I Quotes
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“I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.”
“I made the rules I figured I could be the one to break them. I thought I would write about xenophobia, a hatred of foreigners. After I stated writing the story there was not a foreigner to be had. I did not want to just stick one in there so I could get a title out of it since it seemed like cheating. I never figured out how I could get out of this dilemma so I just called it X and weaved X traits into the story.”
“I made the school team, and when I won in a match against another school it was the greatest moment of my life even greater than the European titles. In those school races, I always ran my legs off. There were girls watching and I wanted to impress them. I was foaming and vomiting, but I won”
“I made the sympathetic face, and the interested face, and even the impressed face. I did not say, 'In the name of all that is holy, cease this incessant drivel, you pretentious ass.”
Source: The Cranes Dance
“I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else”
“I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.”
“I made the transition to directing documentaries with the great help of my Co-Director on The World According to Sesame Street, Linda Hawkins Costigan. She was a gracious teacher, and a wonderful collaborator.”
“I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the same: Cook.”
Source: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
“I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display there.”
“I made the wrong choice ," I whispered. My mother shook her head. "A child should never have to choose.”
“I made the wrong mistakes”
“I made theater very important in the beginning of my career.”
“I made these Sierra trips, carrying only a sackful of bread with a little tea and sugar, and was thus independent and free.”
Source: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA COLLECTION: My First Summer in the Sierra, Picturesque California, The Mountains of California, The Yosemite & Our National Parks (Illustrated): Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Writings and Wilderness Essays
“I made things a lot harder than they needed to be out of fear and anxiety.”
“I made this bad joke on Twitter saying, "I want to put in my first no-bid contract to train the Libyan army and police force." These counter-insurgency guys like to say, "We don't do the big F-16 or big boondoggle projects, we're not pulling this stuff because it's good business." But in fact it turns out there are tons of business opportunities involving counter-insurgency operations - and it's not like we're getting rid of the boondoggle programs either, we're just doing more of everything.”
“I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.”
“I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.”
Source: The Provincial Letters
“I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.”
“I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days.”
“I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.”
“I made three movies in 1995 and I was unhappy with all of them: Sleepers, Incognito, and Speed 2.”
“I made three works about men in my life. But I had much more than three men. I never wrote about them.”
“I made to jump off the stone, but he gripped my chin, the movement too fast to detect. His words were a lethal caress as he said, 'Did you enjoy the sight of me kneeling before you?'
I knew he could hear my heart as it ratcheted into a thunderous beat. I gave him a hateful little smirk, anyway, yanking my chin out of his touch and leaping off the stone. I might have aimed for him feet. And he might have shifted out of the way just enough to avoid it. 'Isn't that all you males are good for, anyway?' But the words were tight, near breathless.
His answering smile evoked silken sheets and jasmine-scented breezes at midnight.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“I made tourtes of veal, of capons, and of artichokes and cardoon hearts. I slaved over pork belly tortellini and eggs stuffed with their own yolks and raisins, pepper, cinnamon, orange juice, and butter. I made sure the pastry chef was working hard on the pastry twists made with rosewater and currants. Soups of cauliflower, mushrooms, and leeks simmered for the better part of the day.”
Source: The Chef's Secret
“I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.”
“I made two mistakes at the beginning of the season. But I saw Manuel Almunia making mistakes as well, so sometimes you don't know what the thoughts of the coach are.'”
“I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.”
“I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.”
“I made two rings for myself and when I was in Los Angeles, I walked into a store called Maxfields and they essentially bought them off my hands. Those were originally made in New York. There wasn't craftsmanship, there was just manufacturing, and I wasn't interested in doing that. My first workshop was in Rome, and that was the start of House of Waris. In a little magical atelier, a goldsmith, his apprentice, his stone setter - and that was where it began.”
“I made up my mind I was going to find someone who would love me unconditionally three hundred and sixty five days a year, I was still in elementary school at the time - fifth or sixth grade - but I made up my mind once and for all.”
“Wow,” I said. “Did the search pay off?”
“That’s the hard part,” said Midori. She watched the rising smoke for a while, thinking. “I guess I’ve been waiting so long I’m looking for perfection. That makes it tough.”
“Waiting for the perfect love?”
“No, even I know better than that. I’m looking for selfishness. Perfect selfishness. Like, say I tell you I want to eat strawberry shortcake. And you stop everything you’re doing and run out and buy it for me. And you come back out of breath and get down on your knees and hold this strawberry shortcake out to me. And I say I don’t want it anymore and throw it out the window. That’s what I’m looking for.”
“I’m not sure that has anything to do with love,” I said with some amazement.
“It does,” she said. “You just don’t know it. There are time in a girl’s life when things like that are incredibly important.”
“Things like throwing strawberry shortcake out the window?”
“Exactly. And when I do it, I want the man to apologize to me. “Now I see, Midori. What a fool I have been! I should have known that you would lose your desire for strawberry shortcake. I have all the intelligence and sensitivity of a piece of donkey shit. To make it up to you, I’ll go out and buy you something else. What would you like? Chocolate Mousse? Cheesecake?”
“So then what?”
“So then I’d give him all the love he deserves for what he’s done.”
“Sounds crazy to me.”
“Well, to me, that’s what love is…”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.”
“I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear.”
“I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics-Well, they can do whatever they wish.”
“I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.”
Source: Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance
“I made up my mind right then what I really wanted in my life. It was comfort of a home and a family. But more than that, I wanted love. I wanted love to surround me. I wanted to swim in it. I wanted to hold it in my hand like heated sand and pour it through my fingers so it covered my feet. I wanted to taste it, I wanted to smell it. I wanted to wrap myself up in it like a blanket and stay safe and warm inside of it forever. And I wanted to give it. I wanted to drown people in it. I wanted to love with all my heart and be loved just as much in return.”
Source: After Forever Ends
“I made up my mind several years ago that I had worked very hard to get to where I am in life and that I was only going to do things that are fun and exciting.”
“I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the 68 Comeback Special.”
“I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.”
Source: The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish
“I made up my mind that not only would I become a millionaire, but that I would also raise up millionaires from members of my church”
“I made up my mind that nothing,, nothing was going to stop me Not even me.”
“I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.”
“I made up my mind to keep my feelings to myself since they did not seem to matter to anyone else but me.”
Source: I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader
“I made up my mind when I was 15 years old that I would never smoke or drink. I have kept that pledge to myself, and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made.”
“I made up my mind, but I made it up both ways.”
“I made up the term "object-oriented," and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.”
“I made use of the college library by borrowing books other than scientific books, such as all of the plays by George Bernard Shaw, the writing of Edgar Allan Poe. The college library helped me to develop a broader aspect on life.”
“I made very clear at the time that the love of same sex couples is every bit as valuable as that of opposite sex couples but nevertheless my view actually is that marriage in the biblical sense is very clearly from the many many Christians who wrote to me on the subject in their opinion can only be between a man and a woman.”
“I made very sure that I did not get involved with any of the commercial Linux companies, exactly so that I would be neutral and not ever seen as "working for the competition".”
“I made wine from the lilac tree/Put my heart in its recipe/It makes me see what I want to see/And be what I want to be”
“I made work specifically for them not to like. If you made paintings of flowers and someone says they hate it, it's like, "What do you mean? It's a flower!" But if you make a painting of your name and somebody says they hate it, it's like, "Well, why would you like a painting of my name anyway?"”