Cant Quotes - Page 3

• Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even the phenomenon Im most known for. When Im on stage, Im not under pressure and it happens. In other important places, it happens. But in a laboratory where I really want it to happen, its very hard for me.

  Uri Geller

  Simple, Important, Answers

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• I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

  Clive Owen

  Mirrors, Faces, Currency

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• [ Christianity], in and of itself, sets itself apart inherently, and so, for somebody to say, Well it just seems to me like you can pick between all these religions and still have the same thing. Its kind of like somebody saying, You could pick between 80 bananas and one apple and say you have a banana. You cant call that apple a banana.

  Max Lucado

  Apples, Bananas, Kind

  Source: www.crosswalk.com

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• Weeks go by, and I dont paint until finally I cant stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost dont want to talk about it, because I dont want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself.

  Gerhard Richter

  Self, Secret, Want

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• I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they cant feel anymore.

  John Bradshaw

  Hurt, People, Numb

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• Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you cant get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

  Tom Seaver

  Winning, Curves, Pitching

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• I would like to be a great artist. I would quit pitching if I could paint like Monet or Rousseau. But I cant. What I can do is pitch, and I can do that very well.

  Tom Seaver

  Artist, Pitching, Quitting

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

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• Not to make him blush, but any story illustrated by Mike Mignola does things that prose alone cant accomplish. The illustrations create mood and atmosphere, drawing the reader more deeply into the story than words could do on their own.

  Christopher Golden

  Illustration, Drawing, Atmosphere

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• Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action like to say, Those who can, do, those who cant, teach, forgetting that those who teach get to write the history books.

  Michael Ignatieff

  Book, Writing, Men

  Michael Ignatieff (2013). “Fire and Ashes”, p.171, Harvard University Press

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• If you have only one life, you cant altogether ignore the question: are you enjoying it?

  Sebastian Faulks

  Enjoy, Ifs

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• You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first.

  Arthur Miller

  World, Firsts, Being There

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• I mean we cant even rock them shoes if it dont got a comma on the price tag ya know. I mean.. I mean but then again who looks at the price tag ya know?

  Nicki Minaj

  Mean, Rocks, Price Tag

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• When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.

  Robert Gottlieb

  America, Nutcrackers, December

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• We all make mistakes. Luckily for us, there are very few mistakes that cant be solved with a suitable application of either lipstick or hand grenades" - Frances Brown

  Mira Grant

  Mistake, Hands, France

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• Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality.

  Camille Paglia

  Past, Reality, Years

  "How Capitalism Can Save Art" by Camille Paglia, www.wsj.com. October 05, 2012.

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• I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

  Lena Headey

  Thinking

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• I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I cant sing that great and I havent yet found a use for the over large size of my teeth. I quite fancy a mustache like that and he was such a great showman.

  Kate Beckinsale

  Play, Mustache, Teeth

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• That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.

  Maya Angelou

  Home, Giving, Dont Care

  Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.203, Modern Library

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• Doing a movie about computers between 1978 and 1982? You cant get much less sexy, less active than that.

  Joshua Michael Stern

  Sexy, Computer, Active

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• I cant wait for them to convert old movies to 3D. I am 100% confident I want them to convert Terminator 2 to 3D more than I want anything in the world.

  Evan Goldberg

  Waiting, World, Want

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• The only way to describe my involvement in Planes is that its an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I cant imagine anything getting better than that!

  Roger Craig Smith

  Dream, Fun, Guy

  "Interview With Roger Craig Smith, the Voice of Batman, Captain America, and More!". Interview with Mike Cecchini, www.denofgeek.com. August 10, 2013.

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• Since I cant write the greatest American novel, Im going to write the longest American novel.

  Thomas Steinbeck

  Writing, Novel

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• Over a period of 11 months I was constantly afraid that Youth Care would lock me up. It was all a frightening and traumatic experience. So often these terrible memories come to me. I can't ignore them.

  Laura Dekker

  Memories, Locks, Care

  "Laura Dekker: a heroine for our times" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2012.

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• I did the Justice League thing the wrong way. I read too much on the Internet. You cant do that. The Internet is the devil. Or the Internet is not the devil - the comment boards are the devil.

  D. J. Cotrona

  League, Justice, Devil

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• at first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. what we should fear and dread, of course, is that we wont stop loving them, even after they are dead and gone. for i still love you with the whole of my heart. i still love you. and sometimes, my friend, the love that i have and cant give to you, crushed the breast from my chest. soemtimes, even now, my heart is drowning in a sorrow that has no stars without you, and no laughter, and no sleep.

  Gregory David Roberts

  Stars, Laughter, Love You

  Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.553, Macmillan

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