Lap Quotes - Page 17

• Technology has certainly reduced performance differences among drivers. Whereas a talented driver could get a half-second out of every lap in the past, nowadays talent makes up for only about one or two tenths of a second. But the driver is still the key factor.

  Michael Schumacher

  Past, Technology, Keys

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It's a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone - it makes you feel alive.

  Jenson Button

  Pain, Alive, Lasts

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• Dose it ever amaze and delight you that of all the places in the world - cold grassy nests under hedgerows, warm patches of sun on a carpet - the cat chooses to sit on your lap?

  Nevada Barr

  Inspirational, Cat, Delight

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• The captain has just turned on the fasten-seat-belt-sign. He didn't mean to, but the joint he was smoking fell in his lap, and when he jumped up, his head hit the switch.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Humorous, Food

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• Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
  Pale in her anger washes all the air,
  That rheumatic diseases do abound;
  And through this distemperature we see
  The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
  Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Science, Moon

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 2, sc. 1, l. 103

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• Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

  Pete Wentz

  Motivational, Mean, Race

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• Kate," Lucern interrupted. "What?" she asked warily. "I do not need blood." He tugged her off balance and into his lap. "All I need is you.

  Lynsay Sands

  Blood, Balance, Needs

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• Be glad you have a mother who loves you." He was glad of that. A lot, since she was basically the only person on earth who did. But now that he was a full head taller than her, it was weird when she tried to cuddle him like he was a baby. He could be almost seven feet tall like Acheron, and she'd probably still try to pull him into her lap.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mother, Baby, Love You

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Invincible: The Chronicles of Nick”, p.14, Macmillan

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• The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a thin, tinny "arf" - the sound of a lap dog.

  George Will

  Dog, Politics, Sound

  George F. Will (1986). “The morning after: American successes and excesses, 1981-1986”, Free Pr

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• Corn wind in the fall, come off the black lands, come off the whisper of the silk hangers, the lap of the flat spear leaves.

  Carl Sandburg

  Fall, Autumn, Wind

  Carl Sandburg (2003). “The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg”, p.281, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm quite happy with the music carrying on. I've never been one to clamor for fame. It just got dumped in my lap. The ambition is definitely not fame. The ambition is to be creative.

  Bryan Adams

  Ambition, Creative, Carrying On

  "QA: Bryan Adams has shot Michael Jackson and Lindsay Lohan, says his daughter his best subject". Q&A with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. December 11, 2012.

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• I do think, where would kids be if it weren't for you and for the good pediatricians, and for the good parents? I passionately believe in sitting a child on your lap and tracing the lines of the book with your finger, and they can read before they know they can, if you bother enough. I did it with my kids, and they're doing it with their kids now.

  Julie Andrews

  Children, Believe, Book

  "Interview: Julie Andrews Reflects on Writing, Reading, Libraries, and Film". Interview with Leonard Kniffel, americanlibrariesmagazine.org.

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• My mom drove like Britney Spears with the steering wheel and me right here [in her lap]. I'm fine, I turned out okay.

  Freddie Prinze, Jr.

  Mom, Wheels, Steering

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• Go away. I told you, I'm not interested." She looked from his lap to his face. "Your nose is growing too.

  Cindy Gerard

  Going Away, Noses, Growing

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• Just make sure you're gone by the time we get to Miles's. It creeps me out to see you sitting in his lap without his permission.

  Alyson Noel

  Gone, Sitting, Miles

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• Your past wouldn’t frighten me,” I said, buckling my seat belt across my lap. “I’m guessing I’d be more appalled than anything.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Past, Guessing, Belts

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• She sat one of the fluffy cats in my lap and stuffed the other down my shirt. She turned and left. 'There,' said the large man. 'The kittens will make your sad go away.

  David Wong

  Cat, Men, Going Away

  David Wong (2009). “John Dies at the End”, p.392, Macmillan

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• Could I but lay my head in your lap, lass. Feel your hand on me, and sleep wi' the scent of you in my bed. Christ, Sassenach. I need ye.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Sleep, Hands, Needs

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• Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Wise, Fall, Firsts

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• Allie would love what you've done," he remarked. "She was always a softie when it came to things like this." I folded my hands in my lap. "I wish she could be there this weekend." Noah glanced at the stack of letters. I knew he was imagining Allie, and for a brief moment, he looked strangely younger. "So do I," he said.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Weekend, Hands, Wish

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• Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. It’s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You can’t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friend’s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible, will you be okay when it all falls to pieces?

  Ellen Hopkins

  Fall, Cat, Eye

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• What can we do?" Mom asked again. I shrugged. But she kept asking, as if there were something she could do, until I just kind of crawled across the couch into her lap and my dad came over and held my legs really tight and I wrapped my arms all the way around my mom's middle and they held on to me for hours while the tide rolled in.

  John Green

  Mom, Dad, Asking

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.267, Penguin

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• Tradition or not, I sometimes thought putting children on an old guy’s lap was already creepy enough. We didn’t need to mix alcohol into it.

  Richelle Mead

  Children, Guy, Alcohol

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.2, Kensington Books

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• I study her,” Patch said. “I figure out what she’s thinking and feeling. She’s not going to come right out and tell me, which is why I have to pay attention. Does she turn her body toward mine? Does she hold my eyes, then look away? Does she bite her lip and play with her hair, the way Nora is doing right now?” Laughter rose in the room. I dropped my hands to my lap. “She’s game,” said Patch, bumping my leg again. Of all things, I blushed.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Laughter, Eye, Thinking

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Radley rolled his eyes. He actually rolled his eyes at my father. Alpha of the south-central territory and head of the Territorial Council. Sure, I did that all the time but I'd also peed on his lap when I was two. No one else got away with such disrespect toward an Alpha, which meant Radley either didn't know who my father was, or didn't care

  Rachel Vincent

  Father, Eye, Two

  Rachel Vincent (2010). “Pride”, p.139, MIRA

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