Showing Off Quotes - Page 9

• I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.

  Mikhail Khodorkovsky

  Government, President, Done

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• No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.

  Joyce Cary

  Bored, Doubt, Treasure

  Joyce Cary (1958). “First trilogy: Herself surprised: To be a pilgrim. The horse's mouth”

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• I think the last few weeks for me have been just a very different emotional experience. Something I never thought I would feel myself. And I find...a lot of things affect me differently now. As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.

  Prince William

  Children, Dad, Emotional

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• Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they're really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review my movies, it's like they want to play chess with the mastermind and show off every reference they can find, even when half of it is all of their own making.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Play, Trying, Half

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

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• The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.

  Eddie Marsan

  Jobs, Character, Thinking

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

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• What I like about Layer Cake is its intelligent through-line. First of all, I think it's very close to the truth; I think this is what successful drug dealers are like. They don't drive around in flashy cars, they don't show off, they behave very quietly, they get on with their job and they earn lots of money. And it goes up and up and up and up the scale. Secondly - and selfishly - I like the moral aspect of the movie, which is that violence has consequences, and you feel emotionally involved with the violence.

  Daniel Craig

  Jobs, Successful, Thinking

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• For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

  Ted Allen

  Adventure, Discovery, Ideas

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money.

  Kevin Hart

  Offering, Turned Down, Shows

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• Much to popular disbelief, horses walking around during the elections with their tails straight up in the air are not showing off their Bush/Quale buttons.

  Dan Quayle

  Horse, Air, Buttons

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• Separation anxiety is assuaged by constant connection. Young people announce every detail of their lives on services like Twitter not to show off, but to avoid the closed door at bedtime, the empty room, the screaming vacuum of an isolated mind.

  Jaron Lanier

  Doors, Empty Rooms, People

  Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not a Gadget”, p.180, Vintage

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• Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.

  Dylan Moran

  Funny, Humor, Comedy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This is a great opportunity for gear heads to celebrate the holiday, show off their hot rods and visit the aquarium.

  Dick Miller

  Holiday, Opportunity, Aquariums

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• Julia Louis-Dreyfus is just perfect in 'Veep.' She gets to show off the spiky claws beneath her patrician finesse. The obvious way to play 'Veep' would be to make Louis-Dreyfus a folksy heroine, one with more common sense or populist heart than her enemies. But she isn't one.

  Rob Sheffield

  Heart, Play, Common Sense

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• I don't like my thighs, the back of my legs or my chubby knees. I wear clothes that show off my legs in pictures and videos but not often when I'm appearing live.

  Nicole Scherzinger

  Clothes, Video, Legs

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

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• I'm not a loud, extravagant person; I'm never going to be that and, to be honest, I don't want to be like that.

  Leona Lewis

  Thinking, Different, Want

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

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• why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop

  S. E. Hinton

  Fighting, Likes, Shows

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• I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.

  Dylan Moran

  Football, Kids, Simple

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• Contact lenses are for vain, weak-willed piglets who swan around showing off: 'Look everybody, I can see without spectacles. No one at first glance will ever assume I know how to surf the net.'

  Greg Proops

  Swans, Piglet, Lenses

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• You can be edgy without showing off your boobs.

  Hilary Duff

  Edgy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Character, Opportunity, Thinking

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.82, Bantam

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• Next thing you know she'll be on the bus and selling T-shirts in the parking lot, showing off her boobs to get in the stage door." "At least she has boobs to show," Jess said. "I have boobs," Chloe said, pointing to her chest. "Just because they're not weighing me down doesn't mean they're not substantial." "Okay, B cup," Jess said, taking a sip of her drink. "I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly--she'd already had a couple of minibottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing.

  Sarah Dessen

  Couple, Mean, Doors

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.100, Penguin

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• As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.

  Prince William

  Children, Parent, Shows

  Interview with CNN's Max Foster, edition.cnn.com. August 19, 2013.

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• I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

  Eddie Vedder

  Nice, Thinking, Two

  "Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. November 6, 2002.

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• Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love.

  Helen Fisher

  Love, Men, Talking

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• It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.

  Sherry Turkle

  Football, Children, Phones

  "Is Your Computer Also Your Best Friend?". The Chestertown Spy Interview, chestertownspy.org. January 29, 2011.

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