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Figuring Quotes

Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders Peter Matthiessen
Figure our what it is you don't do very well, and then don't do it. I'm not beating myself up about doing everything perfectly. The litmus test I always use for myself is: "Okay, if you won 20 million tomorrow in the lottery would you still being doing the same thing you are doing now with your life, Dough? The answer is "yes". I'm always very conscious of that. Doug Coupland
Dolly Parton quote: "Figure out who you are. Then do it on purpose."
Figure out who you are. Then do it on purpose. Dolly Parton
Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain
Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart. H. G. Wells
Katarina Witt quote: "Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport."
Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport. Katarina Witt
Doug Coupland quote: "Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then..."
Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it. Doug Coupland
Kristi Yamaguchi quote: "Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players."
Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players. Kristi Yamaguchi
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt. Andy Rooney
Tracy Reese quote: "Figuring out what to wear is much easier if you first think..."
Figuring out what to wear is much easier if you first think about what effect you want to create. Tracy Reese
Randy Jackson quote: "Figure out who you are."
Figure out who you are. Randy Jackson
Ranger removed my goggles "Would you like to come home with me?" I stepped away from him. "Thank you for the offer, but no. I'm done with men."Ranger smiled. "Forever?"Until I figure some things out."And if you don't figure them out?"If I can't figure them out on my own, I'll ask you to help me."Babe, that's like the blind leading the blind. Janet Evanovich
In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the other. The figures and the background were unrelated, and yet the figures, transparent and intangible, and the background, dim in the gathering darkness, melted into a sort of symbolic world not of this world. Particularly when a light out in the mountains shone in the centre of the girl's face, Shimamura felt his chest rise at the inexpressible beauty... Yasunari Kawabata
I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't wiretap. I figured out how to jam their person-tracking technology. I can turn innocent people into suspects and turn guilty people into innocents in their eyes. I could get metal onto an airplane or beat a no-fly list. I figured this stuff out by looking at the web and by thinking about it. If I can do it, terrorists can do it. They told us they took away our... Cory Doctorow
But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it. Bob Schieffer

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