Clever Quotes - Page 39

• For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

  Jilly Cooper

  Beautiful, Men, Sexiness

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• Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

  James Alan Gardner

  Beautiful, Wise, Strong

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

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• Creating new paths requires moving old obstacles.

  Anthony D. Williams

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

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• If we seek a positive outcome, we must begin with a positive attitude.

  Anthony D. Williams

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

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• Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

  Anthony D. Williams

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

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• What would you think if all your thoughts reached heaven?

  Anthony D. Williams

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

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• I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.' (1911)

  Ernest Rutherford

  Reading, Science, Boys

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• You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it's not a clever thing to do.

  Linus Torvalds

  Wall, Mistake, Hitting

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• Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of thinking, and only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

  Anton Chekhov

  Writing, Thinking, Play

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1964). “Letters on the short story, the drama, and other literary topics”

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• So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.

  Patrick Warburton

  Mean, Thinking

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

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• People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

  Rory Bremner

  People, May, Very Clever

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• And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.

  Russell Banks

  Reading, Writing, Desire

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• A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep you at arm's length. They can be really funny, but they're not really nourishing.

  Ty Burrell

  Ironic, Watches, Arms

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo?

  Rob Delaney

  Talking, Years, Tv Shows

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. June 1, 2012.

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• I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

  Daisy Donovan

  Children, Not Good Enough, Upset

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• I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.

  Natalie Dormer

  Real, Enough, Real Politics

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• I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But Ireland messed me up too much, I think, so I can't.

  Anne Enright

  Writing, Thinking, People

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• While writing Cold Mountain, I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape Jack travels in the southern Appalachian folktales. He's much the same Jack who climbs the beanstalk, vulnerable and clever and opportunistic.

  Charles Frazier

  Writing, Two, Southern

  "Week three: Charles Frazier on writing Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

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• The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever.

  Ben Gibbard

  Song, Numbers, Keys

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• I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

  Lisa Gardner

  Strong, Believe, Writing

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• Honestly, I just assume that whatever is going to happen to me is going to happen. There it goes: someone is there, someone isn't there. This girl is here. This food is here. I think the clever people are the ones who do a little as possible.

  Kevin Ayers

  Girl, Thinking, People

  "Kevin Ayers: 'I never considered another profession' - one of his final interviews". Interview with Kate Mossman, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2013.

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• A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

  Isaac Asimov

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

  Isaac Asimov (2012). “Foundation's Edge”, p.259, Spectra

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• My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy.

  C. Thomas Howell

  Dad, Guy, My Dad

  "C. Thomas Howell on The Outsiders, blackface, and how Marlboros got him cast in E.T". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I really like clever men who challenge you.

  E. L. James

  Men, Challenges, Clever Man

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

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