Balls Quotes
1827 quotes by 1332 authors
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In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright…
— Hugh Laurie
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Now therefore, while the youthful hue Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant fires…
— Andrew Marvell
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Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office…
— Martha Beck
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But the fact of it was that I liked it out there, a ruin devoid of human vanities, clean of human illusions, an empty place…
— Joan Didion
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I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her…
— Amy Hempel
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If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must…
— George Eliot
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And when the universe has finished exploding all the stars will slow down, like a ball that has been thrown into the air, and they…
— Mark Haddon
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In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers…
— Stephen King
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The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.
— Tom Robbins
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Women are so useless and unimaginative, aren't they? All they ever think of planting in the dirt is the seed of something beautiful or edible.…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each…
— Miranda July
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If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without…
— Dave Barry
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Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the…
— Dr. Seuss
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The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such…
— Eduardo Galeano
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And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol…
— Eduardo Galeano
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You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did…
— Chris Crutcher
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Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day…
— Harry Crews
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Tita knew through her own flesh how fire transforms the elements, how a lump of corn flour is changed into a tortilla, how a soul…
— Laura Esquivel
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Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don’t hold on to the ball.
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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