Give Me Quotes - Page 40

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I love your voice man, you give me chills... Brilliant.

Randy Jackson

Men, Voice, Giving

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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

Jealous, Slave Girl, Giving

Harriet Ann Jacobs (2006). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.41, Prestwick House Inc

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Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't really cool - I was trying to pass for hip or cool. It's the awkwardness that's nice.

Marc Jacobs

Nice, Giving, Trying

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Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

LeBron James

Years, Giving, Teammate

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I like movies that are scary, but I don't want them to be dirt dumb. I want a movie that gets my blood racing, makes me laugh, but also gives me something to think about, with maybe a little sexy thrown in. Hollywood doesn't make movies like that.

Penn Jillette

Sexy, Thinking, Blood

"Will You Help Penn Jillette Make a Horror Film?" by Paula Bernstein, www.indiewire.com. September 19, 2013.

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I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

Elton John

Song, Writing, Player

"A star is reborn". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2004.

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The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Loyalty

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Good words will not give me back my children.

Chief Joseph

Children, Giving, Good Words

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When people call me either a girl crush or their best friend, like, the best friend they want, that's, to me, the best compliment anyone could ever give me.

Mindy Kaling

Friendship, Crush, Girl

"Everyone’s Hanging Out With Mindy". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2011.

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It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.

Thomas Keller

Giving, Feelings, Mechanic

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I'm only... I'm only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I'm a... I'm just screaming all over the place with joy.

Alan King

Giving, Joy, Unhappy

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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Barbara Kingsolver

Jobs, Stress, Careers

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I went door-to-door selling cable television subscriptions when I was in college. Not to date myself, but cable was just coming on. I had terrible territories, and they would give me $25, if I got somebody to let them come and just put the little cord in their house.

Greg Kinnear

College, Doors, Giving

"Greg Kinnear Talks Thin Ice, Guest Starring on Modern Family, and Writers with Jennifer Connelly". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 17, 2012.

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I've always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.

Eartha Kitt

Men, Land, Giving

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Art helped give me confidence.

Jeff Koons

Art, Giving

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My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I've definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.

Ashton Kutcher

Beautiful, Mom, Dad

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I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

Anne Lamott

Funny, Reading, Voice

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You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.

Anne Lamott

Mother, Children, Flower

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I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

John Lasseter

Believe, Pride, Two

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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Emma Lazarus

Tired, Civilization, Urbanization

"The New Colossus" l. 10 (1883).

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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Robert E. Lee

Strength, Bible, Failure

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Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.

Vladimir Lenin

Teacher, Children, Years

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I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.

Jerry Lewis

Loyalty, Running, Commitment

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.

Ken Livingstone

Running, Baby, Sleep

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