Charlotte Quotes - Page 2

• The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, 'Overwhelming feeling of dread.' That was going to go over nicely.

  Anne Ursu

  Teacher, Feelings, Would Be

  Anne Ursu (2008). “The Siren Song”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• When I look at what's going on in Charlotte, a city I love, a city where I have investments, when I look at what's going on throughout various parts of our country, whether it's - I mean, I can just keep naming them all day long - we need law and order in our country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Mean, Order

  Presidential Debates, www.imdb.com. 2016.

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• I co-edited an anthology called Interfictions with Delia Sherman and wrote a short scholarly book on three women poets called Voices from Fairyland: The Fantastical Poems of Mary Coleridge, Charlotte Mew, and Sylvia Townsend Warner. So I've been busy, but I haven't had time to write a novel.

  Theodora Goss

  Book, Writing, Voice

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• The share of Americans who say race relations are bad in this country is the highest it's been in decades, much of it amplified by shootings of African-Americans by police, as we've seen recently in Charlotte and Tulsa.

  Lester Holt

  Country, Race, African American

  The First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

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• I just have a heart filled with gratitude for a wonderful family. My wife, Karen, is the love of my life, and she campaigned with me virtually every day of 130-some odd days of the campaign trail, as did our daughter, Charlotte, traveled all over the country with us. But my son, who just got married to his college sweetheart, and our youngest daughter - just am grateful for a family that has supported me in my calling to public service.

  Mike Pence

  Daughter, Country, Gratitude

  Source: www.dailyjournal.net

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• Templeton was down there now, rummaging around. When he returned to the barn, he carried in his mouth an advertisement he had torn from a crumpled magazine. How's this?" he asked, showing the ad to Charlotte. It says 'Crunchy.' 'Crunchy' would be a good word to write in your web." Just the wrong idea," replied Charlotte. "Couldn't be worse. We don't want Zuckerman to think Wilbur is crunchy. He might start thinking about crisp, crunchy bacon and tasty ham. That would put ideas into his head. We must advertise Wilbur's noble qualities, not his tastiness.

  E. B. White

  Writing, Thinking, Ideas

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• The disturbing video taken by Keith Lamont Scott`s wife showing the moment her husband was killed by police in Charlotte provides a sobering window into the high level of compliance that people of color feel they need to maintain in their interactions with police.

  Chris Hayes

  Husband, Taken, Color

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think it`s fair to say there`s some significant portion of the community that doesn`t feel they can take the Charlotte police at their word.

  Chris Hayes

  Thinking, Community, Police

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Henry," said Charlotte, who appeared to have recovered from her shock, "if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. Now sit down and eat your supper. And say hello to our guest.

  Cassandra Clare

  Divorce, Fire, Guests

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• Hillary Clinton tweeted "Charlotte should release police video of the Keith Lamont Scott shooting without delay. The Clinton campaign has since announced that Clinton will travel to Charlotte.

  Chris Hayes

  Police, Campaigns, Video

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Charlotte leaned forward across the table. “The Dark Sisters never mentioned what use they intended to make of your abilities, did they?” “You know about the Magister.” Tessa said. “They said they were preparing me for him.” “For him to do what?” Will asked. “Eat you for dinner?” Tessa shook her head. “To – to marry me, they said.” “To marry you?” Jessamine was openly scornful. “That’s ridiculous. They were probably going to blood sacrifice you and didn’t want you to panic.” (page 78)

  Cassandra Clare

  Sacrifice, Dark, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• Will looked up in apparent relief when Charlotte and Tessa came in. "Will," Charlotte said, "You remember Miss Gray?" "My recollection of her," said Will, "is most vivid indeed.

  Cassandra Clare

  Missing, Relief, Vivid

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• But if you were Charlotte, and you had been feeling that life was some cosmic joke that had no punchline, and in the space of a moment you had gone from being Charlotte-without-a-kitten to being Charlotte-with-a-kitten, you too would have found it nothing short of remarkable.

  Anne Ursu

  Space, Feelings, Gone

  Anne Ursu, Eric Fortune (2007). “The Shadow Thieves”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• Thomas reached out and took my hand, turned it palm up, and said, "I believe that's healing very nicely." Aunt Charlotte opened the door just as he turned my hand over again and brushed a kiss across my knuckles. I experienced a nearly overpowering desire to hit him in the eye.

  Caroline Stevermer

  Believe, Healing, Eye

  Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer (2014). “The Cecelia and Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecelia, The Grand Tour, and The Mislaid Magician”, p.92, Open Road Media

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• Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth." "But you are not a lady, Jessamine---," Charlotte began. "Dear me," said Will. "Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Morning, Snakes, Doe

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Some of the most successful, talented actresses of our generation, be it Julianne Moore, or Charlize Theron, or Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Isabella Rossellini, if you know your cinema history, have taken their clothes off. There's nothing wrong with nudity, per se, if it's part of the storytelling and it's eloquent and it says something about the raw humanity of the story.

  Natalie Dormer

  Taken, Successful, Our Generation

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I moved to Charlotte at a young age, and despite how much I like Charlotte, I've always had a fascination with my hometown.

  Kenny Wallace

  Age, Fascination, Hometown

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I would say it was [ifluence] all the Greeks and the Russian classics like [Lev] Tolstoy, [Andrey] Goncharov,[Fedor] Dostoyevsky, [Alexander] Pushkin, and the international classics in Russian translation like Victor Hugo, George Sand, Charlotte Bronte, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain.

  Vera Nazarian

  Greek, Sand, Mark

  Source: fantasyworlds.wordpress.com

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• I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.

  Jamaica Kincaid

  Princess, People, Want

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• I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling.

  Roman Coppola

  Memories, Directors, Stardust

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Charlotte Corday walked alone Paris birds sang sugar calls Charlotte walked down lanes of stone through the haze of perfume stalls Charlotte smelt the dead's gangrene Heard the singing guillotine

  Peter Weiss

  Paris, Bird, Singing

  Peter Weiss (1998). “Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman”, p.53, A&C Black

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• We read Charlotte Bronte not for exquisite observation of character - her characters are vigorous and elementary; not for comedy - hers is grim and crude; not for a philosophic view of life - hers is that of a country parson's daughter; but for her poetry. Probably that is so with all writers who have, as she has, an overpowering personality, so that, as we say in real life, they have only to open the door to make themselves felt.

  Virginia Woolf

  War, Character, Doors

  "The Common Reader: First series".

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• I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

  Bruce Oldfield

  Important, Pages, Dresses

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• To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

  Louise Penny

  Children, Honest, Wanted

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• As an editor, I read Charlotte Rogan's amazing debut novel, 'The Lifeboat,' when it was still in manuscript. I read it in one night, and I really wanted my company to publish it, but we lost it to another house. It's such a wonderful combination of beautiful writing and suspenseful storytelling.

  Karen Thompson Walker

  Beautiful, Writing, Night

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