Block Quotes

• I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

  Sophia Loren

  Inspiring, Memories, Past

  "Valentines & Vitriol". Book by Rex Reed, 1977.

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• In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

  Charles Buxton

  Children, Book, Winning

  Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”, p.277

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• Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.

  Giulio Andreotti

  War, Views, East

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• The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

  Roland Barthes

  Men, Skyscraper, Streets

  Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag (1983). “Barthes: Selected Writings”

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• As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

  Margaret Carlson

  Joy, Half, May

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• I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem.

  Fred Saberhagen

  Writing, People, Income

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• Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

  Jim Ryun

  Government, Umpires, Fundamentals

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• I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.

  Mackenzie Crook

  Problem, Writers Block

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• Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

  Jeffery Deaver

  Book, Writing, Style

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• To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time.

  George Takei

  Needs, Theater, Hunk

  "The East West Enterprise". Interview with Kristin Friedrich, www.ladowntownnews.com. October 24, 2005.

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• Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

  Tom Hayden

  California, Republican, Hanoi

  Tom Hayden (2008). “Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader”, City Lights Publishers

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• A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

  Cullen Hightower

  Stones, Stumbling, Over It

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• The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Courage, Strong

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nathan Haskell Dole, George Henry Lewes, Thomas Carlyle, John Storer Cobb (1902*). “The Works of Goethe”

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• A book that is shut is but a block.

  Thomas Fuller

  Funny, Book, Reading

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• The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

  Lewis Grizzard

  Motivational, Success, Football

  Lewis Grizzard (1990). “Gettin' it on: a down-home treasury”, BBS Publishing Corporation

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• The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back.

  Stephanie Tubbs Jones

  Cutting, Cities, Community

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• I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."

  John Searle

  Understanding, Want, Fancy

  "Minds, Brains and Programs". John Searle, "Behavioral and Brain Sciences", Volume 3, No. 3, 1980.

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• One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

  Piers Anthony

  Waiting, Suffering, Needs

  Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.

  Joseph Addison

  Motivational, Inspiring, Education

  The Spectator, No. 215, November 6, 1711.

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• A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.

  Hal Borland

  Beautiful, Lying, Snow

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• This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two times-but never three.

  Robert Motherwell

  Inspiration, Two, Three

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• Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Play, Three

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• I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

  Yoko Ono

  Artist, Thinking, Trying

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• It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

  Carl T. Rowan

  Freedom, Home, Rights

  "Wellspring: 365 Meditations to Refresh Your Soul". Book by Karen Moore (p. 263), October 1, 2011.

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