Sister Quotes - Page 7

• Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

  Winfield Scott

  Peace, States

  Letter to William H. Seward, 3 Mar. 1861

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• England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls?

  William Blake

  Wall, Sleep, Jerusalem

  'Jerusalem' (1815) 'To the Christians' (plate 77) "England! awake!... "

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• Why not simply honor your parents, love your children, help your brothers and sisters, be faithful to your friends, care for your mate with devotion, complete your work cooperatively and joyfully, assume responsibility for problems, practice virtue without first demanding it of others, understand the highest truths yet retain an ordinary manner? That would be true clarity, true simplicity, true mastery.

  Laozi

  Faith, Brother, Children

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• In a letter from Bath to her sister, Cassandra, one senses her frustration at her sheltered existence, Tuesday, 12 May 1801. Another stupid party . . . with six people to look on, and talk nonsense to each other.

  Jane Austen

  Stupid, Party, Frustration

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• You nine daughters of Jupiter, sisters of one heart.

  Gnaeus Naevius

  Daughter, Heart, Jupiter

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• Time, we know, is relative. You can travel light years through the stars and back, and if you do it at the speed of light then, when you return, you may have aged mere seconds while your twin brother or sister will have aged twenty, thirty, forty or however many years it is, depending on how far you traveled. This will come to you as a profound shock, particularly if you didn't know you had a twin brother or sister.

  Douglas Adams

  Time, Brother, Stars

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.706, Pan Macmillan

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• To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.

  Alfred Nobel

  Cheer, Memories, Vanity

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• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

  Fionnula Flanagan

  Sisterhood, Secret, Divine

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• Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood
  In brighter light and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood?

  William C. Bryant

  Flower, Light, Air

  William Cullen Bryant, “The Death Of The Flowers”

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• I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.

  Christopher Durang

  Teacher, Mary

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• In too many cases, the moms, the dads, the sisters and brothers of children with cancer must stand by a hospital bed and watch helplessly as this horrible disease consumes the life of an innocent child.

  Michael McCaul

  Mom, Brother, Children

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• I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.

  Linda Evans

  Mom, Mother, Dolls

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• Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

  Ann Richards

  Morning, Eggs, Political

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• Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Selfishness, Twins, Twin Sister

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.198, JHU Press

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• I don't know whether John Roberts has a twin, perhaps a sister or, uh, someone with a Hispanic last name

  John Cornyn

  Names, Lasts, Twins

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• My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

  Kate Millett

  Nebraska, Said, Housewife

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• From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

  George J. Mitchell

  Strong, Brother, Work Ethic

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• I should fear the infinite power and inflexible justice of the almighty mortal hardly as yet apotheosized, so wholly masculine, with no sister Juno, no Apollo, no Venus, nor Minerva, to intercede for me, thumoi phileousa te, kedomene te.

  Henry David Thoreau

  God, Women, Justice

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• Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.

  Janet Jackson

  Brother, Never Change, Bigs

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

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• Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.

  Annette Funicello

  Guests, Clubs, Lennon

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• My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

  Carly Simon

  Singing, Dresses, Looks

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• I don't like my shoes,' said Rose. 'I'm wearing my shoes and you don't see me complain.' 'You only hear a person complain,' said Rose. 'Not see.' How has Rose lived for seventeen years and no one has killed her, not once?

  Franny Billingsley

  Years, Shoes, Rose

  Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.101, A&C Black

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• Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Dog, Art, Brother

  Actions and Reactions (1909) "The Power of the Dog"

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• Actual evidence I have none, But my aunt's charwoman's sister's son Heard a policeman, on his beat Say to a housemaid in Downing Street That he had a brother, who had a friend, Who knew when the war was going to end.

  Reginald Arkell

  Brother, War, Son

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• A successful home is based on the love and helpfulness of children just as it is based on loving parents handling their responsibilities. ... Be eager to forgive when problems arise at home. Help with your younger brothers and sisters when needed. You are their hero.

  Hugh W. Pinnock

  Brother, Children, Hero

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