Messy Quotes - Page 10

• I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

  Jean-Michel Basquiat

  Kids, Artist, Winning

  Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano

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• Because she was raw and uncertain, and she liked to keep all the messy parts of herself to herself. ... As much as Lena liked to hide the mess and display the finished product, by this point she was all mess and no product.

  Ann Brashares

  Uncertain, Products, Finished

  Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.224, Random House

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• I was going through so many changes in my life - separation with my wife, having an affair - that was all very messy and public. It felt like if I really wanted to rock my boat and make changes in my life and who I am and how I am, that would also mean moving on from Cheers.

  Ted Danson

  Cheer, Moving, Mean

  "The Best TV Show That's Ever Been". Interview with Brian Raftery, www.gq.com. September 27, 2012.

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• [The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice cabinet was full of Ben's toy trucks, and Jane couldn't spot a cookbook anywhere. This is the kitchen of a Thinker, she decided, and promised herself that she'd never bother with cooking, either.

  Jeanne Birdsall

  Ducks, Cooking, Kitchen

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• You know everything and you know nothing… And in that there’s this: You will always learn something new. About him. About her. About yourself. And in learning the bad, the uncomfortable, the messy- it’s what you take away that counts. What will you do with that knowledge? Will you leave? Pull tighter? Ignore it? Use it to fall in love even deeper? That’s when you learn more about yourself.

  Pamela Ribon

  Falling In Love, Use, Something New

  Pamela Ribon (2003). “Why Girls Are Weird: A Novel”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

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• He exhaled loudly and raked a hand through the sable brown hair he always kept stylishly messy. "Look, Rose. You don’t have to keep up with the hard-to-get thing. You’ve already got me.

  Richelle Mead

  Hair, Hands, Rose

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.22, Penguin

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• Do people always act this way around you? (Kiara) You should have seen the reactions when I wore a League uniform. Those were actually comical. Except for the ones who lost control of their bowels. Then it was just messy. (Nykyrian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Should Have, People, League

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born Of Night: Number 1 in series”, p.129, Hachette UK

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• These things...they are who you are. They brought you here. To this day. You didn't give me a chance to understand that ever the unattractive parts of you, the messy parts, were something I could accept.

  Laura Dave

  Giving, Unattractive, Give Me A Chance

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• She loved Bram in a clear-eyed way she’d never loved her ex-husband, no rose-colored glasses or mindless giddiness, no Cinderella fantasies or false certainty that he’d put her life in order. What she felt for Bram was messy, honest, and soul-deep. He felt like…part of her, the best and the worst. Like someone she wanted to struggle through life with; share triumphs and catastrophes; share holidays, birthdays, every days

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Husband, Struggle, Holiday

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• So what are we supposed to do again, when we hate everything? You stop pretending life is such fun or makes sense. It's often messy and cruel and dull, and we do the best we can. It's unfair, and jerks seem to win. But you fall in love with a few people. Like I love you, Elizabeth. You're the angel God sent me.

  Anne Lamott

  Falling In Love, Fun, Hate

  Anne Lamott (2010). “Imperfect Birds: A Novel”, p.14, Penguin

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• The truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct but are messy and inelegant or counterintuitive. But it's not something you can put into words - explaining why a formula is beautiful is like trying to explain why the stars are beautiful.

  Yoko Ogawa

  Beautiful, Stars, Trying

  Yoko Ogawa (2009). “The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel”, p.16, Picador

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• In general, the questions that are on our mind are the same questions that have been driving our work over the past decade. How do we bring order to this messy, unpredictable world of innovation? How can we dramatically improve the chances of creating a successful new-growth business? How can we do this again and again? More specifically, it has become very clear that the fundamental paradigms of market segmentation and branding are badly broken - and we're working on developing more useful theories for these dimensions of innovation.

  Clayton Christensen

  Successful, Past, Broken

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The woman who opens the door has a blue stain on her shirt and dark hair wound into a messy knot and the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. They're pale, like a lioness's, nearly golden, but they also look like they've done their fair share of crying, and we all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn't have any.

  Jodi Picoult

  Beautiful, Eye, Dark

  "House Rules". Book by Jodi Picoult, March 2, 2010.

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• Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to be learned, mistakes to be made, triumphs and disappointments to be had, and not every day is meant to be a party.

  Alyson Noel

  Disappointment, Mistake, Party

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• I don’t like the idea of dragging you into something that could get messy fast. If you need one more reason, I love you. This is uncharted territory for me, but I need to know that at the end of the night, I have you to come home to.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Love You, Home, Night

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.830, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't know what I was thinking, coming out here. There are no silver bullets in life, there's just the long, messy climb out of the pit you've dug youself.

  Jodi Picoult

  Thinking, Long, Pits

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.1311, Simon and Schuster

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• I watch her as she leaves. Everything about her is fluid as a river. Her messy hair, her xylophone voice, the strokes of her paintbrush. Even her camouflage army jacket hangs loose, flowing like ribbons.

  Lisa Ann Sandell

  Army, Hair, Voice

  Lisa Ann Sandell (2011). “A Map of the Known World”, p.217, Scholastic Inc.

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• Angus looked at Hamish. "I hate it when Mom and Dad fight." Hamish smoothed his brother's messy hair. "Me too.

  Ally Carter

  Mom, Brother, Dad

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.174, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

  Barbara Delinsky

  Life, Rain, People

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• My thoughts are messy, my emotions are messy, my body goes in and out at will. The raised white scars on my arms and legs are the only aspect of my being that comes close to minimalism. They came from chaos, but it is hard to carve frustration and unease into the flesh. Only straight lines.

  Emma Forrest

  Frustration, White, Body

  Emma Forrest (2007). “Thin Skin”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Some of the djamphir are so pretty it almost hurts to look at them. And it was hard to look without feeling rumpled and messy in comparison.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Hurt, Feelings, Looks

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• I'm not messy. I'm rebelling against folding.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Folding

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2005). “How to Kill a Rock Star”, p.25, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• You've gotta understand what Putin's strategy is. He really doesn't like democracy. He thinks it's an inconvenient, messy process. And he doesn't like us, and he wants to destabilize our country; sow doubt about our democracy.

  Stephen Colbert

  Country, Thinking, Doubt

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Encounters, Barack

  "Deign or Reign?" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. January 2, 2008.

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• I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

  Harold Wilson

  Middle, Muddle, Middle Of The Road

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