Posed Quotes
109 quotes by 106 authors
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I've posed nude for a photographer in the manner of Rodin's Thinker, but I merely looked constipated.
— George Bernard Shaw
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It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A…
— David Brin
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No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit during the time…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if…
— Joe Lieberman
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Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant to…
— Todd Haynes
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We would do well to ask ourselves the kind of fundamental questions posed by [Buruma's] erudite and thought-provoking book.
— Jonathan Sumption
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But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is…
— Paul Weyrich
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Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if the…
— Nancy Friday
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Paris Hilton has launched a new champagne in a can called Rich Prosecco. For the ad campaign Paris posed wearing nothing but gold paint. That’s…
— Chelsea Handler
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My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.
— Janice Dickinson
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A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands,…
— Max Brooks
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The responsibility for the risks we posed to others in some of our most extreme actions in those underground years never leaves my thoughts for…
— Bill Ayers
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Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement.
— Dorothy Lamour
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The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions. In the meantime, it…
— Allyson Schwartz
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Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of…
— John Boehner
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September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to America…
— Tony Blair
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Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela. These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way…
— Barack Obama
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Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did…
— Barack Obama
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I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where…
— Nancy Pelosi
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new…
— J D Hayworth
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106 authors contributed a total of 109 Posed Quotes, led by these top contributors: