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title: "261 Directly Quotes by 244 authors"
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> [I want to speak to people directly as much as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/i-want-to-speak-to-people-directly-as-much-as-possible/)

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandria-ocasio-cortez/)

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> [Directly or indirectly, everything we write is for someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/directly-or-indirectly-everything-we-write-is-for-someone/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I love talking directly to the fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-white/i-love-talking-directly-to-the-fans/)

[Dana White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-white/)

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> [I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-vega/i-wouldn-t-characterize-my-work-however-as-directly-political/)

[Suzanne Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-vega/)

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> [What you receive is directly connected to what you believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/what-you-receive-is-directly-connected-to-what-you-believe/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [I have always liked to speak to people very directly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mercado/i-have-always-liked-to-speak-to-people-very-directly/)

[Walter Mercado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mercado/)

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> [“We touch the last reality directly in prayer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-touch-the-last-reality-directly-in-prayer/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“You know longer work directly under her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-black/you-know-longer-work-directly-under-her/)

[Lena Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-black/)

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> [Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francesca-woodman/then-at-one-point-i-did-not-need-to-translate-the-notes-they-went/)

[Francesca Woodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francesca-woodman/)

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> [I was never so directly inspired by fashion. It always came from somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-lang/i-was-never-so-directly-inspired-by-fashion-it-always-came-from/)

[Helmut Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-lang/)

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> [“It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-willey/it-is-incorrect-to-assume-that-you-cannot-find-any-good-in-the-point/)

[Daniel Willey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-willey/)

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> [Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-love-hewitt/music-for-me-has-always-been-something-that-is-directly-connected-to/)

[Jennifer Love Hewitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-love-hewitt/)

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> [There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/there-is-nothing-that-makes-its-way-more-directly-into-the-soul-than/)

[Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/)

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> [In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-mackinnon/in-russia-they-do-not-generally-block-the-internet-and-directly/)

[Rebecca MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-mackinnon/)

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> [The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hill/the-hits-i-had-in-the-80s-i-made-those-deals-directly-with-american/)

[Dan Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hill/)

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> [Military dictatorship, you can focus on it, you can fight it directly. It's a band of power-driven people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/military-dictatorship-you-can-focus-on-it-you-can-fight-it-directly/)

[Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/)

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> [In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-madden/in-all-the-years-that-i-ve-been-in-football-i-went-directly-from/)

[John Madden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-madden/)

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> [I went to the Capitol and came to court specifically to draw attention to the problems of the world that directly affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynette-fromme/i-went-to-the-capitol-and-came-to-court-specifically-to-draw/)

[Lynette Fromme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynette-fromme/)

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> [I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauryn-hill/i-love-being-able-to-reach-people-directly-but-in-an-ideal-scenario-i/)

[Lauryn Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauryn-hill/)

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> [A thing may fail as a poem because it tries to do what a poem cannot do: it tries to become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miller-williams/a-thing-may-fail-as-a-poem-because-it-tries-to-do-what-a-poem-cannot/)

[Miller Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miller-williams/)

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> [I write at a desk. I have a room of my own where I can have my computer. I write in there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-bunting/i-write-at-a-desk-i-have-a-room-of-my-own-where-i-can-have-my/)

[Eve Bunting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-bunting/)

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> [I've only gotten directly offered two or three movies, ever. I don't have the luxury of being able to say no a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeline-zima/i-ve-only-gotten-directly-offered-two-or-three-movies-ever-i-don-t/)

[Madeline Zima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeline-zima/)

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> [We're producing spaces that accommodate human activity. And what I'm interested in is not the styling of that, but the relationship of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/we-re-producing-spaces-that-accommodate-human-activity-and-what-i-m/)

[Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/)

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> [In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/in-my-opinion-creative-control-means-a-lot-i-feel-like-i-m-really-in/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

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> [I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/i-remember-my-first-visit-with-my-guru-he-had-shown-that-he-read-my/)

[Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/)

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> [My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-roach/my-husband-recently-made-me-try-on-a-bikini-a-bikini-is-not-so-much-a/)

[Mary Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-roach/)

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> [All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/all-knowledge-or-form-conception-is-evoked-through-the-medium-of-the/)

[Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/)

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> [My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-roos/my-career-was-always-about-working-with-people-and-understanding/)

[John Roos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-roos/)

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> [If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/if-i-could-write-directly-on-a-typewriter-or-a-computer-i-would-do-it/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [I took physics, and lo and behold, there's a lot of physics in 'Lost.' I think for most people, liberal arts educations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlton-cuse/i-took-physics-and-lo-and-behold-there-s-a-lot-of-physics-in-lost-i/)

[Carlton Cuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlton-cuse/)

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> [In sports, I was representing my country, but in politics I represent people directly. I have always lived with a cause. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore/in-sports-i-was-representing-my-country-but-in-politics-i-represent/)

[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore/)

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> [As a decision maker, you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. As the CEO,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-weiss/as-a-decision-maker-you-rely-on-information-being-passed-to-you-by/)

[Scott Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-weiss/)

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> [I want to help people either way, whether it's directly or indirectly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devon-cajuste/i-want-to-help-people-either-way-whether-it-s-directly-or-indirectly/)

[Devon Cajuste](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devon-cajuste/)

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> [I wanna look directly at the sun and not fear blindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-wanna-look-directly-at-the-sun-and-not-fear-blindness/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [What we do stems directly from what we believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-fenwick/what-we-do-stems-directly-from-what-we-believe/)

[Millicent Fenwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-fenwick/)

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> [Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/straightaway-the-ideas-flow-in-upon-me-directly-from-god/)

[Johannes Brahms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-brahms/)

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> [Art is doing. Art deals directly with life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-asawa/art-is-doing-art-deals-directly-with-life/)

[Ruth Asawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-asawa/)

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> [All that once was directly lived has become mere representation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-debord/all-that-once-was-directly-lived-has-become-mere-representation/)

[Guy Debord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-debord/)

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> [I would meet directly with the leadership in Iran.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-would-meet-directly-with-the-leadership-in-iran/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“passed so directly before her, as to make a ring, with a plait”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/passed-so-directly-before-her-as-to-make-a-ring-with-a-plait/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alex-berenson-10756.jpg) Alex Berenson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/directly/alex-berenson/)

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