Wipe Quotes - Page 13

• Most estimates of the mortality risk posed by asteroid impacts put it at about the same risk as flying in a commercial airliner. However, you have to remember that this is like the entire human race riding the plane - it is one of the few risks that really could wipe us all out.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Impact, Race, Risk

  "We're All Gonna Die!" by Gregg Easterbrook, www.wired.com. July 1, 2003.

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• It's nice to finally get scripts offered to me that aren't the ones Tom Hanks wipes his butt with.

  Jim Carrey

  Nice, Scripts, Toms

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• But I really believe it is in America's interest as well as that of the free world more generally to stop Iran from getting its hands on nuclear weapons. This regime has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and bring about a world without America, and either of those is a really bad prospect.

  Frank Gaffney

  Believe, Hands, Iran

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• That to me is a bunch of crap trying to shoot guys up into damned space. What they're going to do is they're going to wipe out half a dozen people one of these days, and that will be the end of it.

  Chuck Yeager

  Space, People, Guy

  "Chuck Yeager pulls no punches on space travel". Interview with Thom Patterson, lightyears.blogs.cnn.com. June 5, 2012.

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• Grace cannot wipe out the law of sewing and reaping.

  Rod Parsley

  Law, Grace, Sewing

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• The nature of a panther is that he never attacks. But if anyone attacks or backs into a corner, the panther comes up to wipe that aggressor or that attacker out.

  Huey Newton

  Panthers, Come Up, Corners

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• Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.

  Herb Caen

  Land, Cities, Two

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• I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

  Christian Bale

  Movie, Years, Acting

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• When there's people on the other side of the room trying to wipe out your life and things are stacked against you, you can get nervous.

  Jello Biafra

  People, Trying, Rooms

  "Nardwuar Vs. Jello Biafra: New Introduction by Kristen K.: Originally ran in Razorcake #08, 2002". Interview with Nardwuar the Human Serviette, razorcake.org. 2002.

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• A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

  Rupert Brooke

  Love, Relationship, Valentines Day

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• Let me offer you, metaphorically, two magic wands that have sweeping powers to change society. With one wand you could wipe out all racism and discrimination from the hearts and minds of white America. The other wand you could wave across the ghettoes and barrios of America and infuse the inhabitants with Japanese or Jewish values, respect for learning, and ambition. ... I suggest that the best wand for society and for those who live in the ghettoes and barrios would be the second wand.

  Richard Lamm

  Ghetto, Heart, Ambition

  "Two Wands, One Nation: An Essay on Race and Community in America". Book by Richard Lamm, 2006.

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• So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It allowed hostile air to wipe out the approaching invasion force.

  E. Howard Hunt

  Pigs, Air, Promise

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• Instead of wiping away your tears, wipe the people who make you cry.

  Tyga

  People, Tears, Cry

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• After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.

  Bob Woodward

  Memories, War, Wiping Out

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• There is no doubt that the Internet brims with spamming, scamming and identity fraud. Having someone wipe out your hard drive or bank account has never been easier, and the tools for committing electronic mischief on your enemies are cheap and widely accessible.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Doubt, Enemy, Identity

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• Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we're still at the mercy of nature.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Technology, Bad Ass, Modern Life

  "What's The Next Big Thing?". "NOVA scienceNOW" with Neil deGrasse Tyson, www.pbs.org. February 23, 2011.

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• Every tear should live its purpose. Don't ever wipe the reason away.

  Jessica Simpson

  Tears, Purpose, Cry

  Twitter post from Dec 24, 2009

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• On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove And try not to notice I've fallen in love On Waterloo Bridge I am trying to think: This is nothing. you're high on the charm and the drink. But the juke-box inside me is playing a song That says something different. And when was it wrong? On Waterloo Bridge with the wind in my hair I am tempted to skip. You're a fool. I don't care. the head does its best but the heart is the boss- I admit it before I am halfway across

  Wendy Cope

  Goodbye, Song, Heart

  Wendy Cope (2011). “Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems 1979-2006”, p.34, Faber & Faber

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• Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

  Life, Country, Mother

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• I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Self, Fists, Faces

  "Circus of the Damned". Book by Laurell K. Hamilton, May, 1995.

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• If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

  E. O. Wilson

  Rest Of Life, Land, Humanity

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• The Iranian regime supports violent extremists and challenges us across the region. It pursues a nuclear capability that could spark a dangerous arms race and raise the prospect of a transfer of nuclear know-how to terrorists. Its president denies the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The danger from Iran is grave, it is real.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Israel, Iran

  "The Iranian Revolution". "Rear Vision" with Annabelle Quince, www.abc.net.au. February 11, 2009.

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• Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears; our being hated helps those we love.

  Peter Kreeft

  Broken, Suffering, Tears

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• To make lips look naturally pink, I put on red lipstick, wipe it off, and then apply clear gloss.

  Halle Berry

  Red Lipstick, Looks, Gloss

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• It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out.

  Shannon Lucid

  Hair, Eyebrows, Use

  ""Living on Mir: An Interview with Dr. Shannon Lucid". Interview with Patrick Meyer, www.encyclopedia.com. March 1998.

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