Kicks Quotes - Page 27

• Every day the eye is subject to a thousand tiny shocks as a thousand industries compete for the eye-kick, the visual hook that will lock the consumer into product for that crucial second where the tiny - or not so tiny - leap of the imagination is made.

  Graham Joyce

  Eye, Imagination, Tiny

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• Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled amid the realisation that NASA's budget is too small for the job.

  Paul Davies

  Jobs, Orbit, Phases

  "Fly me to Mars. One-way" by Paul Davies, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2009.

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• It’s one of those things where when you’re training and fighting, you can’t worry about your bills, your mortgage, did you get your girlfriend pregnant, your pet’s cancer, or anything. Nothing else matters but that dude trying to kick you in the face or throw you on your head or trying to rip your arm out of the socket. It becomes a singularity of purpose, which an ADD kid like me rarely gets. I like that moment of clarity in fights, and I truly have that. I lose myself in the details of those 15 minutes and you don’t worry about what people think of you.

  Forrest Griffin

  Girlfriend, Cancer, Rip

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• If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers to be punished. I hate the idea of Idi Amin living in Saudi Arabia for the last 25 years of his life. That galls me to no end. I feel some sort of need for biblical atonement, or justice, or something. I like to believe there is some comeuppance, that karma kicks in at some point, even if it takes years or decades to happen. My girlfriend says this great thing that’s become my philosophy as well. 'I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell.'

  Vince Gilligan

  Karma, Girlfriend, Hate

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• The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.

  Robert Breault

  Wise, Dog, Moving

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• As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But they've certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars.

  Lisa Schwarzbaum

  Stars, Queens, Clever

  "The Muppets" by Lisa Schwarzbaum, ew.com. November 30, 2011.

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• If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass

  Larry Merchant

  Years, Boxing, Ass

  "Analyst Larry Merchant to End Run With HBO Boxing After 35 Years" by Jose Martinez, www.complex.com. December 14, 2012.

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• ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Men, President, Cuffs

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.9, 谷月社

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• My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

  Jim Lehrer

  Writing, Important, Enjoy

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• Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its utmost law.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Football, Law, Games

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• I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.

  Katharine Whitehorn

  Sports, Boys, Thinking

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• Of course you got rights, the law's on your side, but sometimes the law takes a long time to kick in and so it gets put in the hands of us poor suckers on duty. You get my drift?

  Haruki Murakami

  Rights, Hands, Your Side

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “Dance Dance Dance”, p.170, Random House

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• You know, before when (the police went) to work, they used to be like, 'I'm gonna kick somebody's ass today and so I hope I can catch somebody in a bad situation or breaking the law, because I'm gonna beat someone's ass in a big way, I think that attitude has changed.

  Rodney King

  Attitude, Thinking, Law

  "Five years later, wounds from L.A. riots still sting". Interview with Anne McDermott, edition.cnn.com. April 29, 1997.

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• I don't remember the first image of a werewolf I saw, but I suspect it was the hybrid type, up on two legs, with long limbs, hair, claw-like fingernails and lupine head. To me there's nothing scary about complete transformation from human into wolf. Wolves aren't scary. They're dangerous, yes, but so are geese, in the wrong mood. What's scary is seeing the human in the wolf but knowing it's beyond the reach of reason or emotional appeal. That's where the horror and dread kicks in.

  Glen Duncan

  Emotional, Hair, Two

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• You act like a normal human being and you treat them [actors around] like a buddy because you're all working together. It's no different than being Governor. You put a team together and say, "Guys, we all want to shine here. We all want to show that this administration is going to do things that other administrations have thought was impossible. Let's kick some ass together."

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Team, Shining, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• And all the world is football-shaped
  It's just for me to kick in space
  And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste
  And I've got one, two, three, four, five
  Senses working overtime
  Trying to take this all in
  I've got one, two, three, four, five
  Senses working overtime
  Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime
  Pain and pleasure and the church bells softly chime.

  Andy Partridge

  Football, Pain, Church Bells

  "Senses Working Overtime". Song by Andy Partridge, 1982.

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• Boredom has to be the most life sapping, mental disease you can be afflicted with.The most accurate definition of boredom I have ever heard is this - Boredom is the absence of a creative idea. But there is a simple cure - begin to think immediately of a better way to do something. The creative juices are within you but you must turn on the tap. Those who are bored are not living; they are dying. When their heart stops beating, it will be a mere formality. The best way to do anything has never been thought of. Get on a creative improvement kick and jar others mentally into the same activity.

  Bob Proctor

  Heart, Simple, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Apr 28, 2012

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• Not gonna bind ya or break ya, old spirit. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears.

  Jim Butcher

  Ears, Spirit, Ass

  "Small Favor". Book by Jim Butcher, 2008.

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• What I gotta do? Cats don't even have a clue Can't stand to see Me kick a flow so unbelievably And never gave a hand Askin' 'bout the backup plan Now that it's true Forever tellin' me that you always knew

  Eamon

  Cat, Hands, Forever

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• You know what made us the biggest, meanest, Big Mac eating, calorie-counting, world-dominating kick-ass powerhouse country in the history of the human race? The pursuit of happiness. Not happiness. The pursuit.

  Will Ferguson

  Happiness, Country, Race

  Will Ferguson (2002). “Happiness”

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• I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It's modeling - I didn't find the cure for cancer.

  Marisa Miller

  Stupid, Cancer, Let It Go

  "Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel Make Maxim's Hot List". people.com. May 14, 2008.

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• As no one knew much about my mental illness, a lot of people had the attitude that I had the capability to 'kick it' and get better instantly. This was the most frustrating attitude for me.

  Andy Behrman

  Attitude, People, Get Better

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• I don't think it's illegal. I don't think it's against the rules. It's as dangerous for me to have a toothpick in your mouth as it is to have a 200-pound man punch me in the face hard or try to kick me in the face. I'm more worried about that, to be honest. I don't have any superstitions. I won world titles with a toothpick. I defended it without a toothpick. It all depends. Sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't. It's a bad habit. I know I shouldn't do it, but it's fine.

  Benson Henderson

  Men, Thinking, Trying

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• Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've discovered about writing is to form a habit that becomes an addiction so that if you don't put something down on paper every day, you get really mean and awful with withdrawal symptoms, and your wife and your dog and your kids are going to kick your ass until you get back to it because they can't bear you in that state of mind.

  Frank Pierson

  Dog, Morning, Mean

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• The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don't have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.

  Clint Eastwood

  Fun, Gay, Doors

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

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