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Pinching Quotes (page 3)

A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or gin. They even need to buy a pinch of intellectual catnip now and then to liven up their thoughts... John Dos Passos
My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch. J. R. R. Tolkien
Ben Elton quote: "You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their..."
You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund Ben Elton
Emily Bronte quote: "I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and..."
I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. Emily Bronte
I just remember Stella Tenant and me dancing in Donatella Versace's bathtub until like four in the morning. It was one of those 'pinch me' moments. Carolyn Murphy
We've had really good mainstream publicity for these books and both Wanted and Chosen were snapped up as movie deals before each series even ended so I'm honestly just pinching myself. Mark Millar
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched. Thomas Fuller
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned. George Sutherland
My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them. Giada De Laurentiis
Phil McGraw quote: "You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt."
You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt. Phil McGraw
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. Horace
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. Horace
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. Eric Hoffer
Cynthia Payne quote: "When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do..."
When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that? Cynthia Payne
It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves. James Payn

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