Figures Quotes - Page 2

• One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

  Carl Jung

  Love Life, Suicidal, Knowledge

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Gerhard Adler, Michael Scott Montague Fordham (1973). “The Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical studies”

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• I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.

  Frank Bruno

  Beautiful, Sports, Art

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• I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.

  Tom Cochrane

  Care, Wanted, Chests

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• That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

  Daniel Okrent

  Hard Times, Dubious, Faces

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• There are times I can't even figure myself out.

  Aaliyah

  I Can

  "Remembering Aaliyah Ten Years Later: The Final Mtv Interview". Mtv Interview, www.mtv.com. August 25, 2011.

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• In all systems of theology, the devil figures as a male person.

  Don Herold

  Devil, Males, Theology

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• Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas prices by more than a penny a gallon, and this would be 20 years from now.

  Lois Capps

  Years, America, Energy

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• It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.

  Alice Hamilton

  Ignorance, Intelligent, United States

  Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.100, Read Books Ltd

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• The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country.

  Eliot Engel

  Country, Numbers, Needs

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• Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures.

  Frank Wedekind

  Looks, Suits, Virtue

  Frank Wedekind (2014). “Wedekind Plays: 1: Spring Awakening: A Children's Tragedy, Lulu: A Monster Tragedy”, p.55, A&C Black

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• Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

  Warren Spahn

  Games, Two, Magic

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• Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

  Louis Leakey

  Religious, Men, Magic

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• Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

  Victoria Pratt

  Strong Women, Hero, Thinking

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• After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play all these figures fairly easily. It was not an easy thing to work out.

  Lindsey Buckingham

  Couple, Play, Work Out

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• Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

  Nancy Astor

  Lonely, Pioneers, May

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• I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and yes it is also about, I suppose, the search for God, the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in whom I suppose people have faith.

  Garth Ennis

  Hands, People, Abuse

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• When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.

  Pat Boone

  Caring, People, Political

  Interview with Wes Vernon, www.renewamerica.com. January 9, 2006.

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• That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.

  Mary McDonnell

  Motivational, Thinking, Leader

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• Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

  Sonny Perdue

  Teacher, Encouragement, Art

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• I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing.

  Peter Banks

  Feelings, Double Standard, Littles

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• Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.

  Etty Hillesum

  Greed, Intellectual, Information

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.146, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people who watch MTV.

  Mike Judge

  Mtv, People, Missing

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• Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.

  William C. Bryant

  Spring, Eye, Water

  William Cullen Bryant, “Oh Fairest Of The Rural Maids”

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• My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. I think figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject, but I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

  Herschel Walker

  Writing, Math, Favorite Subject

  "Gridiron Sensation". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1991.

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• I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.

  Candace Cameron

  Relax, Normal, Figure Skating

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

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