Concerned Quotes - Page 16

• The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they were concerned, most English names for things were silly. The word that they used for quicksand was a deep grunt that translated roughly to "uh-oh.

  Ridley Pearson

  Silly, Boys, Names

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• As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.

  Jim Butcher

  Dark, Mushrooms, Bullshit

  Jim Butcher (2009). “Turn Coat: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.48, Penguin

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• I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with "expressing" myself with obscure creative impressions.

  Walt Disney

  Laughter, People, Design

  "The man behind 'The Magic Kingdom'". "The Gazette" Newspaper, May 7, 2005.

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• And now, Elric had told three lies. The first concerned his cousin Yyrkoon. The second concerned the Black Sword. The third concerned Cymoril. And upon those three lies was Elric's destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

  Michael Moorcock

  Cousin, Lying, Destiny

  Michael Moorcock (2008). “Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress”, p.312, Del Rey

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• One third, more or less, of all the sorrow that the person I think I am must endure is unavoidable. It is the sorrow inherent in the human condition, the price we must pay for being sentient and self-conscious organisms, aspirants to liberation, but subject to the laws of nature and under orders to keep on marching, through irreversible time, through a world wholly indifferent to our well-being, toward decrepitude and the certainty of death. The remaining two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.

  Aldous Huxley

  Thinking, Two, Self

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• Don't think for a minute that bad publicity and endless criticism don't leave their claw marks on everyone concerned. Your friends try to cheer you up by saying lightly, "I suppose you get used to it, and ignore it." You try. You try damned hard. But you never get used to it. It always wounds and hurts.

  Ava Gardner

  Hurt, Cheer, Thinking

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• They had each other and there was a love between them that would withstand anything. Alina and I had always intuited, with no small wry pique, that, although our parents adored us and would do anything for us, they loved each other more. As far as I was concerned, that was the way it should be. Kids grow up, move on and find a love of their own. The empty nest shouldn't leave parents grieving. It should leave them ready and excited to get on with living their own adventure, which would, of course, include many visits to children and grandchildren.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Children, Growing Up, Moving

  Karen Marie Moning (2009). “Dreamfever: Fever Series”, p.235, Delacorte Press

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• You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper.

  Haruki Murakami

  Memories, Philosophy, Dirty

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Oct 20, 2014

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• Unfortunately, the business is such that, as far as studios are concerned, they judge one quote-unquote black movie on how other ‘black’ movies have done, even if they have nothing to do with each other  It’s too bad we can’t do well on our own merit when it comes to the studios. They don’t like to take risks and, unfortunately, we’re still considered a huge risk, even though I don’t think we are.

  Taye Diggs

  Thinking, Judging, Risk

  "Black Actors’ Roles Are No Longer ‘Just The Black Best Friend Or The Crackhead’" by Danielle Cadet, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 23, 2014.

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• Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.

  Howard Zinn

  Direct Action, Voting, Democracy

  Howard Zinn (2012). “The Historic Unfulfilled Promise”, p.208, City Lights Publishers

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• One of the great sadnesses of modern life, because of our disenfranchisement and disillusionment with religion, is that we don't have access to these ideas. Yoga and meditation, for me, is a way of, in this secular world, accessing very very beautiful principles that would perhaps make us happier, at a time when people feel disillusioned with the economy, concerned about the ecology, worried with politicians, and don't trust what they're being told on television.

  Russell Brand

  Beautiful, Yoga, Sadness

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• One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned.

  Tim Curry

  New York, Mean, Night

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• I had to grow the hair down there. But because of years of waxing, as all of us girls know, it doesn't come back quite the way it used to. They even made me a merkin - a wig - because they were so concerned that I might not be able to grow enough.

  Kate Winslet

  Girl, Hair, Years

  "Kate's pubic wig!". Allure interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. June 4, 2009.

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• Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work. Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency. Life is like a roller coaster ride, it is never going to be perfect. It is going to have perfect moments and rough spots, but it’s all worth it.

  Patti Smith

  Successful, Names, Perfect

  "Patti Smith: Advice to the Young". Interview with Christian Lund, the Louisiana Literature festival at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, August 24, 2012.

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• Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

  Jim Carrey

  Going Out, World, Realizing

  "Jim Carrey's inspiring commencement speech" by Lisa Respers France, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2014.

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• I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them.

  George Lucas

  Children, Heritage, Film

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

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• If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things that need to be done, without compromise? Truth will never start out popular in a world more concerned with marketability than righteousness. It will initially suffer ridicule and even violence - yet ultimately it is undeniable. All of humanity is living in a dream world, but suffering real consequences.

  Lauryn Hill

  Dream, Real, Humanity

  "The Middle Man". Book by Lauryn Hill, 2003.

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• The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned for the world we live in is one of the great absurdities of our time—

  Kim Stanley

  Ideas, Corporations, Citizens

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• Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.

  Strother Martin

  Wine, Character, Player

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.

  Willie Nelson

  Hurt, Hippie, Redneck

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• Superheroes are mostly aimed at young teen-age males concerned with their manhood. The medium will have to address itself more to content. . . . I see 22 year olds draw massive Schwarzenegger types, outfitted with metal studs, pressing a mostly naked woman to their breastplates. And I think Poor girl, thats got to be cold.

  Will Eisner

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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• I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Mean, Cutting, Government

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• Nothing ever changes as far as Westerns are concerned.
  They are the same today as they were years ago.

  Glenn Ford

  Years, Today, Nothing Ever Changes

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• We take these animals and completely violate who they are. We use them, abuse them, and deprive them all their lives…then we cut their throats, shred them and eat them! Morally, I’m against it, ethically, I can’t justify it, and ecologically, it’s just insane. The thought of meat-eating makes me shudder. As far as wearing fur is concerned, it is the rudest, most inconsiderate, selfish and sick façade I can imagine.

  River Phoenix

  Selfish, Cutting, Animal

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• The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.

  Joel Edgerton

  Land, Feet, Made

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

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