Backseat Quotes - Page 3

• For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new.

  Ariel Pink

  Self, People, Trying

  Interview with T. Cole Rachel, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 4, 2013.

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• When was the last time you lost an argument?" He pretended to think about it. Then, leaning down, he whispered in her ear, "A few hours ago when you refused to stop the car and crawl into the backseat with me.

  Nalini Singh

  Thinking, Car, Ears

  Nalini Singh (2010). “Play of Passion”, p.198, Penguin

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• In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine.

  Anna Godbersen

  New York, Interesting, Looks

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• She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Eye, Want, Tongue

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• You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I don't understand that. Why do we have to take a backseat?

  Beyonce Knowles

  Men, Facts, Reason

  "Miss Millennium: Beyoncé" by Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. January 10, 2013.

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• Because the role-model pressure becomes so insane, the personal and private takes a backseat to whatever it takes to maintain that fame and to maintain that lifestyle, and before you know it you're not a human being anymore.

  Amber Tamblyn

  Role Models, Insane, Roles

  Interview with Rachel Matlow, www.believermag.com. 2015.

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• You're going from audition to audition, changing in the backseat, and all that fun stuff that's great to do at one time in your life. That's when the 49-cent taco, as disgusting as it is, really plays into your day. It really helps you out.

  Eva Mendes

  Fun, Play, Stuff

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Maddy: "Um.....William?" she said, driving up the narrow dirt road. "Is there a particular reason you keep a sword behind your backseat?" William: "Because I don't own a gun yet

  Janet Chapman

  Gun, Dirt Roads, Driving

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• To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

  Heather Brewer

  Fall, Car, Guy

  Heather Brewer (2007). “The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: eighth grade bites”

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• It can be seen as 'weak' to complain about health issues or worry about your health. But with younger guys, I think it's just a case of it being a secondary thought. We live pretty busy lifestyles these days. People have got work and social lives, and they party and spend a lot of time doing other things, and health just takes a backseat in a lot of cases. That's just the way a lot of people seem to live their lives.

  James Magnussen

  Party, Thinking, Issues

  "James Magnussen Movember Interview". Interview with Jamie Watt, au.askmen.com.

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• In the backseat Moose and Squirrel inhabited a pair of six-year-old-twins, and wouldn't stop bickering and picking their noses. They were clearly in their element.

  Neal Shusterman

  Years, Squirrels, Elements

  Neal Shusterman (2010). “Everwild”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

  John McCain

  Country, Responsibility, Uniforms

  "Obama, McCain Tussle Over Veterans Issues". Statement to the Press, voices.washingtonpost.com. May 22, 2008.

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• It's that moon again, slung so fat and low in the tropical night, calling out across a curdled sky and into the quivering ears of that dear old voice in the shadows, the Dark Passenger, nestled snug in the backseat of the Dodge K-car of Dexter's hypothetical soul. That rascal moon, that loudmouthed leering Lucifer, calling down across the empty sky to the dark hearts of the night monsters below, calling them away to their joyful playgrounds.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Heart, Dark, Moon

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Dearly Devoted Dexter”, p.1, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children's concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern true danger

  Richard Louv

  Nature, Children, Self Confidence

  Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.101, Atlantic Books Ltd

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