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• I should be content
  to look at a mountain
  for what it is
  and not as a comment on my life.

  David Ignatow

  Mountain, Looks, Should

  David Ignatow (2011). “Against the Evidence: Selected Poems, 1934–1994”, p.45, Wesleyan University Press

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• We will ultimately live in a perpetual data-driven talent edition. Everything you create will be measured and tracked by others through comments, share, and likes. Your work will come up on the radar of potential employers and clients, and the data will tell them if you are worth talking to or hiring.

  Scott Belsky

  Talking, Data, Likes

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• If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.

  Alan Loy McGinnis

  Positive, Positivity, People

  Alan Loy McGinnis (2003). “The Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for”, p.98, Augsburg Books

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• I won the seat of Oxley largely on an issue that has resulted in me being called a racist. That issue related to my comment that Aboriginals received more benefits than non-Aboriginals.

  Pauline Hanson

  Issues, Racist, Benefits

  "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. July 19, 2016.

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• Once upon hearing a friend's bashing comment I said, "Did you reach that conclusion on your own, or did it come through prayer?"

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Friendship, Prayer, Hearing

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• The British press have written some nasty and spiteful things about the way I look which used to affect me quite badly when it was new to me but luckily, I've learned to ignore the comments. why do they even care about how I look?

  Melanie Chisholm

  Looks, Care, Way

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• In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and listened to many detailed and intense stories firsthand, but the one comment that affected me the most came from a former soldier who lowered his gaze to the tabletop and said, ‘I never watch war movies.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  War, Book, Soldier

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• Your eyes have turned as black as a Crow’s,” she blurted out. He didn’t even blink over her bizarre comment. “Not this time, Christina,” he said in a furious whisper. “Compliments won’t get me off balance again, my little temptress. I swear to God, if you ever again dismiss me so casually, I’m going to––” “Oh, it wasn’t a compliment,” Christina interrupted, letting him see her irritation. “How presumptuous of you to think it was. The Crow is our enemy.

  Julie Garwood

  Eye, Thinking, Swear To God

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• Want a cookie,' Ra said. 'What kind?' 'Weasel cookie.' I'm here to tell you, that comment about weasel cookies probably saved the known universe.

  Rick Riordan

  Cookies, Want, Kind

  Rick Riordan (2013). “The Kane Chronicles: The Complete Series”, p.672, Penguin UK

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• Adrian: I can visit people in their dreams. Christian: Stop. I can feel there is a comment coming on about how women already dream about you. I just ate, you know.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Dream, People

  Richelle Mead (2009). “Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.63, Penguin

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• Islam and Islamic values now have a level of immunity from comment and criticism in the Western world that Christianity has lost and Judaism has never had.

  Bernard Lewis

  Islamic, Criticism, World

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• These 3 topics will always generate 100+ comments of irrational/ridiculous people: Taxes, tipping, and spending on weddings.

  Ramit Sethi

  People, Entrepreneur, Topics

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• You know, comments about style always seem strange to me - 'why do you work in this style, or in that style' - as if you had a choice in the matter... What you're doing is trying to stay alive and continue and not die.

  Philip Guston

  Choices, Style, Trying

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• Singer Boy Dylan was stopped at his own sow by security guards who failed to recognize the singer. Asked to comment, Dylan replied, 'I can hardly blame them. Look at me.'

  Craig Kilborn

  Boys, Security Guards, Looks

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• If Michael Bisping ever addresses me in a public comment again, I will bury him where he stands.

  Chael Sonnen

  Addresses, Ifs

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• Journalists immediately think of me as a resource for a quote or comment because they know that I will be available to offer fresh insight and meet their deadlines.

  Marc Benioff

  Thinking, Resources, Insight

  Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler (2009). “Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

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• I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black feminists and lesbians is represented. What this says about the vision of this conference is sad, in a country where racism, sexism and homophobia are inseparable. . . .

  Audre Lorde

  Country, Heterosexuality Is, Racism

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.110, Crossing Press

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• David Lynch came out of it a genius, and I came out of it a fat girl. I'm sorry that the only comment I get about the part is the way I look. Commenting on the critics' response to her performance in Blue Velvet

  Isabella Rossellini

  Girl, Sorry, Blue

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• People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, "Where have you been?" The second comment they make is always, "Oh, you've grown up."

  Macaulay Culkin

  People, Firsts, Streets

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

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• I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can't do it, I'm trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to that chip on my shoulder.

  Erin Andrews

  Motivation, Thinking, People

  "Up Close with Erin Andrews". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• I mean, I've had bartenders and waiters and waitresses make a comment about a joke of mine, like pointing out some sort of logic error or something that I've never even thought about, and they're right.

  Todd Barry

  Mean, Errors, Logic

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• One of the signs (you) displayed (said): QUESTION AUTHORITY. Comments or slogans of this nature cannot and will not be condoned.

  C. L. Wilson

  Dark, Age, Medical

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• I see a lot of comments on Twitter and stuff about how ugly I am, how bad I am at the drums, how awkward I look, and I'm like, yeah, I agree with most of those things.

  Patrick Carney

  Awkward, Looks, Ugly

  "The Rise of the Black Keys" by Brian Hiatt, www.rollingstone.com. January 19, 2012.

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• Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the offer I traveled 22,000 miles to discuss with Indian leaders was a real contribution to a solution of our differences.

  Stafford Cripps

  Real, Party, Differences

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• Once you understand that everybody's going to get connected, a lot of things follow from that. If everybody gets the Internet, they end up with a browser, so they look at web pages - but they can also leave comments, create web pages. They can even host their own server! So not only is everybody consuming, they can also produce.

  Marc Andreessen

  Looks, Pages, Host

  "The Man Who Makes the Future: Wired Icon Marc Andreessen". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.wired.com. April 24, 2012.

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