Type Quotes - Page 30

• There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.

  Rachel Cusk

  Art, Character, Creating

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• I think that, back in the day, there used to be a lot of horror films that kind of had a checklist of what went into making the 'perfect horror film', and I think now people are raising the bar in the industry, as far as the types of horror films that are being made.

  Elisha Cuthbert

  Thinking, People, Perfect

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• There's not one food that causes diabetes.What causes Type II diabetes is being overweight... I've just come to grips, over the past four or five months, with my diabetes.

  Paula Deen

  Past, Four, Months

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• I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Schedules, Thrive, Persons

  "Zooey Deschanel Interview NEW GIRL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2011.

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• In my mind, I always think of myself as an underdog type.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Mind, Underdog

  "New Girl's Zooey Deschanel: 'The inner dork is a wonderful thing'". Interview with Gerri Miller, www.mademan.com. September 27, 2011.

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• I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Different, Roles, Want

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• I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

  Kirk Douglas

  Desire, Actors, Film

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  The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.

  Isadora Duncan

  Dance, Real, School

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• I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Teenage, Work Out, Way

  "'I'm in a good place now'". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. April 26, 2007.

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• I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people.

  Fred Durst

  Soccer, School, Kids

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• I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

  Bob Dylan

  Adventurous

  "Dylan talks: Bob Dylan discusses his latest album 'Together Through Life'". Interview with Bill Flanagan, www.montereyherald.com. August 19, 2010.

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• I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'

  Zac Efron

  Adventure, Superhero, Action

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• I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture, I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

  Idris Elba

  Black, Culture, Want

  "The god in Idris Elba". Interview with Afua Hirsch, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2011.

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• There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Hero, Careers, Two

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• But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.

  Julius Erving

  Moving, Understanding, Trying

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• If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Nba, Games

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.

  Paloma Faith

  Meals, Next, Excited

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• Oh yeah, I'm literally walking through my house now looking down and there are maybe, like, 15 pairs on the floor. For real. Real talk. It's just simplicity. They're something I wear every day. Before I got a deal with them, I was wearing some type of Vans all the time. I would just order them by the box, like, 10 at a time.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Real, Order, Simplicity

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• I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.

  E. M. Forster

  Thinking, People, Three

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• I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.

  Megan Fox

  Tattoo, Nice, Cutting

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• A stem cell is essentially a blank cell capable of becoming another, more differentiated cell-type in the body, such as a skin cell, a muscle cell or a nerve cell.

  Virginia Foxx

  Cells, Skins, Body

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• Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Men, Europe, Giving

  Jose Ortega Y Gasset (1960). “the Revolt of the Masses”

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• I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

  Evelyn Glennie

  Kids, Spinning Around, Littles

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• I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.

  Ellie Goulding

  Running, Lakes, Perfect

  "Ellie Goulding talks style, music and why she loves Beyonce". Interview with Nerissa Pacio Itchon, blog.sfgate.com. April 26, 2011.

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• I'm a visual thinker, really bad at algebra. There's others that are a pattern thinker. These are the music and math minds. They think in patterns instead of pictures. Then there's another type that's not a visual thinker at all, and they're the ones that memorize all of the sports statistics, all of the weather statistics.

  Temple Grandin

  Sports, Math, Thinking

  "A Conversation with Temple Grandin". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

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