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And yet this close, it took great effort to take my eyes off of him. — G.L. Tomas

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick. — Moira Kelly

My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out. — Ian McKellen

It took sustained, constant living to ward off decay. — Emma Cline

She gave me a false address, took off with my American Express, sunspot baby, sure had me way out guessed. — Bob Seger

I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching. — Kim Edwards

Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms. — Thomas Hood

Five vans of chicks took off to visit wineries for wine tasting. Only four came back.1 — Jenny Lawson

She took off her blouse, her trousers, her bra, her panties, and stood before him naked. — Paulo Coelho

He unzipped his hooded top and took it off, and wished emotions were like clothes, that he could remove them, fold them, set them somewhere. — Nick Laird

Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest — Robert Louis Stevenson

My gentle sister seems to have mistaken me for Ned Stark."
"I hear he was taller."
"Not after Joff took off his head. — George R R Martin

'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off. — Michael Patrick King

He took a money clip out of his pocket, pulled off several bills. "Take it. It'll save you time. — J.D. Robb

Ten-A-Fly took off his sunglasses as if they'd angered him. His scowl aimed for intimidation but seemed more in the neighborhood of constipation. "So — Harlan Coben

To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off. — Robert Moog

Why work today? I'll take Tuesday on, just like I took Monday off. That's just the kind of dedicated worker I am. — Will Advise

It took a clever man to figure out a way to make a profit off his bad habits. — Joe Hill

She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk. — Willa Cather

The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual. — Antony Beevor

I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off. — Harvey Martin

Being good felt like a heavy coat, so I took it off. — Naomi Shihab Nye

Once I graduated from NYU, I started making custom vintage tees for my friends and it just took off from there. — Charlotte Ronson

The cosmetic industry really took off in the 1950s. — Sara Sheridan

I took a long period off to be a mom. — Mia Farrow

And when Prohibition came along, Dr. Sharpe's Shakti Tonic took off like a rocket, mostly due to its hefty eighteen percent alcohol content. — Donald O'Donovan

Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again. — Maud Hart Lovelace

For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, "Run run run run run," and took off, pulling me behind her. — John Green

Book collecting is a full-time occupation, and one wouldn't get far if one took time off for frivolities like reading. — A.N.L. Munby

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. — Alan Bennett

I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life. — Rainbow Rowell

I opened the door for him; he took off like a furry heat-seeking slobber missile. — John Scalzi

Memory has a heavy backspin, yet it's still impossible to land exactly where we took off. — Colum McCann

I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off. — Sally Rand

She took them off when she saw Georgie.Hello, Victoria, did you come to tell me a secret? — Rainbow Rowell

A few of the girls and I jumped into my jetta and took off. "Lets go stand outside someone from Glee's house now," one of them said — Chris Colfer

The Internet took off in English and although there are now fifteen hundred languages on the Internet, seventy percent of it is still in English. — Melvyn Bragg

Exactly you had to dress in flannel, and if you were a grunge band, before the grunge thing took off and you said you were METAL. — Charlie Benante

But then I never had to worry about a crash landing because I never even took off. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that. — Tom Selleck

If I took a candy bar, ripped off the wrapper, ate the candy bar, and pinned the wrapper to the wall, is that art, performance art, both, or neither? — Jarod Kintz

As she got closer, Clara Morrow saw Gamache do it again. He took off his half-moon reading glasses, then — Louise Penny

Do you normally talk as you get dressed?" I cut her off and took a seat on the bed. "I'm pretty sure it's something that doesn't require conversation. — Whitney G.

Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard. — Edmund White

took the box, pulled off the ribbon, and opened it. Then — Elisa Lorello

The employees of the year, yeah we back to work.
I took time off, while other rappers got jerked. — Erick Sermon

I took my shirt off for you?" ... "Yes. Lovely moment. — J. Lynn

I'm sorry!" she said, wincing as she picked up her foot, slammed it down on his instep and took off running the second that he let go. — R.L. Mathewson

Carrot leaned over the wall of a pen. "Coochee-coochee-coo?" he said. A friendly flame took his eyebrows off. — Terry Pratchett

Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off. — Jude Law

She took her coat off as if it had only now occurred to her to do so. She emerged from it like an insect sloughing off its skin. — Haruki Murakami

Regret is the worst human emotion. If you took another road, you might have fallen off a cliff. I'm content. — William Shatner

