Tonks Quotes

My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.

J. K. Rowling

House, Quality, Said

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Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus.

J. K. Rowling

Call Me

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, p.50, Pottermore

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And this is Nymphadora-" "Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks." "-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin. "So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks.

J. K. Rowling

Mother, Fool, Witch

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Ah well... wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on? Okay, let’s go.

J. K. Rowling

Jeans, Wands, Okay

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As Ginny and Hermione moved closer to the rest of the family, Harry had a clear view of the bodies lying next to Fred: Remus and Tonks, pale and still and peaceful-looking, apparently asleep beneath the dark, enchanted ceiling.

J. K. Rowling

Lying, Dark, Views

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And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

Bruce Springsteen

Character, Church Music, Talent

"Bruce Springsteen Interviewed by Ed Norton" by Sophia Savage and Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. November 16, 2010.

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Just — just to be clear,” he said. “You want to leave Tonks at her parents’ house and come away with us?” “She’ll be perfectly safe there, they’ll look after her,” said Lupin. He spoke with a finality bordering on indifference. “Harry, I’m sure James would have wanted me to stick with you.” “Well,” said Harry slowly, “I’m not. I’m pretty sure my father would have wanted to know why you aren’t sticking with your own kid, actually.

J. K. Rowling

Father, Kids, House

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Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.

J. K. Rowling

Hands, Left Hand, Machines

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, p.48, Pottermore

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For me, jazz, R&B, jump swing, Chicago blues, country blues, early hillbilly music, and honky tonk all stem from the same source

Duke Robillard

Music, Country, Swings

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The reviews on it, and the new novel, Honky Tonk Samurai have been awesome, though I'm of the school if you believe the good ones you got to believe the bad ones, it's been mostly good ones. The previewers seem to be very happy and excited about it. I know I am. There are plans to continue if it does well.

Joe R. Lansdale

Believe, School, Doe

Source: thequietus.com

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Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a gay man for quite a long time. Until it turned out that I indeed got married to Tonks. I changed my whole performance after that. Just saw it as a phase he went through.

David Thewlis

Character, Gay, Men

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Silence fell between the four of them as they looked up at the sky. There was no sign of movement, the stars stared back, unblinking, indifferent, unobscured by flying friends. Where was Ron? Where were Fred and Mr Weasley? Where were Bill, Fleur, Tonks, Mad Eye, Mundungus?

J. K. Rowling

Stars, Eye, Sky

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, p.69, Pottermore

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I need one good honky tonk angel to turn my life around.

Travis Tritt

Angel, Needs, Turns

Song: The Whiskey Ain't Workin'

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For a split second, Harry thought how absurd it was for Tonks to expect the dummy to hear her talking that quietly through a sheet of glass, when there were buses rumbling along behind her and all the racket of street full of shoppers. Then he reminded himself that dummies could not hear anyway.

J. K. Rowling

Glasses, Talking, Splits

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Country music as we know it would be vastly different if it weren't for George Jones. He's in our musical DNA. All country artists will have to figure out how to even begin to live up to his kind of legacy. 'Honky Tonk Heaven,' here he comes... though we're not ready to let go.

Pam Tillis

Letting Go, Country, Artist

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This is no honky-tonk parade. 1Q84 is the real world, where a cut draws real blood, where pain is real pain and fear is real fear. The moon in the sky is no paper moon.

Haruki Murakami

Pain, Real, Cutting

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I don't care if it's Bruno Mars or Aerosmith or ZZ Top... it's about songs. 'Paperback Writer,' 'Satisfaction,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Walk This Way,' all the killer songs in the world start with an identifiable guitar pattern that is basically a bastardization of either honky-tonk or boogie-woogie. And that's in every cool piece of music in the world that you and I love.

Ted Nugent

Song, Cat, Guitar

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Drinking in a honky tonk, just kicking hippies asses and raising hell.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Revenge, Hippie, Drinking

Song: Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother

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Honky Tonk Badonkadonk wasnt some serious song, but it was huge! It was funny.

Tyler Farr

Song, Serious, Huge

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People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.

Mick Jagger

Memories, Talking, People

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I started out as a folk singer, and kinda got sidetracked playin' honky tonks and such, but I was always a working musician. I didn't want to be Townes Van Zandt or Guy Clark, but I wanted to play in front of their audiences, you know what I mean?

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Mean, Play, Guy

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Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front.

George Benson

Simple, Guitar, Band

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