Give Me Quotes

• Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score.

  Frank Leahy

  Nfl, Giving, Finals

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• I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.

  Red Adair

  Fire, Air, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.

  Jean M. Auel

  Ideas, Giving, Stories

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• I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Golf, Play, Giving

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• Country people give me more than writers, and country places than towns.

  Leonard Strong

  Country, People, Giving

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• My little scam in April '85 went like this: Give me $50,000; here's some names of some people we've recruited.

  Aldrich Ames

  Names, People, Giving

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• I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will.

  Arthur Godfrey

  Giving, Busy, Moments

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• I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me.

  Roy Harper

  Giving, Inspired, Poet

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• Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person.

  Georges Simenon

  Light, Hands, Giving

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• So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.

  Andy Grove

  Giving, World, Quiet

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• It's always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you're looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on.

  Christopher Meloni

  Moving, Giving, Pieces

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• Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!

  Ruth Gordon

  Book, Giving, Stills

  Ruth Gordon (1986). “My Side: The Autobiography of Ruth Gordon”, Plume

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• They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.

  Joshua Slocum

  Giving, Let It Go, Information

  Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.168, Applewood Books

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• Science and literature give me answers. And they ask me questions I will never be able to answer.

  Mark Haddon

  Giving, Answers, Literature

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• If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with my eyes, and search for them with my clumsy fingers, and be unable to detect them; but let me take a magnet and sweep through it, and how would it draw to itself the almost invisible particles by the mere power of attraction. The unthankful heart, like my finger in the sand, discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day, and as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some Heavenly blessings.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Gratitude, Heart, Eye

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.66

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• The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Gratitude, Giving, Sides

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• I chose Tennessee because I thought theyd give me an opportunity to play.

  Jamal Lewis

  Opportunity, Play, Giving

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• Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.

  Elif Safak

  Giving, Ignorant, Bears

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• I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission.

  Fritz Sauckel

  Giving, Soldier, Ordinary

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• For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organization, give me Scott; for a winter journey, give me Wilson; for a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen; and if I am in the devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time.

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard

  Winter, Journey, Organization

  Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2009). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913”, p.7, The Floating Press

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• But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.

  David Duval

  Play, People, Giving

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• Give me coffee! I'm going to write!

  Olavo Bilac

  Coffee, Writing, Giving

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• We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.

  Mark Lawrence

  Block, Men, Giving

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• Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Love Is, Vintage, Clothes

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• I'm starting to get a following on Twitter. That's a really awesome power to have. It gives me the opportunity to make any kind of art I want.

  Ansel Elgort

  Art, Opportunity, Giving

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