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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I vow that from this day forward you shall not walk alone. My strength is your protection, my heart ... DANA MARIE BELL I sometimes think that the In campaign appears to be operating to a script written by George R.R. Ma... MICHAEL GOVE There is no fear in the word LOVE! For LOVE does not know fear... PHILIP T. M. And whatever alms you give or (whatever) vow you vow, surely Allah knows it; and the unjust shall ha... QURAN Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fr... BIBLE I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you. JIM BUTCHER Reagan, I pledge to you my trust and loyalty. You are it for me, for better or for worse, for richer... TERRI E. LAINE You cannot outguess the gods. Hold to virtue—if you can identify it—and trust that the duty set ... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you're Shaq or Ray Romano. But ... GREG BEHRENDT I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series. RAE CARSON George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. NEIL GAIMAN LOVE is the glue that holds all the pieces of me and you... PHILIP T. M. Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by li... PABLO NERUDA I remember bringing some of my other friends to our table, and everyone at our table would look at t... ZACK GREINKE I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask a... AYN RAND I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask ano... AYN RAND I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Thus when I come to shape here at this table between my hands the story of my life and set it before... VIRGINIA WOOLF We are here to swear a vow! As many of you have already noticed, this is no random field. It is an a... IAN C. ESSLEMONT I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You don't know how I feel about you, but you know that I do. I from. I feel about you. Knowing that ... KAYLA RAE You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but wh... BIBLE I will ask no more of life than this: that I might love you through all my days, and that ... ROBERT SEXTON Part of what I do and what I want to do is I want to bring art into the everyday life. If you can ta... KENNY SCHARF I swear to the gods that if you answer one more of my questions with a question, I am going to go al... NICOLE PEELER You mistake patience for forbearance. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armi... BIBLE The few weeks I have had at my disposal have not given me the chance to revive and to work through m... ABY WARBURG FE + C is steel. U + I is love. JOAN COLLEEN R. KATIPUNAN What are you doing?” “Kneeling before a goddess.” “I’m not a goddess.” �... COLLEEN HOUCK Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your pa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart.... P.C. CAST Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. BIBLE But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandmen... BIBLE Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality... SEAN BEAN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I... PAUL LYNDE It's refreshing in one way, knowing that I've got to come in and prove myself all over again and slo... ALECKO ESKANDARIAN A teachable spirit and a humbleness to admit your ignorance or your mistake will save you a lot of p... RON CARPENTER JR. Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I'm sitting her thinking, -God, I swear I will take a vow of silence and move to a monastery and wor... JOHN GREEN To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Dear God Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any unpleasant memories ... SUE AUGUSTINE I felt the taste of mortality in my mouth, and at that moment I understood that I was not going to l... PAUL AUSTER I am become a sour woman, Catelyn thought. I take no joy in mead nor meat, and song and laughter hav... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Let me take you to a better place,
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What is relevant is whether or not they believe it." The logic in th... SARAH MACLEAN Want LESS! Need LESS! Live MORE! TANYA MASSE I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and s... BIBLE There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by... RICHARD BRANSON I talked to pros like Shaw Grigsby and Roland Martin after John won that year, and they all agreed t... MIKE LONG I often laughed, and you often gave me a dissatisfied look, till you pressed me to unfold my past be... NATSUME SōSEKI I tried to take seriously the idea that if you tortured language you might arrive at some new truth.... HARI KUNZRU I ended my statement to the colored soldiers by saying: "Now, I shall be very sorry to hurt you, and... THEODORE ROOSEVELT I vow I am, and always will be, constant and faithful in my love for you, Anais. Nothing you or anyo... CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that w... MARGARET MITCHELL You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "... CASSANDRA CLARE I live in Brooklyn, and I love all the hipsters and all the artisanal bacon you can get here now. I ... JULIE WHITE To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equiva... LARRY ELDER My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it... SALLY PEARSON For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against wes... ED RENDELL By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it. 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Wondering (which I am ... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS And no matter what I did, I couldn't save you. And I Couldn't bring myself to kill you.They..."He ta... BETHANY WIGGINS I ask you to stand by my side in the next five years. We shall live a good life in a Romania of all ... TRAIAN BASESCU I am much obliged by the favourable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can b... GEORGE STEPHENSON If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life And you decide to ... PABLO NERUDA The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN Hit me again, and I'll report you to the authorities. Follow me to my bed one more time, and I swear... KIEN NGUYEN [Sen. Zell Miller, D-Georgia, wrote Bush to offer congratulations.] I would like to offer my sincere... ZELL MILLER We put five in the top 15 and my sixth-place runner p.r'd by 30 seconds. You can't ask for any more ... GEORGE PIERCE I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian; you ca... FRANKLIN GRAHAM I love you, don’t I? And the gods know you are definitely not easy to deal with. (Aimee) Than... SHERRILYN KENYON All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me. . . . If I must not, because of my... APHRA BEHN Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book and take my kiss instead. Was it m... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Sorcery was a sword without a hilt. There is no sfe way to grasp it. 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. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN In King's Landing there are two sorts of people; the players and the pieces. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained. The Stark colo... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It takes courage to admit fear. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. 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?" <... 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