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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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"Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks."

"Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Nothing, Robert Downey, Jr.

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"It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written."

"It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written."

Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

Nothing, Writing

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"Nothing is sacred, right?"

"Nothing is sacred, right?"

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

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"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

"Nothing's beautiful from every point of view."

Horace, Roman Poet

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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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"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance."

"There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance."

Jean Racine, French Dramatist

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"Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open."

"Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Nothing, Open, Philosophy, Trying

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"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here."

"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here."

Alex Van Halen, American Musician

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"Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is."

"Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place where there's nothing to hang on: it comes from a part of yourself that simply knows, expresses itself, and is."

Jeff Buckley, American Musician

Nothing, Voice, Words

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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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"I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk."

"I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk."

Travis Barker, American Musician

Nothing, Now, Punk

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"I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person."

"I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person."

Michael Palin, British Comedian

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"I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing."

"I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

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"True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is."

"True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is."

Victor Cousin, French Philosopher

Nothing, Philosophy

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"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten."

"There is nothing new except what has been forgotten."

Marie Antoinette, French Royalty

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"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly."

"Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

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"When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing."

"When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing."

Joseph Roux, French Clergyman

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"As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing."

"As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

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"If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it."

"If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

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"I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel."

"I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel."

Diane Lane, American Actress

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"I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing."

"I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

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"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

"Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe."

Janos Bolyai, Hungarian Mathematician

Nothing, Universe

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"There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality."

"There was really nothing shocking in what Brigitte did, what was provocative was her natural sensuality."

Roger Vadim, French Journalist

Nothing, Provocative, Sensuality

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"There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back."

"There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back."

Billy Martin, American Businessman

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"Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next."

"Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next."

Maya Lin, American Architect

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"As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues."

"As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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"I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars."

"I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars."

Broderick Crawford, American Actor

Nothing, Sons, Want

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"It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page."

"It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page."

Joan Baez, American Musician

Nothing, Songs, Words, Writing

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"There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos."

"There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos."

Jim Hightower, American Activist

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"Nothing dries sooner than tears."

"Nothing dries sooner than tears."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

41

"When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet."

"When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet."

Franklin P. Jones, American Journalist

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"When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911."

"When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Nothing, Running, Water

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"I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve."

"I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve."

Bill Dixon, American Musician

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"Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene."

"Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene."

James Lipton, American Educator

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"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."

"To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less."

Andre Malraux, French Author

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"Nothing is really real unless it happens on television."

"Nothing is really real unless it happens on television."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Nothing, Television

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor

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"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous."

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous."

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Indian Entertainer

41

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening."

"Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."

"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."

Steve Martin, American Comedian

Nothing, Pretty

41

"Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last."

"Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last."

Abraham Cowley, English Poet

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"'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to."

"'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to."

Johann Most, German Revolutionary

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"I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all."

"I have to go 150 percent or nothing at all."

Patti LaBelle, American Musician

40

"I realize that nothing's as it seems."

"I realize that nothing's as it seems."

Sting, British Musician

40

"The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters."

"The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters."

Galileo Galilei, Italian Scientist

40

"I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing."

"I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing."

Frank Robinson, American Athlete

40

"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

"I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."

"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

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"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

William James, American Philosopher

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