Christmas Quotes - Page 31

• There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.

  Ernest Istook

  Holiday, Holiday Season, Seasons

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• If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Song, Feelings, Want

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• I'm a physicist, and we have something called Moore's Law, which says computer power doubles every 18 months. So every Christmas, we more or less assume that our toys and appliances are more or less twice as powerful as the previous Christmas.

  Michio Kaku

  Powerful, Law, Months

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• I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

  Lily Tomlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

  Steven Tyler

  Holiday, Cat, Kids

  "Steven Tyler Wants Johnny Depp to Play Him on the Big Screen". www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 3, 2011.

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• A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Phones, Doubt, Window

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.132, Verso

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• It is also absolutely correct that some British folk customs have descended directly from pagan rituals, such ... the giving of presents and decoration of homes with greenery at midwinter.

  Ronald Hutton

  Home, Giving, Paganism

  Ronald Hutton (2001). “The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft”, p.211, OUP Oxford

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• I'm Jewish and my wife isn't so right now we're literally decorating a Christmas tree with Jewish stars draped around it.

  Max Greenfield

  Stars, Wife, Tree

  "The GQA: Max Greenfield". Interview with Lauren Bans, www.gq.com. January 10, 2011.

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• I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips.

  Melanie Brown

  Eight, West Indies, Years

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing dinner every Christmas, and that's always really fun.

  Miranda Cosgrove

  Mom, Fun, Cooking

  "Despicable me". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 5, 2010.

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• I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!

  Nancy Kerrigan

  Sports, Brother, Hockey

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• We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.

  Peter Agre

  Dad, Dinner, Norwegians

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• My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.

  Pico Iyer

  Air, Japan, Years

  FaceBook post by Pico Iyer from Dec 20, 2015

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• Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?

  Pippa Middleton

  Running, White, Together

  "Pippa Middleton joins the party" by Marina Hyde, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2008.

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• I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere.

  Rebecca Romijn

  Party, Thinking, House

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• I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.

  Tanya Tucker

  Albums, Done

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• During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour that rocks in many musical directions but always points to Christ.

  TobyMac

  Holiday, Rocks, Shopping

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• I'm not going to put out a Christmas CD until it's coming out of me naturally.

  TobyMac

  Cds, Coming Out

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• Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.

  Tony Visconti

  Mom, Dad, Italian

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• Ever since the Christmas of 1953, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving-Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who's not home.

  John Irving

  Home, Loss, Giving

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• God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Jesus, Light, Grace

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• I'll be home for Christmas. You can count on me.

  Bing Crosby

  Home, Count On Me, Home For Christmas

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• It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

  William Thomas Ellis

  Heart, Ghetto, Thinking

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• I set a personal record on Christmas. I got my shopping done three weeks ahead of time. I had all the presents back at my apartment, I was halfway through wrapping them, and I realized, 'Damn, I used the wrong wrapping paper.' The paper I used said, 'Happy Birthday.' I didn't want to waste it, so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Jesus, Shopping

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• Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Inspiring, Dream, Inspiration

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