Spats Quotes

• Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing 'Embraceable You' in spats.

  Woody Allen

  Summer, June, Tree

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• Hillary Clinton follows a cardinal rule in politics - don't commit to a decision before you have to.

  Chris Matthews

  Decision, Clinton, Cardinals

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• On the other hand, I'm drawn to top hats, and spats, and mustaches. I haven't read a Missed Connection yet with someone wearing a monocle, but rest assured I'll snap it up if I do.

  Sophie Blackall

  Hands, Mustache, Connections

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in the day and a half I spent reading it, Little Failure is a window into immigrant agony and ambition, Jewish angst, and anybody's desperate need for a tribe. Readers who've fallen for Shteyngart's antics on the page will relish the trademark humor. But here it's laden and leavened with a deep, consequential, psychological journey. Brave and unflinching, Little Failure is his best book to date

  Mary Karr

  Laughter, Book, Reading

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• The morning I got up to begin this book I coughed. Something was coming out of my throat: it was strangling me. I broke the thread which held it and yanked it out. I went back to bed and said: I have just spat out my heart.

  Anais Nin

  Morning, Book, Heart

  "House of Incest". Book by Anais Nin, 1936.

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• Barack Obama treated too lightly the people and forces determined to destroy him. They spat in his face and didn't even get ticketed for a misdemeanor.

  Bill Moyers

  People, Faces, Determined

  Source: progressive.org

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• Get off me,” Harry spat, throwing Pettigrew’s hands off him in disgust. “I’m not doing this for you. I’m doing it because — I don’t reckon my dad would’ve wanted them to become killers — just for you.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dad, Hands, Killers

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• Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing with?" "Gryffindors," spat Professor McGonagall, the word carrying a freight of bitterness and despair that fell like an eternal curse on all youthful heroism and high spirits.

  Eliezer Yudkowsky

  Children, Crazy, Despair

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• Yes, yes, mistress, I shall go and accomplish your task. Only—I was not only sent to kill the Leucrotta. There is a maiden in a tower—" At this the Witch spat, again rolling her marvelous eyes. "Those revolting creatures are always getting themselves locked up. If only they would stay that way.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Eye, Mistress, Rolling

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• He was his own leftover, the spat-out scrag. He was what his brain could make nothing of.

  Ted Hughes

  Brain

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• Karakarof spat onto the ground at Dumbledore's feet. In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of Karkaroff's furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree.

  J. K. Rowling

  Air, Feet, Tree

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• He's stubborn," Tux warned in a singsong tone. "Stay out of this," Mark spat. "And touchy," Tux added.

  Brandon Mull

  Stubborn, Tone, Mark

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• Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

  Tamora Pierce

  Fall, Chance, Poor

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Never," he spat out, "kick a man who is pointing a gun at you.

  Julia Quinn

  Gun, Men, Kicks

  Julia Quinn (2009). “To Catch an Heiress”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Luna! Artemis! lovers' spats are icing on the cake! Your just showing off to us single people! -Minako

  Naoko Takeuchi

  Cake, People, Icing

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• I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough.

  James McAvoy

  Beautiful, Trying, Bucks

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• There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.

  E. B. White

  New York, Passion, Night

  "In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers".

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• Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information?” Bones asked, getting back to the subject. “You to take me,” she replied at once. “Not gonna happen!” I spat, squeezing him possessively. Three sets of widened eyes fixed on me. That’s when I realized that what I had a firm grip on was no longer his hand.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Eye, Hands, Three

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• choose now," he spat, his eyes practically shooing sparks. "me or him." gosh,Fang, you romantic fool," i said sarcastically."howw incredibly sexist pig of you.

  James Patterson

  Eye, Pigs, Sparks

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• Outside the Weirwall, Jack could hear the thud of bodies colliding and the cries of the wounded. It seemed like a lot of noise. Even given the fact that Ellen was involved. "Why'd she go out there?" Jack demanded. "Why didn't you stop her?" Brooks spat on the ground. "Have you ever tried to stop Captain Stephenson from anythin'?

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Body, Noise, Captains

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• I love him. (Artemis) How can you say that? You don’t even understand what love means. Love isn’t being ashamed to be seen with the one you care about. It isn’t about punishment or hurt. Love is what gives you the strength you need to face anything no matter how brutal or frightening. It’s what allowed Ash to be beaten rather than tell his father about you. It’s what allowed him to be gutted on the floor at your feet rather than publicly shame you. And you spat on him for that love and tore him apart. For a goddess, you’re pathetic. (Tory)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Father, Mean

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• Niten's eyes didn't move, but a trace of a smile curled his lips. "I do not need my eyes to tell me where I'm going." "I have no idea what that means," Josh said. "Is it like some sort of ninja trick?" Niten shot Josh a warning look. "Whatever you do, don't mention-" It was too late. In the backseat Aoife stirred. "Ninjas," she spat. "Why is everyone so obsessed with ninjas? They were never that good. And they were cowards, sneaking around in their black pajamas, stabbing their victims with poisoned darts. I hate ninjas-they have no honor.

  Michael Scott

  Hate, Moving, Mean

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• I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.

  Lee Child

  Immature, Machines, Littles

  Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.539, Delacorte Press

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• Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go." "You're not?" Blake stared at her in irritated confusion. What was her game? "Do you think I'm an idiot?" he spat out. "No," she said. "I've just escaped from a den of idiots, so I'm well familiar with the breed, and you're something else entirely. I am, however, hoping you're not a terribly good shot.

  Julia Quinn

  Thinking, Games, Confusion

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• The Metropolitan Police Service is still, despite what people think, a working-class organisation and as such rejects totally the notion of an officer class. That is why every newly minted constable, regardless of their educational background, has to spend a two-year probationary period as an ordinary plod on the streets. This is because nothing builds character like being abused, spat at and vomited by members of the public.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Educational, Character, Thinking

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