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"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."

"Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"Nothing can be done except little by little."

"Nothing can be done except little by little."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."

"So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Nothing, Provocative

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"Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration."

"Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration."

Hans Frank, German Public Servant

Nothing, Police

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"That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort."

"That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

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"It's nothing to be ashamed of and that there are even beneficial traits associated with the condition. Most importantly, acknowledge yourself for who you are and if you're struggling with anything resembling ADD get professionally diagnosed."

"It's nothing to be ashamed of and that there are even beneficial traits associated with the condition. Most importantly, acknowledge yourself for who you are and if you're struggling with anything resembling ADD get professionally diagnosed."

Christopher Knight, American Actor

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"There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman."

"There is nothing more unaesthetic than a policeman."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"Nobody gets anything for nothing."

"Nobody gets anything for nothing."

Gloria Swanson, American Actress

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"I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

"I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

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"Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?"

"Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?"

Robin Williams, American Comedian

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"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on."

"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

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"I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing."

"I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

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"The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal."

"The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal."

Jimmy Breslin, American Entertainer

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"Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word."

"Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word."

Joseph Roux, French Clergyman

Nothing, Will, Word

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"Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends."

"Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

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"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."

"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

Nothing, Promise, Summer, Winter

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"Nothing has changed in our relationship with East West. We have no relationship with East West. We've been withholding our labour for almost seven years now."

"Nothing has changed in our relationship with East West. We have no relationship with East West. We've been withholding our labour for almost seven years now."

Andrew Eldritch, English Musician

Nothing, Now, Years

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"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

"I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer."

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Musician

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"Nothing can be beautiful which is not true."

"Nothing can be beautiful which is not true."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner."

"But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner."

John Donne, British Poet

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"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard."

"There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard."

John Motson, British Celebrity

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"You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know."

"You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Nothing, Tools, Writing

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"Nothing is wasted."

"Nothing is wasted."

Edward V. Lucas, American Writer

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"I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible."

"I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible."

Michael Phelps, American Athlete

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"How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons."

"How is the base sequence, divided into codons? There is nothing in the backbone of the nucleic acid, which is perfectly regular, to show us how to group the bases into codons."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

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"Once you sell yourself, it's over. You've got nothing left."

"Once you sell yourself, it's over. You've got nothing left."

Morgan Brittany, American Actress

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"You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all."

"You lose some, you win some. Nothing wrong with that at all."

Stefan Edberg, Swedish Athlete

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"Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme."

"Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme."

Jason Behr, American Actor

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"I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read."

"I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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"Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses."

"Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Nothing, Senses, Words

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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"I don't know how a fellow looks, when he meets somebody that he hasn't seen, hasn't heard of, don't know where they are, know nothing about the house, whatever."

"I don't know how a fellow looks, when he meets somebody that he hasn't seen, hasn't heard of, don't know where they are, know nothing about the house, whatever."

Charles Phillips, American Executive

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"Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it."

"Nothing so much enhances a good as to make sacrifices for it."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."

"In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

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"He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want."

"He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want."

Thomas Hughes, British Judge

Nothing, Right, Want

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"I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer."

"I am not interested in releasing best of stuff and I have not given my permission. You release best of packages when you're a has-been and have nothing new to offer."

Amanda Lear, French Musician

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"We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about."

"We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

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"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something."

"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something."

Wilson Mizner, American Dramatist

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"Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it."

"Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

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"There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it."

"There's something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

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"There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying."

"There is a moment when nothing can be wiped out and left behind any more, when there is only reality and reality is horrifying."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Nothing, Reality

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"If nothing is at risk, nothing is established."

"If nothing is at risk, nothing is established."

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

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"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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"Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system."

"Sometimes, I wish we were all amateurs again. I'd play for nothing. Ab-so-lute-ly free. But that's not the system."

Dan Marino, American Athlete

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"I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special."

"I have the normal complement of anxieties, neuroses, psychoses and whatever else - but I'm absolutely nothing special."

Clive Barker, English Writer

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"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel."

"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel."

E. B. White, American Writer

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"A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing."

"A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing."

John Tillotson, British Theologian

Nothing, Obligation, Silence, Word

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"Nothing is sacred to a gamester."

"Nothing is sacred to a gamester."

Bernard Joseph Saurin, French Dramatist

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"In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before."

"In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

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"I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad."

"I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad."

Dusty Springfield, British Musician

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