Screws Quotes - Page 15

• Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. Who taught you that half-assed existential drivel?

  Armistead Maupin

  Glasses, Light, Half

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• Rule number one of the wizarding business. Never let them see you sweat. People expect us to know things. It can be a big advantage. Don’t screw it up by looking like you’re as confused as everyone else. Bad for the image.

  Jim Butcher

  Confused, Sweat, Numbers

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1270, Penguin

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• Screw you," I told him in a low voice. "Are you offering?” "From what I've heard, there isn't much to screw," I shot back.

  Richelle Mead

  Offering, Voice, Screw You

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.60, Penguin

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• Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly it comes to me, toes tempted to test the ledge, that there is a way out of this. Clam surety flows through my veins, and as I turn to wave good-bye, I wonder if it will hurt or if a single person will cry at my funeral. I take a deep breath, a final taste of sweet mountain air. I conjure Leona, Emily. Move my feet closer. Closer There's Grandma One, Grandma Two, and their spouses, waiting for me. I see Dad. Cara. Mommy. I screw up my courage, step over

  Ellen Hopkins

  Sweet, Hurt, Dad

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• When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say." "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise." "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another." In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life.

  Patti Smith

  Mistake, Simple, Feet

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• Screw reality. It don’t feed my dog. It don’t make my Porsche payments. It don’t get me laid. Bullshit does that…and I like it that way. (Leo)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Reality, Bullshit

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Dark Side of the Moon”, p.4, Macmillan

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• I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned quickly.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Air, Aviation, Predictions

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• It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.

  Michael Lewis

  Baseball, Team, People

  Michael Lewis (2004). “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game”, p.105, W. W. Norton & Company

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• If everyone is trying to prevent error, it screws things up.

  Edwin Catmull

  Errors, Trying, Ifs

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• Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Graduation, Mistake, Memorable

  Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.

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• I've heard people say that 'The Blair Witch Project' is a feminist movie because there's a woman in charge and I've heard it called a completely anti-feminist movie because this woman screws everything up. Who cares really? It's just a movie.

  Heather Donahue

  People, Feminist, Who Cares

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• Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

  Randy Pausch

  Hurt, Sorry, Apology

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• You wanna Know who your true friends are? Screw up and see who’s still there.

  Jeffree Star

  True Friend, Screw Ups, Who Your Friends Are

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• I did this film for less money than it costs to stay in this hotel. We shot it in 20 days. We couldn't screw up takes for fun because we didn't have enough film.

  Dean Cain

  Stay Strong, Fun, Screw Ups

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

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• Screw up often; but screw up ahead of everybody else, and than learn as much, and than use it to make subsequent investments.

  Vinod Khosla

  Screw Ups, Use, Investment

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• Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?"

  Michael O'Leary

  Connections, Alliances, Aviation

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• Screw it, just do it!

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Just Do It

  "Branson relishes risk in ‘fear driven’ H’wd". Interview with Marc Graser, variety.com. April 14, 2012.

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• You can stick a fork in Barack Obama. Politically, he's done. The main way we can screw this up is if we choose the wrong Republican.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Political, Done, Way

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• Screw the competition - focus on good customer service.

  Richard Branson

  Focus, Competition, Good Customer Service

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• Screw normal. You know why? 'Cause if you're normal, the crowd will accept you. But if you're deranged, the crowd will make you their leader.

  Christopher Titus

  Leader, Crowds, Causes

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.

  Tom Peters

  Excellence, Screw Ups, Mark

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• The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.

  Edwina Currie

  Giving, Advice, Pieces

  The Observer 'Sayings of the Week', 3 April (1988)

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• A speaker is like a lousy auto mechanic: Every time he fixes something in the language, he screws up something else.

  Joseph H. Greenberg

  Screw Ups, Language, Mechanic

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• Don't be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You're not perfect, fine. Learn from it. But don't punish yourself. Be kind to you, even when you screw up. You'll bounce back eventually. You'll make up for it.

  Stephanie Klein

  Perfect, Screw Ups, Be Kind

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• But what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If you screw up, so someone will tell you, that's all.

  Grace Paley

  Screw Ups, Done, Whole

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