Rounds Quotes - Page 2

• You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

  Ray Liotta

  Independent, Squares, Becoming

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• All things come round to him who will but wait.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Patience, Waiting, All Things

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edwin Edwards (1871). “The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Edited, with a Critical Memoir, by W. M. Rossetti. Illustrated ... by E. Edwards”, p.317

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• It just so happens that the green religion is now taking over from the Christian religion. I don't think people have noticed that, but it's got all the sort of terms that religions use. The greens use guilt. That just shows how religious greens are. You can't win people round by saying they are guilty for putting (carbon dioxide) in the air.

  James Lovelock

  Christian, Religious, Winning

  "James Lovelock: The UK should be going mad for fracking". Interview with Leo Hickman, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2012.

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• If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.

  John Lydon

  Writing, People, Competition

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• There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

  Robert Staughton Lynd

  Christmas, People, Want

  "The Book of This and That". Book by Robert Staughton Lynd, 1915.

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• I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

  Harold MacMillan

  Son, Way

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• All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Self, Ego, Mind

  Maharshi Ramana, Swami Saraswati Ramananda (1963). “Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi”

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• Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?

  Rocky Marciano

  Boxing, Guy, Waltz

  "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.

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• My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

  Cindy Margolis

  Thanksgiving, Kids, Years

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• You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better.

  Pauline Marois

  Shoes, Kicking It, People

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• There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

  George McGovern

  Strong, War, United States

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• What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

  Ian Mcewan

  Running, Two, Savages

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

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• I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. There's a reason why they're sometimes called fairy lights. When the night is right, there aren't any strings at all.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Home, Night, Light

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

  John Motson

  Running, Brazil

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• I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.

  Aimee Mullins

  Home, Night, Paper

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• For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'

  Olivia Munn

  Inspirational, Basketball, Men

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• Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done.

  Elon Musk

  Land, Dollars, Mars

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

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• My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round.

  Willie Nelson

  Doctors, Drunk, Should

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• You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

  Stevie Nicks

  Dream, Girlfriend, Men

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• When you are at the Olympic Games, it comes down to a ten thousandth of a hair between making the next round or winning a race or getting second or third.

  Apolo Ohno

  Winning, Hair, Race

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• I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry.

  Ben Okri

  Writing, Past, Circles

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• Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago.

  John Boyd Orr

  Country, Communication, Years

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  The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.

  George Orwell

  Lying, Cities, Police

  1946 'Some Thoughts on the Common Toad'.

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• A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.

  Camille Paglia

  Fashion, Children, Hair

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• Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.

  Jean Paul

  Beauty, Party, Literature

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