Fit Quotes - Page 5

• Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

  Brian Eno

  Interesting, Trying, Hitting

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• Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Death, Dying, Not Afraid

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.22, Turner Publishing Company

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• As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

  Alanis Morissette

  Long, Trying, Needs

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• Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

  Novalis

  Men, Literature, Married

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• I just don't fit into the box.

  Liz Phair

  Boxes

  "Liz Phair Interview" by Melanie Haupt, www.austinchronicle.com. March 14, 2003.

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• Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

  Colin Powell

  Team, Fads, Management

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• I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Guitar, Car, Bass

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• In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

  John Ruskin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  John Ruskin (1906). “Pre-Raphaelitism”, p.7, Рипол Классик

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• The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

  William Shakespeare

  Music, Sweet, Men

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 79

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• All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Inspiration, Character, People

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• I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Trying, Roles

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• We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

  Judith Martin

  Positive, Society, Belief

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• The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.

  Mac Thornberry

  War, Challenges, Trying

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• All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

  Marge Piercy

  Men, World, Amputation

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• Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.

  Heraclitus

  Death, Burial, Thrown

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• It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.

  Joe Cocker

  Style, Matter, Hearing

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

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• TV tends to try and fit everyone into a TV mold.

  Josh Holloway

  Trying, Tvs, Mold

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• We are continuously living a new life, and when the old and the new do not fit nicely together, the old - no longer able to contain the new - should be discarded.

  Ernest Holmes

  Together, New Life, Able

  Ernest Holmes (2012). “The Science of Mind Collection”, p.306, Penguin

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• Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is 'to fit together' and we all do this every day.

  Corita Kent

  Art, Creativity, Mean

  Corita Kent, Jan Steward (2008). “Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit”, p.28, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.

  Winston Churchill

  Infinite, Almighty, Englishmen

  Winston Churchill (1952). “War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943”

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• When I signed this past summer, Lou Lamoriello, Jacques Lemaire, and I agreed that if we were unable to find a suitable fit in which I would be able to compete and contribute at the level I expect from myself, then I would simply step aside.

  Brendan Shanahan

  Summer, Past, Would Be

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• We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance. All we have left is the internet, where information is still freely available. For the rest, if you want to go on working as a journalist, it's total servility to Putin. Otherwise, it can be death, the bullet, poison, or trial -whatever our special services, Putin's guard dogs, see fit.

  Anna Politkovskaya

  Dog, Ignorance, Special

  "Poisoned by Putin: The horror of Beslan was made still worse by the intimidation of Russia's servile media". www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2004.

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• It’s about, when did it make sense to say one size fits everybody? It never ever ever made sense to do that, and yet we’re still selling education the same way we sold it when you and I were in high school.

  Mike Rowe

  School, Way, Size

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• If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to impose duties, imposts, and excises, they must be uniform throughout the United States. These are not strictly limitations of power. They are rules prescribing the mode in which it shall be exercised... This review shows that personal property, contracts, occupations, and the like have never been regarded by Congress as proper subjects of direct tax.

  Salmon P. Chase

  United States, Occupation, Uniforms

  "Veazie Bank v. Fenno, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 533". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. December 13, 1869.

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