Your Favorite Quotes - Page 4

• Movies are as old as psychoanalysis. So if I were to put you or anyone else on a couch and say, 'Tell me your favorite movies,' it would be a way of psychoanalyzing you.

  Andrew Sarris

  Would Be, Way, Couches

  "Hail the Conquering Hero: Andrew Sarris" by Kent Jones, www.filmcomment.com. May/June 2005.

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• You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Novelists, Vote

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• Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.

  Richard Nelson Bolles

  Jobs, Skills, Titles

  Richard Nelson Bolles (2000). “What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters & Career-changers”

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• Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you.

  David Farland

  Book, Genre Is, Moved

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• Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.

  David Spade

  Years, Watches, Tvs

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• You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!

  Michael Tilson Thomas

  Composer, Music Is

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• It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it 'Jumping the Shark.' From that moment on, the program will simply never be the same.

  Jon Hein

  Jumping, Sharks, Television

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• I don't even look at resumes anymore. I think they're misguided. I talk to them, ask them where they've been, "What's your favorite experience in a restaurant?" Where do they like to eat? Blah blah blah. All that stuff, but I can only really describe my journey with another person if I can connect with them and their passion. Otherwise, I don't care where they've worked. It doesn't matter to me. Really I have to feel it, and then I can teach them anything.

  Geoffrey Zakarian

  Passion, Journey, Thinking

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• To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.

  Martha Stewart

  Home, Ideas, Relief

  Martha Stewart, Elizabeth Hawes (1982). “Entertaining”, Clarkson Potter

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• Don't compare yourself with anyone else. The world is full of runners, so you'll probably see one every time you circle the block or your favorite park. Some will be thinner than you, some smoother-striding, some faster. But don't let this get you down. There's only one runner who really counts: you. Running is your activity. Make it work for you, and don't worry about anyone else.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Block, Circles

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• Like any good drug, anger can mask all reality. But anger is not an easy emotion to call up on demand, which is why an enemy is so wonderful. You're tired. Didn't sleep well. You have zero energy. Then you get lucky. You pull into the boathouse parking lot and see your favorite enemy. Celebrate. Your workout is saved. One look at that chowderhead can put you into the angerzone. As you turn off your car, you can feel your whole physical being change. Respiration increases. The dull look on your face is magically transformed into the power-stare of a true rowing warriot.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Workout, Zero, Sleep

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• When working out, play your favorite music loudly for an extra boost of energy.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Play

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• Pray tell us, what's your favorite number?

  Abraham Verghese

  Math, Numbers, Praying

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• Here's a funny question:What is your favorite word?Think about it—maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream.So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words?Thought about it yet?Good.And now, think why.

  Vera Nazarian

  Beautiful, Dream, Thinking

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• I thought of all the different kinds of love in the world. I could think of ten without even trying. The way parents love their kids, the way you love a puppy or chocolate ice cream or home or your favorite book or your sister. Or your uncle. There's those kinds of love and then there's the other kind. The falling kind.

  Carol Rifka Brunt

  Uncles, Book, Fall

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• Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.

  Seth Godin

  Stars, Book, Perfect

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• There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the attacks of Islam. Today every Christian has an opportunity and obligation to present the gospel effectively and in Christian love to the Muslims who have permeated our Western society. When your neighbor, your mechanic, your favorite basketball player, your employer or employee, or even your children's friends could very well be Muslims, the need for proper understanding and an effective Christian witness is abundantly clear.

  Josh McDowell

  Basketball, Christian, Jesus

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• It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

  Dave Grohl

  Song, Play, Band

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• 'What's your favorite position?' 'CEO.'

  Lauren Conrad

  Women, Ceo, Position

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• And then writing, it was like I just found it, you know? Like you just found your favorite flavor of ice cream, all of a sudden there it is. 'This is what I should have been doing for the last thirty years. What was I thinking?' So I was, then I was in and then I had to just keep going with it.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Writing, Thinking, Ice Cream

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• There are many diamonds in the world and if you lose your favorite, you can work hard, earn a lot of money and get another one to replace it. But the moments of your life aren't like that. Once they're gone, they'll never return. Each and every one is the most precious thing in existence. You can never meaningfully compare one moment with any other. You can never meaningfully compare your life with anyone else's. No matter how rich someone else may be, no matter how happy they look, no matter how enlightened they seem, they can never be you. Never, ever, ever. Only you can live your life.

  Brad Warner

  Hard Work, Live Your Life, Matter

  Brad Warner (2005). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.

  Mark Skousen

  Party, Grandchildren, Government

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• Debt, weve learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

  Andrew Ross Sorkin

  Fire, Agency, Light

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• Catch a dog in your favorite chair, and he slinks away abashed. The cat will pretend incomprehension; surely you must know it's her chair?

  Leonore Fleischer

  Dog, Cat, Chairs

  Leonore Fleischer (1982). “The Cat's Pajamas”, Harpercollins

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• I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.

  Yash Chopra

  Passion, Office, Able

  "The Scene" Interview, edition.cnn.com. October 3, 2006.

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