Scratches Quotes - Page 12

• When we had to survive on our wits, gather and kill our food from scratch and be more at the mercy of our environment than we are today, we probably had enough challenge to keep our brains healthy.

  Philippa Perry

  Challenges, Healthy, Brain

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I am actually working on The Neighbors sitcom. We are starting from scratch. I am also working on a comedy movie and a vampire movie. I also have the pilot for The Tommy Wiseau Show and of course The House That Drips Blood On Alex, which we are hoping to make a sequel.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Blood, House, Vampire

  "The Room. Worst movie ever made?". Tribute Interview, www.tribute.ca. April 18, 2011.

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• Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.

  Usain Bolt

  Starting, Seasons

  "Usain Bolt: 'Legends have come before me, but this is my time'" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2012.

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• The Oneida Perfectionists, along with some of the others, believed that feminism, and abolitionism, and other causes that they pursued in their own way without participating with other people outside of their communities, were all piecemeal reforms. That's what makes a utopian a utopian, this idea that they were going to create a whole new world from scratch.

  Christine Jennings

  Ideas, People, Community

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I'm constantly aware of what they suffered in the war.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  War, Parent, Mines

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• When we save, everybody in the household is just suffering. By having the coin in a visible way, when you scratch, you can say the person that is in charge of the making money for the family is doing the right thing.

  Dan Ariely

  Suffering, Coins, Way

  "Poverty makes financial decisions harder. Behavioral economics can help". Interview with Kristen Doerer, www.pbs.org. January 20, 2016.

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• My favorite thing to cook is anything that comes out okay. I'm very fond of certain pastas and sauces that I can just about cook from scratch. So those are what I like to cook, as well as roasted potatoes and chicken. Anything that tastes alright.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Pasta, Sauce, Taste

  Source: aalbc.com

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• People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.

  Kirby Dick

  New York, Gay, San Francisco

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Where my heart lies is in the real-life, but at the same time part of it lies in this creative realm where I need to go in and put out that fire, scratch that itch, in order to be all rounded.

  Frank Iero

  Real, Lying, Heart

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• I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time.

  A-Trak

  Kids, People, Hip Hop

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I've been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you know I sort of fell into the mix. I really feel like I played a role in bringing dance music to America years ago.

  A-Trak

  Years, Play, America

  Source: www.gq.com

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• I figured out in my thirties it was about 'what can I contribute'? And what I figured out about that is creating something from scratch, and connecting it to people.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Creating, People, Connecting

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I make this really good tomato soup from scratch and I do it with grilled cheese sandwich dippers on the side. That's really, really, really good. And my grandma loves that. My grandma is the best cook ever so for her to love that makes me think it's probably the best thing I make.

  Gigi Hadid

  Grandma, Thinking, Cheese Sandwiches

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I can honestly say from my experience, my family and I had to start from scratch. We left Venezuela back in 1998 and sold the few things we had to come to America in search of the American dream. We went through really tough times. There were moments where we were wondering are we going to make it.

  Wilmer Valderrama

  Dream, America, Tough Times

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Generally I'll keep 95% of what I sing on that first scratch vocal take. Sometimes that idea will ferment for a long time, and sometimes I"ll be close enough to my studio and have enough time (kind of rare these days) to go and work on the idea. Not every song is super easy though.

  St. Lucia

  Song, Ideas, Long

  Source: www.planetnotion.com

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• I never did well meeting strangers, so my favorite part of partying as a couple was that I didn't need to strike up conversation from scratch. If you've ever had to go out and meet new people on your own, you would understand. It can be a bit of an awkward situation. If you're already out at a party with someone you know, it takes that pressure off.

  Andrew W.K.

  Couple, Party, People

  "Andrew W.K. And MAKJ On Partying As A Couple". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• The scary truth is, you have to scratch some veneer off to gauge where the moral fiber really is in certain pockets of society. It's raw. It's scary. But it gives us a place to work with.

  Ani DiFranco

  Moral Fiber, Giving, Scary

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm a SoundCloud, online kind of artist. It's not like back in the day when everyone was like linking up physically to do music. But with the album, I did have my first experience with meeting with a producer and us making things from scratch.

  Cakes da killa

  Artist, Firsts, Back In The Day

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If you just take the time to look, then yeah, you will find some really great music in Holland. Just scratch the surface and look underneath the corporate surface.

  Eddy de Clercq

  Looks, Great Music, Yeah

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The Christian church [in its true identity] does not persecute; any more than a lily scratches the thorns, or a lamb pursues and tears the wolves, or a turtledove hunts the hawks and eagles, or a chaste and modest virgin fights and scratches like whores and harlots.

  Roger Williams

  Christian, Fighting, Eagles

  Source: www.libertymagazine.org

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• I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

  Maria Semple

  Writing, Thinking, Good Things

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continually having to start again from scratch, but with a novel you only need one good idea every few years.

  Debra Dean

  Writing, Commitment, Years

  Source: therumpus.net

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• That's why I'm very wise [in] the way I choose the remixes 'cuz I know that the song has to transcend well. You already have a base, instead of me just doing my own production and I don't have to start from scratch.

  Cedric Gervais

  Wise, Song, Cuz

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• Usually I work out the plot before I start. This time I thought: Writers always talk about not knowing where a book is going - -I want to experience that, too. What I found out is that it's very interesting, but it takes much longer because you have so many false starts. You take wrong turns and you have to go back and start the whole chapter, or the whole section, from scratch.

  Daniel Kehlmann

  Book, Knowing, Work Out

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation.

  Nicolas Cage

  Opportunity, Lines, Film

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