Caught Up Quotes - Page 22

• I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning.

  Charles Bukowski

  Lonely, Self, Pity

  Charles Bukowski (2009). “sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems”, p.316, Zondervan

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• We spend our lives getting caught up in all the wrong things--led astray by our minds, our egos, seeing ourselves as separate from each other, rather than listening to the truth that lies within our own hearts, the truth that we are all connected, we are all in it together.

  Alyson Noel

  Lying, Heart, Ego

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• He was gazing at her, the way one did when one felt one was unobserved. He had that look on his face, the look he usually got only when he was playing the violin, as if he were completely caught up and entranced.

  Cassandra Clare

  Gazing, Looks, Violin

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.504, Simon and Schuster

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• And, before science had caught up with the legend, the legend had swallowed science and everything.

  Richard Matheson

  Legends, Caught

  Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

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• Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.

  Dallas Willard

  Sight, Trying, Doe

  Dallas Willard, Jan Johnson (2015). “Hearing God Through the Year: A 365-Day Devotional”, p.72, InterVarsity Press

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• I’m sorry ma’am,” I said. Really, I had no idea what else to say. I’d spent the weekend caught up in an epic battle to save humanity, and now… jean shorts?

  Richelle Mead

  Sorry, Epic, Weekend

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.27, Penguin

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• People get too caught up in what they don't have and get bogged down as a result. There's joy in the present. It's important to just make the most of the these moments we have. Keep an eye on the future, but don't forget to enjoy NOW.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, People, Joy

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Shadow Heir”, p.95, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms and claws, armed with stones and sticks.

  Tamora Pierce

  Cousin, Brother, Uncles

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.243, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee. Others unsure but caught up in the demands of those around them, like Brutus and Enobaria. By the time the anthem plays its final strains, all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days. You can see the realization of this as the screens begin to pop into blackness. It's too late, though. In the confusion they didn't cut us off in time. Everyone has seen.

  Suzanne Collins

  Cutting, Dark, Hands

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.258, Scholastic Inc.

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• You can run from some problems, but then you get caught up in others.

  Simone Elkeles

  Running, Problem, Caught

  Simone Elkeles (2010). “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation”, p.46, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• He must have driven this way countless times, and yet he had no memory of the scenery. He must have been so caught up in the day's agenda, and arriving punctually at their destination, that the land beyond the car had been no more than a wash of one green, and a backdrop of one hill. Life was very different when you walked through it.

  Rachel Joyce

  Memories, Land, Car

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• I'm caught up in the system where the blind lead the blind
  And this artist only speaks on the Signs of the Time.
  And I pop pills in Purple Rain to state my pain,
  They say I'm just like my father, bold and too cold.

  Beanie Sigel

  Pain, Father, Rain

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• Neuroligacally, human beings haven't caught up with today's overstimulating environment. Getting kids out in nature can make a difference.

  Michael Gurian

  Nature, Kids, Differences

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• All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend.

  Jack Johnson

  Art, Media, Trends

  Song: Posters, Album: Brushfire Fairytales

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• I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

  Gelsey Kirkland

  Dancing, Body, Way

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• What people need to see is this openness, not this church that is so built on structure and religious order that you can't be free and worship God and have a good time because we're so caught up in condemnation, 'I can't say this I can't wear this I can't do this because of this perception of what a Christian is and is not'. It's not about that. God says 'come as you are'.

  Robert Hood

  Christian, Religious, Order

  Source: thequietus.com

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• It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.

  Giorgio Napolitano

  Caught, Difficulty

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• I'm not sure most of the people that get caught up in the middle of a bubble can be described as irrational. It seems pretty rational to buy a house and flip it in the next few weeks at a profit when that's been happening for along time.

  Paul Samuelson

  People, House, Next

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• You get caught up in a cycle at some point, so I broke the cycle and decided; I'm going to really write a lot of books, because I need to get in touch with that part of myself in order to make more music.

  Gerard Way

  Book, Writing, Order

  "Until I'm Done Or Until I Get Fired: Gerard Way On His Plans For Young Animal". Interview With Andrew Wheeler, comicsalliance.com. April 21, 2016.

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• We have the ability to be the ocean. And access all that infinite possibility, understanding, knowledge, awareness. Or we can get caught up in identifying ourselves as being the droplet, which cannot disconnect us literally from the ocean but does disconnect us from the awareness of the ocean, which means that we isolate our point of observation to that of the droplet. That’s when we identify with being the image in the mirror.

  David Icke

  Ocean, Mean, Mirrors

  "Global Conspiracy Goes Mainstream: A Conversation With British Author David Icke". Interview with Bret Lauder, lotusguide.com. May 23, 2012.

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• I'm not out trying to prove anything. All I'm trying to do is go out there and help my team any way I can to win. I don't get caught up in the individual stats or the awards.

  Steve McNair

  Team, Winning, Awards

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• Everyone is so caught up in his own passions and interests that he always wants to talk about them without getting involved in the passions and interests of those to whom he speaks, although his listeners have the same need for others to listen to and help them.

  Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

  Passion, Listening, Needs

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• I only look forward. I can't get all caught up in what I've done. I still have plenty to accomplish in the game. Hopefully, I'm just scratching the surface.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Games, Looks, Done

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• The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness.

  Lawrence Summers

  Country, War, Recovery

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• I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie.

  Frank Ocean

  Lying, Thinking, Want

  "Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!'". Interview with Rebecca Nicholson, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2012.

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