Breaking Down Quotes - Page 2

• Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they are blinded, instead, by the best interests of another one of their children, the system breaks down.

  Jodi Picoult

  Children, Decision, Parent

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It was a conventional opening, the equivalent of straying off the path in the wild woods in one age, or a car breaking down at night on a lonely road in another.

  Iain Banks

  Lonely, Night, Car

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• At moments when life is at its worst there are two things you can do: 1.) break down,lose hope and refuse to go on while lying face down on the ground banging your fists and kicking your legs, or 2.) laugh. Bobby and I did the latter.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Lying, Two, Laughing

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• once you laugh at you own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Mabye........ combat some the ugliness in the world.

  Goldie Hawn

  Motivational, Wall, Moving

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• Human love, human trust, are always perilous, because they break down. The greater the love, the greater the trust, and the greater the peril, the greater the disaster. Because to place absolute trust on another human being is in itself a disaster, both ways, since each human being is a ship that must sail its own course, even if it go in company with another ship.... And yet, love is the greatest thing between human beings.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Love Is, Way, Ships

  D. H. Lawrence (2016). “Kangaroo”, p.201, Jester House Publishing

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• The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Fear, Voice, Challenges

  Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty”, p.55, PublicAffairs

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• To everything there is a season. Yes. A time to break down, and a time to build up. Yes. A time to keep silence and a time to speak. Yes.

  Ray Bradbury

  Silence, Down And, Speak

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.79, Hamilton Books

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• You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” “A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting.” “You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Simple, Doctors, Views

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2007). “The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 1) (The Annotated Books)”, p.42, W. W. Norton & Company

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• In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have, how selfcontrolled or holy you consider yourself—your heart, if you do not guard it, will break down.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Powerful, Heart, Doe

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• I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would break down six legs of veal.

  Tom Colicchio

  Jobs, Skills, Years

  "Tom Colicchio: The ESQ + A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 26, 2011.

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• For college seniors there should be a week of being allowed to cry. Just break down and cry because you are scared and don't know what's next.

  Bill Cosby

  Senior, College, Down And

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• No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here.

  Colin Hanks

  School, People, Doe

  "Colin Hanks gets 'Lucky' with killer film, TV show". Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.reuters.com. July 15, 2011.

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• The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.

  Clara Hughes

  Baby, Stories, Tiny

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• In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

  David Icke

  Reading, Book, Thinking

  Interview with Paul Doyle, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2006.

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• Well, I would throw myself under the nearest bus, but considering my luck today, I’m sure it would break down less than a millimeter from me and just ruin my clothes…Probably break my watch, too. (Taryn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Clothes, Luck, Watches

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “In Other Worlds”, p.80, Penguin

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• The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a writer who's determined to break down genre barriers. He's done amazing things.

  George R. R. Martin

  Prejudice, Done, Unions

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

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• I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

  Loretta Sanchez

  Race, People, Support

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• You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.

  Rick Santorum

  Government, Ifs, Break

  "Rick Santorum: Single Mothers Make Up ‘Democratic Advantage’" by Laura Bassett, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 18, 2011.

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• The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families.

  Rick Santorum

  Government, Two, Parent

  Interview with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 8, 2011.

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• Hey, a guy can hope. I mean, it’s not impossible that a car full of scantily clad sorority girls might break down outside and need my help.” “That’s true,” I said. “Maybe I can put a sign out front that says, ‘ATTENTION ALL GIRLS: FREE HELP HERE.’” “‘ATTENTION ALL HOT GIRLS,’” he corrected, straightening up. “Right,” I said, trying not to roll my eyes. “That’s an important distinction.” He pointed at me with the pool stick. “Speaking of hot, I like that uniform.” This time, I did roll my eyes.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Mean, Eye

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.88, Penguin

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• Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

  Maria Shriver

  People, Trying, Special

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• If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  People, Heaven, Superstitions

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• Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data on shopping habits, leisure activities, voting histories, charity donations, and so on, in order to pinpoint likely supporters and the type of appeal most likely to win them over.

  James Surowiecki

  Party, Winning, Leisure Activities

  "Calculating Campaigns". www.newyorker.com. September 24, 2012.

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• Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

  Jimmy Wales

  People, Groups, Bunch

  "Know It All" by Stacy Schiff, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2006.

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• When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.

  A. N. Wilson

  Christian, Jesus, Sunday

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