Because I Can Quotes - Page 11

• I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of the spirit world. Thank you for allowing me to speak about the spiritual, because I can't talk about my life or writing without mentioning that.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Spiritual, Atheist, Mean

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• My knowledge of horror films is pathetic because I can't really watch them.

  Geena Davis

  Watches, Horror, Film

  Interview with Emma Watson, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 25, 2016.

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• I don't just want to put a price tag on pieces because I can. I don't want put a price tag on pieces that are unreasonable either. Just because people might buy it doesn't mean you won't alienate fans eventually.

  Fred Foster

  Mean, Price Tag, People

  Source: www.highsnobiety.com

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• I'm going to go with Chihuahua, just because I can't think of anything more frightening than a giant Chihuahua.

  Ira Glass

  Thinking, Giants, Chihuahua

  "Ira Glass on doing magic tricks, Brad Pitt, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.avclub.com. August 2, 2016.

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• People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.

  Miley Cyrus

  Sleep, People, Used

  "'I have so many issues... everyone does dumb stuff when they're messed up': Miley Cyrus opens up as her VMA performance continues to cause controversy" by Jason Chester, www.dailymail.co.uk. September 1, 2013.

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• I can't look in the mirror and see people dying on the street that should have the same opportunities that I've had. And say 'You know what? I can live with myself.' Because I can't if I just watch.

  Colin Kaepernick

  Opportunity, Mirrors, Should Have

  Source: ninerswire.usatoday.com

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• I admire ventriloquists, because I can't do that. I mean, I might get mistaken for a ventriloquist dummy every now and then, but I can't do what they do.

  Brad Williams

  Mean, Might, Now And Then

  "Interview with comedian Brad Williams". Interview with Michelle Tompkins, thecelebritycafe.com. September 1, 2016.

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• I had to learn how to change my thinking because I can really get caught up in not liking my body. It can turn into obsession and it can be really bad. I think that when that rules your life then you miss the joys of life.

  Carmen Electra

  Thinking, Joy, Missing

  "Scary Movie 4 - Carmen Electra interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer.

  Alicia Witt

  Music, Song, Writing

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• Do I doubt the painting I've just painted because it is not right or because I can never like what I do?

  Eric Maisel

  Doubt, Painting, I Can

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.

  Chita Rivera

  Believe, Language, Speak

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The performance of a lifetime is the perfect thing to be doing at this age because I can use the age.

  Fritz Weaver

  Perfect, Age, Use

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• The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.

  Jason Gann

  Character, Years, Stories

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

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• I really enjoy sailing on Lake Geneva because I can just look at the shore and see my wife having a barbecue with the kids.

  Ernesto Bertarelli

  Kids, Lakes, Wife

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• I act because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

  Martin Sheen

  Way, Knows, Seems

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• I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Animal, Brain, Passionate

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• I look at Liv Tyler and think 'It's not fair', because I can't find a flaw on her. And on top of that she seems nice, so it's really not fair.

  Tori Spelling

  Nice, Thinking, Looks

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• I wanted to be like Nolan Ryan. I didn't want to be like Pete Gray...And I don't want kids to be like me because I have one hand. I want kids to be like Jim Abbott because he's a baseball pitcher at Michigan and he won the Big Ten Championship game, and not because I can field a bunt and throw to first.

  Jim Abbott

  Baseball, Kids, Hands

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• Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy.

  Jules Shear

  Crazy, Madness, Kind

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• I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws.

  Angelina Jolie

  Beautiful, Insecurity, Skinny

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• I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.

  Mark Twain

  Money, Writing, Cities

  Mark Twain, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “Great Speeches”, p.134, Courier Corporation

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• A lot of the stuff you do as an actor - or I do, because I can't speak for everyone - is not always consciously thought out. A lot of the time, for me, it's actually just feeling stuff, and it happens all in the moment and your body reacts.

  Henry Cavill

  Feelings, Actors, Body

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• I like to be a bowler because I can't bat properly. After 17 years of cricket I have got the opportunities and made the wickets fall.

  Muttiah Muralitharan

  Fall, Opportunity, Years

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• Because I can go to Vegas and make the money I do, I'm able to spend a lot more time producing music that I love.

  Diplo

  Vegas, Able, More Time

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.

  Courtney Love

  Cat, Writing, Thinking

  Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. May 1, 2014.

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