Queens Quotes - Page 23

• A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen;
  She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.

  Victor Hugo

  Beauty, Needs, Royalty

  Victor Hugo (2008). “Poems”, p.317, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Becka might have been average in L.A., but average in L.A. is Queen of Mars in the visiting room of a federal penitentiary in North Carolina.

  Kelly Link

  Average, North Carolina, Mars

  "Magic for Beginners". Book by Kelly Link, 2005.

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• Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep and then pushing it away. A good night's sleep is my white whale. Like Ahab, I am also a total drama queen about it. I love to talk about how little sleep I get. I brag about it, as if it is a true indication of how hard I work.

  Amy Poehler

  Good Night, Drama, Sleep

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• In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made Queen Margot.

  Louis Garrel

  France, Made

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• I'm just getting better and better. It's just like a bunch of worker bees protecting the king bee, because I'm not a queen bee. I'm a king bee.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Kings, Get Better

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• I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too.

  Kevin J. Anderson

  Kings, Book, Epic

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• The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Horse, Book, Men

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.967, Race Point Publishing

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• I have great family and friends that do not treat me like Queen Latifah. We've all grown with this thing, they have sacrificed part of there anonymity; they've had to deal with rumors and things in the paper and they've had to take this ride along with me and they've taken it and we've had a good time.

  Queen Latifah

  Taken, Rumor, Family And Friends

  "Queen Latifah Takes Her Last Holiday". MovieWeb interview, movieweb.com. January 11, 2006.

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• I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

  Janice Dickinson

  Mistake, Dysfunction, Made

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• I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Children, School, Jersey

  Interview with Woody Harrelson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 28, 2009.

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• I love drag queens and I love going to see them perform because those people have got so much character and bravery. Such balls! I love people with balls.

  Elton John

  Character, People, Bravery

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. November 12, 2006.

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• I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

  Amy Lee

  Mom, Drama, Thinking

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• It is outrageous that the Queen has invited royal tyrants to celebrate her diamond jubilee.

  Peter Tatchell

  Diamond Jubilee, Tyrants, Royal

  "Guess who's coming to dinner? Anger over Queen's jubilee bash guest list" by Caroline Davies, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2012.

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• I graduated from college with a 3.92 GPA with a degree in computer programming and a BFA in fine arts and animation. My first job was painting a mural in the Grimaldis in Queens.

  JWoww

  Art, Jobs, College

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• I wish you to become who you ­were born to be. To become queen.

  Sarah J. Maas

  Wish, Born, Wish You

  Sarah J. Maas (2014). “Heir of Fire”, p.49, A&C Black

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• The Confessions of Catherine de Medici is a dramatic, epic novel of an all-too-human woman whose strength and passion propelled her into the center of grand events. Meticulously-researched, this engrossing novel offers a fresh portrait of a queen who has too often been portrayed as a villain. Bravo Mr. Gortner!

  Sandra Gulland

  Passion, Epic, Portraits

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• The English have this extraordianry respect for longevity. The best example of this was Queen Victoria, a most unpleasant woman who achieved a sort of public affection simply by living to be an enormous age.

  Malcolm Muggeridge

  Travel, Home, Age

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• The Heretic Queen is historical fiction at its best. Michelle Moran seamlessly incorporates accurate details into a story full of suspense, intrigue, and tenderness that's impossible to put down until you've reached the last page. An absolute triumph!

  Tasha Alexander

  Historical, Triumph, Details

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• May, queen of blossoms,
  And fulfilling flowers,
  With what pretty music
  Shall we charm the hours?
  Wilt thou have pipe and reed,
  Blown in the open mead?
  Or to the lute give heed
  In the green bowers.

  Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

  Flower, Giving, May

  Edward Thurlow, “May”

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• The mangosteen, queen of the tropical fruit.

  David Fairchild

  Food, Science, Fruit

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• One advantage of a monarchy is that a monarchy does not suffer the effects of having great clots of white Christians moping around simply because they aren't the king or queen.

  Calvin Trillin

  Christian, Kings, White

  Calvin Trillin (1987). “Uncivil liberties”, Penguin Group USA

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• The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.

  A. N. Wilson

  Family, House, Together

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• In London there was no home cooking worthy of the name. When you were in funds you ate out. But only the people whose faces appeared in such publications as Town and Queen could afford to eat in restaurants serving food which would leave them looking and feeling better instead of worse.

  Clive James

  Funny, Humorous, Home

  Clive James (2012). “Always Unreliable: Memoirs”, p.307, Pan Macmillan

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• Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Prayer, Blessing, Special

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. No one does interfaith better than the Royal family, and it starts with the Queen herself.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Past, Years, Significant Change

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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