Justine Quotes

• Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

  Marquis de Sade

  Revenge, Passion, Ambition

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• I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, 'Give me a call when you're done with all that.'

  Justine Bateman

  Teenager, Kids, Cities

  "Justine Bateman Gives Men in Trees a Good Shake". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.tvguide.com. February 15, 2007.

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• They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for my bedroom. It was just what you do at 18.

  Justine Bateman

  Mom, Brother, Dad

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father is a liar and so am I.
  But I’m going to stop. I have to stop.
  I will tell you my story and I will tell it straight. No lies, no omissions.
  That’s my promise.
  This time I truly mean it.

  Justine Larbalestier

  Liars, Lying, Father

  Justine Larbalestier (2010). “How to Ditch Your Fairy”, p.313, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• I just thought it was better to be Pete Best than Linda McCartney.

  Justine Frischmann

  "Elastica limits". Interview with Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2002.

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• Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.

  Justine Larbalestier

  Eating Good, World, Favourite

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• My favourite vampires are all very scary indeed. So the idea of falling in love with one is just weird to me.

  Justine Larbalestier

  Falling In Love, Ideas, Scary

  "Vampires and Friendship Provide Comical Mix in Team Human" by Julie A. Carlson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2012.

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• I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

  Justine Larbalestier

  People, Giving, Teens

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• When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.

  Justine Larbalestier

  Echoes, Once Upon A Time, Fiction

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• Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

  Justine Bateman

  Creativity, Innovation, Neutrality

  "We Need To Put Our Foot Down On Net Neutrality" by Justine Bateman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

  Justine Bateman

  Children, Reality, Neutrality

  "We Need To Put Our Foot Down On Net Neutrality" by Justine Bateman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

  Justine Bateman

  Beer, Like Being Alone, Dancing

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

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• When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

  Justine Bateman

  Thinking, Ties, Might

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

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• It's a weird smile, but it reaches his eyes and I bottle it. And I put it in my ammo pack that's kept right next to my soul and Justine's spirit and Siobhan's hope and Tara's passions. Because if I'm going to wake up one morning and not be able to get out of bed, I'm going to need everything I've got to fight this disease that could be sleeping inside of me.

  Melina Marchetta

  Morning, Passion, Sleep

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.164, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• So between you and me," I tell Justine on the phone that night, "we're either bitchy or stupid." "Oh God," she moans. "Everyone thinks I'm an idiot." "Thanks!

  Melina Marchetta

  Stupid, Night, Thinking

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.100, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Are You Seeing Me? is written powerfully with both the heart and the head, and neither gives an inch. It's funny, moving and hugely insightful. Darren Groth puts the reader into the heads of Perry and Justine in a way that feels so true and so revealing that I think I've come away with a greater capacity for empathy. I didn't know a book could do that. We all need to spend some time inside this story.

  Nick Earls

  Book, Moving, Heart

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• It is another Justine Henin who will try and go out there and achieve her dream of finally winning Wimbledon.

  Justine Henin

  Dream, Winning, Trying

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• I have to say Justine Bateman may be the most underrated sitcom actress ever.

  Ron Eldard

  May, Actresses, Underrated

  "EXCLUSIVE: Ron Eldard Talks Super 8 Blu-ray". Interview B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. November 21, 2011.

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• Justine," Zoe said, "I don't want to curse anyone." "Of course you don't, you're much too nice. But I don't have that problem.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Nice, Want, Problem

  Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Dream Lake”, p.329, Macmillan

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• The music department is going to do a musical next year," he tells me, rolling his eyes like I would. Justine is running toward me, and I can tell by the look on her face that she's found out about the musical, too. I sigh, shaking my head. "I have to give Justine a lesson in holding back," I tell him. "She's just way too enthusiastic". She grabs my arms in excitement. "We're doing Les Mis." I scream hysterically, clutching her as we jump up and down.

  Melina Marchetta

  Running, Eye, Years

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• At first I wasn’t all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor.” “Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs.” “And then when I was freaking out and couldn’t breathe, he was so…gentle.” Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. “He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice…you know, sort of low and rough around the edges…” “All the Nolans sound like that,” Justine said reflectively. “Like they’ve got a mild case of bronchitis. Totally hot.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Men, Talking, Voice

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• She's tired and leans her head on his shoulder, which is the resting place for all their heads, but when Justine and Siobhan and Francesca use his body so shamelessly he doesn't feel the need to turn his head and press his mouth against their hair.

  Melina Marchetta

  Tired, Hair, Needs

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• Holly: Seriously, you don't like unicorns? What kind person doesn't like unicorns? Justine: What kind of a person doesn't like zombies? What have zombies ever done to you? Holly: Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way. Justine: I shamble. Bits fall off me all the time: hair, skin cells. Are you saying you disapprove of me?

  Holly Black

  Fall, Hair, Cells

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• Your friends are at the house.' I sit up, straight. 'Who'? 'I don't know. Weird people. The Sullivan girl, whose father got the Gosford police to pick you up.' 'Siobhan?' 'And another one who's making cups of tea for everyone, and keeping the boy who's telling Luca fart jokes away from the girl who says he's "the last bastion of patriarchal poor taste".' 'Justine, Thomas and Tara.' And the drug fiend, Jimmy, is keeping Mia calm and the Trombal boy's rung about ten times. I don't like his manner on the phone.' 'You won't like any guy's manner on the phone.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Father, Boys

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.186, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Running, Car, May

  Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Rainshadow Road”, p.37, Macmillan

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