Traps Quotes - Page 20

• I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.

  Kiki Smith

  Reflection, Ideas, Luxury

  Source: crushfanzine.com

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• US administration does not want me to return. People forget how I ended up in Russia. They waited until I departed Hong Kong to cancel my passport in order to trap me in Russia, because it's the most effective attack they have against me, given the political climate in the United States.

  Edward Snowden

  Russia, Order, People

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• This [terrorists attacks on 9/11] was part of nothing. It was a leap into another realm - the realm of crazy abstractions and mythological generalities, involving people who have hijacked Islam for their own purposes. It's important not to fall into that trap and to try to respond with a metaphysical retaliation of some sort.

  Edward Said

  Crazy, Fall, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I will never compromise - I can now say with assurance at the age of 57 - with my libertarian and my revolutionary commitments; they'll have to kill me first. They can't buy me out. I'm just not interested in what they have to offer. I've managed to stick it out, and the thing that has been the most rescuing, the most redeeming, feature of my life that has kept me alive, that has kept me more or less single-minded about my commitment to libertarian ideals once I escaped the trap of Marxist-Leninism - a childhood trap, to be sure - has been consciousness.

  Murray Bookchin

  Commitment, Childhood, Age

  Interview with Jeff Riggenbach, reason.com. October 1979.

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• The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates.

  Margaret Mead

  Alternatives, Failing, Pessimism

  Margaret Mead (1970). “Culture and Commitment”

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• Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause.

  Samuel Richardson

  Self, Accusation, Applause

  Samuel Richardson (2015). “Pamela Volume 2: Samuel Richardson Collections”, p.243, 谷月社

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• American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night." It's so old-fashioned. The French are not afraid of their luxury. Americans can be so puritanical and think, "That's my special-occasion bag." Whereas, for a French woman, it's her everyday bag.

  Michael Kors

  Fall, Weekend, Night

  "Exclusive: Michael Kors' Lifetime Achievements". Interview with Katie Connor, www.marieclaire.com. September 13, 2010.

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• I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?

  Phyllis Bottome

  Spring, Doctors, Mind

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• Take giant leaps. Too many companies are into incremental innovation. The only thing that moves markets is violent turns. Major differences. Don't get caught in the trap of small steps.

  Michael J. Silverstein

  Moving, Differences, Innovation

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I do feel like I'm a survivor because the music industry is still a boys' club. I really respect all the women in the business. I know trusting yourself is hard work but it helps you avoid all the traps and labels that come with being in this business.

  Nelly Furtado

  Hard Work, Boys, Survivor

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• One of the traps of auditioning is walking into that room feeling as though you're a guest in someone's house, and being really careful not to spill wine on the carpet. What you have to do is walk in there as though you're the host.

  Wentworth Miller

  Wine, House, Being Real

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.

  Barack Obama

  War, Fall, Painting

  "Gorka: Obama, Clinton policies emboldened US enemies; Trump sons go after Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 15, 2016.

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• I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about politics or the media.

  Stephen Colbert

  Thinking, Media, Talking

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• An abuser can seem emotionally needy. You can get caught in a trap of catering to him, trying to fill a bottomless pit. But he's not so much needy as entitled, so no matter how much you give him, it will never be enough. He will just keep coming up with more demands because he believes his needs are your responsibility, until you feel drained down to nothing.

  Lundy Bancroft

  Believe, Responsibility, Giving

  Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.57, Penguin

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• Modeling is a great beginning, but it's also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated.

  Maud Adams

  Ambition, Mind, Needs

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• The irony is that the people we tend to vote for actually look down on voters and voting. That's just idiotic, right? That's like a snake eating its own tail! A wolf in a trap gnawing off its own head to escape!

  Steven Weber

  Snakes, People, Voting

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

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• My life with the Beatles had become a trap... I always remember to thank Jesus for the end of my touring days; if I hadn't said that the Beatles were 'bigger than Jesus' and upset the very Christian Ku Klux Klan, well, Lord, I might still be up there with all the other performing fleas! God bless America. Thank you, Jesus.

  John Lennon

  Music, Christian, Jesus

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

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• If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse of him, or if I'm feeling depressed without him even seeing me, he sort of picks up on it. And he starts getting that way. So I can no longer afford to have artistic depressions. If I start wallowing in a depression, he'll start coming down with stuff, so I'm sort of obligated to keep up. And sometimes I can't, because something will make me depressed and sure as hell he'll get a cold or trap his finger in a door or something, and so now I have sort of more reason to stay healthy or bright.

  John Lennon

  Parenting, Doors, Healthy

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• To a mouse, cheese is cheese. That is why mouse traps are effective.

  Wendell Johnson

  Cheese, Mouse Traps, Mice

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• What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important. Don't get caught in this trap.

  Paulo Coelho

  Validation, People, Important

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 28, 2010

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• For too long, tricks and traps in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial transactions have stripped wealth from working families.

  Jeff Merkley

  Long, Cards, Credit

  "Elizabeth Warren Is the Right Person for the Job" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 14, 2010.

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• Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

  Seth Godin

  Friday, Media, Black

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• We sometimes feel that if a person tromps over us after we've said no, then we must not have been clear. We can get caught in the trap of explaining again and again, meanwhile letting the other person take advantage of us.

  Anne Katherine

  Sometimes, Advantage, Caught

  Anne Katherine (2012). “Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.

  Curtis Stone

  Tourists, Want, Language

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• Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

  Kimberly Elise

  Fall, Ego, Hollywood

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