Door Quotes
On chances that open, and the ones we hold open.
Doors here stand for opportunity that never fully shuts, and for the unglamorous legwork of chasing it - one line describes buying yellow pages just to knock on companies door by door. Nearby reading: Doors.
- Last Updated on Aug 11, 2026
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The family's dream was to see me receive a high degree abroad and to return to become a university professor - on the door to my study room, a sign was placed reading 'Dr. Ahmed,' even though I was still far from becoming a doctor.
- Chariot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's revolting to watch. I don't enjoy it. But when it's a Tarantino film, I'm lining up outside the door to see it, and I'm expecting to see something really crazy, a lot of blood, and for it to be funny.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have capital and influence in this industry. So I bought yellow pages and knocked each door of the company located at industrial parks.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
- Lake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return again, as easily and secretly as a cat.
- Checked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.
- Nov 07, 2020