Get Away Quotes - Page 34

• Now, of course, people know that over the last several months prior to February 21st, 1965, the OAAU and MMI tried to get away from the old practices of checking people at the door for weapons. They wanted people to feel more comfortable.

  Manning Marable

  Doors, Practice, People

  Source: historynewsnetwork.org

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• The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us to get away from the devil as soon and as fast as we can.

  Malcolm X

  Devil, Muhammad, Honorable

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• The only possible way out for the white man is to give us Negroes some land of our own; let us get out, get away from his wicked reign and go for ourselves.

  Malcolm X

  Men, White Man, Land

  Source: teachingamericanhistory.org

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• That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who knows you, knows who you are and doesn't let you get away with anything.

  Tom Waits

  Important, Studios, Knows

  Source: stephenkpeeples.com

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• When I was young, I don't know how, I spent all my time in the presence of married women telling me their troubles. And when I said 'Why did you marry?' they said, 'Oh I married to get away from home.' And when I said, 'And why don't you leave him?' they gave the saddest answer in the world: they said, 'Where would I go?' So they stayed with men they didn't like because they had nowhere to go.

  Quentin Crisp

  Home, Men, Answers

  Source: davidbenson.webs.com

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• They asked us to draw pictures of what we thought men and women look like naked and so I was like, "Get away, I'm doing my weird homework, drawing a naked man and woman." And I can't even draw. That's all I remember. I have no memory.

  Jen Kirkman

  Memories, Men, Drawing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was just trying to blend the standup that I do almost with like the visual sketch stuff that I did on "Saturday Night Live." And so in terms of how elastic in the world is, we'll see what we can get away with [in John Mulaney show].

  John Mulaney

  Night, Trying, World

  Source: uproxx.com

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• What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.

  Roxane Gay

  Trying, Answers, Connected

  Source: therumpus.net

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• When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist.

  Kirk Hammett

  Temptation, Starting Out, Gains

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• E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.

  Tom Hanks

  Phones, Mail, Introvert

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• I never say "nagging". I think that "nagging" is a term that men created to get women to pipe down some. But it's a trap that we've created. We created several terms for women to back you down. Nagging means to stop asking me questions, then we get away with more. I think it's a term men created.

  Steve Harvey

  Relationship, Success, Faith

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

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• When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Funny, Boston

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• And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Nice, Book, Writing

  "Christopher Hitchens on his memoir, Hitch-22". "Hugh Hewitt Show", www.hughhewitt.com. July 13, 2010.

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• The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.

  Abbie Hoffman

  Hippie, Political, Liberty

  "Revolution for the Hell of It". Book by Abbie Hoffman, 1968.

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• I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.

  Lou Holtz

  Thinking, Games, Needs

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• I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.

  Quincy Jones

  Home, Writing, Dry

  Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 1995.

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• Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it.

  Mike Judge

  Stealing

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• Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more you're forced back on your own imagination.

  Stephen King

  Writing, Imagination, World

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• If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

  Keira Knightley

  Atheist, Guilt, Sound

  Interview with David Cronenberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• CNN found that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in America. Women admire her because she's strong and successful. Men admire her because she allows her husband to cheat and get away with it.

  Jay Leno

  Cheating, Strong Women, Husband

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• 'm so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.

  Carl Lewis

  Sports, Long, Mind

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• A loyal liberal can get away with anything with other liberals, as long as that loyal liberal is liberal and attacks conservatives left and right, spouts the right words, they get away with anything.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Long, Loyal, Left

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• Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it's glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it's very hard to get away from its magnetic pull.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Beautiful, Travel, Smart

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• I love playing the bad guy getting away with stuff. I was that kid who learned from my older brothers who got away with everything by smiling.

  Kellan Lutz

  Brother, Kids, Guy

  Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com. July 1, 2010.

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• I love the idea that I'm the oldest one in the room because I can get away with anything!

  Shirley MacLaine

  Ideas, Rooms, Because I Can

  "Shirley MacLaine grows old and mean - for "Bernie"". Interview with Zorianna Kit, in.reuters.com. April 24, 2012.

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