D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.
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Related Weve had some moral victories this season. Weve had one-goal losses against teams that did a number ... EVA LANG Both black and white children are using drugs of choice. We are concerned and we hope we can make a ... BRIAN CALDWELL It's been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince peopl... JOHN HOGAN Weve talked in general about spin-offs and updating it - we dont have specific plans at this point. ... BURT FEINTUCH [Rasco has also served as a volunteer firefighter and first responder. He graduated from Prairie Gro... GREG MACK Weve got a lot more than a lot of people. IAN WILLIAMSON I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve... AARON KATZ It has its ups and downs for sure, but when you take a second and look at life, it's beautiful. Cele... CASSIE LIEGH Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea... EVA LANG Personally when you get dropped it hurts. For me I'm at a point at my age I've been through the ups ... DAMIEN MARTYN I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of se... WILL FERRELL Weve made it tough for looters to get into the neighborhoods, ... We work with a military police uni... AARON KATZ Weve included features that werent in the original proposal, ... Our concentration before was on the... CARLOS MARIN Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. TRAVIS BARKER Each year has been different. We've had our ups and downs. Two different times we had so many injuri... JEFF KAMPERSAL We struggled for a while to find our identity. The Princeton game got us going a little bit. We've h... DAVE CALLOWAY This has been a season of ups and downs. I had mono for more than a month and it was frustrating bei... LAURA FALKENBERG They've been unbelievable. We've had some ups and downs -- probably a lot more downs -- and they've ... SIDNEY CROSBY One-hundred-meter hurdles is my strongest event. I've had my ups and downs with it, but I love hurdl... ASHLEY GOOD You might say "Life isn't fair!" and you only look at the negative. I say "Life has its ups and down... K.M.L I kind of went in with a goal. I had the surgery. It's something I had to do. I looked at it like pr... BYRON TINKER When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd ... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON We had our ups and downs this year like any season. But it ended so perfectly. JEFF ATTINELLA It's been difficult at times because I have to do stuff on my own to get better, but it's definitely... KAREN DELANEY Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it. JOHN GRISHAM But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,When at the same moment she had on a dressWhich cost ... WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I... JOHN SCALZI We feel confident that we can continue to provide the services that weve provided in the past, ... A... DAVID GLEASON Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward. FRANK LOWY The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exac... FRANK SERPICO But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare,
When at the same moment she had on a dress
Whi... WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cos... WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER I don't know that you can say it's over, but our industry has its ups and downs superimposed upon a ... ANDREW GROVE They have veteran experience and they've been able to pitch consistently. Yeah, they've had their up... JEFF KENT I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine per... TONY BENNETT We've been through ups and downs. I see it maintaining a stable segment. GINO LUCARELLI I never had time to get married; I never had a spare minute. At my age I look back and think it woul... CLETE OAKS I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine... TONY BENNETT I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I mu... CHARLES MCCARRY Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress. 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JAMES JAMISON Its a very concerted effort with the city of Portsmouth, the state of New Hampshire, the FBI and all... JAMES ADAMS If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it. KYLE CHANDLER I had a lot of support from my mom. She was my backbone. She's a single parent, she's been through m... CLINTON SOLOMON I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some real... JENNIFER LOPEZ I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if ... JONATHAN KOZOL When life has its ups and downs like a yo-yo the only thing that we can try our best to do is get it... GARY F EVANS... The rate increase were seeing for Unitil customers is the largest increase weve seen in electric rat... ANNE ROSS Life has its ins and outs, ups and downs and we call the medium Facebook LEROY NELLIS II I look back and our best seasons have always been when I had a good number of seniors. That's the wa... ANGELA MOODY To kill yourself for earning a salary is not worth it. NARGIS FAKHRI I think it's been an interesting time. We've had our ups and downs. I think we've grown a lot, and w... HELEN ARNTZEN It's all worth it. My confidence will pick me up, but maybe the way I fill out applications or going... JEFF CARTY We've come a long way. We've had our ups and downs since I've been here. The program is back on the ... GRAHAM BROWN I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. A... ASHTON KUTCHER I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. ANNIE DILLARD That's how my career has been, ... It's been a battle with ups and downs. VAN ALSTYNE I've never really been star struck. I was a little bit taken aback when I was doing a chat show ... RICHARD FLEESHMAN That was a tough day. We had ups and downs, but we worked it out. DAN SNYDER I had never before considered leaving my religion, my family, my customs, and my beliefs behind. It ... CAROLYN JESSOP I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen,... CHRIS EVANS Happiness isn't a constant. You get fleeting glimpses. You have to fight for those moments, but they... TAYLOR SWIFT Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs a... AIMEE MULLINS It's great news. It's always a breathtaking experience. You take it for what it's worth. I had been ... CHAD GAUDIN I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? RICHARD BACH This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It... KYLE SCHMID I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually ... CHERYL TIEGS We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred o... MARK TWAIN There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering... THEODORE ROOSEVELT I had an amazing childhood and always loved to sing and dance, but there were moments where I had up... JESSIE J He's just earned his stripes. It's been a natural maturation process. I came here five years ago and... BOBBY ENGRAM I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to tak... EDEN HAZARD I've never been part of the minority before, never have had to struggle to belong, so I figured I'd ... APOL LEJANO-MASSEBIEAU My life has been no downs, just ups knock on wood. So far, it's been all right. AARON PEIRSOL I've always been impelled to say the truth. When I was 14, in 1954, I already wrote a gay novel,... EDMUND WHITE I have nothing to hide. I've had my ups and downs, and went through something 20 years ago. I've bee... RALPH WHITE We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spo... TIPPI HEDREN Not a lot of money has been spent. It's been painted, but it could use some additional work, probabl... MARK MILLAN How could I have been so stupid to ignore everything I’d had in my life? The color red alone was w... ALICE HOFFMAN It's been tough, but it has been fun, ... This business has its ups and downs, just like any other o... TERRY BRADSHAW I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been ve... ZENDAYA I thought all season we had our ups and downs. We had to put that all behind us. Hopefully, we can g... KAMELA GISSENDANNER I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had ... CHRIS EVANS CECILY. When I see a spade I call it a spade./ GWENDOLEN. I am glad to say I have never seen a spade... OSCAR WILDE Life is full of good times, but the ups and downs of life have made it so difficult to understand. VIKRANT PARSAI I was a rookie at this. I had never been to an auction in my life. KAREN SHEMONSKY We've been waiting on this for a long time. We've had our struggles, but these kids have worked hard... ANDREW TAYLOR Certainly we've had our ups and downs over the years, and we don't always agree, but I like Drew bec... NEW YORK GIANTS We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups an... DAVE BLOOD I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Sure, we've had our fair share of ups and downs, but I don't know if we've had more than any other r... CARL WILSON This has had a lot of fits and starts and peaks and valleys. It's certainly been worth it. SAM HODDER When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred ... JACOB RIIS
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SOMERSET MAUGHAM Tolerance is only another name for indifference. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives by make-believe. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the wo... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and wo... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is er... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty o... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is er... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who has lost it. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man w... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Life isn't long enough for love and art. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When things are at their worst I find something always happens. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, pe... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to th... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefo... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The important thing was to love rather than to be loved. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesth... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know the... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for noth... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM We didn't think much in the air corps of a fellow who wangled a cushy job out of his C.O. by butteri... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM