Casual Quotes - Page 2

• In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

  Armstrong Williams

  Washington Dc, Politics, Conversation

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• The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone

  Richard Sennett

  Pleasure, Conversation, Relaxed

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• When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.

  David Antin

  Growing Up, Fluency, Language

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• The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

  Terrence Howard

  Differences, Cleveland, Taste

  "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 5, 2005.

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• He can't even be at a casual read and not be creating the whole thing in his mind. I remember feeling very awed about how much he still seems to be so in love with it, and so dedicated to making everything really real and really spontaneous.

  Amanda Peet

  Fear, Real, Creating

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• I don't have to put out another rap record. I can do it at my casual pace.

  Ice T

  Rap, Pace, Records

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• Every friend of freedom... must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.

  Milton Friedman

  Army, Jail, Alcohol

  "An Open Letter to Bill Bennett". Milton Friedman, The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 1989.

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• There are people who claim to be instinctive cooks, who never follow recipes or weigh anything at all. All I can say is they're not very fussy about what they eat. For me, cooking is an exact art and not some casual game.

  Delia Smith

  Art, Games, People

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• I like to be dressy casual. I wear jeans and nice sneakers. I wear nice clothes, but not super dressed up. I don't wear too much jewelry. I keep it simple and maybe wear just a little chain.

  Vinny Guadagnino

  Nice, Simple, Jeans

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• People always complain, 'you never invited me to your wedding', but I prefer casual weddings.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Wedding, People, Complaining

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• As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

  Oscar Wilde

  Music, Lying, Liars

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2008). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.218, Oxford University Press

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• Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.

  Ashley Greene

  Fun, Pretending, Petals

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love and admire the American culture and the American dream. I learnt so many things about the American shoe industry and marketing strategies. I caught the secrets of American casual wear, that is elegant and wearable, retro and modern, and mixed it with an Italian touch, luxurious and handmade.

  Diego Della Valle

  Dream, Italian, Shoes

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• I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

  Steve Martin

  Men, Thinking, Ideas

  "All about my father". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

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• I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My wardrobe now is definitely more expensive, but I always dress for the occasion.

  John Legend

  Dresses, Republic, Bananas

  "John Legend On Fashion Trends" by Jeremy Berger, www.askmen.com.

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• Dates are always hard. You don't want to be too dressed up or too casual.

  Lauren Conrad

  Want, Dressed Up, Hard

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• I have jeans with holes in them and I have nice jeans. I have casual and I have dressy jeans. I've got all kinds.

  Amanda Seyfried

  Nice, Jeans, Kind

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

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• I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.

  Bobby Flay

  Atmosphere, Grilling, Culture

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• We believe elegance can be casual. We believe gracefulness can be compatible with fits of laughter. We believe in living a colorful life

  Lilly Pulitzer

  Laughter, Believe, Fit

  FaceBook post by Lilly Pulitzer from Jul 27, 2015

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• Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.

  James Dobson

  Children, Father, Home

  James C. Dobson (1991). “How to Raise Children That Love the Lord”, Chariot Family Pub

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• My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.

  Katie Cassidy

  Night, Jeans, Uggs

  "Katie Cassidy Dishes on Gossip Girl". Interview with Dan Koday, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2010.

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• I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.

  Max Weinberg

  Fun, Heart, Acting

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• Never invest so much in anyone romantically that you lose your head. The Buddha of casual sex, I remain detached at all costs.

  Edward Vilga

  Sex, Cost, Detached

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• I know I have this kind of teaching element in me, but I don't want to become a 'teacher of theater' because that would formalize something that I'd much rather keep casual.

  Richard Griffiths

  Teacher, Teaching, Elements

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• After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.

  Rohinton Mistry

  Choices, Add, Events

  Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.758, Vintage

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