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• You don’t sound very patriotic,” observed Tessa. “Weren’t you just reminiscing about the mountains?” “Patriotic?” Will looked smug. “I’ll tell you what’s patriotic,” he said. “In honor of my birthplace, I’ve the dragon of Wales tattooed on my—” “You’re in a charming temper, aren’t you, William?” interrupted Jem, though there was no edge to his voice.

  Cassandra Clare

  Patriotic, Voice, Honor

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Leadership, Sports, Procrastination

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• It's not about winning, Haven. I'm not a prize to be won. I'm not the princess that needs rescuing from the dragon. I'm the prince and I kill my own monsters. You need to be ok with that. -Anita Blake

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Princess, Winning, Monsters

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• The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Girl, Daughter, Father

  Phyllis McGinley (1968). “Wonders and surprises: a collection of poems”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• For a while I thought I was the dragon. I guess I can tell you that now. And, for a while, I thought I was the princess, cotton candy pink, sitting there in my room, in the tower of the castle, young and beautiful and in love and waiting for you with confidence but the princess looks into her mirror and only sees the princess, while I’m out here, slogging through the mud, breathing fire, and getting stabbed to death. Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero. You get magic gloves! A fish that talks! You get eyes like flashlights!

  Richard Siken

  Beautiful, Hero, Princess

  Richard Siken, “Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out”

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• If I were to choose the sights, the sounds, the fragrances I most would want to see and hear and smell--among all the delights of the open world--on a final day on earth, I think I would choose these: the clear, ethereal song of a white-throated sparrow singing at dawn; the smell of pine trees in the heat of the noon; the lonely calling of Canada geese; the sight of a dragon-fly glinting in the sunshine; the voice of a hermit thrush far in a darkening woods at evening; and--most spiritual and moving of sights--the white cathedral of a cumulus cloud floating serenely in the blue of the sky.

  Edwin Way Teale

  Spiritual, Song, Lonely

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• Jealousy is the dragon in paradise; the hell of heaven; and the most bitter of the emotions because associated with the sweetest.

  Alfred Richard Orage

  Jealousy, Envy, Heaven

  Alfred Richard Orage (1954). “Essays and aphorisms”

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• Maybe love was no match for ice...but Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. Mortals did superhuman feats in the name of love all the time. Mothers lifted cars to save their children. And Piper was more than just a mortal. She was a demigod. A hero. The ice melted on her blade. Her arm steamed under Khione's grip. 'Still underestimating me,' Piper told the goddess. 'You really need to work on that.

  Rick Riordan

  Mother, Children, Hero

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• I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.

  George R. R. Martin

  Blood, Lessons, Teach

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Five”, p.356, Bantam

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• He was not a modest man. Contemplating suicide, he summoned a dragon.' Gothos' Folly

  Steven Erikson

  Suicide, Men, Modest

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• G-Dragon's music is like sushi. It's sophisticated and has different flavors. His music also changes depending on how much he cooks it.

  Seungri

  Different, Flavor, Sushi

  "Big Bang member Seungri". Interview with Jessica Kim, en.tenasia.com. August 27, 2013.

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• Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.

  Bryan Adams

  Philosophy, Men, Fire

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• Only if the dragon and the eagle turn their sights from each other and make room for each other in the world they share, can they reach new and brighter horizons.

  Bill Vaughan

  Sight, Eagles, Horizon

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• The Chinese tell time by 'The Year of the Horse' or 'The Year of the Dragon.' I tell time by 'The Year of the Back' and 'The Year of the Elbow.' This year it's 'The Year of the Ulnar Nerve.' Someone once asked me if I had any physical incapacities of my own. 'Sure I do,' I said. 'One big one - Jim Palmer.'

  Earl Weaver

  Horse, Years, Chinese

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• In between effect and cause and just beyond the range of normal sight, this glittering joker was dancing in the dragon's jaws.

  Bruce Cockburn

  Philosophy, Sight, Dancing

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• I suspect millions of people from my generation probably have comparable stories to tell: if not of sports simulations then of Dungeons & Dragons, or the geopolitical strategy of games like Diplomacy, a kind of chess superimposed onto actual history.

  Steven Johnson

  Sports, Games, People

  Steven Johnson (2006). “Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter”, p.8, Penguin

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• Chasing dragons with plastic swords, Jack Off Jimmy everybody wants more.

  Sheryl Crow

  Want, Plastic, Chasing

  Song: A Change Would Do You Good, Album: Sheryl Crow, 1996

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• The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down.

  Joseph Campbell

  Knowing Who You Are, Ego, Within You

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.184, Anchor

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• The powerful and prominent soar like dragons, the heroic and valiant fight like tigers: but if you look upon them with cool eyes, they are like ants gathering on rancid meet, like flies swarming on blood. Judgments of right and wrong bristle like porcupine quills: but if you meet them with cool feelings, that is like a forge melting metal, like hot water dissolving snow.

  Zicheng Hong

  Powerful, Eye, Fighting

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• I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.

  Duncan Jones

  Growing Up, Fun, Real

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a computer freak. I'm on the Internet every night. Sometimes I play dungeons and dragons with 15-year-old boys who think I'm a 15-year-old boy with a weird vocabulary.

  Jean Houston

  Thinking, Boys, Night

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

  Tamora Pierce

  Writing, Character, Animal

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• Working with Scorsese was an absolute dream, and one of my favourite ever jobs was 'Beowulf' because it was just pure acting. Your imagination explodes as you try to imagine you're fighting a dragon or whatever.

  Ray Winstone

  Dream, Jobs, Fighting

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• The ones as big as sheep were easier to avoid, because you could see them coming, but when they flew in at the window and curled up under your eiderdown, and you did not find them till you went to bed, it was always a shock. The ones this size did not eat people, only lettuces, but they always scorched the sheets and pillowcases dreadfully.

  E. Nesbit

  Sheep, People, Bed

  E. Nesbit (2016). “THE BOOK OF DRAGONS: 8 Dragon Tales from Edith Nesbit author The Railway Children”, p.54, Abela Publishing Ltd

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• I like Aurora, Sleeping Beauty, because shes just sleeping and looking pretty and waiting for boys to come kiss her. Sounds like a good life - lots of naps and cute boys fighting dragons to come kiss you.

  Ariana Grande

  Cute, Good Life, Sleep

  "We Sent Two of Ariana Grande's Biggest Fans to Interview Her - Come See What Happened!". www.glamour.com. September 5, 2013.

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