Appreciate Quotes - Page 16

• I appreciate the decision made by Gov. Brewer to veto this legislation. I hope that we can now move on from this controversy and assure the American people that everyone is welcome to live, work and enjoy our beautiful State of Arizona.

  John McCain

  Beautiful, Moving, Gay

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• Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.

  Jeannette Walls

  Thinking, Perfect, Arrogance

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• I think Enda Kenny has shown himself to be a good leader in the sense that he can accept that people might have differences of opinion with him, but at the same time can see that it's useful to have them involved and part of the team and I very much appreciate that.

  Lucinda Creighton

  Team, Gay, Thinking

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• Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.

  Joseph Joubert

  Crucible, Criticism, Gold

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• When you work with your hands, you learn to appreciate how easy it is to earn money talking.

  Jay Leno

  Hands, Talking, Car

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• Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.

  Margaret Atwood

  Jobs, Clever, Should Have

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• You've got to appreciate what the worst is. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're facing it.

  J. K. Rowling

  Finding Yourself, Want, Worst

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• So we're going to keep getting mega-hits like this?" Tomas's dark brown eyes sparkled as they landed on Sienna's down-bent head. "Not that I don't appreciate it, sugar, but it did make me 'hyper,' according to my mother.

  Nalini Singh

  Mother, Eye, Dark

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• But maybe those things are like background noise if you’re from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new place to appreciate it like I do.

  Susane Colasanti

  Background Noise, Backgrounds, Whole

  Susane Colasanti (2013). “So Much Closer”, p.103, Scholastic UK

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• My experience with Khonsu had taught me not be greedy about time. It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more.

  Rick Riordan

  Taught, Greedy

  Rick Riordan (2011). “The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles Book 2): The Throne of Fire”, p.321, Penguin UK

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• Yes and I appreciate it. But this is going to be difficult enough without running my words through a filter of illiteracy.

  Kevin Hearne

  Running, Filters, Enough

  Kevin Hearne (2011). “Hounded (with two bonus short stories): The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One”, p.301, Del Rey

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• Good to see a youngster who appreciates the importance of being......Well Armed. But...That's not how we play TAG......Where I come from. ~Train Heartnet

  Kentaro Yabuki

  Play, Tag, Importance

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• Every day, sincerely and without phoniness, Lou demonstrated by his actions how very vital it is - more than anything else - to understand and appreciate the people who work with you...Do your job well, but always remember that the people you work with are your most valuable asset. Embrace them. Honor them. Respect them" (206) - "Prescriptions for Success" by John Schuerholz

  Denzel Washington

  Jobs, People, Honor

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• I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well.

  Deepika Padukone

  Dad, Lines, Jazz

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

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• I kill a sofa for you and you go and sit in a chair?” Skulduggery asked. “I don’t think you appreciate the sacrifice that has been made for you.

  Derek Landy

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Chairs

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• The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood. It was paradise.

  Greg Mortenson

  Childhood, Paradise, Muppet Show

  Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin (2009). “Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time”, p.19, Penguin

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• Isn’t he gorgeous?” With those rolls, the wet-sounding grunts, bulbous wiggly tail, and smashed face—not to mention the fart the dog let out once he situated himself—he was gorgeous in a way that only a parent could appreciate.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Dog, Parent, Way

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• You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

  Jay Asher

  Mom, Mirrors, Should Have

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.188, Penguin

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• We're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works - groundbreaking, incendiary, timeless - have been pureed by the curriculum monsters into a digestible pabulum of themes and factoids we can spew back on a test. Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

  Libba Bray

  School, Exercise, Class

  "Going Bovine". Book by Libba Bray, September 22, 2009.

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• Anyway, even if she's sugarcoating my good points, I appreciate it. Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

  Suzanne Collins

  Use, Littles, Ifs

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.240, Scholastic Inc.

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• I've been trying to really live in the moment because I will never get this part of it back. As soon as the movie comes out, everyone will turn it into what they believe it is, so I've really been trying to appreciate every minute of now. Because I know what's coming

  Rooney Mara

  Believe, Live In The Moment, Trying

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• It wouldn't be New Year's without a resolution. I've resolved to take a moment every day for the rest of my life to appreciate what I have.

  Susan Beth Pfeffer

  New Year, Years, Moments

  Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.238, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it's only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.

  Darren Shan

  Blessed, Magic, World

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• Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.

  Randy Pausch

  Hurt, Two, Car

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.141, Hachette UK

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• I'm all for guys being butch and guys being men. I identify with that and appreciate that. But if I'm going to stab my gay brother in the back who isn't butch and who maybe acts a little bit more effeminate, what good is that?

  Kyan Douglas

  Brother, Gay, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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