Making Up Quotes

• And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

  Sarah Dessen

  Relationship, Order, Back Love

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.179, Penguin

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• Like everybody, I'm making up my life as I go along.

  Jerry Cantrell

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• Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life.

  Tony Dorsett

  Self Esteem, Self Respect, Mind

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• You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.

  Maurice Sendak

  Stories, Want, Kind

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

  Randall Munroe

  Life, Motivational, Smart

  Webcomic by Randall Munroe, xkcd.com.

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• But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.

  Errol Morris

  Differences, Stories, Bigs

  "Errol Morris Likes His Details Salacious". Interview With Julian Sancton, www.esquire.com. July 14, 2011.

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• Avoid second-quality issues in making up a portfolio unless they are demonstrable bargains.

  Benjamin Graham

  Issues, Quality, Portfolios

  Benjamin Graham (1965). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”, p.130, Prabhat Prakashan

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• What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

  Jeanne DuPrau

  Thinking, Interesting, Answers

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• The only person to blame is the person making up the bullshit.

  Oliver Sykes

  Bullshit, Blame, Persons

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• We spend the second half of our life making up for the first half.

  Richard Jeni

  Half, Firsts, Our Lives

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• There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics.

  Josefina Vazquez Mota

  Lying, Science, Two

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• Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

  Maureen Johnson

  Natural, Quarrels

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• The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Dance, Ballet, Steps

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• It's like standing on the edge of a cliff. This is especially true of the first draft. Every day you're making up the earth you're going to stand on.

  Peter Carey

  Earth, Cliffs, Firsts

  FaceBook post by Peter Carey from Oct 29, 2012

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• With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.

  Wells Tower

  Writing, Stuff, Reason Why

  "The Tool Box: Wells Tower". www.newyorker.com. April 6, 2009.

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• We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love.

  Suzanne Collins

  Being In Love, Stuff, Supposed To Be

  Suzanne Collins (2008). “The Hunger Games”, p.301, Scholastic Inc.

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• The best part of breaking up... is when you're making up.

  Phil Spector

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• The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.

  Shams Tabrizi

  Worship, Made, Shows

  "Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi". Book by Shams Tabrizi, translated by William C. Chittick, 2004.

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• Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes.

  Christian Rudder

  Stuff, Has Beens

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The essence of leadership is making up your own mind and then being able to take other people with you.

  Eva Cox

  Leadership, Essence, People

  Eva Cox (1996). “Leading Women”

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• The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.

  Phil Plait

  Enough, Crap, Universe

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• Horses are not for riding! They do not exist for riding! Horse riding is man's invention! It is the making up of human benefit!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Horse, Men, Riding

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• The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.

  Mortimer Adler

  Mind, Trying, Philosopher

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• You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after someone.

  Tina Fey

  Writing, Stuff, Snl

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. February 2009.

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• True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no - but I'm giving you a definite maybe.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty, Long

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

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