Taking Quotes

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I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I do… — Geoff Dyer
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its… — George Gershwin
As a child I was always taking things apart. My idea was that I was 'fixing' things, but I guess I was breaking them really. — Unknown Author
I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May, 1846, for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling that most likely… — Wilford Woodruff
Watching Michael Jackson was like taking a history lesson and a lesson on the future at the same time. If that weren’t enough, Michael then… — Marcus Miller
I went to the juice isle, I learned something. Cranberries are taking over everything. What do you got, apples? Put some cranberrise in there, make… — Brian Regan
Relentlessly feeding on poverty and economic dislocation, a New World Order was taking shape. — Michel Chossudovsky
I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal… — Greg Walden
Many individual growers now are growing organic fruit, and many are taking it upon themselves to market their own products to the public, as opposed… — Greg Walden
Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety? — Edouard Manet
John Boehner has to start taking a macro step towards the American people, away from the more radical elements of his party. You know, it's… — Unknown Author
Going down (descending), I realized, was like taking hold of the loose strand of yard on a sweater you'd just spent hours knitting and pulling… — Cheryl Strayed
Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom. — Christopher Lasch
You'll note that politicians no longer spend money, they invest it. Don't worry about paying more to the [IRS]. You aren't being taxed; you're taking… — P.J. O'Rourke
The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking… — P.J. O'Rourke
People have been saying the novel is dead for as far back as I can remember. The novel will never die, but it will keep… — Rosamond Lehmann
Buddhism advises you not to implant feelings that you don’t really have or avoid feelings that you do have. If you are miserable you are… — Henepola Gunaratana
The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not have made if… — A.J. Ayer
While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyrannical governments we must be vigilant to ensure… — Bill Shuster
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously. — Tom Robbins
Nowhere else in the world do the laws on firearms become the playthings of politicians and lobbyists intent on manufacturing cultural conflict. Nowhere else do… — E. J. Dionne
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had… — Paul Collier
There are those that say, if you do the uncomfortable thing long enough, it will become comfortable. But we are really not encouragers of that.… — Esther Hicks
The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps… — Dorothea Johnson
Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks. — Bernard Madoff

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