Outlandish Quotes - Page 2

• Quaint, outlandish heathen gods
  Black men fashion out of rods

  Countee Cullen

  Fashion, Men, Black

  Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.65, Library of America

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• Sometimes I say some things people may think are just outlandish, but I'm going to have the last laugh.

  Riff Raff

  Thinking, People, Laughing

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. August 2, 2012.

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• My upbringing was pretty interesting. It was a rigorous, intellectual upbringing, but with the idea that we were a part of an important and legitimate enterprise. What that meant was sitting around the dinner table from a really early age with people from all different backgrounds who believed in God. When I was reporting in the wake of September 11th in Iraq and elsewhere, I felt I had the capacity to talk to people whose beliefs might sound outlandish to more secular journalists. I felt like I could be a translator between those two worlds.

  Eliza Griswold

  Interesting, People, September 11

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In the years since The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich has sharpened his satire, and Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips -- but not on every page. He expands his narrative to accommodate shrewd philosophy and inventive portraiture, a very amusing disquisition on Soviet latrines and a number of outlandish plot developments. In his translation, Andrew Bromfield deftly shifts his tone and tools as required, remaining true to Voinovich's Vonnegut-like playfulness and appreciation of the absurd.

  Ken Kalfus

  Appreciation, Rip, Philosophy

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• It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.

  Nelson Mandela

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• On to the Next Dream is so outlandish. I call it absurdist fiction, because the story is utter hyperbole. The story builds to such an exaggerated and ridiculous pitch that there's no way it can be true - and yet, because it's based on the current cultural climate, it feels as if it is.

  Paul Madonna

  Dream, Ridiculous, Being True

  Source: therumpus.net

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• That was actually Lloyd Phillips who was a Kiwi film producer in L.A. And it was about Gorgeous George, not Haystacks Calhoun. I was in a couple of Lloyd's films and got approached to write the story. People don't realize it, but Gorgeous George had this flamboyant, camp stage persona that had a tremendous influence on other celebrities, like Elton John, Liberace, Elvis Presley, and Mohammed Ali, who all wanted to establish their own outlandish stage personas. The project died because Gorgeous George's wife refused to give up the rights.

  John Ratzenberger

  Giving Up, Couple, Writing

  Source: www.starwars.com

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• Donald Trump's habit of making offensive and outlandish statements will not bring Americans together.

  Marco Rubio

  Together, Offensive, Habit

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• The broadcasting industry definitely has changed, and I'm talking about young broadcasters who come along today, they really feel like they have to do something that's outlandish to make them stand out. They have to say something provocative that maybe they don't even really truly believe in their heart and, it's not really what their beliefs are, but they're going to sacrifice their beliefs to try to do something to gain attention.

  Jim Nantz

  Believe, Heart, Sacrifice

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I was in the fantasy. I was selling myself on the fantasy as I was doing it. It never occurred to me. I did take notes, but just because I am a writer. I've been a writer since I was five. You don't have any sort of outlandish, shocking, extraordinary, horrifying experience without writing it down, because I know and knew that you forget things. No matter how outrageous and amazing and extraordinary and seemingly unforgettable an experience is, it's kind of like a dream. It will erode inevitably, for me.

  Melissa Febos

  Dream, Writing, Erode

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I would advice to focus on your craft. Nowadays, a lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.

  Morris Chestnut

  Thinking, People, Focus

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Generally people are afraid. They pretend they aren’t; it’s part of the denial. We’re all part of it. As much as we pretend otherwise, we want what’s comfortable, and we’re afraid of the different. We’re afraid of change. It happened in Los Angeles, too, when the first models of Disney Hall were shown. You should have heard the outcry from the public, critics and press. It was called “broken crockery,” “outlandish” and blah blah blah. Of course now the feeling is different.

  Frank Gehry

  People, Broken, Feelings

  Source: amandajbailey.wordpress.com

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• I started writing nonfiction because nonfiction is well-suited to subjects that, if you wrote them as fiction, people would say, "I don't believe this. This is a little outlandish".

  Debra Monroe

  Believe, Writing, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I feel like I have an affiliation with the '90s. I feel like a lot of things going on in fashion and pop culture were loud and outlandish.

  Charli XCX

  Fashion, Culture, Pop Culture

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasnt always translated to the streets.

  Jason Wu

  Clothes, Designer, Streets

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• It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

  David Cameron

  Steps, Doe, Would Be

  David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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• There are looks that I see on other people that I think would look horrible on me, but I think if somebody has the courage to be really daring and try something outlandish, then more power to them. Thats just encouraging and inspiring.

  Blake Lively

  Thinking, People, Trying

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• Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings, for driving automobiles without a man beside them, for wearing outlandish attire for example, shorts

  Geoffrey Perret

  Beach, War, Men

  Geoffrey Perret (1982). “America in the twenties: a history”, Simon & Schuster

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• I think it's because I'm real. Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character. I'm real and they appreciate that. Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

  CM Punk

  Crazy, Real, Lying

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 1, 2006.

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• The very wealthy and the very famous have a much closer affinity with the indigent street person than with the rest of us. There's the narcissism, the addiction, even the outlandish dress. Often they don't put great value in relationships.

  Drew Pinsky

  Success, Addiction, Dresses

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• So exiled have even basic questions of freedom become from the political vocabulary that they sound musty and ridiculous, and vulnerable to the ultimate badge of shame-'That's so 60's!'-the entire decade having been mocked so effectively that social protest seems outlandish and 'so last century,' just another style excess like love beads and Nehru jackets. No, rebellion won't pose a problem for this social order.

  Laura Kipnis

  Love Is, Vocabulary, Order

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• The world is more outlandish than some people’s imaginations.

  Niall Williams

  People, Imagination, World

  Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.6, A&C Black

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• Well, I don't like to make outlandish statements. Not all the time. But Wimbledon would have beaten them 10-0.

  Eamon Dunphy

  Memorable, Wimbledon, Wells

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• Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Acceptance, Vex

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• I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.

  Jason Biggs

  Character, Thinking, Quality

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