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Playing Up Quotes

The sand of the desert is sodden red, --Red with the wreck of a square that broke; --The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust and smoke. The river of death has brimmed his banks, And England's far, and Honour a name, But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks:'Play up! play up! and play the game! Henry Newbolt
When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade. Ryan Sypek
James MacGregor Burns quote: "Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts;..."
Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others. James MacGregor Burns
The whole schizophrenia angle interested me. When I first started working on it, I thought I would play up that angle more than I ended up doing. The religious aspect of the story was also a draw. Chester Brown
If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor in Africa and America. Play up before the Negro, then, his crimes and shortcomings. Let him learn to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton. Lead the Negro to detest the man of African blood--to hate himself. Carter G. Woodson
We knew our strengths and played up our assets. But we couldn't see what made us unique enough for someone to really love us. Sylvia Day
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "In a real man there is a child hidden: it wants to play. Up..."
In a real man there is a child hidden: it wants to play. Up then, you women, and discover the child in man! Friedrich Nietzsche
whisper of yellow globesgleaming on lamp posts that swaylike bootleg licker drinkers in the fogand let your breath be moist against melike bright beads on yellow globestelephone the power-housethat the main wires are insulate(her words play up and down dewy corridors of billboards)then with your tongue remove the tapeand press your lips to minetill they are incandescent Jean Toomer
CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what they say. It's what they highlight. Rupert Murdoch
Leighton Meester quote: "You know how you're supposed to choose between playing up your..."
You know how you're supposed to choose between playing up your eyes or your lips? I always choose lips. I love the drama. Leighton Meester
Julius Irving quote: "With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your..."
With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. Julius Irving
And, you know, my dad would show me some things sometimes, but the best things that I got to do were to actually see really good players play up close. That gives you an idea of fingering and technique and what not. Dweezil Zappa
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself. Andre Malraux
Jude Law quote: "I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your..."
I think it's a bigger risk following a part that plays up your looks than it is to try and carve out a career as an actor. Jude Law
Carrie Brownstein quote: "I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music."
I've never understood people who play up the artifice of music. Carrie Brownstein

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