Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist, Author
"Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over."
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Kanye West
Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
"I'm never at my worst because even at my lowest, its a learning experience. It's something that I'll bounce ideas off. I can take negatives and flip them to positives at all times."
Julia Child
Chef, Author, Television Personality
"When you flip anything, you really you just have to have the courage of your convictions."
Emily Browning
Actress
"I tend to over-analyse things. I'm not the type of person to flip a coin and let things happen."
Shel Silverstein
Poet, Songwriter, Author
"Although I cannot see your face As you flip these poems awhile, Somewhere from some far-off place I hear you laughing--and I smile."
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"You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative."
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"I am physically allergic to flip-flops"
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"Spiritual awakening is the difficult process whereby the increasing realisation that everything is as wrong as it can be flips suddenly into the realisation that everything is as right is it can be. Or better, everything is as It as it can be."
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"Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you."
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"The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own."
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"It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise."
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"The only time I flip out is when I'm not prepared. If I'm caught off guard, I can't help it; I start gasping for air."
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"The flip side of happiness is suffering."
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"I take references from the past and flip them."
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"[With quantum computers] you can calculate how many bits are in the universe, how much energy it takes to flip them, how much energy exists, and use that to rule out lots of things about the universe's history. Anything that takes more bit flips couldn't have happened."
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"If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions."
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"The thing that's most enjoyable to me is not actually beating someone [in the game]. It's the process of coming up with the blueprint of beating that I enjoy. That's a huge flip, so for me I enjoy building. I enjoy coming up."
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