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Sam Patch

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This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.
EDWARD BLAKE
Sophisticated systems such as the SAM-6 missile can be moved very easily. The Iraqis do that, and th...
KEN BACON
Sophisticated systems such as the SAM-6 missile can be moved very easily. The Iraqis do that, and th...
KEN BACON
Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY
As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.
DONALD TRUMP
Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS)
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Most of the other things they have done (are) nowhere near as good as what we or others have done.
BILL GATES
As far as jeans and shirts, I rock a lot of different things.
COLIN KAEPERNICK
It doesn't suit him as well as it might suit some others.
MIKE TICE
He has done some good things financially for the county and we hope he will be able to turn the hosp...
ED WARD
I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.
DAVID DOBKIN
We'll try to get some corporate donations as well as things we can do on our own.
MARK RIDDLE
Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.
DONALD TRUMP
Mischief may be done negatively as well as positively.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
We can finish as high as seventh or eighth and then we would be playing either Miami or N.C. State. ...
JEFF HOUSE
As far as I'm concerned, ageing is humanity's worst problem, by some serious distance.
AUBREY DE GREY
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.
NICK FLYNN
Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for re...
ENOCK MAREGESI
I've done my time. I've done it as well and as respectfully as I think anyone can.
O. J. SIMPSON
Things are done quickly enough if done well. If just quickly done they can be quickly undone.
BALTASAR GRACIáN
As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD
As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism.
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
ALBERT J. NOCK
Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned.
DAVID KOECHNER
Well, I'll do it as long as I can. I write some films because I need the money; I work on others bec...
ANURAG KASHYAP
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Some of us had to give and take a little more than others, but things have a way of working out. Som...
DANIEL SNYDER
Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
WOODY ALLEN
They can be a pest offensively. They can do a lot of things. There's no giveaways there offensively....
JOE TORRE
And then of course, obviously as far as issues such as global warming, something has to be done on t...
DARYL HANNAH
Silicon Valley tends to be very myopic - to be focused on one or two things - which has some strengt...
REID HOFFMAN
I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
SAM NEILL
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
I don't regret anything I do, ever, whether articles I've done or things I've said. And ...
EVA LONGORIA
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily as lying down.
WOODY ALLEN
If you can hide love and a cough, then I say you can hide your ignorance too.
VIKRANT PARSAI
As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.
RACHEL ROY
Even as exuberant as my style is and as over the top as I may be, I can appreciate a classic when it...
JEREMY SCOTT
Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be ...
GEORGE DENNISON PRENTICE
Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mi...
HOWARD FINSTER
As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.
GARRY TRUDEAU
As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.
SASHA LANE
A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.
JOYCE MEYER
Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE
Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism.
DICK VAN DYKE
Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes.
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.
JEF RASKIN
As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes.
JON BATISTE
As far as natural ability, I was always athletic.
TROY BROWN
That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned.
DAVE MADDEN
Common sense is seeing things as they are, and doing things as they should be done.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
You can see there were some things happening in Belgrade but we have no concrete information as to w...
ANTON NIKIFOROV
There is nothing more that can be done. Everything we do is now available to licensees as well.
HORACIO GUTIERREZ
We don't look at things as done in the past because we are continuing to work. If we think something...
ALEX LENAHAN
In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN
If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as t...
JAY-Z
And there it is: Even though we’re standing in the same patch of sun-drenched pavement, we might a...
LAUREN OLIVER
We must strive to let go our life as we planned,so as to have life we are destined for & that comes ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA
The surrounding nature is the best erudite master to teach us the basics of living.
ANUJ SOMANY
Success is not a journey, it's a destination called satisfaction.
ANUJ SOMANY
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Gu...
FRANK BLACK
Want to help others? Be yourself. You’ll inspire others to muster the courage to be themselves as ...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxin...
OMAR EPPS
I don't buy diamonds, I don't buy cars, but I enjoy travelling. I'm not a very possessiv...
FRANK OZ
As powerful as uncle sam is,he can never read our minds,unless we speak or write.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for ...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. ...
IAN FLEMING
All people should learn to say as well and "No" as an answer not only "Yes". One moment you will fil...
DEYTH BANGER
As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing.
