Events Quotes - Page 19

• For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.

  Michael Chang

  Cnn, Ifs

  "Chang and his 34 titles are in Hall of Fame". www.sfgate.com. July 13, 2008.

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• If it didn't happen in your life before, then you're not paying attention you don't think it's possible. But almost all important events never happen in your life before.

  Ray Dalio

  Thinking, Important Events, Attention

  "Ray Dalio Succinctly Explained His Investment Thesis - And It's Deep" by Linette Lopez, www.businessinsider.com. September 21, 2012.

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• The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

  Doug Flutie

  Autism, People, Community

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• What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

  Ian Hamilton Finlay

  Tree, Stones, Plant

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• My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

  Joely Fisher

  Mom, Years, Wyoming

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.

  Mick Fleetwood

  Wine, Biblical, Glasses

  "Bartender Wisdom: Mick Fleetwood Edition" by Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. October 11, 2011.

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• Even as the population doubled from three to six billion, we managed to race ahead with all kinds of technological and scientific events in agriculture - from using more fertilizers to mechanization to advanced plant breeding.

  Nina Fedoroff

  Race, Agriculture, Population

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• I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.

  Renee Fleming

  Art, Thinking, Media

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• My nightmare of nightmares is being overdressed for a casual event - I've done it! You have to have a real sense of what you want to communicate.

  Nina Garcia

  Real, Done, Want

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• When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have it.

  Nina Garcia

  Jobs, Black, Littles

  "Nina Garcia So Over ‘Angry Shoes,’ Says ‘Polished Girl Is Back’", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2010.

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• It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Ideas, Interesting, Different

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• If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  People, Choices, Together

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• It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it.

  Jaime Hernandez

  Moving, Next Move, Stories

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• I wasn't born an actress, you know. Events made me one.

  Jean Harlow

  Actresses, Born, Made

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• When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.

  Lucy Hale

  Dream, One Day, Dresses

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• You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.

  Russel Honore

  Home, Years, America

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• Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

  Sharon Horgan

  Royal Wedding, Boxing, House

  "I've devised a game for bland celebrity interviews: swap one star's questions with another's answers" by Sharon Horgan, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2008.

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• If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.

  Tony Hale

  Cake, Needs, Lows

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• But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share.

  Trip Hawkins

  Technology, Economy, Share

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• Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.

  Felicity Jones

  Makeup, Mascara, Eyeliner

  "Felicity Jones Analyzes Her ‘Like Crazy’ Outfit", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2012.

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• I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

  Iris Johansen

  Real, Writing, Research

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• Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable.

  Jerry B. Jenkins

  Biblical, Play, People

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• The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it.

  Ma Jian

  Apology, Media, People

  "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.

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• All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

  Toby Jones

  Actors, May, Red

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very surprised. I've been playing really good golf and I'm confident with my game.

  Lydia Ko

  Golf, Years, Games

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