Accidents Quotes - Page 19

• Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Gun, Evil, House

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• My life is a big accident, so where I end up, I think it's all accidents.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Thinking, Life Is, Ends

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• I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets.

  Marilyn Hacker

  Thinking, Two, Literature

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• Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30's and, although I was still in my 20's, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don't know how I got away with it, but I did!

  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

  Directors, Hollywood, Stories

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• When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.

  Chantal Kreviazuk

  Lying, Writing, Europe

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• I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

  Takeshi Kitano

  Lucky, Festivals, Film

  "Takeshi Kitano: Silent superstar" by Dean Irvine, edition.cnn.com. October 23, 2008.

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• I had a terrible motorcycle accident (in the 1970s), in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.

  William Lucking

  Years, Bridges, Names

  "William Lucking rode many a motorcycle in films". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. November 9, 2008.

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• It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet.

  Shemar Moore

  Kids, Married

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.

  Vic Morrow

  Jobs, War, Flower

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• It's ridiculous. My life's been a series of happy accidents.

  Lucas Neff

  Happy Accidents, Ridiculous, Series

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen.

  Timothy Olyphant

  Stars, Might, Just Saying

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• If it wasn't for some acci-accidents, then some would never learn.

  Elvis Costello

  Education, Ifs

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• You'll learn more from your accidents than anything that you could ever learn at school.

  Billy Joel

  Education, School

  Song: You're Only Human

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• What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.' I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business. And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be someone's fault instead of the fact that sometimes accidents happen.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Games, Criticism

  "Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP ‘un-American'". www.chron.com. May 21, 2010.

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• My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.

  Gary Lineker

  Brother, Home, Law

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• I became a children's author by accident.

  Jerry Spinelli

  Children

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• I know this'll sound obnoxious, but acting was very much an accident for me. I didn't have, like, posters of Marlon Brando in my bedroom when I was growing up.

  Michael Shannon

  Growing Up, Acting, Sound

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• When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

  Ryan Tedder

  Successful, People, Realising

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• Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people.

  George C. Wallace

  Suffering Of Others, People, Littles

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• I'm the Magoo of actresses, very accident-prone.

  Peta Wilson

  Actresses

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• Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Perseverance

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• The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across.

  Mike Leigh

  Character, Location, Spirit

  "Mike Leigh at the NFT". Interview with Derek Malcolm, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2002.

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• Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials.

  Avicenna

  Essentials, Causes, Study

  "On Medicine". Essay by Avicenna (circa 1020), as quoted in "The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East" edited by Charles F. Horne (Volume VI "Medieval Arabia", pp. 90-91), sourcebooks.fordham.edu. 1917.

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• It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Government, Behind The Scenes

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• Hard work and talent are crucial to success, and intangible qualities like heart and clutch are generally real - but luck is just as important. Nobody gets to the top by accident, but nobody’s on top without some pretty phenomenal accidents of fate.

  Andrew Sharp

  Real, Heart, Hard Work

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