December Quotes - Page 12

• In the suburbs it's hard to buy your Christmas gifts early in the year. You never know who your friends will be in December.

  Milton Berle

  Christmas, Years, Knows

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• Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Hurt, Boxing, Gone

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• It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.

  Jim Courier

  Challenges, Finals, News

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• Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills.

  Brian Reynolds Myers

  Animal, Simple, Political

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• Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Pockets, Excuse

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• Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Thanksgiving, Children, Santa

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• The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my heart will want to tarry. The girl who will be mine will have skin so soft and tender, and when it comes December, her skin will be my wine.

  Jacques Brel

  Girl, Wise, Heart

  Eric Blau, Jacques Brel (1971). “Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris”, E.P. Dutton

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• On December 8, 1921, when the Leopoldina set sail for Europe, we were on board. Our life together had finally begun. We held on to each other and looked out at the sea. It was impossibly large and full of beauty and danger in equal parts-and we wanted it all.

  Paula McLain

  Europe, Sea, Together

  Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.84, Ballantine Books

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• Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever since with somebody or other in order to justify the war machine. Now we have alienated almost the entire earth

  Gore Vidal

  War, Order, President

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• On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.

  Niccolo Paganini

  Friendship, Writing, Venice

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• Men don't make passes at crones with big (rhymes with passes).

  Cybill Shepherd

  Men, Bigs, Rhyme

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• I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he played in just 14 games. Even though I spoke to Barry in December and he was enthusiastic and excited about the possibility, I think the closer he got to the reality of spring training, and as he got himself in shape for the regular season and the San Francisco Giants, he felt like it may be too much of a challenge to try to push his body at this point in his career.

  Buck Martinez

  Spring, Thinking, Unique

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