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regretted
«It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.»
Author: Andrew Jackson
(President)
| About:
Government,
Power,
Purpose
| Keywords:
bend, purposes, regretted, selfish
«I've never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one millionaire who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives.»
«I particularly regretted winning at the nineteenth hole by the aid of a stymie which was almost impossible to negotiate.»
«I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.»
Author: Virgil Thomson
(Composer)
| About:
Music
| Keywords:
deceptions, down, go down on, in store, Itself, known, letting down, let me know, music, musician, regretted, store, stored up, storing, whatever
«At forty-two I decided to become a photographer because it offered a means of creative thought and action. I didn't rationalize this, I just felt it intuitively and followed my intuition, which I have never regretted.»
Author: Wynn Bullock
| About:
Photography
| Keywords:
followed, forty-two, intuition, intuitively, offered, photographer, rationalize, rationalized, regretted
«I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret things I didn't do. All my life I've done things at a moment's notice. Those are the things I remember. I was given courage, a sense of adventure and a little bit of humor. I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.»
Author: Ingrid Bergman
(Actress)
| Keywords:
actress, give notice, intrude, intrudes, intrude into, intrude on, intruding, regretted, The Actress
«It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat. They at once sought for the journalist, found him, developed him, and made him their industrious and well-paid servant. It is greatly to be regretted, for both their sakes.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
brickbat, developed, greatly, industrious, journalist, mightier, offensive, paving, paving stone, pen, public servant, regretted, sakes, servant, sought