Take Me Quotes - Page 21

• You take me in, no questions asked. You strip away the ugliness that surrounds me. Are you an angel?

  Sarah McLachlan

  Friendship, Angel, Questions Asked

  Song: Sweet Surrender, Album: Surfacing

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• I am never happy when I finish a book. I always start feeling good, and then I get to about Page 75 and start losing momentum - and I kind of pull it together at the end, but by then I think it's just all over. It's become almost a running joke among my agent and my editor - I always say that, so they don't take me seriously anymore.

  Sarah Dessen

  Running, Book, Writing

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• I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.

  Antonio Banderas

  Couple, Real, Play

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• I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.

  Albert Brooks

  Jobs, Acting, Impossible

  "Albert Brooks Says He Knows His ‘Drive’ Character’s Entire Backstory" by Christopher Bell, www.indiewire.com. September 16, 2011.

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• My father was an engineer - he wasn't literary, not a writer or a journalist, but he was one of the world's great readers. Every two weeks, he'd take me to our local branch library and pull books off the shelf for me, stacking them up in my arms - 'Have you read this? And this? And this?"

  Janet Fitch

  Father, Book, Two

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. September, 2006.

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• I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.

  D. W. Griffith

  People, Boards, Looks

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• I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.

  Malcolm Mclaren

  Kings, Crazy, Adventure

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• My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.

  Larry Niven

  Years, Names, Six

  Concat interview, www.concatenation.org. 1988.

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• I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me.

  Anna Nicole Smith

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• Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

  Jodie Foster

  Mother, Kids, Appreciate

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• When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we would sew them on frilly white socks, and I sold them at school.

  Sara Blakely

  Mom, School, Ideas

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• My life has been a gift up to this point, and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where I'm going.

  Sean Hannity

  Blessed, Imagination, Has Beens

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• I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.

  Bryan Brown

  Actors, Ends, Wanted

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't want my reputation to take me over, I just want to be judged on my songs. I want people to come and see me because they want to, not because fashion dictates it.

  Jeff Buckley

  Fashion, Song, People

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

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• I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

  John Corbett

  People, Serious, Different

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• It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

  Julie Christie

  Realize Things, Realizing, Thinker

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• When I take a break for a week, it takes me three weeks to get back to where I was.

  Troy Dumais

  Three, Week, Break

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• Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.

  Anthony Doerr

  Writing, Joy, Challenges

  "Off the Page: Anthony Doerr". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 14, 2004.

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• When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm.

  David Dewhurst

  Talking, Two, Today

  "No Spanish-speaking debate scheduled" by Kolten Parker, blog.chron.com. June 4, 2012.

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• I'm not better when I force shots. I'm going to take them as they come. They are really sagging in there, trying to take me out of the game. It's my job to find guys. I want to be aggressive and take my shots, but I can't force them.

  Tim Duncan

  Jobs, Games, Guy

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• Let me read you some of my poetry. My poetry just takes me to another level.

  Rick Fox

  Levels, Let Me

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• I do miss Glasgow but Malibu is home now. I love it here and when I do go back to Scotland it takes me a bit of time to acclimatise. I am a spoilt so-and-so. I live in the mountains of Malibu in the most gorgeous house and I phone my mum every day and tell her that I have got bad news - that it is only 70 degrees here.

  Tommy Flanagan

  Home, Phones, Scotland

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

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• Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship.

  Bob Dylan

  Magic, Ships, Outer Space

  Song: Mr. Tambourine Man

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• Haven't got a girl, but I can wish. So I'll take me down to Main Street and that's where I'll select my imaginary dish.

  Dean Martin

  Girl, Wish, Select

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• Take me home tonight, listen honey, just like Ronnie sang, be my little baby.

  Eddie Money

  Baby, Home, Musical

  Song: Take Me Home Tonight Be My Baby

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