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• Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults.

  Oliver Stone

  Senior, Years, Citizens

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• That ugly freak has spent so much time in my head, I should be charging him rent." -Four

  Pittacus Lore

  Four, Ugly, Freak

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• Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.

  Rick Riordan

  Fighting, Son, Ideas

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• Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Powerful, Successful, Men

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.26, Knopf

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• Nobody had a credit card when I was a kid. No one had credit card debt. But these big companies and banks wanted to know how to get more money out of people - get them charging things.

  Michael Moore

  Kids, People, Cards

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• America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted resident colonialist, sipping tea with his delicate lady in the non-white colonies being systematically robbed of every valuable resource. Britain's superfluous royalty and nobility now exist by charging tourists to inspect the once baronial castles, and by selling memoirs, perfumes, autographs, titles, and even themselves.

  Malcolm X

  White, America, Forever

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.292, Ballantine Books

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• Not, like, that, boychik, you sound like a herd of elephants charging through a music store.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Elephants, Sound, Herds

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Notes From The Midnight Driver”, p.248, Scholastic Inc.

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• Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it.

  Chaim Potok

  People, Giving, Pieces

  Chaim Potok (2010). “The Gift of Asher Lev”, p.240, Ballantine Books

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• There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Kids, Curious, Edges

  "Every day is a holiday for Yo-Yo Ma". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. November 12, 2008.

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• You surely can't be trying to blame us for Erak's habit of charging ashore waving an axe and grabbing everything that isn't nailed down? No offence, Svengal." Svengal shrugged. "None taken. It's a pretty accurate description of Erak on a raid, as a matter of fact.

  John Flanagan

  Taken, Trying, Matter

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• I should start charging uncomfortable thoughts rent. Except what would they pay me in? Probably something even worse.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Pay, Should, Uncomfortable

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• I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.

  Eoin Colfer

  Mother, Self, Opal

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• It's amazing--my parents call everything a discussion. If I were standing across the street, firing a bazooka at my mother, while my father was launching mortar back at me, and Jeffery was charging down the driveway with a grenade in his teeth, my parents would say we should stop having this public "discussion".

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Mother, Father, Parent

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.120, Scholastic Inc.

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• No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

  Roger Ebert

  Matter, Bad Movies, Bad Reviews

  Roger Ebert (2013). “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”, p.22, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.

  Steve Martin

  Inspiration, Years, Moments

  Steve Martin (2008). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• Nestor beckoned to me and I dismounted with care.I handed the reins to the boy with thanks. I do not wish to see that hard-charging bag of bones again, unless it is in my soup.

  Tamora Pierce

  Boys, Wish, Bags

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.515, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I've been meeting with Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino for years, trying to figure out how to fix the concert industry. We're all so overpaid. It's ridiculous. People stopped going to concerts because they can't afford them. The Rolling Stones are charging $650 per ticket! That just makes me speechless. I love the Stones, but I won't be attending.

  Kid Rock

  Years, People, Trying

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• Hey!" I exclaimed, seeing the total. "They're charging me retail. Glenn!" I complained. "They can't do that." I shook it at him. "I shouldn't have to pay retail!" "What did you expect? You can keep that. It's your copy." I sat back in a huff and shoved it in my bag with my sticky scarf as he typed his slow, painful way through my report. "Where's this human compassion I keep hearing about?" "That's it, baby doll," he said, voice smoother than usual. He was laughing at me.

  Kim Harrison

  Baby, Compassion, Voice

  Kim Harrison (2013). “Black Magic Sanction”, p.35, HarperCollins UK

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• We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.

  Rick Riordan

  Football, Army, Fans

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• Shot me twice. I want my name, or I'm going to start charging you a fee every time I field something for you. And it's going to be expensive. I'm Park Place. Bud-dy." His red, goat-slitted eyes squinted at me from over his smoked glasses. "You're more like Oriental Avenue right now, dove. What are you on?

  Kim Harrison

  Eye, Glasses, Names

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• Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.

  Matt Groening

  Fans, Lines, Quoting

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, tv.avclub.com. April 26, 2006.

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• Whoa," Brit breathed, handing my drink back to me. "That was..." "Really hot," Jacob finished. "I thought you two were going to rip off each other's clothes and start making babies right here on the dirty, beer covered floor. Like I was going to have to start charging admission for what was about to go down.

  J. Lynn

  Baby, Rip, Dirty

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• Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Taken, Sharks, Roles

  "Preying on the Poor". www.tomdispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

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• I resent my barber when he charges the full cost after he cuts my hair, but he says he's charging me for finding it.

  Tim Conway

  Cutting, Hair, Looks

  FaceBook post by Tim Conway from Mar 11, 2016

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• What's a domestic partnership? Domestic partnership is not even a marriage, and there's a contract that involves, potentially, sexual and financial commitments to each other. In this case, however, the guy is also charging one dollar, and that is his undoing.

  Max Kellerman

  Commitment, Guy, Dollars

  "The Situation with Tucker Carlson", www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2006.

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