Obsessed Quotes - Page 22

• The word is the most imprecise of signs. Only a science-obsessed age could fail to comprehend that this is its great virtue, not its defect.

  John Fowles

  Age, Failing, Virtue

  John Fowles (1977). “Daniel Martin”, Jonathan Cape

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• Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it.

  Sarah Vowell

  Mean, Fbi Agents, President

  FaceBook post by Sarah Vowell from Aug 31, 2008

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• I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!

  Johnny Vegas

  Illumination, House, Decorating

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• I'm kind of obsessed with food. I like to eat. When I tour, it's like, well, like a food tour as much as a comedy tour.

  Aziz Ansari

  Comedy, Kind, Wells

  "Aziz Ansari Interview". Interview with Jessica Hundley, www.askmen.com.

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• The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.

  Aziz Ansari

  School, Rocks, Two

  "Aziz Ansari's Latest Is 'Dangerously Delicious'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, nhpr.org. April 2, 2012.

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• Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

  Minnie Driver

  Baby, Looks, Guile

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• It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie -- seem attractive by comparison.

  Christopher Lasch

  Bourgeoisie, Peculiar, Horror

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• I am fascinated by revolution. I am completely absorbed by it. I am crazed, am obsessed by the romanticism... . Revolution surges, flashes, thunders in almost every corner of the earth... . Brothers and sisters, keep fanning the flames of the leaping fire. ... Let us become logs to feed the flames of revolution.

  Sukarno

  Brother, Fire, Flames

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• I do not believe that people want to work hard enough and they want to find the quick Twitter, SEO. Anybody who's obsessed with SEO has lost already, period. I believe that firmly.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Believe, Hard Work, People

  "How to Cash In on Your Passion: An Interview With Gary Vaynerchuk". Interview with Rich Brooks, www.fastcompany.com. October 12, 2009.

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• I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are.

  Andrea Arnold

  People, Way, Turns

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• The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.

  Bar Refaeli

  Phones, Cells, Three

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• I didn't moisturise when I was younger, but when I got to 27 I decided to start slathering myself in oil, and now I'm obsessed with moisturising.

  Alexa Chung

  Oil, Decided

  "Alexa Chung For L'Oréal Professionnel INOA". Interview with Lisa Niven, www.vogue.co.uk. February 22, 2013.

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• I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman and I wanted to know about women.

  Eve Arnold

  Children, Poverty, Birth

  Eve Arnold (1976). “The Unretouched Woman”, Random House (NY)

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• It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

  Amanda Burton

  People, Age, Interest

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• Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.

  Amber Benson

  Kids, Stories, Grew Up

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• Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays.

  Annie Baker

  Writing, Play, Personality

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• Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.

  Ulrich Beck

  Government, Democracy, Guarantees

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• I have obsessed about my weight in some sort of way all my life. I used to write in my journal what I weighed every day.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Writing, Weight, Way

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• We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?

  Darren Criss

  Sound, Doe, Culture

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• It's so funny, because when I was growing up in a small town in New Hampshire, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio - from the 'Growing Pains'/'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' era, because he was superhot - and I carried a laminated photo of him in my wallet and said he was my boyfriend. But no one believed me.

  Eliza Coupe

  Growing Up, Pain, My Boyfriend

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• I was a 'Planet of the Apes'-obsessed kid.

  Justin Cronin

  Kids, Apes, Planets

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• I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.

  Billy Campbell

  Children, War, Virginia

  "Billy Campbell Talks KILLING LINCOLN, Taking on the Iconic Figure, Putting on the Hat and Reenacting the Assassination, Plus Season 3 of AMC’s THE KILLING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.

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• I'm mildly obsessed with skin care. I do a lot of masks at home, like Elisha Coy's Korean Collagen masks. I also use an embarrassingly wide variety of facial creams.

  Nina Arianda

  Home, Skins, Use

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• An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.

  Alejandro Amenabar

  Distance, Mean, Thinking

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• I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to.

  Asia Argento

  House

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

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