1,029 Quotes About Lines

  • Author Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
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    Though you be sprung in direct line from Hercules, if you show a lowborn meanness, that long succession of ancestors whom you disgrace are so many witnesses against you; and this grand display of their tarnished glory but serves to make your ignominy more evident.

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  • Author Paul Bettany
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    I'm a guy who is married to an actress, who has three children, and lives in Tribeca. Where do you draw the line on what I am allowed to discuss?

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  • Author Richard Briers
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    I used to make minor alterations and often shorten lines that were rather literary to make them more naturalistic. But my contribution was very small.

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  • Author Richard Francis Burton
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    The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou callest thine.

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  • Author Robert Barry
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    I am always producing work, but there is always a sort of deadline where you have to finish work. I don't do it for a show. In other words, I am not like a fashion designer where I have a, you know - I have to put out the full line or I have to put out the summer line like that.

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  • Author Tiki Barber
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    I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

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  • Author Tom Brady
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    It's easy when you have receivers that are open all the time and an offensive line that never lets anyone touch you. It makes it fun to play.

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  • Author Tony Blair
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    Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs...The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.

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