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  • I'm convinced from what I know of Vernon Bundy that his testimony was truthful. -- Jim Garrison
  • When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon. -- Marc Maron
  • Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon. -- John Barrowman
  • I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public. -- Richard Griffiths
  • At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable. -- Hannah Storm
  • As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player. -- Neil Innes
  • I grew up off the grid in Vernon, and I saw my parents work hard every day, as teachers but also while farming and building a log home. So from a young age I knew the value of hard work. -- Ryan Holmes
  • Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians. -- Ricky Jay
  • My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing. -- Vince Vaughn
  • Do I look stupid?" snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache. -- J. K. Rowling
  • Dumbledore raised his finger for silence, a silence which fell as though he had struck Uncle Vernon dumb. -- J. K. Rowling
  • Democrats are talking about how Vernon [Jordan] cheats, I mean, he philanders, he's all over place, and they love him for it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
  • Democrats are talking about how Vernon [Jordan] cheats, I mean, he philanders, he's all over place, and they love him for it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
  • When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us. -- Aimee Bender
  • The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the eyes follow you around the room. -- Peter Cook
  • [Vernon Jordan] and [Bill] Clinton would be in the same golf cart, they'd been out there playing golf, and every other word, folks, was what people hate [Donald] Trump for today! -- Rush Limbaugh
  • [Vernon Jordan] and [Bill] Clinton would be in the same golf cart, they'd been out there playing golf, and every other word, folks, was what people hate [Donald] Trump for today! -- Rush Limbaugh
  • They run off eckeltricity, do they?" he said knowledgeably. "Ah yes, I can see the plugs. I collect plugs," he added to Uncle Vernon. "And batteries. Got a large collection of batteries. -- J. K. Rowling
  • Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me," said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him. -- J. K. Rowling
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  • I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME! -- J. K. Rowling
  • Vernon Bogdanor's account The Monarchy and the Constitution is written as much in the shadow of Edmund Burke as it is of Walter Bagehot. He stresses the organic development of the British constitution, prefers evolution to revolution, and thinks stability is better than strife. -- David Cannadine
  • They heard the click of the mail slot and flop of letters on the doormat. "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper. "Make Harry get it." "Get the mail, Harry." "Make Dudley get it." "Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley. -- J. K. Rowling
  • Vernon Reis opened the world to me through books. He taught me that while I was physically firmly planted in blue-collar Auburn, Washington in the 50s and early 60s, intellectually I could go anywhere, explore anything, and sample exciting new ideas simply by opening a book. -- Christine Gregoire
  • Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you mind telling my son here that you're Uncle Vernon?' I said: 'Get a grip. It's 11:30 at night - what's he doing out of bed? I'm not here to entertain people at this time of night. -- Richard Griffiths
  • Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way. -- Arthur L. Herman
  • Used to ride with him to Brooklyn, Lewis and Halsey, co chocolate thai, vernon style and burn it down -- Nas
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