Citations:Han Solo

English citations of Han Solo

Noun: "(informal) a proactive, self-reliant, or risk-taking person or creature"

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• 2004, Simon Carless Gaming Hacks, page 168

  I'm as big of a Han Solo as everyone else, but this is where reading the manual comes in handy.

• 2009, Robert Cantrell, Outpacing the Competition: Patent-Based Business Strategy, page 104:

  When looked at collectively, if there are enough Han Solos, then enough will beat the odds to deliver the benefits of success that collective inaction would never deliver.

• 2012, Steve McKnight, From 0 to 260+ Properties in 7 Years, unnumbered page:

  I make this point as I see quite a number of eager investors trying to be property Han Solos — that is, trying to do everything themselves.

• 2015, Lev Grossman, The Magicians, page 243:

  The idea was outrageous. It was humiliating. He, Penny, was a stone-cold loner, a desperado. He was the Han Solo of Oslo.

• 2020, Jim Ruland, "Dreaming Underwater, Part Two: Incidents of Travel in Yucátan, Volume 666", Razorcake, December 2019 - January 2020, page 8:

  Swallows are the Han Solos of the bird world. Their movements seem spastic in their capriciousness and perilous in their execution.

Noun: "(informal) a man whose rebellious or disreputable nature makes him attractive; a bad boy"

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• 2011, Vanda Symon, Containment, page 168:

  So was that the problem? Deep down did I prefer the dangerous ones? The Han Solos?

• 2012, Leslie Kelly, Here Comes Trouble, unnumbered page:

  Even at age eight the middle Taylor son had understood the appeal of the bad-boy. Let Luke Skywalker get the glory—the Han Solos of the world were the ones who got the girl.

• 2019, Tim James, Fundamental: How Quantum and Particle Physics Explain Absolutely Everything (Except Gravity), unnumbered page:

  A skilled raconteur and an unashamed prankster, Feynman was the Han Solo of physics.

Noun: "the act of replying to 'I love you' with 'I know'"

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• 2005, Giselle Zado Wasfie, So Fly, page 197

  "Yes," I answered in complete truth. "I'm crazy about you." He leaned forward to me. "I know," he answered, pulling a Han Solo.

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• 2002, Mike the Janitor. Tales of the Serendip, page 76

  Melinda had a Han Solo-ish Bad Feeling about the whole thing, but entered anyway.

• 2004, Kathy Mackel, Alien in a Bottle, page 48

  Or a Han Solo. Han Solo who zipped around the galaxy in a spaceship.