Halfway Quotes - Page 2

• A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Trust, Travel, Truth

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• When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly half way between. It is possible for one side simply to be wrong.

  Richard Dawkins

  Lying, Views, Opposites

  "One side can be wrong" by Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2005.

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• When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

  Frances Hesselbein

  Opportunity, Halfway There, Challenges

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• I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.

  Lady Gaga

  Reality, Way, Born

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• Sometimes, you really don't understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie - or maybe even all the way through.

  Jodie Foster

  Important, Way, Sometimes

  "Jennifer Lawrence". Interview with Jodie Foster, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 12, 2010.

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• We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.

  James L. Barksdale

  World, Information, Feedback

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• It's a physical urge, huger and stronger than thirst or sex. Halfway back on the left side of my head there is a spot that yearns, that longs, that pleads for the jolt of a bullet. I want that rage, that fire, that final empty rip. I want to be let out of this dark cavern, to open myself up to the ease of not-living. I am tired of sorrow and struggle and worry. ... I want to turn out the last light.

  Jean Hegland

  Sex, Rip, Struggle

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• If you hear something you like, and you're halfway like the public, chances are they'll like it too.

  Chet Atkins

  Chance, Reincarnation, Ifs

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• I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down.

  Tana French

  Hurt, Fall, Thinking

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• Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

  Douglas William Jerrold

  Running, People, Optimism

  Douglas William Jerrold (1859). “The Wit and Opinions of Douglas Jerrold: Collected and Arranged by His Son Blanchard Jerrold ...”, p.14

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• This is really good,” Donovan Caine said, attacking his third strawberry pancake. “You sound surprised,” I said. He shrugged. “I just didn’t think an assassin would be able to cook like this.” “Well, I do get lots of practice with knives. You could say I’m multitasking.” The detective froze, his fork halfway to his mouth. “I’m kidding. I enjoy cooking. It relaxes me.

  Jennifer Estep

  Food, Thinking, Knives

  Jennifer Estep (2010). “Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• We heard her come halfway up the stairs, where she must have seen the bedroom light on. Again, the normal parent reaction would have been to say something like, "You had better come out this moment or I am releasing the tiger!" But Debbie was not a normal parent, so we heard her gigle and creep away, saying, "Shhh! Rachel! Come with Mommy! Stuart is busy!

  Maureen Johnson

  Light, Parent, Normal

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• Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell
  And I feel like I'm comin' home.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Home, Heaven, Tonight

  Song: Better Days, Album: Lucky Town, 1992

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• When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse.

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

  War, Calling, Aggressors

  "Nonviolence as Compliance" by Ta-Nehisi Coates, www.theatlantic.com. April 27, 2015.

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• Anybody can be a halfway man, but the one who rises above this class is the one who keeps everlastingly pushing.

  J. Ogden Armour

  Men, Class, Pushing

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• If you have humility you are halfway to God-realization.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Realization

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• Believe you can, and you can. Belief is one of the most powerful of all problem dissolvers. When you believe that a difficulty can be overcome, you are more than halfway to victory over it already.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Powerful, Believe, Victory

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Amazing Results of Positive Thinking”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem. It can exist in more than one place; be transported halfway across the planet in seconds; and be stolen without your knowledge.

  Bruce Schneier

  Locks, Information, Rooms

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• I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

  James McAvoy

  Thinking, World, Most Romantic

  "Into the Blue". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 29, 2013.

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• In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

  Len Wein

  Home, Ideas, Lenses

  "Speaking with...LEN WEIN". Interview with Marv Wolfman, www.marvwolfman.com.

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• Once you get to earth orbit, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Space, Orbit, Earth

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• It's always important to draw a line somewhere in a respectful way where you're still approachable, you're still there for the people and meeting them halfway, but you're not neglecting your own duties and your own time to rejuvenate to be able to do it again.

  Chuck Ragan

  People, Important, Lines

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I guess there's just a part of me that's not very enthusiastic about finding myself ten years from now halfway through a story that may or may not be any good.

  Adrian Tomine

  Years, Stories, May

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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• Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives.

  Deepak Chopra

  Inspirational, Life, Country

  Deepak Chopra (2007). “The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: The Essence of Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence”, p.11, Harmony

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• And then I got to my feet and stumbled toward the door again. And got halfway there before I realized I was naked. Of course I am, I thought angrily, and went back to the bed for a sheet. God forbid I actually wake up dressed anymore.

  Karen Chance

  Halfway There, Doors, Feet

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