Mark Quotes - Page 39

• I didn't know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that's obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.

  Brett Favre

  Football, Thinking, Years

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• The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.

  Olive Schreiner

  Tree, Scar, Youth

  Olive Schreiner (2014). “The Story of an African Farm”, p.92, Read Books Ltd

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• Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman "other" or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is no longer a shameful mark of secondary status but a positively enabling space, just as within every writer can be seen to lurk, as a repressed but contaminating antithesis, a reader.

  Terry Eagleton

  Book, Reading, Space

  "Against The Grain". Book by Terry Eagleton, 1986.

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• I look upon The Animals, they were a great band initially, we left our mark, but thing was it was a band that couldn't live up to its name so I soldiered on. On one level, it was devastating for a while. On another level, maybe I should thank them for helping me make my own way in my own career.

  Eric Burdon

  Animal, Names, Careers

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• Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its worst at the full moon. I suppose because it is the leader of the stars.

  Lady Gregory

  Stars, Fall, Moon

  Lady Gregory (2013). “The Essential Lady Gregory Collection”, p.612, eBookIt.com

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• Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.

  Chuck Jones

  Book, People, Age

  Chuck Jones, Maureen Furniss (2005). “Chuck Jones: Conversations”, p.158, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The reason there's a question mark on my front door is just in case I forget my address.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Doors, Addresses, Forget

  "Leslie Nielsen: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 29, 2010.

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• I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Thinking, Interesting, Soul

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• The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

  Dada Vaswani

  Sacrifice, Saint, God Love

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• The release of 'Chinese Democracy' marks a historic moment in rock n' roll.

  Irving Azoff

  Rocks, Chinese, Democracy

  "Guns N'Roses' 'chinese democracy' makes radio debut" by Chris Harris, www.mtv.com. October 22, 2008.

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• In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.

  James Mark Baldwin

  Self, Two, Consciousness

  James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”

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• It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Jobs, Stars, Zuckerberg

  "What Can Zuckerberg Learn From Steve Jobs?" by Marcus Buckingham, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 8, 2012.

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• Technology does more than delight, entertain and make our lives more convenient, it's also an agent for social good. That is why it's important for tech startups to stay informed about, and make a mark on, policies that impact them.

  Ron Conway

  Technology, Impact, Important

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• One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.

  Sam Claflin

  Tattoo, Jobs, Advice

  "Pirates 4 Interview: Sam Claflin". Interview with Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

  Randa Abdel-Fattah

  Religious, People, Generosity

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• One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.

  Eric Alterman

  Sea, Presidential, Mind

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• The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

  Jose Canseco

  Running, Home, Competition

  "Canseco: No Qualms About Using Steroids". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2005.

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• I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.

  Roman Coppola

  Witty, Airports, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sex is a big question mark. It is something people will talk about forever.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Sex, People, Forever

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• I carry my own film guys with me now. People think that's a huge expense, but with technology like it is these days, it's not. You can film videos and everything with a Canon Mark II, and shoot a movie. They're doing it for next to nothing, by comparison. I can do ten videos for a project for the price of one mainstream video in the past.

  Ronnie Dunn

  Thinking, Past, Technology

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• Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use his star power as a superhero in the hottest movie of the moment to draw attention the environmental and public health risks of fracking.

  Jeff Goodell

  Stars, Aka, Worst Nightmares

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• It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

  Lynn Abbey

  Years, Challenges, Millions

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• The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.

  Tana French

  Historical, Fiction, Mystery

  "Tana French: I'm haunted by Ireland's ghost estates" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2012.

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• Mark-to-market accounting is like crack. Don't do it.

  Andrew Fastow

  Cracks, Accounting

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• If you're gonna leave your mark, you can't follow a bunch of sheep, you gotta listen to your heart.

  Garth Brooks

  Inspirational, Heart, Sheep

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