Peeling An Onion Quotes

• Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

  Carl Sandburg

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Persistence, Simple

  Newsweek Interview on October 14, 2006. "Steve Jobs Legacy: His Stanford University Address & More Great Quotes" by, www.thedailybeast.com. October 07, 2011.

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• Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.

  James Huneker

  Summer, Food, July

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• It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

  Patty Duke

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Grieving

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• A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Onions, Literature, Coats

  Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Julian Hawthorne (2015). “Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House of Seven Gables” and “Twice-Told Tales””, p.476, e-artnow

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• As we go within the self, we discover that all the voices of our past lives are still there. As we peel ourselves, which is a process very much like peeling an onion, we discover that there are many selves within the self.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Past, Voice

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• The beauty of doing a series is that, over the course of time, it's like peeling an onion. You're able to reveal these layers, more and more. You just don't want to reveal too much, too soon.

  Harry Lennix

  Onions, Want, Layers

  "Harry Lennix Talks THE BLACKLIST, Joining the Series, Facing off with James Spader, Character Backstory, and Announcing BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN at Comic-Con". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 2, 2013.

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• The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.

  Edward Blishen

  Beautiful, Eye, Editing

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• A good or great performance is like peeling an onion; in every scene you reveal another layer, something the audience hasn't seen until then. They stay involved because they are constantly learning about and discovering the character they are watching. They can't take you for granted and it keeps them hooked.

  Larry Moss

  Character, Layers, Onions

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• Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another.

  Juliette Binoche

  Acting, Onions, Layers

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

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• Newton had a very good description of gravity, back in the day, and then Einstein came along and dug a little bit deeper. Science is like peeling an onion. You go deeper and deeper and deeper, and it doesn't stop. It's not like you will get to a right answer.

  Dallas Campbell

  Onions, Answers, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• I've learned that ayahuasca works in levels, a little like peeling an onion. It is complex and something you really have to experience to understand.

  Zoe Helene

  Ayahuasca, Onions, Levels

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