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Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. — Elihu Root

Your skills are adequate, though you would be better served by keeping your mouth closed unless it's being used to please or swallow. — Judith James

Life is not salvage to be saved out of the world, but an investment to be used in the world. — Lettie B. Cowman

You just may be a redneck if your lawn furniture used to be your living room furniture. — Jeff Foxworthy

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect. — Sandra Bullock

There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty. — Julia Child

When I was a kid, I used to think, 'Man, if I could ever afford all the ice cream I want to eat, that's as rich as I ever want to be.' — Jimmy Dean

When you finally let go of the person you used to be, you get to discover the person you are now and the person you want to become. — Regina Brett

If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him. — Elaine A. Cannon

If a bird is used to flying and you put in a a cage, it won't be a happy bird; It wants to fly; that's its nature. Your nature is infinite awareness. — Frederick Lenz

Your state of consciousness today is not the same as it used to be or as it will be in two weeks or a couple of years from now. — Harold Klemp

I used to be super trendy and totally sexy. But I look back now and I used to want everything short and low cut and you really can't do it all. — Kim Kardashian

She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks. — Sherman Alexie

Maybe I'm a little more confident than I used to be, but not much. — Meg White

They say the world used to be bigger. The world's still the same
there's just less in it. — Johnny Depp

Would you like to be young again? Play any kind of sport you used to? All day long, with no soreness the next day?"
"Who Wouldn't? — Lissa Price

That's the New York thing, isn't it. People who seem absolutely crazy going around telling you how crazy they used to be before they had therapy. — Judith Perelman Rossner

I did a Clean & Clear commercial. I did a series of them. I used to be the Clean & Clear girl! — Shantel VanSanten

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway. — Jerry Weller

Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being. — Pedro Martinez

I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence. — Alastair Campbell

When you are this hungry, you cannot even remember who you used to be, she whispered. Who you might have been, if not for the hunger. — Catherynne M Valente

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. — Jesse Helms

Pain jabbed Janco where the lower half of his right ear used to be. He rubbed the scar. "Now, I'm not a genius - "
"Got that right," Ari mumbled. — Maria V. Snyder

I used to want to be a vampire when I was young. It'd be great, you know? Run around at night, never die, kill people. It sounds like a great life! — Jackson Rathbone

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it. — Noel Coward

The future was a living thing, and could never be truly known. It rippled with change whenever someone used free will to make a choice. But — Peter V. Brett

I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition. — Penelope Keith

Diderot took the ground that, if orthodox religion be true Christ was guilty of suicide. Having the power to defend himself he should have used it. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Language can be used to so many diverse ends. It can be used to clarify and, of course, it can be used to obfuscate, confuse, evade ... — Errol Morris

You've gone back to the way you used to be before. The way you promised you'd never be again. — Sophie Kinsella

Mystification has little to do with the vocabulary used. Mystification is the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident — John Berger

The Master doesn't seek fulfillment. For only those who are not full are able to be used which brings the feeling of completeness. — Laozi

I love to bring a bowl or basket filled with clementines that can be used as an easy centerpiece and enjoyed after the party. — Clinton Kelly

Even gelato, which used to be divine all over Italy, is not dependably good anymore. — Frances Mayes

The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment. — Marianne Williamson

I don't think it's things that used to be that haunt us, but things that could have been. — Matthew Baker

The thing that would make me believe that hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was my way back to the person I used to be. — Cheryl Strayed

Whatever happened to the tomboy I used to be, the slightly rebellious rocker? — Brenda Lee

Much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.). — Frances Moore Lappe

The whole world seems tilted, my inner ear displaced by a hole where my spouse used to be. — Suzanne Finnamore

People say death is scary, and I used to be scared. I used to fear death. But death doesn't scare me anymore. I welcome it. — Rebecca Shea

When all normal rules are suspended, and ordinary things that used to be important suddenly become meaningless. — L.J.Smith

The future just isn't what it used to be — Jonathan Tropper

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious. — Jennifer Ellison

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be. — Lou Holtz

My grandmother used to always say, 'People need to be worth something.' — Will Smith

