Give Me Quotes - Page 23

• No man can give me any word but Wait.

  Gwendolyn Brooks

  Men, Giving, Waiting

  Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.47, Library of America

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• As for bread, I count that for nothin'. We always have bread and potatoes enough; but I hold a family to be in a desperate way when the mother can see the bottom of the pork barrel. Give me children that's raised on good sound pork afore all the game in the country. Game's good as a relish and so's bread; but pork is the staff of life... My children I calkerlate to bring up on pork with just as much bread and butter as they want.

  James F. Cooper

  Country, Mother, Children

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• From my table inside I watch the glamorous women outside who are lunching on Spa Cobb salads without blue cheese or dressing. The man with the bread basket wanders from table to table, lonesome as a cloud. When he comes to me his basket is full and perfectly arranged. He gives me a smile of sincere pleasure when I tell him I will take both the sourdough roll and the cheese stick.

  Ann Patchett

  Food, Men, Clouds

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• There was a little plate of hothouse nectarines on the table, and there was another of grapes, and another of sponge-cakes, and there was a bottle of light wine ... 'This is my frugal breakfast ... Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret.'

  Charles Dickens

  Coffee, Food, Wine

  Charles Dickens (1870). “Novels”, p.349

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• I don't look at women as groupies. To me, a groupie is a stalker. If you're a fan, then you're a fan. But I can look at a woman and become a fan of hers instantly. I'll tell a woman, "Look, I don't want your phone number. Just give me your autograph. Can I take a picture with you?"

  Tyrese Gibson

  Phones, Numbers, Giving

  "Ty Me Up, Ty Me Down". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. June 20, 2007.

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• Ever since I was little, I’ve loved making hand-made cards and presents and arts & crafts for people. The book gives me a similar experience. I love being able to hold this object in my hands and say, “This is mine. I made this. It is a gift for you.” I love that feeling. Especially since this particular object contains ten years worth of my poems.

  Sarah Kay

  Art, Book, Love Is

  Interview with Jennifer Messing, journalwomenwriters.wordpress.com. August 5, 2014.

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• The religion is a personal thing in my life and fighting in the ring, it's boxing. It's my profession. God always gives me strength.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Fighting, Boxing, Giving

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

  Kate Douglas Wiggin

  Prayer, Giving, Wealth

  Kate Douglas Wiggin (2016). “PENELOPE’S PROGRESS – The Complete Series: Penelope's English Experiences, Penelope's Experiences in Scotland, Penelope's Irish Experiences & Penelope's Postscripts: Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton”, p.185, e-artnow

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• Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of an innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise. ... Each piece seems to have a life of its own. Every little piece or every big piece that I make becomes a very living thing to me, very living. I could make a million pieces; the next piece gives me a whole new thing. It is a new center. Life is total at that particular time. And that's why it's right. That reaffirms my life.

  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

  Artist, Giving, Pieces

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• I think time is a constraint to destroy and then reinvent. If you give me a constraint, I'll accept it. But I always try to move it around, or to readapt it. Ecco! If you lock me in a room, well I'll go out through the window! I always remember Achille Castiglioni, one of my mentors, and he always said that in industrial design you have the idea, the fantasy, the concepts - that's the marmalade! - but the constraint of the brief is the bread. You need both in order to find structure for your ideas.

  Patricia Urquiola

  Moving, Thinking, Order

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• After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Years, Giving, Six

  Interview with Ed Vulliamy, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2008.

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• I am not in the least given to any violent interest in womankind, however, such as has addled the country's brains of late. Give me a manandwoman world: 'tis good enough!

  Louise Imogen Guiney

  Country, Giving, Brain

  Louise Imogen Guiney (1926). “Letters of Louise Imogen Guiney”

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• Oh I don't need an education Just a microphone's intoxication And I can't deal with concentration Give me tongues and stimulation

  Katy Rose

  Giving, Needs, Tongue

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• People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with anything?

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Hard Times, People, Giving

  "Ellen The Generous". Interview with Patricia Marx, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.

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• I detest the word plot.  I never, never think of plot.  I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell you a story-maybe a thousand stories. The interaction between and among human beings is the only story worth telling.

  Stirling Silliphant

  Character, Thinking, Giving

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• You want people who are both great fans and supporters and believers of your work and people who are also ruthlessly honest. People who will tell you the truth about it. Over the years I've picked up some friends and I know who to show what to and they'll give me the proper read.

  Rob Bell

  Years, People, Giving

  "Writer Talk: An Interview With Rob Bell on Writing and Creativity". Interview With Chris Dikes, thisischrisdikes.wordpress.com. September 18, 2013.

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• Cops pull me over just to get a better look. They never give me a ticket, even if I'm speeding, but they will ask to take pictures.

  Ernest Cline

  Giving, Looks, Tickets

  "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.

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• I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Games, Giving

  Source: www.hearingloss.ca

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• Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

  Sadao Araki

  Army, Giving, Division

  "Until They Eat Stones" by Russell Brines, (p. 254), 1944.

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• Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.

  Darren Criss

  Writing, Years, Two

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• I had my first kiss under a tree near the school. It was with a boy named Michael who rarely spoke, but he would sometimes give me one of the cookies from his lunch. Maybe it was the gifts that made me feel special? I don't know, but when our lips touched, it felt magical.

  Paula Abdul

  School, Kissing, Boys

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• Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.

  Michael Buble

  Strong, Rapper, Rocks

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• I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Practice, Giving

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• When my coach gives me a program, I damage it.

  Yohan Blake

  Giving, Damage, Program

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• The way in which I know Christianity is true is first and foremost is the basis of the witness of the Holy Spirit in my heart. And this gives me self-authenticating means of knowing Christianity is true wholly apart from the evidence. And therefore, even if in some historically contingent circumstances the evidence that I have available to me should turn against Christianity, I do not think that controverts the witness of the Holy Spirit.

  William Lane Craig

  Mean, Heart, Thinking

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