Fairs Quotes - Page 23

• Why not draw naked guys, just to be fair? Naked women is art, naked guys a no-no, I bet. Probably because most painters are men.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Art, Men, Guy

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.119, Macmillan

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• I knew it wasn't fair, I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't help it. And after a while, the anger I felt just sort of became part of me, like it was the only way I knew how to handle the grief. I didn't like who I'd become, but I was stuck in this horrible cycle of questions and blame.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Grief, Way, Helping

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• So what are you going to tell her?" "A little help?" I pleaded. "What does she want to know?" He shook his head, grinning wickedly. "That's not fair." "No, you not sharing what you know-now that's not fair.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Doe, Want, Littles

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• Seedy wasn't a fair description for the place, because seeds imply eventual regrowth and renewal.

  Jim Butcher

  Renewal, Description, Seeds

  Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.209, Penguin

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• Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun; Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their jollity. Up, up, fair bride, and call Thy stars from out their several boxes, take Thy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and make Thyself a constellation of them all; And by their blazing signify That a great princess falls, but doth not die. Be thou a new star, that to us portends Ends of much wonder; and be thou those ends.

  John Donne

  Stars, Princess, Fall

  John Donne (1993). “Selected Poems”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• As she stood before Aragorn she paused suddenly and looked upon him, and her eyes were shining. And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Eye, Hands, Shining

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.361, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Why do you lie" I ask her. "To block the truth." Fair enough. Naomi goes on. "Where did we get it in our heads that we need truth all the time? Sometimes lies are nice, you know? You don't have to know the truth all the time. It's too exhausting.

  Rachel Cohn

  Block, Nice, Lying

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• The secretary moved in to block Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, "I think it's very sweet, you sticking up for your brother like that." "I'm not trying to be sweet," Simon said, raising his voice so Thierry could hear. "I'm trying to be fair. But apparently no one's interested in that.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Sweet, Brother, Block

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• And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

  Tom Robbins

  Sublime, Tasks, Goes On

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• ...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society

  John Stuart Mill

  Children, Mind, Training

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.233, Hackett Publishing

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• It's not fair. It's not fair," she cried, knowing it was a child's argument but not caring, because being childish did not make it untrue.

  Kristin Cashore

  Children, Caring, Knowing

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.159, Hachette UK

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• Life's not fair, get over it!

  Bill Gates

  Over It, Get Over, Not Fair

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• Life isn't fair," Owen told her. "Get used to it.

  Sarah Dessen

  Used

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.101, Penguin

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• The phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, “Chris Powers." "Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone?" To give Powers his fair due, he got over his shock within a split second. “Try it, asshole. I dare you. My lawyers will have you for lunch.” He clicked off again. I did what any red-blooded American male would do. I called my big, ex-cop ex-boyfriend.

  Josh Lanyon

  Ex Boyfriend, Phones, Voice

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• It seemed cruel for a day to dawn so fair and end so foul as this one promised to.

  George R. R. Martin

  Dawn, Ends, Foul

  George R. R. Martin (2016). “A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.454, Bantam

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• I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I do nothing but doubt the latter's. It's not a fair comparison really. Gale and I were thrown together by a mutual need to survive. Peeta and I know the other's survival means our own death. How do you sidestep that?

  Suzanne Collins

  Mean, Doubt, Survival

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

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• No fair! Those guys ripped off what we rightfully stole!

  Gordon Korman

  Guy, Ripped

  Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.91, Scholastic Inc.

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• Who ever said the world was fair?

  Cassandra Clare

  World, Said, Unfairness

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.291, Simon and Schuster

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• When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men and things in this manner with Yes and No. Everything is arranged so that the worst of tastes, the taste for the unconditional, should be cruelly fooled and abused until a man learns to put a little art into his feelings and rather to risk trying even what is artificial — as the real artists of life do.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Art, Real, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.233, Modern Library

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• Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Running, Opportunity, Race

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• I think people can be trusted to know what makes them unhappy. Maybe we don't always know what we want exactly, but we can usually say what we don't with a fair amount of specificity.

  Ann Aguirre

  Thinking, People, Unhappy

  Ann Aguirre (2009). “Doubleblind”, p.97, Penguin

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• Oh, I have feelings for him, all right. I'd like to put him in the ground myself, believe me. Still, it would be wrong. Promise me." "Fine. I promise I won't kill him." He said it too easily. My eyes narrowed. "Promise me right here and now that you will also never cripple, maim, dismember, blind, torture, bleed, or otherwise inflict any injury to Danny Milton. Or otherwise stand by while someone else does as you watch." "Blimey, that's not fair!" he protested

  Jeaniene Frost

  Believe, Eye, Feelings

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• A friend of mine who passed through a most severe trial, when I discussed it with him, he said simply, if it’s fair, it isn’t a trial.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Trials, Said, Mines

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• Your cat just got cat hair on me.” “It’s only fair,” Min said. “Your suit just got expensive suit lint on him.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Cat, Hair, Suits

  Jennifer Crusie (2006). “Welcome to Temptation/Bet Me”, p.550, Macmillan

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• An old man dies. A young woman lives. A fair trade.

  Frank Miller

  Girl, Men, Littles

  "Fictional character: John Hartigan". "Sin City", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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