Top 1200 Figure Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That's part of being a public figure.
I think being the girl of such a huge father figure, you want to be that tomboy... because you are so close to your dad.
Language always preserves a play or figure/ground relation between experience, and perception and its replay in expression.
The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
People seem to trust you more when you're pregnant. I think they see you as some kind of Mother Earth figure.
That's the only way that I can figure out how to live, is to say, "Well, I don't know what this adds up to, but I can do the best I can."
Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.
The first few years in L.A. were really tough and scary, but I had to figure things out for myself.
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help.
Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.
In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.
I still have so much passion to perform... That's who Johnny Weir is: I'm a figure skater, I'm an athlete. I want to have fun and enjoy it.
It was always so nice to step away from figure skating and school with hockey. To this day I'm still a huge fan.
The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.
Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.
There's really no "bad" people; there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out. It's hard! We can all relate to that.
Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?
I'm always open to new stuff. I don't sit and try to figure out what to do, I just wait for an idea to come.
Barack H. Obama is a landmark presidential figure as the first black, multiracial, multicultural president from Hawaii and the Pacific.
Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.
My advice to any filmmaker would be to figure out what it is that you bring to the table. What makes you different? What is your voice?
For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...
I certainly understand very much what it's (like when) an expense comes up and you're trying to figure out how to pay for it.
I always say whoever can figure out how to make ice cream healthy will be a gazillionaire.
I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically
I carry out my work thus: I never use models or nature for the figure, drapery or anything else.
You have to learn to stand on your own two feet without a father figure around. You have to set an example.
Trying to figure things out was my gig. Without the human condition, there's no struggle, no pain and that means no laughter.
I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.
I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is.
I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that you didn't predict.
I know there are a lot of kids who aren't lucky enough to have a father figure in their lives. That's a really tough obstacle to overcome.
Take care of your customers, and you will have a successful business. Don't, and you won't. The airlines need to figure this out - soon.
The administration [of Barack Obama] is going to have to figure out, you know, a tough response on the basis of this [Russian] hacking.
It takes me a while to figure things out. I usually have to repeat a lesson or two - maybe three times!
It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure.
I watch plays that teams run and try and figure out how I am going to get to the ball.
To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.
You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.
My number one beauty secret is to stay true to yourself and figure out what works best for your body.
The man who has allowed his body to deteriorate cuts a pitiful figure - chest collapsed, stomach protruding.
No one can take Jesus away from me.... There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace.
Stephen Thompson is an incredible fighter, and I couldn't quite figure him out the way I wanted to, but here I am, the winner.
I love 40's-60's fashion because it suits the type of figure that I have the most, so that's what I always go for. I won't change!
I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.
It's never just about one player. Together, you have to figure out other ways to score and get opportunities.
Not to brag, but I do think I've gotten pretty adept on PowerPoint... except that I can't figure out how to use Excel!
I wrinkled my nose, trying to figure out what he smelled like. Not cigarettes. Something richer, fouler. Cigars.
I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.
I don't think men figure out what they're really about until they're 25. That's when they start to feel like themselves.
I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.
He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion.
I could never really figure out why people would live in a kibbutz. I'm such a city girl.
I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.
Why I wake up in the morning is that I'm still alive, and I want to figure out whatever I can before it's over.
We've got to figure out a way to cause communities to also want them, the political, organized bodies.
The best way to hold customers is to constantly figure out how to give them more for less.
Obviously, I can't get away from having a disability, but sometimes when you have a beard and long hair, people can't figure it out.
Once you figure out what your passion is, surround yourself with like-minded people who can help you grow.
