Figures Quotes
2652 quotes by 2013 authors
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If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate…
— Jason Aldean
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While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all,…
— Tony Campolo
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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then…
— Elias Canetti
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed.
— Sherman Alexie
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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
— Sherman Alexie
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One of the reasons surgeons have so much trouble separating Siamese twins is that nobody gets to do many of them. On the table, the…
— Benjamin Carson
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It's estimated that across Africa 100 elephants are killed for their tusks every day. It takes nothing more than simple math to get to what…
— Graydon Carter
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I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.
— Muhammad Ali
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Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down.
— Barbara Cartland
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
— Fidel Castro
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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and…
— Dave Chappelle
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If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.
— Cher
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If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why…
— Margaret Cho
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But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in…
— Madonna Ciccone
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Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
— Tim Allen
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As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
— Woody Allen
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The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms -…
— Hillary Clinton
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I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
— Chuck Close
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You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity…
— Diablo Cody
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