Dirty Quotes - Page 29

• My fear represented the failure of the human system. It is a sad truth of our creation: Something is amiss in our design, there are loose ends of our psychology that are simply not wrapped up. My fears were the dirty secrets of evolution. They were not provided for, and I was forced to construct elaborate temples to house them.

  Steve Martin

  House, Design, Psychology

  Steve Martin (2004). “The pleasure of my company”

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• It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward.

  Maureen Johnson

  Moving, Ideas, Tools

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• He's never going to sit at my feet and write me poems, which is good because I hate poetry, except dirty ones that rhyme.

  Ann Aguirre

  Hate, Writing, Feet

  Ann Aguirre (2008). “Grimspace”, p.273, Penguin

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• Even without them touching me, I feel dirty about what I do. Alex does even filthier things but says it all washes off with soap. I don’t believe that. I think it all leaves stains. Indelible stains.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Believe, Thinking, Touching

  Ellen Hopkins (2009). “Tricks”, p.561, Simon and Schuster

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• But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity must be tainted by it; there must be a certain stench at the right hand of God the Father. The horror must be real. Why would God wish that upon Himself? Why not leave death to mortals? Why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? -- Love. That was his answer.

  Yann Martel

  Beautiful, Father, Real

  Yann Martel, Canongate Books (2007). “Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition”, p.67, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Real’ is a dirty word in this place.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Real, Dirty Words

  FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Dec 17, 2015

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• You have not been sticking your dirty fingers in my sauce,’’ Eve said, and pointed her wooden spoon at him. He quickly took the finger out of his mouth. ‘‘First off, they’re not dirty. I licked them first.

  Rachel Caine

  Spoons, Mouths, Sauce

  Rachel Caine (2010). “The Morganville Vampires:”, p.1004, Penguin

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• I’m like America ” he said. Stephanie swung around to look at him unnerved. “What are you talking about ” she said. “Are you off your meds ” “Our hands are dirty ” Jules said.

  Jennifer Egan

  Hands, Talking, America

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• If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

  Colin Powell

  Sticks, Tools, Ends

  Colin L. Powell (1995). “My American Journey”, Random House Incorporated

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• Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.

  Tom Robbins

  Water, Harm, Be Prepared

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.113, Bantam

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• If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.

  Marquis de Sade

  Giving, Lust, Elements

  Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). “The 120 days of Sodom and other writings”, Grove Pr

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• I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes, my rage, forgetting everything, I walk by, going through office buildings and orthopedic shops, and courtyards with washing hanging from the line: underwear, towels and shirts from which slow dirty tears are falling.

  Pablo Neruda

  Fall, Eye, Shoes

  Pablo Neruda (2015). “The Poetry of Pablo Neruda”, p.61, Macmillan

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• Oh, yes! Fill the churches with dirty thoughts! Introduce honesty to the White House! Write letters in dead languages to people you've never met! Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children! Burn your credit cards and wear high heels! Asylum doors stand open! Fill the suburbs with murder and rape! Divine madness! Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets! Laugh and the world laughs with you!

  Grant Morrison

  Children, Honesty, Writing

  "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth". Comic book by Grant Morrison, 1989.

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• When women's sexuality is imagined to be passive or "dirty," it also means that men's sexuality is automatically positioned as aggressive and right-no matter what form it takes. And when one of the conditions of masculinity, a concept that is already so fragile in men's minds, is that men dissociate from women and prove their manliness through aggression, we're encouraging a culture of violence and sexuality that's detrimental to both men and women.

  Jessica Valenti

  Mean, Men, Mind

  Jessica Valenti (2009). “The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women”, p.172, Seal Press

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• You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories have any actual importance or not, it doesn't matter as far as the maintenance of life is concerned. They're all just fuel. Advertising fillers in the newspaper, philosophy books, dirty pictures in a magazine, a bundle of ten-thousand-yen bills: when you feed 'em to the fire, they're all just paper.

  Haruki Murakami

  Memories, Philosophy, Book

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Oct 20, 2014

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• And then Mircea finally let me down, only to get his hands inside the coat and push me against the wall. "I'm dirty," I protested. He waggled his eyebrows. "Promise?" "Mircea!" I laughed in spite of myself.

  Karen Chance

  Wall, Hands, Eyebrows

  Karen Chance (2011). “Hunt the Moon: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.114, Penguin

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• I like a new clean book, freshly bound, particularly when I am the first to read it. I like dirty books - where other people have been before me, slipping fried eggs between the pages as markers - rather less.

  Nancy Spain

  Book, Eggs, People

  Nancy Spain (1964). “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way”

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• It's a dirty little secret that most New Yorkers are pleasant, thoughtful, patient, and polite. The Chamber of Commerce must work overtime to maintain the surly, off-putting image that is widely believed to define the city. In truth, niceness is nearly epidemic in this town.

  Judith Kelman

  Thoughtful, Cities, Epidemics

  Judith Kelman (2004). “Every Step You Take”, Jove Publications

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• I used to do that routine about my daughter being a hippy with the dirty sneakers and dirty blue jeans, but why a beard? And you know people would actually come to me and say, 'Does your daughter really have a beard?' I'd say, 'No, I made her shave it, but I let her keep the mustache.

  Jean Carroll

  Daughter, Blue, Jeans

  "Jean Carroll, 98, Is Dead; Blended Wit and Beauty" by Margalit Fox, www.nytimes.com. January 2, 2010.

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• People don`t like getting dirty or living in an environment that`s been contaminated and is covered in hazardous waste.

  Chris Matthews

  People, Waste, Environment

  "Hardball with Chris Matthews", www.nbcnews.com. February 22, 2012.

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• Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough. And I'm trying to earn my spot on the team. I'm trying to earn a starting spot. I'm trying to become a complete midfielder who attacks, who defends. So that's the mindset.

  Carli Lloyd

  Team, Play, People

  Source: www.slate.com

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• There's no reason that young girls shouldn't feel like they can't smash people on the field. Nothing dirty. You want to keep it clean. You just want to play hard. Get your jersey dirty, shorts dirty, and just have fun out there.

  Carli Lloyd

  Girl, Fun, Play Hard

  "This Pre-World Cup Interview with Carli Lloyd Shows Just How Awesomely Intense She Is". Interview with George Quraishi, www.slate.com. July 8, 2015.

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• A lot of the things that involve power on the highest levels sometimes involve the darker side of human psychology. People can be very passive aggressive or they can be aggressive and they can conceal their intentions. There's this world that exists that nobody writes about or describes it's like a dirty little secret or taboo.

  Robert Greene

  Writing, People, Psychology

  Source: www.josephbushnell.com

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• Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: “When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror.

  Lundy Bancroft

  Morning, Mirrors, Abuse

  Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.126, Penguin

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• Good guys need to be a little dirty otherwise they're just boring.

  Vincent Cassel

  Guy, Needs, Littles

  "What I've Learned | Vincent Cassel", www.esquire.com. November 5, 2013.

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