Queens Quotes - Page 13

• I spent the first few years of my life in a smallish community in Queens. Back in those early days, kids could roam the streets with relatively little supervision and one place I visited frequently was the local library. This particular branch was little more than a storefront but to me it was an alternative universe where I could explore my interests and receive kind, informative answers to my questions from the wonderful librarians.

  Jonathan Kellerman

  Kids, Years, Community

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• If you were my queen, truly my queen, our court would be stronger still. If you were mine , without mortal distractions, we'd be safer. We'd be stronger if we were truly together. Summer is a time to rejoice in pleasures and heat. When I'm around you, I want to forget everything else. I love Donia. I always will, but when I'm near you--" He stopped himself.

  Melissa Marr

  Summer, Forget Everything, Together

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• Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.

  Samuel Barnett

  Moving, Order, Play

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• ... those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded... Sad, indeed, is it to see how men occupy themselves with trivialities, and are indifferent to the grandest phenomena - care not to understand the architecture of the heavens, but are deeply interested in some contemptible controversy about the intrigues of Mary Queen of Scots!

  Herbert Spencer

  Men, Heaven, Care

  Herbert Spencer (1866). “Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical”, p.83

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• One year you go in for auditions, and everybody thinks you're the queen of comedy, and the next year, you're so 'yesterday,' and it's not because you've done anything, or your ability has changed; you haven't been in work because you've been putting on weight and then trying to lose it.

  Sally Phillips

  Thinking, Years, Yesterday

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• I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding.

  Jackie Evancho

  Pope

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• I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young.

  Emily Blunt

  Mom, Kids, Years

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• Mrs. Clinton is not humbled by support. She has more of the royal queen mentality where you'd better support her. That's your role. She's entitled to your support, and it's matter of fact. There's nothing special about it. It's just you better do it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Support, Special, Roles

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• People are living such miserable lives economically. They want the escape. They want the fantasy. They'd love the dream of being king for a day or queen for a day.

  Robin Leach

  Dream, Kings, People

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• I can't express how much admiration I have for women in general, who walk around in high heels, but, drag queens, oh my god.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  High Heels, Admiration, Drag

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• India to someone who lives in Lahore is like Queens to someone who lives in Lower Manhattan - it's not far away, and yet it doesn't exist.

  Mohsin Hamid

  India, Manhattan, Lahore

  "Love in the Time of Mass Migration". Interview with Alexander Sammon, www.motherjones.com. March 4, 2017.

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• The Queen of England gave me the honor of the Order of the British Empire for working with children.

  Henry Winkler

  Children, Order, Honor

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• My mother was so beautiful, she really was a a wonderful person. Always walking like a queen. Like she owned the world. Maybe I took something from her.

  Sophia Loren

  Beautiful, Mother, Wonderful Person

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I'm like the queen of planning and scheduling and I'm trying very hard to stop it.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Trying, Planning, Scheduling

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• If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

  Maya Angelou

  Mother, President, England

  "Exclusive Interview With Maya Angelou on Her New Book, Mom & Me & Mom". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.

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• I'm not the Queen. I'm not a huge superstar; I don't get paparazzi around me.

  Fiona Apple

  Superstar, Paparazzi, Huge

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. October 7, 2013.

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• Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then.

  Teresa of Avila

  Jesus, Prayer, Angel

  St Teresa of Avila (2008). “The Life of St. Teresa of Avila”, p.33, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.

  Russell Baker

  Queen Elizabeth, Made

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• I'm a carb queen. I'll always order macaroni and cheese, but I don't want it to be fancy. I want it to be as close to Kraft Services as it can possibly get!

  Drew Barrymore

  Order, Want, Fancy

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• If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.

  Usain Bolt

  Nice, Sound, Titles

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

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• I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

  Sandra Bullock

  Trying, Glamour

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• In Barcelona, things seem so different. For example, I know that it's traditionally the least Spanish city, but you'd never know they had a monarchy, coming here as a tourist - as opposed to the UK, where the Queen is probably the best-known animal, vegetable and/or mineral going when it comes to overseas visitors.

  Julie Burchill

  Animal, Vegetables, Cities

  "Patriotism is for reactionaries ... nationalism is the way forward" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2012.

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• I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!

  James Caan

  Growing Up, Believe, Years

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• There's nothing secret about it. Everyone knows that I am waiting for my real parents, the king and queen, to come restore me to my rightful throne.

  Meg Cabot

  Kings, Real, Waiting

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• 2012 has been an extraordinary year for our country. We cheered our Queen to the rafters with the Jubilee, showed the world what we're made of by staging the most spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Games ever and - let's not forget - punched way above our weight in the medals table.

  David Cameron

  Country, Games, Years

  "David Cameron cites Gospel of John in Christmas message" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. December 24, 2012.

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