Get Away Quotes - Page 39

• I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

  Linda Lael Miller

  Book, Thinking, Worry

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• When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.

  Nick Saban

  Real, Play, People

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• I've always kind of pushed the envelope in terms of trying to get away with things no one else was going near. I always thought of myself like a mouse trying to get cheese that no one else could get without getting their tail snipped off.

  Emo Philips

  Trying, Tails, Envelopes

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I try to stay with it and I try to stay in contact with comedians and just keep comedians in my life 'cause comedians are their own species. If you get away from them, especially as a comedian, I think it's dangerous.

  Chris Rock

  Thinking, Comedian, Trying

  "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 5, 2014.

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• Camp David is a wonderful place for the family to get away and run around and do goofy things.

  Susan Ford

  Running, Goofy, Wonderful

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• Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.

  Stefan Sagmeister

  Welcome, Computer, Excuse

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• I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with.

  Louis Zamperini

  Kids, Rotten, Excitement

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• I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that it's generally about one or two people, but there's not much about society. I want to get away from that particular pattern: a lead, a supporting role and backdrop characters.

  Steig Larsson

  Character, Two, People

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• The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

  Ted Allen

  Jobs, Thinking, Doing Me

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

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• We would never get away from it. ... It's bad enough as it is, but with the wireless telephone one could be called up at the opera, in church, in our beds. Where could one be free from interruption?

  Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin

  Science, Church, Telephones

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• I think actors have a greater responsibility when doing comedy. It's as easy as anything to get cheap laughs, but that's not the idea at all. "The slight trip syndrome," we call it. With tragedy one can get away with things a bit more because audiences don't always know how to react.

  Peter Bowles

  Responsibility, Thinking, Ideas

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• The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.

  Sam Ewing

  Home, Sight, Looks

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• There are two great injustices that can befall a child. One is to punish him for something he didn't do. The other is to let him get away with doing something he knows is wrong.

  Robert Gardner

  Children, Two, Injustice

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• Nimzovitch became then for me more or less the author of the only book which could help me get away from these Euwe books, which, I admit, are very good for the ordinary club player. But once you've reached a certain strength you get the impression that everything that Euwe writes is a lie.

  Bent Larsen

  Lying, Book, Writing

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• There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.

  Anthea Turner

  Cleaning, Clean

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• He married a woman to stop her getting away Now she's there all day.

  Philip Larkin

  Marriage, Married

  Philip Larkin (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.83, Faber & Faber

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• If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact.

  Harry Chapin

  Commitment, Thinking, Impact

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• Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

  Dai Vernon

  Believe, Moving, Magic

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• The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere. This is not just for pro riders. It is for everyone.
  The other amazing thing with snowboarding is how easy it is to get away from people and enjoy the solitude of the mountains. Its almost impossible in surfing but with snowboarding it is a short hike from the top of the lift or the side of the road.

  Jeremy Jones

  Freedom, Sky, Feet

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• Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.

  Robert Rodriguez

  Art, Mistake, Way

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• Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they get away with that one?'

  Mark Thomas

  Rights, Turkeys, Envy

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• The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.

  Jean Dreze

  Government, India, Hunger

  "Dying of hunger in a land of surplus" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2002.

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• I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it

  Duncan Sheik

  Want, Able, Feels

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• Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

  Andrew Bird

  Motivation, Crazy, Inspiration

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• Only an open mind still has room for new knowledge. What is outgrown and used up must be discarded to make room for what is yet to be learned. And much of the best thinking is done alone-in deserts, on beaches, in bed, behind closed doors. It is why we say we need to get away-to escape from clutter and busyness-to hear ourselves think.

  Robert Fulghum

  Beach, Learning, Thinking

  Robert Fulghum (1997). “Words I Wish I Wrote: A Collection of Writing that Inspired My Ideas”, Harpercollins

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