Andrew Quotes

• Andrew..,' I shake my head, tears rolling my cheeks, '... it was always you," I whisper harshly. 'Even with Ian, I felt something was missing. I told you, that night in the field; I told you that...,' My voice trails. I smile and say, 'you are my partner in crime. I've known that for a long time.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Night, Voice, Long

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• It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

  Davy Crockett

  Names, Judgement, Bows

  Davy Crockett (1987). “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee”, p.205, U of Nebraska Press

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• In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned to society. In my case, the ability to allocate capital would have had little utility unless I lived in a rich, populous country in which enormous quantities of marketable securities were traded and were sometimes ridiculously mispriced. And fortunately for me, that describes the U.S. in the second half of the last century.

  Warren Buffett

  Country, Enormous Quantities, Society

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• Lyon knew she wasn't aware she was being watched, either. She wouldn't have eaten the leaf otherwise, or reached for another. “Sir, which one is Princess Christina?” Andrew asked Lyon, just as Rhone started in choking on his laughter. Rhone has obviously been watching Christina, too. “Sir?” “The blond-headed one,” Lyon muttered, shaking his head. He watched in growing disbelief as Christina daintily popped another leaf into her mouth. “Which blond-headed one?” Andrew persisted. “The one eating the shrubs.

  Julie Garwood

  Laughter, Princess, Mouths

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• There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally from my life.

  Chris Cleave

  Grief, Heart, Mind

  Chris Cleave (2012). “Chris Cleave Ebook Boxed Set: Little Bee, Incendiary, Gold”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began.

  Chris Cleave

  Chris Cleave (2012). “Chris Cleave Ebook Boxed Set: Little Bee, Incendiary, Gold”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek: I'll stay a month longer. I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the world; I delight in masques and revels sometimes altogether (He's an oddity in that he enjoys having fun)

  William Shakespeare

  Fun, Oddities, Mind

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• Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six." "Right." "And you're the oldest." "Yes." "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.

  Orson Scott Card

  Mother, Children, Mistake

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet”, p.20, Macmillan

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• Matt would stare at Andrew for 10 minutes. It's depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then kill itself in hand-to-hand combat.

  Tao Lin

  Hilarious, Depressing, Hands

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• I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. "I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I really mean is: I'll take care of you.

  Jodi Picoult

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  Jodi Picoult (2005). “Vanishing Acts”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• Well, everybody needs help feeling alive again every once in a while.” “No,” she says seriously, and my gaze falls back on hers, “I didn’t say again, Andrew; for making me feel alive for the first time.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Fall, Feelings, Needs

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• What exactly was your plan here, Mr. Andrews? To just walk in and flash your little smile, no questions asked?

  Julie James

  Littles, Flash, Questions Asked

  Julie James (2008). “Just the Sexiest Man Alive”, p.41, Penguin

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• Then you're dead, too, sweet little sister.' Oh, yes,' said Valentine. 'They'll believe that. "I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was dead, I didn't know it will kill Valentine too.

  Orson Scott Card

  Sweet, Believe, Valentine

  Orson Scott Card (2011). “Ender's Game: Ender Series”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• I hope I'm not a tourist attraction - I'm sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.

  Prince William

  Beautiful, Tourism, Tourists

  "Royal Wisdom: The Most Daft, Cheeky, and Brilliant Quotes from Britain's Royal Family". Book by Kate Petrella, March 15, 2011.

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• She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.

  Baroness Orczy

  Two, People, Done

  Baroness Orczy (2015). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.27, Xist Publishing

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• After Hurricane Katrina, I wanted to go back to New Orleans to help musicians return to the city. But Andrew Young advised me, "If you want to help people, go work at an investment bank." His contrarian advice opened my eyes to the importance of capital. "Learn how to make some money before you give it away." I learned that you can bring about good in the world especially if you have a paycheck.

  Kabir Sehgal

  Eye, New Orleans, Cities

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

  Stephen Ambrose

  President, Worst, Johnson

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• When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.

  Jane Campion

  Stories, Letters, Biographies

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• My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.

  Dakota Fanning

  Actresses, My Favorite, Cameron

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• Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Virtually every president since Jackson has claimed the mantle, even while lacking two ingredients of an electoral mandate: a landslide victory and a specific agenda.

  Ron Fournier

  Two, Victory, Desire

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• George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower all rode their wartime heroics into the White House.

  Jeff Greenfield

  White, House, Dwight Eisenhower

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• When political correctness first started coming around, it ruined Andrew Dice Clay and Eddie Murphy's stand-up career. Sam Kinison died at just the right time, 'cause no one was going to tolerate what he was saying anymore either.

  Artie Lange

  Careers, Political, Clay

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. January 7, 2010.

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• In my real life, both my bosses are gay. On the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' Andy Cohen is gay, everybody at Bravo is gay - we call them the gay mafia. Over at 'Glee' and 'The New Normal,' my boss Ryan Murphy is gay. On the show, my boss, played by Andrew Reynolds, is gay in real life. I'm surrounded by all my gay bosses.

  NeNe Leakes

  Real, Gay, Atlanta

  "EXCLUSIVE: NeNe Leakes on 'The New Normal,' Gay Rights and Her 'Glam-Baby'". Interview with Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. September 11, 2012.

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• The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo's choice to know the truth. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.

  Keanu Reeves

  Beautiful, Thinking, Scary

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They found me at the kitchen table. Derek said, "There's something we need to tell you," and from the look on Andrew's face, I think he expected Derek to say he'd gotten me pregnant.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Thinking, Kitchen, Needs

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