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• I'm horrified most of the time. I wish it was more complicated, but at the same time, each time I try to complicate it I hate it because I hate the idea of writing to impress.

  Lou Doillon

  Hate, Writing, Ideas

  "Lou Doillon’s Canadian Love Affair". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 19, 2016.

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• From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that's fantastic for me.

  Stephen Chow

  Character, Views, Directors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It feels good to finally stand on top of vanquished sloth, and actually impress some people as a hard worker.

  Guy Maddin

  Hard Work, People, Feel Good

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Your ego gets activated real quick, you really want to impress yourself. But when you come back to it, sometimes you're like, "Yeah, this part? I don't know. This guy needs a lot of help."

  Travis Morrison

  Real, Guy, Ego

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• So guys who are otherwise sensitive and thoughtful say and do ridiculously dumb things to impress other guys. It's an enormous performance, but guys know that if they fail, they'll be ridiculed as sissies mercilessly.

  Michael Kimmel

  Thoughtful, Guy, Dumb

  "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Interview, www.today.com. August 03, 2010.

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• Women love to impress and be their best.

  Martin Lawrence

  "Martin Lawrence Interview BIG MOMMA'S: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON; Updates on BAD BOYS 3 and THE SKANK ROBBERS With Jamie Foxx". Press conference, collider.com. February 13, 2011.

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• Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.

  John C. Maxwell

  Healing, Impact, Want

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• When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god-not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.

  E. M. Forster

  Race, Dust, Perfection

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• The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

  Spring, Character, Passion

  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1861). “Lectures on the Philosophy of History”, p.21

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• All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?'. I'm trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.

  Dan Castellaneta

  Winning, Vegetarianism, People

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• If you Need to convince others that you’re happy, then you have Not found real Joy.
  If you Need to impress others with material objects, then you do Not understand true Wealth.
  If you Need to correct others, then you have Not looked in the mirror.
  If you Need to put others down, you have Not connected to your Higher Self.
  Know Yourself. Be Honest with Yourself. Don’t be a teacher or judge, be an... Example.

  Eric Allen

  Teacher, Real, Mirrors

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• When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

  David Maister

  Inspiring, Proud, Professionalism

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• There is nothing you need to do to make yourself more acceptable to God. You don't have to work harder, nor do you need to change the kind of work you do. You don't have to give more money to charitable organizations. The reality is, God doesn't want you to give anyone anything if you only do it to impress God! God does not love you or find you acceptable because of anything that you do. God loves you and accepts you because you are a part of God.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  God, Love You, Hard Work

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• If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.

  Rick Warren

  People, Advice, Trying

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from May 21, 2013

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• I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.

  Van Morrison

  Cat, Idols, Doe

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• I think everyone is most confident when they are just being themselves and not trying to impress others.

  Bethany Mota

  Thinking, Trying, Just Being

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• When I first met my girlfriend, I was super intimidated. I wanted to impress her. I was thinking, Don't mess this up, man. You've gotta play your cards exactly right.

  Henry Cavill

  Girlfriend, Men, Thinking

  "Henry Cavill Often Wonders Why the F*ck He's Shirtless". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. February 18, 2016.

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• There's a feeling that feels like what I've been told is love. It has to do with what Louis Schwartzberg said today about beauty, love, whether it's squirrels outside my door, the rabbits, or the birds. They're not trying to impress me or anything, and me watching them isn't getting me or advancing me in anything. It's just beautiful. When I think of the relationship I'm in, there's a feeling that comes over me sometimes.

  Daphne Zuniga

  Beautiful, Thinking, Squirrels

  "Daphne Zuniga Opens Up About Mindfulness And Finding Love In ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2013.

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• I remember working with Jackie Chan on Shanghai Noon [2000], and when we were working on the script, I thought that my character thought about being an outlaw the way a kid today would think about being a rock star, as a way to impress girls. So it was just kind of a funny idea, but once we had that idea, it changed the character and made it something that was funnier to me to play.

  Owen Wilson

  Girl, Stars, Character

  Interview with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2016.

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• There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!

  William Morris Hunt

  Reality, Men, Vitality

  William Morris Hunt (1878). “W.M. Hunt's Talks about Art: With a Letter from J.E. Millais”

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• I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl.

  Gideon Defoe

  Girl, Book, Writing

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• Don't try to impress God with your works" or "Don't attempt to please God with your merits" or "Don't try to keep the rules and regulations in order to earn your salvation." He looked around at nearly slumbering collections of utterly casual Christians and wondered, "Who's trying?

  Martin E. Marty

  Christian, Order, Trying

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• There is only one way to receive intellectual respect, and that is to earn it. A degree doesn't mean anything, as there are too many maleducated morons running around with them to impress anyone.

  Theodore Beale

  Running, Mean, Intellectual

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• When handsome men or beautiful women take up the work of the intellect, it impresses us because we know they could have chosen other paths to being impressive; that they chose the path of the mind suggests that there is on it something more worthwhile than a circuitous route to the good things that the good-looking get just by showing up.

  Adam Gopnik

  Beautiful, Men, Mind

  "Facing History" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. April 9, 2012.

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• Some of the downbeat pictures, in my opinion, should never be made at all. Most of them are made for personal satisfaction, to impress other actors who say "Oh, God! what a shot, what camera work!" But the average person in the audience, who bought his ticket to be entertained, doesn't see that at all. He comes out depressed.

  Doris Day

  Average, Cameras, Actors

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

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