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• Money is another pressure. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying that there's a certain luxury in having no money. I spent ten years in New York not having it, not worrying about it. Suddenly you have it, then you worry, where is it going? Am I doing the right thing with it?

  Dustin Hoffman

  New York, Years, Luxury

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• It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".

  Jonathan Nolan

  Needs, Actors, Easy

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.

  Lester Bangs

  Art, College, Years

  Lester Bangs (2013). “Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll”, p.331, Anchor

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• A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what's in our hearts.

  Lauryn Hill

  Heart, Thinking, People

  Interview with Genevieve Glass, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 2, 2013.

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• I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody.

  Brian Austin Green

  Body

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• Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.

  Waris Dirie

  Fashion, Fun, World

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• Some people have much more pull than other people. But when I say that the public has ultimate responsibility, I'm not saying it in a moral sense. I'm just saying it in the sense of what is it that's really going to bring change.

  Jared Diamond

  Responsibility, People, Moral

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• When you say 'I love you', you are not just saying it to that person. You are saying 'I love you' to yourself, the planet & The Universe.

  Yoko Ono

  Love You, Planets, Persons

  Twitter post from Sep 18, 2015

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• Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.

  Seth Godin

  Pain, Choices, Saying Yes

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• Daisy smiled and said, "Jay Berry, you won't die. You may think you will, but you won't. In a day or two, you'll be as good as new, I hope." "You're just saying that because you heard Papa say it," I said. "No, I'm not!" Daisy said. "I'm saying it because I'm a nurse, and nurses are supposed to cheer up their patients." I knew all too well that once Daisy had gotten into one of her Red Cross nursing spells, it was ridiculous to even think of trying to argue her out of it. So I just groaned, closed my eyes, and sat there while

  Wilson Rawls

  Cheer, Eye, Nursing

  Wilson Rawls (2010). “Summer of the Monkeys”, p.143, Yearling

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• Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Goodbye, Seems, Our Time

  "Fictional character: Angela". "A Place in the Sun", www.imdb.com. 1951.

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• I've been through hell and back. I have, to be honest, and still I'm able to do what I do and nothing can stop me. No one can stop me, no matter what. I stop when I'm ready to stop. You know, and I'm just saying, you know, I will continue to move forward no matter what.

  Michael Jackson

  Moving, Able, Hell And Back

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• I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

  Rosser Reeves

  Witty, Campaigns, Charming

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• Good?” Cam said. “Right?” I took another bite and nodded. “Well, I have a whole ton of them at home.” He stretched as he rolled up his napkin. “Just saying.

  J. Lynn

  Home, Napkins, Said

  J. Lynn (2013). “Wait for You (Wait For You, Book 1)”, p.25, HarperCollins UK

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• I rang the bell and she opened the door, dried her hands, and said heartily: 'Hello, stranger. I was just saying to Cliff only tonight, it's about time you showed up around here.' I wanted to detach him from her, but first I had to sit through about ten minutes of her. She was my sister, but you don't tell women things like I wanted to tell him. I don't know why, but you don't. You tell them the things you have under control; the things that you're frightened of, you tell other men if you tell anyone.

  Cornell Woolrich

  Fear, Men, Doors

  Cornell Woolrich (1943). “I wouldn't be in your shoes”

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• If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

  Tony Dungy

  Thinking, Hey, Making Money

  "What's Next For Retired NFL Coach Tony Dungy?". "Morning Edition" Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. March 3, 2009.

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• I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.

  Serena Williams

  Sound, Beats, Wells

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• I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships.

  Ray Dalio

  Machines, Causes, Economic

  Speech at the Corporate Program's CEO Speaker Series, www.cfr.org. September 12, 2012.

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• When you are just you, without thinking or trying to say something special, just saying what is on your mind and how you feel, then there is naturally self-respect.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Respect, Thinking, Self

  Shunryu Suzuki (1999). “Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai”, p.32, Univ of California Press

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