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• I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl.

  Gideon Defoe

  Girl, Book, Writing

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• There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!

  William Morris Hunt

  Reality, Men, Vitality

  William Morris Hunt (1878). “W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais”

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• World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the Serbs at Sarajevo shot the heir to the Austrian throne, but by some semiliterate, whacked-out "loner" who lobs a rocket into a nuclear arsenal in order to impress Brooke Shields.

  Philip Roth

  War, Order, Political

  Philip Roth, Ross Miller (2008). “Novels & other narratives, 1986-1991”

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• I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

  Alton Brown

  Home, Circles, People

  "13 Questions With Alton Brown". Interview with "AskMen" Editors, www.askmen.com.

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• The ability of our people to think quickly and create great products in this whole new world of Internet open standards is not only essential to our success but is also one of the things that impresses me most about Netscape.

  James L. Barksdale

  Thinking, People, Essentials

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• I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it's cool when I fix things around the house.

  Ronnie Dunn

  Dad, Kids, Thinking

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• The times you impress me the most are the times when you don't try.

  Joni Mitchell

  Trying, Quality

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• There's a feeling that feels like what I've been told is love. It has to do with what Louis Schwartzberg said today about beauty, love, whether it's squirrels outside my door, the rabbits, or the birds. They're not trying to impress me or anything, and me watching them isn't getting me or advancing me in anything. It's just beautiful. When I think of the relationship I'm in, there's a feeling that comes over me sometimes.

  Daphne Zuniga

  Beautiful, Thinking, Squirrels

  "Daphne Zuniga Opens Up About Mindfulness And Finding Love In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2013.

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• David impresses by his example on the field. He never stops running, he plays with supreme confidence, he always tries his hardest and he scores important goals. 
  (on David Beckham)

  Alex Ferguson

  Running, Play, Scotland

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• It's amazing how dumb people can impress you with how much stupider they can be when they really assert themselves.

  Dane Cook

  People, Dumb, Dumb People

  Twitter post from Sep 3, 2013

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• Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

  Lyle Lovett

  Honesty, Men, Causes

  Song: Sonja, Album: I Love Everybody

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• I don't preach or try to impress my views upon people.

  Raine Maida

  Views, People, Trying

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• As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.

  David Nail

  Opportunity, Thinking, Artist

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• If you accentuate yourself, thinking or acting like you are important, then you must want to look good to someone in this world. In order to impress or sway anybody in this world, you have to be in this world yourself.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Order

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• We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.

  Nobuo Uematsu

  Moving, Games, People

  Press conference, www.ign.com. July 14, 2004.

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• Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every man according to his merit, without partiality or prejudice; hear his complaints; if well founded, redress them; if otherwise, discourage them, in order to prevent frivolous ones. Discourage vice in every shape, and impress upon the mind of every man, from the first to the lowest, the importance of the cause, and what it is they are contending for.

  George Washington

  Men, Order, Mind

  George Washington (1989). “Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious”, Mount Vernon Ladies Assn of the

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• What is with waiters who don't write anything down and memorize your order instead? Are you trying to impress me or something? If you were that smart you wouldn't be a goddamn waiter in the first place.

  Aaron Karo

  Smart, Writing, Order

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• Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this part? I don't know. This guy needs a lot of help."

  Travis Morrison

  Real, Guy, Ego

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.

  Van Morrison

  Cat, Idols, Doe

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.

  Michael Kimmel

  Thoughtful, Guy, Dumb

  "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Interview, www.today.com. August 03, 2010.

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• What would be impressing to me, is in 30 days you see a change in your life.

  Eric Thomas

  Would Be

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• Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a 'me too' attitude while impressing evokes a 'so what' attitude

  Jim Rohn

  Attitude, Evoke

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• It feels good to finally stand on top of vanquished sloth, and actually impress some people as a hard worker.

  Guy Maddin

  Hard Work, People, Feel Good

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Who hasn't made mistakes? I once french kissed a dog at a party to try to impress what turned out to be a very tall 12 year old.

  LIZ

  Dog, Mistake, Party

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• Uncle Sam is forcing integration only because he's trying to impress the people of - abroad that he's morally qualified to be the leader of the world.

  Malcolm X

  Uncles, People, Leader

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