Scrabble Quotes - Page 2

• I was over at Alison's [McGhee], I think we were playing Scrabble. I remember we were both complaining - yeah, we sound like whiners - about how hard writing is, and how we didn't have a story to work on. Alison said, 'Why don't we work on writing something together,' and I said, 'Eh, I don't know if I could work that way.' She said, 'Well, just show up here and we'll see,' and I said, 'Well, what would it be about?' She said, 'Duh, it'd be about a tall girl and a short girl.' So I agreed to come and try it for a day.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Girl, Writing, Thinking

  "Q & A with Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee". Interview with Claire Kirch, www.teachingbooks.net. September 9, 2010.

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• It’s me,” said Jace. “Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort.

  Cassandra Clare

  Play, Effort, Imagine

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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• I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called 'Word Freak,' which is about a guy who basically went into competitive Scrabble for a year. But having a big vocabulary and being good at Scrabble are not the same thing.

  Stephen Amell

  Book, Vocabulary, Years

  "Stephen Amell On “Queer” Beginnings And The New 'Arrow' Queen". Interview with Jim Halterman, www.newnownext.com. August 27, 2012.

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• The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N and an F. Which do you think I chose? What was the word I made?

  Amy Hempel

  Thinking, Space, Saws

  Amy Hempel (2006). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

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• We're playing Scrabble. It's a nightmare." "Scrabble?" He sounds surprised. "Scrabble's great." "Not when you're playing with a family of geniuses, it's not. They all put words like 'iridiums'. And I put 'pig'.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Pigs, Sound, Genius

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• The name Kylie can be used for Scrabble, as it is an aboriginal word for boomerang. Which is why Ms Minogue is so good at comebacks.

  Kathy Lette

  Names, Comeback, Boomerang

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• This book's title, Rough Beauty , conveys Anderson's conviction that the hard scrabble lives of most of the residents of Vidor, Texas, are worthy of our attention, but it also conveys that he does not seek to beautify their lives by removing the crude edges.

  Anne Wilkes Tucker

  Book, Texas, Titles

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• Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried him at Queenzieburn to make use of the triple word score.

  Jasper Fforde

  Father, Games, Names

  Jasper Fforde (2006). “The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime”, p.86, Penguin

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• Scrabble was invented by Nazis to piss off kids with dyslexia.

  Eddie Izzard

  Kids, Nazi, Dyslexia

  "Eddie Izzard: Stripped". Documentary, Comedy, 2009.

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• When I'm doing a film, I love getting together after work with my costars. But we get back to L.A. and I'm like, 'I don't want to go to a club with you, dude. I mean, I think you're rad, and if you want to come play Scrabble with me, that's amazing.'

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Mean, Thinking, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.

  W. P. Kinsella

  Daughter, Player, Years

  Interview with Rob Darnell, robdarnell.com. August 21, 2015.

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• The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Play, Ipads, Use

  "Women in Design: Diane von Furstenberg". Interview with David Colman, www.elledecor.com. October 18, 2010.

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• [Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box! Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I'm looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I'll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What's your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.

  Bill Watterson

  Looks, Vowels, Letters

  "Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1991.

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• He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want to go on a date?" Caught off guard, she stammered. "A wh-what?" "A date," Jace repeated. "Often 'a boring thing you have to memorize in history class,' but in this case, 'an offering of an evening of blisteringly white-hot romance with yours truly." "Really?" Clary was not sure what to make of this. "Blisteringly white-hot?" "It's me," said Jace. "Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort.

  Cassandra Clare

  Running, Offering, Blood

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

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• Clary: "He wanted me to come with him. To join him and Sebastain. I guess he wants their evil little duo to be a little evil trio." She shrugged. "Maybe he's lonely. Sebastian cant be the greatest company. Magnus: we don't know that. He could be absolutely fantastic at Scrabble.

  Cassandra Clare

  Lonely, Evil, Duos

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• My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. And proud of it.

  Michael Ian Black

  Sports, Player, Winning

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance I head over to my friend Kyri’s house to play his PS3.

  Beau Willimon

  Home, Games, Play

  "Banging Everything in Sight: My Trip to the LA Gun Club" by Beau Willimon, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2010.

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