Doors Quotes - Page 37

• Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.

  Eugene O'Neill

  Spiritual, Discovery, Magic Kingdom

  Eugene O'Neill (1988). “More Stately Mansions: The Unexpurgated Edition”, p.281, Oxford University Press

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• I think whenever we think of our hometowns, we tend to think of very specific people: with whom you rode on the school bus, who was your next door neighbor you were playing with, who your girlfriend was. It's always something very specific.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Girlfriend, School, Thinking

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• My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

  Olusegun Obasanjo

  Feelings, Guts, Humans

  Olusegun Obasanjo, Ad' Obe Obe (2004). “A new dawn: a collection of speeches of President Olusegun Obasanjo”, Spectrum Books Ltd

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• I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal... God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Believe, Thinking

  "The Gospel According to Joel Osteen: God Wants You to Be Happy" by Ely Brown and Edward Lovett, abcnews.go.com. September 14, 2011.

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• If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis.

  Camille Paglia

  Winning, Flames, House

  "Too Late For Obama to Turn It Around?". www.realclearpolitics.com. September 9, 2009.

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• The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

  Gordon Parks

  Photography, People, Important

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• I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

  Dolly Parton

  Girl, Looks, Amusement

  Twitter post from Jan 20, 2010

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• The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up.

  Minnie Pearl

  Husband, Kissing, Doctors

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• My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Fighting, Legislation, Kicks

  "Nancy Pelosi's strategy for passing health-care reform" by Ezra Klein, voices.washingtonpost.com. March 15, 2010.

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• Israel's doors are open to collaboration with Bulgaria.

  Shimon Peres

  Israel, Collaboration, Bulgaria

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• The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.

  Frances Perkins

  Long, Might, Powerful Women

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• I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

  Katy Perry

  Hippie, Book, Kids

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• Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble.

  Michael Phelps

  Boys, Bed, Giants

  "Michael Phelps: Ready for London games?". "60 Minutes" with Anderson Cooper, www.cbsnews.com. May 6, 2012.

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  People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.

  Karl Pilkington

  Glasses, People, House

  Podcast Series 1 Episode 6, www.pilkipedia.co.uk. January 09, 2006.

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• The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Truth, Science, Discovery

  Robert M. Pirsig (2009). “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

  Plutarch

  Friendship, Strong, Money

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• The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not.

  Anna Quindlen

  Opportunity, Years, Law

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• When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Dog, School, Invisibility Cloak

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

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• It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.

  Ronald Reagan

  Law, Needs, May

  Ronald Reagan (1968). “I goofed: the wise and curious sayings of Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California”

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• Hollywood was not a place I dreamed of getting to. I never could take seriously the obsession people have about being a celebrity or getting to Hollywood - I was born next door.

  Robert Redford

  People, Hollywood, Next

  "Free at Last: The Robert Redford Story". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.

  Theodor Reik

  Memories, Live Concerts, Promise

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• I went to an all-boys Catholic school, and not only were we not allowed to wear pajamas, we had to wear dress shirts, dress pants, a tie, dress shoes... they stopped making us wear blazers, like, two years before I started there, so pajamas... you wouldn't even get in the front door wearing pajamas at my school.

  John C. Reilly

  School, Boys, Shoes

  "John C. Reilly and Jacob Wysocki Interview TERRI". Interview with Heather Warburton, collider.com. June 30, 2011.

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• I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

  Alan Rickman

  Thinking, Pie, Laughing

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• 'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Book, Writing

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• After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.

  Guy Ritchie

  Brother, Character, Pigs

  "Guy's Guys: A Chat with Snatch Director Guy Ritchie and Actor Vinnie Jones". Interview with Smriti Mundhra, www.ign.com. January 19, 2001.

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