#except

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#being #equal #equals #every #except

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#english #except #happiness #love #novel

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? ↗

— Alice Walker

#bouquets #dance #ever #everything #except

Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun. ↗

— Quvenzhane Wallis

#except #fun #have fun #having #having fun

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. ↗

— Denzel Washington

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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door. ↗

— Simone Weil

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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. ↗

— Simone Weil

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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh? ↗

— Kanye West

#anything #except #get #god #guns

Nothing in life is promised except death. ↗

— Kanye West

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