Catching Quotes - Page 8

• For a comedian to kind of catch onto something right as something's catching on in our culture, a lot of it is luck, and you hope the joke is funny.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Catching On, Comedian, Luck

  "A chat with Jim Gaffigan". Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. March 20, 2009.

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• I love filmmaking when fate is a part of the process and you are dependent on the laws of physics and the elements to get a single moment that transports or in some way creates an illusion even for a moment. I think that is tremendous fun and what I think filmmaking is, catching lightning in a bottle.

  Larry Fessenden

  Fun, Single Mom, Fate

  "Interview with 'Beneath' director Larry Fessenden". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. March 25, 2014.

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• ... finally democracy is catching up with the old, hierarchical, father-dominated family: the family is being democratized.

  Shere Hite

  Father, Democracy, Catching Up

  Shere Hite (2011). “The Shere Hite Reader: New and Selected Writings on Sex, Globalism, and Private Life”, p.406, Seven Stories Press

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• What I do is called 'fishing.' If it was easy, we would refer to it as 'catching,' and there would be a lot more people doing it.

  Linda Greenlaw

  Fishing, People, Would Be

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• There is nothing so catching as refinement.

  Emily Eden

  Refinement

  Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.356

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• Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.

  Ken Blanchard

  Motivational, Powerful, People

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.5, David C Cook

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• Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote for; and they’re catching on that it doesn’t even matter if you don’t vote because they have realized modern elections are just a way for the 1% to appease the 99% – a way to keep the masses in line by making them believe they’ve had their say, thereby perpetuating the lie that democracy continues.

  James Morcan

  Lying, Party, Believe

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• But I read Catching Fire. I loved disappearing into a story.

  Jamie Oliver

  Fire, Stories, Disappear

  "Dyslexia sufferer Jamie Oliver reads first book aged 38" by Radhika Sanghani, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 25, 2013.

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• My favorite part (of the game) is knowing that they're comfortable, knowing that, no matter
  what, they can count on me. What I really enjoy most about catching is the
  relationship with a pitcher. The most important thing is they can relax when I'm
  back there and know that I did my job, I did some homework on hitters.

  Jorge Posada

  Jobs, Games, Knowing

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• There's a difference between Vaselining the rapee and catching the rapist.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Differences, Social Change

  Florynce Kennedy (1976). “Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times”

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• I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game, obviously it beats you up both mentally and physically.

  Joe Mauer

  Games, Beats, Involved

  "Native Son: An Interview with Minnesota's Joe Mauer". Interview with Dan Wade, bleacherreport.com. December 11, 2009.

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• Like everybody else, when I don't know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds.

  George Jean Nathan

  Health, Knows, Seems

  George Jean Nathan (1932). “The intimate notebooks of George Jean Nathan”

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• Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Attitude, Asks

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• I love you," he said, his voice catching. "When I thought you were going to die, I wanted to die.

  Eloisa James

  Love You, Voice, Said

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• Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire, you have provided a spark that, left unattended, may grow to an inferno that destroys Panem," he says.

  Suzanne Collins

  Girl, Fire, Catching On

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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• That's smart. Once Sonya's able to talk, we'll need to move." He smiled. "Sydney's turning into a battle mastermind." "Hey, she's not in charge here," I teased. "She's just a soldier." "Right." He lightly brushed his fingers against my cheek. "Sorry, Captain." "General," I corrected, catching my breath at that brief touch.

  Richelle Mead

  Sorry, Smart, Moving

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1287, Penguin

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• As we trudge back through the woods, we reach a boulder, and both Gale and I turn our heads in the same direction, like a pair of dogs catching a scent on the wind. Cressida notices and asks what lies that way. We admit, without acknowledging each other, it's our old hunting rendez-vous place. She wants to see it, even after we tell her it's nothing really. Nothing but a place where I was happy, I think.

  Suzanne Collins

  Dog, Lying, Thinking

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

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• He caught her as if he were used to catching fainting girls, as if he did it everyday.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Everyday, Used

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• Not a single thought managed to take shape in her mind: for the likeness of this day to the last seemed to her the clearest proof that it would be another quite useless day, a day she would gladly have done without. For a moment she thought that a day like this would be pointless for anyone on earth, then abruptly changed her mind as she realised that thousands of women, after a hard week's work, or a family quarrel, or even just after catching a cold, would envy her just for having the leisure to rest in comfort.

  Ismail Kadaré

  Days Like This, Envy, Mind

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• I made it," you said, gruffly, "for you." You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump of something colourful and cold...a ring made entirely from a gemstone. It was beautiful. It glinted emerald greens and blood reds over my skin, and had tiny flecks of gold catching the light. I couldn't stop staring at it. "Why?" I asked. You didn't answer that. Instead you touched the ring gently and looked piercingly at me, unsaid questions in your eyes.

  Lucy Christopher

  Beautiful, Eye, Light

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• I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap and ripping it from the bag. For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air.

  Suzanne Collins

  Air, Apples, Arrows

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games Trilogy”, p.292, Scholastic Inc.

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• It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.

  Suzanne Collins

  Catching On, Catching Fire, Berries

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.22, Scholastic Inc.

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• It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire.

  Yann Martel

  Moon, Fire, Unbelievable

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.114, Vintage Canada

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• All Mattia saw was a shadow moving toward him. He instinctively closed his eyes and then felt Alice’s hot mouth on his, her tears on his cheek, or maybe they weren’t hers, and finally her hands, so light, holding his head still and catching all his thoughts and imprisoning them there, in the space that no longer existed between them.

  Paolo Giordano

  Moving, Eye, Light

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• Piper gripped his hand and followed him, “If I fall, you’re catching me.” “Uh, sure.” Jason hoped he wasn’t blushing. Leo stepped out next. “You’re catching me, too, Superman. But I ain’t holding your hand.

  Rick Riordan

  Fall, Hands, Jason

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