52 Quotes About Fifty

  • Author Bible Bible
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    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

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  • Author James Boswell
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    Boswell: "Pray, Sir, do you not suppose that there are fifty women in the world, with any one of whom a man may be as happy, as with any one woman in particular?" Johnson: "Ay, Sir, fifty thousand

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  • Author Matsuo Bashō
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    The haiku that reveals seventy to eighty percent of its subject is good. Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent, we never tire of.

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  • Author Bill Clinton
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    Recovery is going to take years. Fifty thousand people are still living in tents. I hope you will think of them.

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  • Author Dwane Casey
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    Fifty points in the paint - that's unforgivable. You're not really playing very much defense.

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  • Author Penelope Cruz
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    In 'Twice Born' I play my character in her 20s, 30s and 50s. For the fifty year old scenes, I had some prosthetics; it was interesting to see how I'm going to look when I'm fifty-five or so. I actually saw similarities between my grandmothers and my mother.

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  • Author Stephen Colbert
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    I started as a straight actor. I'd go onstage, and I'd think, 'Wow, this is the only thing I want to work really hard at. I will rehearse fifty times on a single scene; I don't care - I'll do it again.'

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