Confused Quotes - Page 9

• Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading "Confused.

  Andy Rooney

  Party, Politics, Able

  Andrew A. Rooney (2010). “Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit”, p.94, PublicAffairs

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• This is America, This vast, confused beauty, This staring, restless speed of loveliness, Mighty, overwhelming, crude, of all forms, Making grandeur out of profusion, Afraid of no incongruities, Sublime in its audacity, Bizarre breaker of moulds.

  Amy Lowell

  America, Sublime, Audacity

  Amy Lowell (1955). “Complete poetical works: With an introd. by Louis Untermeyer”

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• As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.

  Ian Fleming

  Sex, Men, Knowing

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• People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.

  Barry Lopez

  Book, Thinking, People

  "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused.

  Anthony Burgess

  Memories, Maturity, Grows

  Anthony Burgess (1990). “You've had your time: being the second part of the confessions of Anthony Burgess”, Heinemann Educational Books

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• Surely women's liberation is a most unpromising panacea. But the movement is working politically, because our sexuality is so confused, our masculinity so uncertain, and our families so beleaguered that no one knows what they are for or how they are sustained.

  George Gilder

  Women, Movement, Sexuality

  George F. Gilder (1973). “Sexual Suicide”, [New York] : Quadrangle

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• The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making.

  Edsger Dijkstra

  Challenges, Scientist, Programming

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• I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, Fighting, Oil

  "Landrieus on relationship between Louisiana, oil". "Meet the Press" with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. August 29, 2010.

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• Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people.

  Chuck D

  Real, Mean, People

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• To set us on a clear path, it is important to communicate well, at least with ourselves. To know what we want, to know what we mean, and to learn to express ourselves clearly, with as little confusion as possible. If you are confused about yourself, you can expect to be misunderstood by those around you. You have to set your mind straight, and that is a task that no one else can undertake for you.

  Rosemary Altea

  Mean, Self, Confusion

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• Just keep going like crazy and look back when it's over. Otherwise you just get confused.

  Cliff Burton

  Crazy, Looks, Back When

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• Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens.

  Traian Basescu

  Ethnicity, Citizens, Wonder

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• I think of myself as quite a confused kind of person, because I think there's so many great things about the world, but there are so many awful things too. I feel very guilty a lot of the time about enjoying my life so much when there are people living in such misery.

  Lily Allen

  Thinking, People, World

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. February 14, 2007.

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• Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel.

  Robbie Robertson

  Reality, Cities, Wheels

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• People say to me, Oh, it's so wonderful that you're writing about real things, and that it's a political thing to do, and I say, look-to be in my position and not say anything is a hell of a political thing. You need to think politically, otherwise you'll be one of these people who says, Oh, this person's saying this and that person's saying that, and I'm confused. And I say, yeah, because you want to be confused.

  Arundhati Roy

  Real, Writing, Thinking

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• This year, notoriety got confused with fame, and the devil is down hearted because there is nothing left for him to claim.

  Don Henley

  Art, Media, Years

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• If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story.

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Character, Track, Stories

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• I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.

  Terry Gross

  Thinking, Asking Questions, World

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• Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions.

  Hu Jintao

  Opening Up, Risk, Reform

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• Now I'm confused. Now I don't know what I want.

  Chris Kirkpatrick

  Want, I'm Confused, Knows

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• We have confused God with Santa Claus. And we believe that prayer means making a list of everything you don't have but want and trying to persuade God you deserve it. Now I'm sorry, that's not God, that's Santa Claus.

  Harold S. Kushner

  God, Sorry, Prayer

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• Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.

  Ted Rall

  Thinking, Fans, Association

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• All Christians should be able to articulate reasons why they believe what they believe - not just for the sake of our spiritually confused friends, but also so that we ourselves will have a deeper and more confident faith.

  Lee Strobel

  Christian, Believe, Able

  "Lee Strobel: We're on Cusp of Golden Era of Apologetics". Interview with Alex Murashko, www.christianpost.com. January 22, 2012.

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• Advertizing, television and film all wield mighty powers to visually seduce us, while much fine art leaves us indifferent, confused or, at worst, repulsed. There is a desperate need for creative Christians to redeem the visual arena from both forms of excess, cutting through all the false glamour, tawdry baseness and dense obfuscation.

  John Walford

  Christian, Art, Cutting

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• Writing has nothing to do with publishing. Nothing. People get totally confused about that. You write because you have to - you write because you can't not write. The rest is show-business. I can't state that too strongly. Just write - worry about the rest of it later, if you worry at all. What matters is what happens to you while you're writing the story, the poem, the play. The rest is show-business.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Writing, Play, What Matters

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