Party Quotes - Page 40

• The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.

  David Nicholls

  Cities, Defeated, Said

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• Needless to say, the business of living interferes with the solitude so needed for any work of the imagination. Here's what Virginia Woolf said in her diary about the sticky issue: "I've shirked two parties, and another Frenchman, and buying a hat, and tea with Hilda Trevelyan, for I really can't combine all this with keeping all my imaginary people going.

  Virginia Woolf

  Virginia, Two, Issues

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• There can't be a quarrel without two parties, and I won't be one. I will be a friend to you in spite of you. So now you know what you've got to expect

  Charles Dickens

  Two, Quarrels, Spite

  Charles Dickens (1850). “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, p.439

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• I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus, they suck the life right out of a party.

  Dennis Lehane

  Self, People, Vices

  "Moonlight Mile". Book by Dennis Lehane, November 2, 2010.

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• That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a department store: anything. A piece of jewelry made by hand: something. A dollar: anything. A sand dollar: something. A gift certificate: anything. An IOU for two hours of starwatching: something. A drunk kiss at a party: anything. A sober kiss alone in a park: something.

  David Levithan

  Kissing, Hands, Two

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• I'm serious about this. The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country. That's a hell of a trifecta.

  Joe Scarborough

  Country, President, Majority

  "Morning in America". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. June 2, 2009.

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• Is he having a party?" "Dorian is a sociable king. He likes keeping people around him, mostly so he can mock them.

  Richelle Mead

  Kings, People, Likes

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• Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

  L. Frank Baum

  Wicked, Wizards, Littles

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• But in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while; remind folks it exists.

  Kate Morton

  Humble, House, Needs

  Kate Morton (2010). “The Kate Morton Collection: The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden”, p.454, Simon and Schuster

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• They’d played “Sweet Home, Alabama” so many times I wanted to crash the party, kill the radio, and knife whoever was selecting the music.

  Jennifer Estep

  Sweet, Home, Knives

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• As a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and who controlled the dough. Party labels were merely a way to keep track of the teams; issues were mostly smoke and vaudeville. Nobody believed in anything except hanging on to power, whatever it took.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Team, Government, Long Ago

  Carl Hiaasen (2001). “Sick Puppy”, p.94, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Hunting party," Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. "You think?" Will said. "Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him.

  John Flanagan

  Thinking, Hunting, Deer

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• It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble minority. It's losing its majority status. And it says, the Republican Party, 'We can only get so many white votes. So, we got to reduce the votes of others.' It does look that way. Only the - maybe you're non-partisan, but only Republicans have pushed this in these 31 states. No Democratic legislature. You gotta look at the pattern here. You talk about profiling. I'm sorry, Republicans do this stuff.

  Chris Matthews

  Sorry, White, Majority

  "The Top 20 Worst Chris Matthews Quotes Calling Obama Critics Racist" by Geoffrey Dickens, www.newsbusters.org. November 7, 2013.

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• If he's at this party, I want you to stay far away from him." "Shouldn't that rule apply to you, and Jules, too? Unless your penises make you magically bulletproof.

  Suzanne Brockmann

  Want, Far Away, Bulletproof

  Suzanne Brockmann (2013). “Force of Nature: Troubleshooters 11: Troubleshooters 11”, p.120, Hachette UK

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• This looking down our noses at tea party people has got to stop.

  Chris Matthews

  People, Tea, Noses

  "Chris Matthews: 'Looking Down Our Noses At The Tea Party Has Got To Stop'" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 11, 2014.

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• I don’t see any police cars.” “They probably had to park a couple blocks over. Anyway, as I was saying, I noticed illegal substances in the hands of a few guests.” “So?” she snapped. “It’s a party.” “Alcohol is illegal under the age of twenty-one.” “Great!” Marcie shouted. “What am I going to do?” She paused, then raised her voice again. “You probably called them!” “Who, me?” Vee said. “And lose the free food? No way.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Couple, Block, Hands

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.419, Simon and Schuster

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• History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

  George Orwell

  Endless

  George Orwell (2012). “1984”, p.51, Oberon Books

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• I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.

  Melina Marchetta

  Sorry, Thousand, Wanted

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• If two parties with two sets of bad ideas cooperate, the result is not good policy, but policy that is extremely bad. What we really need are correct economic and politcal ideas, regardless of the party that pushes them.

  Ron Paul

  Ideas, Two, Needs

  Ron Paul (2011). “Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom”, p.20, Hachette UK

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• I need to go to parties, Raisa mused, so I don't think so much.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Thinking, Needs

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• Kate had never met a person she didn't want to protect, preferably by hacking at the hostile parties with her sword.

  Ilona Andrews

  Want, Hacking, Mets

  Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook (2009). “Must Love Hellhounds”, p.120, Penguin

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• Amy bit her lip. "I was so scared, Dan. I couldn't think. She shook her head. "I feel so ashamed of myself. If it wasn't for you, we would have been toast." "Whoa," Dan said. "If you're throwing a pity party for yourself, don't invite me." He poked her. "You were the one who got Jonah to find us. Awesome lung power. I thought you only used that volume to get me out of the bathroom.

  Judy Blundell

  Thinking, Amy, Lips

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• You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Guy, Leaving, Great Gifts

  "The Girl in Blue". Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1970.

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• If state, party and social policy will not be based on morality, then mankind has no future to speak of.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Morality, Speak, Social

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• I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time.

  Albert Finney

  Long, Sitting, London

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