I Quotes
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“I quite like post-apocalyptic films, things like 'Mad Max' for instance, because they are so full on and there is something quite cleansing about the post-apocalyptic because you can see where we all think we're heading.”
“I quite like that jeopardy, those up-against-the-wall odds. I don't like it when it's over-comfortable, too easy, something that can be done in two or three weeks. I like a challenge.”
“I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.”
“I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.”
“I quite like the transitions of being an actor, because you get to explore these little pockets of life. So if you're playing a builder you get to know about building, if you're playing a scientist or a physician or something you get to know about physics. And similarly with this world I like exploring their culture, that very sort of upper middle class, addictive... that's part of the reason I love it.”
“I quite like to sing, actually - just belting out numbers with my guitar. I find that it's a form of tranquility. After all this mental lifestyle of the past seven or eight years, it's good to find some outlets that are not bad for my health.”
“I quite liked Sharkey and George and then there was a cartoon with rapper MC Hammer in it - Hammertime - I loved that cartoon, it was genius! They don't make cartoons like that anymore.”
“I quite love sequins; I think it's the drag queen in me.”
“I quite often feel that my greatest task as a father is to raise children who love what is good, true, and beautiful, and who are therefore aliens in this popular culture.”
“I quitted my Seat in the House of Delegates, from a Conviction that I was no longer able to do any essential Service.”
“I quizzed him a lot on this point and i suspect the truth was that it was like a lot of things at that age: you don't have any clear reason, you just do it. You do it because you think it might get a laugh, or because you want to see if it'll cause a stir. And when you're asked to explain afterwards, it doesn't seem to make any sense.”
“I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!”
“I quote others in order to better express myself.”
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
Source: The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy
“I quote the late Ed Murow. ... He said: 'Look, people listen to me when they want an eyewitness account. 'They think I'm a pretty good reporter. But when it comes to my opinions, mine are not worth anymore than the guy at the end of the bar.' And I believe that about myself.”
“I quoted David Hare one of his lines the other day to illuminate whatever point we were trying to make in the conversation, and I said 'What play was that?' and he said 'It was your line, you said it about a hundred and fifty times in The Vertical Hour.'”
“I què em caldria fer?
Procurar-me un patró molt poderós, Le Bret,
i, com una heura obscura que puja una paret,
grimpar amb enganys, i a més, llepar-li les rajoles,
veient que m'han clavat a la terra les soles?
No, senyor!, que un banquer m'estimi per pallasso
llepaculs que dedica sonets? No!, passo, passo!
Afalagar, adular les passes d’un ministre
per si m'adreça un gest que no sigui sinistre?
No senyor! Empassar-me per esmorzar un gripau?
Tenir el ventre gastat d'arrossegar-me al cau?
I la pell dels genolls de nit i dia bruta?
Ordenar a l'espinada que doblegui la ruta?
No, senyor! Ser una estora als peus d’un idiota?
Agitar l'encenser davant d'una carota?
No, senyor! O saltar de faldilla en faldilla?
O ser un gran homenet enmig d'una quadrilla?
Potser passar la mar amb madrigals per rem
i a la vela sospirs de vella? No fotem!
No, senyor! Potser anar fins a can Seyrecet
fer-me editar els versos, a quin preu? No, Le Bret!
O fer-me elegir Papa en els pobres concilis
formats per uns imbècils que van destil·lant bilis?
No, senyor! Treballar perquè aplaudeixin altres
un sonet que hagi fet, en lloc d'escriure’n d’altres?
Trobar belles orelles de ruc, llargues i tristes?
O viure amb l'objectiu de sortir a les revistes?
Estar terroritzat com un que quasi es mor
quan va veure el seu nom escrit al Mercure d'or?
Calcular, esporuguit davant d'un anatema?
Anar a fer una visita en comptes d’un poema?
Relligar els aprovats o fer-me presentar?
No, senyor! No, senyor!... Més m’estimo cantar,
entrar, sortir, ballar, ser sol, sentir-me viure,
mirar amb el cap ben alt, parlar fort, i ser lliure;
anar amb el barret tort, contemplar l'univers,
per un sí o per un no, barallar-me... o fer un vers!
No tenir gens en compte la fama i la fortuna,
poder, amb el pensament, enfilar-me a la lluna!
No haver d'escriure un mot si de mi no ha sortit,
i molt modestament poder-me dir: Petit,
estigues satisfet de flors i fruits i fulles
si és al teu jardí que en culls o bé n’esbulles!
I si arriba el triomf, quan l'atzar ho ha dispost,
no haver d'estar obligat a satisfer un impost,
davant de mi mateix reconèixer-me els mèrits,
no haver de pagar mai per uns favors pretèrits,
i, encara que no sigui poderós el meu vol,
que no arribi gens lluny, saber que hi he anat sol!
Acte segon. Escena VIII.”
