Kings Quotes - Page 17

• The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Happiness, Famous Inspirational, Science

  A Child's Garden of Verses "Happy Thought" l. 1 (1885)

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• Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and sea A little shy And sad of eye But very wise Was he And then one day A magic day he passed my way And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings This he said to me “The greatest thing You’ll ever learn Is just to love And be loved In return

  David Bowie

  Wise, Eye, Boys

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• I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows.

  Emma Stone

  School, Rights, Generations

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• I took an interest in the Civil Rights Movement. I listened to Martin Luther King. The Vietnam War was raging. When I was 18, I was eligible for the draft, but when I went to be tested, I didn't qualify.

  Radhanath Swami

  War, Rights, Vietnam

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• Do you think you should warn him (the guard) that I'm going to kiss you?" He loved the flush that appeared on her face, and there was an intake of breath from the girls. "Aldron," she said clearing her throat,"if he agrees to become king, I'm going to let him kiss me. Please don't stop him." Aldron thought for a moment and sighed, holding up his hand. "Wait there and do not move," he ordered Finnikin, before calling out to one of the other guards who stood on the platform. "Ask Perri if he's allowed to touch her if he's agreed to be king.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Moving, Kissing

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• Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population, whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.

  Al-Waleed bin Talal

  Views, Together, Arabia

  Interview with Maria Bartiromo, www.cnbc.com. March 11, 2011.

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• Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

  Al-Waleed bin Talal

  Strong, People, Political

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

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• You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people - 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.

  Al-Waleed bin Talal

  People, Arabia, Body

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

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• By blood a king, in heart a clown.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Heart, Blood, Clown

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• Authority forgets a dying king.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Death, Dying, Forget

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 289

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• That's why we live by a river. Occasionally, I forget and pat Lit on the back--' 'I hate that.' King Midas & Lit

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Rivers, Forget

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• Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.

  Edward Thorndike

  Animal, Men, Race

  Edward Lee Thorndike (1924). “The Evolution of the Human Intellect”

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• He is the king. If it hadn't been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar.

  Pete Townshend

  Guitar, Links, Rock N Roll

  "Link Wray" by Garth Cartwright, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2005.

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• Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Wings, Leader, Principles

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1972). “State Socialism and Anarchism and Other Essays”, Ralph Myles Pub

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• Emeth speaking of Aslan, "Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek...And since then, O Kings and Ladies, I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog

  C. S. Lewis

  Dog, Long, Desire

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• I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

  Peter Ustinov

  Daughter, Honesty, Three

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• Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers.

  Donatella Versace

  Men, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

  Mercy Otis Warren

  Pennsylvania, Agents, Addresses

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• I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

  Denzel Washington

  Movie, Father, Kids

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• You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me.

  Lil Wayne

  World, Able, Luther

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• Last year when "Black Swan," "True Grit" and "King's Speech" all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies. You know, and not do the same old you-know-what.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Independent, Swans, Years

  "Harvey Weinstein On Hollywood's Heated Oscar Race". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 2, 2011.

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• Nothing shocks me anymore. I've embraced men in thongs, I've embraced women with padded bras. I mean, I can embrace Larry King saying 'fierce.'

  Johnny Weir

  Mean, Men, Fierce

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• We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail.

  Cornel West

  Jail, Memorial, Luther

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• I don't watch television and I rarely go to the cinema, but I recently watched 'The King's Speech' on a flight. It was so beautiful and so simple.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Beautiful, Simple, Watches

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• Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

  Serena Williams

  Idols

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