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• I didn't get this dressed up to watch you mess around in the gutter with a bunch of motorcycles." "They are pretty to look at," said Jace. "You have to admit that." "So am I," said Isabelle.

  Cassandra Clare

  Motorcycle, Watches, Gutters

  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.212, Simon and Schuster

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• God help anyone who messes with the Virals!

  Kathy Reichs

  Helping, God Help

  "Virals". Book by Kathy Reichs, November 2, 2010.

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• That’s not a father. That’s a sperm donor. Forget him. He’s a mess. Concentrate on me. I’m terrific. (Linc Blaise)

  Jennifer Crusie

  Father, Forget, Donors

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• ... Aqualung was a difficult and very tense album to record... while I was playing the solo, Jimmy Page walked into the control room and started waving, I thought, should I wave back and mess up the solo or should I just grin and carry on ? ... I just grinned

  Martin Barre

  Music, Pages, Rooms

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• He also said that if anyone did anything to mess up the rest of the testing, he was going to call 911 personally. Yeah, like that wouldn't make it into the nightly news again: WHEELCHAIR-BOUND CANCER PATIENT ARRESTED FOR FREE SPEECH.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Cancer, News, Speech

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2012). “After Ever After”, p.102, Scholastic Inc.

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• See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.

  Ned Vizzini

  Mean, Compliments You, People

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• In biology, nothing is clear, everything is too complicated, everything is a mess, and just when you think you understand something, you peel off a layer and find deeper complications beneath. Nature is anything but simple.

  Richard Preston

  Life, Simple, Thinking

  "The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story". Book by Richard Preston, www.dailymaverick.co.za. 1999.

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• I'm getting a girlfriend soon," said Michael in a serious tone, and everyone laughed. "You've got plenty of time for that, kiddo," said his father. "No need to rush." "Well, I don't want a boyfriend, Daddy," said Madeline. "Boys are dirty, and they make a mess when they eat." "I'd imagine the six-year-old ones would." Xavier chuckled. "But don't worry, they get better at it.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Girlfriend, Father, Dirty

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• Literature got me into this mess and literature is going to have to get me out of it.

  Philip Roth

  Literature

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• Better he learns now that if you mess with people, you might get messed with in return.

  Kate Brian

  People, Might, Return

  Kate Brian (2009). “Ex-mas”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• "Don't you have a religion?" Dorolow asked Horza.
  "Yes," he replied, not taking his eyes away from the screen on the wall above the end of the main mess-room table. "My survival."

  Iain Banks

  Wall, Eye, Survival

  "Consider Phlebas" by Iain Banks, Orbit Books paperback edition, (p. 102), 1987.

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• You can have Jesus in your spirit and have an outrageous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called, it's called religion.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, Soul, Spirit

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• You can have Jesus in your spirit and an outrgeous mess in your soul, and if you don't know what that's called it's called religion. That's what it's called dead dry religion......Jesus said you are a bunch of white washed tombs full of dead men's bones, and I tell you if that didn't describe me I don't know what did, because on Sunday mornings I dressed it up and took it to church.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, Morning, Sunday

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• Told you I was going to mess up your make up," he said, a smug grin on his face.

  Kiersten White

  Faces, Said

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• The rain fluctuates between drizzle and torrential. It messes with your mind. It makes you think things will always be like this, never getting better, always letting you down right when you though the worst was over.

  Susane Colasanti

  Rain, Thinking, Make You Think

  Susane Colasanti (2009). “Waiting For You”, p.129, Penguin

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• It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Jennifer Armintrout (2012). “Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes”, p.263, Harlequin

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• Hey, listen. I don’t care what you punks do around the universe, but this is my sword, and anywhere it can reach is my country. Bastards who come in and try to mess with my things... whether it be a shogun, whether it be space pirates, whether it be a meteorite... I’ll destroy them!

  Hideaki Sorachi

  Country, Space, Guy

  "Fictional character: Gintoki Sakata". Anime series "Gin Tama" (Episode 13: "If you're going to cosplay, do it with all your heart!", 2006), www.imdb.com. (2005 - ).

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• So in addition to a feisty new Black Court partner in the war dance between the Council and the Vampire Courts, I also got angry lust bunny movies stars, deadly curses, and a thoroughly embarrassing job as my investigative cover. Oh, and bean curd pizza, which is just wrong. What a mess. I made a mental note: The next time I saw Thomas, I was going to punch him right in the nose.

  Jim Butcher

  Stars, Jobs, War

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• If I take a tumble, I'll mae quite a splash, but at least I won't smash against the deck and make a mess. Still be dead, though.

  L.A. Meyer

  Deck, Stills, Mae

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• ....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually they'll eat away at you. But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. And this is what I figured out on my own: Over the course of a lifetime, people change, but not as much as you'd think. Nobody really grows up.

  Lisa Lutz

  Growing Up, Thinking, Dental Floss

  Lisa Lutz (2011). “The Spellmans Strike Again: Document #4”, p.379, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s hard to stay away from religion when you mess with acid.

  Robert Stone

  Acid, Hard

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• We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.

  Jodi Picoult

  Life, Challenges, Now And Then

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

  Dan Simmons

  Dark, Historical, Different

  Dan Simmons (2011). “Hyperion”, p.231, Spectra

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• I played on this soccer team, called Hollywood United, and there were a lot of old ex-international pro-players. We played this benefit match at the Rose Bowl, and the crowd streamed in. It's so nerve-wracking to go out into a stadium, feeling a billion eyes upon you when you mess up your touches. That's an overwhelming environment.

  Donal Logue

  Soccer, Team, Eye

  "Donal Logue Talks SONS OF ANARCHY, How His Role Came About and His Possible Return Next Season, Plus His Experience in VIKINGS and SILENT NIGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 4, 2012.

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• I remember the day I started school; my mother's tears as I skipped away; birthdays with candles on the cake, too soon too many abandoned for the mess they made.

  Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire

  Mother, Memories, School

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