Captain Midlands: "I met the real you once." John (Lennon) the Skrull: "You're meeting the real me now." Captain Midlands: "I told him to get his bleedin' hair cut.
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Related Do me a favor, doc?" "Anything, Captain ." "Stop italicizing the word 'C... HOWARD TAYLER Pirate Captain Jim "Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim "But Captain Jim, I cannot swim." SHEL SILVERSTEIN It was a long tournament. The Midlands is a real grinder. I suppose I was happy with my performance. JUSTIN CURRAN Iggy: Now what? Who you gonna call? A quiet voice in the hallway outside: Ghostbusters! (C... JAMES PATTERSON I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there. BRYAN FERRY It's the biggest ceremony outside of London. Competition is tough because the industry in ... BRIAN CONLEY God walked in to the small corner office and dropped his heavy frame down in the hard wooden chair. ... A.E. VIA Edgar asked me, 'Do you know anything about John Lennon,' ... I said, 'I know everything about John ... DON SCARDINO What do you do when it rains?" The captain answered frankly. "I get wet. JOSEPH HELLER (The Skrull Beatles discuss their future.) "So when this is all over, are we still gonna ... PAUL CORNELL You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real. SUZANNE COLLINS I used to have pink hair," I told Seven. "I used to have a real job," he answered. "What h... JODI PICOULT You asked about the Avengers. Y’wanna know the best part about being an Avenger? Having Captain Am... MATT FRACTION You’ll have sweet dreams?” he asked quietly and sounding like he cared, a lot. God b... KRISTEN ASHLEY O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize ... WALT WHITMAN Let me assure you, the struggle is real. I clicked my tongue, ready to fire back a snarky... ANNIE ARCANE Technically, you don't pay me. And technically, most of what I do is "think." I...rr... HOWARD TAYLER If I were John Lennon And my feelings for you grew, I'd have left The Beatles To spen... LISA SWERLING I wanted someone a little more approachable," I explained. "What, like Captain McTropicalShorts... RICHELLE MEAD I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. PATRICK CARNEY You know the way people begin to look like their dogs? Well, we're beginning to look like each other... JOHN LENNON Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self... HOWARD TAYLER Vice-Captain Adair: No. Captain entrusted this to us, so we must see it through no matter what. Or h... YU WO Born John Paul in Arbigland, Scotland on July 6, 1747, he started his seagoing career as an apprenti... HANK BRACKER APPLY WITHIN You once told me You wanted to find Yourself in the world - A... SUZY KASSEM O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack ... WALT WHITMAN A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.” “If only we had a capt... MARISSA MEYER just heard a commercial which told me Farmer John smokes his own bacon. now, the... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Do you really want to put yourself through this? Is loving me really enough to endure everything you... RACHAEL WADE I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had... SCOTT LYNCH You told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could m... LISA KLEYPAS Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho... JAMES DASHNER Faces ...I ...don't ...know ...the real ...me ELLEN HOPKINS I told Captain Lewis that I wanted Edwards to hit his 35-foot putt so I could drop (my putt) on him ... JEFF OVERTON My lady,” says Aladdin, extending an arm toward the sun, “I give you gold as a token of my love.... JESSICA KHOURY His name is Julian Janus Marquet, but I’m going to call him Jory.” Both Chris and Pau... V.C. ANDREWS Okay," I said, "what's your biggest fear?" As always, he took a second to think about the answe... SARAH DESSEN Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him spe... ANTHONY HOROWITZ My gad," one of them, warrant officer pilot, captain and M. C. in turn said to me once; "if WILLIAM FAULKNER Captain,” she murmured. “I think I’m in love with you.” An eyebrow shot up. She c... MARISSA MEYER Ex ‘Fleet man?” “He was a full Commander, last I heard, sir.” “Interesting.” F... CHRISTINA ENGELA I was real proud of him. I told him his overall win percentage is better than mine now. BILL DEE Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe i... JOHN FOWLES Ow. Stop that. It hurts my brain. Isn't your brain distributed through your entire body?<... HOWARD TAYLER It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the ma... WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Kevyn, I'm promoting you from Tech Sergeant to Munitions Commander. I want you to take responsibilit... HOWARD TAYLER [Peacock, the Bradford captain whose move to Leeds was confirmed last week, moves up from vice-capta... BRIAN NOBLE He looks at me. His face is dotted with raindrops but I think there are tears too. 'I love her... SALLY GREEN I am the captain of this ship! I have control of what's goes on or in. PHILIP T. M. Sage shifted beneath me. I put one of my hands back into his thick hair and left it there, pretendin... KARINA HALLE As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon HOWARD TAYLER I could get you to smile like that, and without sales tax." I whirled around to find the... BECCA FITZPATRICK Do me a favor, Ro,” Day said calmly. “What’s that?” Ronowski peeked around Johnso... A.E. VIA This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN BE REAL Bring it on- And let truth be my existence. Value my life- And tel... GIORGE LEEDY Leaving town I sat next to a senseless and beautiful boy who asked where I live. His unwas... ALEX DIMITROV Achilles was looking at me. “Your hair never quite lies flat, here.” He touched my head, just be... MADELINE MILLER Reassured that we all have balls, gents?” the captain quipped. Livingston glanced indicativel... MATT TOMERLIN I hate the moments between meeting someone and leaving someone there’s this... R.H. SIN SUBJECT: Real original Dear Dark Assholes, I get the point. Showing me that you know how t... S.L. JENNINGS Damn it,” I said. “I don't suppose you have any ideas on how to kill Littleton.” He smile... PATRICIA BRIGGS You love me Real or not real -Real SUZANNE COLLINS Proctor: I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me, Elizabeth. If the girl's a saint now,... ARTHUR MILLER You can’t tell me what to do anymore, Travis! I don’t belong to you!” In the second ... JAMIE MCGUIRE People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business. A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground. The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in men. Ordinary people see no diff... The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn. Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words. Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show. How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness. That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it. Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience. One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first ti... To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to... Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of... Some families can trace their ancestors back three hundred years, but can't tell you where their chi... A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and d... If a man defrauds you one time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool. Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it ... Freedom also includes the right to mismanage your own affairs. Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice. The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless. Friendship is love with understanding. So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan. Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment. Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have li... Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts. We are born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy. People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example.
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