55 Polished Quotes for You to Enjoy

Obama is no different than Jeremiah Wright Jr., Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton - he's just more polished and better at hiding who he is. Jesse Lee Peterson

Better Hiding Obama More Wright He Polished Than Jackson Just Different Who Al Jesse Jackson

If the rules of a language are followed, words usually make sense. But these very rules can stir the impulse to rebel. We're obliged to keep trying to convey meaning through correct sentences. After a while, the good-soldier rigidity of polished prose can begin to seem dull, and it gets harder to resist the temptation of nonsense. Joanna Scott

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I think anytime you have an event for the first time ever, like a Super Bowl or WrestleMania or UFC, as the years go by, everything becomes more polished with promotion and bigger stars. John Morrison

I'm not a fan of taking too long in the studio. I always do one vocal take and jump out of the control room, and people push me back in... It's a real turn-off to hear things that are too polished. I feel like I've almost fought for the right to be that kind of musician - we used to be on a major label, and now we're on an indie. Johnny Flynn

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Some of the country stuff in the past has been so polished - if you were a guy with a nice pair of jeans, a big belt buckle and nice hat, you were country. Johnny Van Zant

You Country Big Past Nice Has-Been Hat Some Guy Stuff Polished Were Been In The Past Jeans Pair Belt

I wrote a novel, Ghost Road Rules, and as soon as it was done and polished, I began reaching out to agents. I ignored the frequent advice to 'shoot low and try for a low-level agent because they're the only ones that will take a flyer on a new author.' That sounded like bad advice to me. Jonathan Maberry

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You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak. Kim Weston

Work You First Down Interpretation Raw Idea Polished Off Very Gets Then Certain Certain Level Your Peak Level

The polished executive is ultimately the happy executive who can walk gracefully through life. Letitia Baldrige

Life Happy Walk Through Executive Polished Ultimately Gracefully Who

I'm not perfect. I'm not polished. Madison Beer

Not Perfect Perfect Polished

Classroom singing is common in India, but no one gives you marks for that. My idea is to introduce music and singing as full-fledged subject so that talent can be polished at an early stage. Also, it will help alleviate stage fear. Mohit Chauhan

I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances. Patricia MacLachlan

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I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think of the patina of age on materials, of innumerable small scratches on surfaces, of varnish that has grown dull and brittle, and of edges polished by use. Peter Zumthor

Life Good Age Building Think Must Small Absorb Taking Traces Edges Polished Am Materials Dull Human Capable Convinced Human Life Use Richness Grown Specific

I'm real. I'm not polished. Richard Ojeda

Polished Real

When 'Nevermind' came out, my roommate had the CD. At first, I actually thought, 'This is too polished and commercial.' It was a little off-putting. But then I was like, 'This is the best music ever.' It felt so close to what I wanted to do. Rivers Cuomo

Music Best Thought First Too Out Had Like Felt Polished Came Close Commercial Wanted Little Then Ever Actually

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. Robert South

Defends Innocence Like Armor Polished

If you say, 'I listen to pop,' you picture this kind of perfect, colorful, polished song. I want to have that, but when you open it, you see this gritty dark - kind of like dancing your tears away. Disguise the sadness in a pop beat. Tove Lo

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