Haul Quotes - Page 5

• Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.

  William Stafford

  Artist, Long, Assuming

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• My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man’s mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you’re sorry and get on with it. Don’t haul stuff around with you.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Inspirational, Morning, Sorry

  "No Country for Old Men". Book by Cormac McCarthy, July 19, 2005.

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• A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.

  Ann Brashares

  Beautiful, Long, Soul

  Ann Brashares (2010). “My Name is Memory”, p.82, Penguin

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• Now I want you to listen to me," he said in a low voice, taking her chin in his hand and forcing her to look at him. "And listen carefully, because I'm only going to say this once. You are going to marry me before this week is out. Since you have conveniently run off to Scotland, we don't need a special license. You're just lucky I don't haul you off to a church right this instant. Get yourself a dress and get yourself some flowers, because, sweeetheart, you're getting yourself a new name.

  Julia Quinn

  Running, Flower, Hands

  FaceBook post by Julia Quinn from Nov 20, 2014

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• This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don't have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Spiritual, Order, Joy

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.178, A&C Black

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• On a whim, he stopped and bought a watch from a sidewalk vendor. Normally, Billy could not abide keeping time, especially when it was attached to one’s body. Time was like a relentlessly needy lapdog one had to haul around. It barked too much and had no sense of loyalty.

  Jim Carroll

  Loyalty, Watches, Body

  Jim Carroll (2010). “The Petting Zoo: A Novel”, p.25, Penguin

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• Don't wait for the muse. As I've said, he's a hardheaded guy who's not susceptible to a lot of creative fluttering. This isn't the Ouija board or the spirit-world we're talking about here, but just another job like laying pipe or driving long-haul trucks. Your job is to make sure the muse knows where you're going to be every day from nine 'til noon. or seven 'til three. If he does know, I assure you that sooner or later he'll start showing up.

  Stephen King

  Jobs, Talking, Long

  Stephen King (2000). “On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

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• He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Girl, Cutting, Night

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• I feel I should warn you, I’m in a really bad mood. (Syn) You’ll be in a worse mood when we haul you in dead! (a Partini) ‘Syn grimaced in pain at a comment so stupid it didn’t even rate a snotty comeback.’ (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Pain, Stupid, Bad Mood

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Fire”, p.15, Macmillan

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• It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Christmas, Mother, Memories

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• Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life.

  Nicole Kidman

  Believe, Years, Long

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from May 14, 2013

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• Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

  Bette Midler

  Country, Horse, Book

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• If we're on long-haul flights I've been known to sleep on the floor so I hear the engine.

  Wayne Rooney

  Sleep, Long, Flight

  "World Cup saga may end with tears on England's pillow" by Simon Burnton, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2010.

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• If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Long, Fans, Needs

  "Exclusive: J. Michael Straczynski Talks About...well, Everything". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. February 1, 2011.

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• What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.

  Calvin Trillin

  Weed, Long, People

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• I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.

  Arabella Weir

  Father, Long, Childhood

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• Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.

  Mark Hoppus

  School, Differences, Long

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• No matter where you are right now, no matter far along you are on your own path, don't wait to "have it all" to celebrate. You're never going to figure it all out. Make being happy your business, all along the way. Life can't be one long, tough haul, with a little party at the end. What good is that? Life should be punctuated with celebrations and you have to build them into your time because being happy isn't easy.

  Bethenny Frankel

  Party, Long, Waiting

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• Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like my mother and she looks like my mother, but she is holding a gun, and the determined look in her eyes is unfamiliar to me.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Running, Eye

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• Most fishermen use the double haul to throw their casting mistakes further.

  Lefty Kreh

  Mistake, Lakes, Sea

  Lefty Kreh (1991). “Longer Fly Casting”, Lyons Press

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• The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Real, Media

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• The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.

  Thomas McGuane

  Long, Tickets, Hazards

  Thomas McGuane (2015). “Panama”, p.46, Macmillan

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• I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Military, Color, Enemy

  Douglas MacArthur's address to Colonel George M. Jones and the 503rd Regimental Combat Team who recaptured Corregidor (March 2, 1945) as quoted in "Bureau of Navigation News Bulletin", 1945.

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• So, we wait until tomorrow night, and when you say the word, I cross over and haul you both out. Right? That's it?" "With any luck, yes." Luck? We were depending on luck? Nash is so screwed.

  Rachel Vincent

  Night, Waiting, Luck

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “My Soul to Keep”, p.195, Harlequin

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• But our love isn’t easy because it’s not meant to be. It requires work and sacrifice and protection. And I wouldn’t want it any other way, not right now, with the morning sun making the curtains glow and Her arms around my neck and the sounds of the street so far away. I’m in it for the long haul, I’m not going away.

  Pete Wentz

  Morning, Sacrifice, Long

  Pete Wentz, James Montgomery (2013). “Gray”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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