Badass Quotes - Page 11

• We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to even greater heights. They could become surgeons, CEOs, supreme court justices, secretary of state, and even president of the United States. We didn't teach our daughters that they were second-class citizens.

  Diana DeGette

  Mom, Daughter, Children

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• ACCEPT PRAISE FOR ITS WORTH - POLITENESS. BE BRUTALLY FRANK WITH YOURSELF. IT'S SAFER.

  Nellie Bly

  Praise, Accepting, Politeness

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• I feel like they would just be the funnest people. I wish I could have been friends with Michael Jackson, just because he had the most badass house of all time and I could just go out and go on amusement park rides and then he could teach me how to moonwalk.

  Thomston

  People, House, Wish

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• I mean, it was a rough place ["Wild Bill Hickok"], and you had to wear this kind of cloak that you were a badass, and the most efficient way to do that was with your language. Swearing was just a part of how you got by during the day, and it was quite historically accurate, that depiction.

  Keith Carradine

  Mean, Bills, Way

  "Keith Carradine on Deadwood, Fargo, and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• I think everyone's afraid of public speaking. There have been times where I've come out of my own show and been like, 'Oh, God, what am I doing?' . . . You have to remind yourself that 'OK, I'm kind of a badass. I can handle it.'

  Chelsea Handler

  Thinking, Doing You, Kind

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• I never underestimated myself. And I never saw anything wrong with ambition.

  Angela Merkel

  Ambition, Saws, Underestimated

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• I loved Catwoman's sense of humor. I love how sly she is. I love how she, to use a cat metaphor, walks the fence and you don't know which side she's going to come down on. She's totally independent. And let's face it, she's badass.

  Anne Hathaway

  Independent, Cat, Faces

  "Anne Hathaway Talks Fighting in Heels, Adapting to Nolan’s Universe, Filming in IMAX and More on the Set of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES". Interview on the Set, collider.com. May 27, 2012.

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• Women hate each other in science. You know why? Because the few that are around were trained by men. They survived by being twice as good and twice as competitive and twice as badass as the guys.

  Allegra Goodman

  Hate, Men, Guy

  Allegra Goodman (2010). “Intuition”, p.62, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I hate to admit it, but we're badass.

  Dave Matthews

  Hate, I Hate

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• I don't like to start anything, ever, but if they're going to try to intimidate me, I like to just stand there and say, 'Sorry, it ain't gonna happen.' I'm shy but I'm badass. I'm not shy in a timid way, just shy in a way that I'm not comfortable with people.

  Rosie Napravnik

  Sorry, People, Trying

  "Rosie Napravnik: 'I had a dream of winning the Derby on Shanghai Bobby'". Interview with Daniel Ross, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2013.

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• My life is simple, my food is plain, and my quarters are uncluttered. In all things, I have sought clarity. I face the troubles and problems of life and death willingly. Virtue, integrity and courage are my priorities. I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed but never shamed.

  Yi Sun-sin

  Life, Courage, Integrity

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• Finally I am becoming stupider no more.

  Paul Erdos

  Becoming

  "Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections". Book by Varadaraja Raman, June 2005.

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• After India's victory in the war he was asked what would have happened if he had opted to be with the Pakistan Army at the time of partition in 1947, he quipped, then I guess Pakistan would have won.

  Sam Manekshaw

  War, Army, Victory

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• War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Military, War

  "General Sherman's Official Account of His Great March: Through Georgia and the Carolinas".

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• There's a difference [between taking a charge and flopping]. We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water. That's kind of like, where are your balls at?

  Kobe Bryant

  Balls

  "Kobe Bryant: Charges carry big risk" by Dave McMenamin, www.espn.com. May 17, 2012.

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• I wouldn't say I'm a ball hog. I'm a shooter.

  Kobe Bryant

  Balls, Shooter, Hog

  "Kobe Bryant feeling fine in Philly" by Dave McMenamin, www.espn.com. December 17, 2012.

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• Everybody shut up. Let us work.

  Kobe Bryant

  Shut Up

  "Kobe Bryant: ‘Stupid’ Lakers Fans Should ‘Shut Up’". www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.

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• President Obama pushed for fairness in the military, listening to commanders as we ended "don't ask don't tell," and on how to allow women to officially serve in more combat jobs - because America's daughters are just as capable of defending liberty as her sons.

  Tammy Duckworth

  Daughter, Jobs, Military

  Tammy Duckworth's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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• You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.

  Meryl Streep

  Death, Husband, Starting Over

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• To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

  Ai Weiwei

  Bad Ass, Criticism, Architecture

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• I’m a pretty gentle person so I don’t really have much of a thing of being a badass.

  Lee Pace

  Gentle Person, Gentle, Persons

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• If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

  Kristen Wiig

  Thinking, Creating, People

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

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• There is always a price to pay for badassery. Neo was a badass in the Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded, but the price he had to pay was The Matrix Revolutions.

  Kevin Hearne

  Pay, Revolution

  Kevin Hearne (2012). “Tricked: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Four”, p.70, Del Rey

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• I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

  Trey Gowdy

  Summer, Bad Ass, Volunteer

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• I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

  Venus Williams

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Goal

  Interview with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2008.

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