Scratches Quotes - Page 10

• I have no problem with starting from scratch.

  Leif Garrett

  Problem, Starting, No Problem

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• He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

  John Green

  Inspirational, Book, Reading

  John Green (2008). “An Abundance of Katherines”, p.26, Penguin

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• I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.

  Hal Linden

  Moving, Starting Over, Roles

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• No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

  Emily Giffin

  Careers, People, Wish

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.129, Macmillan

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• Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life.

  George Carlin

  Names, Trying, Bombs

  George Carlin (2009). “Last Words”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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• Take most people, they are crazy about cars. They worry if they get a little scratch on them, they are always talking about have many miles they get to a gallon, and if they get a brand new car already they start thinking about trading it in for one that is even newer. I do not even like old cars. . . . I'd rather have a horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

  J. D. Salinger

  Horse, Crazy, Thinking

  Catcher in the Rye (1951) ch. 17

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• The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who depend on the planet to open itself to us. We can only scratch away at what natural forces have brought to the surface.

  Jack Horner

  Country, Wind, Broken

  Jack Horner, James Gorman (2009). “How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution”, p.37, Penguin

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• Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be.

  Betty Rollin

  Sex, Differences, Feminist

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• My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who could blame her with a husband like that . . . She says this is really the only reason people are ever mean--they have something hurting inside of them, a claw of unhappiness scratching at their hearts, and it hurts them so much that sometimes they have to push it right out of their mouths to scratch someone else, just to give themselves a rest, a moment of relief.

  Laura Moriarty

  Mother, Hurt, Husband

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• I live for a woman who scratches, just make sure to keep it on the back, baby, I dont like scars." ~Otto Carvalletti

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Baby, Scar

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• No one wants to hear you speak, Bradie Boy," Kitten said in that scratchy voice of hers. "Like that's ever stopped me. I can't believe we've got a bird and a cat in the car." Bradley chuckled. "I guess that makes me animal control. Nice." "I'm a Teran," Kitten said tightly, "not a cat. And if I hear you call me a cat one more time, I'll scratch your eyes out. Understand?" "Oh, I understand. I just don't think you'll like what I'm understanding, which is that you can't wait to get your hands on me.

  Gena Showalter

  Nice, Believe, Cat

  Gena Showalter (2007). “Red Handed”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.

  Tony Abbott

  Issues, People, Suffering

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

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• You gonna back down so easy, little sister?. Not much wild about you, is there? I bet that cottage doesn't have a scratch. Did Edward tell you how many houses Rose and I smashed?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Rose, House, Little Sister

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.303, Hachette UK

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• The painting was framed in a misty view of sky, sea, and valley. Newt's painting was small, black, and warty. It consisted of scratches made in a black, gummy impasto. The scratches formed a sort of spider's web, and I wondered if they might not be the sticky nets of human futility hung up on a moonless night to dry.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Night, Views, Sea

  Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Cat's Cradle: A Novel”, p.164, Dial Press

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• If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if you are anywheres where it won't do for you to scratch, why you will itch all over in upwards of a thousand places.

  Mark Twain

  Sleep, Funeral, Trying

  Mark Twain (2013). “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, p.9, Atlântico Press

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• You look hot. The straight men will want you, the gay men will want beauty tips, and the women will want to scratch your eyes out. If that isn't the stuff of fairy tales, I don't know what is.

  Zoey Dean

  Eye, Gay, Men

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• I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves, spit and howl. My mind swings wildly through time, touching on dozens of ideas a minute, unharnessed and undisciplined. You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Buddhist, Thinking, Ideas

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• Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Heart, Broken, Break

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• A cat’s body can sustain a lot of damage without actually dying,” Lucas said, his voice as deep as the rumble of the earth itself. “You just think about that before you so much as scratch yourself without permission.” Ryan gulped and nodded, still mute.

  Rachel Vincent

  Cat, Thinking, Voice

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• Ever since Dimitri came back...no, scratch that. Ever since you became obsessed with changing him, you've been torn over me. No matter what's happened between us, you've never really given yourself over to our relationship. I wanted to believe what you told me. I thought you were ready...but you weren't.

  Richelle Mead

  Believe, Matter, Obsessed

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.1073, Penguin

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• There I go being critical again. Does a man have to stand on one foot and juggle for me to consider him entertaining? What am I looking for? A knight?...No, knights are all polished and shiny. I think my taste runs to something with a bit of tarnish and maybe a few scratches. Someone who can make me laugh and cry and make me angry and make my knees tremble when he touches me.

  Nora Roberts

  Running, Men, Thinking

  Nora Roberts (2013). “The Heart's Victory”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

  Alice Roosevelt Longworth

  Life, Inspiring, Funny Inspirational

  Quoted in Peter Passell and Leonard Ross, The Best (1974)

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• When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can.

  Samuel Lover

  Men, Hygiene, Way

  'Handy Andy' (1842) ch. 36

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• Film is an itch I have yet to scratch.

  Lea Michele

  Film

  FaceBook post by Lea Michele from May 28, 2013

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• Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Believe, Passion, Garden

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