Punching Quotes

• Nowadays you don't go around on the street kicking people, punching people - because if you do (makes gun shape with hand), well that's it - I don't care how good you are.

  Bruce Lee

  Gun, Hands, People

  "The Pierre Berton Show", 1971.

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• Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

  Bruce Lee

  Fighting, Reality, Greatness

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• Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

  Mike Tyson

  Money, Failure, Boxing

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

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• You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

  Ed Koch

  Respect, Believe, Self

  "Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88". www.usatoday.com. February 1, 2013.

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• I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.

  Cameron Diaz

  Birthday, Girl, Growing Up

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• They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Air, Half, Body

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• I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

  Erykah Badu

  Artist, World, Clock

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• And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

  Shelby Foote

  Real, Men, Thinking

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• Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Photography, Cost, World

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

  Keanu Reeves

  Inspirational, Dance, Training

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• I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'

  Les Dawson

  Funny, Mother, Humorous

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• I love eating in it, brushing my teeth and swallowing the toothpaste in it. I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.

  Laura Kightlinger

  Lost Love, Hands, Space

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• I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

  Wesley Snipes

  Actors, Kicking, Action

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• A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Fighting, Endure

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• Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.

  George S. Patton

  War, Tired, Enemy

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• Boxing is a science. You don't just walk into a gym and start punching. Fighters are born with differences in physical ability, but you also see a big difference in their skills. That's the trainers influence at work.

  Eddie Futch

  Sports, Science, Skills

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• Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.

  Warren Ellis

  Jobs, Writing, People

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• Careful living and correct training methods aided me a great deal, but I would say straight punching was the foundation of all my success.

  Jack Johnson

  Training, Foundation, Method

  Source: www.boxingforum24.com

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• The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag.

  Criss Jami

  Bags, Tough, Illusion

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.20, Criss Jami

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• Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the tortuous, enraging story of how Congress enacted a law that instead of protecting against discrimination has turned 'the disabled' into a political punching bag.

  William Greider

  Rights, Law, People

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• The reigning Miss Canada has been arrested for punching out another woman in a bar fight.Quite frankly, I think it's refreshing to finally find one beauty pageant winner who is against world peace.

  Jay Leno

  Fighting, Thinking, Missing

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• If you woke up, every day, and someone punched you in the face, for the first week, you'd go, "Why is someone punching me in the face?" But, by the time you got through week two, you'd take it and just go on with the day.

  Dominic Monaghan

  Two, Faces, Firsts

  "Ashley Bell and Dominic Monaghan Talk THE DAY, Wielding Weapons, Surviving the Apocalypse, and THE LAST EXORCISM 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 27, 2012.

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• The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot, you really feel the shot.

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura

  Action, Shots, Feels

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 23, 2013.

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• In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

  Nick Frost

  Art, Discipline, Noble

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• First Lady Michelle Obama has posted an exercise video of her beating up a punching bag. But don't worry, Vice President Biden is going to be OK.

  Conan O'Brien

  Exercise, Worry, President

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