Quiet Quotes - Page 13

• Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

  Samuel Butler

  Thinking, Religion, Way

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”

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• The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.

  Lord Byron

  Family, Children, Home

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• I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

  Michael Caine

  Dirty, Naughty, Rotten

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• I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.

  Michael Caine

  Girl, May, Lasts

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• Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

  John W. Gardner

  Leadership, Style, Quality

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• The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

  Andre Gide

  Art, Serenity, Rising

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.14, Routledge

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• The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.

  Lindsey Graham

  Umpires, Judging, Political

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• My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

  Bear Grylls

  Men, Years, Important

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• Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.

  Francesco Guicciardini

  Retirement, Pay, Accord

  Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”

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• My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house.

  Tom Hanks

  Christmas, House, Watches

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.

  Hal Holbrook

  Lying, Hate, Thinking

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• Kabul was very popular with the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. It was very quiet and peaceful.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Hippie, Peaceful, Kabul

  "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. May 03, 2008.

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• My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

  Shawn Johnson

  Normal, Calm, Grounded

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• I own property in a quiet little town of Pennsylvania.

  Davy Jones

  Pennsylvania, Littles, Towns

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• Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.

  Janis Joplin

  Texas, People, Want

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• It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war.

  Chief Joseph

  Strong, War, Heart

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• For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

  Chief Joseph

  Men, White Man, Land

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• I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read.

  Kesha

  Book, Airplane, Sleep

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

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• I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

  Nicole Kidman

  Character, Thinking, Play

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Dec 03, 2016

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• It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are the same everywhere: The favored kids recognize their status and keep quiet about it - the better to preserve the good thing they've got going and to keep their siblings off their back.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Daughter, Mother, Sibling

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• Spare a thought for the poor introverts among us. In a world of party animals and glad-handers, they're the ones who stand by the punch bowl. In a world of mixers and pub crawls, they prefer to stay home with a book. Everywhere around them, cell phones ring and e-mails chime and they just want a little quiet.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Party, Book, Home

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• I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

  Tony Kushner

  Awkward, Shy, Social

  "Tony Kushner's Paradise Lost"by Arthur Lubow, www.newyorker.com. November 30, 1992.

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• I fail frequently - I just try to keep it quiet.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Trying, Failing

  "Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl Interview KILLERS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 23, 2010.

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• Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Inspirational, Peace, War

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• The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Running, Danger, Persons

  Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Sept. 1964-May 1949”

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