Seven Quotes - Page 6

• According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.

  Annie Dillard

  People, Soul, Inuit

  Annie Dillard (2010). “For the Time Being”, p.10, Vintage

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• I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I just cried and cried. It was joy!

  Beth Ditto

  Joy, Overcoming, Baptists

  "'Everything that you think is weird is normal to me'". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.

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• In my case, I can sincerely say that nothing is impossible... When I was saying I want to be No. 1 of the world, and I was seven or eight years old, most of the people were laughing at me because it seems like I have one percent of chances to do that, and I've done it.

  Novak Djokovic

  Eight, Years, People

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• I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'

  Kirsten Dunst

  Dark, Gun, Long Blonde Hair

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• I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Children, Four, Grandkids

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• He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

  Charles Alexander Eastman

  Holy Days, One Day, Needs

  Charles Alexander Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2007). “The Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa): Light on the Indian World”, p.15, World Wisdom, Inc

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• I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Queens, Children, School

  Interview with Woody Harrelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Fifteen, Seven Days, Week

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

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• I went to boarding school at seven and cried and cried.

  Rupert Everett

  School, Cried

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• You see, in America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years. The maximum any British agent will allow you to have over an actor is three years.

  Julian Fellowes

  Years, America, Three

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• When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.

  Jennie Finch

  Sports, Looks, Want

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• I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.

  Carrie Fisher

  Bipolar, Being Free, Three

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• When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!

  Bobby Flay

  Nuts, People, Burgers

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• Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.

  Lukas Foss

  Creative, Age, Process

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• I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. 'It's a job, Al,' Guy told me. 'We work at it every day.'

  Al Franken

  Jobs, Couple, Seven Months

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.47, Penguin

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• You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

  Stephen Fry

  Six, Film, Five

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• I wrote newspaper articles professionally for seven years, and I love newspapers.

  Al Gore

  Years, Newspapers, Articles

  Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. February 17, 2013.

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• Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Heart, Vegetarian Diet, Average

  "The Skinny on our Growing Girth" by Ingrid Newkirk, www.huffingtonpost.com. Sptember 26,2009.

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• By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Home, Play, Hours

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• I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.

  Gary Numan

  Baby, Cousin, Brother

  "Gary Numan: My family values" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.

  Conan O'Brien

  Dream, Regret, Seven Months

  "Conan O'Brien quips about next career move: nudity" by Catherine Donaldson-Evans, Marla Lehner, www.cnn.com. January 23, 2010.

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• I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

  Chris O'Dowd

  Uncles, Mean, Kids

  "Our Hilarious Interview with Friends With Kids Star Chris O'Dowd: "Women Just Want To Spoon Me."". Interview with Jessica Radloff, www.glamour.com. March 8, 2012.

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• The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.

  Frances O'Grady

  Country, Data, Imf

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• Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.

  Yoko Ono

  Cells, Years, Body

  "This much I know" by Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2009.

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• Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say the exact same thing in three characters? I can't think of a sentence in which 'use' can't replace 'utilize.'

  Susan Orlean

  Character, Thinking, Three

  "Wordy Rappinghood" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. September 8, 2010.

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