Things To Do Quotes - Page 28

• I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  Letter to Groucho Marx, 12 June 1953

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• I think doing variations on a classical theme is a dangerous thing to do.

  Tori Amos

  Thinking, Variation, Theme

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• If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun.

  Michael P. Anderson

  Fun, Mean, Air

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• All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.

  Maya Angelou

  Company, Policy, Knows

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.psychologytoday.com. February 17, 2009.

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• I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

  Diane Arbus

  Photography, Naughty, Favorites Things

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• Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

  Darren Aronofsky

  Character, Interesting, Important

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• It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

  M. Russell Ballard

  May, Easy, Politically Correct

  M. Russell Ballard (2001). “When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness”, Deseret Book Company

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• The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Relax

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• I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.

  Lance Bass

  Parent, Cooking, Special

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• Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

  Martha Beck

  Mean, Worry, Why Not

  "Stop Worrying! Anxiety-Busting Advice from Martha Beck" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.

  Brendan Behan

  Love, Life, Important

  Brendan Behan (1968). “The wit of Brendan Behan”

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• I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.

  Halle Berry

  Thinking, People, Trying

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• Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.

  Maeve Binchy

  Reading, Thinking, Parent

  Interview with Sarah Kinson, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2007.

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• Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.

  Art Blakey

  Country, Art, America

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• It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

  Mary J. Blige

  Hurt, Want, Best Things

  " Mary J.Blige Says She's 'Just Fine' With Her New Album, Losing 'Umbrella' to Rihanna" by Jayson Rodriguez, www.mtv.com. October 10, 2007.

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• Not many women will go out on a limb to make themselves really unattractive and unfeminine so you can get the laughs, but it's a great thing to do in my book.

  Jo Brand

  Book, Laughing, Unattractive

  "This much I know" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2007.

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• I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Thinking, Want

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• There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

  Bill Bryson

  Government, Years, America

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• Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.

  Betty Buckley

  Teacher, Giving, Taught

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• I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

  Jeb Bush

  Decision, Political, Polls

  "'Hannity' Great American Forum: Jeb Bush". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. July 22, 2011.

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• When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

  Samuel Butler

  Death, Legacy, Decent

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• You do not have to be an economist to know that putting up the cost of employing someone is a pretty barking thing to do when you're trying to get out of a recession.

  David Cameron

  Trying, Cost, Economist

  "The Economist" Interview, www.economist.com. March 31, 2010.

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• I have this feeling that as time goes on, we're not getting any more civilized, and we should be. We're still running around like the days of Genghis Khan. There are so many important, better things to do and we need to encourage people to reach into the brighter side of humanity and not encourage people to continue to glorify the darker side.

  Benjamin Carson

  Running, People, Romance

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• Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing.

  Nick Cave

  Country, Moving, Notion

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• When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

  Camilo Jose Cela

  Cards, Debt, Best Things

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