Shiny Things Quotes

• I'd have a longer attention span if there weren't so many shiny things.

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  Darynda Jones

  Attention   Attention Span   Shiny Things  

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.189, St. Martin's Press

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• In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving, diving, diving, diving, Diving down to pick up every shiny thing

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  Joni Mitchell

  Illumination   Diving   Corruption  

  Song: Black Crow, Album: Hejira, 1976

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• A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

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  Jeff Bezos

  Entrepreneur   Lasts   Shiny Things  

  "Jeff Bezos owns the web in more ways than you think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

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  Nicholas Hoult

  Dog   Jail   Tag  

  "Interrogation: Nicholas Hoult". Interview with Lara Kilner, www.mirror.co.uk. February 2, 2008..

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• Don't get seduced by the next shiny thing, because you'll get caught up chasing shiny things and that will keep you from addressing what you really need to accomplish.

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  Joe Tripodi

  Business   Needs   Next  

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• Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

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  Pat Conroy

  Laughter   Air   Laughing  

  Pat Conroy (1995). “Beach Music”, Nan A. Talese

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• Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more.

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  Laini Taylor

  Belief   Fairy Tale   Language  

  Laini Taylor (2009). “Lips Touch: Three Times”, p.226, Scholastic Inc.

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• One of the reasons why language is so sick right now and cliché-ridden and lame and boring and laid-out, and about to go to sleep, is because there aren't a thousand Tom Clarks. If I were writing a prescription right now, you know, if I had my shiny thing here, a stethoscope around my neck, that's the prescription I'd write. Take one thousand Tom Clarks before going to bed.

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  Edward Dorn

  Sleep   Writing   Sick  

  Edward Dorn, Joseph Richey (2007). “Ed Dorn Live: Lectures, Interviews, and Outtakes”, p.41, University of Michigan Press

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• I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!

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  Nadia Giosia

  Beautiful   Hard Work   Rocks  

  "Nadia G. Dishes On Her Hunger for Life". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2012.

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• It's easy to have a relationship and show each other only the beautiful shiny things. Sharing good parts about you is elementary, so finding a partner in life can't be only about showcasing these agreeable characteristics, but also the less impressive ones. In a strange way, true intimacy lies in that dark side-in making peace with the fact that it lives inside you somewhere-so that you can share it with the person and they can be there to help you overcome it.

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  Claudio Sanchez

  Beautiful   Lying   Dark  

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• I don't know if there's enough vision. Industry wide, the apathy regarding this recent problem is already setting in - shiny things are happening elsewhere, people are forgetting.

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  Theo de Raadt

  Technology   People   Vision  

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