Puzzles Quotes - Page 22

• The world of counterterrorism is like that old jigsaw puzzle in the back of the closet: Its many missing pieces and extra parts jumbled in from other puzzles make it almost impossible to assemble. But in Ghost, Fred Burton manages to join together enough pieces to give us a discerning look at that world. This is a story, told in human terms, that will help make sense of the great puzzle of our times.

  Eric L. Haney

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Giving, Missing

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• Saw is like a big jigsaw puzzle. When you put a jigsaw puzzle together, you put the bottom left corner together first, and then you find yourself working on the upper right corner... Thats the way Saw plays out.

  Tobin Bell

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Play, Finding Yourself

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• My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

  Adrian Belew

  Work Out, Effort, Trying

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• Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a moment to accept with silent dignity.

  John Gallagher, Jr.

  War, Movement, Dignity

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• Learning a [skateboard] trick is kind of like a puzzle; you have to keep trying, and trying, and trying, and adapting and changing, and adapting and changing, and finally it works.

  Rob Dyrdek

  Trying, Kind, Tricks

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• Well, to have some teams come at you like Montreal did, it’s definitely flattering, and I think it was good for me to also set a precedent for players like me and how important we can be to teams. That was something I was happy to do as well, you know? Sometimes players like me are maybe overlooked or not looked at as an important piece to the puzzle, but it was something I wanted to prove and wanted to show.

  Brandon Prust

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• Throughout history there have been many other examples, similar to that of Haeckel, Huxley and the cell, where a key piece of a particular scientific puzzle was beyond the understanding of the age.

  Michael Behe

  Keys, Cells, Understanding

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• What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.

  Agnes Repplier

  Taken, Cinema, Has Beens

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• Thinking about language, while thinking _in_ language, leads to puzzles and paradoxes.

  James Gleick

  Thinking, Language, Paradox

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• Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

  Iris Johansen

  Drama, Hero, Writing

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• I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

  Adam Baldwin

  Party, Laughing, Fans

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• Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

  Theodore Zeldin

  Mystery, Enigma, Persons

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