Shots Quotes - Page 18

• I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin.

  Manfred von Richthofen

  Fall, Swag, Skins

  Manfred von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.130, BoD – Books on Demand

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• They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind.

  Cindy Crawford

  Hate, Brave, Swimsuits

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• As each brigade emerged from the woods, from 50 to 100 guns opened upon it, tearing great gaps in its ranks; but the heroes pressed on and were shot down by reserves at the guns. It was not war, it was murder.

  Daniel Harvey Hill

  War, Hero, Gun

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• I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over.

  Camilo Villegas

  Believe, Mean, Starting Over

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• If I were asked to name one aspect of tennis that is the biggest weakness of players of all levels, I would probably say concentration. However good your shots, however fast your movement and reflexes, all is lost if the mind is not controlling every move.

  Ken Rosewall

  Moving, Player, Names

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• That wasn't good, that wasn't sportsmanship. I was amazed he took that shot.

  Tristan Blackwood

  Sportsmanship, Amazed

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• Lloyd did what he achieved with that shot.

  Jack Bannister

  Tennis

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• She [Serena Williams] played some great shots, but so did I, and that was the only difference.

  Jennifer Capriati

  Differences, Tennis

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• Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Goal, Achievement, One Thing

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• We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige

  Barry Goldwater

  Respect, Flags, Earth

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• For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

  Winston Churchill

  Air, Flesh, Bullets

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• The best advice I got from my aunt, the great singer Rosemary Clooney, and from my dad, who was a game show host and news anchor, was: don't wake up at seventy years old sighing over what you should have tried. Just do it, be willing to fail, and at least you gave it a shot. That's echoed for me all through the last few years.

  George Clooney

  Motivational, Dad, Aunt

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• You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.

  Max Lucado

  Shining, Heaven, Comets

  Max Lucado (2011). “Cure for the Common Life”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Every shot should be a knockout shot.

  Jermichael Finley

  Entrepreneur, Should, Knockouts

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• Habitat gives us an opportunity which is very difficult to find: to reach out and work side by side with those who never have had a decent home-but work with them on a completely equal basis. It's not a big-shot, little-shot relationship. It's a sense of equality.

  Jimmy Carter

  Home, Opportunity, Giving

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• They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men they themselves were before Pearl Harbor. Among MacArthur's ardent infantrymen were cooks, mechanics, pilots whose planes had been shot down, seamen whose ships had been sunk, and some civilian volunteers.

  William Manchester

  Men, Volunteer, History

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• There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great.

  James Mattis

  Military, Great Dog, Really Great

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• The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.

  Susan Sontag

  Writing, Heart, Stories

  Susan Sontag (2012). “As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980”, p.407, Macmillan

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• We just did a show in Providence, Rhode Island, and we got three puppy shots before we even got on the air, which was great. Although sometimes you get flashed by some puppies that you'd rather not see. They're more like mongrels

  Jerry Lawler

  Rhode Island, Islands, Air

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• If you are physically ready to play, it's a matter of confidence. Your confidence goes down when you lose games, when shots are not going in.

  Toni Kukoc

  Games, Play, Matter

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• It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots

  Dan Fogelberg

  Albums, Idiot

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• I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.

  JoAnne Carner

  Sports, Confidence, Knowing

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• The reference-points pictures should be shot and taken off one's system. But don't follow that always, create you own points

  Raghu Rai

  Taken, Should

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• Girls interested in modeling need to realize that its hard work. You can go to a shoot in the morning and not even start shooting until 10pm - and still be there at 5am the next day. Then if you still haven’t got the shot, you’ll have to go back the next day and start again!

  Kate Moss

  Girl, Morning, Hard Work

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• Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot.

  Roger Corman

  Giving, Directors, Film

  Roger Corman, J. Philip Di Franco, Karyn G. Browne (1979). “The Movie World of Roger Corman”, Chelsea House

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