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• I’m a much nicer person, much more laid-back and relaxed, not serious like they show me.

  Olivia Palermo

  Serious, Laid Back, Shows

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• The very first thing the President [Truman] did was to show me the new Presidential Seal, which he had just redesigned. He explained, 'The seal has to go everywhere the President goes. It must be displayed upon the lectern when he speaks. The eagle used to face the arrows but I have re-designed it so that it now faces the olive branches ... what do you think?' I said, 'Mr. President, with the greatest respect, I would prefer the American eagle's neck to be on a swivel so that it could face the olive branches or the arrows, as the occasion might demand.'

  Winston Churchill

  Thinking, Eagles, Arrows

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• Show me the man you honor; I know by that symptom, better than by any other, what kind of man you yourself are. For you show me there what your ideal of manhood is; what kind of man you long inexpressibly to be.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Long, Honor

  Thomas Carlyle (1897). “History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great”

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• Regarding local residents attempting to ban sex shops from their neighborhoods: You show me a parent who says he's worried about his child's innocence and I'll show you a homeowner trying to maintain equity.

  George Carlin

  Sex, Children, Parent

  George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

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• Show me that you are redeemed, and I will believe in your Redeemer.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Believe, Shows, Redeemed

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• If you show me who you are being influenced by I will show you what you are becoming.

  Craig Groeschel

  Becoming, Shows, Ifs

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• In a Republican primary every candidate is going to come in front of you and say I'm the most conservative guy that ever lived. Goshdarnit, whodidily, I'm conservative. You know what, talk is cheap. The word tells us you shall know them by their fruits ... Look every candidate in the eye and say 'Don't talk, show me.'

  Ted Cruz

  Eye, Guy, Looks

  "White House: We don't negotiate with terrorists". "The Five" with Kimberly Guilfoyle, www.foxnews.com. January 26, 2015.

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• He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

  Julius Caesar

  Conquer, Mercy, Shows

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• Golf is not a good walk spoiled. It is becoming a good walk prohibited. Show me the common sense in this and I promise I will relent. But there is no common sense at all in the prohibition of walking.

  Lorne Rubenstein

  Golf, Common Sense, Promise

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• Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore.

  Robert Morley

  School, Men, Bully

  Robert Morley, Sewell Stokes (1967). “Robert Morley: a reluctant autobiography”

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• Well, you show me the science [that being gay is not a choice] and I'll be persuaded.

  Herman Cain

  Gay, Choices, Shows

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• Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.

  Lee Trevino

  Mean, Golf, Weak

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• Well, no one treats me like a full-fledged royal, said Lissa, turning back to the dresses. No reason to act like one now. Show me your straps and short-sleeves.

  Richelle Mead

  Dresses, Royal, Reason

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.16, Penguin

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• Show me success without ego!

  Ivana Trump

  Ego, Shows

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• Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.

  Al Pacino

  Scripts, Payday, Bigs

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• Sometimes dreams show me that my writing should go deeper. Dreams have not so much changed my work as deepened it.

  Anne Rice

  Dream, Writing, Sometimes

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• I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show . . . What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one. And they don't recognize comedy, and you don't see a lot of black people nominated, so why should I watch it?

  Chris Rock

  Fashion, Men, People

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• In 1980, a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, "Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability." I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.

  Martha Graham

  Powerful, Artist, Missing

  Martha Graham (1991). “Blood memory”, Doubleday

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• The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  World, Prison, Miserable

  Warren W. Wiersbe (1983). “Live Like a King”, Moody Pub

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• If anyone can show me ... that there is any reason - other than fear - to believe in any version of an afterlife, I'll give you my piano, one of my legs, and my wife.

  Tim Minchin

  Believe, Afterlife, Piano

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• The Church desperately needs people of joy and zeal. Show me a church that is consistently obedient to this single command, and I will show you a church that is turning its world upside down.

  Josh Hunt

  People, Joy, Church

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• In no system which shows mental characteristics can any part have unilateral control over the whole. In other words, the mental characteristics of the system are imminent, not in some part, but in the system as a whole.

  Gregory Bateson

  Characteristics, Shows, Whole

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• Show me three lines of the opening theory moves and I will prove to you that two of them are incorrect.

  Emanuel Lasker

  Moving, Two, Three

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• Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

  Anton Chekhov

  Inspirational, Writing, Moon

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• The most miserable prison in the world is the prison we make for ourselves when we refuse to show mercy. Our thoughts become shackled, our emotions are chained, the will is almost paralyzed. But when we show mercy, all of these bonds are broken, and we enter into a joyful liberty that frees us to share God's love with others.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Forgiveness, Broken, Liberty

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