Packs Quotes

• I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.

  Bette Davis

  Sex, Thinking, Two

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• I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.

  Jodi Picoult

  Family, Morning, Fall

  "10 Questions for Jodi Picoult". TIME magazine interview, www.jodipicoult.com. March 5, 2012.

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• Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

  Kin Hubbard

  Funny, Christmas, Xmas

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• I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that.

  Tobey Maguire

  Girlfriend, Sex, Way

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• I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker.... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Hate, Cigarette Smoke, Two

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• You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Motivational, Inspiring, Travel

  FaceBook post by Jhumpa Lahiri from Jul 23, 2012

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• Fate already warned us to pack it in. We just didn’t hear it in time.

  Jonathan Tropper

  Fate

  Jonathan Tropper (2009). “This Is Where I Leave You: A Novel”, p.195, Penguin

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• I live like a crazy old pack rat.

  Martha Plimpton

  Crazy, Rats

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• I asked you to pack your headgear and shoulder pads, but more importantly your defense and your kicking game, because that's what wins game like this.

  Lou Holtz

  Winning, Games, Nfl

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• Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

  Terry Pratchett

  Blood, Somewhere Else, Finding Yourself

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.134, Random House

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• Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings. They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Hurt, Believe

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• Speech is like cloth of Arras opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as packs.

  Plutarch

  Lying, Speech, Figures

  "Life of Themistocles". Book by Plutarch,

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• The slaves of custom and established mode,
  With pack-horse constancy we keep the road
  Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells,
  True to the jingling of our leader's bells.

  William Cowper

  Horse, Leader, Bells

  William Cowper (1785). “Poetical Works: With Notes and a Memoir”, p.207

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• I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.

  Goose Gossage

  Style, Relief, Done

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• It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving these packages that don't reach the farmers.

  Narendra Modi

  Fashion, Giving, Democracy

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• I juice everything! Whether it's beet, carrot, or apple, I'll juice it. I always keep brown rice in the kitchen. I'll often pack a cooler full of food to have throughout the day when I'm busy.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Apples, Kitchen, Juice

  "Q and A with Volleyball Champion Misty May-Treanor". Interview with Alanna Nunez, www.shape.com. April 12, 2012.

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• Where a pack of monkeys had traveled over the road, the smell of them lingered for a long time in the air, a dry and stale, mousy smell.

  Isak Dinesen

  Smell, Air, Long

  Isak Dinesen (1987). “Out of Africa”, Crown Pub

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• At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it. You may enjoy it, or it will disturb you.

  Pete Postlethwaite

  Lying, The End Of The Day, Acting

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

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• The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick from the dead. It’s not even what’s in your mind. Corny as it sounds, it’s what’s in your heart.

  Laurence Gonzales

  Heart, Mind, Sound

  Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Knowing can be a curse on a person's life. I'd traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn't know which one was heavier.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Lying, Knowing, Curse

  Sue Monk Kidd (2003). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.255, Penguin

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• Who knows what will happen or where I will be sent, yet already I have given a great many things away, expecting to be told to pack nothing, except the prayers which, with this thirst, I am slowly learning.

  Mary Oliver

  Prayer, Great Men, Expecting

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• Not long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated, but one thing is sure - any man who covers his face and packs a gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen.

  Jeff Cooper

  Gun, Men, Long Ago

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• When you're young, and even at times when you're older, it's hard to fathom this: What needs to be nurtured is the stuff that's different, that sets you apart from the pack, rather than the stuff that helps you blend in.

  Maureen Dowd

  Different, Needs, Stuff

  "My Deathless Passion" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. July 3, 2010.

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• Concussions is one of these pack journalism issues, frankly. There's no increase in concussions. The number is relatively small. The problem is, it is a journalist issue.

  Paul Tagliabue

  Nfl, Numbers, Issues

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• The best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in less than a minute. A few have begun to approach the 30-second mark, considered the 'four-minute mile of memory.'

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Europe, Cards

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