Eric Quotes - Page 9

• I didn't look up and say, "Oh, man, if I learn how to play a guitar I could make not much money, but I'd make a decent living like Eric Clapton or somebody." There wasn't nothing like that out there.

  Buddy Guy

  Men, Play, Guitar

  "Blues guitarist Buddy Guy". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 7, 2012.

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• I've heard Eric Clapner, ... I think it was a wonderful thing that Eric Clapner the musician did...So I think that's the wonderful part about it, but listen - I like Eric Clapner!

  Joycelyn Elders

  Stupid, Humorous, Thinking

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• Eric Peters' music is at the top of what gets played around my house, in my car and while I am running.  I am a big fan.  He writes incredibly honest and poetic lyrics coupled with memorable pop melodies and I can think of no better combination.

  Jill Phillips

  Running, Memorable, Writing

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• It's kind of cheesy, but my mama, who you all have seen on the show, says to cook for your man. She's Southern, so when he comes home, be pullin' a pie out of the oven. That's always been her advice, and you know what? It works. Your man wants to see you in the kitchen, puttin' some love into some food; it works for Eric, that's for sure.

  Jessie James Decker

  Home, Men, Pie

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• Listening to Eric Taylor is better than reading a Larry McMurtry novel and easier on the eyes.

  Ralston Bowles

  Reading, Eye, Listening

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• The names Lillian Smith, Eric Dazey, Jon Bullock, and Clari Higginson may mean nothing to most people but the mean the world to me. Of all my years in school, these are the teachers who challenged me to get better everyday and whole-heartedly believed in my dreams. The support they gave me was priceless and life changing.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Dream, Teacher

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• Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation on Thursday, leaves a dismal legacy at the Justice Department, but one of his legal innovations was especially pernicious: the demonizing of state attempts to ensure honest elections.

  Edwin Meese

  Justice, Innovation, Thursday

  "Holder's Legacy of Racial Politics" by Meese & Blackwell, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 29, 2014.

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• One cannot help but be impressed by this music. The musicianship is top-notch, the performances unpredictable and full of surprises, and Eric Starr's writing is consistently inventive.

  Scott Yanow

  Writing, Helping, Surprise

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• When John Cena came to Raw, he immediately got off on the wrong foot with Eric Bischoff. Eric Bischoff said that he thought John Cena was a would be Eminem, and Lord knows one Eminem is enough, but since that time, I have come to respect and really like this kid. This John Cena is a good guy. You can't say anything differently than that.

  Jerry Lawler

  Kids, Wwe, Feet

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• Keep in mind that Eric Alterman is media critic for The Nation-a hysterically left-wing magazine dedicated to the proposition that corporate America, U.S. foreign policy and the Republican Party are criminal, racist or both. The simple reality is that, for him, the Democratic Party is far too conservative.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Party, Simple, Reality

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• I borrowed this from Kyle. My other shirt was pretty filthy." "Wow, you're wearing each other's clothes now. That's, like, best friend stuff." "Feeling left out?" said Kyle. "I suppose you want to borrow a black T-shirt too." "As long as everyone's wearing their own pants." "I see have come in on a fascinating moment in the conversation." Eric poked his head through the curtain.

  Cassandra Clare

  Clothes, Long, Feelings

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• Eric understands that the world is rarelythe way it is supposed to be. And he knows that, given the chance, we don't have to wait for someone to make messes of our lives. We do a good enough job, ourselves.

  Jodi Picoult

  Jobs, Waiting, World

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.414, Simon and Schuster

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• We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes place in silence, because the heart has its own language. I will remember what Eric says even though he doesn't say a word. I will tell it to her.

  Jodi Picoult

  Heart, Silence, Language

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #3: Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, and Nineteen Minutes”, p.425, Simon and Schuster

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• If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.

  Veronica Roth

  Thinking, Done, Ifs

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• Oklahoma is very beautiful, and Eric loves beauty, but he already has that in you.

  Charlaine Harris

  Beautiful, Oklahoma, Bill Compton

  Charlaine Harris (2011). “Dead Reckoning: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel”, p.212, Penguin

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• Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and without appearing to consider another option.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Suicide, Brave

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• A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.

  Sylvia Plath

  Animal, Years, Evolution

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.42, Hamilton Books

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• If you care about this country, if you want to take part in a citizen’s movement that helps heal the deep racial, economic, and cultural divides tearing us apart, you must read Eric Deggans’ Race-Baiter. No book of recent vintage so thoroughly dissects the media’s monetized appetite for division. Provocative, honest, and smart, Race-Baiter is a supremely important book. Read it and let the conversation begin.

  Connie May Fowler

  Country, Smart, Book

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• Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen.

  Ron Livingston

  Waiting, Talent, Happens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The words of the social critic Eric Hoffer were ringing true: "Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and turns into a racket."

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, Causes, Movement

  Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.182, Profile Books

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• I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was about eight in the world at the time.

  John Newcombe

  Eight, World, Sweden

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• I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie about what had happened. To my addled brain, this was plausible. Then I came to my senses and woke Eric up and told him that either he had to retreat or I'd throw him off. We went down and I never climbed again for a quarter of a century.

  Dave Cook

  Lying, Climbing, Brain

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• I saw a lot of that. It made me uncomfortable. He's been studying me. We don't just sit down and talk, he's actually studying me. It makes me a little uncomfortable being under that microscope. But I think Eric [Bana] immured himself wight he script and is doing what he needed to do

  Ralph Sarchie

  Thinking, Down And, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• Eric Holder, our attorney general, says the Mr. Snowden will be brought to justice. Just as soon as we can find someone who can track his calls and read his emails.

  Bill Maher

  Track, Justice, Email

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• I have had much pleasure in working with Orphei Drängar during my time as chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and I consider OD to be one of the most brilliant men´s choirs in the world. The singers are highly professional and their repertoire is of a very wide range, but then they have been trained for years by Eric Ericson, the world´s leading choir conductor. I also admire the strength and the beauty of their voices. OD is an extraordinary powerful choir!

  Neeme Jarvi

  Powerful, Men, Years

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