Odd Quotes - Page 12

• While the fool is enjoying the little he has, I will hunt for more. The way to hunt for more is to utilize your odd moments...the man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life.

  Arthur Brisbane

  Men, Way, Fool

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• It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid facing the plain fact: that gold, that scarce and valuable market-produced metal, has always been, and will continue to be, by far the best money for human society.

  Murray Rothbard

  Champion, Gold, Facts

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• It seems so odd to me, an odyssey
  How honesty is honestly the rarest thing upon us
  Its astonishing.

  Asher Roth

  Honesty, Hip Hop, Odyssey

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• Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Dirty, Men, Atheism

  'Walden' (1854) 'The Village'

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• My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I didn't know how to fight, so I'd lie awake at night and think of ways to kill him. But I knew I'd get caught, so I decided to put it in a book and get paid for it! I always think it's odd that a whole career came out of that homicidal impulse.

  Sue Grafton

  Husband, Lying, Book

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• I'm fascinated by America...it's so odd.

  John Prine

  America, Songwriting, Fascinated

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• The word dysfunction has, I think, served its purpose and now has lost its meaning. Every family, like every person, is imperfect, after all. The idea that there is a family somewhere who functions, is an odd concept. In my youth I was running from my family to try to find out who I was-their influence distracted me. Now I see what a powerful hold they have, no matter what.

  Susan Minot

  Running, Powerful, Thinking

  "Author Q&A". Penguin Random House Interview, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

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• Well, yeah! Now they're considered golden oldies, which is awesome. I was watching Little Women recently, and I didn't want to get up for fear of missing something. And Heathers is like my own Rocky Horror Picture Show; I recite the lines when it's on. It may seem odd, but I think it's because they're really good movies.

  Winona Ryder

  Thinking, Missing, Good Movie

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• In 40-odd years in show business, some years I could do no wrong, and some years I could do nothing right. Show business. I owe it everything - it owes me nothing.

  Patsy Kelly

  Years, Stewardship, Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Mind, Looks

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• In the beginning, it was odd to have so much attention brought to my body type. I thought, "Uh-oh, brace yourself." But everyone has been so positive. During the first season, a woman came up to me at dinner and said, "I just want to thank you - watching you has made me proud of my body." I thought, What an amazing thing for someone to say! To make anyone feel good about themselves makes me feel good.

  Christina Hendricks

  Feel Good, Dinner, Firsts

  "Mad Men's Christina Hendricks on How to Embrace Your Curves". Interview with Katie Connor, www.marieclaire.com. October 18, 2009.

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• I think it's really odd, too, that the public is so privy to how much money the actors make and what movies cost. It seems to me to be beside the point. When I go to a movie I really don't want to think about the money. I want to see the story.

  Holly Hunter

  Thinking, Cost, Stories

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

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• My life in Montana is so diverse from my Hollywood life that it even feels odd for me to go from one life to the other.

  Andie MacDowell

  Hollywood Life, Montana, Feels

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• I'm the world's original gradualist. I just think ninety-odd years is gradual enough.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Thinking, Years, World

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• It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

  Matthew Macfadyen

  Hate, Notice Me, Happened

  "Matthew Macfadyen: 'I do have a good eye'" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2010.

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• Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.

  Walter Matthau

  Couple, Personality, Plutonium

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

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• I could play a cop, I could play a crook, I could play a lawyer, I could play a dentist, I could play an art critic-I could play the guy next door. I am the guy next door. I could play Catholic, Jewish, Protestant. As a matter of fact, when I did The Odd Couple, I would do it a different way each night. On Monday I'd be Jewish, Tuesday Italian, Wednesday Irish-German-and I would mix them up. I did that to amuse myself, and it always worked.

  Walter Matthau

  Monday, Art, Couple

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• I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

  Richard Attenborough

  Years, Twenties, Unions

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.

  Patrick Dempsey

  Children, Kids, Men

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• I was doing bad movies as a day job. And it almost ruined my life for a while. But I have done 130-odd films, and only fourteen have been spooky ones. Im not spooky! I want life!

  Karen Black

  Jobs, Done, Want

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• I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd.

  Morgan Brittany

  Hollywood, Crowds, Fitting

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• Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all time in film. I don’t think anything had even seen anything quite like it. The photography was also unlike anything we’d seen. The odd coldness of the filmmaker towards the character reflects his own egomania and power, and yet a powerful empathy for all of them--it’s very interesting. It still holds up, and it’s still shocking. It takes storytelling and throws it up in the air.

  Martin Scorsese

  Photography, Powerful, Character

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• John: I'm experiencing an odd sensation. I think it might be patriotism. Spitfire: Steady. Too much of that can damage your health.

  Paul Cornell

  Thinking, Might, Too Much

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• I do believe that his given name is something odd. Peregrine, Penrose- Piers, that's it." "He sounds like a dock." Lord Sundron put in. "Mrs. Hutchins called me a light frigate this morning," Linnet said "a dock might be just the thing for me.

  Eloisa James

  Morning, Believe, Light

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• Am I odd?Is there something wrong with me,like Mrs.Tifton Said?" Skye knelt down on the wet grass and looked straight into Batty's eyes. "No you stupid idiot,there's nothing wrong. with you.

  Jeanne Birdsall

  Stupid, Eye, Idiot

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