Mowing The Lawn Quotes

• I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn.

  Lettie Cowman

  Party, Feet, House

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• We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.

  Miranda July

  Believe, Mowing, Engagement

  Miranda July (2007). “No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

  Michael Palin

  Garden, Long, People

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• I spend hours mowing the lawn in absolutely straight lines on my tractor. If it's not right, I do it again.

  Britt Ekland

  Mowing, Lines, Hours

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• It's even occurred to me, as a teeny little subversive whisper of a thought, that if we stop mowing the lawn right now, it will probably be a long, long time before the yard gets overrun by lions and snakes.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Snakes, Long, Yards

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• Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the lawn and playing with the dog. But bad people spend all their time being bad. It is all they think about.

  Alan Furst

  Dog, Thinking, People

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• I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.

  Elton John

  Beautiful, Weed, Hate

  "Elton John Interview GNOMEO AND JULIET". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.

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• My bodyguard was mowing the lawn in a pink bikini when the body fell from the sky.

  Charlaine Harris

  Sky, Mowing, Body

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• The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.

  Patrick Carney

  Fun, Play, People

  "The Black Keys". Interview with Matt Diehl, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• Living in a small town you couldn't go anywhere on a Saturday where a store had the game on. If you were downtown you heard the game. If you were at the gas station you heard the game. I remember I would be mowing the lawn and I would stop for the Nebraska game. I would have it cranking outside.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Games, Gas Stations, Mowing

  Source: www.huskermax.com

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• When I was waiting tables, washing dishes, or mowing lawns for money, I never thought of myself as stuck in some station in life. I was on my own path, my own journey, an American journey where I could think for myself, decide for myself, define happiness for myself.

  Paul Ryan

  Journey, Thinking, Waiting

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• You could make an analogy to a security guard who, three weeks prior, was mowing lawns for a living. The second he puts a uniform on and that badge, he's a man. I imagine the majority of us have felt the wrath of the over-zealous security guard guy. Is there something lying dormant in the man, that's waiting to be pumped up with that kind of power? I don't know. Does it reveal him? I don't know. Does it change him? I don't know.

  Johnny Depp

  Lying, Men, Wrath

  "Johnny Depp, Director Wally Pfister and Writer Jack Paglen Talk TRANSCENDENCE, Artificial Intelligence, the Frankenstein Archetype, BLACK MASS, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 17, 2014.

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• When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.

  Daria Werbowy

  Brother, Kids, Boys

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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