Figures Quotes - Page 5

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I think everyone is trying to figure out who they are and their own thing.

  Joshua Homme

  Thinking, Trying, Figure Skating

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• I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

  Alan Ladd

  Insecure, Long, Guy

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• The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.

  Bjorn Ulvaeus

  Jesus, Power, Years

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

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

  Stephen Breyer

  Government, Citizens, Want

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• For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.

  Zell Miller

  Years, Issues, Glitter

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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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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• No matter your age, stage of life, or circumstances, don't forget to dare to dream with God. You don't have to figure anything out. Just keep saying yes to Him, in big ways and small, and watch what He does.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Dream, Age, Saying Yes

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Apr 06, 2016

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• In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something.

  Stanley Crouch

  America, Might, Patient

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• Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

  Nora Roberts

  Different, Tools, Literature

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• Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.

  George Thorogood

  Moving, Albums, Records

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• I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Writing, Play, Pieces

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• I was trying to figure out what a memory feels like.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Memories, Trying, Figure Skating

  "Charlie Kaufman: A true original". www.today.com. March 18, 2004.

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• If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.

  Nick Cannon

  New York, Hollywood, Want

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• Well, I can't figure out God.

  Oral Roberts

  Figure Skating, Wells, I Can

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• A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.

  Issey Miyake

  Art, Body, Great Things

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• I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.

  Camille Claudel

  Fire, Squash, Hammers

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• No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

  Albrecht Durer

  Taken, Men, Perfect

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• I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too.

  Graeme Murphy

  Flower, Tree, Green

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• A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.

  Minna Antrim

  Inspirational, Life, Women

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• Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.

  Judy Chicago

  Art, Thinking, Wish

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