John Byng Quotes

By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.

John Byng

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 29, 1704 - March 14, 1757

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I make it a habit of never trying to judge what an audience might think, only because all points of view are too close, because we're doing it every day, I think that the actor's point of view is sometimes too close to what the material actually is.

Joe Morton

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I want to have it all.

Jennifer Aniston

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I think valuing what your body can do over how your body looks is the No. 1 advice I would give to young women about how to have healthy body image. It's not, 'Do these pants fit?' It's 'Can I do a split?'

Maya Hawke

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The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.

Matthew McConaughey

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You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of.

Michael Chang

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I can only know what love is insofar as I can feel it.

Mercedes McCambridge

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Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investigation. But give somebody an avatar and a URL, and he can't tweet, post or hyperlink enough personal information about himself to as many people as possible.

John Ridley

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What you put into your body is just as important as how hard you dance. I believe with the right training and an understanding of how to take care of your body, you can mold it to be whatever you want it to be.

Misty Copeland

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Every time I step in the Octagon, I always try to finish.

Jose Aldo

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I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married an Italian girl, which resulted in an immediate annulment. I had two annulments by the time I was 23.

Dominic Chianese

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I grew up in Northern California, and theater is all there was. I didn't know how to go about starting a career when I was 10.

Dennis Haysbert

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I did business the same way President Lee did, and from what I read in the papers, the same way President Ma has done. But I have been charged for misuse and misappropriation. People need to learn at the most basic level that valid charges have not been brought against me.

Chen Shui-bian

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