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• I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.

  Taylor Swift

  Kissing, People, Lines

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• Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.

  Andre Leon Talley

  Friendly, Attention, Faces

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• Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

  John Updike

  Writing, Sea, Sailing

  Hugging the Shore foreword (1984)

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• The first thing I do each morning is get out of bed and give my dog, Audrey, a hug. She's a Jack Russell. I think having an animal is a wonderful thing, particularly dogs. They are great levelers, there's no nonsense with them, and they just want simple affection.

  Donatella Versace

  Dog, Morning, Simple

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.

  John Oliver

  Running, Opposites, Negativity

  "Guest Host John Oliver Will Try Not to Destroy 'The Daily Show'". Interview with Marisa Guthrie, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 31, 2013.

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• I suddenly remember being very little and being embraced by my father. I would try to put my arms around my father's waist, hug him back. I could never reach the whole way around the equator of his body; he was that much larger than life. Then one day, I could do it. I held him, instead of him holding me, and all I wanted at that moment was to have it back the other way.

  Jodi Picoult

  Dad, Father, Trying

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• I got the famous Oprah hug!

  Taylor Lautner

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• You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday!

  Mindy Kaling

  Goodbye, Monday, Thinking

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• Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.

  Joseph Conrad

  Lonely, Memories, Loneliness

  Joseph Conrad (2016). “Under Western Eyes”, p.39, Joseph Conrad

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• That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.

  Eric Davis

  Kissing, Negativity, Atmosphere

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at.

  Celine Dion

  Beautiful, Cheer, Singing

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• When I'm in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton's. It's the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the 'Drive it? Hug it?' phase. I run it on biodiesel.

  Woody Harrelson

  Running, New York, Couple

  "Woody Harrelson: The Anti-Antihero". Interview with Ryan D'Agostino, www.esquire.com. September 30, 2009.

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• I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.

  Naomie Harris

  Nice, Flower, Kissing

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• Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.

  Patricia Heaton

  Taken, Acknowledge Him, Doe

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• As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

  Damien Hirst

  Mother, Father, Like A Mother

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• I was lonely driving here tonight so I hugged the road.

  Jay London

  Lonely, Tonight, Driving

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• Children are not unforgiving. You can punish them and they will hug you in a few minutes.

  T. D. Jakes

  Children, Minutes, Unforgiving

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• You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.

  Magic Johnson

  Meals, Aids Day, Hiv Aids

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

  Angelina Jolie

  People, Used, Stills

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• Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels like a member of your tribe or not. It's their scent.

  Erica Jong

  Husband, Talking, Hygiene

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• The best attitude to take toward back talk is to reach out and embrace it with love, compassion, and understanding. No need to criticize it for its shortcomings or to waste time in recriminations. Just give a loving nod and a hug to any back talk you get, and move on to the joyful creation of your fulfilled life.

  Gay Hendricks

  Attitude, Moving, Loving Life

  Gay Hendricks (2010). “Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True”, p.131, New World Library

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• To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Happiness, Pain, Giving

  Jean Giraudoux (1962). “Jean Giraudoux: FOUR PLAYS, ADAPTED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAURICE VALENCY”

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• Is it just me, or did Tamou go to hug a Kiwi before realising he had just scored for Australia?

  Joe Galuvao

  Rugby League, Australia, Kiwi

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• I love meeting people, and I know it's so difficult for people to come up to me and introduce themselves, so when they do, I'll grab them and hug them. It makes their day, you know? I love that, and I get positive energy from that.

  Nicola Formichetti

  Kissing, People, Positive Energy

  "What Diesel's Nicola Formichetti Learned from Lady Gaga" by Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. May 2, 2013.

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• Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag." "Ian, I'm not going to hug you," I stated as I approached him. "I know you like this better." With that, I slapped him hard enough to rock his head to the side. When he'd straightened, he flashed me a wicked grin. "Finally, you give me what I want. Knew you loved me, Reaper.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Moving, Rocks, Voice

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