Shining Quotes - Page 25

• I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Interrogation Techniques, Support, Killing

  "Tim Pawlenty Reacts to First 2012 Republican Presidential Debate". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. May 05, 2011.

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• Wait a while; there will come to you mounts, carrying lions in shining armor, battalions followed by battalions.

  Khalid ibn al-Walid

  Waiting, Armor, Lions

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• David Whitmer wrote: ' Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine.'

  Russell M. Nelson

  Spiritual, Light, Drawing

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• If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful and tolerant, helpful and outreaching to those in distress. We can either subdue the divine nature and hide it so that it finds no expression in our lives, or we can bring it to the front and let it shine through all that we do.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Thoughtful, Expression, People

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• We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment to fairness, fair play and civic duty.

  Gordon Brown

  Country, Commitment, Play

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• My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine

  Ryne Sandberg

  Mom, Rain, Kids

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• The sun don't shine in your TV!

  Daniel Johnston

  Sun, Tvs

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• Stars shining bright above you
  Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
  Birds singing in the sycamore tree
  Dream a little dream of me

  Gus Kahn

  Dream, Stars, Love You

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• And believe me, to have been in the city of Tuscaloosa in October when you were young and full of Early Times and had a shining Alabama girl by your side--to have had all that and then to have seen those red shirts pour onto the field, and, then, coming behind them, with that inexorable big cat walk of his, the man himself, The Bear--that was very good indeed.

  Howell Raines

  Girl, Believe, Cat

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• The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through the animal spirit.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Book, Animal, Men

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• Ah, my Knight in Shining Armor. What, you don't think I can fend for myself?

  James Dashner

  Thinking, Knights, Armor

  James Dashner (2014). “The Maze Runner Movie Tie-In Edition (Maze Runner, Book One)”, p.302, Delacorte Press

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• The sun shines. Readers read.

  Roderick Townley

  Sun, Reader, Sun Shines

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• Man is the hunter; women are the game; those sleek and shining creatures of the chase. We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Men, Hunting, Games

  'The Princess' (1847) pt. 5, l. 147

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• I tried to be a better person for her– but it was to impress her, to get her to want me. But when I’m around you, I want to be better because… well, because it feels right. Because I want to. You make me want to become something greater than myself. I want to excel. You inspire me in every act, every word, every glance. I look at you, and you’re like… like light made into flesh. […] You have no clue how beautiful you are or how brightly you shine.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Light, Inspire

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• Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new.

  Aberjhani

  Life And Death, Rebirth, Something New

  Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.66, Lulu.com

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• To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

  George Orwell

  Military, War, Fighting

  George Orwell (1998). “Two wasted years, 1943”, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

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• If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?

  Stephen King

  Dark, Light, Names

  Stephen King (2011). “Full Dark, No Stars”, p.366, Simon and Schuster

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• Did A tell you your eyes remind me of blown glass? I can see your soul through those eyes, Amy. They get darker when you’re trying to be sexy and shine when you smile. And when you think you’re in trouble you blink double the amount that you usually do. And when your sad the corners of your eyes turn down. I miss your eyes. And I don’t want the sad ones to be my last memory of you.

  Simone Elkeles

  Sexy, Memories, Eye

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• Do you remember, the night of the battle on Valentine's ship, when I needed some of your strength?" "Do you need it again now?" Alec said. "Because you can have it." "I always need your strength, Alec," Magnus said, and closed his eyes as their intertwined fingers began to shine, as if between them they held the light of a star.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stars, Valentine, Eye

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.492, Simon and Schuster

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• I think that you are the liar!" I say, my voice quaking. "You tell me you love me, you trust me, you think I'm more perceptive than the average person. And the first second that belief in my perceptiveness, that trust, that love is put to the test, it falls apart." I am crying now, but I am not ashamed of the tears shining on my cheeks or the thickness of my voice. "So you must have lied when you told me all those things... you must have, because I can't believe your love is really that feeble.

  Veronica Roth

  Liars, Believe, Fall

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• Madrigal sniffed herself. "I'm almost sure I don't smell." "Maybe not, but between shining cleanliness and not smelling, there is a vast gray area.

  Laini Taylor

  Smell, Cleanliness, Gray Area

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.203, Hachette UK

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• In difficult times, in dark times, some people shine.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dark, People, Difficult Times

  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.1961, Simon and Schuster

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• Her fine high forehead sloped gently up to where her hair, bordering it like an armorial shield, burst into lovelocks and waves and curlicues of ash blonde and gold. Her eyes were bright, big, clear, wet and shining, the colour of her cheeks was real, breaking close to the surface from the strong young pump of her heart. Her body hovered delicately on the last edge of childhood -- she was almost eighteen, nearly complete, but the dew was still on her.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Strong, Real, Heart

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• You are my heart, my soul,” he said, his arms going around my waist and holding me tightly. “As you are mine,” I repeated. The magic in the air got stronger, thrumming through the forest, matching the rhythm of our breathing, matching the beating of our hearts. “Dance with me, this night and for the rest of our nights,” he said. “For as long as the moon shines in the sky and for as long as we live underneath her.

  Keri Arthur

  Heart, Night, Moon

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• Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Stars, Shine On, Astronomy

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