Surround Quotes - Page 18

• Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that still surround this institution indicate that marriage has evolved without casting away its earlier purposes or assumptions. It's like we just keep building on this thing, piling new advancements on the old model.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Religious, Law, Advancement

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• A talented executive would be somebody who knows how to surround themselves with a lot of people that will make him look good. You could say that about a politician or you could say that about a head of a major corporation or what have you. The people you surround yourself with it's very important.

  Clint Eastwood

  People, Important, Would Be

  "Clint Eastwood Describes His Near-Death Experience, Says 'American Sniper' Is Anti-War (Exclusive)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 16, 2015.

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• The way I've always governed my life as far as fiscal policy goes is I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb about it, so I surround myself with smart people in much the same way a hole surrounds itself with a doughnut. I just pay things off. That's all I do.

  Dennis Miller

  Smart, People, Dumb

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Russia, Would Be

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• With the Law of Creation in play, you not only see the abundance and opportunity that surrounds you. You're able to TAKE it.

  Joe Vitale

  Opportunity, Law, Play

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• New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear.

  Lisette Model

  Routine, Invisible, Conventions

  Ann Thomas, Lisette Model, National Gallery of Canada (1990). “Lisette Model”, National Gallery of Canada

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• I have less time, less tolerance for bullshit, more interest in good taste, more confidence in my own judgement. The culture with which I surround myself is a reflection of my personality and the circumstances of my life, which is in part how it should be.

  Nick Hornby

  Reflection, Bullshit, Personality

  Nick Hornby (2003). “Songbook”, p.22, Penguin

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• I'm working hard to have a good life.
  You don't need fancy things to feel good.
  You can hug a puppy.
  You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color.
  You can plant a flower and watch it grow.
  You can decide to trust people, the right people.
  You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.

  Joan Bauer

  Good Life, Flower, Color

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• Your environment will become you. Surround yourself with people who have the same dream as you, who have accomplished what you want & more.

  Keshia Chante

  Dream, People, Want

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• It's never a waste of time or money to invest in yourself, no matter the source. True wealth begins inwards and emits its light outward into everything else, including the people you surround yourself with.

  will.i.am

  Light, People, Matter

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• True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Philosophy, Calm, Patient

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• Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, it is essential that you surround yourself with people who believe that what you seek and what you believe in are not only possible but also very probable.

  Chris Prentiss

  Believe, People, Trying

  Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.22, BookBaby

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• [On Napoleon:] The Emperor is too grand for anybody to tell him the truth, everybody who surrounds him flatters him all day long.

  Josephine de Beauharnais

  Long, Emperor

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• If only the peace I feel right nowcould be stored up and released laterwhen cruelty surrounds mein the darkduring nightmares.

  Margarita Engle

  Nightmare, Cruelty, Feels Right

  Margarita Engle (2009). “Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba”, p.158, Macmillan

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• Darkness, that here surrounds our purblind understanding, will vanish at the dawning of eternal day.

  Robert Boyle

  Understanding, Darkness, Eternity

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• Loved once for ever loved: how surely sounds This gospel to me since I learned to list Truth from thy lips, mine own evangelist. What thought presumes to set now any bounds To Love whose being informs us and surrounds?

  John Barlas

  Sound, Lists, Lips

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• I haven't had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be. I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.

  Aimee Mullins

  Dream, Responsibility, People

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• I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

  Carre Otis

  Feelings, I've Learned, Lift Me Up

  "A Sisterhood of Inner Beauty" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2012.

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• First I found [Elvis] to be a gentleman and then a gentle man. I found he could be sensitive to small issues. For someone of his stature there is very little for him to notice, ya know? He's so insulated by the people who surround him and by his own popularity. And yet Elvis will still find little things. He'll take the time to be gentle with people.

  Bill Bixby

  Men, Issues, People

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• I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

  Oscar Isaac

  Thinking, People, Creative

  Interview with Conor Oberst, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 17, 2013.

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• We must respect the atmosphere which surrounds the human being

  Henri Cartier-Bresson

  Atmosphere, Humans, Human Beings

  Henri Cartier-Bresson, Michael L. Sand (1999). “The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers”

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• You cant build any kind of organization if youre not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.

  Howard Schultz

  Skills, Organization, People

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• I surround myself with people that I want to be with. And I keep moving forward.

  Sam Berns

  Moving, People, Want

  "Beloved teen Sam Berns dies at 17 after suffering from rare disease" by Greg Botelho, www.cnn.com. January 12, 2014.

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• When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Army

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood.

  Sam Raimi

  Track, Bird, Needs

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