Charlie Quotes - Page 8

• There's no law that says I can't cook in my own house." - Charlie Swan

  Stephenie Meyer

  Swans, Law, House

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• Charlie took my hand and, in a symbol as old as the world, placed it in Edward’s. I touched the cool miracle of his skin, and I was home.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Home, Hands, Miracle

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.34, Hachette UK

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• Charlie whistled "Amazing Grace" as he drove. It was all I could do not to whip my head around and snap, Are you kidding me? Couldn't he pick something more appropriate, like "Shout at the Devil" or "Don't fear the Reaper"? Some people had no sense of the proper music for a kidnapping.

  Jeaniene Frost

  People, Grace, Devil

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• Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.

  Robin McKinley

  Guy, Bigs, Universe

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• Woo!" Emmett suddenly boomed in his deep bass. "Go Gators!" Jacob and Charlie jumped. The rest of us froze. Charlie recovered, then looked at Emmett over his shoulder. "Florida winning?" "Just scored the first touchdown," Emmett confirmed. He shot a look in my direction, wagging his eyebrows like a villain in vaudville. "'Bout time somebody scored around here.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Winning, Florida, Eyebrows

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• How many boys like him were out there in the ether, holding on to their big brothers and sisters who were still alive? How many husbands were floating between life and death, clinging to their wives in this world? And how may millions and millions of people were there in the world like Charlie who wouldn't let go of their loved ones when they're gone?

  Ben Sherwood

  Letting Go, Brother, Husband

  Ben Sherwood (2010). “Charlie St. Cloud: A Novel”, p.191, Bantam

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• Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what you call a failure face, Linus. Notice how it has failure written all over it. Study it carefully Linus. You rarely see such a good example. Notice the deep lines, the dull vacant look in the eyes. Yes, I would say this is one of the finest examples of a failure face that your liable to see for a long while.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Eye, Long, Dull

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• The result is a twitching convulsion of vicious drivel passing itself off as a movie, which can be best appreciated by the kind of people who dig Showgirls, the Saw franchise and Spike Jonze-Charlie Kaufman flicks.

  Rex Reed

  People, Saws, Kind

  "Going to the Dogs: With 'Seven Psychopaths,' The Once-Masterful McDonagh Stays Bent on an Ill-Advised Hiatus from Theater" by Rex Reed, observer.com. October 9, 2012.

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• "You’re exactly like Charlie." She'd sighed, resigned. "Once you make up your mind, there is no reasoning with you. Of course, exactly like Charlie, you stick by your decisions, too."

  Stephenie Meyer

  Decision, Mind, Sticks

  "Breaking Dawn: Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, February 26, 2009.

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• Charlie didn't want to give up meat and smoking. Now he's gone.

  Lesley Stahl

  Giving Up, Smoking, Want

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• You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

  Park Chan-wook

  Uncles, Flower, Evil

  "Park Chan-wook, Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode Talk STOKER, First Impressions to the Script, Reactions to the Completed Film and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 24, 2013.

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• People aren't going into gay bars in Orlando and saying, "Jesus Christ!" They're not going into the Charlie Hebdo, the 85-year-old priest who was beheaded on his alter, [the assailant wasn't] yelling Jesus Christ.

  Michael T. Flynn

  Jesus, Gay, Charlie Hebdo

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.

  Roald Dahl

  Sweet, Joy, Chocolate

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• I listen to tons of hard rock and metal, like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, etc., but I also listen to Beethoven and Mozart, to Discharge and the Bad Brains, and to Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. So I think there's merit to both the melodic punk and to the hardcore stuff too.

  Dave Smalley

  Thinking, Rocks, Iron

  Source: www.pmakid.com

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• I didn't even know what a film director was. To me, Charlie Chaplin was a goofy clown, and John Ford - what? Never heard of him.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Directors, Goofy, Film

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2008.

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• Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.

  Carlos Santana

  Music, Men, Notes

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• Gary Busey said on the Today Show yesterday that Donald Trump would make a great President. Now Trump just needs endorsements from Randy Quaid and Charlie Sheen.

  Conan O'Brien

  Yesterday, President, Needs

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• I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).

  Elvis Costello

  Country, Brother, Kids

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• When you see Charlie Chaplin, he stays funny. He doesn't become drama, and so what really seems to endure is comedy.

  Leslie Nielsen

  Drama, Comedy, Chaplin

  Source: moviehole.net

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• I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like Charlie Mingus. So I went out and bought the pipe when I was around 18 or 19 years old. You know even women smoke a pipe in Glasgow. I worked with Carla Bley and she smoked a pipe, which I find fascinating.

  Jack Bruce

  Writing, Years, Play

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• Sometimes you think "Okay, well I'm going to play my horn, and I'm going to study Charlie "Bird" Parker solos or [John Coltrain] or whatever." But as [Phil Wood] said to me, "Man, Bird listened to everything."

  Jon Gordon

  Men, Thinking, Play

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• The ties of blood," said Spider, "are stronger than water." Water's not strong," objected Fat Charlie.

  Neil Gaiman

  Strong, Blood, Ties

  Neil Gaiman (2005). “Anansi Boys”

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• I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels.' Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.

  Drew Barrymore

  Angel, Men, One Day

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• Dizzy, Duke and Charlie Parker were the greatest jazz legends of all time.

  Milt Jackson

  Legends, Dizzy, Dukes

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• Charlie and I have a number of filters that things have to get through before we'll think about them.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Numbers, Filters

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