Kicking Quotes

• You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

  Rowan Atkinson

  Funny, Sarcastic, Men

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• A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

  William Faulkner

  Patience, Years, Mules

  William Faulkner (2011). “Flags in the Dust: The complete text of Faulkner's third novel, which appeared in a cut version as Sartoris”, p.290, Vintage

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• Love is more powerful than kicking ass.

  Jet Li

  Short Love, Powerful, Love Is

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• All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Inspiration, Successful, Doors

  John Kenneth Galbraith (2001). “The Essential Galbraith”, p.186, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

  Paul Reiser

  Baby, Self, World

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  Never dull your shine for somebody else.

  Tyra Banks

  Confidence, Being Yourself, Self Esteem

  FaceBook post by Tyra Banks from Aug 30, 2011

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• Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

  Keanu Reeves

  Inspirational, Dance, Training

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• All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

  Harry S. Truman

  Kissing, Men, People

  Letter to his sister, 14 Nov. 1947, in Off the Record: the Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (1980) p. 119

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• I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.

  Maxine Waters

  Thinking, Doors, Kicking It

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• The things that make me very angry are injustice and bullying. If I see someone bullying a woman or child in the street, or kicking a dog, I go completely mad.

  Susannah York

  Dog, Bullying, Children

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• Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

  Walter Winchell

  Inspirational, Long, Criticism

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• Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners.

  Patti LaBelle

  Strong, Kicking It, Prisoner

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 25, 2013

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• People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.

  Yancy Butler

  People, Kind, Ass

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• I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

  Les Dawson

  Funny, Mother, Humorous

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• You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.

  Hayden Fry

  Old Fashioned

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• I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking.

  Laura Moriarty

  Eye, Swimming, Years

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• I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Fashion, People, Laughing

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• I loathed the game, and since I could see no pleasure or usefulness in it, it was very difficult for me to show courage at it. Football, it seemed to me, is not really played for the pleasure of kicking a ball about, but is a species of fighting.

  George Orwell

  Soccer, Football, Fighting

  George Orwell (1970). “A Collection of Essays”, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Katharine Hepburn (1987). “The making of The African Queen, or, How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall, and Huston and almost lost my mind”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

  Coco Chanel

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Believing in Ourselves" by Armand Eisen, (p. 39), 1992.

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• When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning.

  Joan Severance

  Art, Winning, Reality

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

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• We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Kicking It, Buckets

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• I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

  Roy Ayers

  Years, Kicking It, People

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