Jacob Quotes - Page 3

• I wore the Marc Jacobs dress, so I love Marc Jacobs. He has a vintage flair. But I've always worn a lot of vintage stuff, so it hasn't been a lot of designers. If I see something that I like, I just buy it.

  Elle Fanning

  Vintage, Dresses, Stuff

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• I love anything vintage. And I love Marc Jacobs and shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti.

  Meagan Good

  Love, Vintage, Shoes

  "Meagan Good – Deceptively Good". Interview with Kam Williams, www.philasun.com. January 27, 2013.

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• Without deductive logic science would be entirely useless. It is merely a barren game to ascend from the particular to the general, unless afterwards we can reverse the process and descend from the general to the particular, ascending and descending like angels on Jacob's ladder.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Angel, Science, Games

  Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• I think the fans would love anybody who played Jacob. I'm just lucky to be the one who got the chance.

  Taylor Lautner

  Thinking, Lucky, Fans

  FaceBook post by Taylor Lautner from May 21, 2011

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• Did he only wear a shirt during class? Oh my God, he seriously lived across the hall. Jacob was going to flip... and probably move in. That would be fun. I really liked Jacob, but I had a feeling he'd borrow my clothes.

  J. Lynn

  Fun, Moving, Class

  J. Lynn (2013). “Wait for You (Wait For You, Book 1)”, p.19, HarperCollins UK

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• He's not the relationship kind or so I hear." "And do you want a relationship?" I asked her. "No." She laughed, dabbing her fry. "But I have a feeling with someone like him, you get one taste and you will always want more." "Sort of like crack?" Jacob suggested. "Or Cheetos," Brit supplied.

  J. Lynn

  Feelings, Cracks, Want

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• I can definitely relate to Jacob's feelings in Breaking Dawn. When he gets the invitation to the wedding, he doesn't handle it very well. And I don't think I would either. If I were in love with a girl and she told me she was marrying somebody else, that would crush me. And that's what it does. It destroys Jacob.

  Taylor Lautner

  Girl, Crush, Thinking

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• You do know him, so that's a lame excuse." It was a lame excuse, but it was the best I had. "How do you really ever truly know someone?" Brit smacked her hands to her cheeks and she shook her head. "He's not a serial killer." "Speaking of serial killers, everyone thought Ted Bundy was a really charming, handsome man. And look how he turned out. Psycho." Jacob stared at me. "He's not Ted Bundy.

  J. Lynn

  Men, Hands, Ted Bundy

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• I’m just not interested.” “Do you have ovaries?” Jacob asked. I shot him a look. “Yes.” … “Then how are you not interested.

  J. Lynn

  Ovaries, Looks, Shots

  J. Lynn (2013). “Wait for You”, p.24, Harper Collins

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• Whoa," Brit breathed, handing my drink back to me. "That was..." "Really hot," Jacob finished. "I thought you two were going to rip off each other's clothes and start making babies right here on the dirty, beer covered floor. Like I was going to have to start charging admission for what was about to go down.

  J. Lynn

  Baby, Rip, Dirty

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• You don't make a friend," Jacob said with a scowl. "It's not like they come with directions like you'd find on a box of macaroni and cheese.

  Jodi Picoult

  Cheese, Like You, Boxes

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.1131, Simon and Schuster

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• I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I did reading “What We See”. Maybe that's really the point of writing. That if you take the time to look, to really observe, then you see what is happening, and, with the clarity of that vision, you can act to save neighborhoods.

  Nancy Milford

  Reading, Writing, Vision

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• You know something,Jacob, I'd hate to be as smart as Jonh. I mean he was really, really smart, and to be that smart means you know all the answers, and when you know all the answers there's no room for dreaming.

  Melina Marchetta

  Dream, Hate, Smart

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.229, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• All who have lived according to God still live unto God, though they have departed this life. For this reason, God is called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, since He is the God, not of the dead, but of the living

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Departed, Reason

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• Jacob: I've never seen so much manure. Wade: Baggage stock horses. They pack'em in 27 a car. Jacob: how do you stand the smell? Wade: what smell?

  Sara Gruen

  Horse, Smell, Car

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• Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?" "Just shut up." "Can do." "Really? Doesn't seem like it." -Jacob and seth

  Stephenie Meyer

  Optimistic, Nerves, Want

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• Dear Jacob, I win. Sincerely, Edward

  Stephenie Meyer

  Winning, Dear, Sincerely

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• The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out of his room. All was drowned by its silence. But Jacob loved the night. He felt it on his skin like a promise. Like a cloak woven from freedom and danger.

  Cornelia Funke

  Dark, Animal, Night

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• This was why I was here. This was why I would take whatever reception waited for me when I got back. Because, underneath all the anger and the sarcasm, Jacob was in pain. Right now, it was very clear in his eyes. I didn't know how to help him, but I knew I had to try. It was more than that I owed him. It was because his pain hurt me, too. Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Hurt, Pain, Eye

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• Kiss me, Jacob. Kiss me, and then come back.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Kissing, Kiss Me, Eclipse

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• Odd as this might sound, I suppose I’m glad you’re here, Jacob. [Edward Cullen]

  Stephenie Meyer

  Might, Sound, Odd

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• I think fans are just obsessed with the 'Twilight' saga and then within it they might have preferences between if they're Team Jacob, Team Edward or Team Jasper. It just comes down to them loving the whole thing, and if they can get any of the boys from the book they are fine with that.

  Kellan Lutz

  Team, Book, Twilight

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• As for me, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are now only the subtlest imaginable essences, which would not stain the morning sky.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Bible, Morning, Essence

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• Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. - Virginia Woolf, from Jacob's Room Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Book, Heart, Eye

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• David Jacobs is a great influence on my life, has taught me so much about so many things.

  Joan Van Ark

  Taught, Influence, Great Influence

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