EVANDER HOLYFIELD
As far as groupies, I never saw any of them.
DAVY JONES
As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.
GERHARD SCHRODER
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
I want to be as honest as I can about the things I've been through - the sorrows and joys, victories...
JIM COLE
Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
It's amazing what a smile and pointing can achieve. As well as some apologizing.
JEANNE STRUCK
Andrew Walter was a great mentor. He rubbed off really well on Sam. (Sam) comes in the huddle and he...
JAMAAL LEWIS
We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out...
JAY FOREMAN
As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no dou...
MARK PRYOR
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
WOODY ALLEN
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
JOSH BILLINGS
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
C. E. STOWE
There are some things that need to be done at the High School and Middle School, but I don't think t...
BILL DAY
There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well,...
JIAH KHAN
What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as the...
MICHAEL ASPEL
(Sam) wrestled well. He had a pretty good ride, and some good shots.
BEN ORTH
An objection was made that judging what had already been done to me, if we proceeded some of us woul...
JACOB WREN
Scioscia has a real good feel for when things need to be done. He's had success making adjustments. ...
DARIN ERSTAD
I tell myself I'm almost done. As painful as it might be, keep going. All the others are back there,...
HALEY STAPLES
It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Everybody needs to be good-natured with a good heart, because in this way we can solve our own probl...
ABHYSHEQ SHUKLA
As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON
In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.
KANYE WEST
As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
NATALIE GULBIS
We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
SETH BERKLEY

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Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
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If you want to get along, go along.
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When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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The Price Is Right can really get me going.
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Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.
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Why should I give you an interview? All you journalists are plagiarists.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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SAM NEILL
When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.
SAM NEILL
Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
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I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard a...
SAM NEILL
No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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SAM MENDES
For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
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I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets o...
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which...
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Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.
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The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
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You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
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I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
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The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - w...
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I want to inspire, and be inspired.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?
SAM LEVENSON
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The difference between keeping things clean and keeping kids clean was that things just sat still an...
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When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem ...
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You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
SAM LEVENSON
One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your im...
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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
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We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got t...
SAM LEVENSON
I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!
SAM LEVENSON
Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
SAM LEVENSON
Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
SAM LEVENSON
If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l...
SAM LEVENSON
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all...
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I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.
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SAM KINISON
I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to wo...
SAM KINISON
I don't deny my life-style is occasionally pretty wild.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'...
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I'm attracted to heartbreakers.
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It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
SAM KINISON
Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row.
SAM KINISON
If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
SAM KINISON
I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
SAM KINISON
AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
SAM KINISON
Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.
SAM KINISON
Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
SAM KINISON
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water sl...
SAM KINISON
Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attit...
SAM KINISON
I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn&...
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My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
SAM KINISON
You don't know what a rough crowd is. If all I have to do is go make people laugh, that's no...
SAM KINISON
You can know what's in your life when you know what's in your heart.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that ...
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I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your p...
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In a vague way, I always knew neurosurgery was different - more delicate, more difficult, more deman...
SAM KEAN
The grand saga of how humans spread across the globe will need some amendments and annotations - ren...
SAM KEAN
Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe...
SAM KEAN
Everywhere in the universe, the periodic table has the same basic structure. Even if an alien civili...
SAM KEAN
Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges...
SAM KEAN
Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of mode...
SAM KEAN
Medieval alchemists, despite their lust for gold, considered mercury the most potent and poetic subs...
SAM KEAN
One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy a...
SAM KEAN
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors...
SAM KEAN
The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including w...
SAM KEAN
The body tends to treat elements in the same column of the periodic table as equivalents.
SAM KEAN
America was probably Europe's equal scientifically by the end of World War I and certainly surpa...
SAM KEAN
The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and...
SAM KEAN
Boron is carbon's neighbor on the periodic table, which means it can do a passable carbon impres...
SAM KEAN
Most people, even most doctors, learn that the placenta is a nice, tight seal that prevents anything...
SAM KEAN
I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolat...
SAM KEAN
Brain surgery couldn't happen without the patient's own active voice to guide the work. The ...
SAM KEAN
Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
SAM KEAN
I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they w...
SAM HUNTINGTON
I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from th...
SAM HUNTINGTON
You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my jo...
SAM HUNTINGTON