Bad Ass Quotes - Page 17

• No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects, obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.

  Joe McNally

  Dream, Photography, Art

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• If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Land, Leader, Friendly

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.107, W. W. Norton & Company

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• In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Order, Absence

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• Done sayin I'm done playin

  Drake

  Done, Ass

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• In Alien, Sigourney Weaver's role was written for a man. In Salt, Angelina Jolie's role was written for Tom Cruise. These things, when reversed, do prove to be just as exciting and entertaining with women in leading roles.

  Olivia Wilde

  Men, Salt, Roles

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• I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation.

  Olivia Wilde

  Sexy, Thinking, Objectifying

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• She was fabulously wrong when she said it the first time, and stunningly arrogant in her refusal to express any regret for lying to our fellow citizens.

  Trey Gowdy

  Regret, Lying, Citizens

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• The god of war hates those who hesitate.

  George S. Patton

  Hate, Military, War

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• I think I was born to be a figure skater, I think it was fate, and I thank God for letting it happen.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Fate, Thinking, Thank God

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• At school I fought sometimes. Kids were saying that figure skating is sport for the girls. Then I had to prove them wrong.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Girl, Sports, School

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• I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Jumping, Done, Adore

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• My main competitor is myself.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Ass, Competitors

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• Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

  George S. Patton

  Attitude, Military, Humorous

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• I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very important to get the audience on your side. As for a competition, you can't win without strong technical content.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Strong, Winning, Your Side

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• I'm a wealthy man now. I've got a flat, a car, I have enough money to buy food. I skate to make the people happy. If somebody skates to earn money, I don't care. I skate for the people. Besides, it's pleasant to supply Russia with gold medals.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Men, Russia, People

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• I skate for the fans. It's not as fun without them there supporting me. I get energy from them and I want to skate well for them. They relax me. They make me happy when I skate for them. I feel the Americans like me more and more each time I tour.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Fun, Relax, Energy

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• I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of on ice. The rest will come on its own.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Thinking, Ice, Important

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• What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I have a heart beating in my chest -not an engine, there's blood in my veins- not oil. I know pain and fatigue. I can lose but I will strive to win everything.

  Evgeni Plushenko

  Pain, Heart, Winning

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• We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

  William Osler

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Sir William Osler (2001). “Osler's "a Way of Life" and Other Addresses, with Commentary and Annotations”, p.301, Duke University Press

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• Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

  Chuck Norris

  Inspirational, Humorous, Anger

  Chuck Norris (2014). “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories”, p.102, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Battle... brings out all that is best.

  George S. Patton

  Indulge In, Competition, Battle

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• Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

  George C. Marshall

  Spiritual, Military, War

  "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2004.

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• Duty is the essence of manhood.

  George S. Patton

  Essence, Duty, Manhood

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• No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.

  Trey Gowdy

  Law, Giving, Branches

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• Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Friendship, Sarcastic

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.139, Simon and Schuster

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