Respectable Quotes
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Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.
Humphrey Carpenter
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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
Louis D. Brandeis
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Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; when those of domination it is accursed.
Rabindranath Tagore
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If you can build a business up big enough, it`s respectable.
Will Rogers
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Men are respectable only as they respect
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.
Jane Austen
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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
George Shaw
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Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell
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The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that such men are not content to remain continent, and that in a conventionally virtuous community they do not find respectable women.
Bertrand Russell
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Pink Flamingos - I don`t think it`s my best movie, but God knows the day I die it will be in the first paragraph of my obituary. It helped make trash more respectable. It lasted longer than I ever would have imagined. I still meet young kids who have just...
John Waters
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I stared into his eyes and told him that I thought he was a respectable human. I did tell him straight out that I think his band still sucks. - on his encounter with Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder.
Kurt Cobain
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I grew up in a respectable, lower-middle-class home. Our family was quite educated; my mother was a painter, and stuff like that. And I didn`t chop up my next-door neighbour. But I remember those emotions. It was a very strange world. Ireland is very grey...
Neil Jordan
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We`re proof you can make a respectable business in a hard neighborhood and have it thrive in good and bad times,
Tim Wilson
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We had to play a perfect game to stay in it. If not for the injuries, there`s a chance of us at least making it respectable.
Peter Gordon
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We are looking to be respectable in our division and make the league playoffs again, ... We have a good nucleus of returning players and plenty of experience gained from last year?s run in the league and district playoffs.
David Potts
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They`re doing a good job moving toward the higher-growth businesses in terms of wireless and high-speed access, and they`ve shown a very respectable outcome.
Bruce Roberts
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These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.
Kinky Friedman
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There are so many charlatans out there who are passing themselves off as respectable investment advisers, ... The only way to protect yourself is to not believe anybody.
Ashton Dilka
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The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.
Robert Bork
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The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That`s still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.
Catherine Bell
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Suddenly, touring became respectable, and it meant that people didn`t feel that they had to travel 250 miles up to London to see a good play.
Timothy West
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Puffy faces, beer bellies - I can`t afford to go that way. For the parts I play I`ve got to look respectable, lean and mean.
Vinnie Jones
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Of course I`m respectable. I`m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
Robert Towne
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Of course I`m respectable. I`m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
Robert Towne
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My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don`t think that they actually got to know one another deeply.
Christopher Durang
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It was a respectable day. But after the (Fed) decision tomorrow, I think we can do better. I think the Street is braced for a no-rate-cut, no-rate-hike move from the Fed.
Anisha Queen
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In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.
Ales Kotalik
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I was proud of my girls for fighting in the second half and making it respectable. We made them call a timeout [which] gave the girls some confidence. We have a bunch of juniors, so that will give them confidence for next year.
Ashley Donnell
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I like to assume that since I drive a car and maintain a respectable credit rating and rarely murder anyone and bury them in the back garden unless they really deserve it, that the fact that I hear voices won`t unduly disturb anyone.
Robin McKinley
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Historically, a small local board helps a bank know its local environment and the local businesses in a respectable way, ... But the 27 banks in the report were large multi-state or international banks.
Mark Watson
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