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• When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming number of widows and orphans and people who had been physically and emotionally damaged; every 10-year-old kid on the street knew how to dismantle a Kalashnikov in under a minute. I would flip through math textbooks intended for third grade, fourth grade, and they would include word problems such as, "If you have 100 grenades and 20 mujahideen, how many grenades per mujahideen do you get?" War has infiltrated every facet of life.

  Khaled Hosseini

  War, Kids, Math

  "Khaled Hosseini, Kabul’s Splendid Son". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2009.

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• I can pick up a screenplay and flip through the pages.  If all I see is dialog, dialog, dialog, I won't even read it.  I don't care how good the dialog is - it's a moving picture.  It has to move all the time... It's not the stage.  A movie audience doesn't have the patience to sit and learn a lesson.  Their eyes need to be dazzled.  The writer is the most important element in the entire film because if it ain't on the page it ain't going to be on the screen.

  Robert Evans

  Moving, Eye, Important

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• While briskly to each patriot lip
  Walks eager round the inspiring flip;
  Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit
  The quintessence of public spirit!

  John Trumbull

  Drinking, Lips, Spirit

  John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.56

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• I still let myself be a fan of music and that motivates me to want to be better than certain people or just getting the same love. Nothing is new under the sun so you cant be afraid to take things from others and try to flip them and make them your own at the end of the day.

  Kid Ink

  People, The End Of The Day, Trying

  Source: thecomeupshow.com

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• I didn't really know X-Men at all before I started. So I'd heard of this comic but I didn't know it was as beloved or as iconic as I have now found out, but I just know fans are going to flip out at this.

  Hugh Jackman

  Men, Fans, Beloved

  "Hugh Jackman Talks Reuniting with Bryan Singer, Battling Sentinels, How Long He’ll Play Wolverine, and More on the Set of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST". Group interview, collider.com. February 19, 2014.

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• People in bigger towns are very aware of their surroundings. The people in the smaller markets, they will show up with flip-flops and shorts and just kind of already have a buzz on.

  Pauly Shore

  People, Buzz, Towns

  Source: www.tucsonweekly.com

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• Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and downplayed the influence of strident and on occasion anti-democratic opponents. The flip side is his anti-imperialist posturing so dazzled his cheerleaders they overlooked his flaws, flaws which worsened over time, and they created their own caricature.

  Rory Carroll

  Lazy, Target, Opponents

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• I guess it's not the plan that counts, but the words in which the plan is wrapped. Semantics count for everything, and it's obvious that the resolute Republicans are better at semantics than the weak, flip-flopping Democrats.

  Bruce Barnbaum

  Republican, Weak, Flopping

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• Whenever I see an autobiography for sale in the book store i just flip to the about the author section. I'm like, "Done, next!"

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Book, Humor

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• [With quantum computers] you can calculate how many bits are in the universe, how much energy it takes to flip them, how much energy exists, and use that to rule out lots of things about the universe's history. Anything that takes more bit flips couldn't have happened.

  Seth Lloyd

  Energy, Use, Computer

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• Why do you have to be out of town to write a postcard? I want a to write a postcard to my neighbor: "I still live near you!" The guy sees me go into my apartment, flips the card over, it's just a picture of me holding a rifle.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, Writing, Humor

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• One of my favorite things to do is to craft and to write songs and tell stories, and another thing is to really just flip out basically, and release kind of my unruly energies.

  Eugene Hutz

  Song, Writing, Stories

  Source: cltampa.com

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• I do think younger women have to figure out how to combine their own sense of style with what is appropriate and authoritative. Some young women think there's no reason why they can't wear flip flops in the office in the summer because their accomplishments should exempt them from a stodgy dress code.

  Robin Givhan

  Summer, Thinking, Accomplishment

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!

  Black Francis

  Hate, Thinking, Bird

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• There was a story that I was in a shoe shop and that I threw a pair of flip flops at the wall, shouting, 'I can't believe how overpriced these are!' I thought, 'Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!'

  Rose McGowan

  Wall, Believe, Shoes

  FaceBook post by Rose McGowan from Apr 11, 2013

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• I had a bag of Fritos, they were Texas grilled Fritos. These Fritos had grill marks on them. They remind me of summer, when we used to fire up the barbeque and throw down some Fritos. I can still see my dad with the apron on. Better flip that Frito, dad, you know how I like it.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Summer, Dad

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• In an interview last night, Rick Perry criticized Mitt Romney for flip-flopping on the issues. Romney said that Perry has no idea what he's talking about. Then he added, 'But he does know what he's talking about.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Night, Talking, Ideas

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• Faith is the flip side of fear.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Sides

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• the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.

  Elizabeth Ashley

  Success, Dope, Devil

  Elizabeth Ashley, Ross Firestone (1979). “Actress: Postcards from the Road”, Fawcett Books

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• As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.

  Rajon Rondo

  Growing Up, Cutting, Nba

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I have so many children. Half of mine are the ones that just must climb the tree, must climb the mountain, must get dirty, must jump off, flip into the pool sideways because it's just who they are. So you try to give them as much guidance and prepare them but they are who they are.

  Angelina Jolie

  Children, Dirty, Giving

  "Angelina Jolie still digs stunt work, mom time". Interview with Dean Richards, articles.chicagotribune.com. July 25, 2010.

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• As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.

  Gene Siskel

  Fall, Thinking, Thumbs Down

  "Read Playboy … for the Interviews". Interview with David Sheff, www.slate.com. October 1995.

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• The world doesn't go around on love between men and women. Lovers get very little done. But friends do. When you are past middle life - and I hope you have the rich experience of love along the way - don't think everything is all over. Don't regret the vanished cocktail when the stuffed turkey is about to come in. Flip out your napkin and bite into it! Friends you can gather around you in the later years of life are worth the whole thing.

  Marie Dressler

  Regret, Past, Love Is

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• If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.

  Julia Child

  Conviction, Ifs

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• The only time I flip out is when I'm not prepared. If I'm caught off guard, I can't help it; I start gasping for air.

  Emma Stone

  Air, Helping, Caught

  "Emma Stone Talks Panic Attacks And Crying Around Her Idols". Stylist Magazine Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.

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