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• No, mes amis, impressionism is not charlatanry, nor a formula, nor a school. I should say rather it is the bold resolve to throw all those things overboard.

  Joaquin Sorolla

  School, Should, Resolve

  "Current Literature, Volume 46". Book by Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Current Literature Publishing Company, p. 192, 1909.

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• Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.

  Max Planck

  Taken, Knowledge, Responsibility

  Max Planck (1959). “The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics”

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• Do us all a favor and toss your mouth overboard.

  Brandon Mull

  Mouths, Favors, Toss

  Brandon Mull (2012). “Seeds of Rebellion”, p.329, Simon and Schuster

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• the anchor man thrown overboard has simply rooted us in history's repeating cycle

  Saul Williams

  Men, Anchors, Thrown

  Saul Williams (2009). “, said the shotgun to the head.”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Womanpower means the self determination of women, and that means all the baggage of paternalistic society will have to be thrown overboard.

  Germaine Greer

  Determination, Women, Mean

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.

  Andy Borowitz

  Baby, Funny Christmas, Cute Christmas

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Nov 27, 2012

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• Puns are little "plays on words" that a certain breed of person loves to spring on you and then look at you in a certain self-satisfied way to indicate that he thinks that you must think that he is by far the cleverest person on Earth now that Benjamin Franklin is dead, when in fact what you are thinking is that if this person ever ends up in a lifeboat, the other passengers will hurl him overboard by the end of the first day even if they have plenty of food and water.

  Dave Barry

  Spring, Thinking, Self

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.2, Ballantine Books

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• If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

  Shannen Doherty

  Thinking, Want, Plastic

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• A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day. A gas balloon, which usually uses helium, has the problem that the helium cools at night when the sun is not on it, and you have to throw ballast overboard to keep it from going to the surface.

  Steve Fossett

  Night, Air, One Day

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• Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.

  Richard Schmid

  Simple, Exotic, Way

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• Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows.

  Jimmy Breslin

  Ocean, Men, Jukebox

  Jimmy Breslin (2012). “The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: A Novel”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right.

  Herman Melville

  Light, Mind, Way

  Herman Melville, Harrison Hayford, G. Thomas Tanselle, Hershel Parker (1988). “Moby Dick, Or The Whale: Volume 6, Scholarly Edition”, p.327, Northwestern University Press

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• A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.

  Martial

  Three, Steps, Fisherman

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• However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.

  Jules Verne

  Thinking, Sea, Feet

  Jules Verne (2013). “The Collected Works Of Jules Verne”, p.809, Simon and Schuster

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• It is a custom often practiced by seafaring people to throw a bottle overboard, with a paper, stating the time and place at which it is done. In the absence of other information as to currents, that afforded by these mute little navigators is of great value.

  Matthew Fontaine Maury

  Time, Science, People

  Matthew Fontaine Maury (1858). “Explanations and Sailing Directions to Accompany the Wind and Current Charts”, p.91

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• Advice to expectant mothers: you must remember that when you are pregnant, you are eating for two. But you must remember that the other one of you is about the size of a golf ball, so let's not go overboard with it. I mean, a lot of pregnant women eat as though the other person they're eating for is Orson Welles.

  Dave Barry

  Mother, Mean, Golf

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• One night I was on my [Navy] ship... on my first cruise crossing the North Atlantic in a horrible storm, chained to the rails so I wouldn't fall overboard. In this lightning and thunder and hail, in this misery, I shouted at the heavens with my little squeaky voice and said, Someday I'm going to be a photographer! It was as big an epiphany as any man ever had.

  Ralph Gibson

  Fall, Night, Men

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• The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give new meaning to wishing upon a falling star.

  Mike Mullane

  Stars, Fall, Giving

  Source: www.menshealth.com

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• I've been a straight man for so many years that from force of habit I repeat everything. I went out fishing with a fellow the other day and he fell overboard. He yelled, Help! Help! Help! so I said, Help? Help? Help? And while I was waiting for him to get his laugh, he drowned.

  George Burns

  Men, Years, Fishing

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

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• If a person who lives in God becomes miserable, what is the use of living in God? What is the use of such a God? Throw such a God overboard into the Pacific Ocean. We do not want such a God!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ocean, Use, Want

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• I had some pretty weird fan mail growing up, sometimes from prison and wherever else. Nothing too intense. Some superfans that maybe went a little overboard with gifts and whatnot, expecting something other than what it could be with a kid. That's a little weird. But at the same time, it's like, "Hey, I'm getting free video games. I'm not going to return it if you sent it!" Thankfully we never felt unsafe.

  Lindsey Haun

  Growing Up, Kids, Sometimes

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• I do believe the world is a pretty sad, troubled, and violent place. Maybe that's why I focus on the trouble. Even though there are good people and good things, there's also a bunch of messed up stuff. And I learned early on, you have to have some trouble in your stories. I definitely go overboard on that, but I have a lot more fun writing about the trouble.

  Donald Ray Pollock

  Fun, Believe, Writing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• What's the good thing about being an actor, you can do more things. Not just being a comedian, not going overboard but expressing myself within the confines of a film.

  Brandon T. Jackson

  Comedian, Film, Good Things

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm very strong in who I am, I'm very happy where I am. And wherever, as you know some people go overboard with criticism, but you know what? I would say look in your mirror, and see who you are, and what did you do.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Strong, People, Criticism

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I am very fascinated by the idea of hyperbole in subject matter as well as production. I like the idea of going overboard in producing an art piece and I like the way it brings the work away from a meditative space of reflection to a more direct, impactful tool that can compete with the mainstream. I like all these power plays, which have a lot to do with contextualization. In turn, I'm interested in creating crossovers between creative disciplines and in a way in subverting the expected role of the artist in society.

  Larissa Sansour

  Art, Reflection, Discipline

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