Because I Can Quotes - Page 14

• When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. I've seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman.

  Joss Whedon

  Boyfriend, Kindness, Love You

  "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Touched". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• I don’t like to talk to people, because I can’t express myself satisfactorily. I don’t say the things I mean.

  Greta Garbo

  Mean, People, I Can

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• Sometimes my feelings are so hot that I have to take the pen and put them out on paper to keep them from setting me afire inside; then all that ink and labor are wasted because I can't print the results

  Mark Twain

  Feelings, Ink, Hot

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• I like to take advantage of the simple-minded because I can.

  Jim Cornette

  Simple, Advantage, I Can

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• Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance.

  MyAnna Buring

  Perfect, Balance, Lucky

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• I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

  Idris Elba

  Black, Roles, Actors

  " Idris Elba: 'The Less I Talk About Being Black, The Better'" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. May 29, 2012.

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• I have to go out for lunch and dinner because I can't cook. I need a woman to come and save me from my cooking.

  Carrot Top

  Lunch, Cooking, Needs

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• I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because...I can't.

  Colleen Houck

  Feet, Romance, Kelsey

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• But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environmental protection at home and abroad if there are people in Germany with jobs and who pay taxes.

  Sigmar Gabriel

  Jobs, Home, People

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• I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

  Shannen Doherty

  Guy, Sitting, Dinner

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• I never did buy things on credit, I always paid for 'em, because I can't see much difference in paying for something and just waiting a week and pay interest on it; that looks foolish to me.

  Howard Finster

  Differences, Waiting, Looks

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• All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work is to recreate those. It's easy for me to be around a lot of people, because I can retreat. I can watch everything.

  Ryan McGinley

  Brother, Adventure, People

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• I've always loved drama. This is a blessing because I can show a little bit of what I can do, and hopefully more, in the future.

  Steven Yeun

  Drama, Blessing, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• The truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I try not to read too many reviews when a book first comes out.

  Charles Baxter

  Book, Trying, Firsts

  "Off the Page: Charles Baxter". Interview with Carole Burns, www.washingtonpost.com. October 16, 2003.

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• I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

  David Morrissey

  Forget, I Can

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• I came out here to do the acting, and then after a year of auditions and not getting anything, I met these Italian guys and they asked me to write lyrics for them. Then they said, "Why don't you just front the band?" I said, "Well, maybe because I can't sing. I've never sang before in my life."

  Malin Akerman

  Writing, Italian, Years

  "Malin Akerman Talks Rock of Ages". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. September 12, 2017.

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• I don't need anyone. Because I can do every single thing that a person in a relationship can. Everything. Even zip up my own dress. You know, there are some things that are actually harder to do with two people. Such as monologues.

  LIZ

  Two, People, Dresses

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• I pray because I can't help myself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Helping, Praying, I Pray

  "Fictional character: C. S. "Jack" Lewis". "Shadowlands", 1993.

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• I'm not God, but I'm working within my own means as an artist and a person, and I possibly have more power than God does, in whatever form he has, if he exists, because I can work without the overarching ambition of wanting to rule over everything. I can work just for the heck of it.

  Raymond Pettibon

  Ambition, Mean, Artist

  Interview with John O’Connor, www.believermag.com. December 2004.

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• I love going to the movies and getting Raisinets, a big tub of popcorn and a Coke. That's definitely a guilty pleasure because I can't be doing that all the time.

  Sanaa Lathan

  Popcorn, Tubs, Coke

  "Que Sera, Sanaa!". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. September 8, 2011.

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• Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Play, Creative, Political

  "Jeffrey Wright: Professional Politician?". Interview with Valerie Gladstone, www.theroot.com. October 11, 2011.

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• Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate.

  Demetri Martin

  Men, Class, Differences

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