The Sword of Summer, a weapon that wasn't designed to be a weapon, a blade that is best used by letting go of it. — Rick Riordan

My unruly hair used to feel like an extension of my personality...full of life and bucking all attempts to be controlled."
Hybrid Angel (Part 1) — Nickie Williams

Death isn't what it used to be — China Mieville

Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D. — Norman Ralph Augustine

Everybody's broken, sweetie. God helps us get put back together.
~Rev. Mayes
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be — Frances O'Roark Dowell

What a queer topsy turvy world it was. It used to be the man who went to the wars, the woman who stayed at home. But here the positions were reversed. — Agatha Christie

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all. — Bernadette Devlin

What drives me? Surrounding myself with amazing talent to craft a breakthrough product which can be used by millions of people to change the world. — Mike McCue

There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed. — Peter Sellers

I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true — A.A. Milne

What's interesting is that the way we go about finding our marriage partners today is quite different from the way it used to be in this culture. — Sheena Iyengar

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. — Margaret Atwood

I used to be, like, "Sleep when I die." — Tony Robbins

It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy. — Mark Twain

These cumbersome vehicles were as convenient as if dinosaurs had survived to be used by cowboys for driving cattle — Barbara W. Tuchman

It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless. — Caprice Bourret

what is is, as Grandma Win used to say, and what can't be cured must be endured, and laugh and the world laughs with you but cry and you cry alone. — Margaret Atwood

People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun. — Jennifer Ehle

As one of my older friends says, "Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be." Let's take a stab at it, anyway. — Warren Buffett

I used to be a Democrat, now I'm basically a Republican. — Adam Carolla

The tea seemed to be making things better. It was a hot drink made of leaves, used in times of crisis as a means of restoring normality. — Matt Haig

A brick can be used to represent the zero probability of this book being any good. — Amy Summers

There is hard hitting, but the hitting is not nearly as hard as it used to be. — Jim Otto

When you run into someone that you used to be in love with, all that you have is drama, desperation and not know what to do. — Taylor Swift

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside. — Waris Ahluwalia

When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, he or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened? — Ben Carson

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial. — Michelle Stuart

For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen. — Walton Goggins

High culture isn't what it used to be. — Andrew O'Hagan

A lot of the U.S. used to be part of Mexico, including Arizona. But they're a bit touchy about that right now. — Craig Ferguson

Knowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment. — Carl Von Clausewitz

My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it. — Norman Wisdom

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. — Audre Lorde

Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I'd be used to it after all these years, but it's like it's happening for the first time. — Jeff Bridges

Many people make devices that can be used for good or evil. You cannot blame the blacksmith when the swords he crafts are used to kill. — Lindsay Buroker

Neither Jewish morality nor Jewish tradition can be used to disallow terror as a means of war, — Yitzhak Shamir

A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I am an experimenter, or rather I used to be one. Then I stopped working, and since then people think I am a theoretician. — George Placzek

"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population." — Paul Rusesabagina

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. — Margaret Thatcher

Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases. — Mark Udall

Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do. — Vikram Chatwal

My quotes are being used in other authors creations. To be recognized while I'm alive has surpassed my expectations — Stanley Victor Paskavich

The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. — Barack Obama

Visualizing is meant to be used as a tool to trigger an emotional response within yourself. These emotions then dictate your vibration. — Jennifer O'Neill

We're all living in a parallel universe of what the world used to be. — Lauren DeStefano

Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be. — Whitney Houston

Devils used to be God's angels that fell from the top. There is no diversity cos we're burnin in the melting pot. — Immortal Technique

Get used to holding on to me as tight as you can, because you'll be in my arms before the night is over. — Dannika Dark

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles. — Liu Xiang

But I can be your friend in the meantime. We can even exchange friendship bracelets if you want, like the Amity girls used to. — Veronica Roth

Unless the inquiry has been so exhaustive as to explore every possibility, the lack of evidence should never be used to ground a statement of fact. — Jonathan Renshaw

My mom,Sarah used to tell me that you could be anywhere when you life begins but you wouldn't know it until it changed everything you thought you knew — Shey Stahl