Doors Quotes - Page 35

• I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies & played the violin: but one of the twins died, & the other has eaten the fiddle — so all is peace.

  Edward Lear

  Baby, People, Violin

  "Letters of Edward Lear: To Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford, and Frances Countess Waldegrave".

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• I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct.

  Jerry Lewis

  Common Sense, Instinct, Formal

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• I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.'

  Jerry Lewis

  Thinking, Keys, Giving

  "Jerry Lewis, the Essence of Comedy" by Amy Wallace, www.gq.com. August 21, 2017.

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• Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Land, Tyrants

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.3, Courier Corporation

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• Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Happiness, Health, Doctors

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2012). “My Complete Poetical Works (Annotated Edition)”, p.1638, Jazzybee Verlag

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• A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.

  Joan Lunden

  Dream, Opportunity, Waiting

  "Joan Lunden talks about her book, 'Wake-Up Calls'". www.cnn.com. October 27, 2000.

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• 'Twilight' is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.

  Kellan Lutz

  Twilight, Thinking, Projects

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• Happy accidents are real gifts, and they can open the door to a future that didn't even exist. It's kind of nice sometimes to set up something to encourage or allow happy accidents to happen.

  David Lynch

  Real, Nice, Happy Accidents

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• An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

  Ian MacKaye

  Mean, Angel, Devil

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• Customers are the reason we open our doors every day, and keep the machines humming all night long. Customers determine what we eat, where we live, whether we stay in business.

  Harvey Mackay

  Night, Long, Machines

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• The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Believe, People, Literature

  FaceBook post by Naguib Mahfouz from Oct 13, 2015

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• The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band.

  Ray Manzarek

  Successful, Band, Figure Skating

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• Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Work, Expectations, Honestly

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• When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

  Bob Marley

  Life, Music, New Year

  Song: Coming In From The Cold

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• You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

  Bruno Mars

  Opportunity, Ready

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• If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.

  Jose Marti

  Life Lesson, Bread Of Life, Giving

  "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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• The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door.

  Demetri Martin

  Running, Children, Glasses

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

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• There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door.

  Marlee Matlin

  Feet, People, Chance

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• The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

  Joyce Maynard

  Drama, Ordinary, Quiet

  "Maynard turns eye to sisterhood". Interview with John Wilkens, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. August 25, 2013.

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• Corner one of the hundreds of doctors who specialize in autism recovery, and they'll tell you stories of dozens of kids in their practice who no longer have autism. Ask them to speak to the press and they'll run for the door. They know better.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Running, Recovery, Kids

  "Who’s Afraid Of The Truth About Autism?" by Jenny McCarthy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2010.

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• The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.'

  Matthew McConaughey

  Parks, Hello, Unsaid

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• We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Years, Weather

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• I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

  Reba McEntire

  Oklahoma City, Cities, Feet

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.

  Reba McEntire

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

  Reba McEntire, Tom Carter (2015). “REBA: MY STORY”, p.3, Bantam

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• I make conscious decisions to stay out of the limelight. Without my make-up I'm pretty much the girl next door.

  Eva Mendes

  Girl, Decision, Next

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