Mother Teresa
Missionary, Nun
"I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things."
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Frederic Chopin
Composer
"I tell my piano the things I used to tell you"
Christopher Hitchens
Author, Critic, Journalist
"Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons."
Leon Brown
Artist
"You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be."
Adam Garcia
Actor, Dancer
"You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff."
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"Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off."
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"The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum."
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"This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances."
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"I used to collect charms and bracelets."
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"It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy."
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"Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry."
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"The human tongue is like wasabi: it's very powerful, and should be used sparingly."
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"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."
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"Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible."
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"I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious."
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"Nothing's ever come easy to me and nothing ever will and that's okay. I'm used to that. I go with the challenges. I roll with the punches."
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"I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change"
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"A million dollars isn't what it used to be."
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"The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent."
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"How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?"
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"Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!"
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"I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto."
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"Your heart opens and of course you're completely panicked because you're used to guarding this organ with your life."
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"I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time."
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"Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror."
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