Close Friends Quotes - Page 2

• My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors

  Judd Nelson

  Actors, Canine, Closest Friends

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• I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix's character, but I play Joaquin's close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don't die.

  Morris Chestnut

  Character, Play, Phoenix

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When we're always connected, we allow others-colleagu es and celebrities, close friends and distant acquaintances, bloggers and news aggregators-set our life's agenda. Our ability to prioritize is paralyzed by the sheer volume of requests, demands, opportunities, and information.

  George Barna

  Opportunity, News, Agendas

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• I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.

  Melissa Leo

  Rocks, Climbing, Weather

  "Melissa Leo’s Golden Moment". Interview with Daniel D’Addario, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 17, 2010.

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• I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

  Bobby Fischer

  Secret, Needs, Chess

  "Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master". Interview with Ralph Ginzburg, harpers.org. January 1962.

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• All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, People, Thinker

  John C. Maxwell (2009). “How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

  Meg Tilly

  Friends, Character, Yarn

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

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• Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.

  Earl Blumenauer

  Israel, Want, Messages

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• I am thrilled that DDLJ has beaten all records, Shah Rukh Khan and I share a close friendship that translates onto the screen. We have such fun working together. Shah Rukh has a great sense of humour. He invests incredible energy into his acting. He reads a lot. I share all these with him. I love books. I love his style of working and abundant refinement. I love him to death and would like to work with him again.

  Kajol

  Fun, Book, I Love Him

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• The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Years, Snow

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• I have a very close friendship with the skaters.

  Eric Heiden

  Friendship, Skater, Close Friendship

  "Eric Heiden 25: An exclusive interview". Interview with Charlie Snyder, snyderemarks.com. February 17, 2005.

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• Everyone has issues they are passionate about, they care about. Step up, do something that you know absolutely you can achieve. We each have a sphere of influence. It may be just our family and a few close friends, or it might be the reach into government. Exercise what you can do, not what you can't do. Recognize there are millions of others doing the same. Act on things you know to be right and true.

  Nick Begich

  Exercise, Government, Issues

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• Playing Christ, I began to feel shut away from the world. A newspaper became one of my biggest luxuries. I noticed that some of my close friends began treating me with reverence.

  Max von Sydow

  Friends, Luxury, World

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

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• I would never put my close friends or a real relationship on a show.

  Kristin Cavallari

  Real, Real Relationship, Shows

  "Kristin Cavallari Says ‘Hills’ Is Fake: ‘Nothing... Is Real’". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 12, 2010.

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• You cannot be afraid to present yourself. And sometimes that takes practice. If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable, you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

  Hillary Clinton

  Helping, Sometimes, Public Speaking

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• Our Cosmic Habitat is certain to be widely quoted and widely read. It is beautifully written, using inspiring and stimulating analogies. While the book is intended for the nonscientist, it provides an accurate guide to the best current thinking about the nature and constitution of our universe. If I wanted to give a gift to a person I would like to become a close friend, this is the book I would choose.

  John N. Bahcall

  Book, Thinking, Giving

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• I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

  Helen Fielding

  Book, Hands, Research

  "Chat with author Helen Fielding". Live chat, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2000.

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• You do not have to marry in order not to be alone- all you need not to be alone is to have some other humans to be your companions and close friends.

  Myles Munroe

  Relationship, Marriage, Order

  Myles Munroe (2011). “Single, Married, Separated, and Life After Divorce: Expanded Edition”, p.12, Destiny Image Publishers

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• My rule is, whatever you were calling me four years ago is what you should be calling me now, because I don't like it when my family or close friends call me Nicki Minaj. To me I'm not Nicki Minaj when I'm with them.

  Nicki Minaj

  Years, Calling, Four

  "Nicki Minaj: 'I have bigger balls than the boys'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2012.

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• I just never have really been the kind of person that's out in public being inappropriate, I guess. I like to have fun as much as the next person but I tend to do it in private and just hang out with close friends. If I'm going to go out, I'll just do it with my really good friends.

  Emma Roberts

  Best Friend, Fun, Good Friend

  "Q&A: Emma Roberts & Freddie Highmore Are More Than Just 'Getting By'". Interview with Breanne L. Heldman, www.mtv.com. June 16, 2011.

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• My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

  Gloria Swanson

  Friends, Years, Sculpture

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• Outside of football and training, I am somewhat of a homebody. Love hangin' out with my siblings and close friends.

  Tim Tebow

  Football, Sibling, Training

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• India-Seychelles relations have been characterized by close friendship, understanding and cooperation.

  Pratibha Patil

  Understanding, India, Cooperation

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• Close friendships are one of life's miracles - that a few people get to know you deeply, all your messy or shadowy stuff along with the beauty and sweetness, and they still love you. Not only still love you, but love you more and more deeply. I would do anything for my closest friends, and they would do almost anything for me, and that is about as spiritual a truth as you can get.

  Anne Lamott

  Friendship, Spiritual, Love You

  "Interview with Anne Lamott, Author of Help, Thanks, Wow". Interview with Jana Llewellyn, www.friendsjournal.org. January 30, 2013.

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• Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Home, Nursing, Past

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