Quitting Quotes - Page 38

• If God is about putting God ahead of myself then I've just quit being religious, because that's what got me into such deep trouble.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Religious, Trouble, Ifs

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I played piano for a lot of my childhood and stupidly quit. I wish I hadn't - I could have been a great classical pianist!

  Frankie Cosmos

  Piano, Childhood, Wish

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

  Annie Dillard

  Years, Form, Notes

  "Author Interview: Annie Dillard, Author of 'The Abundance'". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 12, 2016.

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• I didn't go and quit anything. I remained who I am, so I don't know if anybody wants to criticize. I'm still me.

  Reginald Arvizu

  Who I Am, Want, Criticize

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things.

  Dan Bejar

  Important, Like You, Melody

  "Destroyer" by Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.

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• People should quit their jobs, move to Oklahoma, move in with 34 people, pay $100 a month in rent and start a band or start painting. That way you'll feel like you have a purpose if you lose your mind, and you'll have some fun on the way.

  Josh Jones

  Jobs, Fun, Moving

  "Evangelicals". Interview with Stuart Berman, pitchfork.com. August 28, 2006.

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• The only way the band could make any money was by going on tour. But going on tour meant we had to get time off from our jobs, and we couldn't get enough time off to make enough money from touring to survive, so the only way to try was to quit our jobs. None of us had a job that was so wonderful that we were just dying to keep it.

  Greg Saunier

  Jobs, Dying, Trying

  "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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• I was an executive at Columbia Pictures for ten years. I was doing great. My career was on the upswing. But, right then, was when I said I gotta quit. I gotta start my own company. I gotta be on the other side of it because I felt the strong call on my life - to tell stories that, on the face of it, might not look like a commercial movie.

  DeVon Franklin

  Strong, Years, Careers

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• I'm just a potato that won't quit. I'm a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I've got legs.

  Bill Murray

  Eye, Legs, Potatoes

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I didn't win prom king. By that point, I'd quit sports except for soccer, so I was really just a theater guy. I totally lost to the captain of the football team.

  Patrick Wilson

  Soccer, Sports, Football

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Next time you want to quit, think who you want to be. Quitters never win.

  Julie Hebert

  Thinking, Winning, Want

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• I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?

  Jill Konrath

  Motivational, Luck, Vengeance

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• I hear all the time that 'unemployment is greatly reduced, but the people aren't feeling it.' When the media, talking heads, the White House and Wall Street start reporting the truth - the percent of Americans in good jobs; jobs that are full time and real - then we will quit wondering why Americans aren't 'feeling' something that doesn't remotely reflect the reality in their lives. And we will also quit wondering what hollowed out the middle class.

  Jim Clifton

  Jobs, Wall, Real

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• If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.

  Bob Woodward

  Doe, Never Quit, Trump

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• A typical workday for me is getting up at about 5:00, 5:15 in the morning, getting some coffee or tea as quickly as possible, and then getting to my desk. And ideally, I'll start writing around 5:30, 5:45, and I'll write for three, four hours, and then I'll take a break, and read over what I write. Maybe about lunchtime, I'll go exercise or get out into the day. Then I'll either read over what I wrote the day before and quit work around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon and spend some time with my kids.

  Eric Schlosser

  Morning, Coffee, Writing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough.

  Pat Summitt

  Strong, Tough, Committed

  "Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, wyso.org. June 28, 2016.

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• You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.

  Pat Summitt

  Successful, Want, Ifs

  "Legendary Tennessee Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, wprl.org. June 28, 2016.

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• I never had becoming Miss America on my radar screen. But when I was 17, I decided to quit the violin and my parents were devastated.

  Gretchen Carlson

  America, Parent, Missing

  Source: frankviola.org

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• Have dreams/goals and never quit working toward achieving them.

  Adam Rodriguez

  Dream, Goal, Never Quit

  "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.”

  Gena Rowlands

  Mom, Father, Home

  Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 13, 2016.

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• I won't quit my day job. I like restaurants. I don't do a lot of television, either, even though people come to me with projects all the time. I have to spend time in the kitchen.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Jobs, People, Kitchen

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I cleaned up. I quit drinking, I quit doing drugs, I quit stealing, I quit breaking into houses, I tried to quit being a bad human being. I developed a conscience later in life than many. I call it the lost-time-regained dynamic.

  James Ellroy

  Drinking, Later In Life, House

  "The Onion talks to crime-fiction kingpin James Ellroy". Interview by John Krewson, www.avclub.com. November 20, 1996.

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• I had to quit triathlons, I continued to be active and worked in advertising agency .

  Kristin Armstrong

  Agency, Advertising, Triathlon

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• I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Book, Writing, Editors

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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• What happened was that none of that [Emmy nomination] really happened. Numbers flew under the radar, and so around the fourth season, I got really jaded and I wanted to quit.

  David Krumholtz

  Numbers, Nominations, Flew

  Source: www.avclub.com

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