Give Me Quotes - Page 36

• Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

  Sparky Anderson

  Sports, Baseball, Winning

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• Oh yeah, our first tour in Europe they wouldn't give me the time off from work.

  Tom Araya

  Europe, Giving, Firsts

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• The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.

  David Attenborough

  Optimistic, Birth Rate, Giving

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• Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  Saint Augustine

  Funny, Witty, Philosophical

  Confessions bk. 8, ch. 7 (397 - 398)

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• I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Lying, Giving, People

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• I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

  Tyra Banks

  Beauty, Love Yourself, Makeup

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• Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.

  Bob Barker

  People, Giving, Joy

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• I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it gives me to think that today will be different from yesterday, that I will find an interesting comment or poke or video, and on the extremely rare occasion when that happens, I am just thrilled.

  Roseanne Barr

  Thinking, Yesterday, Giving

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• I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.

  John Barrymore

  Good Morning, Food, Giving

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• I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini wax. See what Hollywood does to you?

  Kate Beckinsale

  Oxford, Giving, Hollywood

  "The Next Kate". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. April 22, 2001.

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• I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.

  Hilaire Belloc

  Love, Money, Tired

  Sonnets and Verse (1923) "Fatigued"

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• Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.

  Jack Benny

  Beautiful, Sports, Golf

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• Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

  John Betjeman

  Happiness, Laughter, Giving

  John Betjeman (2005). “Faith and Doubt of John Betjeman: An Anthology of Betjeman's Religious Verse”, p.53, A&C Black

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• I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.

  Lewis Black

  Coffee, Giving, Might

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• The core of the American public, their hearts and their minds are in the right place. And that gives me hope.

  Lewis Black

  Heart, Giving, Mind

  "Lewis Black Is No Judge Judy". Interview with Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. March 11, 2008.

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• My main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better.

  Mary J. Blige

  Running, Exercise, Giving

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• I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

  Erma Bombeck

  Giving, Funeral, May

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• During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home.

  Daniel Boone

  Home, Giving, Purpose

  Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawks (1996). “Daniel Boone: His Own Story”, p.12, Applewood Books

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• Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's because I'm not quite an atheist and it worries me. There's that little bit that holds on: 'Well, I'm almost an atheist. Give me a couple of months.'

  David Bowie

  Spiritual, Atheist, Couple

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• Although I behave in a quite reserved way in my personal life, give me a stage and I'll be as flamboyant as I can.

  Danny Boyle

  Giving, Way, Stage

  "Danny Boyle: 'As soon as you think you can do whatever you want... then you're sunk'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2010.

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• My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.

  Wayne Brady

  Mom, Letting Go, Growing Up

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• I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.

  Richard Branson

  Life, Phones, Giving

  "My mobile life". www.cnn.com. October 18, 2004.

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• I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break.

  Toni Braxton

  Long, Giving, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.

  Sarah Brightman

  Giving, Pieces, Records

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• The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a great $30 massage as opposed to a bad $265 massage.

  Josh Brolin

  Giving, Lazy, Want

  "Josh Brolin can't be broken" by Phoebe Eaton, www.today.com. November 8, 2007.

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