#quarter

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost. ↗

— William Lloyd Garrison

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But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally to disclaim the representations of those opinions which have been put forward in some quarters. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

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A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them. ↗

— Carolus Linnaeus

#distinguish #first #glance #globe #loss

Young quarterbacks do well because they have a great defense. ↗

— Steve Mariucci

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Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice. ↗

— Joe Namath

#course #hit #never #practice #pro

Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters. ↗

— Mike Tyson

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I've had quarter horses for the last 18 years. ↗

— Bruce Boxleitner

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I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn't given the liberty to do certain things when I was young. ↗

— Michael Vick

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I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful. ↗

— David Zucker

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I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands. ↗

— Richard Thompson

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