Shopping Quotes - Page 12

• When shopping at Dunkin' Donuts, pretend you are the mother of nine. Say things like, 'Little David likes cream-filled and Susie wanted jelly.' That way, no one will be suspicious when you order a dozen donuts with one cup of coffee to go.

  Linda Sunshine

  Mother, Coffee, Order

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• People are shuffling by in long coats, with shopping bags and takeout, smoking cigarettes and feigning laughter - filling up their lives with distractions to shut out the chaos.

  Rob Payne

  Laughter, Filling Up, Long

  "Working Class Zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 26, 2003.

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• There is such a cool vibe in Nashville. It is has the excitement of a big city, but also has this amazing small town feel. I have definitely come to call it my home, and have my favorite go-to spots. But most of all it's the people. The southern charm, and hospitality. And some great shopping never hurts. As fun as Music City is during the day, the real magic happens at night ... The lights, the energy, the music, how could you not love this town?

  Hayden Panettiere

  Hurt, Fun, Real

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• It's fun to go to a supermarket or a park or a shopping mall where human beings convene. They're so caught up in their own personal reality as to not see life, except in terms that add to or detract from their movie.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Fun, Ignorance

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• Most people don't care much about enlightenment and the truth. They'd rather watch the Home Shopping Network, and maybe that's another kind of truth.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Home, Buddhism

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• I spent my teens and early 20s shopping almost exclusively at thrift stores.

  Zoe Lister-Jones

  Teens, Stores, Thrift

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• I've no idea when I'm going to wear it, the girl replied calmly. I only knew that I had to have it. Once I tried it on, well... She shrugged. The dress claimed me.

  Isabel Wolff

  Girl, Ideas, Dresses

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• What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, People, Moral

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• A people who`s primary aims are driving, shopping, and television are subject to terrorism at any time.

  Steven Dietz

  People, Television, Driving

  Steven Dietz, Eric Peltoniemi (1987). “Ten November”

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• If the players go Christmas shopping, it's not ideal preparation. It may sound silly, but having to fight off the crowds in a busy shopping centre or having people visit can be demanding.

  Steve Coppell

  Silly, Fighting, Player

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• I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said, "So does the guy I stole it from."

  David Letterman

  Christmas, Running, Guy

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• The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.

  Larry Merchant

  Super Bowl, Macy's, Bowls

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• The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping.

  Arthur Miller

  Children, Wife, Car

  'The Price' (1968) act 1

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• We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created.

  David Fincher

  Fighting, Overcoming, Hunters

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• My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the food there. We used to do our shopping in Southall, where you can find cheap but wonderful fruit like mangoes, vegetables and spices. I didn't do much of the cooking, as Olympia did a lot - I was the under-chef and did some of the chopping.

  Vince Cable

  Vegetables, Wife, Cooking

  "What's in your basket, Vince Cable?" by Rebecca Seal and Dr John Briffa, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2009.

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• Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums.

  Julie Gonzalo

  Museums, Cities, Dallas

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• We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

  Douglas Coupland

  Jail, World

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• Shopping online is fantastic for comparison shopping, because never before have you had the ability to see all the prices offered from everybody at one time.

  Unknown

  Online, Fantastic, Ability

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• I have always had the same New Year resolutions: To stop smoking, to start wearing a bra, and to stop shopping.

  Cameron Diaz

  New Year, Years, Smoking

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• I don't want a girl who's high-maintenance and wants to go shopping... I like a girl who doesn't wear make-up and is naturally beautiful.

  Sean Faris

  Beautiful, Girl, Maintenance

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You can’t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral, the bordello. The shopping mall, the urinal, the discotheque. I’m hardly speaking in metaphor. It’s the most impermeable of cities. How does one convey all that?

  Miguel Syjuco

  Memories, Cities, Doe

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• The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own.

  Rihanna

  Fashion, Risk, Thrill

  "Rihanna's Fashion Faves". Slide 1, www.seventeen.com. June 27, 2010.

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• Touching clothes is just shopping foreplay, but it's changing. After all, you don't need to try a Mercedes to know that you'd like one.

  Natalie Massenet

  Clothes, Touching, Trying

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• My wife and I were shopping for the whole family. In the music department my wife said, "Let's get your nephew a set of drums. That's what your brother did to us last year."

  Milton Berle

  Christmas, Brother, Years

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• I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.

  Ed Bradley

  Father, Watches, Machines

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