#been

At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

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When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing being self employed prior to this happening. It was my mental preparation meeting the opportunity in that moment. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#being #cut #employed #feet #had

I'm open to comments. I'm open to objective points of view, because I've been very narrow and very subjective. ↗

— Richard Donner

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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been. ↗

— George Eliot

#comes #duties #find #might #must

The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with. ↗

— Stephen Dorff

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I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#am #been #i #i am #our

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#anywhere #been #earth #else #everglades

Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#barbie #been #bit #children #dolls