Strange Quotes - Page 25

• If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we are then forced to conceive of Him - however strange it may sound to those who believe, not only without seeing but also without thinking - as without will, because He must always necessarily pursue the course which is wisest and best.

  Annie Besant

  Believe, Thinking, Perfection

  Annie Besant (2012). “The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant”, p.223, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in which intelligence could clothe itself.

  Annie Besant

  Space, Earth, Void

  Annie Besant (2012). “The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant”, p.348, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

  Cate Blanchett

  Acting, Likes, Beast

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

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• I realized the other day that I've lived in New York longer than I've lived anywhere else. It's amazing: I am a New Yorker. It's strange; I never thought I would be.

  David Bowie

  New York, Would Be, I Realized

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• The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.

  Richard Branson

  Success, Business, Real

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

  Julie Burchill

  Groups, Racist, Born

  "Once we had anarchy in the UK. Now all we have is monarchy in the UK" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles.

  Richard Burton

  Dream, Memories, Men

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• I remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who were very supportive of me and kind of let me do my own thing.

  Tim Burton

  Couple, Careers, Supportive

  "OSCARS Q&A: Tim Burton". Interview with Anthony D’Alessandro, deadline.com. February 17, 2013.

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• It's a very strange silence that I'm living in right now. It's a silence that has a lot of activity and noise in it from a zone that I don't live in on this earth.

  Gary Busey

  Silence, Earth, Noise

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• What a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.

  Lord Byron

  Men, Stranger, Strange Things

  "Don Juan".

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• I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.

  Nicolas Cage

  Character, Perfect, Humanity

  "Not much rattling Nicolas Cage these days". Interview with Andrea Mineo, www.cnn.com. July 24, 2009.

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• I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.'

  Nicolas Cage

  Mother, Moving, Heart

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• My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.

  Mariah Carey

  Girl, Father, Men

  "Mariah Carey: 'I try not to be a jerk. I really do'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2009.

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• It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Pistols, Influence, Window

  Thomas Carlyle, James Anthony Froude (2012). “Reminiscences”, p.13, Cambridge University Press

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• I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

  Jim Carrey

  Mean, Kids, Years

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• Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

  Graydon Carter

  Writing, Paris, Giving

  "These things I know". Interview with Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.

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• But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strange Places, Ideas, Knowing

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• I know it shouldn't make a difference, but crossing the dateline, we weren't sure what day it was - it was very strange. Now, I seem to cope with it better.

  Phil Collins

  Differences, Making A Difference, Crossings

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• The things I'm guided to do are really strange to me.

  Billy Corgan

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• Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

  Noel Coward

  Love, Country, Peace

  Noel Coward (1952). “Play Parade”

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• That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.

  Noel Coward

  War, Hands, Feelings

  Noel Coward (1952). “Play Parade”

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• Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job.

  Sloane Crosley

  Jobs, Writing, Feels

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts to the Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

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• You can't possibly fathom the ins and outs of a prepubescent beauty treatment until you've felt the strange but exhilarating tingle of a cottage-cheese-and-Pop-Rocks facial.

  Sloane Crosley

  Rocks, Cottages, Cheese

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• I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it.

  Rachel Cusk

  Taken, Motherhood, People

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• On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Taken, Play, Feelings

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