Type Quotes - Page 34

• I'm not the cruel type, but they are, and that's the secret.

  Charles Bukowski

  Secret

  Charles Bukowski (2013). “Tales of Ordinary Madness”, p.58, City Lights Books

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• She's not your type. Since when do I have a type?

  Kim Harrison

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• There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory.

  Dawn French

  Taken, Order, Hey

  "A Tiny Bit Marvellous". Book by Dawn French, 2010.

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• Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  People, Should, Certain

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• There has been, is, and always will be every conceivable type of person.  

  E. M. Forster

  Persons, Has Beens

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• Doug returned five minutes later and shook his head. "Sorry kid. She's single, but she doesn't think you're her type. She's into the Goth and vampire scene. You're too mainstream for her." I was sipping a glass of water and nearly choked on it. "That," said Peter, as soon as Doug was gone, "is what we call irony." "How is that possible?" exclaimed Cody. "I am a vampire. I should be exactly what she wants." "Yeah, but you don't look like one," I said. If Gabrielle had been a Trekkie, he might have had a shot tonight.

  Richelle Mead

  Sorry, Kids, Thinking

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Succubus Shadows”, p.8, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Relation, Oneself, Capable

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• Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types.

  Umberto Eco

  Four, Fool, Normal

  Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Maybe you're not his type." Michael said "Oh, now you're just being insulting.

  Rachel Caine

  Insulting, Just Being, Said

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.162, Penguin

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• She watched me with a creepy sort of detached curiosity, as if I were a bug crawling across the sidewalk in front of her. I wondered briefly if she was the ant stomper type.

  Rachel Vincent

  Creepy, Curiosity, Ants

  Rachel Vincent (2009). “My Soul to Lose”, p.28, Harlequin

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• A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path. Your stops on that path are always idiosyncratic. One book leads to another and another the way one thought leads to another and another. My type of reader is the sort who burrows through the stacks in the bookstore or the library (or the Web site — stacks are stacks), yielding to impulse and instinct.

  Jane Smiley

  Book, Library, Peculiar

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• She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was something in her face that was meant for me alone. Everytime we met, I took a good look at her. And loved what I saw.

  Haruki Murakami

  Men, Looks, Faces

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “South Of The Border, West Of The Sun”, p.59, Random House

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• It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.

  Neal Stephenson

  Smart, Believe, Males

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “Snow Crash”, p.57, Spectra

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• Enough! we're tired, my heart and I. We sit beside the headstone thus, And wish that name were carved for us. The moss reprints more tenderly The hard types of the mason's knife, As Heaven's sweet life renews earth's life With which we're tired, my heart and I .... In this abundant earth no doubt Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days grew rough We once were loved, used, - well enough, I think, we've fared, my heart and I.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Sweet, Tired, Heart

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)”, p.1259, Delphi Classics

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• Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep the fruits of your labor....I, in a way, don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, religious rights. There’s only one type of right. It’s the right to your liberty.

  Ron Paul

  Religious, Mean, Gay

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• Tamaki = "If not spoiled constantly, he'll die" type.

  Bisco Hatori

  Spoiled, Dies, Ifs

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• How did you . . . pass the time?’ Sunday asked. ‘You couldn’t just ching out of it, could you?’ ‘We had a different form of chinging,’ Eunice said. ‘An earlier type of virtual-reality technology, much more robust and completely unaffected by time lag. You may have heard of it. We called it “reading”.

  Alastair Reynolds

  Reading, Sunday, Technology

  Alastair Reynolds (2012). “Blue Remembered Earth”, p.187, Hachette UK

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• Interesting" people were her favorite hobby. She collected them: the type who did gay things late at night and smoked cigarettes in mixed company, those would have most scandalized her own mother.

  Anna Godbersen

  Mother, Gay, Night

  Anna Godbersen (2011). “Beautiful Days”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done.

  Ron Howard

  Want, Directors, Actors

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

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• There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again.

  Robert Mueller

  Two, Categories, Company

  "FBI Director: Cybercrime will eclipse terrorism" by Stacy Cowley, money.cnn.com. March 2, 2012.

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• Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.

  Iggy Pop

  Musical, Actors, Burden

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• Superheroes are mostly aimed at young teen-age males concerned with their manhood. The medium will have to address itself more to content. . . . I see 22 year olds draw massive Schwarzenegger types, outfitted with metal studs, pressing a mostly naked woman to their breastplates. And I think Poor girl, thats got to be cold.

  Will Eisner

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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• If you think a man draws the type of hands that you want to draw, steal ‘em. Take those hands.

  Jack Kirby

  Thinking, Men, Hands

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• I always loved how people like Jon Voight and Laurence Olivier shocked you every time they came on-screen. They were so different each time. That's what I hope to do with acting - be the chameleon and not get stuck in a type.

  Julia Stiles

  People, Acting, Different

  Vanity Fair, August 1998.

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• George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar.

  Peter Mayhew

  Kids, Character, Jars

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