Comeback Quotes - Page 11

• For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

  George Orwell

  Love, Writing, Heart

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.134, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression

  Hjalmar Branting

  Years, May, Regression

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• One thing that has made a big comeback just recently is this business of speaking with the dead. To my innocent mind, 'dead' implies incapable of communicating.

  James Randi

  Motivation, Inspiration, Mind

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• Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Atheist, Believe, Resurrection

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• Today science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some past successes have led to institutional measures (education; role of experts; role of power groups such as the AMA) that prevent a comeback of the rivals.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Past, Reign, Today

  "Science in a Free Society". Book by Paul Feyerabend, 1978.

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• I've always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that's kind of just been my MO for my whole career.

  Serena Williams

  Careers, Firsts, Kind

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• If you have a setback, Don’t take a step back- Get ready for a comeback!

  Tim Storey

  Steps, Ready, Ifs

  FaceBook post by Tim Storey from Jul 11, 2012

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• I don't know if it will be my big comeback, but I think it is a statement - that I am a self-sustaining, vibrant, long-term artist, and I'm not going away! And if you don't give me credit, then the musical gods will!

  Rufus Wainwright

  Artist, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The name Kylie can be used for Scrabble, as it is an aboriginal word for boomerang. Which is why Ms Minogue is so good at comebacks.

  Kathy Lette

  Names, Scrabble, Boomerang

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• Well, just to dispel all the myths, Walt [Disney] was not anti-Semitic. He was not racist in any way, shape, or form. He was not frozen when his life ended. He's not in some frozen vault right now waiting to make a big comeback.

  Pat Williams

  Waiting, Racist, Frozen

  Source: nerdreactor.com

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• Now, the situation is much worse in Indonesia than 10 years ago. It is because then, there was still some hope. The progressive Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid, was alive and so was Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Mr Wahid, a former President of Indonesia, was a closet Socialist. He was deposed by a judicial coup constructed by the Indonesian elites and military, but many Indonesians still believed that he would manage to make a comeback.

  Andre Vltchek

  Military, Leader, President

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

  Dalai Lama

  Enemy, Has Beens, Destroyed

  Dalai Lama (2005). “The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• You know, marriage is making a big comeback. I know personally that in Hollywood people are marrying people they never married before.

  Bob Hope

  People, Hollywood, Married

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• A poem has a certain - a different time. For instance, a poem is a very private experience, and it doesn't have a driving tempo. In other words, you know, you can go back and forward; you can comeback; you can linger. You know, it's a completely different time reference.

  Leonard Cohen

  Different, Driving, Certain

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• What is working in the economy is a natural comeback plus some effects of the policies we've been following. But I'm sort of worried about the long term effects.

  E. J. Dionne

  Long, Worried, Economy

  "Week In Politics: Unemployment, Rand Paul's Filibuster". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 8, 2013.

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• You have to really swallow your pride and admit that you want to make a comeback. And that means that you weren't at your best and I feel like I stopped being who I needed to be. When I started making this record "Born Villain", I didn't want to be what I used to be but I certainly didn't want to be what I was at the time. I knew that I was supposed to be something better then what I was. I feel that I am close to being what I'm supposed to be and am enjoying what I'm doing here.

  Marilyn Manson

  Mean, Pride, Records

  Source: archive.azcentral.com

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• What drives me nuts is that we have these serial sexual predators, who hired back women whose careers were ruined by men who harassed or assaulted them and they're high profile people, and the next day the media is talking about who's going to rehire them. I'm like, Who cares? Why would they be hirable again? I mean, I'm all for comebacks, but what about the women? Shouldn't we be going back to them first? They had the American dream taken away from them.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Dream, Taken, Mean

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Will Ferrell is probably the funniest comic actor, certainly of my generation. I am a huge, huge Will Ferrell fan. I'm not a huge comedy buff, truthfully. What I find funny is either something unbelievably stupid, like Dumb And Dumber or Airplane!, where the jokes are just so stupid and pointless, or something like The Office or The Comeback, where the humor is in the excruciating awkwardness of a situation. Stella kind of explores both of those, stupidity and awkwardness.

  Michael Showalter

  Stupid, Airplane, Office

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. January 28, 2008.

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• Remember this, classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.

  Tabatha Coffey

  Tired, Perfect, Waiting

  "Fall 2012 Hair Trends" by Tabatha Coffey, www.elle.com. September 11, 2012.

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• The people that can't sing anymore that had great voices are the people that went away for five years and then just decided to come back. And you just can't make a comeback. Comebacks are no good. You have to just keep singing. Or keep dancing.

  Stevie Nicks

  Years, Voice, People

  "Stevie Nicks: 'When We Walk Into The Room, We Have To Float In Like Goddesses'". Interview with Ann Powers, www.npr.org. March 17, 2013.

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• I owe a great deal of thanks to this man who will be gracious enough to say I've helped him with his career and comeback, but it's every bit the opposite.

  Shane Black

  Men, Opposites, Careers

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• Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.

  Will Hermes

  Song, Fighting, Issues

  "A Surprising Record From Gil Scott Heron". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. February 11, 2010.

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• A setback only paves the way for a comeback.

  Evander Holyfield

  Way, Setback

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2017

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• It was an amazing win and testament to the character of the team. From the position we were in it must be one of the greatest comebacks.

  Adam Gilchrist

  Team, Character, Winning

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• I want to abolish tags like 'comeback' and 'retirement' that are used to define every married female actor. What is the big deal? In Hollywood, every top actor takes a break, has children, and gets back to work.

  Karisma Kapoor

  Retirement, Children, Hollywood

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