Impressed Quotes - Page 5

• I slithered out of the sinkhole on my stomach. It was not the sexiest move I'd ever performed, but I was impressed nonetheless.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Moving, Sinkholes, Stomach

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.680, Scholastic Inc.

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• Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

  John C. Maxwell

  Moving, Goal, Awkward

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• It's called a sea anchor,' [Evanlyn] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.' Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant when it came to boats.' 'I don't remember saying that,' Evanlyn replied with a frown. Alyss shrugged. 'Oh? Well, it must have been me.

  John Flanagan

  Pigs, Anchors, Sea

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• There was a pause. I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say. I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.

  David Levithan

  Trying, Pieces, Gaps

  David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.15, Macmillan

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• Give that man a Pixy Stix," Haddie said. "A what?" Lucia asked. "Hold on." She left then returned a moment later with a handful of colorful straws, one of which she threw at Max like a dart. He caught it in midair. That impressed Haddie and she tossed him another, just to see if he could do it again. He fumbled that one.

  Ellen Potter

  Men, Giving, Max

  Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.128, Macmillan

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• What's that darkness over there?" Leven asked. "It's not good." Clover said. "Then what is it?" 'Bad," Clover suggested, sounding as though he wasn't all that impressed with Leven's level of knowledge. "I understand opposites," Leven said, frustrated.

  Obert Skye

  Opposites, Darkness, Frustrated

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• The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can't teach the cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf.

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

  Cat, Knitting, Scarves

  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.94, Storey Publishing

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• I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.” I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.

  Suzanne Collins

  Witty, Thinking, Trying

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.82, Scholastic Inc.

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• The thing that impressed me then as now about New York… was the sharp, and at the same time immense, contrast it showed between the dull and the shrewd, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the wise and the ignorant… the strong, or those who ultimately dominated, were so very strong, and the weak so very, very weak - and so very, very many.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Wise, Strong, New York

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• I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.

  Ritchie Blackmore

  Attitude, Way, Brilliant

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• No, I’ve always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it’s demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.

  Dick Cheney

  Blow, Thinking, Years

  "My Interview with Dick Cheney". Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. May 28, 2009.

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• The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

  Agatha Christie

  Children, Mother And Daughter, Years

  AGATHA CHRISTIE (1969). “MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA A HERCULE POIROT MYSTERY”

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• If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way.

  Steve Coogan

  Character, Play, Laughing

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

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• I'm also very impressed with the best people in experimental electronic world, like Peta and Eckart Aillers and Finez and Jim O'Rourke and Oren Umbarci and Francesco Lopez. Most of them use the computer as their main instrument.

  John Frusciante

  People, Use, World

  Interview with Evan C Chase, www.scenepointblank.com. October 16, 2010.

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• My parents inspired me by their example. They both grew up in the Depression, and both of them had to quit school when they were quite young to work, because there actually was no choice. So they've always impressed me with their resilience, their good spirits, their courage. I just remember them carrying on and just doing their lives. They really made a strong impression on me.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Strong, School, Parent

  "America's Foremost Woman of Letters". American Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2006.

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• When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Book, Reading

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• Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

  Paulo Coelho

  Fire, Sea, Saws

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to see the sea for the first time and marveled at how clean it was. someone told him that, in fact, it wasn't. 'when the world is emptied of human beings' he said, 'it will become so again

  Werner Herzog

  Sea, World, Firsts

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• Bill Door was impressed. Miss Flitworth could actually give the word "revenue", which had two vowels and one diphthong, all the peremptoriness of the word "scum.

  Terry Pratchett

  Doors, Two, Giving

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• All we really want is for no one to have a boring life, to be impressive, so we can be impressed. ~ on the friends we choose.

  Dave Eggers

  Want, Boring, Impressive

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• You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone's so shocked or impressed that you're baring your soul, while to you it's nothing, because you know you've twenty more layers to go.

  Craig Thompson

  Soul, Twenties, Layers

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• But if you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Marine, College, Talking

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• If mankind's greatest achievement is to produce more spaces for mankind to live in, I do not think I am so impressed.

  Sharon Shinn

  Thinking, Space, Achievement

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• Men passionately desire to live after death, but they often pass away without noticing the fact that the memory of a really good person always lives. It is impressed upon the next generation, and is transmitted again to the children. Is that not an immortality worth striving for?

  Peter Kropotkin

  Memories, Children, Men

  Peter Kropotkin (2014). “Memoirs of a Revolutionist”, p.13, Courier Corporation

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• Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.

  Edward Abbey

  Animal, Hunting, Moral

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.38, RosettaBooks

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