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• She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. She wanted to control him. He was every arrogant boyfriend that had treated her mother badly. He was every boy that told her she was too freaky, who had laughed at her, or just wanted her to shut up and make out. He was a thousand times less real than Roiben.

  Holly Black

  Mother, Real, Kissing

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything he'd done with regard to her in the last three years had been calculated to foreclose the intensely personal sort of talks they'd had when he was younger: to get her to shut up, to train her to contain herself, to make her stop pestering him with her overfull heart and her uncensored self. And now that the training was complete and she was obediently trivial with him, he felt bereft of her and wanted to undo it.

  Jonathan Franzen

  Heart, Self, Years

  Jonathan Franzen (2010). “Freedom: A Novel”, p.242, Macmillan

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• Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, "Listen, you're not pregnant." I said, "Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.

  Wanda Sykes

  Jobs, Exercise, Doctors

  Wanda Sykes (2004). “Yeah, I Said It”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Shut up, me,” Leo said aloud. “What?” Piper asked. “Nothing,” he said. “Long night. I think I’m hallucinating. It’s cool.” Sitting in front, Leo couldn’t see their faces, but he assumed from their silence that his friends were not pleased to have a sleepless, hallucinating dragon driver. “Just joking.” Leo decided it might be good to change the subject.

  Rick Riordan

  Night, Thinking, Dragons

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• You are not ashamed of our luuurve, are you, Jas?' 'Look, shut up, people might hear.' 'What do you mean, the people who live in the telephone?

  Louise Rennison

  Mean, People, Looks

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• Love hurts." Oh, shut UP!" - pg 123

  James Patterson

  Hurt, Love Hurt

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• Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.

  Douglas Adams

  Humming, Marvin

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.96, Pan Macmillan

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• Look at Matsumoto. You need at least 10 years of sleep to catch up with her." "Shut up! Rangiku's a freak of nature!

  Tite Kubo

  Sleep, Years, Needs

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• ...but I guess it's better for people to shut up rather than rather than say something nasty. -ONE NIGHT @ THE CALL CENTER Chapter 1 page 22

  Chetan Bhagat

  Night, People, Pages

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• Leave him alone!" Debbie shouted. "Shut up, please, or I'll kill you," Mr Tiny replied.

  Darren Shan

  Tiny, Please

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• When in doubt, shut up.

  Caroline B. Cooney

  Doubt, When In Doubt

  Caroline B. Cooney (2012). “The Time Travelers: Volume One”, p.142, Laurel Leaf

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• O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet

  William Shakespeare

  Ears, Daggers, Fancy

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• Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you. Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet! Annabeth: Shut up, Silena.

  Rick Riordan

  Sweet, Annabeth, World

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• Molly wants to know her father's name," Arch said to them. "Why don't you give her a hint?" His first name with 'splatter,'" said Ripkins. And 'matter'," said Blister. Also 'fatter,'" said Ripkins. Likewise 'chatter'," added Blister. And his surname?" Arch asked. It rhymes with 'that again'," said Ripkins. And 'Flanagan," put in Blister. Also, um...'pad a fin'?" offered Ripkins. Arch and Blister looked at him. 'Pannikin!'" he said proudly. Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Molly screamed. "You don't know what you're talking about!

  Frank Beddor

  Father, Talking, Names

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• Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up.

  Rick Riordan

  Writing, Eye, Hands

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• pulled into my convenient neighborhood fast food restaurant. I ordered shrimp salad, onion rings, and a beer. The shrimp were straight out of the freezer, the onion rings soggy. Looking around the place, though, I failed to spot a single customer banging on a tray or complaining to a waitress. So I shut up and finished my food. Expect nothing, get nothing.

  Haruki Murakami

  Beer, Complaining, Shrimp

  Haruki Murakami (1993). “Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel”, Vintage

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• When I used to model, the job description is 'shut up and pose.' There are people today who would really like me to go back to that old job description and 'just shut up and pose.

  Kathy Ireland

  Jobs, Old Job, People

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• If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'

  David Mermin

  Would Be, Copenhagen, Interpretation

  N. David Mermin (2016). “Why Quark Rhymes with Pork: And Other Scientific Diversions”, p.38, Cambridge University Press

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• I think a performer should do his work and then shut up.

  Richard Widmark

  Thinking, Should, Performers

  "Television" by Dick Adler, www.nytimes.com. March 7, 1971.

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• I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.

  Aaron Tveit

  Capacity, Showers, Stills

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• My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, 'Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.'

  Rebel Wilson

  Trying, My Family, Dishwashers

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

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• I have a fabulous life. It is interesting and rigorous. I work hard. So leave me alone. Watch my dust. Shut up.

  Mark Morris

  Hard Work, Dust, Interesting

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• The best thing Clinton could do — I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I'm not sure — is to shut up. Every time I turn that radio on, there's Clinton, making a speech. And he makes speeches on a subject he doesn't know anything about. He has no discipline.

  Barry Goldwater

  Thinking, Discipline, Letters

  "Barry Goldwater's Left Turn". Interview with Lloyd Grove, www.washingtonpost.com. July 28, 1994.

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• What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.

  Ernesto Sirolli

  Motivation, Inspiration, Ideas

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• So the HP guy comes up to me (at the Melbourne conference) and he says, 'If you say nasty things like that to vendors you're not going to get anything'. I said, 'No, in eight years of saying nothing, we've got nothing, and I'm going to start saying nasty things, in the hope that some of these vendors will start giving me money so I'll shut up'.

  Theo de Raadt

  Eight, Years, Giving

  "Staying on the Cutting Edge". Interview with Sam Varghese, www.theage.com.au. October 08, 2004.

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