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Most of my relatives could start a fight in an empty room and then lie about who won.


Simon R. Green

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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.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
JULES RENARD Magnus's eyes went back to Alec. They were gold-green, as unreadable as the eyes of the cat he held ...
CASSANDRA CLARE My room is so quiet and empty it hurts.
NINA LACOUR And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.
JOHN GREEN but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.
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FLORENCE ELLINWOOD ALLEN 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 He had most of those lads throwing up he was working them so hard, ... We did basic strength and fit...
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MARIE LU I have been wounded but not yet slain. I shall lie here and bleed awile. Then I shall rise and fight...
VINCE LOMBARDI One of the things I say is from an evolutionary point of view: probably the ideal rich environment f...
ALISON GOPNIK Wear scarlet! Tear the green lemons
off the tree! I don't want
to forget who I am, what ha...
DENISE LEVERTOV You don't remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.
JOHN GREEN Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?
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KRISTIN CAST If you want an audience start a fight.
PROVERB If you want an audience start a fight.
IRISH PROVERB We're all influenced by everything unless we're locked in an empty room.
NICOLAS ROEG I was forced to lie to my father by doctors and relatives. I made that choice and agreed with them, ...
MANDY PATINKIN We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss.
Arya knew which prince...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I wish I was home", She said miserably.
She tried so hard to be brave,
to be fierce as a...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why is it always the innocents who suffer most, when you high lords play your game of thrones?
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown.
TOBE HOOPER At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemp...
KAILASH SATYARTHI A liberal is a man who leaves a room when the fight begins.
HEYWOOD BROUN A liberal is a man who leaves a room when the fight begins.
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JAN VANDEMOORTELE His numbers in high school didn't lie. And then you start coaching the kid and he's so smart about t...
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TERRY CAULLEY A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight starts.
HEYWOOD C. BROUN A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight begins.
HEYWOOD BROUN Magnus glared at him out of gold-green eyes. “If I wanted to lie on a couch and
complain to s...
CASSANDRA CLARE We had an incumbent ... who couldn't think of a mistake he has made in four years and a challenger ....
BILL PLANTE There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!
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JUSTIN TUSSING If I lie about the truth which you will know somehow later, then you would tell me a liar. If you di...
TOBA BETA Don't disrespect me, lie about it, and then come smile in my face and act like nothing's wro...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.'
'Girls don't shav...
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GARY HUFBAUER My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to ...
DOMINIC CHIANESE ...and an edge that could cut a truth from a lie.
MARK LAWRENCE, RED SISTER ...and an edge that could cut a truth from a lie.
MARK LAWRENCE Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you ge...
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CHRIS CRUTCHER I won the war… and in the end I still felt empty.
LITTLE DEVIL We won 20 games last year playing a lot of sophomores but we never won that game against an elite te...
BRET TUETKEN You know," he said, "I keep wanting to say that it's like Simon Snow threw up in here... but it's mo...
RAINBOW ROWELL My pseudonym is 'George R. R. Martin.' That guy's just an actor.
GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.
CLAY AIKEN I may not be slim but I'm relatively skinny. I'm skinnier than most of my relatives.
E.R. ROCK I coiled my empty straw wrapper around like a snake. Then I bit it before it could bite me. My love ...
JAROD KINTZ If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely...
JOHN GRANT this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolu...
ASSATA SHAKUR When love becomes a play of squirming mindgames or a tinderbox of mental conflicts, emotional benchm...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE She was one of those Southerners who knew from an early age that the South could never be more for t...
PAT CONROY An empty wagon makes the most noise.
SAYING OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN The most important thing about my life is this integrity, and you can't lie to yourself.
CHRISTOPHER GUEST

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SIMON COWELL Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
SIMON COWELL People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
SIMON COWELL The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aft...
SIMON MAINWARING The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
SIMON SINEK One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. ...
SIMON SINEK Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
SIMON SINEK Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
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