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• When we come face-to-face with one down a dark alley, we're going to be having a shufti to see if it's solid, aren't we, we're not going to be asking, 'Excuse me, are you the imprint of a departed soul?

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Soul, Departed

  "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Book by J. K. Rowling, July 16, 2005.

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• I felt mocked. "That's what I get for trusting you." He took a step back. "Excuse me! Trust doesn't mean you get the response you want from someone, but that you'll get an honest response, and that the other person will stick by you even when you can't agree." Stick by you for how long, through how much? I wondered. What is the expiration date on trust?

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Mean, Long, Want

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• My favourite riposte to a heckle is to say, 'Excuse me, I'm trying to work here. How would you like it if I stood yelling down the alley while you're giving blow jobs to transsexuals?'

  Paul Merton

  Jobs, Blow, Yelling

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• The best way to defeat the totalitarian of hate is with an ideology of hope - an ideology of hate - excuse me - with an ideology of hope.

  George W. Bush

  Hate, Way, Defeat

  George W. Bush Visits with Military Personnel and Families at Fort Benning, Georgia, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 11, 2007.

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• My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Strength, Sex, Men

  Mary Wollstonecraft (1796). “A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects”, p.6

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• I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.

  Camille Claudel

  Thank You, Two, President

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• Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town.

  John Mulaney

  Gay, Towns, Homeless

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• I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

  Vince Neil

  Beautiful, Daughter, Mother

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• My mother," he said, "has invited us to a ball." Elena pulled a blade from one of the butter-soft forearm sheaths that had been a gift from Raphael. "Excuse me while I stab myself in the eyes-and disembowel myself while I'm at it.

  Nalini Singh

  Mother, Eye, Balls

  Nalini Singh (2013). “Archangel's Legion”, p.3, Penguin

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• [...]you know what they say about messengers, right"? Excuse me?" Too much bad news will get you shot."[...]

  J.R. Ward

  News, Too Much, Messengers

  J. R. Ward (2011). “Lover Awakened: Number 3 in series”, p.281, Hachette UK

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• I said excuse me you're a hell of a guy, I mean my my my my you're like pelican fly!

  Nicki Minaj

  Flirty, Mean, Guy

  Song: Original Super Bass, Album: Pink Friday

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• Now the tattoos," Zia announced. "Brilliant!" I said. "On your tongue," she added. "Excuse me?

  Rick Riordan

  Tattoo, Tongue, Brilliant

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• [about suicide] And why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvellous place when you pass on. And the one thing you can do to get you there a bit quicker is something that stops you getting there at all. Oh, I can see that it's a kind of queue­jumping. But if someone jumps the queue at the Post Office, people tut. Or sometimes they say, “Excuse me, I was here first.” They don't say, “You will be consumed by hellfire for all eternity.” That would be a bit strong.

  Nick Hornby

  Suicide, Strong, Jumping

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• Patience is a virtue. (Tee) Excuse me, pot, could you not pick on the kettle? (Joe)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Patience Is A Virtue, Excuse, Pot

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• Angel raised her hand. "Excuse me. What does LTC stand for?" She blinked innocently. "Loving Tender Care?"Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had lasers for eyes, he would have sliced Gazzy in half. "Lieutenant colonel," he sputtered.

  James Patterson

  Eye, Angel, Hands

  James Patterson (2009). “Maximum Ride: Max”, p.136, Random House

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• Count yourself lucky. I watched my entire family as they were eaten alive by the very pack of animals you have downstairs in your house with your child. The blood of my parents flowed from their bodies through the floorboards and drenched me while I lay in terror of being torn apart by them. I was only a year older than your child when it happened. My parents gave their lives for mine and I watched as they gave them. So you’ll have to excuse me if I have a hard time thinking good of any animal except those who are dead or caged. (Angelia)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Children, Hard Times, Animal

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• There will never be peace between us. Ever. You shattered any hope of it when you watched your brother kill me and refused to speak up on my behalf. (Acheron) I was afraid. (Artemis) And I was butchered and gutted on the floor like an animal sacrifice. Excuse me if I don’t feel your pain. I’m too busy with my own. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Brother, Pain, Sacrifice

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• Papa, I'm ashamed that you think women are so simple. We can make decisions for ourselves too, you know. I'm not a child or a baby anymore, so I'm allowed to speak my mind. And if you don't wish to hear it, just tell me so and I'll go into another room-but I'll speak it anyway. I want this for myself as much as I've never wanted the diplomatic corps and I'm going to get it-even if I have to do it alone. Excuse me.

  Steve Kluger

  Baby, Children, Simple

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• It’s a responsibility that I take most seriously, so excuse me for banning you from killing them because you have reverse PMS. (Acheron) Reverse PMS? (Artemis) Yeah, unlike a normal woman, you’re cranky twenty-eight days out of the month. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Responsibility, Eight, Pms

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Devil May Cry”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• Disease. Filth. Waste. Crime. Brutality. What’s there to like? (Solin) There’s brutality on Olympus. (Arik) True. But I hate humanity as much as I hate the gods. Both groups are selfish bastards bent on destroying everything around them. They were given a perfect world and rather than enjoy it, they’d rather destroy it and each other. Excuse me if I don’t look at them with love in my eyes but rather scorn in my heart. (Solin)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Selfish, Hate, Heart

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• I swear it on Solin’s life. (Arik) Uh, excuse me? (Solin) I would, but there’s truly no excuse for you. (Arik)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  No Excuses, Excuse, Swear

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• Besides, Southerners are hospitable. They'll probably offer me lemonade." Excuse me? You're going to sit on a porch and drink lemonade while I plow a swamp with a goat's horn?" Yes, ma'am. And I aim to wear my seamless shirt while you do it.

  Nancy Werlin

  Swamps, Goats, Drink

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• How would you feel about sharing your bed?" she asked. Tristan blinked. "Excuse me?" "He'd love to!" Gary said. Tristan shot him a look, "Good," said Ivy, failing to notice Gary's wink. "Ella can be a pillow hog, but all you have to do is roll over her.

  Elizabeth Chandler

  Ivy, Bed, Looks

  Elizabeth Chandler (2011). “Kissed by an Angel”, p.84, Pan Macmillan

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• If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.

  Rebecca Stead

  Hurt, Boys, People

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• Play to your strengths." "I haven’t got any," said Harry, before he could stop himself. "Excuse me," growled Moody, "you’ve got strengths if I say you’ve got them. Think now. What are you best at?

  J. K. Rowling

  Thinking, Play, Excuse

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