
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I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones and reinforces the tendons.
Sylvester Stallone
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Toronto has such a nice balance as far as the films they show there. They kind of give an opportunity to everybody. You get the best of the best there. It`s a good standard to be held up against, and it`s very flattering to be in that festival.
Cameron Diaz
Keywords: against :: an :: and :: as :: balance :: be :: best :: everybody :: far :: festival :: films :: flattering :: get :: give :: good :: has :: held :: in :: it :: kind :: nice :: of :: opportunity :: show :: standard :: such :: that :: the :: there :: they :: to :: toronto :: up :: very :: youSource: imdb.com
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Hollywood is a place where they`ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough, and held out for the fifty cents.
Marilyn Monroe
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Opposition to The Passion of the Christ (2004) kind of put me back on my heels a little bit ... I expected some level of turbulence because when one delves into religion and politics - people`s deeply held beliefs -- you`re going to stir things up ... But...
Mel Gibson
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On Heathers (1989): "It`s a brilliant piece of literature, and I call it literature because it really is. I held it up next to `Catcher in the Rye` and all the great books that I`ve read."
Winona Ryder
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Thousands of Republicans turned to me chanting "Four more years.` I thought, `That`s strange, Republicans are usually good at math, but they`re off by a few dozen months. Bush only has two months left.` So I held up two fingers to correct their miscalcula...
Michael Moore
Keywords: are :: at :: bush :: but :: by :: chanting :: correct :: dozen :: few :: fingers :: four :: good :: has :: held :: left :: math :: me :: miscalculation :: months :: more :: of :: off :: only :: re :: republicans :: so :: strange :: that :: their :: they :: thought :: thousands :: to :: turned :: two :: up :: usually :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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We respect our parents and they respect us. Even when we were younger, it was never, `Well, I`m the parent and you`re the kid.` You wouldn`t be held back because of your age. Just the opposite. My father used to say, `The youngest gets to yell the loudest...
River Phoenix
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I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks and acting was the only thing that held my interest. The reason I started was to stay away from the meat market. That`s where I was headed -- to be with the guys who lug beef all day ...
James Caan
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I would be very proud if, one day, I`m held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It`s what I`m working hard towards.
Cristiano Ronaldo
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The censors were always there when I was on the set. When I was held up. in a lift [in "Deep in My Heart"] they were up on ladders to see if I was properly covered.
Cyd Charisse
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I actually washed my window once, and it fell through-it was being held together by the dirt. - describing a dilapidated apartment where she once lived as a struggling actress in New York City.
Edie Falco
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I`d done two movies with Elvis Presley. I`d been around Hollywood for a while - and saw how needlessly competitive and negative it could be. It never held my interest.
Dolores Hart
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[About being held up at an airport for refusing to be parted from the manuscript of her seventh "Harry Potter" book]: The heightened security restrictions on the airlines made the journey back from New York interesting, as I refused to be parted from the ...
J.K. Rowling
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When asked what had held up her dress in Gilda (1946), she replied, "Two things."
Rita Hayworth
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Elvis` kisses held an intensity that melted my very being. I slipped my arms around his neck and our bodies entwined. This was all madness, but we didn`t stop. A person could go to the gallows with such a kiss lingering on their lips, knowing life had bee...
Suzanna Leigh
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If I`m hip, we`ve got a problem in this country. I really shouldn`t be held up as any model of hipness. If anything I think I`m sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There`s a lot of that in Amer...
Anderson Cooper
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