I Quotes
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“I only take vitamin B complex. Before World War II, I used to take ionized yeast, because in the pre-war era we never heard about vitamins.”
“I only think well when my mind is calm.”
“I only thought
Of lying quiet there where I was thrown
Like sea-weed on the rocks, and suffer her
To prick me to a pattern with her pin,
Fibre from fibre, delicate leaf from leaf,
And dry out from my drowned anatomy
The last sea-salt left in me.”
“I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.”
“I only took a high school acting class because there was no other class I wanted to take. I loved it, but I was always against acting as a profession. I didn't like the monetary fluctuations I saw.”
“I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.”
“I only toured for three months. As soon as I got off [tour], I was just dying to start recording, because it was on my mind: 'I've got to make another record now.' And I was totally excited.”
“I only train, I don't know what a break is.”
“I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an author's work.”
“I only travel to good material, a good director and a good company. I won't work in another country for a year any longer, because I have a lovely wife and I adore her and I can't bear to be away from her.”
“I only travel with a carry-on suitcase in most instances.”
“I only trust people by their discipline, no matter how educated they say they are.
In this life, you will often meet an educated idiot and a wise man who graduated from the school of life!”
“I only trust people who live with reality and karma to guide them. Most religions pay little or no attention to either.”
“I only trust the devil, for he is always the devil.”
“I only turn on my air conditioning when I start to sweat, which is typically sometime in the afternoon.”
“I only tweet about food and silly things, but it's really fascinating because I get a lot of response on Twitter, and I'm always looking at the type of people who write me on there, and it is such a variety.”
“I only tweet if I discover something that's fantastic, or if I heard something really great.”
“I only understand friendship or scorched earth.”
“I only understand realism.”
“I only understand that while I’m sleeping I have no fear, or hope, or trouble, or glory; blessed be whoever invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thought...”
Source: Don Quixote
“I only unwind at facials and massages.”
“I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.”
“I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.”
“I only use the computer for editing. I don't have an eight-track, otherwise I probably never would have bought a computer. When I first got my Mac, I was exploring its possibilities and had fun with all of the sound hacking software, but I'm not interested in that approach. I toyed with the idea of releasing a 12-inch of all the stuff I did early on but good sense prevented me from doing so.”
“I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.”
“I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.”
“I only used my whole life one perfume, and it's Cartier's Les Must.”
“I only VOTE with my wallet. I have no money, so you should probably try to buy my support.”
Source: Eggs, they’re not just for breakfast
“I only wake to fall asleep
And sleep, to awake without end.”
“I only wanna go up the steps toward a different level of stardom. The BET Awards was one of those steps, the VMAs was another huge step. And the next step, eventually, hopefully, would be the Oscars.”
“I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.”
“I only want my work to make people happy.”
“I only want one thing of men, and that is, that they should leave me alone.”
Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover
“I only want people around me who can do the impossible.”
“I only want power so I can get books.”
“I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during the night. It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
Source: The Bukowski Purdy letters: a decade of dialogue, 1964-1974
“I only want the truth to be known, for everyone to take responsibility for their actions.”
“I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.”
“I only want to be famous to my friends.
book: stuff i think about”
“I only want to catch you,” Michael explained. “I won’t hurt you.” “No! No!” the star crackled desperately. “That’s wrong! I’m supposed to die!” “But I could save you if you’d let me catch you,” Michael told it gently. “No!” cried the star. “I’d rather die!”
Source: Wizard's Castle
“I only want to do better work. That's the focus of my life.”
“I only want to do good projects. I want to make good decisions. If it's just a dumb movie, then no, I'd rather stay in school. But if it's a movie worth telling and that I think I would really benefit from, then I would like to do it. And that's one of the reasons I still live in Colorado. I love being with my family and going to school, and then when I come out to L.A., that is the time to be in the movies. People ask me the questions, I do the promotion work, then I get to go back home and live my life.”
“I only want to do the kind of work that I would like to go and see, that`s going to teach me something new, that involves working with people I can learn something from and I can give something to.”
“I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.”
“I only want to express the black part of me, the part of me that’s twisted. When something is fun, it’s fun for only that moment, right. But the bad stuff, the pain, we bring it with us for days. And depending on how deep the wound, we might not be able to forget for a year or two. First off, It’s impossible for anyone to sustain fun for 2 years. In short, I have no interest in expressing the ethereal.”
“I only want to fight real champions; I want to fight real opponents, so that I can climb the latter.”
“I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.”
“I only want to hit my targets if the aiming and the hitting both feel good.”
Source: The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul
“I only want to keep moving up and up in terms of quality and be careful with perception. I don't just want to do things that are the pretty girl with lots of makeup, I want to get into the gritty stuff and get down and dirty and dark and really feed my soul and not my vanity.”