Take Me Quotes

• Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

  Ray Bradbury

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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• I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.

  Susan Sontag

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Susan Sontag (2017). “Stories: Collected Stories”, p.114, Penguin UK

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• Stuff your eyes with wonder.

  Ray Bradbury

  Life, Travel, Adventure

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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• I only choose to write about people who are alive, are extremely powerful and as such have influenced our lives. I try to go behind their constructed myths to find the humanity of the person. It takes me about four years on every book and requires hundreds of interviews so I choose people whose lives I respect and achievements are worth recording.

  Kitty Kelley

  Powerful, Book, Writing

  "Kitty Kelley discusses Oprah bio". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 28, 2010.

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• See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.

  Ray Bradbury

  Life, Dream, Rest In Peace

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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• I can't sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Sleep, Night, Nocturnal

  Source: greendayminority.tumblr.com

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• Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.

  Ray Bradbury

  Life, Travel, Adventure

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.76, Hamilton Books

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• You see, my mind takes me far,
  but my heart dreams of return.

  Henri Cole

  Dream, Heart, Mind

  Henri Cole (2014). “Pierce the Skin: Selected Poems, 1982-2007”, p.99, Macmillan

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• Sometimes I start with the beat. Sometimes I can write something down and it takes me a while to figure out how I want to say it or the beat I want to say it to. I definitely like to live the experiences that I cover.

  Cakes da killa

  Writing, Want, Down And

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I’ll do whatever you want, whatever you need. Anything. Just take me back.

  Sylvia Day

  Needs, Want, Take Me Back

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.182, Penguin

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• Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

  Chesty Puller

  Military, Real, Marine

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• River gonna take me, Sing me sweet and sleepy,
  Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home,
  It's a far gone lullaby sung many years ago
  Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home

  Robert Hunter

  Song, Sweet, Home

  Robert Hunter, David G. Dodd (2005). “The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: The Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter and John Barlow, Lyrics to All Original Songs, with Selected Traditional and Cover Songs”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.

  Megan Fox

  People, Needs, Way

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• I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Distance, People, Giving

  "Living Legends: An Interview With the Incomparable Nikki Giovanni". Interview with Matthew Lynch, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2012.

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• Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

  Colin Farrell

  Who I Am, Funny Irish, Being Irish

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

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• It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

  Stone Gossard

  Long, May, Singers

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• My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.

  Lily Collins

  Mother, Stuff, Way

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• The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.

  Fiona Apple

  Seven Years, Stuff, Reason

  FaceBook post by Fiona Apple from Jun 10, 2012

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• Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Power, Political

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• An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Character, Differences, Rough Patches

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• I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I'm not happy with.

  Dan Brown

  Book, Writing, Years

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• I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!

  Kyle Chandler

  Brother, Dad, College

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

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• On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

  George Clooney

  Basketball, Awards, Doors

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• I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.

  Joan Collins

  Minutes, My Own

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• What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

  Michael Haneke

  Stupid, Film, Treats

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