Source: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
“I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone.”
“I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.”
“I race kind of sparingly.”
“I race to win, not to please people”
“I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.”
“I race to win. That's the point.”
“I race you, Ryles,” he says in a voice that’s implacable and unwavering amidst the swirling chaos.”
Source: Fueled
“I raced around getting ingredients on the recipe Victoria had given me. I started making the dough for the Iraqi pita, which Violet on YouTube said would need two hours to rise. I used whole-wheat flour, though I'd never seen my mother touch anything but all-purpose or cake; I wasn't taking any chances. I'd do it right. I went to three different bodegas before I finally found mangoes for pickling. They were small and hard as rocks, but I'd try leaving them in a paper bag with a dozen apples to hurry up the ripening. If that didn't work, I'd read something about microwaving them until they were soft, but I was a little worried about ending up with mango mousse. I bought Meyer lemons, thinking the sweetness could be nice, but as soon as I got home, I thought of my mother, her mouth shrinking into a knot: You used Meyer lemons? Like she'd never understand why I did the things I did. I went back out, got snowed on again, bought real lemons on the corner, and then went home and pickled them with ginger, paprika, garlic, and salt. I hoped they'd taste like they'd been marinating for months but I was starting to have a bad feeling. Things weren't exactly working out.
I cut myself twice, accidentally, trying to use the mandoline to slice the onions "as thin as a breath." I made a bed of them that looked like a lattice. I sprinkled thyme on top. The whole thing looked like the side of a house in Scotland where roses grew like weeds. I hoped my mother liked Scotland, but I'd never asked her. I minced garlic until my hand was shaking.”
Source: Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots
“I raced because I was paid to do a job and I felt like I had to do the job. Number two: I raced because I loved the process, I loved training, getting ready for the race, I loved all of that. And number three I raced for my memories. Regardless of what somebody wants to give or take away, you can't take my memories.”
“I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.”
“I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.”
“I raced through
Killer Keepsakes and really loved it smart and interesting and entertaining.”
“I racked my brain trying to remember the names of all of Nut’s five children. Bit difficult without my brother, the human Wikipedia, around to keep track of such trivia for me.”
Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“I radiate with the light that all women share. I cherish that light and acknowledge it in every woman I pass.”
“I rage against Vincent van Gogh for needing to die at 37, after painting for only ten years.”
“I raged across the field, killing all before me. They ran when they saw me coming, and I chased them down, and killed them before they could take someone else's friend away from them.”
Source: Magic Burns
“I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their typewriters? Or those who talk about having to stare at a blank page — do they want someone to write on it?”
“I raise a plastic glass. “To family.”
“And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers.
“And pizza,” says Oak.
“And stories,” says Heather.
“And new beginnings,” says Vivi.
Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes.”
To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”
Source: The Queen of Nothing
“I raise money the old fashioned way, I go out and tell people what I think. And I say to them, "If you hire me, I'm a CEO, and I'll listen to you. But at the end of the day, I'm going to make the decision, something I've done throughout my whole career with, frankly, great success."”
“I raise my face to his, ready for the crush of his lips against mine, wanting to share more than these nervous breaths.”
Source: Fear the Drowning Deep
“I raise my glass to the moon and drink it myself.
Life has never tasted sweeter.”
“I raise my hand; I take a book from the other side of this desk; I hear the boys playing ball outside my window; I see the clouds blown away beyond the neighboring woods:-in all these I am practicing Zen, I am living Zen. No worldly discussion is necessary, or any explanation.”
“I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Instead my teeth sink into flesh. I yank my head back in confusion to find myself looking into Peeta’s eyes, only now they hold my gaze. Blood runs from the teeth marks on the hand he clamped over my nightlock. “Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t,” he says.”
“I raise my pelvis to God
so that it may know the truth of how
flowers smash through the long winter.”
Source: 45 Mercy Street
“I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.”
“I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard”
“I raise quarter horses. Mine are mostly thoroughbred cross horses, a little bigger horses than some people like. I sell them or use them on the ranch. A lot of them go to the rodeo arena and some of them go to racetracks.”
“I raise the energies
of the people around me:
my presence radiates
unconditional love
and inner peace.”
Source: 365 Mantras for today: Find your inner peace, light up the world around you with the power of positive thoughts
“I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.”
“I raise up in stern invasion the standard of the strong!”
“I raise up in stern invasion the standard of the strong!
Compton”
“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”
“I raised an eyebrow. "You know, you're really good at compliments. Actually, it's surprising that a person with charm like yours has any enemies." The words came out before I could stop them. At this rate I would never be able to ask him about Benjamin Gallow, and it didn't help that every time he looked at me I wanted to melt.
"So, you think I'm charming?" Dante countered, mocking me. "Is that why you keep staring at me?"
"Alarming, not charming. And no, I'm just curious.”
Source: Dead Beautiful