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Impression Quotes
"No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful."
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"Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent."
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"Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make."
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"I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great points to which our attention was constantly directed."
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"But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression."
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"The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression."
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"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."
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"I've been hit hard a few times, been hit really hard a few times, but I don't think I've ever left a memorable, lasting impression on anyone I've ever hit."
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"There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on."
6
"One gets the impression that this is how Ernest Hemingway would have written had he gone to Vassar."
6
"Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do."
6
"You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again."
6
"A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed."
6
"Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write."
5
"As I passed along the side walls of Westminster Abbey, I hardly saw any thing but marble monuments of great admirals, but which were all too much loaded with finery and ornaments, to make on me at least, the intended impression."
5
"A quiet impression could be a personal instruction from the Lord. It is personal and private. It comes from the Lord. Why is it important to keep sacred writings private? Because then He will give us more."
5
"People will form impressions, assumptions, opinions, and judgments all within a few short seconds. To make a favorable first impression and make these seconds count, enhance your image by choosing clean, crisp, appropriate attire that reflects confidence and professionalism."
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"When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom."
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"Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are."
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"I was under the impression I had signed a three-year contract. I want to be back. I expect to be back. I will be back."
5
"I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things."
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"I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well."
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"Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own."
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"I made a written report which is still today in existence. I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type. This was my impression."
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"I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days."
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"My impression was, he's walking as though he's made of glass, and if you should touch him he would just shatter apart. I don't know if it was an act or what, but it sure was effective."
4
"This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide."
4
"Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films."
4
"My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man."
4
"My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift."
4
"We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression."
4
"So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered."
4
"Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare."
4
"These qualities make a great impression on your boss, your teams, and your customers. You will be more respected, noticed, and appreciated in the process. As your own "CEO of Self," projecting this positive level of engagement furthers your own personal reputation and interests for healthy communication, networking, and positive first impressions. An added bonus is that YOU will receive great benefits from putting forth this type of effort. Whether it be self-esteem, new training, cooperation, experience, or a raise or bonus, the rewards are extensive and many."
4
"I found it a little bit stressful, because I wasn't used to working with Doctor Who. I got the impression I'd walked into the end of seven years and it was all a bit tense."
4
"Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them."
4
"And we do talk a lot about my past and my impression of things and how it relates to what we're doing now. The Brady Bunch, in its heyday, was really the genesis of when TV started to become the force that it is today."
4
"I think my comparison with Shane would be a loner. I always got the impression that she wasn't scared to be alone. She enjoys it. I can relate to that."
3
"You only get one chance to make a first impression.' Ah, whatever!!! Who said you get three chances to make the second impression?!!"
3
"If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression."
3
"I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional."
3
"One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma."
3
"Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting."
3
"In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression."
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"My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be."
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"But I don't actually adopt the point of view that our subjective impression of free will, which is a kind of indeterminacy behavior, comes from quantum mechanical indeterminacy."
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"I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job."
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