Figures Quotes - Page 28

• The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

  Charles Colson

  Stories, Next, Firsts

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• The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his feet.

  Hartman Rector, Jr.

  Attitude, Shoes, Feet

  Hartman Rector, Jr. (2011). “Already to Harvest”, p.23, Cedar Fort

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• When the tribal groups of december trade
  Seated in the figure of crocodile
  And songs are sung and deals discussed, are made
  Real. All... For more than one reason they smile.
  These codes are writ in secret, feeling fine
  To keep what's private to my self since we
  All must face our maker in our own ryhme
  And reasons for being ( from regrets) free
  So let the memory of your glory
  Be the tenderness heartfelt love starkly
  In the sky of my mind vast and pretty
  Evermore glittering simplicity
  Where in the truth of country grows sober
  And sunshines through fog to radiate wonder

  John Armstrong

  Country, Song, Nature

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• Christ remains the most influential figure in history. Any list of world-transforming individuals would no doubt include Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad, however occupy totally different places in Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam than Christ occupies in Christianity. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad never professed to perform miracles; indeed they never claimed to be anything more than men. They viewed themselves simply as God's messengers. Christ is the only person in history who has defined a whole religion around his person.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Jesus, Buddhism, Men

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• Why do we stop believing in ourselves? Why do we let facts and figures and anything but dreams rule our lives?

  Cecelia Ahern

  Dream, Believe, Inspiration

  Cecelia Ahern (2005). “Rosie Dunne”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• I don't have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I'm committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.

  Barbara Johnson

  Commitment, Worry, Details

  Mary Graham, Barbara Johnson (2007). “Amazing Freedom: Devotions to Free Your Spirit and Fill Your Heart”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The great and rare mystics of the past . . . were, in fact, ahead of their time, and are still ahead of ours. In other words, they most definitely are not figures of the past. They are figures of the future.

  Ken Wilber

  Past, Facts, Stills

  Ken Wilber (2001). “Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution, Second Edition”, p.261, Shambhala Publications

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• If there is some good in me, it is because I was born in the subtle atmosphere of your country of Arezzo. Along with the milk of my nurse I received the knack of handling chisel and hammer, with which I make my figures.

  Michelangelo

  Country, Nurse, Atmosphere

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• Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.

  Barbara Ann Kipfer

  Thinking, Views, Land

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• Leonardo da Vinci was homosexual, so was Michelangelo, Socrates, Shakespeare, and almost every other figure that has formed what we have come to understand as beauty.

  Reinaldo Arenas

  Homosexual, Leonardo

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• This fight figures to be crunk

  Larry Merchant

  Fighting

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• I think a great entrepreneur is learning every day. An entrepreneur is somebody that doesn't take no for an answer - they're going to figure something out. They also take responsibility. They don't blame anybody else. And they're dreamers in one sense but they're also realistic and they take affordable steps when they can.

  Daymond John

  Responsibility, Thinking, Entrepreneur

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• Ask yourself: Where do I want to go? Recognize where you are now,
  then figure out the steps to get there.

  Marshall Sylver

  Want, Steps, Where You Are

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• You know I won't be no stick-figure, silicone Barbie doll

  Meghan Trainor

  Barbie Dolls, Sticks, Knows

  Song: All About That Bass, Album: Title

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• You can't be great at everything, but you are world-class at something. Go. Figure out what that is. It's how you win.

  Josh Linkner

  Winning, Class, World

  Twitter post from Dec 22, 2011

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• Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.

  Seth Godin

  Thinking, Self, Goal

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• The only advice I can give you… is to examine who you are… Figure out what’s important to you. Know yourselves. Know what’s in your heart. Don’t be swayed by fear or history or the opinions of outsiders. Find your own truth. It will lead you to the things you love.

  J-Ax

  Heart, Giving, Advice

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• Boys, boys, boys. Boys buy the little spinny tops, they but the action figures, girls buy princesses, we're not selling princesses.

  Paul Dini

  Girl, Princess, Boys

  "Blood-Boiler of the Day: TV Show Canceled for Having Too Many Smart, Interesting Girl Characters" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. December 19, 2013.

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• I think something must happen to you when you get into eight grade. Like the Doug Swieteck's Brother Gene switches on and you become a jerk.
  Which may have been Hamlet, Prince of Denmark's problem, who, besides having a name that makes him sound like a breakfast special at Sunnyside Morning Restaurant--something between a ham slice and a three-egg omelet--didn't have the smarts to figure out that when someone takes the trouble to come back from beyond the grave to tell you that he's been murdered, it's probably behooveful to pay attention--which is the adjectival form.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Morning, Brother, Smart

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• A figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice.

  Alexei Yagudin

  Artist, Ice, Doe

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• I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.

  Scott Foley

  Growing Up, Thinking, Lucky

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

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• So many things suddenly made sense for the clowns, for the whole idea. I’d been going through a struggle, particularly after 9/11; I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to say. I still wanted the work to be the same kind of mixture – intense, with a nasty side or an ugly side, but also with a real pathos about the characters – and clowns have an underlying sense of sadness while they’re trying to cheer people up. Clowns are sad, but they’re also psychotically, hysterically happy.

  Cindy Sherman

  Cheer, Real, Struggle

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• Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy!

  Olivia Wilde

  Beautiful, Thinking, Artist

  "Olivia Wilde Talks Adventures in Beauty". Interview with Taylor Barringer, www.elle.com. March 27, 2013.

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• Something magical happened when I turned 25 - I looked in the mirror and was like, 'You might not get carded for an R-rated movie anymore.' Like I didn't have a little stick figure anymore.

  Kristen Bell

  Mirrors, Littles, Might

  Interview with Tim Leong, timleong.com. April 2008.

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• I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

  Katherine Heigl

  Sick, Trying, Guessing

  "Katherine Heigl On How “Knocked Up” Is Sexist, Ratings Ploys And Mormonism". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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