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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone Quotes
On the someones who shape a moment.
This page includes praise for a steady presence who doesn't panic under pressure, and a note on a fictional character built to feel relatable even in impossible circumstances. For similar reflections, see Know.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone whose family has worked hard and struggled. And they see many similarities between themselves and Barack Obama.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a ski bum and someone who came up in a ski bum family, I understand the essence of what Colorado is all about.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the type of person that could take someone else's funds and take a chance with them.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe everything learned in college is an answer to a question that someone has posed. Questions get posed differently and the answers that come back transport us to places we never knew existed.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can't live in someone else's shoes; you've got to branch out and fill your own shoes.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My life has been that of someone who has moved from the countryside to the society. To make that transition, I have had to learn a lot.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020