Shapes Quotes - Page 11

• Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.

  Fidel Castro

  Destiny, Men, Historical

  "EXCLUSIVE!: 'I Won't Be a Dictator!'" by Fidel Castro, documents.latimes.com. May 24, 1959.

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• The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.

  Noam Chomsky

  Lying, Hate, People

  "Let's stay chummy, Chomsky" by Pat Kane, www.independent.co.uk. June 22, 1997.

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• We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

  Winston Churchill

  Leadership, Engineering, Architecture

  "The Best-laid Plans: How Government Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future". Book by Randal O'Toole, p. 161, 2007.

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• Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.

  Eric Clapton

  Couple, Mean, Guitar

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• I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

  Clarence Clemons

  Jobs, Player, Rocks

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• It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in the best shape.

  George Clooney

  Country, People, President

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• I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.

  George Clooney

  Rights, Relief, Debt

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• There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response.

  Diablo Cody

  Strong, Emotional, Childhood

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• Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys.

  Christopher Columbus

  House, Tents, Chimneys

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50

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• I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.

  Billy Connolly

  Islands, Drawing, Desert

  "Billy Connolly: 'My ambition is to be regarded as a nuisance'". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2012.

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• The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Moon, Circles, Perfect

  Nicolaus Copernicus (1978). “On the revolutions”

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• It's not like I was trying to be sexy but I had to get fit because I had to be able to do stunts. Also I wanted that, if Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a man who did what he did, which was kill people for a living. I thought the only way to do that was to work out and get fit and buff and get physically into shape.

  Daniel Craig

  Sexy, Men, Clothes

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• Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.

  Louis C. K.

  Wind, Endurance, Legs

  "Louis C.K. Talks LOUIE Season 3, Writing, Directing and Starring in Every Episode, Having Jerry Seinfeld and Robin Williams Guest Star and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 7, 2012.

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• It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Dream, Law, Helping

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• Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Suits You, Looks, Figures

  "Five things I know about style: Zooey Deschanel". Interview with Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2010.

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• A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.

  Joan Didion

  Love, Forever, Remember

  FaceBook post by Joan Didion from Jul 19, 2011

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• Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

  Sylvia Earle

  Lakes, Blue, Oysters

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• Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.

  Sylvia Earle

  Yield, Oxygen, Sea

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• Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.

  Umberto Eco

  Mean, Media, People

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• Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.

  Idris Elba

  Youth, Whips

  "The Midas touch". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2009.

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• The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Oath Of Office, Years, America

  Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 4, 2012.

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• I'm in good shape. My cancer means I have lost a lot of organs and I'm a lot lighter. I have devoted myself to yoga and I'm doing handstands.

  Eve Ensler

  Cancer, Yoga, Mean

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• I went on inactive duty in August 1945, and since I had stayed in such good shape and had played ball on military teams, I was ready to start for the Indians just two days later, against the Tigers.

  Bob Feller

  Military, Team, August

  "Once Upon a Game: Baseball's Greatest Memories". Book by Alan Schwarz, www.nytimes.com. 2007.

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• Being fit and being in the best shape that I can be helps me be the best mom as well.

  Jennie Finch

  Mom, Helping, Fit

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• One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.

  Carrie Fisher

  Magic, Gone, Causes

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