Showing Off Quotes - Page 3

• Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Wise, World, Enjoy

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• I've had singing lessons and plan to show off.

  Geri Halliwell

  Singing, Lessons, Shows

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• He (the Sage) does not show off, therefore he shines.

  Laozi

  Shining, Taoism, Doe

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• Well, people from the "me" generation use photography to show off what they are doing, to show the world themselves and their friends. Those sort of diarized accounts have always been there. But the phenomena of making those diaries public is new, isn't it?

  Stuart Franklin

  Photography, People, World

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

  Al-Shafi‘i

  Wisdom, Islamic, Sincere

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• Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

  Celia Imrie

  Acting, Goes On, Stage

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• Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Lovely, Robins, World

  Frances Hodgson Burnett, General Press (2016). “The Secret Garden (Illustrated Edition)”, p.52, GENERAL PRESS

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• The disease that knowledge brings is arrogance, and the disease that worship brings is showing off

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Arrogance, Disease, Worship

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• We're human beings we are - all of us - and that's what people are liable to forget. Human beings don't like peace and goodwill and everybody loving everybody else. However much they may think they do, they don't really because they're not made like that. Human beings love eating and drinking and loving and hating. They also like showing off, grabbing all they can, fighting for their rights and bossing anybody who'll give them half a chance.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Hate, Drinking, Fighting

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• Women show off their personality and character through accessories more than with low-cut shirts and skirts with huge slits.

  Sarah Lafleur

  Character, Cutting, Personality

  "BYT Style Interview: Mémé LAFLEUR". Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Never let the church become a place where it's just a Las Vegas display place for you to show off.

  Max Lucado

  Vegas, Church, Shows

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was a bit of a show-off in school and loved playing dress-up, and my passion for it just grew as I got older.

  Jai Courtney

  Passion, School, Playing Dress Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I didnt get arrested to show off my wild character. People say its a gimmick for all five of us to be different. Thats ridiculous.

  Donnie Wahlberg

  Character, People, Different

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• Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.

  Ewan McGregor

  Thinking, Horny, Band

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2002.

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• I'm always smiling, always waving. I'm just a natural show-off.

  Kristie Phillips

  Gymnastics, Always Smile, Natural

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• My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

  Dorothy Height

  Mother, Use, Benefits

  Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.15, PublicAffairs

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• I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

  Noah Baumbach

  Song, Mean, Thinking

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• Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] wasn't Darla in the beginning, by the way. Darla was just Vampire Girl #1. But I just started adding a little bit of glee and joy into everything she did and just relied on the fact that the prosthetic does the work. And then I didn't have to be scary. The prosthetic was scary enough. I just had to smile and show off Darla's really great dental work.

  Julie Benz

  Girl, Dental Work, Joy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.

  Woody Guthrie

  Guitar, Three, Used

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• The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to the outside world. If you offend the head waiter, you can always go to another restaurant. If you offend the person you live with, it's very cumbersome to switch to a different family.

  Judith Martin

  Family, Different, World

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• I was a show-off as a kid. I was wearing bow ties and matching coloured trousers.

  Mika

  Kids, Ties, Bows

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• No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

  Miranda Hart

  Sports, Gold, Likes

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• I have a 'glamour job' on the Hill. That is, I could not care less about gov or politics, but working for a Senator looks good on my resume. And these marble hallways are such great places for meeting boys and showing off my outfits.

  Jessica Cutler

  Jobs, Boys, Care

  "The Adolescent Mind of Washingtonienne" by Juliet Eastland, www.alternet.org. October 20, 2004.

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• Its such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.

  Nicky Whelan

  Dream, Actors, Process

  "Nicky Whelan Talks MATADOR, Her Reaction to the Season 2 Pick-Up, Her Audition Process, Learning to Shoot a Gun, and Her Character’s Relationships". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2014.

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• So if you do acrobatics things on the street with no other goal than showing off, please don't say it's parkour. Acrobatics existed long time ago before parkour.

  David Belle

  Long, Goal, Acrobatics

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