Packs Quotes - Page 26

• Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.

  Joe McNally

  Photography, Cameras, Location

  Joe McNally (2008). “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters”, p.53, Pearson Education

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• If I'd learnt one thing from travelling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Don't talk about going to Borneo. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag, and it just happens.

  Alex Garland

  Book, Bags, Done

  Alex Garland (2007). “The Beach”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.

  Jack Kerouac

  Fall, Jumping, Boulders

  Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.65, Penguin

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• History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

  Voltaire

  Play, History, Tricks

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• We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.

  Oswald Chambers

  Faith, Lying, Inspiration

  Oswald Chambers (1994). “My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers”, Discovery House Pub

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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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• When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Kids, Journey, Self

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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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• Tell the truth about your wound, and then you will get a truthful picture of the remedy to apply to it. Don't pack whatever is easiest or most available into the emptiness. Hold out for the right medicine. You will recognize it because it makes your life stronger rather than weaker.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Medicine, Stronger, Emptiness

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• Calm assertive energy is the energy you project to show your dog you are the Pack Leader. Assertive does not mean angry or aggressive. Calm-assertive means always compassionate, but quietly in control.

  Cesar Millan

  Dog, Mean, Leader

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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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• I live like a crazy old pack rat.

  Martha Plimpton

  Crazy, Rats

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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