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• A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Cat, Games, Play

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• Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail.

  Heinrich Heine

  Laughter, People, Tails

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• Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent animal homelessness.

  Kevin Nealon

  Animal, Support, Parent

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• I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Than one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers: I had rather heare a Brazen Candlestick turn'd, Or a dry Wheele grate on the Axle-tree, And that would set my teeth nothing an edge, Nothing so much, as mincing Poetrie.

  William Shakespeare

  Poetry, Tree, Teeth

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Renaissance Acting Editions: The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of HENRY Sirnamed HOT-SPURRE [King Henry IV, Part 1]”, p.147, Demitra Papadinis

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• Kitten, when did you get so tall? (Ravyn) I grew while you were in the bathroom. (Erika)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Bathroom, Grew, Tall

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• I know you think I was pressured into binding myself with you before, but that's not true,I always intended to marry you, kitten.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Thinking, Binding, Knows

  Jeaniene Frost (2009). “At Grave's End: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny, sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat doors, which allowed them to wander in and out of our conversation at will.

  Nick Hornby

  Cat, Doors, Healthy

  Nick Hornby (2005). “High Fidelity”, p.17, Penguin UK

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• I have no doubt that you are more than capable of bringing the Monsean queen and my son and the rest of my sons and a hundred Nanderan kittens through an onslaught of howling raiders if you chose to.

  Kristin Cashore

  Queens, Son, Doubt

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.431, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Bombs, Ruthlessness

  The Great Arsenal of Democracy, delivered 29 December 1940

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• Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I am Thine", for we can see God everywhere. Do not seek for Him, just see Him.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Believe, Cat, Praying

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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• They tell us we are all citizens, that we were born in this country. Well, a cat can have kittens in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits!

  Malcolm X

  Country, Cat, Racism

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• I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.

  Bryan Ferry

  Names

  NY Rock Interview, December 2002.

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• People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.

  Jimmy Wales

  Hate, Ideas, Issues

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• Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.

  Carlson Gracie

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.

  William Shakespeare

  Ballet, Cry, Ballads

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. [128]

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• With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Tails, Ease, Littles

  BookCaps, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2012). “Faust in Plain and Simple English: First Part of the Tragedy: (A Modern Translation and the Original Version): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.177, BookCaps Study Guides

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• For a dyed-in-the-wool author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. ... She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.

  Rumer Godden

  Book, Cat, Writing

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

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• As God contains all good things, He must also contain a sense of playfulness -- a gift he has shared with Creatures other than ourselves, as witness the tricks Crows play, and the sportiveness of Squirrels, and the frolicking of Kittens.

  Margaret Atwood

  Squirrels, Play, Crow

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• Kitten." His voice was thick with something I couldn't name. "This is the part... where you don't have a choice.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Names, Voice, Choices

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• I found him in a Dumpster one day when he was a kitten and he promptly adopted me. Despite my struggles, Mister had been an understanding soul, and I eventually came to realize that I was a part of his little family, and by his gracious consent was allowed to remain in his apartment. Cats. Go figure.

  Jim Butcher

  Struggle, Cat, Understanding

  Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.61, Penguin

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• It was clear to me that it wouldn't matter what I did - they would never truly appreciate me or learn what I had to offer. They were far beyond fickle - they were insensible, like kittens,predatory little things, distracted by the first bit of string or shiny bauble that rolled across the floor, and nothing I could ever say or do could possibly make any kind of dent in their willful ignorance.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Ignorance, Appreciate, Fickle

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.209, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Did you really think I'd ceased to care? Kitten, I care so much it wrecks me.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Thinking, Care, Wrecks

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• It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Dream, Littles

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• Aren’t you going to ask me how it went, Kitten?" “You walked in and took the stairs one at a time,” I answered. “And you haven’t barked at me to get in the car, so I take it Majestic didn’t tell you our asses were trophies for hunting season. Am I wrong?

  Jeaniene Frost

  Hunting, Car, Majestic

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• That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then just memories. And the memories fade and blend and smudge together.

  Neil Gaiman

  Life, Memories, Cat

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”, p.48, Hachette UK

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