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• I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

  Jim Morrison

  People

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• A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it, or that it will have a happy ending. Kind of like going out with a girl, having to spend time every day with her - with absolutely no guarantee of nailing her in the end. No thanks.

  Mick Foley

  Girl, Book, Commitment

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• On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I'm giving serious thought to eating your wife.

  Thomas Harris

  Wife, Giving, Eating

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• It was all completely serious, all completely hallucinated, all completely happy.

  Jack Kerouac

  Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.71, Penguin

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• Finally he said that if men drink the blood of God yet they do not understand the seriousness of what they do. He said that men wish to be serious but they do not understand how to be so. Between their acts and their ceremonies lies the world and in this world the storms blow and the trees twist in the wind and all the animals that God has made go to and fro yet this world men do not see. They see the acts of their own hands or they see that which they name and call out to one another but the world between is invisible to them

  Cormac McCarthy

  Lying, Men, Animal

  Cormac McCarthy (2013). “The Border Trilogy”, p.331, Pan Macmillan

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• I always love it whenever Rose delivers one of her witty one-liners—particularly when it’s a completely serious situation. The contrast always amuses me, but then, I’m biased.

  Richelle Mead

  Witty, Rose, One Liner

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• I'm Paige," I whispered. He was serious, for once. "Are you the first page, or the last?" I didn't answer, not right then.

  Christopher Pike

  Pages, Lasts, Firsts

  Christopher Pike (1996). “The Starlight Crystal”, Simon Pulse

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• Many people have serious academic degrees but cannot find a job, and sadly their degrees are so limited that they cannot even think about how to create a job for themselves.

  Haki R. Madhubuti

  Jobs, Thinking, People

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• Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, People, Laughing

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

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• If I'm a little girl, then that makes you a serious pervert.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Girl, Littles, Ifs

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.1188, Dell

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• I can't tell if you're serious or not,' said the driver. I won't know myself until I find out if life is serious or not,' said Trout. 'It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, too.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Hurt, Mean, Trout

  Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Breakfast of Champions: Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!”, CNIB, 197

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• The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

  Richelle Mead

  Names, People, Problem

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.86, Penguin

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• It turns out I'm absolutely terrible at staying away from you. It's a very serious problem.

  Kiera Cass

  Problem, Away From You, Terrible

  Kiera Cass (2013). “The Elite”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leif’s stomach is his favorite body part so that’s a decent threat.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Thinking, Ideas, Body

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• No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

  George Q. Cannon

  Desert, Trials, Affliction

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• I’m serious about you, Avery. If you want me for real, you have me.

  J. Lynn

  Real, Want, Ifs

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• Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift and shallow as a brook. Be as cool and quick to go As a drop of April snow; Be as delicate and gay As a cherry flower in May. Lady, lady, never speak Of the tears that burn your cheek- She will never win him, whose Words had shown she feared to lose. Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

  Dorothy Parker

  Wise, Flower, Heart

  Dorothy Parker, “The Lady's Reward”

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• And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Hurt, Self Esteem, Self Confidence

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.39, Knopf

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• Do you know him well?" I ask.I am too curious; I always have been. "Everyone knows Four," she says. "We were initiates together.I was bad at fighting,so he taught me every night after everyone was asleep." She scratches the back of her neck, her expression suddenly serious. "Nice of him." She gets up and stands behind the members sitting in the doorway. In a second, her serious expression is gone,but I still feel rattled by what she said, half confused by the idea of Four being "nice" and half wanting to punch her for no apparent reason.

  Veronica Roth

  Confused, Nice, Fighting

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• Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy." I stared at Annabeth, figuring she'd crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious. "I'm not saying hello to a pink poodle," I said. "Forget it." "Percy," Annabeth said. "I said hello to the poodle. You say hello to the poodle." The poodle growled. "I said hello to the poodle.

  Rick Riordan

  Cracks, Annabeth, Poodles

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• I thought of love as a game. It is not a game. It is more serious than death.

  Cassandra Clare

  Games

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Having Reyes so near is painful. I think it has apoplexy." "Do you even know what that means?" "No, but it sounds serious. Like Ebola. Or hives

  Darynda Jones

  Mean, Thinking, Ebola

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.406, St. Martin's Press

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• Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the progressives. Conservatism can only win in the short term, because society cannot stop evolving (and social evolution inevitably dovetails with the agenda of those who see change as an abstract positive). It might take seventy years, but it always happens eventually. Serious historians are, almost without exception, self-styled progressives. Radical views--even the awful ones--improve with age.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Winning, Self, Views

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• Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being godlike".

  Peter Kreeft

  Dog, Angel, Ostriches

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• If you're Strigoi," the boy interrupted loudly, "then why don't you have horns? My friend Jeffrey said Strigoi have horns." Dimitri's eyes fell not on the boy but on me for a moment. Again, that spark of knowing shot between us. Then, face smooth and serious, Dimitri turned to the boy and answered, "Strigoi don't have horns. And even if they did, it wouldn't matter because I'm not a Strigoi.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Boys, Knowing

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.210, Penguin

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