Eighty Quotes - Page 10

• A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she's quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage.

  Suzanne Collins

  Hair, Years, Volunteer

  Suzanne Collins (2011). “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, p.150, Scholastic

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• It's total bullshit," he said. "The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he's in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such a bright kid. It's bullshit. I hate it. But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?

  John Green

  Hate, Kids, Bullshit

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.278, Penguin

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• Live your life like you're 80 looking back on your teenager years. You know if your dad calls you at eight in the morning and asks if you want to go out for breakfast. As a teenager you're like no, I want to sleep. But as an eighty year old looking back you have that breakfast with your dad. It just little things like that, that helped me when I was a teenager in terms of making choices you won't regret.

  Taylor Swift

  Morning, Dad, Regret

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• I'm giving you a free shot at my blood and you're playing hard to get? What kind of vampire are you?" When Wraith just stood there, Kynan rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on. My blood's eighty proof. You want it. You know you do.

  Larissa Ione

  Eye, Blood, Giving

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• Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they're begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We're sick of them.

  Jennifer Egan

  Hippie, Hair, Shoes

  Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.31, Anchor

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• Do you have any idea how hard it is to tail an eighty year-old woman Its hard. Really hard. Really...slow. -Grabrielle

  Ally Carter

  Years, Ideas, Tails

  Ally Carter (2011). “Uncommon Criminals”, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Cute? You think he's cute? What's cute about him? ... Well, yes. He's got that smile, that really bad boy smile, and a great backside. On page eighty of the relationship manual, it clearly states, you cannot look at another man's backside, especially if you think it's great.

  Christine Feehan

  Cute, Boys, Men

  Christine Feehan (2004). “Mind Game”, p.245, Penguin

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• Mum said earlier what a lovely dress you’re wearing.” Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. “This?” she said. “But I’ve had this for years.” It was a beige dress that would have looked better on an eighty year-old. Any eighty-year-old, man or woman. “I think you’ve really grown into it,” Valkyrie said. “I always thought it was a little shapeless.” Valkyrie resisted the urge to say that was what she meant.

  Derek Landy

  Men, Thinking, Years

  Derek Landy (2011). “Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)”, p.37, HarperCollins UK

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• Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in the nineteen eighties-" "He mentioned it!" one of the ghosts whimpered.

  Rick Riordan

  Guy, Nineteen, Looks

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• The SUV was the only car moving. Josh had his foot pressed flat to the floor, and the needle on the speedometer hovered close to eighty. He was becoming more comfortable with the controls—he hadn't hit anything for at least a minute.

  Michael Scott

  Moving, Feet, Car

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.68, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Years, Joy, And Love

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• Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Wise, Smart, Self

  "A Pirate Looks at Fifty". Book by Jimmy Buffett, www.cnn.com. 1998.

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• What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?

  Sebastian Barry

  Heart, Years, Sound

  "On Canaan’s Side". Book by Sebastian Barry, July 22, 2011.

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• In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...] It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Stars, Men, Challenges

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  Eighty percent of success is showing up.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Quoted in Thomas J Peters and Robert H Waterman Among Friends (1982).

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• Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles about TV shows that were bad for America. Then we all started watching it and loved it.

  Mindy Kaling

  Growing Up, Tv Shows, America

  "Check Out Mindy Kaling As Marge Simpson!". www.glamour.com. September 17, 2012.

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• If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Twenties, Percent, Items

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• I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood.

  Olga Kurylenko

  Fun, Years, Different

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• The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

  Doris Lessing

  Birthday, Time, Years

  The Sunday Times (London), May 10, 1992.

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• I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady.

  Juliette Lewis

  Cat, Pet, Kind

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• I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with.

  John Lydon

  Country, Clever, Proud

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• Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.

  Jackie Mason

  Marriage, Funny Love, Cheating

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.

  Phil McGraw

  Thinking, People, Choices

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

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• At one point in the mid-Eighties I shared a promoter with the Smiths. One night, we were sitting backstage when Morrissey burst in, utterly distraught, sobbing his heart out. Turns out someone had thrown a sausage at him on stage during 'Meat Is Murder.'

  Paul Merton

  Heart, Night, Sitting

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• Eighty percent of the things I do are not natural for my personality. I believe you have to fake it till you make it. Act like you're confident and you'll get there.

  Marisa Miller

  Believe, Personality, Fake

  "Marisa Miller: The Secret to Living a Sexier Life". Interview with Caroline Schaefer, www.womenshealthmag.com. December 15, 2011.

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