He Took Quotes
322 He Took quotes by 262 unique authors
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Sophie," he said, and when she gave him a stern look, he took a hasty swig of the posset. “Miss Collins. I have not yet…
— Cassandra Clare
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For he loved her and he understood that a woman cannot always live as a man. He understood that she cannot always think as he…
— Philippa Gregory
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I don’t want a perfectly safe weapon. I want a dangerous weapon that hurts people.” He took the stick from her, rapped it against her…
— Derek Landy
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I nodded. I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really, really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his…
— John Green
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Nico drank from the chalice, then offered it to Jason. "You asked me about trust, and taking a risk? Well, here you go, son of…
— Rick Riordan
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He took my music, but he gave me my name.
— Muddy Waters
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He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into…
— Erma Bombeck
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My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news, discussed…
— Robert Harris
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When I was 10 years old, a cousin of mine took me on a tour of his medical school. And as a special treat, he…
— Aditi Shankardass
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Christopher Hitchens was a great warrior, a magnificent orator, a pugilist and a gentleman. He was kind, but he took no prisoners when arguing with…
— Richard Dawkins
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When my father realized he was going blind, he took up golf.
— Jane Leavy
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I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I…
— Tony McCoy
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I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared…
— Clint Eastwood
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I went to Catholic school, and there was this teacher, a Brother, who saw I could go either way, good or bad. He took an…
— William Forsythe
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Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.
— Peter Singer
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From the moment he took office in January of 1961, Kennedy had been eager to settle the Cuban problem without overt military action by the…
— Robert Dallek
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Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame…
— John Cusack
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I feel bound to respect Ronald Reagan, as every American should - not least because he chose a career of public service when he could…
— Rick Perlstein
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Even President Bush has cited the need to outlaw the practice of corporations making loans to their officers. Strangely enough, when the President was a…
— Bennie Thompson
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Hugh Wilson made it so real and he took us and it was almost when he was directing it, the way he would do it…
— Bubba Smith
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After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting…
— Robbie Fowler
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
— Ralph Abernathy
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People may have their opinions about Senator Helms, but he was highly effective and he took care of his constituency. I learned all those lessons…
— David Rouzer
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I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it…
— Vicente Fox
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Obama broke his no-new-taxes pledge 15 days after he took office when he signed legislation on Feb. 4, 2009 raising the tax on cigarettes 158…
— Bob Beauprez
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