Quotes about put
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Pär Sundström photo
Abraham Lincoln photo
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“People think I wake up in the morning and put on a tuxedo.”

Bryan Ferry (1945) English musician

Source: 'People think I wake up in the morning and put on a tuxedo': Bryan Ferry reveals the truth about his life and career, DailyMail.com, November 26, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1231233/People-think-I-wake-morning-tuxedo-Bryan-Ferry-reveals-truth-life-career.html,

Gong Yoo photo

“I am extremely grateful for all the attention and anticipation for my work, but I will admit that sometimes it does put pressure on me. Honestly speaking, I tend to be someone who follows my own heart and is drawn to and chooses productions that resonate with me.”

Gong Yoo (1979) South Korean actor

Source: "Interview with Gong Yoo and Bae Doona, stars of The Silent Sea" in The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/watch-interview-with-gong-yoo-and-bae-doona-stars-of-the-silent-sea/article38024567.ece (24 December 2021)

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“I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives... I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends, you know... I’d be very pleased to know what they think they’re doing. I think they’re all insane. But I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that, you know. That’s what is insane about it.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

Source: Lennon “Our society is run by insane people”, Interview, June 6, 1968, Educate Inspire Change https://educateinspirechange.org/john-lennon-society-run-insane-people/John June 10, 2014

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Eckhart Tolle photo
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Paul Valéry photo

“A poem is never finished; it's always an accident that puts a stop to it-that is to say, gives it to the public.”

Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher

Source: Unsourced

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Kanye West photo

“Put your hands to the constellations
The way you look should be a sin, you're my sensation.”

Kanye West (1977) American rapper, singer and songwriter

Devil in a New Dress
Lyrics, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Kanye West photo
Kim Jong-un photo

“Only when one is equipped with the formidable striking capabilities, overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone, one can prevent a war, guarantee the security of the country and contain and put under control all threats and blackmails by the imperialists.”

Kim Jong-un (1984) 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea

As quoted in "Kim Jong Un Defends Nuclear Tests, Says 'powerful Weapons' Help Mitigate Threats" in Republic World https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/kim-jong-un-defends-nuclear-tests-says-powerful-weapons-help-mitigate-threats-articleshow.html (28 March 2022)

Vitali Klitschko photo

“Nobody wants to die, everybody wants to live, but the Russians want to rebuild a Russian empire and we don’t want to live in a Russian empire. The Russians try to put us on our knees, but we’re fighting right now for freedom and for the future of our children and our country.”

Vitali Klitschko (1971) Ukrainian boxer and politician

"Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says he’s ready to give his life for Ukraine" https://nypost.com/2022/03/18/vitali-klitschko-says-hes-ready-to-give-his-life-for-ukraine/, New York Post, 18 March 2022

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“It took me far too long to realize that lost years and relationships cannot be recovered. That damage done to oneself and others cannot always be put right again.”

Kay Redfield Jamison (1946) American bipolar disorder researcher

Source: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

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Cassandra Clare photo

“We Shadowhunters, we put ourselves in danger, every hour, every day. I think sometimes we are reckless with our hearts the way we are with our lives. When we give them away, we give every piece.”

Variant: I think sometimes we are reckless with our hearts the way we are with our lives. When we give them away, we give every piece. And if we do not get what we so desperately need, how do we live?
Source: City of Heavenly Fire

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Raymond Chandler photo
Louis-ferdinand Céline photo
Sophie Kinsella photo
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Napoleon Hill photo

“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Source: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

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Mercedes Lackey photo
Cheryl Strayed photo
John Berger photo
Philip K. Dick photo
Sophie Kinsella photo
Mitch Albom photo

“She put one hand on mine. “When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”

Variant: When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.
Source: For One More Day

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Jorge Luis Borges photo

“Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
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David Levithan photo
Tamora Pierce photo
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Cecily von Ziegesar photo

“Open the fridge and put
My heart on a plate.
I'm just as you left
me, and I taste even better
leftover.”

Cecily von Ziegesar (1970) American writer

Source: Don't You Forget About Me

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James C. Collins photo

“Put your best people on your biggest opportunities, not your biggest problems. In”

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

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Molière photo
Haruki Murakami photo
Ned Vizzini photo
Cormac McCarthy photo
Joe Hill photo

“Taking a thing apart is always faster than putting something together. This is true of everything except marriage.”

Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Source: 20th Century Ghosts

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Jean Giraudoux photo
Suzanne Collins photo
Stephen King photo
Cassandra Clare photo
Roger Ebert photo
Emily Dickinson photo
Charlaine Harris photo
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Charles Bukowski photo

“I will put on my shoes and shirt
and get out of here - it'll
be better for
all of us.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

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Jeffrey Eugenides photo
Stephen King photo
Suzanne Collins photo
Gertrude Stein photo
Sarah Dessen photo
Ellen DeGeneres photo

“Procrastinate now, don't put it off.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

Here and Now

Derek Landy photo

“Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Playing with Fire

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Marilynne Robinson photo
Suzanne Collins photo

“Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”

Variant: It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.
Source: Mockingjay

Jodi Picoult photo
Patricia A. McKillip photo
Sam Levenson photo
Margaret Atwood photo
F. Scott Fitzgerald photo

“They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”

Variant: They're a rotten lot," I shouted, across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.
Source: The Great Gatsby

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Cassandra Clare photo

“Has anyone seen Church? I think Zachariah just stole our cat. I swear I saw him putting Church in the backseat of a car.”

Isabelle Lightwood, pg. 715
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)

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