Overwhelmed Quotes - Page 19

• I love painting and music, of course. I don't know nearly as much about them as I know about poetry. I've certainly been influenced by fiction. I was overwhelmed by War and Peace when I read it, and I didn't read it until I was in my late 20s.

  Kenneth Koch

  Love, Peace, War

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• I told Pattie that last night I dreamt that we had a press conference and nobody showed up. I am overwhelmed that so many of you are here.

  LaVell Edwards

  Dream, Night, Lasts

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• I felt just overwhelmed by input: the Vietnam War and the collapse of the '60s and the proliferation of media' it just felt like everything was too much to handle and you just tuned out.

  Richard Hell

  War, Media, Vietnam

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• Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.

  Erik Larson

  Country, Character, Thinking

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• I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a tennis court. . . But that experience at the slaughterhouse overwhelmed me. When I walked out of there, I knew I would never again harm an animal! I knew all the physiological, economic, and ecological arguments supporting vegetarianism, but it was firsthand experience of man's cruelty to animals that laid the real groundwork for my commitment to vegetarianism.

  Peter Burwash

  Real, Commitment, Hockey

  Peter Burwash, John Tullius (1983). “Peter Burwash's Vegetarian Primer”, Atheneum Books

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• When one comes to know God and His Son Jesus Christ through the scriptures, the Spirit, and personal revelation, it is impossible to feel anything other than overwhelmed by the attributes so perfectly developed in them and so tentatively and superficially developed in oneself. Even so, we are told to strive to become like them.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Jesus, Son, Scripture

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• ...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men on the expedition felt overwhelmed by their most ancient memories in that paradise of dampness and silence, going back to before original sin, as their boots sank into pools of steaming oil and their machetes destroyed bloody lilies and golden salamanders.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Memories, Men, Oil

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• I always encourage people to start in their own personal universe, because sometimes we as parents start thinking about the big picture. How do I change what's happening in my entire school? And how do I do it in my community? And then you get overwhelmed and it's just like, "Forget it, I'll just stay here in my kitchen and wait." But, start small.

  Michelle Obama

  School, Thinking, People

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

  Julia Cameron

  Self, Voice, People

  Julia Cameron (1997). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.29, Penguin

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• The earth was overwhelmed with beauty and indifferent to it, and I went with a heart ready to crack for its unbearable loveliness.

  Josephine Winslow Johnson

  Heart, Earth, Unbearable

  Josephine Winslow Johnson (1934). “Now in November”, p.114, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didn’t mean what it does now. Had I known then what it would come to mean in the next few years, I’m sure I’d have been overwhelmed. At the time, I think I was more thrilled over meeting Douglas Fairbanks.

  Janet Gaynor

  Mean, Thinking, Awards

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

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• I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers.

  Melissa Rivers

  Mother, Prayer, Kindness

  "Joan Rivers is still on life support, daughter says" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. September 2, 2014.

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• I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal.

  Diana Nyad

  Running, Mind, Body

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