Streaks Quotes - Page 5

• Her hair is ridiculous," I said. "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.

  John Green

  Mean, Hair, People

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.46, A&C Black

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• It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.

  Sarah Addison Allen

  Sweet, Light, Hair

  Sarah Addison Allen (2010). “The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel”, p.24, Bantam

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• You have to have a serious streak in you, or you can't see the funny side of the other fellow.

  Will Rogers

  Sides, Serious, Fellows

  Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert, Judy G. Buckholz, Oklahoma State University, Will Rogers Memorial Commission (1974). “The Writings of Will Rogers”

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• You should have had the decency to die when you needed to." “Sorry,” I admitted. “I’ve been going through a bit of a rebellious streak. I swear it’s almost over.

  Ally Carter

  Sorry, Should Have, Almost Over

  Ally Carter (2013). “Gallagher Girls: United We Spy”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• I didn't go up to the plate thinking, 'OK, my goal now is to get a hit'-I tried not to think about [the streak].

  Chase Utley

  Thinking, Goal, Plates

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• I do a combo situation of lotion and body makeup and put it on with my moisturizer in the morning. That seems to work best for me because self-tanning lotion always streaks and looks kind of crazy. So I put on some body makeup and wash it off at night. I have to do it every day, but that's just a part of my life now.

  Brittany Snow

  Morning, Crazy, Makeup

  "The Genius Way Brittany Snow Gets Tan Without Going in the Sun (and No, Not With Self-Tanner)". Interview with Julianne Carell, www.glamour.com. June 8, 2016.

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• I think especially boys have a competitive streak when they're 12.

  Gage Munroe

  Boys, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I was hoping in the last fifteen minutes that Barcelona would beat them. I've made my mind up on Benitez tonight. He's a nice man but he's got a huge negative streak running through him. Liverpool was terrible in the second half. They didn't play football. If that was a concert, you'd boo. Gerrard: found out. A nothing player. They were terrible. Terrible.

  Eamon

  Football, Running, Nice

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• Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Confidence, Determination, Fate

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter (2008). “Confidence”, p.61, Random House

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• Most private traders on a losing streak keep trying to trade their way out of a hole. A loser thinks a successful trade is just around the corner, and that his luck is about to turn. He keeps putting on more trades and increases his size, all the while digging himself a deeper hole in the ice. The sensible thing to do would be to reduce your trading size and then stop and review your system.

  Alexander Elder

  Successful, Thinking, Ice

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• If this keeps up (four game winning streak) I'm about to manage until I'm a hundred.

  Casey Stengel

  Winning, Games, Four

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• Gene Wilder made his movie debut in "Bonnie And Clyde," starred in the Mel Brooks films "The Producers," "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles," played opposite Richard Pryor in "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy" and portrayed the candy-maker in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory."

  Terry Gross

  Crazy, Opposites, Chocolate

  Source: keranews.org

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• Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Baseball, Drinking, Sleep

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• Play small ball. Get back to basics. I would say that you need to be a conservative, but you need to maintain your independent streak.

  Andrea Tantaros

  Independent, Play, Needs

  Source: themoderatevoice.com

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• I was always compared to the Energizer Bunny in my consecutive game streak because every day I showed up and went to work and they said he keeps going and going and going, but a lot of people do that.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Games, People, Bunnies

  Interview with Chris Yandek, www.cyinterview.com. February 16, 2007.

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• I'm not saying I'd already done anything, actually, but I'd passed my experimental streak.

  Chrissie Hynde

  Done

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm very pleased with all of our guys. We had the one good game offensively in Cleveland. We just need that one moment. We have to have a one-game winning streak tomorrow, and if we do that, I really would be feeling pretty good about going back to Cleveland.

  Joe Maddon

  Winning, Games, Guy

  Source: m.cubs.mlb.com

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• I always stick with the same pair if I am on a scoring streak. I wouldn't change them until I go a game without scoring.

  Peter Crouch

  Games, Pairs, Sticks

  "Peter Crouch Interview - Puma PowerCat 1.10". SoccerBible Interview, www.soccerbible.com. March 20, 2014.

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• A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference. There's no gray in that. Like, you have no conscience, no nothing, no guilt. I don't have that mean streak in me. I don't play angry. It's not anger.

  Ndamukong Suh

  Hurt, Dirty, Mean

  "He Didn't Mean to Hurt You" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, www.gq.com. August 20, 2012.

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• I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Thinking, Acting, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• [Dawn] is always such a forgiving time. When that first cold, bright streak comes over the water, it's as if all our sins were pardoned; as if the sky leaned over the earth and kissed it and gave it absolution.

  Willa Cather

  Sky, Water, Forgiving

  Willa Cather (1938). “The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...”

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• Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east! Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Clouds, Mountain

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.92, Wordsworth Editions

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• The inhabitants of earth behold commonly but the dark and shadowy under side of heaven's pavement; it is only when seen at a favorable angle in the horizon, morning or evening, that some faint streaks of the rich lining of the clouds are revealed.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Morning, Dark, Clouds

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.104, Penguin

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• I've been racing a long time, and I realize you go through good streaks and bad streaks.

  Jeff Gordon

  Long, Racing, Realizing

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• People think I must have all these superstitions, but I don't. I use my batting gloves 'til they wear out. I broke four or five bats during the streak, and I didn't cry over any of them.

  Jimmy Rollins

  Thinking, People, Bats

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