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• And I left the aspirin next to the phone with a tall glass of water. Figured you weren’t going to be able to make it to the coffeepot. Take three, turn your ringer off, and sleep. If anything exciting happens, I’ll come and get you.” “I love you, honey.” “So buy me a mink and a nice pair of earrings for our anniversary.” “You got it.

  J.R. Ward

  Nice, Love You, Sleep

  J.R. Ward (2005). “Dark Lover: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.193, Penguin

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• Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...' 'The library,' Liz said, and immediately I knew that she was right. It was exactly like the library at the Gallagher Academy, from the position of the fireplace to the tall windows that overlooked the grounds. 'How do you know?' Zach asked. Liz looked totally insulted. 'Because...uh...library.' 'Okay.' Zach threw up his hands. 'Point taken.

  Ally Carter

  Wall, Taken, Hands

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• McIntyre hesitated, and for a moment the tall, gray-haired man looked almost boyish. "After all this time...don't you think you could call me William?" Amy and Dan exchanged glances. As fond as they were of him, they couldn't imagine calling their lawyer by his first name. He saw the hesitation on their faces. "Will?" Amy cleared her throat. Dan fiddled with the new GPS. "How about 'Mac'?" "Mac," Dan said, trying out the name. Mr. McIntyre looked wistful. "I always wanted to be a Mac.

  Judy Blundell

  Men, Thinking, Gps

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• When I propose a candidate for a job I don't do it because the person in question is the best but because he is the one the client will employ. I provide them with a head that is good enough, placed on a body they want. [...] The world is full of people who pay serious money for bad pictures by good artists. And mediocre heads on tall bodies.

  Jo Nesbo

  Jobs, Artist, People

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• And I can promise you something, because it was a thing I saw many years later - a vision in the book thief herself - that as she knelt next to Hans Hubermann, she watched him stand and play the accordion. He stood and strapped it on in the alps of broken houses and played the accordion with kindness silver eyes and even a cigarette slouched on his lips. The bellows breathed and the tall man played for Liesel Meminger one last time as the sky was slowly taken away from her.

  Markus Zusak

  Kindness, Book, Taken

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• Angelina, Alicia, and Katie suddenly giggled. "What?" said Wood, frowning at this lighthearted behavior. "He's that tall, good-looking one, isn't he?" said Angelina. "Strong and silent," said Katie, and they started to giggle again. "He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together," said Fred impatiently.

  J. K. Rowling

  Strong, Two, Together

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• Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

  Jack Dempsey

  Men, Body, Height

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• I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Son, Guitar, Two

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• My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall.

  Alex Haley

  Men, Roots, Yellow

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• A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.

  Ernie Harwell

  Baseball, Men, Old Man

  Ernie Harwell (1986). “Tuned to Baseball”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.

  Jessie J

  Shoes

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

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• Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds [when they meet me].

  Khloe Kardashian

  Feet, Pounds

  "Khloe Kardashian: I Feel “Massive” Next to Kim, Kourtney". Us Weekly Interview, www.usmagazine.com. April 27, 2011.

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• He raised his staff. There was a roll of thunder. The sunlight was blotted out from the eastern windows; the whole hall became suddenly dark as night. The fire faded to sullen embers. Only Gandalf could be seen, standing white and tall before the blackened hearth.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Night, Fire

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.355, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in here eyes. Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Daughter, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You bat your baby blues at tall, dark, and gruesome, and next thing you know, he's trailing you like a lost puppy.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Dark

  "The Summoning (Darkest Powers, Book 1)". Book by Kelley Armstrong, July 1, 2008.

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• Stain Boy Of all the super heroes, the strangest one by far, doesn't have a special power, or drive a fancy car. next to Superman and batman, I guess he must seem tame. But to me he is quite special, and Stain Boy is his name. He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train, the only talent he seems to have is to leave a nasty stain. Sometimes I know it bothers him, that he can't run or swim or fly, and because of this one ability, his dry cleaning bill is sky-high.

  Tim Burton

  Running, Hero, Boys

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• That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.

  Pam Grier

  Character, Yellow, Rights

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• I'm never happy with my face, my hair, I haven't really got any boobs and I'm not really that tall.

  Ellie Goulding

  Hair, Faces, Havens

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• Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic.

  Dave Eggers

  Tree, Yards, Bathroom

  Dave Eggers (2014). “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Picador Classic”, p.1, Pan Macmillan

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• A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Doe, Nations

  "Be Careful What You Cut" by Marian Wright Edelman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 10, 2012.

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• My childhood was a happy one, spent in a tall house in South Kensington and later in East Sussex, but my early and mid teens were less successful.

  Julian Fellowes

  Successful, House, Childhood

  "Once upon a life" by Julian Fellowes, www.theguardian.com. October 02, 2010.

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• When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Writing, Voice, People

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• I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.

  Carrie Underwood

  Sweat, Awkward, Kind

  "Carrie Underwood Admits: 'I Burp A Lot'" by Arnesa A. Howell, people.com. June 10, 2008.

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• When you have a beanpole body, everything looks cute. Like Alexa Chung. I like her style, but she's really tall and skinny, so everything looks good on her.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Cute, Style, Looks

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• I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

  LeBron James

  Inspirational, Basketball, Men

  "LeBron James is next" by Tom Friend, www.espn.com. December 23, 2002.

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