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• Langdon turned to Sophie. "Who is that? What... happened?" Teabing hobbled over. "You were rescued by a knight brandishing an Excalibur made by Acme Orthopedic.

  Dan Brown

  Over You, Sophie, Orthopedics

  Dan Brown (2004). “The Da Vinci Code”, Doubleday Books

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• Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country, and the maligners of his honor.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Country, Warrior, Shining

  Speech nominating James G. Blaine for president, Republican National Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 June 1876

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• The word which is best said came nearest to not being spoken at all, for it is cousin to a deed which the speaker could have better done. Nay, almost it must have taken the place of a deed by some urgent necessity, even by some misfortune, so that the truest writer will be some captive knight, after all. And perhaps the fates had such a design, when, having stored Raleigh so richly with the substance of life and experience, they made him a fast prisoner, and compelled him to make his words his deeds, and transfer to his expression the emphasis and sincerity of his action.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Cousin, Taken

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (Annotated Edition)”, p.87, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word, and the incorruptibility of his principles. He is the descendent of the knight, the crusader; he is the defender of the defenseless and the champion of justice--or he is not a gentleman.

  Emily Post

  Justice, Champion, Gentleman

  Emily Post (1922). “Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”

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• there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. They will teach. People who care will come, but they will not rescue. They will care. Help will come, but help is not rescuing. We are our own rescuers. Our relationships will improve dramatically when we stop rescuing others and stop expecting them to rescue us.

  Melody Beattie

  Teacher, Horse, Responsibility

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• If the feudal knight was the clearest embodiment of society in the early Middle Ages, and the "bourgeois" under Capitalism, the educated person will represent society in the post-capitalist society in which knowledge has become the central resource.

  Peter Drucker

  Age, Embodiment, Middle

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• The Kassideans or Assideans...arose either during the Captivity or soon after the restoration...The Essenians were, however, undoubtedly connected with the Temple (of Solomon), as their origin is derived by the learned Scalier, with every appearance of truth, from the Kassideans, a fraternity of Jewish devotees, who, in the language of Laurie, had associated together as 'Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem.'...From the Essenians Pythagoras derived much, if not all, of the knowledge and the ceremonies with which he clothed the esoteric school of his philosophy.

  Albert Mackey

  Philosophy, School, Together

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• These are the folk who may pass into the kingdom of heaven: the grief-stricken, lovers, scholars of a certain obsessive disposition. Brute beasts. Women who have become as men and men who have become as women. Writers of books with long titles. Only those knights who have failed to touch the Grail. Industrious women. You, and I, and a boy named Oleg, and a girl with blue hair.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Girl, Grief, Book

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• I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, One Day, Stronger

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.125, Penguin

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• You aren't a bit romantic, are you?" he asked, amused. She sat back and stared at him. She was beginning to think that Neal required a keeper. He seemed to have the craziest ideas. "Romance? Isn't that love stuff?" She asked finally. "It's more than just love. It's color, and-and fire. You don't want things magnificent and filled with-with grandeur," he said, trying to make her understand. "You know, drama. Importance. Transcendent Passion." "I just want to be a knight," Kel retorted, putting her used tableware on her tray. "Eat your vegetables. They're good for you.

  Tamora Pierce

  Drama, Passion, Thinking

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.59, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are not what they appear - they are merely masks... Usually, as I say, there is nothing but industrialists, businessmen and speculators concealed behind all these masks.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Doctors, Soldier, Encounters

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• Remember the White Knight.

  Trenton Lee Stewart

  White, Remember

  Trenton Lee Stewart (2014). “The Mysterious Benedict Society”, p.197, Chicken House

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• Oi’m always noble, sir; it’s in my blood. ’As been ever since Oi ate that knight a few years back. Why?

  Elizabeth Haydon

  Blood, Years, Noble

  Elizabeth Haydon (2000). “Rhapsody: Child of Blood”, p.131, Macmillan

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• A crucial Elite group behind the Civil War was the Knights of the Golden Circle, again based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  David Icke

  War, Cincinnati Ohio, Circles

  David Icke (1998). “The Biggest Secret”, David Icke Books

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• A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked.

  Danny Hillis

  Cycling, Broken, Understanding

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• You need a name.” I covered the receiver for a moment. “We need a team name.” “Hunters,” Raphael said. “Valiant Knights of the Fur,” Dali said. “Justice Group,” Jim said. “Since Justice League is taken.” “Fools.” Doolittle shook his head. “Fools,” I said into the receiver.

  Ilona Andrews

  Team, Taken, Names

  Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.179, Penguin

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• Anglo-Saxon barbarians. Arthur should have been made a Knight

  William W. Johnstone

  Should Have, Barbarians, Arthur

  William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone (2014). “A Dangerous Man: A Novel of William "Wild Bill" Longley”, p.210, Pinnacle Books

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• The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.

  Steven Pressfield

  Dragons, Battle, Intercourse

  Steven Pressfield (2014). “Do the Work!: Overcome Resistance and get ouf of your own way”, p.52, Black Irish Books

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• What makes you think I'm giving you a ride?” “Because I'm a damsel in distress,” she said. “And you are a knight in whatever. A really dirty car.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dirty, Thinking, Giving

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• It was the easiest thing in the world for Arya to step up behind him and stab him. “Is there gold hidden in the village?” she shouted as she drove the blade up through his back. “Is there silver? Gems?” She stabbed twice more. “Is there food? Where is Lord Beric?” She was on top of him by then, still stabbing. “Where did he go? How many men were with him? How many knights? How many bowmen? How many, how many, how many, how many, how many, how many? is there gold in the village?

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Gold, Steps

  George R. R. Martin (2000). “A Storm of Swords”, Spectra

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• Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it’s always summer in the songs. In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining.

  George R. R. Martin

  Beautiful, Summer, Song

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.967, Bantam

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• And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.

  George R. R. Martin

  Queens, Names, Maids

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• The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product.

  Armond White

  Teenage, Dark, Past

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• Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the perfect knight in a different century, or a very good pagan prince in a time of heroes. He was born in the wrong era, on the wrong side of the river, with the ability to do anything and finding nothing he wants to do.

  S. E. Hinton

  Mother, Brother, Crazy

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• So most people go around with grimy machinery, when all it would take is a bit of spit and polish to make them paladins once more, bold knights and true.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  People, Spit, Machinery

  Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.60, Macmillan

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