Quotes about middle
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“Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?”

Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958) American astrophysicist and science communicator

Source: Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

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Cecelia Ahern photo
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Anna Akhmatova photo
Richelle Mead photo
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Khaled Hosseini photo
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Edward Said photo
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“I was just stock in the middle, vague and undefined.”

Source: Lock and Key

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“I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.”

Pt. 2, ch. 22
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them."
"Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."

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“We can do subtle," I assured her.
"It's our middle name," Andrea added.
For some odd reason Rene didn't look convinced.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Slays

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“After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Joe Jones

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“Clary - "Look you can date whoever you want and I will totally support you. I am all about support. Support is my middle name."

Simon- "So that's why you never told me your middle name. I figured it was something embarrasing.”

Variant: Look, you can date whoever you want and I will totally support you. I am all about support. Support is my middle name.”
“So that’s why you never told me your middle name. I figured it was something embarrassing.
Source: City of Glass

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“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.”

Jean-Luc Godard (1930) French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic

Variant: A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order.

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“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.”

Doris Day (1922–2019) American actress, singer, and animal rights activist

As quoted in Doris Day : Her Own Story (1975) as told to A. E. Hotchner

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“… "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.”

Tracy Kidder (1945) writer

Source: Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

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Gabriel García Márquez photo
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“Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.”

Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) American author

"What The Dead Men Say" (1964)

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“Middle school is for being like everyone else; middle age is for being like yourself. (430)”

Victoria Moran (1950) American writer

Source: Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit

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“You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

Source: P.S. I Love You

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Robert Higgs photo
Jim Butcher photo
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Tom Robbins photo
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“Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.”

Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer

Source: The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life

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“and I try
to draw the line
but it ends up running down the middle of me
most of the time.”

Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist

Source: Ani DiFranco: Verses

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“BE QUIET!!… What do you want…? I was in the middle of saying something nice…”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Source: Bleach, Volume 01

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