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George R.R. Martin

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MICKEY RIVERS He had the prettiest hair she had ever seen on a man: dark brown, almost black, and soft like sable,...
ILONA ANDREWS I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Ma...
MICHAEL GOVE My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among ...
ISABELLA BIRD It takes a real man to make a true confession - a Chocolate Soldier will excuse or cloak his sin.
CHARLES STUDD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES A lady's hair is her crowning glory
JEANNETTE WALLS Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure.
PEDRO OKORO Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l...
KUO HIS Why does a virtuous man take delight in the landscapes? Because the din of the dusty world and the l...
KUO HIS Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO 'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has ...
ALEX GRAVES My black hero is and always will be Martin Luther King, not just because of the strength of his orat...
DAVID HAREWOOD For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're taught, j...
C.S. LEWIS I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak...
VICTOR HUGO I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak...
VICTOR HUGO Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.
ROBERT BEATTY George spoke to Alex and his family this afternoon. It's fair to say George was thrilled.
DON MEEHAN It’s like watching a James Bond movie. Morpheus—in a black trench-coat-style blazer that hangs t...
A.G. HOWARD And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only ...
BIBLE His eyes were the same color as steel and not nearly as soft.
P.N. ELROD His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft, Faithful, below, he did his ...
CHARLES DIBDIN Jet-black hair curled slightly against his neck and around his ears, and his eyes . . . oh, those ey...
LEE ROLAND Work is not man's punishment! It is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.
GEORGE SAND An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his...
GEORGE CATLIN Black as night, sweet as sin.
NEIL GAIMAN Don is our George Martin,
DARIUS RUCKER 'The Clone Wars' was rooted in George Lucas and his characters.
DAVE FILONI I loved George Carlin and Dean Martin. I was one of those kids who had every comedy album.
STEPHEN COLBERT I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.
STEVE BUSCEMI If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their s...
BIBLE But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him.
CHARLES WOLFE That wasn't his right track today with the soft conditions around Mooney Valley and I was happy with...
DAVID HAYES God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of...
JOHN CALVIN God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of...
JOHN CALVIN George Burley was very keen to keep him as he regards him as an integral part of his side.
GEORGE FOULKES I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a ver...
KURT VONNEGUT I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a ver...
KURT VONNEGUT JR. The Saviour, sacrifice his life as offering for sin.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When Harry pulled back his sheets, he found his Invisibility Cloak folded neatly underneath them. Th...
J.K. ROWLING But that's not how God views the cross, Jake. His wrath wasn't an expression of the punishment sin d...
WAYNE JACOBSEN AND DAVE COLEMAN For his mind was full of forlorn hopes, death-or-glory charges, and last stands.
C.S. LEWIS And George Bush hates black --
JON STEWART There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bush's presidency that his gracelessness as we...
TEJU COLE God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and th...
BIBLE Sai stands in his spineless way, young but antiquated, studious but not clever, a thick steel watch ...
MANU JOSPEH Patch was dressed in the usual: black shirt, black jeans and a thin silver necklace that flashed aga...
BECCA FITZPATRICK We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.
RINGO STARR Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his hero...
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON You mistake patience for forbearance.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long e...
J.K. ROWLING He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my s...
MARTIN LUTHER I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a...
KURT VONNEGUT He did not appear to be a very tall man; what I could see of legs seemed stumpy, though heavily musc...
BEN BOVA When you are a follower of Jesus Christ, everything in your life is working toward your good and His...
BILLY C LEE When these voters are introduced to Gov. George W. Bush's positions on family planning and abortion,...
GLORIA FELDT The question is, will Paul Martin stand up to George Bush and say no?
JANICE HARVEY Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther Ki...
RON FOURNIER Terry didn't want any glory out of his run and we don't want any glory either.
BETTY FOX Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it ...
JOHN LENNON If it's done successfully, it will be the quote 'crowning glory' of his 21 years, ... there's a lot ...
LAWRENCE HORAN He looked at her. She was pretty still, with thick hair and soft eyes, and she moved so gracefully t...
NICHOLAS SPARKS Glory went to look in on her father. He lay on his right side, his face composed, intent on sleep. H...
MARILYNNE ROBINSON I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines.
SEAN HAYES When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and Wh...
RACHEL TUCKER Then sing as Martin Luther sang:"Who loves not wine, woman, and song,He is a fool his whole life lon...
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY There was a lot of emotion involved. To be honest, I have more respect for Martin than since the day...
JONATHON SHOCKEY For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words agai...
BIBLE Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of ...
RICHARD DAWKINS All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are fre...
THOMAS A KEMPIS In the beginning his flesh was simply soft, so soft that he was cut to the bone by dust particles, a...
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS Vladimir stood next to one of the beams on the back porch of our new home, leaning on his back. He r...
NINA JEAN SLACK I always carry my classic black-and-white tux and custom-made George Esquivel saddle shoes.
JANELLE MONAE When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to...
BEN JONSON We go out to play for His honor, His glory and His grace. He's the number one fan in the stands.
JAMEY CARROLL The inaugural of Ronald Reagan, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And that was the greatest thing....
DON RICKLES Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend; And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS") He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me Thoughts t...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Those early humans fed on soft material such as fruits. Their teeth did not have a thick enamel.
DR BERHANE ASFAW If you take each step, as if it was your last. You would appreciate the world in all its glory and b...
ANTHONY T. HINCKS He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the ...
BIBLE Bobby Joe Hill was a hero. The memories are just as fresh as yesterday and we're talking nearly a ha...
GREG BYNDRIAN I thinking of people like Phil Ramone or George Martin,
BILLY JOEL I can't find who wrote this (it was't me)but I think it is great.

