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Quotes About Display

It's relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.
~ Robert Black
Sometimes in the afternoon sky a white moon would creep up like a little cloud, furtive, without display, suggesting an actress who does not have to 'come on' for a while, and so goes 'in front' in her ordinary clothes to watch the rest of the company for a moment, but keeps in the background, not wishing to attract attention to herself.
~ Marcel Proust
I had to admit, my little Accord hadn't looked all that great next to the Benzes and Rolls in that garage to begin with, but now that it'd been turned into a mobile tribute to the artistic rendering of Lil' Loco, it stuck out like a Cracker Jack ring in a a Tiffany display.
~ Marcia Clark
Zoe didn't do public displays of affection, and she sure as hell didn't roll around on the floor with an aroused hottie who felt like he had a ten-foot pole in his pants. Where the hell had he been hiding that thing, anyway?
~ Unknown
I thought I knew not only her habits but also her limits. This display of ferocity, of savage courage, made me realize that I was wrong. All my life I had known only a part of her.
~ Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
~ Laurence Olivier
Sometimes God shows up. Sometimes God shows off.
~ Mark Batterson
Local churches exist to display God's glory to the nations. We do that by fixing our eyes on the gospel of Jesus Christ, trusting him for salvation, and then loving one another with God's own holiness, unity, and love.
~ Mark Dever
Design note: as we'll learn in Chapter 30, the __repr__ method is often used to provide an as-code low-level display of an object when present, and __str__ is reserved for more user-friendly informational displays like ours here.
~ Unknown
Because printing runs __str__ and the interactive prompt echoes results with __repr__, this can provide both target audiences with an appropriate display.
~ Unknown
The small amount of foolery wise men have makes a great show.
~ William Shakespeare
Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to know what a big deal you aren't.
~ Unknown
We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
Target Two made a wild grab for her fallen projectile weapon. I kicked the weapon over to Tifany, who snatched it up and secured it. (Yes, it was unnecessary and showing off.)
~ Martha Wells
how and in what ways, do various cultures show off their flags? In contrast to Swedes, who almost never display their national colors, Norwegians and Canadians generally sport a flag decal on their backpacks, the latter making sure the rest of the world doesn't mistake them for Americans.)
~ Martin Lindstrom
de-couple the animals themselves from the products on sale. This is a rule of thumb in the United States, but nothing you would ever see in Europe. Europeans have known extensive food shortages, and rationing, and Americans, fortunately, never have. When US tourists visit a marche or charcuterie in France, many are startled and even repulsed by the displays of meat and fowl
~ Martin Lindstrom
Work was created to put the nature and character of God on display.
~ Mary A. Kassian
carefully manipulated display lay behind these reports (and whatever the uncanny similarity with a far better known miracle worker of the first century CE), eyewitnesses are
~ Mary Beard
And above all don't underestimate yourself. If you can't display the goods in your own shop window no one else is going to do it for you.
~ Unknown
Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public.
~ Hannah Arendt
So you treat your love like a firefly, like it only gets to shine for a little while. Catch it in a mason jar, with holes in the top, and run like hell to show it off.
~ Miranda Lambert
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
~ Maya Angelou
That's it baby, when you got it, flaunt it.
~ Mel Brooks
THEY'RE NOT DOLLS. THEY'RE ACTION FIGURES!
~ Michael Buckley