Comeback Quotes - Page 7

• Nothing would make me happier if Peter Falk would finally win his Oscar for this. Not just as the writer but as a fan and a friend. It would be so great

  Paul Reiser

  Winning, Fans, Would Be

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• Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

  Dan Rather

  Running, Real, Fighting

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• A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint

  Edward James Olmos

  Simple, Giving, Trying

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• I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.

  Mike Piazza

  Sports, Athlete, Player

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• I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.

  Robert Englund

  Firsts

  "The Arrow interviews Robert Englund". Interview, www.joblo.com. July 2, 2003.

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• Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years.

  LL Cool J

  Years

  FaceBook post by LL Cool J from Apr 16, 2013

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• Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.

  Lionel Blue

  Insult, Discrimination, Luther

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• To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Men, Insult To Injury, Liberty

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1926). “Individual liberty: selections from the writings of Benjamin R. Tucker”

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• Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Coincidence, Consciousness, Infinite

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• I never thought of that before! It's my opinion that you never think at all.

  Lewis Carroll

  Thinking, Opinion

  Lewis Carroll “Alice in Wonderland”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Sometimes I think I might insult people by being openly flirtatious, then snatching it back.

  Dominique Swain

  Thinking, People, Might

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• Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

  Daniel Pipes

  Civilization, Insult, Compromise

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• People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them.

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, People, Waiting

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• Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.

  Haim Ginott

  Insult, Instant, Collections

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• This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.

  Will Arnett

  Pilots, Insult

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• To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

  Theodor Adorno

  Mean, Insult

  "Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life".

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• Hour after hour, they shouted at me, accused me, insulted me and members of my family.

  Sam Sheppard

  After Hours, Insult, My Family

  Sam Sheppard (1966). “Endure and conquer”

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• When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

  Judy Collins

  Letting Go, Inspiration, Return

  "Wise Highs: How to Thrill, Chill, & Get Away from It All Without Alcohol or Other Drugs" by Alex J. Packer, (p. 213), 2006.

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• I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.

  Jerry Pournelle

  Mean, Thinking, Millions

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• No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Long, Novel

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• When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer.

  Theodore Sturgeon

  Skills, Good Writers

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• I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.

  John Millington Synge

  Reading, Giving, Kind

  Draft of a preface in "Notebook 16". "The Collected Works of J.M. Synge", Volume 1. Introduction, 1962.

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• I want to be a writer someday.

  Andrea Barber

  Want, Someday

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• I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem.

  Fred Saberhagen

  Block, Writing, People

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• I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

  Goh Chok Tong

  Children, Reading, Wanted

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