Fourteen Quotes - Page 11

• Oh, I'll buy fourteen dresses and build a road and name it after myself and try one of everything at Palsson's." Though I don't quite look up, I can still feel his gaze on me. It's a heavy thing, this look of his. He says," What's the real answer?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Real, Names, Trying

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• He's treating her like she's fourteen and he's a normal adult, acting like he's taken her under his wing. Like he needs her detecting skills, same as Barrons did to Mac, and she's falling for it, same as Mac. He's lining up his dominoes, so they fall more easily when he feels like pushing them over, conserving energy so he doesn't have to hunt her when he's ready to kill her.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Taken, Fall, Skills

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Iced: Fever Series”, p.122, Delacorte Press

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• I found at a young age that emotions aren't always handled with talking and other emotions. I started ballet, seriously around fourteen, and let me tell you, nothing can give you an emotional reset like a good ballet barre.

  Michael Adam Hamilton

  Emotional, Talking, Giving

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• I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious, serious song, I wrote when I was fourteen.

  Gabrielle Aplin

  Song, Writing, Stories

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• What's this?" She pulled out a card and held it away from her face. "I can't read what it says." I took it from her and read it aloud. 1. Beeber Bifocal 2. Twenty Mile House 3. Bee 4. Your escape Fourteen miracles to go.

  Maria Semple

  House, Miracle, Twenties

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• I have to walk dogs." "Oh," Gansey replied, sounding deflated. "Well, okay." "But it'll only take an hour." "Oh," he repeated, about fourteen shades brighter. "Shall I pick you up, then?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Dog, Shade, Hours

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

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• During episodes of unemployment I find it rewarding to sleep as much as possible-anything from twelve to fourteen hours a day is a good starting point. Sleep spares you humiliation and saves money at the same time: nothing to eat, nothing to buy, just lie back and dream your life away.

  David Sedaris

  Dream, Lying, Sleep

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• For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863...

  William Faulkner

  Boys, July, Years

  "Intruder in the Dust". Book by William Faulkner, 1948.

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• I don't want to play into the perception that all women should look like fourteen year old boys. I don't want to add to that pressure for young girls. But in Hollywood, there is a constant pressure to look a certain way.

  Amber Heard

  Girl, Boys, Years

  "20Q: Amber Heard". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. August 10, 2011.

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• Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Life, Butterfly, Average

  Ellen DeGeneres (2003). “The Funny Thing Is...”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• I have learned that I will not change the world, Jesus will do that. I can however, change the world for one person. I can change the world for fourteen little girls and for four hundred schoolchildren and for a sick and dying grandmother and for a malnourished, neglected, abused five-year old. And if one persons sees the love of Christ in me, it is worth every minute. In fact, it is worth spending my life for.

  Katie Davis

  Girl, Christian, Jesus

  Katie J. Davis, Beth Clark (2012). “Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• How come you don't work fourteen hours a day? Your great-great-grandparents did. How come you only work the eight-hour day? Four guys got hanged fighting for the eight-hour day for you.

  Studs Terkel

  Work, Fighting, Eight

  Studs Terkel, Sydney Lewis (2010). “Touch and Go: A Memoir (Large Print 16pt)”, p.92, ReadHowYouWant.com

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