- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Captivating Quotes
Moments too good to look away from.
These quotes each describe a different kind of pull: a story that hooks you before you notice, an idea that unsettles you awake, or a phrase like 'liberty and equality' that can charm a crowd for better or worse.
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- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Girls may love movies about fairytale princes, but their most captivating romance is with their friends.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ready for a Christianity that 'ruins' my life, that captures my heart and makes me uncomfortable. I want to be filled with an astonishment which is so captivating that I am considered wild and unpredictable and... well... dangerous. Yes, I want to be 'dangerous' to a dull and boring religion.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
A captivating moment was when I realized that people, including myself, were not saying, 'I just bought an item on eBay.' They were saying, 'I just won an item on eBay.' It was the thrill of the hunt. I bought a car on eBay.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1962, President Kennedy succeeded in captivating Americans by explaining the advantages of being the first country to reach the moon and the dangers of allowing another nation to beat us there.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be quite interesting to use Kermit the Frog to act like a real frog. But it wouldn't produce captivating theatre.
- Encapsulate
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- Nov 07, 2020
In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents covered police pursuits, and it was, in many ways, the beginnings of reality show TV in this captivating story that was a lot of flash but not all that much substance.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberty and equality are captivating sounds, but they often captivate to destroy.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor. I loved the idea of captivating an audience and moving them truly through performance, but more importantly being recognized and heavily lauded for that talent.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
Morocco is such a beautiful place. It's incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. I mean, when I write something in the press, the day after in the fish market, people will be discussing it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes.
- Reason
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020