Before I was your moth...
BETH LYON BARNETT Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins...
JOHN LENNON The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
BIBLE Fred and George turned to each other and said together, “Wow — we’re identical!
J.K. ROWLING Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie,he was worth his weight in g...
AUDREY MEADOWS Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in ...
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ERIN HUNTER I think the single thing that George brought was his interest in and introduction of Indian music in...
ALAN LIGHT Those who wear black and blue, want to blacken the blue sky with soot and smoke.
APURVA GAGLANI You know George doesn't like to think of his childhood home as historic yet.
LAURA BUSH The October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and November trembled like a butterfly. T...
LILY CHATTERJEE And the alcoholic bastard waved his finger at me, His voice was filled with evangelical glee, Sippin...
DANNY ELFMAN Laws can discover sin, but not remove it
JOHN MILTON The great question for us now is, Do we believe in that love of God which Christ taught by His words...
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN ...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
"...a ruler who hides behind paid e...
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A sword needs a sheath, heh, and a wedding needs a bedding.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has hands like two white spiders.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A son for a son, heh. But that's a grandson...and he never was much use." --Walder Frey
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.'
'Girls don't shav...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some men think because they're afraid to do.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Harsh justice is still justice.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Never forget what you are the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armour and it can never be us...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A man can own a woman or a man can own a knife, but no man can own both.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister.

“Pride?” Catelyn snapp...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—”
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Yours was the hand that threw him. You meant for him to die.”
His chains chinked softly. “I...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not wa...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am Thunder and Thunder is me, we are one beast, we are joined, we are one.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The living have no place at the feasts of the dead.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man is accursed as the kinslayer.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The kinslayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men,
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It is too late for ifs, and too late for rescues,” Catelyn said. “All that remains is vengeance.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Wolves never cry.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN They held each other close and turned their backs upon the end.
The hills that split asunder an...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The watcher on the walls. The sword in the darkness.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Why won't they let me be? I just need to rest, that's all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a l...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He drew the dagger and laid it on the table between them; a length of dragonbone and Valyrian steel,...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the storm winds blow so strong a man has no choice but to furl his sails.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?'
Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, an...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN and take the ironmen in the rear while they are beating off what they think is my main thrust up the...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Bad and worse and worst makes a beggar's choice.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, yes. Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.
-Maester Aemon Targaryen, A G...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Her name is Brienne," Jaime said. "Brienne, the maid of Tarth. You are still maiden, I hope?"...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Better to live shamed than die proud.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The crow commands, the captive must obey.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My enemies are legion.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?"
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You are Arya of Winterfell, daughter of the North. You told me you could be strong. You have the wol...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Politicians were mostly people who'd had too little morals and ethics to stay lawyers.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work ag...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN