Swings Quotes - Page 9

• Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch of racist kooks becomes self-destructive. The Tea Party outrage over health-care reform, deficit spending and entitlements run amok is no fringe concern.

  Juan Williams

  Running, Party, Independent

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• I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

  Elie Wiesel

  Adventure, Stories, Half

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• I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.

  Lee Trevino

  Play, Two, Fans

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• At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.

  Billy Sunday

  Sports, Doors, Cities

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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• I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

  George Strait

  Country, Fun, College

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• Well, we went through a lot of names. But seeing as, musically, I wanted to swing through the jungle baring my arse, I thought Gorillaz was a perfect name.

  Murdoc Niccals

  Names, Perfect, Arses

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• Dividing the swing into its parts is like dissecting a cat. You'll have blood and guts and bones all over the place. But you won't have a cat.

  Ernest Jones

  Cat, Golf, Blood

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• I started changing my swing in late 1999.

  Tiger Woods

  Late

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• The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to swing. Benny had great fingers; I'd never deny that. But listen to our two versions of 'Star Dust.' I was playing; he was swinging.

  Artie Shaw

  Stars, Distance, Dust

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• A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. Some [thought] I had invented some kind of gadget so I could play high register. They weren't satisfied until they handed me a trumpet that they had with them and had me swing it. Then they cheered.

  Louis Armstrong

  Play, Musician, Records

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• Just because somebody swings one way and I swing another way doesn't mean he's better than me or I'm better than him ... Does my swing get hits? Yes.

  Dustin Pedroia

  Mean, Doe, Way

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• People like to see human error when it’s honest. When people see you swing and miss, they start to root for you.

  Paul Westerberg

  Errors, Roots, People

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• The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.

  Gene Siskel

  Brother, Taken, Thinking

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• The door of opportunity swings wide open in our country. Through it, in constant flow, go those who toil. America recognizes no aristocracy save those who work. The badge of service is the sole requirement for admission to the ranks of our nobility.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Country, Opportunity, Doors

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• I don't try to hit the ball 500 feet. It looks good when you hit it 500 feet, but as long as it goes over the fence, it's a home run. When you swing hard, it takes a little bit of recognition away from you. The power you're trying to increase - you're not all the way through it with your vision.

  David Ortiz

  Running, Home, Feet

  Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. June 8, 2012.

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• I'm of the belief that you can have only one commander-in-chief at a time, only one president at a time. President Bush is our president. Whatever he decides vis-a-vis war or peace in Iraq is what we will do as a country. And I for one will swing in behind him as a citizen ... and support whatever his decision is.

  Dan Rather

  Country, War, Iraq

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• At six o'clock we cleaned our cells,
  At seven all was still,
  But the sough and swing of a mighty wing
  The prison seemed to fill,
  For the Lord of Death with icy breath
  Had entered in to kill.

  Oscar Wilde

  Cells, Icy, Six

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (1999). “The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings”, p.179, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A swing is like a car. You've got the fan belt, carburetor, pistons, spark plugs, fuel pump. If any part isn't working, the car doesn't run. Same way with hitting.

  Wade Boggs

  Running, Car, Fans

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• I set very bold goals. It's how I've always been. I'm definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.

  Ivanka Trump

  Goal, Fence, Performances

  "Ivanka Trump describes her life as the daughter of a potential US president, running the Trump empire, and building her own brand". Interview With Rachel Gillett, uk.businessinsider.com. March 17, 2016.

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• I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Blood, Voice, Sound

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• Lonley, Vaguely pedophilic swing set seeks the butts of children.

  John Green

  Children, Grace, Augustus

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.75, Penguin

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• I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If a woman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

  Karen Hawkins

  Strong Women, Children, Home

  FaceBook post by Karen Hawkins from Jan 13, 2013

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• Yeah, the world would swing if I were king.
  Can I help it if I still dream time to time?

  Tom Petty

  Dream, Time, Kings

  Song: It's Good To Be King, Album: Wildflowers, 1994

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• I'm swimming every day and I'm even trying to get the golf swing working again - but that might take a little bit longer.

  Sean Connery

  Golf, Swimming, Trying

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• My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences.

  Graydon Carter

  Prayer, Ideas, Giving

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