Fine Quotes - Page 32

• That's the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Running, Mind, Looks

  'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' (1974) pt. 3, ch. 25

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• My goal is to make fine art, and fine art comes from the soul. If you have virtuosity and facility, you can take and create something of significance.

  Richard MacDonald

  Art, Goal, Soul

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• I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.

  Samantha Morton

  Believe, Thinking, Mind

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• More and more I understand that it's very fine not to know where you come from.

  Amelie Nothomb

  Where You Come, Amelie, Knows

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• I do not want a personal relationship with my fans. Or to do anything that encourages them to think they have one with me. They can have a personal relationship with my songs. That's fine, but they don't know me.

  Will Oldham

  Song, Thinking, Fans

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• It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way.

  Kevin Powers

  Home, Risk, Soldier

  "Kevin Powers on The Yellow Birds: 'I felt those things, and asked the same questions'" by Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2012.

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• Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Issues, Excellence, Use

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1845, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a laugh. For another thing, writing is easier than digging ditches. Well, actually, that's an exaggeration. It isn't.

  Dr. Seuss

  Writing, Laughing, Digging

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• The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.

  Alan Parsons

  Dark, Moon, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.

  Andy Partridge

  Two, Get Better, Mixing

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• If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about Portugal? What about Italy? What about the whole of the Eurozone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice about what has to happen.

  George Papandreou

  Spain, Prejudice, Would Be

  "CNN's Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, www.cnn.com. May 30, 2012.

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• Ultimately, I'm fine with everything that I've done.

  Hunter Parrish

  Done

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

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• I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism, in terms of animal movement.

  Nick Park

  Animal, League, Rays

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• I really don't have a problem showing the ugly side of people. If that means my wearing no makeup, that's fine. To me, that's beautiful.

  Amy Ryan

  Beautiful, Mean, Makeup

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• Fine dining is an occasional treat for most people.

  Rene Redzepi

  People, Dining, Treats

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

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• I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.

  Stuart Rose

  Losing, Share, Destination

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• You can talk to one person for five minutes and be sick afterwards. You can be totally physically drained because their aura is so low. You can talk to someone else for an hour and just feel fine.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sick, Auras, Hours

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• I'm not concerned about the very poor, we have a safety net there, if we need to repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who are struggling, and I'll continue to take that message across the country.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Struggle, Heart

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• We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or mythical. We have endless complicated tracts on fine technical issues, but we don't explore Jesus' way to happiness and peace, or try to understand his feelings about God and creation of how he views our relationship with God, or his attitude toward human weakness. Understanding these things could help us immensely in our own search for inner peace and a meaning to life.

  Joseph Girzone

  Jesus, Attitude, Book

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• Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, Being Positive, Dialect

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• Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Joy, Faces, Activism

  Rebecca Solnit (2010). “Hope In The Dark”, p.49, Canongate Books

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• I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  Dad, Grandchildren, Want

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

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• Some of the money from the senior players goes to helping out the younger kids. It is from the players' pool, the fines for being late and so on. Some will go to something like the tsunami appeal and some to helping out young players.

  John Terry

  Senior, Kids, Player

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• As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.

  Rachel True

  Thinking, Careers, Balance

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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, Confused

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