Took Quotes

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If I could be said to have any kind of aesthetic, it’s sort of a magpie aesthetic—I just go and pick up whatever is around.… — Sally Mann
[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are… — John Bunyan
I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for. — Jane Welsh Carlyle
I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work. — Gil Kane
I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me… — Michele Bachmann
Ender stepped under the water and rinsed himself, took the sweat of combat and let it run down the drain. All gone, except they recycled… — Orson Scott Card
The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from… — Kurt Vonnegut
One day I visited a guy who had made a fortune as a broker. He was sitting in his office with his computer. I hire… — Studs Terkel
Raw hatred took its time making an outpost of its rage and prepared for me a savage crown with rusty, bloodstained spikes. It wasn't pride… — Pablo Neruda
Did you ever consider that LSD was really one of the most dangerous drugs ever manufactured because the people who took it turned into yuppies? — Frank Zappa
Your son went into your kitchen and took a kitchen knife.... — Judy Sheindlin
It took me a long time to understand that God is not the enemy of my enemies. God is not even the enemy of God's… — Martin Niemoller
No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than 'Flashdance.' After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all… — Elizabeth Berkley
Daniel gave all the glory to God; he took none of it for himself. There is no limit to what God will do for the… — Warren W. Wiersbe
A thought Of that late death took all my heart for speech. — William Butler Yeats
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round… — Barbara Mertz
I cooked at the White House for Easter, last year, with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with cooking from the organic garden,… — Jacques Pepin
I have found that women are not only just as much interested as men are in flying, but apparently have less fear than the men… — Katherine Stinson
Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep… — Dee Hock
I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money.… — Donald Pleasence
After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level. — Eric Shanteau
She had six months at most left to live. She had cancer, she hissed. A filthy growth eating her insides away. There was an operation,… — Helen Hodgman
Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other… — Billy Graham
The thinking it took to get us into this mess is not the same thinking that is going to get us out of it. — Albert Einstein
When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where… — Grace Kelly

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