Figures Quotes - Page 22

• How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no higher moral authoritative father-figure, no security, and no happy ever after. This is a tough sell.

  Phil Plait

  Father, Thinking, Afterlife

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• Well, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.

  Alice Clayton

  Track, Coincidence, Odd

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• There are no things man was not meant to know. There are, perhaps, things man is too dumb to figure out, but that's a different problem.

  Michael Kurland

  Men, Dumb, Different

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• It's easy to get caught up in how our figures look when we stand naked in front of the mirror. But we must remember that we are more than how we look. We are not boobs who happen to have hearts, minds, and souls; rather, we are souls that just happen to have mounds of flesh protruding from our chests.

  Lissa Rankin

  Heart, Mirrors, Soul

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• What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

  Jeff Bezos

  Wind, World, Complaining

  "Jeff Bezos: A Down-to-Earth CEO Reaching for the Stars" by Joanna Stern, abcnews.go.com. September 25, 2013.

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• Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.

  Martha Stewart

  Passion, Heart, Needs

  Martha Stewart (2006). “The Martha Rules: 10 Essentials for Achieving Success as You Start, Build, or Manage a Business”, p.118, Rodale

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• I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs.

  Elvis Presley

  Kids, Feelings, Needs

  Elvis Presley (2007). “Elvis: Inspirations”, p.114, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.

  James McAvoy

  Men, Often Is, Seems

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• If you want to measure social media ROI, stop wasting your time doing software demos and attending webinars. Just figure out what you want to track, where you can track it, think about both current customers and new customers, and go do it.

  Jay Baer

  Thinking, Media, Track

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• Here's an interesting figure: 43 percent of the incoming congressional freshmen are millionaires. The other 57 percent are Democrats.

  Jay Leno

  Interesting, Freshman, Millionaire

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• I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.

  Brené Brown

  Motivation, Inspiration, Barbie

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• As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Dream, Motivation, Moving

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• The American business man cannot consider his work done when he views the income balance in black at the end of an accounting period. It is necessary for him to trace the social incidence of the figures that appear in his statement and prove to the general public that his management has not only been profitable in the accounting sense but salutary in terms of popular benefits.

  Colby Mitchell Chester

  Business, Men, Views

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• I'm reading the Gospels at the moment and I can find no evidence of the kind of Christ people seem to have invented and created. There is no evidence of Christ, meek and mild. I can find Christ the compassionate, the gentle, but I also find a very temperamental, aggressive, passionate and often angry man a lot of the time. We will go for a man with that sort of breadth who is an enormous figure. I do believe Christ lived as a person. I don't think there is any disputing that.

  Franco Zeffirelli

  Reading, Believe, Men

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• From what I've been able to figure out, all of us are here together and we need one another. We must celebrate each other's differences. Learning to ask for help is as important as learning the value of helping other people. I believe all the people in my life have been there for a reason, and I hope I have been in theirs for a reason as well. It's taken me a while, but I feel truly blessed. After all is said and done, I love life, I love people, and I love being me.

  Maureen McCormick

  Believe, Blessed, Taken

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• And I'm, whether I want it or not, a front figure for the team, a guy that talks about how the team is doing and represents the team.

  Mats Sundin

  Team, Guy, Want

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• No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe.

  Barbara Tuchman

  War, Europe, World

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• Live one day at a time, unless you can figure out how to live two.

  Dik Browne

  Two, One Day At A Time, One Day

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• You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

  Steven Adler

  Crazy, People, Grudge

  "Steven Adler on a Guns N' Roses Hall of Fame Reunion". Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. December 7, 2011.

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• Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness.

  Maj Sjowall

  Mother, Thinking, Ineffectiveness

  Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo (2010). “Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery (1)”, p.68, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• When I heard Jonathan [Cole's agent] repeat the figure of £55k-a-week, I nearly swerved off the road. 'He is taking the p**s, Jonathan!' I yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I couldn't believe what I'd heard.

  Ashley Cole

  Believe, Phones, Agents

  "A man of our times" by Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2006.

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• The animus is symbolized by male figures appearing in a womans dreams and fantasies, as a husband, son, father, lover, Prince Charming.

  Esther Williams

  Dream, Husband, Father

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• If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.

  Karen Armstrong

  Views, Historical, Important

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• How does a country deal with the fact that some of its most revered historical figures had certain moral values and political views virtually identical to Nazis?

  Robert Jensen

  Country, Views, Political

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• I want all the gold that there is out there — everything that exists in figure skating. In all events, in all competitions.

  Adelina Sotnikova

  Competition, Gold, Events

  "17-Year-Old Gold Medalist Vows To Dominate The Figure Skating World" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. February 21, 2014.

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