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Quotes by Celebrity

"Tombstones don't talk back."

"Tombstones don't talk back."

Leland Chapman, American Celebrity

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"Marriage: love, honor, and negotiate."

"Marriage: love, honor, and negotiate."

Joe Moore, American Celebrity

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"I mean, they're threatening - my career is over. You know, everything I've worked so hard. I've worked extremely hard since about 17 years old, you know, as a White House intern on up."

"I mean, they're threatening - my career is over. You know, everything I've worked so hard. I've worked extremely hard since about 17 years old, you know, as a White House intern on up."

Andrea Mackris, American Celebrity

Career, Old, Years

36

"I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment."

"I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment."

Linda Tripp, American Celebrity

36

"We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no."

"We had an eyeball-to-eyeball agreement at a restaurant before I came back that, if I came back, he would never talk to me that way again or I was simply saying no."

Andrea Mackris, American Celebrity

Agreement, Saying, Talk

36

"It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled."

"It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled."

Joey Skaggs, American Celebrity

36

"The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level."

"The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level."

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

Beauty, Imagination, Development, Creativity

36

"I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for a while, and I'd like to see that through."

"I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for a while, and I'd like to see that through."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

Love, Design, Children

36

"Every time the song looped, all I heard was the part about the lies - and how they weigh you down. Tonight, as I drive toward Detroit in my Jeep, I know what those words really mean. It's not just the lies they're referring to. It's life. You can't run to another town, another place, another state. Whatever it is you're running from - it goes with you. It stays with you until you find out how to confront it."

"Every time the song looped, all I heard was the part about the lies - and how they weigh you down. Tonight, as I drive toward Detroit in my Jeep, I know what those words really mean. It's not just the lies they're referring to. It's life. You can't run to another town, another place, another state. Whatever it is you're running from - it goes with you. It stays with you until you find out how to confront it."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Truth, Lies, Life, Running, Confrontation

36

"I'm really excited that I'm able to work again."

"I'm really excited that I'm able to work again."

David Gest, American Celebrity

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"The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely."

"The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

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"How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me. Thank you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope."

"How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me. Thank you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Love, Courage, Trust, Healing

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"It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car."

"It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

Car, Family, Day, Gay

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"I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat."

"I'm blonde and tanned and normal-sized! I'm sweet, shy, funny, have a big heart and I'm nice - and I like to eat."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

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"I want to reach over and grab her hand to comfort her. I want to say something reassuring to her. If this were yesterday, I'm sure I would have done that without a second thought. But it's not yesterday. It's today, and Charlie and I are complete strangers today."

"I want to reach over and grab her hand to comfort her. I want to say something reassuring to her. If this were yesterday, I'm sure I would have done that without a second thought. But it's not yesterday. It's today, and Charlie and I are complete strangers today."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Change, Comfort, Reassurance, Memory

36

"The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build."

"The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build."

Thomas Keller, American Celebrity

Inspirational, Inspiration

36

"I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope."

"I've lost a lot in my long life. Yes, I've seen pain and I've seen strife. But I'll never give up; I'll never let go. Because I'll always have my ray of hope."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Hope, Strength, Resilience, Faith

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"My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood."

"My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood."

Jim Caviezel, American Celebrity

Faith, Hollywood

36

"I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice."

"I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice."

Kurt Huber, German Celebrity

Time, God, People, Hope

36

"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."

"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Food, Canada, Country

36

"You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street."

"You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street."

Bud Selig, American Celebrity

Hurt, Spring, Training, Walking

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"Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man."

"Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man."

Jake Roberts, American Celebrity

Time, Truth, Hope, Being

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"What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others."

"What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others."

Eileen Caddy, English Celebrity

Soul, Eyes, May, Right

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"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."

"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

36

"I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards."

"I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

Family, Friends

36

"My dream became bigger and bigger. And the box got bigger than the message, than the Gospel."

"My dream became bigger and bigger. And the box got bigger than the message, than the Gospel."

Jim Bakker, American Celebrity

36

"By the time we went to Doctor Simon I think Barney had been totally disabled for at least six months."

"By the time we went to Doctor Simon I think Barney had been totally disabled for at least six months."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

36

"I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2."

"I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payne, best of seven legs, to win it. I was 2-0 down but ended up beating him 4-2."

Eric Bristow, American Celebrity

36

"I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen."

"I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

36

"Now I know it's because somewhere in my mind, I still harboured hatred and fear for that man, so it was just easier to erect the brick wall and never look back."

"Now I know it's because somewhere in my mind, I still harboured hatred and fear for that man, so it was just easier to erect the brick wall and never look back."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Emotion, Hatred, Fear, Memory, Defense

36

"If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe."

"If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe."

Jack Osbourne, English Celebrity

Father, Dad, First, Talk

36

"There are no bona fide treatments available for embryonic stem cells. There is nothing in the laboratory, and there is certainly nothing in the clinics available to patients."

"There are no bona fide treatments available for embryonic stem cells. There is nothing in the laboratory, and there is certainly nothing in the clinics available to patients."

Michael Burgess, British Celebrity

36

"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

"I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

Mother, Sister, Care

36

"A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law."

"A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law."

Kurt Huber, German Celebrity

Criticism, Freedom, Improvement, Law

36

"The right is so reactionary it goes nowhere."

"The right is so reactionary it goes nowhere."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

36

"Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals."

"Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals."

Harry Hay, American Celebrity

Politics, Giving, Identity, Support

36

"All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job."

"All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job."

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American Celebrity

36

"Prejudices save time."

"Prejudices save time."

Robert Byrne, American Celebrity

36

"Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it."

"Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Humor, Life, Attitude, Resilience

36

"The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way."

"The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way."

Thomas John Barnardo, Irish Celebrity

Work, Sea, Tomorrow

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"I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew."

"I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew."

Lizzie Andrew Borden, American Celebrity

35

"Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed."

"Wild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Men, Knowledge, Man

35

"She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled!"

"She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful. Infants were sometimes born in the convent; but they were always baptized and immediately strangled!"

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Feelings, Information

35

"When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught."

"When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught."

Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity

Thought, Now, Remorse

35

"A true woman always loves a real soldier."

"A true woman always loves a real soldier."

Belle Boyd, American Celebrity

35

"And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress."

"And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress."

Leonard Woodcock, American Celebrity

Progress, First, Living, Solution

35

"I shall now proceed to my own experience, which hath truly convinced me, the Lord is awakened as one out of sleep; and the voice of the Lord will shake terribly the earth."

"I shall now proceed to my own experience, which hath truly convinced me, the Lord is awakened as one out of sleep; and the voice of the Lord will shake terribly the earth."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

Experience, Earth, Now, Sleep

35

"Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job."

"Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job."

Ernie Harwell, American Celebrity

People, Baseball, First, Job

35

"I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested."

"I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested."

Fernando Alonso, Spanish Celebrity

People, Country, Culture, Day

35

"All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with."

"All my day is spent dealing with other people. When I come home I like it to be empty. The presence of others in my house kind of annoys me. I love coming home and shutting the doors. I feel brain dead. I'm relatively available, but not to live with."

Graham Norton, Irish Celebrity

Home, Love, People, Day

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