Signing Quotes - Page 2

• I have this bodyguard so if I get tired of signing Autographs I ask him to step in. It's hard because people get angry at you, but I've got a life to live too.

  Usher

  Tired, People, Steps

  "Usher & P. Diddy feud over boat size; Gene Simmons to get 'Queer Eyed'; Lindsay Lohan gets a promise ring", www.sfgate.com. August 27, 2004.

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• If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything - without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

  L. Neil Smith

  Children, Men, Average

  "Why Did it Have to be ... Guns?". www.lneilsmith.org.

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• In the technical realm, we repeatedly enter into a series of social contracts, the terms of which are revealed only after the signing.

  Langdon Winner

  Social, Contracts, Term

  Langdon Winner (2010). “The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology”, p.9, University of Chicago Press

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• In the over two centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans have bravely served our nation in uniform so that all generations can continue to enjoy those same liberties.

  Doc Hastings

  Two, Independence, Liberty

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• Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.

  Laurent Jalabert

  Team, Climbing, Hiking

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• It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.

  Cliff Richard

  Pain, Careers, Done

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• Yes. It is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and I have a great one. 'Little Kid Lover.' That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.

  Steve Carell

  Kids, Office, People

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• The world has never before had as much drama as today. Radio, films, television and video inundate us with drama. But while these forms can engage or even enrage the audience, in none of them can the viewer’s response alter the artistic event itselfThat is why theatre is signing its own death warrant when it tries to play too safe. On the other hand, that is also the reason why, although its future often seems bleak, theatre will continue to live and to provoke.

  Girish Karnad

  Drama, Hands, Play

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• President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event he confidently felt to be historic, the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.... The bill that lay on the polished mahogany desk was born in violence in Selma, Alabama, where a stubborn sheriff... had stumbled against the future.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Rights, Voting, President

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• In the early 1970s. 1971, '72. The rooms were closing down, record labels weren't signing acoustic acts any more. Although they had been pretty much been getting out of that for some time before that.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Labels, Records, Rooms

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• Become a Canadian for the Great Bear by signing our charter online – join the team today to speak out for a sustainable future for the Great Bear region.

  Scott Niedermayer

  Team, Speaks Out, Today

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• I don't like drawing characters facing right. If I tried to do that at a book signing, I'd have to pencil it first.

  Stephan Pastis

  Book, Character, Drawing

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• I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'

  Margaret Cho

  Teacher, Art, School

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• There’s more to being an environmentalist than occasionally signing an online petition and mailing your check to the Sierra Club. Really the most effective environmental actions you can take have to do with crafting your home and surroundings, your workplace decisions and your investment habits.

  Alex Steffen

  Work, Home, Decision

  "On green building, urban development, and reviving rural America". Interview with David Roberts, grist.org. September 1, 2005.

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• I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the crowds back.

  Robert Sheckley

  Two, Russia, Years

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• Me and Mr. Brainwash in Toronto signing his mural at Hard Candy Fitness Opening! #artforfreedom

  Madonna Ciccone

  Toronto, Hard Candy, Opening

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• This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books - I'm showing slides and talking about the work

  Leonard Nimoy

  Book, Inspiration, Talking

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• Fame is fleeting, and you can't get caught up in it. Signing autographs, taking pictures, and being nice to people is a small price to pay for the upside that comes with this.

  Jerome Bettis

  Nice, People, Pay

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• I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

  Shaun White

  Kids, Japan, Average

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• I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Government, Agreement, Presidential

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• Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.

  Larry Hagman

  Fun, Nice, Book

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• The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.

  Paul Rand

  Reason, Subordinates

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• You want a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since signing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has spent two decades working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.

  John Podhoretz

  Israel, Two, Roots

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• I used to just sign papers and not pay no attention to what I'm signing.

  Otis Rush

  Attention, Paper, Pay

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• I don't really like all the attention, because it feels like everything is about winning and they don't see the whole picture of my teammates and without my teammates, I don't think we'd be here right now. I get the attention ... if that day, I'm in the mood of signing autographs and taking pictures and even if I'm not, I'm like, he'll sign it for you, or he'll sign it for you. I can always give all the attention to my teammates because they handle it well.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Badass, Thinking, Winning

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