Carter Quotes

• Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and was one of the first female superheroes. It gives me more of an encouragement that we can be strong and can do whatever a guy can do.

  Thuy Trang

  Encouragement, Strong, Giving

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• How can you be any purer than pure if your name is Carter? How can you get away from being a Carter? There's a part of you that's gonna come through. How do you keep from doing it? It's what you're born to do.

  June Carter Cash

  Inspirational, Names, Born

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• Lynda Carter, I think the reason I liked her was because she was so down to earth. Even though she was a big star and she was Miss America, she was very approachable.

  Thuy Trang

  Stars, Thinking, America

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• I was willing to do anything that Chris Carter wrote.

  Megan Gallagher

  Willing

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• My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

  Deana Carter

  Father

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• Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Want, Sticks, Speak

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• It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan.

  Ted Cruz

  Giving, Jimmy

  "Ted Cruz speech stokes 2016 speculation". www.politico.com.

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• Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight blessed years - and even a third term for his feckless vice president, George H.W. Bush.

  Ann Coulter

  Blessed, Two, Eight

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• If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it.

  David Horowitz

  Birthday, Kings, Holiday

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• I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

  Constance Baker Motley

  Leaving, Bob, Toes

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• I don’t claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I’m home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.”

  Jimmy Carter

  Book, Home, Sunday

  "Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story Behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal". Interview with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.

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• At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

  Jimmy Carter

  Hero, Rights, Giving

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• During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, 'There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.'

  Al Franken

  Evil, President, Bob

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• I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn't realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years.

  Harper Lee

  Book, Years, People

  "Harper Lee to publish new book, sequel to 'Mockingbird'" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2015.

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• When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place. And if you can talk to her, and she listens, if she makes you laugh, and makes you think, makes you want, makes you see who you really are, and who you are is better, just better with her, you’d be crazy not to want to spend the rest of your life with her. (Carter Maguire)

  Nora Roberts

  Inspirational, Marriage, Crazy

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet”, p.1136, Penguin

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• Wonder Woman was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.

  Constance Marie

  Growing Up, Pride, Wonder Woman

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• All this time…ever since I sold my soul, I’ve been clinging to this idea that there is something pure and decent out there. That there was something to give me hope that even if I was a lost cause, at least there was something bright and good in the world. But there isn’t. If there was, Seth wouldn’t have fallen. Erik wouldn’t have died. Andrea Mortensen wouldn’t be dying.” -Georgina to Carter

  Richelle Mead

  Ideas, Giving, Soul

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Succubus Shadows”, p.272, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• Good can still exist when bad things happen, just as evil persists when good things happen.” - Carter to Georgina

  Richelle Mead

  Evil, Good Things, When Bad Things Happen

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• President Carter famously said the hostages were the first thing he thought about in the morning and the last thing he thought about at night. It was a downright foolish thing to say, because it made the people holding the hostages realize that they had an awful lot of influence over the United States.

  Ted Koppel

  Morning, Night, People

  "The Wire Q&A: Ted Koppel Remembers the Iran Hostage Crisis". Interview with Sarah Goldstein, www.gq.com. November 3, 2009.

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• Bless you, daugher of man," Carter said, his eyes luminous and almost silver now. He leaned down and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and caught my breath. His lips were both burning hot and icy cold.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Men, Hot

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• I'm not worthy of that," I said. I might be human now, but I understand how powerful a heavenly creature Carter was. "I don't deserve that much regard." He reached out and tipped my chin up. "You do, Georgina. And if you don't believe me now, then strive to be. Live you life. Be kind. Love those you know. Love those you don't know. be worthy of your soul." A tear escaped, rolling down my cheek and probably messing up my mortal mascara. "Thank you, Carter. Thank you for everything.

  Richelle Mead

  Powerful, Believe, Soul

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• My face felt like my normal face, as if that part of me hadn’t transformed into a bird. [Fine, Sadie. Call me the Carter-headed chicken. Happy?]

  Rick Riordan

  Bird, Faces, Normal

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

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• Indeed. That pony collection isn’t nearly complete,” Carter mused. When I dared a look back at him, I saw that the angel was smiling at me. “You see? You aren’t lost. No matter what happens to you, you have a plan. There’s still hope.

  Richelle Mead

  Angel, Looks, Matter

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Succubus Revealed”, p.204, Kensington Books

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• And don’t worry.” Bob, Carter’s best man and colleague, held up a notebook computer. “I’ve got it handled on this end. And I memorized the vows just in case he needs me to throw him a line.” “You’re a treasure, Bob.” She waited until she was out of earshot to laugh.

  Nora Roberts

  Notebook, Men, Laughing

  Nora Roberts (2010). “Happy Ever After”, p.231, Penguin

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• Desjardins was literally fuming. His tattered robes still smoked from battle. (Carter says I shouldn’t mention that his pink boxer shorts were showing, but they were!)

  Rick Riordan

  Battle, Boxers, Shorts

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

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