Thrust Quotes
Word Lists
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My first language was shy. It`s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
Al Pacino
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After Crouching Tiger (Wo hu cang long (2000)), there was a big change for me, with all the attention thrust upon me. I got lot of work: my first Hollywood film, Rush Hour 2 (2001), and a lot of advertisements in Asia. I think for me it`s a very good part...
Zhang Ziyi
Keywords: 2000 :: 2001 :: advertisements :: after :: all :: and :: asia :: attention :: big :: cang :: change :: crouching :: film :: first :: for :: good :: got :: hollywood :: hour :: hu :: in :: it :: life :: long :: lot :: me :: my :: of :: part :: rush :: the :: there :: think :: thrust :: tiger :: upon :: very :: was :: with :: wo :: workSource: imdb.com
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I set out to be a cross between Lenny Bruce and Robert the Bruce -- my main thrust was the body and its functions and malfunctions -- the absurdity of the thing.
Billy Connolly
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[on W.C. Fields] He was an isolated person. As a young man, he stretched out his hand to Beauty and Love and they thrust it away. Gradually he reduced reality to exclude all but his work, filling the gaps with alcohol. He was also a solitary person. Years...
Louise Brooks
Keywords: alcohol :: all :: also :: an :: and :: as :: away :: beauty :: but :: exclude :: fields :: filling :: gaps :: gradually :: hand :: he :: his :: isolated :: it :: love :: man :: of :: on :: out :: person :: reality :: reduced :: solitary :: stretched :: the :: they :: thrust :: to :: trave :: was :: with :: work :: years :: youngSource: imdb.com
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It`s all about cutting your teeth. I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There`s young actors and they`re put into these central roles and they`re commanding armies - but they can`t quite pull it off. I`d much rather do ...
Paddy Considine
Keywords: about :: actors :: all :: and :: armies :: be :: big :: but :: can :: central :: commanding :: cutting :: deliver :: do :: film :: hate :: in :: into :: it :: middle :: much :: not :: of :: off :: pull :: put :: quite :: rather :: re :: roles :: teeth :: the :: there :: these :: they :: thrust :: to :: would :: young :: yourSource: imdb.com
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We haven`t sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there`s X amount of pounds of thrust. And this can happen and that can happen.
Christa McAuliffe
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We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.
Brian Mulroney
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The thrust of this lawsuit is just a disagreement by the SHDC with the administrative decisions that have been made by the SHA basically in connection with its operation and management of federal funds under HUD rules. One of those decisions (was) that th...
John Kelly
Keywords: administrative :: and :: basically :: been :: by :: connection :: decisions :: disagreement :: federal :: funds :: have :: hud :: in :: is :: its :: just :: lawsuit :: made :: management :: of :: one :: operation :: rules :: sha :: shdc :: that :: the :: there :: this :: those :: thrust :: under :: was :: withSource: thinkexist.com
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The main thrust that we want and that we were after is not the right to retaliate. The main thrust has always been respect for the NAFTA, i.e. repeal the [tariff] orders and return the deposits,
Jim Peterson
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The main thrust that we want and that we were after is not the right to retaliate. The main thrust has always been respect for the NAFTA, i.e. repeal the [tariff] orders and return the deposits,
Jim Peterson
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
Amanda Bethel
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Spending two years on my uncle`s ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.
Robert Duvall
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So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation`s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
Al Trout
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Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they were seeing a man suddenly thrust into a grave challenge no one could have anticipated.
Howard Fineman
Keywords: american :: andy :: anticipated :: attack :: being :: by :: card :: challenge :: chief :: classroom :: could :: grave :: have :: in :: into :: man :: no :: of :: one :: people :: picture :: president :: remember :: seeing :: staff :: suddenly :: the :: they :: thought :: thrust :: told :: wereSource: brainyquote.com
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Remember that mindsets can not be changed through force and coercion. No idea can ever be forcibly thrust upon any one.
Pervez Musharraf
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn`t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that`ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
Eric Clapton
Keywords: adjust :: after :: and :: arrow :: bow :: can :: couple :: good :: got :: guitar :: guitars :: have :: in :: into :: it :: just :: keep :: know :: ll :: mean :: months :: most :: necks :: of :: oh :: one :: or :: rods :: shape :: straight :: that :: the :: them :: this :: thrust :: turned :: very :: wasn :: well :: yeah :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
Alton Greene
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It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what do you do when your 13 year old daughter comes home pregnant. And not only is she pregnant, but she wants to keep the baby.
Todd Solondz
Keywords: 13 :: and :: baby :: but :: by :: charged :: comes :: daughter :: do :: home :: idea :: into :: is :: it :: keep :: most :: motion :: movie :: my :: not :: of :: old :: only :: perhaps :: politically :: pregnant :: she :: story :: that :: the :: thrust :: to :: true :: wants :: what :: when :: year :: you :: yourSource: brainyquote.com
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It is only an interim decision. We are examining it very carefully. We were disappointed, of course, we would have liked to have won. But over all, our thrust remains, the U.S. has to live up to the NAFTA.
Jim Peterson
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I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women`s movement. And I wasn`t at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.
Bea Arthur
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I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
Alan Holt
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I constructed a theoretically perfect thrust, but I eliminated a few intermediate movements so that nobody could execute it. It has the appearance of being perfect
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Keywords: appearance :: being :: but :: constructed :: could :: eliminated :: execute :: few :: has :: intermediate :: it :: movements :: nobody :: of :: perfect :: so :: that :: the :: theoretically :: thrustSource: thinkexist.com
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I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.
Amanda Wolke
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I assume there must be some kind of genetic thrust. My two grandmothers were very different, but both of them were frustrated musicians.
Joni Mitchell
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Clearly we need to do everything we can to reduce the impact of aviation on people who live near airports and our project is looking at ways of keeping the aircraft higher for longer which will keep the noise further away and also at lower thrust settings...
Paul Collins
Keywords: aircraft :: airports :: also :: and :: at :: aviation :: away :: can :: clearly :: do :: everything :: for :: further :: higher :: impact :: is :: keep :: keeping :: live :: longer :: looking :: lower :: near :: need :: noise :: of :: on :: our :: people :: project :: reduce :: settings :: the :: thrust :: to :: ways :: we :: which :: who :: willSource: thinkexist.com
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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.
Amitabh Mattoo
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And there had to be a dagger thrust in the heart of the left to tell them that you are no longer gonna give five years for a Smith Act prosecution or one year for Contempt of Court, but we`re gonna kill ya!
Julius Rosenberg
Keywords: act :: and :: are :: be :: but :: contempt :: court :: dagger :: five :: for :: give :: gonna :: had :: heart :: in :: kill :: left :: longer :: no :: of :: one :: or :: prosecution :: re :: smith :: tell :: that :: the :: them :: there :: thrust :: to :: we :: ya :: year :: years :: youSource: brainyquote.com
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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller
