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The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just. -- Thomas Paine
The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell. -- Simon Schama
Charles, I lost the bet. -- Karl Malone
King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. -- Antonia Fraser
You're shagging a woman who can turn into a dragon? Blast you, Charles, I am sick with envy! -- Jeaniene Frost
Words mean what they're generally believed to mean. When Charles II saw Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time, he called it "awful, pompous, and artificial." Meaning roughly: Awesome, majestic, and ingenious. -- S.M. Stirling
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama. -- Martin Freeman
Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn't over, because I'd love to keep making weird plays. I can't wait for Charles Isherwood to call my next play 'sit-com-y' and tell me to stick to writing television. -- Elizabeth Meriwether
I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college. -- Elliott Carter
Did you know that Puritanism went hand in hand with dirt, that Oliver Cromwell put a 100 per cent tax on soap and that the repeal of the soap tax was one of the most popular acts of Charles II at his Restoration? -- Robertson Davies
When I walked into the room to meet Michael Landon, it was clear he was a big-time star. To be around him was as far from Charles Ingalls as you could get. The hair was the same - no one touched his hair. -- Dean Butler
I have always been drawn to the Restoration period of Charles II. I have a soft spot for Charles Stuart, who was always loving and kind to the opposite sex. The members of his court were fascinating, and Barbara Castlemaine was one of the greatest courtesans in history. -- Virginia Henley
Well I'm a very similar age to Prince Charles. I'm a year older than him. I was at university at the same time as him. I think in the sixties, like all the Royals, he really had very little impact on my life at all and he seemed, if anything a lot older in his attitudes. -- Anthony Holden
When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.' -- John Henrik Clarke
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a very bad imitation on the bass of Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Odum, Jimmy Fielder, Jimmy Blanton, Igor Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, James Brown, Charlie Parker... the cats, man. I'm just backing up the cats. -- Jaco Pastorius
In return for financial support will advocate admission of Jews to England; This however impossible while Charles living. Charles cannot be executed without trial on adequate grounds for which do not presently exist. Therefore advise that Charles be assassinated, but will have nothing to do with arrangements for procuring an assassin, though willing to help in his escape. [King Charles I was in prison at the time]. -- Oliver Cromwell
I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity. -- Charles Edison
I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this. -- Charles Dance
I saw Ray Charles at Massey Hall. -- Robbie Robertson
I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read -- Harper Lee
I loved Charles Addams more than anything. Still love him. -- Bruce Eric Kaplan
I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either. -- Mike Tyson
I always thought Camilla was the perfect love match with Charles. -- Princess Diana
I can use the teachings of [Charles] Darwin to promote communism. -- Rafael Cruz
Charles Manson ate apples. That doesn't mean I'm not going to. -- Marianne Williamson
When I was a kid, I had some Charles Lloyd records. -- David Johansen
Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles. -- Taylor Hackford
Charles Pierce, Bea Arthur, and I were like a terrible little trio. -- Millicent Martin
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I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Charles Chaplin. -- Stan Laurel
I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi. -- Eli Broad
Stop, look, listen. I spit on your grave, then I grab my Charles Dickens. -- The Notorious B.I.G.
