Enjoyed Quotes - Page 19

• Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Weekend, Mystery, Absorbing

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1997). “Letters From Burma:”

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• It was a sort of peace I have rarely enjoyed since. As if we were the only two souls on earth—all of nature ours to enjoy. I wondered why a creator who had dreamt such beauty would have slandered it with such evil. Such grief. Why He had not been content to leave it unspoilt. I still wonder.

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Grief, Two, Evil

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• The experiences of men who walked with God in olden times agree to teach that the Lord cannot fully bless the a man until He has first conquered him. The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Blessing, Men, Victory

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• My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Dad, Mean, Musical

  Ben Aaronovitch (2012). “Whispers Under Ground”, p.102, Del Rey

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• You want to know what I was thinking?...I was thinking that I wished you'd been with me the last couple of days. I mean, I enjoyed getting to know everyone better. We ate lunch together, and the dinner last night was a lot of fun, but it just felt like something was wrong, like I was missing something. It wasn't until I saw you walking up the beach that I realized it was you.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Beach, Couple, Fun

  Nicholas Sparks (2010). “Dear John”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• It's no accident that the countries that have enjoyed an economic take off have been those that educated girls and then gave them the autonomy to move to the cities to find work

  Sheryl WuDunn

  Girl, Country, Moving

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• [A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments. The case is too plain for argument. Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.

  Frederick Douglass

  Spiritual, Men, Air

  Frederick Douglass (2011). “In the Words of Frederick Douglass: Quotations from Liberty’s Champion”, p.237, Cornell University Press

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• I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Drink, All Time

  'Ulysses' (1842) l. 6

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• When she closed her eyes she felt he had many hands, which touched her everywhere, and many mouths, which passed so swiftly over her, and with a wolflike sharpness, his teeth sank into her fleshiest parts. Naked now, he lay his full length over her. She enjoyed his weight on her, enjoyed being crushed under his body. She wanted him soldered to her, from mouth to feet. Shivers passed through her body.

  Anais Nin

  Eye, Hands, Feet

  Anais Nin (1977). “DELTA OF VENUS EROTICA”

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• If he is anything other than a total gentleman, I’m going to gouge his eyes out.” “So you’re into it.” “Withholding judgment! When can I see you?” “Certainly not until you finish An Imperial Affliction.” I enjoyed being coy. “Then I’d better hang up and start reading.” “You’d better,” I said, and the line clicked dead without another word. Flirting was new to me, but I liked it.

  John Green

  Reading, Eye, Flirting

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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• If you think of even Tolstoy or a book like 'Anna Karenina,' you go from character to character, and each section is from the third person perspective of a different character, so you get to see the whole world a little more kaleidoscopically that way. That's traditional narrative manner, and I haven't done a book like that before, but I enjoyed it.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Book, Character, Thinking

  Interview with Juliette Lewis, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 24, 2011.

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• I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as if we ate and enjoyed life.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Serendipity, Moss, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the people that enjoyed Freedom will love this one; and I actually think some of the unique musical twists this project is taking will open it up to a whole new audience as well.

  Michael W. Smith

  Unique, Thinking, People

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• I just think I'm blessed. I love the Lord Jesus Christ. I have a great grandmother that passed away at 104 and two grandparents that passed away at 97 and 95 and they never worried about protein. They just enjoyed life and that's what I'm doing.

  Herschel Walker

  Jesus, Blessed, Grandmother

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• I certainly want to get back to the US to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.

  Mick Taylor

  Country, New York, Florida

  "The Artist Shop IRC Chat with Mick Taylor". www.artist-shop.com. April 18, 1999.

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• I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride. I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too.

  Fuzzy Zoeller

  Fun, Kids, Winning

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• Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.

  William McDonough

  Air, Water, Goal

  "God Is Green: Why ‘Less Bad’ Is Not Good" by Cathleen Falsani, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2010.

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• As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Opportunity, House, Chairs

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• I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me.

  Herb Ritts

  Art, Growing Up, California

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• Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people.

  Andre Rieu

  Play, Circles, People

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• From the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political body who enjoyed so much freedom and happiness as the people of these United States. You have no longer any cause to fear danger from abroad... It is from within, among yourselves - from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power.

  Andrew Jackson

  Ambition, Government, People

  "Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren".

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• I have enjoyed the years enormously in Cleveland and especially in Baltimore

  Art Modell

  Years, Cleveland, Baltimore

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• I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun

  Caroline B. Cooney

  Fun, Reading, Book

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• Portraits of the Mind is a remarkable book that combines beautifully reproduced illustrations of the nervous system as it has been visualized over the centuries, as well as lively and authoritative commentaries by some of today's leading neuroscientists. It will be enjoyed by professionals and general readers alike.

  Dale Purves

  Book, Illustration, Mind

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• I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start

  Steve Case

  School, College, Thinking

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