Little Sister Quotes - Page 3

• I don't know about you, but I'm betting that when it comes to doing the right and good thing, the Little Sisters of the Poor know better than the regulators at the Department of Health and Human Services.

  Jeb Bush

  Health, Littles, Poor

  "JEB: 'no more powerful ... influence on this earth than the Christian conscience in action' - BRADY may miss 6-8 games -- B'DAY: Dana P". Politico Playbook, www.politico.com. May 09, 2015.

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• It comes down to a choice between the Little Sisters and Big Brother, and I'm going with the Sisters.

  Jeb Bush

  Brother, Choices, Littles

  "Jeb Bush's campaign debut: protester showdown met with chants of 'USA" by Dan Roberts, Richard Luscombe, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2015.

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• I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

  Kinky Friedman

  Thinking, Littles, Fame

  "Kinky Friedman Talks Music, Texas and a Trump/Sanders Ticket". Interview with Jonathan Bernstein, www.rollingstone.com. September 22, 2015.

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• It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

  Dorothy Dix

  Eye, Vision, Tears

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• A crowned queen was never treated with more reverence than I was by those whole-souled western boys…And for seventeen long years I was just their little sister, sharing both their news of joy and sorrow from home.

  Annie Oakley

  Queens, Home, Boys

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• Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.

  Steve Earle

  Song, Writing, Years

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• the rain is coming. little sister, the night broke. the thunder cracked my brain finally. the rain is coming, i promise you. i didn’t mean to but your tears will bring life back. purple flowers grow, the colour blood looks in the veins. they’ll sprout out of my chest. i promise you they’ll crack the ground, grow over the freeways, down the slopes to the sea. i’ll be in their faces. i’ll be in the waves, coming down from the sky. i’ll be inside the one who holds you. and then i won’t be.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Rain, Flower, Mean

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• You gonna back down so easy, little sister?. Not much wild about you, is there? I bet that cottage doesn't have a scratch. Did Edward tell you how many houses Rose and I smashed?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Rose, House, Scratches

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.303, Hachette UK

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• Where do you come from?"...This is the number one most-asked question in all of South Carolina. We want to know if you are one of us, if your cousin knows our cousin, if your little sister went to school with our big brother, if you go to the same Baptist church as our ex-boss. We are looking for ways our stories fit together.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Cousin, Brother, School

  Sue Monk Kidd (2011). “The Secret Life of Bees”, p.67, Hachette UK

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• You don’t trust any man, Ephani. (Danger) And neither should you, little sister. Take a bit of Amazon advice. Ride him into the ground all night long, then slide a blade between his ribs come morning. (Ephani) That's harsh. (Alexion) So is life. (Ephani)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Morning, Night, Men

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• It comes with being sixteen," Mom said. "You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years." "So they become butterflies when they finally come out?" my little sister Christina asked. "No," Mom said. "They're still caterpillars, only now they're big fat caterpillars that smell.

  Neal Shusterman

  Mom, Teenager, Butterfly

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was here”

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• I saw a spider, I didn't scream 'Cause I can belch the alphabet Just double dog dare me And I chose guitar over ballet
  And I tape these suckers down 'Cause they just get in my way The way you look at me Is kind of like a little sister
  You high five your goodbyes And it leaves me nothing but blisters So I don't want to be one of the boys.

  Katy Perry

  Girl, Goodbye, Dog

  "Song: "One of the Boys"". June 17, 2008.

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• Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.

  Lewis Carroll

  Summer, Dream, Children

  Lewis Carroll (2000). “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass”, p.118, Penguin

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• For you where never my blood sister so no more shall I call you little sister

  Helen Dunmore

  Blood, Littles

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• The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.

  Lawrence Welk

  Sister, Girl, Years

  Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

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• It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more.

  Ann Romney

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Mom

  Ann Romney addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 28, 2012.

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• I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Summer, Kids, Two

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• My little sister Aliana's opinions are the most important to me. She says, 'I want to look like you, you're so pretty!' But she is very beautiful and so she is trouble in the making! She wants to do what I do. I'm like her second mother and I am very protective of her.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Beautiful, Mother, Important

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• I was the little sister that was annoying.

  Heidi Klum

  Littles, Annoying

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• I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now.

  Janet Jackson

  Sex, Thinking, Littles

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• I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.

  Vin Diesel

  Brother, Children, Lunch

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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• We have two dogs, Mabel and Wolf, and three cats at home, Charlie, George and Chairman. We have two cats on our farm, Tom and Little Sister, two horses, and two mini horses, Hannah and Tricky. We also have two cows, Holy and Madonna. And those are only the animals we let sleep in our bed.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Dog, Horse, Home

  Ellen DeGeneres (2011). “Seriously...I'm Kidding”, p.70, Hachette UK

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• You’re monopolizing the bride,” Emmett said, coming up behind Edward’s shoulder. “Let me dance with my little sister. This could be my last chance to make her blush.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Littles, Lasts, Chance

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.47, Hachette UK

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• I was digging for stuff in a used bookstore, and I came upon 'Little Sister.' I fell in love with Chandler that night. I fell right down the rabbit hole of crime fiction.

  Robert Crais

  Night, Rabbits, Digging

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• Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.

  Lauren Graham

  Hair, Sweaters, People

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