Get Away Quotes - Page 14

• I don't think I will do a Mafia character again. I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally.

  James Gandolfini

  Character, Thinking, Mafia

  "Gandolfini Tires of Sopranos' Violence", abcnews.go.com.

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• Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Party, Coffee, Home

  "Valerie Bertinelli comes clean on drugs, infidelity" by Jen Brown and Bob Considine, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I could get away from the awfulness of life, at that time, was at the movies. There I decided that my big aim was to make money. And it was there that I became a very determined woman.

  Susan Hayward

  Age, Battle, Way

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

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• And that's why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death.

  Grant Morrison

  People, Way, Ends

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• I try to get away. Its very unusual for me to be in one spot for so many months, which is one of the things Ive had to get used to for a television show. I enjoy going on adventures and seeing the planet.

  Stana Katic

  Adventure, Trying, Television

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• I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.

  Jared Harris

  School, Waiting, Awful

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• I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it.

  Brian May

  Queens, Years, Building Up

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• Part of my platform is, of course, the guilty must be punished and that we no longer let our children see their guilty leaders getting away with murder. Because it teaches children, you know, that they don’t have to have any morals as long as they have guns and are bullies and I don’t think that's a good message. . . . I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.

  Roseanne Barr

  Children, Gun, Thinking

  "Roseanne Barr: Behead Bankers, Rich Who Won't Give Up Wealth". www.realclearpolitics.com. October 1, 2011.

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• The casting directors that were aware of 'The Real World' looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that.

  Jamie Chung

  Real, Directors, World

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes".

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• Don't get me wrong, I like to cuddle. But there is such a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so that they can't get away.

  Dave Attell

  Funny, Humor, Cuddling

  "Skanks for the Memories". Comedy Album, 2003.

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• When you really are country, and you don't just wear it like a piece of clothing or something, you really can't get away from it. It just is who you are

  Lee Ann Womack

  Country, Pieces, Clothings

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• If people are going to run you over for no reason and think they're going to get away with it, you just go out there and ruin their day, too. That's they way I feel.

  Kasey Kahne

  Running, Thinking, People

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• The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.

  Huston Smith

  Challenges, Everyday, Recreation

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• I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.

  Steven Seagal

  Thinking, Law, People

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• For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major.

  Jack White

  Rip, Independent, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In some ways, getting away from the headquarters and having a little time to reflect allows you to find errors in your strategy. You get to rethink things. Often, that helps me correct a mistake that I made or someone else is about to make.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Mistake, Errors

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• Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing.

  Jonny Lee Miller

  Sex, Vampire, Want

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• Be a journalist. I can't get away from you guys, then I just mingle with you guys.

  Yao Ming

  Guy, Away From You, Journalist

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• There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.

  Kenneth Grahame

  Somewhere Else, Sailing, Nautical

  Kenneth Grahame (1988). “My Dearest Mouse: 'The Wind in the Willows' Letters”, Viking Press

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• Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, "If I should wake before I die. . . ." Life can get away from you.

  Tony Campolo

  Life, Praying, Should

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• A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he likes and get away with it; or else he has to be a true empowerer who can bring out the best in others.

  Henry Mintzberg

  Two, Creative, Leader

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• As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.

  Peter Singer

  Thinking, Impact, People

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• When you are in the line of your duty, it is like standing in front of a line of posts, and every post is in line. But step one step aside, and every post looks as though it were not quite in line. The farther you get away from that straight line, the more crooked the posts will appear. It is the straight and narrow path of duty that will lead you and me back to the presence of God.

  Heber J. Grant

  Looks, Lines, Path

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• But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I'm just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that.

  ASAP Rocky

  Real, Red Lipstick, Pairs

  "ASAP Rocky’s Misguided Beauty Advice, Rapper Says Dark Skin Girls Shouldn’t Wear Red Lipstick" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2013.

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• Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness.

  Graeme Le Saux

  Sports, Fitness, Knives

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