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. -- Clint Eastwood
I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill O'Reilly. -- Mary Tyler Moore
I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill OReilly. -- Mary Tyler Moore
I didn't even respect singers until I heard Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. -- J. D. Souther
I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did. -- A. Scott Berg
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer -- Michael Bolton
I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer. -- Michael Bolton
I show more blind rage than Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wrestling in a steel cage. -- Chino XL
I would have to find something else to bury here and I wished it could be Charles. -- Shirley Jackson
You're a very odd man," said Bert. "I get that more often than you'd think," replied Charles. -- James A. Owen
I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles. -- Merry Clayton
I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step. -- Rowan Williams
I'd love to work with Lena Headey, Alfie Allen, Charles Dance. I'd love to work with Peter Dinklage. -- Gwendoline Christie
I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris. -- Coco Chanel
I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me. -- Quincy Jones
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles. -- Daryl Hall
I think that nonexistent mythological creature just broke some of your toes," Jack said. Oh, shut up," said Charles -- James A. Owen
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So what if I don't really love her. Charles didn't really love Diana and they were alright. Sort of. -- Mark Corrigan
Charles Barkley, I used to watch him growing up. Then I met him. He was a big teddy bear. -- Shannon Miller
I grew up on Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, and Buster Keaton, and those were the ones who inspired me. -- Navid Negahban
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old. -- Joe Cocker
I wish that Prince Charles had been shot. I think it would have made the world a more interesting place. -- Steven Morrissey
Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all. -- Madonna Ciccone
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music. -- Avicii
[Charles] Reznikoff was in between faiths, in between worlds... a double, hyphenated American. I think it probably goes deeper than that. -- Paul Auster
I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too. -- Patty Hearst
I wanted to look at how people deal with death ... Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is? -- John Roecker
My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's. -- Pete Seeger
Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett. -- Donald Fagen
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox. -- Tom Waits
You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream. -- Jon Stewart
I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy. -- Jonathan Evison
Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler and I used to argue for hours about who the best athletes are. I thought football players were better overall. -- Warren Moon
When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s. -- Richard E. Grant
I was a Charles Schulz kind of guy. I didn't read comics books. The Warner Bros. guys were great - Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng. -- Bob Peterson
I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication. -- Scottie Pippen
The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on. -- Vivienne Westwood
I think Austin is read more now than Charles Dickens, and Dickens was much more popular in his day. She endures because of her classicism. -- Whit Stillman
I don't know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship. -- William Howard Taft
Westerns were all daddy liked to watch. Give me some Clint Eastwood, some Charles Bronson, and I was a happy girl. It was our father-daughter bonding. -- Melissa Marr
Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him. -- Rocky Marciano
I love my family in Baltimore. But on their side of the family, I love their cousin Charles Thompson, because he's from New York like me. -- Kim Fields
And that reminds me, Mama! I have just intercepted another of that puppy's floral offerings to my sister. This billet was attached to it." (Charles) -- Georgette Heyer
Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle." "Handle your blood?" Bones offered dryly. Ian grinned. "Exactly. -- Jeaniene Frost
For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer. -- Bill Bryson
I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that. That was really an impression. -- Van Morrison
I think, as everyone knows, Charles Kushner is one of the most successful businessmen in the United States and one of the great philanthropists of this century. -- Jared Kushner
I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio. -- June Squibb
I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and they know how to entertain. -- Arthur Bradford
I want the 'Roots' biopic to be animated - I see Charles Schulz drawing us. I think it would be more hilarious with the voices of children. -- Questlove
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond. -- Nicolas Cage
With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity. -- Joe Murray
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that. -- Della Reese
Working with Nancy Meyers ("Something's Gotta Give") and ... Charles Shyer ("Father of the Bride"), and I'm proud of "Reds," and I'm proud of my movies with Woody (Allen). -- Diane Keaton
When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language. -- Dan Auerbach
I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers. -- Anthony Holden
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500. -- Ahmet Ertegun
The only difference between the women I've dated and Charles Manson is that Manson has the decency to look like a nut case when you first meet him. -- Richard Jeni
Anna looked at Brother Wolf. â??I'd like to see someone try to put a radio control collar on Charles. It might be fun to watch on YouTube. -- Patricia Briggs
I never realized that batting a little ball around could cause so much commotion. I now know how (Charles) Lindbergh must have felt when he returned from St. Louis. -- Stan Musial
I've always been a huge fan of Charles Lawton's performance in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' so somewhere along the line, I've always wanted to play that character. -- Andy Serkis
You knew the difference between Barbra Streisand and Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, straight away. Now everyone sounds like each other, and I don't think that's right. -- Bobby Womack
I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too. -- Randy Newman
Anna: â??I thought Indians built fires with fiction.? Charles: â??I can do that, but I'd like to eat sometime in the next day or so. Sterno and Bic are much faster. -- Patricia Briggs
I'm not your executioner. I'm not your devil and I'm not your God. I'm Charles Manson. -- Charles Manson
Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus. -- Charles Mingus
I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor performance at school, Charlie Brown" "Have you ruled out stupidity?" "Peanuts", Charles M -- Charles M. Schulz
I, Charles W. Penrose, wrote the Manifesto with the assistance of Frank J. Cannon and John White... Wilford Woodruff signed it to beat the devil at his own game. -- Charles W. Penrose

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