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die. — Gordon Ramsay

We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!" And people further off took up the cry: "Up Bowman, and down with the moneybags, — J.R.R. Tolkien

The creature took off with its companions - its pack. "So this is what the Reod did," Hrathen mused to himself. "It made beasts out of gods. — Brandon Sanderson

Empathy took the edge off, and the truth is, we need our edge. Our edge is trying to speak to us, and we are too, too good at shutting it up. — Deb Caletti

Hard, you know what I'm thinking, took the panties off and the pussy wasn't stinking. — Eazy-E

We took off for the tree line, leaving the wounded soldiers to wonder how they'd been beaten by four misfits and a horse. — Rachel Sharp

The concept of dignity of labour took people off the street. — Sunday Adelaja

Knowing the Lord was in their midst took the edge off the agony."
"Told You Twice — Kristen Heitzmann

I'm scared of the geese. When I was five, my mom took me down there to feed those horrible beasts and one of them nearly took my hand off. — Leah Rae Miller

I took off petal after petal, as if you were a rose,
in order to see your soul,
and I didn't see it. — Juan Ramon Jimenez

She took off her wheel, took off her bell, took off her wig, said, how do I smell? I hot footed it barenaked out the window. — Bob Dylan

I went into the crapper and took myself a beautiful beershit. Then I went to bed, jacked off, and slept. — Charles Bukowski

Liza took her time sipping her tea. That's what I hear Janet. Of course, living it up can take years off your life and add them to your face. — Gwenn Wright

I just had an out-of-body experience. Niall Stella just took off my shirt and admired my chest." "Do you need to text someone? — Christina Lauren

The fat off. Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out — Jacob Grimm

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off. — Jeff Daniels

I was born at the right time. I was a freak - the only young player when darts took off in the 1970s. — Eric Bristow

Anyone who thinks that the last 80 years, ever since FDR took us off gold, have been a doomed venture, that strikes me as kind of cranky. — Paul Krugman

You could own coins but you couldn't have bars of gold. We were on the gold standard. I think it was Nixon who took us off the gold standard. — Carl Andre

No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself. — Tom Scholz

The clouds took on the shape of dancers; from somewhere far off, Pram heard music before the clouds became normal again. — Lauren DeStefano

Yeah I did put my clothes on, but my clothes took off ... Could it be my clothes are putting me on?? — Micky Dolenz

When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off. — Sally Rand

Took the lid off the tray and savoured the smell — S.M. McEachern

I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment. — Kat Graham

He was the kind of man who grew better looking the longer you knew him. Whereas Jesse began to tarnish the moment you took him off the shelf. — Tom Franklin

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine
off the market for six days, they'd have to bring out the
tanks to control you. — Dick Gregory

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7. — Les Paul

Billy got off his lounge chair now, went into the bathroom and took a leak. The crowd went wild. — Kurt Vonnegut

He sat up. He smiled. Something heavy and winged took off from his chest. — Rainbow Rowell

Even Quinn joined in and took his turn picking obscure items, like a feather cloak that originated in far-off New Zealand. — Alice Wallis-Eton

It took me a long time to expect more from myself. To see that being vulnerable takes a shitload more strength than being closed off and sullen. — Leisa Rayven

If someone took the 'F' letter off me, I'd be ucked. — Chelsea Handler

i took it off.
i did not want to carry it with me anymore. — AVA.

I once didn't work out for six weeks. It took me for ever to get the weight off. — David Hasselhoff

I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest of my life. — Oksana Baiul

made the final turn off the highway, Rachel took a deep breath, held it, and let out a loud sigh. — Emma Knight

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane. — Rick Springfield

I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing. — Eric Bogosian

When someone asks about Boston, I put my brain on pause. I feel like I took a 5,000 pounds off my back to be here. — Manny Ramirez

I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off. — Samuel R. Delany

The things I've done in my life have required a lot of years
of work before they took off. — Steve Jobs

Thomas took off his nasty clothes and got to work making himself human again. — James Dashner

You're a stone fox," he said, and took off. — Jeffrey Eugenides

As she neared her destination, she took her glasses off. She hadn't come to the point where she trusted the world as seen through a lens. — Kristin Hannah

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is. — Michael Pena

If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris. — Ice Cube

I hired Tina Fey for 'SNL,' which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there. — Adam McKay