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Nana used to say whenever you start feeling like the world is taking a bite out of you, bite back by counting your blessings.
C.C. HunterThen hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Eomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed, that he said no more, but turned and went swiftly from the hall.
J. R. R. TolkienPlain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite.
Ruth ReichlWatching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her thoughts were flashing before his eyes. Finally Brett managed to pull away without consent of Bekka's lips. The confusion created a sloppy bite-a-juicy-peach sound. Everyone cringed.
Lisi HarrisonMy nutritionist says, 'If you bite it, write it.' Writing down everything that you put in your mouth really helps. I donโt count a damn calorie. But when Iโm really trying to eat healthy, I write everything down. It really holds me accountable and puts me on a healthier path.
Tyra BanksAs science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.
Philip Jose FarmerThe things we worry about the most are never the things that bite us. The sharpest teeth always take their nip of us when we are looking the other way.
Dean KoontzI'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.
Laurie MetcalfI want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men arouse fierce desires in me. I want to dance. I want drugs. I want to know perverse people, to be intimate with them. I never look at naive faces. I want to bite into life, and to be torn by it.
Anais NinYou canโt take everything on. Thatโs why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I donโt know. I donโt think in those termsโ. If I did, I might become incapacitated by fear . . . How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.
David Fincher"Try another Subtraction sum. Take a bone from a dog: what remains?" [asked the Red Queen] Alice considered. "The bone wouldn't remain, of course, if I took it-and the dog wouldn't remain; it would come to bite me-and I'm sure I shouldn't remain!" "Then you think nothing would remain?" said the Red Queen. "I think that's the answer." "Wrong, as usual," said the Red Queen, "the dog's temper would remain."
Lewis CarrollHe felt that he had to find Salander and hold her close. She would probably bite him if he tried.
Steig LarssonWhile I was chained to a wall and being tortured, I realized, through the screaming of my mind, that even in that shackled, bloody helplessness, I was still free: free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them. It doesn't sound like much, I know. But in the flinch and bite of the chain, when it's all you've got, that freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.
Gregory David RobertsI always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.
Jaclyn SmithEve said to the serpent, โYou know I could go for a bite to eat, but I don't know you from Adam.โ
Red ButtonsPlease think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.
Haruki MurakamiGran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?" She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax." My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine. "Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need.
Tamora PierceA catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.
Barbara HollandThe words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.
Andy AndrewsPeople could put up with being bitten by a wolf but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.
James JoyceIn practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to be heedless. Just that--don't be heedless. Why? Because life is not certain. Wherever we start to think that things are certain, uncertainty is lurking right there. Heedlessness is just holding things as certain. It is grasping at certainty where there is no certainty and looking for truth in things that are not true. Be careful! They are likely to bite you sometime in the future!
Ajahn ChahThe Big-Media collective, however, is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before theyโll recognize it, much less report it.
Ilana MercerThis week it's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, toasted. And then, I'll put some salt on my hand like I'm taking a tequila shot and then take a bite of the sandwich.
Jessica SimpsonLet me express how much I don't care on a scale of one to bite me," the former detective said.
Darynda JonesMcDonalds used to be my favorite place to eat, until my metabolism changed in my late 30s. Before that, I would have no hesitation about walking into McDonalds and getting two cheeseburgers and fries and enjoying every last bite.
Andy CohenI always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it is to be a composer who conducts rather than the other way around.
Esa-Pekka SalonenHe turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took anotherโฆand anotherโฆand oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.
Roald DahlYes, I hate it when people call me a 'national treasure'. It takes away your bite and makes you feel like a harmless old golden Labrador.
Sue TownsendAn easterly is the most disagreeable wind in Lyme Bay โ Lyme Bay being that largest bite from the underside of England's outstretched southwestern leg โ and a person of curiosity could at once have deduced several strong probabilities about the pair who began to walk down the quay at Lyme Regis, the small but ancient eponym of the inbite, one incisively sharp and blustery morning in the late March of 1867.
John FowlesEveryone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.
Anne FrankRaising interest rates might lead to some initial reductions in wealth by lowering asset prices, but it could also take a bite out of your paycheck and dampen your prospects of finding a job. It's a bit of damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Gerald EpsteinI guess this means that our conflict is finally over. Perhaps we should celebrate." โ Saint Dane Perhaps you should bite me." Bobby
D. J. MacHaleHere's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.
Marian KeyesSome of you, your success has messed you up! You've lost your bite! You're not hungry anymore!
Eric ThomasTitus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.
Bobby RobsonYeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.
Steve IrwinIn business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you.
Victor Kiamno man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitiation of his temper and the loss of self control, yield to larger things to which you show no more than equal rights, and yield to lesser ones though clearly your own, better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right, not even killing the dog, will cure the bite
Abraham Lincoln