Give Me Quotes - Page 5

• Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Long, Giving

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 561), 1922.

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• My mother refused to give me coloring books as a child. She probably saved me, Because when you think about it, what a coloring book does is completely kill creativity.

  David Lynch

  Mother, Children, Book

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

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• Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.

  Margaret Fuller

  Truth, Giving, Illusion

  Margaret Fuller, James Freeman Clarke, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Henry Channing (1852). “Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli”, p.99

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• It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself.

  Mary Renault

  Humility, Artist, Thinking

  Mary Renault (1974). “The Mask of Apollo”

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• If I had Aladdin's lamp and the usual three wishes, the first would always be, 'Give me the first day of June.

  Gladys Taber

  June, Giving, Wish

  Gladys Bagg Taber (1948). “The book of Stillmeadow”

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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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• 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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• I don't care if my opinion falls on the right or the left. I'm more of what I call a passionate centrist. I just believe what I believe. I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.

  Larry Wilmore

  Believe, Fall, Giving

  "Larry Wilmore on Race, Politics, and Mormonism". Interview with David Haglund, www.slate.com. August 24, 2012.

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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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• This is a dream as old as America itself: give me a piece of land to call my own, a little town where everyone knows my name.

  Faith Popcorn

  Dream, Land, Names

  Faith Popcorn (1991). “The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life”, p.48, BookBaby

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• Give me the handling of a horse for twenty minutes, and I'll tell you what sort of a groom he has had.

  Anna Sewell

  Horse, Giving, Twenties

  Anna Sewell (2012). “Black Beauty”, p.171, OUP Oxford

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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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• 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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• Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!

  Anne Ellis

  Sunset, Men, Giving

  Anne Ellis (1999). “The Life of an Ordinary Woman”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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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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• After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.

  George Jones

  Couple, Years, Giving

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• Flying radio-controlled airplanes [is my guiltiest pleasure]. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. It's a fascinating hobby.

  Tyler Perry

  Airplane, Sky, Giving

  Source: aalbc.com

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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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• 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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• I'm fortunate that my job gives me the motivation to be as fit as possible. I wound up in a profession that requires physical and mental preparation, so I get to prepare like an athlete for everything I do. I'm living the dream, man.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Dream, Jobs, Motivation

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