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• People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Swear To God, People, Moral

  "Madonna's Moral Crusade". WENN, November 7, 2002.

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• The most striking thing about highly effective leaders is how little they have in common. What one swears by, another warns against. But one trait stands out: the willingness to risk.

  Larry Osborne

  Leader, Risk, Littles

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• Don't swear at your past; you couldn't existed without it! It is the only path to reach today and tomorrow! Remember that past is a great teacher who thought us all we know now!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Teacher, Past, Today And Tomorrow

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• Listen, in dreams and especially in nightmares, from indigestion or anything, a man sees sometimes such artistic visions, such complex and real actuality, such events, even a whole world of events, woven into such a plot, with such unexpected details from the most exalted matters to the last button on a cuff, as I swear Leo Tolstoy has never invented.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Dream, Real, Men

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.974, First Avenue Editions

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• They also swear who only stand and wait.

  Addison Mizner

  Waiting

  Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

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• And I swear that I don't have a gun...no I don't have a gun

  Kurt Cobain

  Gun

  "Come as you are". Song by Kurt Cobain, 1991.

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• A lot of people use a smiley face when they write letters. But it's this huge insane compulsion, like "I'm happy! I swear!" I'm not buying it. I don't believe them.

  Nate Lowman

  Believe, Writing, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry --the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for eachother: then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis

  e. e. cummings

  Spring, Flower, Fate

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• And you, Kibbles, had better lay off me. One more growl and I swear I’m going to geld you with a spoon. (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Spoons, Lays

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• That's the terrible part. I swear to God I'm a madman.

  J. D. Salinger

  Swear To God, Terrible, Madmen

  J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”

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• Not that I’ve ever feared a fight or backed down from one –(Wren) That’s the truth. I swear he’s half beta fish. He’d fight his own reflection to prove a point. (Maggie)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fighting, Reflection, Wrens

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• Fish gathered to look at us - a school of baracudas, some curious marines. SCRAM! I told them. They swam off, but I could tell they went reluctantly. I swear I understood their intencions. They were about to star rumors flighing around the sea about the son of poseidon and some girl at the bottom of Siren Bay.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Stars, School

  "The Sea of Monsters". Book by Rick Riordan, April 1, 2006.

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• men i swear." -jacky faber

  L.A. Meyer

  Men

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• Patch's eyes were slate black, darker than a million secrets stacked on top of each other. He dropped his gaze to the ring in his hand, turning it over slowly. "Swear you'll never stop loving me," I whispered. Ever so slightly, he nodded.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Hands, Black

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.296, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes when I'm brushing my teeth, I'll look at the mirror and I swear my reflection seems kind of disappointed. I realized a couple of years ago that not only am I not super-skilled at anything, I'm not even particularly good at being myself.

  Charles Yu

  Couple, Reflection, Mirrors

  Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.10, Vintage

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• I only have have one question, scraping the inside of me. Answer it, and I will stumble back into her shadow, shut my mouth, never ask again. I've tried to ignore it, but it won't go away. It haunts my dreams, chases me through every single day, and I don't have the strength to turn around, face it down. So please tell me and I swear I'll never ask again. It's in your power to make it go away, and all you have to do is tell me why you love her more.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Dream, Shadow, Going Away

  Ellen Hopkins (2009). “Tricks”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain, her eyes had their usual angry look. "Don't be stupid." That explains why you freaked out on Apollo's bus. Why you didn't want to talk about it." She took a deep breath. Then she brushed the pine needles out of her hair. "If you tell anyone, I swear—" No, no," I said. "That's cool. It's just… the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?

  Rick Riordan

  Daughter, Stupid, Eye

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Okay," I said, clasping her hand. "I swear it. The next time I do something stupid that might get me killed, you can come along.

  Richelle Mead

  Stupid, Hands, Might

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.839, Penguin

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• May the New Year bring you courage to break your resolutions early! My own plan is to swear off every kind of virtue, so that I triumph even when I fall!

  Aleister Crowley

  New Year, Courage, Fall

  Aleister Crowley (2015). “Moonchild”, p.139, Booklassic

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• Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none. Beatrice: A dear happiness to women: they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my cold blood, I am of your humour for that: I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me. -Much Ado About Nothing

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Heart, Men

  William Shakespeare (2005). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.2906, OUP Oxford

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• How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave." "Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline. "Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.

  Neil Gaiman

  Mother, Trying, Doe

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.111, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• You set us up!” “No! I swear—” Her face fell. “Mel. Mel must’ve told him.” “Right,” I grumbled. “Blame Mel.

  Rick Riordan

  Faces, Blame

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• I swear, Daimons or not, if you don’t behave, Z, I’m going to send you to Antarctica and leave you there to rot. (Acheron) Ooo. I’m terrified. Those killer penguins and hairy seals are really scary. (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Scary, Killers, Penguins

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Night Embrace”, p.99, Macmillan

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• I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.

  William Shakespeare

  Dog, Love You, Inspiration

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.79, BookCaps Study Guides

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• I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and I’m dependent on you for my life. (Sway)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Want, Attempting, Dependent

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Ice”, p.34, Macmillan

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