Figures Quotes - Page 4

• Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

  Stephen Breyer

  Government, Citizens, Want

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• If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

  Bill Bruford

  Hearing, Ifs

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• I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.

  Daniel Clowes

  Years, Trying, Stories

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• Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

  Margaret Haddix

  Eye, Months, Firsts

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• I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not.

  Keenen Ivory Wayans

  Thinking, Funny Things, Ivory

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• If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

  Samuel Richardson

  Children, Educational, Would Be

  Samuel Richardson (1980). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments: a facsimile reproduction”, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint

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• I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

  Kenneth Branagh

  Thinking, Mad, Tragic

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• Last year, I made a refrigerator in my basement. And I needed to because I needed to figure how - you know there is no such thing as 'cold.' There is only less heat.

  Alton Brown

  Years, Lasts, Heat

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• We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
  In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

  Philip James Bailey

  Time, Years, Feelings

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.85

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• The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

  Agnes de Mille

  Dance, Mirrors, Practice

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• I usually use quick sketches that I accumulated from the figure drawing classes I once instructed.

  Frank Bruno

  Sports, Athlete, Class

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• My first figure was a SLAYER eagle. And the dragons and the tribals are all I have got.

  Kerry King

  Dragons, Eagles, Firsts

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• She not only kept her lovely figure, she's added so much to it.

  Bob Fosse

  Sarcastic, Lovely

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• The one who figures on victory at headquarters before even doing battle is the one who has the most strategic factors on his side.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Victory, Battle

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.56, Shambhala Publications

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• No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.

  Elena Anaya

  Boys, Firsts, Sometimes

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• Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Tolerance, Trying, Prejudice

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• The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Lonely, Jobs, Loneliness

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• Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.

  Dennis Rodman

  Funny, Sports, School

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• Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.

  Mos Def

  Hustle, Trying, Way

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• You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

  Andrew Weil

  Figure Skating, Experiments

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• You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

  Virgil Thomson

  Way

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• Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

  Virginia Woolf

  Motivational, Women, Power

  A Room of One's Own ch. 2 (1929)

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• I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction.

  Tim Conway

  Kids, Emotional, People

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• Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

  Debi Thomas

  Real, Life Changing, Titles

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• Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

  Virgil Thomson

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

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