I Held Quotes
192 quotes by 158 authors
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While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North…
— Charles Frazier
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It must have been the summer of 1967, the Beatles were singing love is all you need. I held her hand as we walked through…
— Robert Earl Keen
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Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt…
— Chuck Berry
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Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea, I remember the night, when we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight.
— Ricky Nelson
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My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
— Bob Seger
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Holding you, I held everything.
— Garth Brooks
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Some truths should perhaps be left unsaid. Some doors unopened. An angel once told me to let go of the ills I held too close,…
— Mark Lawrence
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A babe, by intercourse of touch I held mute dialogues with my Mother's heart.
— William Wordsworth
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Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered,…
— Warsan Shire
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I said, I like my life. If Ihave to give it back, if theytake it from me, let me onlynot feel I wasted any, let…
— Marge Piercy
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Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now…
— Ronald Reagan
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I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the…
— Vanilla Ice
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I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.
— Angelina Jolie
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If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.
— Groucho Marx
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.…
— Aimee Mullins
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I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all…
— Charles Bukowski
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I ask myself how I could give in to this perpetual vertigo that I in fact provoked and feared. I floated among erratic clouds and…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I inhale great draught of space...the east and west are mine...and the north and south are mine...I am grandeur than I thought...I did not know…
— Walt Whitman
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My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you…
— Keith Ablow
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One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and…
— Charles Darwin
Who Wrote These I Held Quotes
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