Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
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Related Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will sei... GEORGE WILL It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER You may call an eletric eel a rubber duck but that does not make it a rubber duck and god help the p... CASSANDRA CLARE Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle. KEN BLANCHARD You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God ... CASSANDRA CLARE History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The only clarion call that George Pataki is hearing these days is the one convincing him he can run ... BLAKE ZEFF My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and h... CYNDI LAUPER Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower,... LEIGH BARDUGO Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the othe... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS I walk like a duck: very straight up and down. Or like a penguin. It's a dead giveaway that I... DAVID HALLBERG What exactly is the function of a rubber duck? J.K. ROWLING It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a... LUCAS SCOTT [...] orang-orang sering mengklaim lapar akan kebenaran tapi jarang yang menyukai rasanya ketika dis... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. KALAN The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He's the AD. He's not a lame duck, and he will make all of the decisions necessary. GERALD TURNER There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love. DENNIS WILSON You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place... ANKITA SINGHAL A good leader does not sit down and wait for results, that's a boss. A leader will share the pain,sw... LEONARDO SANABRIA Fate is like a rubber band. It doesn't matter how much the world changes and distorts it's form. As ... DEVIN FRYE The giraffe can behave like the gazelle, but its neck will always tell a story! ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. MICHAEL CAINE When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that b... JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would no... SARAH J. MAAS I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising w... SARAH J. MAAS There you are. I've been looking for you. His first words to me— not a lie at a... SARAH J. MAAS I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. And I was not a mouse. I ... SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS He drained his glass. "I made a mistake." "It's not the end of the world if you do that every n... SARAH J. MAAS I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing ... SARAH J. MAAS Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be ... PATRICK W. CARR It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel to... SARAH J. MAAS He wanted to argue like this forever. This was better than nothing. There was no exhausting his ange... DAVID DUCHOVNY Lord Snow wants to take my place now.' He sneered. 'I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggl... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN This is not Winterfell', he told him as he cut his meat with fork and dagger. 'On the Wall, a man ge... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color. MICHAEL CAINE The Fever Bird The fever bird sand out last night. I could not sleep, try as I might... VIKRAM SETH One is never alone with a rubber duck. DOUGLAS ADAMS It will be good to give some of our young boys a taste of league action. SIMON DELAHUNTY Last winter we canned venison, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, chili sauce, tomato soup, turkey, catsu... JANEL MAURER Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES An author in a Trappist monastery is like a duck in a chicken coop. And he would give anything in th... THOMAS MERTON Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy. JAMES NASMYTH Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it. ERNEST HOLMES Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all ... R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a di... CHAIM POTOK I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An a... ARTHUR MILLER Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good. MINOR MYERS I like the word 'fuck'. The word means what it means, but it also means whatever you need it to mean... LISA GLATT Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... I used to get a lot of rubber ducks on my birthdays as presents because, you know, I make rubber duc... FLORENTIJN HOFMAN A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter f... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When my own son was 12, we didn't want toy guns in the house. So he just picked up a stick and w... EDWARD ZWICK A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all... CHRISTY MATHEWSON As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to ... JAMES GLEICK The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. ROBERT F. KENNEDY Mother Superior jump the gun... -The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun LAUREN MYRACLE She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY
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