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• Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

  Irving Azoff

  Radio, Chance, Stations

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• The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Cities, India, Today

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• I've only skied a couple of times in my life. Any skier would say I stink.

  Bridgette Wilson

  Couple, Skiers

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

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• What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot.

  Jim Thompson

  Smell, May, Stores

  Jim Thompson (2014). “Murder at the Bijou”, p.43, BookBaby

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• fish and visitors stink in 3 days.

  Jeff Kinney

  Visitors, Fishes

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• He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands.

  Annie Proulx

  Sweet, Memories, Real

  Annie Proulx (2005). “Brokeback Mountain”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• There's always a sense of pride you take out on the field to play your best every night you go out there. Sometimes your best stinks.

  Clint Hurdle

  Pride, Night, Play

  "Pirates commit 7 errors in 12-2 loss to Cubs". www.foxnews.com. September 8, 2012.

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• No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?

  Patrick Ness

  Beautiful, Hate, Air

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• My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Hurt, Morning, Jesus

  Song: My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus

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• At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way.

  Gelsey Kirkland

  Impact, People, Suffering

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• The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.

  Sean O'Casey

  Military, Fighting, Army

  Sean O'Casey (1973). “Sunset and evening star”, Pan

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• Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.

  Rebecca West

  Race, Different Nationalities, Deeds

  Rebecca West (2010). “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia”, p.616, Open Road Media

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• There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Games, Malady

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• Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Children, Heart, Men

  "The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, act 1, 1951.

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• We know the product is going to stink. We know that because we live in the world, and we know that everything stinks. We all believe, Hey, maybe this one wont stink. We are a hopeful species. Stupid but hopeful. But were happy in that moment between the commercial and the purchase. And I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Stupid, Believe, Thinking

  "Jerry Seinfeld Gets Brutally Honest About Advertising in This Hilarious Speech at the Clios". www.adweek.com. October 02, 2014.

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• Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing, which remark I guess shows I still don't have a pure motive (O it's-such-fun-I-just-can't-stop-who-cares-if-it's-published-or-read) about writing.

  Sylvia Plath

  Fun, Writing, Who Cares

  sylvia plath (1971). “the bell jar”

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• Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable. For sketch writers, remember they're called sketches for a reason. They're not called oil paintings. Some of them are going to stink. You have to let them stink.

  Tina Fey

  Writing, Oil, Painting

  "The Real Tina Fey". Interview with A.J. Jacobs, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2010.

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• Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide.

  David Mamet

  Law, Chicago, Tides

  "Fictional character: Jim Malone". "The Untouchables", www.imdb.com. June 2, 1987.

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• The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first page of a manuscript. If this is true, then the editorial system that prevails today stinks. And let's start reforming it.

  Diane Wakoski

  Editors, Needs, Pages

  Diane Wakoski (1980). “Toward a new poetry”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• Everybody's got a 'thing.' Some 'things' are nice and quiet. Some 'things' have fangs and claws. Some 'things' stink and have slobber everywhere.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Nice, Quiet, Claws

  "EXCLUSIVE: Iyanla Vanzant Dishes on Fix My Life, Growth, and Her Mission for Viewers". Interview with Regina R. Robertson, www.essence.com. September 14, 2012.

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• The world is a bad place. There are many wonderful people, but on the whole, humanity basically stinks.

  Dennis Prager

  People, Humanity, World

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

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• I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

  Don Rickles

  Golf, Player, Games

  "What I've Learned: Don Rickles". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The most annoying person on the BBC is Russell Brand, I've actually been close up to that boy. He smells like when you mix garlic with coffee and alcohol. I'm just saying when you get close to him, he could do with a bit of Sure For Men, he stinks.

  Noel Gallagher

  Coffee, Boys, Men

  "Hear a drunk Noel Gallagher on Chris Moyles Radio 1 show". www.mirror.co.uk. August 15, 2008.

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• I've always said about 50% of what happens at a concert has to do with the audience. If you play for a dead audience you're gonna stink. If we play for a great crowd we're much better. You want 'em to make noise. It's kinda like sex, if they don't make noise, you ain't doin' it right.

  Billy Joel

  Sex, Play, Ems

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record - everything stinks - and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

  John Madden

  Football, Fall, Winning

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