Mary Quotes - Page 12

• The bright bite in Mary Lee Kortes' voice [has] the high-mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton, with a sweet-iron undercoat of Chrissie Hynde.

  David Fricke

  Sweet, Sunshine, Voice

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• What Marie Antoinette was to eighteenth-century France, Mary Pickford is to twentieth-century America.

  Frank Crowninshield

  America, France, Century

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• Ted Kennedy is endorsing John Kerry and I'm wondering, do you really want the endorsement of a guy with a Bloody Mary mustache?

  David Letterman

  Guy, Mustache, Want

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• I think the idea of Mary Poppins has been blowing in and out of me, like a curtain at a window, all my life.

  P. L. Travers

  Thinking, Ideas, Window

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• A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature.

  Russell Baker

  One Day, Dimes, Bars

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• The very best place to be in all the world is St. Mary's parish, Jamaica. And the best spot in St. Mary's is Port Maria, though all of St. Mary's is fine. Old Maker put himself to a lot of trouble to make that part of the island of Jamaica, for everything there is perfect.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Islands, Jamaica, Perfect

  Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.129, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

  Herman Melville

  Beauty, Beautiful, Queens

  Herman Melville (2016). “Pierre; or The Ambiguities”, p.33, Herman Melville

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• Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.

  Paddy Chayefsky

  Looks, News, Might

  Paddy Chayefsky (1995). “The screenplays”

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• How can this come about?" Mary asked. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you," the angel answered, "and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow." And now you are the one who puts the question: "How can bread become Christ and wine His Blood?" I answer: "The power of the Holy Spirit will be at work to give us a marvel which surpasses understanding.

  John of Damascus

  Wine, Angel, Blood

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• I'm going to Queen Mary's [university] in East London and I am trying to juggle it. Sometimes, it's really hard.

  Yasmin Paige

  Queens, East London, Trying

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Kings and queens might do wicked things, but they don't nag. One thing I like about Bloody Mary: she never said a word about lung cancer.

  Florence King

  Kings, Queens, Cancer

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.127, Macmillan

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• Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man that lives next door to me does for a living? He's a f*****g dentist.

  Chris Rock

  Men, Rapper, Doors

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• It was as if we were at the heart of a maze. We were overwhelmed by the enormity of the tasks ahead. Mary had given us a bottle of milk and a spoonful of loose tea, and so, unable to decide what to do, we did what all Irish men and women do: we had tea. Suddenly the sun appeared and not for the first or last time we felt it uplifting us and changing everything. It seemed like a holiday.

  Niall Williams

  Uplifting, Heart, Holiday

  Niall Williams, Christine Breen (1989). “O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare”, Soho PressInc

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• The seeds you plant in the hearts and minds of others will be what you receive in return - 100-fold. Only sow that which you wish to receive in return. Sow good, receive good! Plant seeds daily in your Mary Kay business and your Mary Kay business will return to you.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Heart, Mind, Wish

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• If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said "No."

  Margaret Smith

  Religion, Said, Virgins

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• It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor.

  John Calvin

  Mother, Son, Honor

  Calvini Opera, Volume 45, 348, 1877-1878.

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• There is no one, however wicked, whom Mary does not save by her intercession when she wishes ... He who has recourse to Mary shall be saved.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Wicked, Wish, Doe

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• It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Blessed, Justice Of God, Impossible

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• Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning, my baby left without warning.

  Willie Nelson

  Baby, Morning, Rejection

  Willie Nelson, David Ritz (2015). “Mein Leben: Eine lange Geschichte”, p.134, Heyne Verlag

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• By Mary, God descended from Heaven into the world, so that by her men might ascend from earth into Heaven.

  Fulgentius of Cartagena

  Men, Heaven, World

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• Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Devotion, Salvation, Eternal

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• O how long ago the earth would have been destroyed, if Mary had not interposed!

  Fulgentius of Cartagena

  Long Ago, Earth, Ifs

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• To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.

  Bernard of Clairvaux

  Salvation, Mark, Eternal

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• O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!

  Bridget of Sweden

  Giving, Assistance

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• Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary.

  Peter Agre

  Commitment, Two, Wife

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