179 Quotes About Noses

  • Author Ursula K. Le Guin
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    It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke.

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  • Author Bill Harley
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    In the library I discovered that you could learn by following your nose. And I learned that a book was as close to a living thing as you could get without being one.

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  • Author Daniel Handler
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    Every problem has a solution. Sometimes it just takes a long time to find the solution -- even if it's right in front of your nose.

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  • Author James Howe
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    So, this is a rabbit, I thought. He sort of looks like Chester, only he's got longer ears and a shorter tail. And a motor in his nose.

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  • Author John Hurt
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    I was keen on sports-that's how my nose got this way. It's not actually broken; the nose was just pushed up a little bit and moved over. It's an aquiline nose, quite Irish.

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  • Author Nhat Hanh
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    When we shout at the oak tree, the oak tree is not offended. When we praise the oak tree, it doesn't raise its nose. We can learn the Dharma from the oak tree; therefore, the oak tree is part of our Dharmakaya. We can learn from everything that is around, that is in us.

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