Impression Quotes
1118 quotes by 875 authors
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The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on…
— Lauren DeStefano
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Making reality real is art's responsibility. It is a practical assignment, then, a self-assignment: to achieve, by a cultivated sensitivity for observing life, a capacity…
— Eudora Welty
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Patty knew, in her heart, that he was wrong in his impression of her. And the mistake she went to go on to make, the…
— Jonathan Franzen
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I often think that at the center of me is a voice that at last did split, a house in my heart so invaded with…
— Lorrie Moore
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I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time,…
— Daniel Handler
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Caught in a bad romance. Whoaaa-oh-ooooh!" Nellie wailed along to the XM radio blaring from the enormous speakers. "Can I uncover my ears now?" Dan…
— Rick Riordan
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swore. “Barabas said you might say that. I’m supposed to tell you this.†Ascanio cleared his throat and produced a remarkably accurate impression of Barabas’s…
— Ilona Andrews
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We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next week; but in…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It’s the first time I’ve ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how…
— Suzanne Collins
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The contrast between the familiar and the exceptional was everywhere around me. A bullock cart was drawn up beside a modern sports car at a…
— Gregory David Roberts
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Sure," said Adrian. "I bet going in there and kicking down the door will change their minds. Take Rose with you, and you guys'll make…
— Richelle Mead
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Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.
— Milan Kundera
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I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with 'expressing' myself with obscure creative impressions.
— Walt Disney
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He raked his fingers through his hair. "She doesn't need me." Ralston smirked. "You are laboring under that mistaken impression that it is their job…
— Sarah MacLean
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A typical National World Weekly would tell the world how Jesus' face was seen on a Big Mac bun bought by someone from Des Moines,…
— Neil Gaiman
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You are such a chicken. Bock. Bock. Bock." He refused to allow her very bad chicken impression to ruffle his feathers. He was above petty…
— Christine Feehan
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Harry had the impression that even the barman was listening in. He was wiping the same glass with the filthy rag; it was becoming steadily…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. You memories will be my…
— David Levithan
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What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told…
— Lisa Kleypas
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there was an assumption that I was personally attacking Sarah Palin by impersonating her on TV. No one ever said it was 'mean' when Chevy…
— Tina Fey
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