Anna Quotes

• Right now were in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King.

  Sandy Duncan

  Kings, War, Two

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• I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

  Anna Held

  Paper, Papers, Ifs

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• I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star.

  Anna May Wong

  Stars, May, Hong Kong

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• My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10.

  Cornelia Funke

  Daughter, Mother, Son

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• Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Fathers Day, Baby, Work

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.5933, Delphi Classics

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• Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead Mexican.

  Sam Houston

  Texas, Mexican, Benefits

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• I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

  Jodie Foster

  Kings, Thinking, Perspective

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• The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

  Anna Wintour

  Fashion, Want Something, Done

  "This devil isn't Anna". MacLean's, June 30, 2006.

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• I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.

  Anna Paquin

  Bisexual, Giving, Damn

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

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• But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a role model for her two daughters, and who left a lasting impression on so many who knew her.

  Judy Woodruff

  Beautiful, Mother, Daughter

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• Anna despises two classes of people: first, those who own their own homes and have cars and families, and second, everybody else. Constantly she is on the verge of exploding. With rage. A pool of pure red. The pool is filled with speechlessness that talks away at her nonstop.

  Elfriede Jelinek

  Home, Class, Two

  Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Hulse (1990). “Wonderful, Wonderful Times”, p.18, Profile Books

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• A smile flickered across Coral’s face. “Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweets—raspberry trifle is my own despair—it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?” “Lord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle.” “No, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think,” Coral murmured. “And,” Anna continued as if she hadn’t heard the interruption, “I don’t need another bite, uh,night of him.

  Elizabeth Hoyt

  Sweet, Taken, Dark

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• This is when I realize that Anna has already left the table, and more importantly, that nobody noticed.

  Jodi Picoult

  Tables, Realizing, My Sisters Keeper

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #2: Perfect Match, Second Glance, and My Sister's Keeper”, p.869, Simon and Schuster

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• We are like oil and vinegar most of the time. But when you shake us up real good, the combination is heavenly.~ Anna Segee, The Stranger in Her Bed

  Janet Chapman

  Real, Oil, Bed

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• Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

  Anton Chekhov

  Quality, Good Quality

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• But in AIA, Anna decides that being a person with cancer who starts a cancer charity is a bit narcissistic, so she starts a charity called The Anna Foundation for People with cancer Who Want to Cure Cholera.

  John Green

  Cancer, People, Foundation

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.36, Penguin

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• Stop saying athletes do it for the love of the game. They do it for the love of their 32-room mansion with the live shark tank in the living room. If pro sports paid minimum wage, Shaquille O'Neal would be a bouncer at Scores, and Anna Kournikova would be a mail-order bride from Minsk.

  Bill Maher

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

  Bill Maher (2006). “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer”, p.153, Rodale

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• On Sergei Fedorov's breaking three sticks on Dallas players: I don't know if Anna (Kournikova) told him to get tougher or what.

  Mike Modano

  Hockey, Player, Dallas

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• It’s Tolstoy, by the way,” I say as I open the door. He turns around. “What?” Shut up, I tell myself. Shut up. “The writer of Anna Karenina. Not Trotsky. Trotsky was a revolutionary who was stabbed with a pickax in Mexico in 1940. But I can understand how the T thing could confuse you.

  Melina Marchetta

  Doors, Mexico, Way

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

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• If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy.

  John Green

  Mom, Guy, Secret

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.77, Penguin

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• It wasn't sarcasm." Graves blew out a cloud of acrid smoke. "It was pointing out a fallacy in your logic, babe." Anna's jaw actually dropped. For a moment, I wasn't sure if I should laugh or push him out of the room. Way to go, Graves.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Sarcasm, Clouds, Laughing

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• Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.

  Eva Ibbotson

  Dog, Hands, Soul

  Eva Ibbotson (2008). “The Secret Countess”, p.12, Pan Macmillan

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• Anna followed, keeping a sharp eye out for things he might back into or over. She wondered if Isaac did this all the time-and, if so, how he avoided getting photos in the paper with captions like "Local Alpha Trips Over Child" or "Wolf Versus Street Sign, Street Sign Wins.

  Patricia Briggs

  Children, Eye, Winning

  Patricia Briggs (2012). “Fair Game”, p.142, Penguin

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• One of the world's most tiresome questions is what object one would bring to a desert island,because people always answer "a deck of cards" or "Anna Karenina" when the obvious answer is "a well equipped boat and a crew to sail me off the island and back home where I can play all the card games and read all the Russian novels I want.

  Daniel Handler

  Home, Islands, Games

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• In a vacuum all photons travel at the same speed. They slow down when travelling through air or water or glass. Photons of different energies are slowed down at different rates. If Tolstoy had known this, would he have recognised the terrible untruth at the beginning of Anna Karenina? 'All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own particular way.' In fact it's the other way around. Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalisation. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Glasses, Air, People

  "Written on the Body". Book by Jeanette Winterson, 1992.

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