Hello Kitty will never speak.


Pico Iyer

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DIABLO CODY
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JEFF SOUTHARD
Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
ED WOOD
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AVRIL LAVIGNE
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JOHN MAYER
She crouched with her hand out. What the hell was she doing…
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty." ILONA ANDREWS
They never walked by without giving you a smile and a hello.
BARB BRUSSEAU
A goodbye isn't painful unless you're never going to say hello again.
SHUBHAM CHAVAN
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Kitty need's a tounge bath
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Never speak ill of yourself; your friends will always say enough on that subject.
ANONYMOUS
I just applied the Kitty Kelley test,
JOE SCARBOROUGH
Goodbye Prudey McPrude and hello Slutty McSluttenstein!
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Max: "Uh, no." Hello, lab? May...
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I called her -- 'Here, kitty, kitty' -- and I could hear this faint, weak meow coming from behind th...
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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Hello there. Are you... ?
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You had me at hello.
JERRY MAGUIRE
I just said hello, and he said 'Pablo,'
PAUL WELLSTONE
Hello Claudine. Why are you here?
TOM MCMAHON
They only have to say hello, and I've got them.
DEREK KOOL
Hello all
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My kitty cats could rely on my poker winnings.
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You put quite a fight for a tame kitty
ERIN HUNTER
Hello, Harry. Hello, Draco. Have you been bad boys again?
J.K. ROWLING
hello world and hello universe. Thank you all very much
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She was a very fine lady, a recluse. We never talked much but just to say hello, that's all.
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What the hell kind of name is Kitty for a werewolf?
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HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I-WANT-TO-TALK-TO-HARRY-POTTER!
J.K. ROWLING
One HELLO? can change a life.
One HELLO? can save a life.
LIZA M. WIEMER
She had me from Hello," I say to Zizzy.
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CAMERON JACE
Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.
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I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing ...
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