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She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it. -- Elizabeth Montagu
I think it was a great moment for America to have two ladies on the podium. -- Sarah Hughes
I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments. -- David Letterman
My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them. -- Laura Linney
I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way. -- Suzanne Farrell
While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message. -- N. T. Wright
Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations. -- Gustav Heinemann
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too. -- David Oyelowo
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great sadness that I announce that I will resign as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I am sad because I love this job. I'm totally dedicated to the work that we are doing in Australia's name around the world, and I believe that we have achieved many good results for Australia, and I'm proud of them. -- Kevin Rudd
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. -- Magic Johnson
Ladies and gentlemen, the great number seven, Mickey Mantle. -- Mel Allen
I know ladies don't sweat, but something was running down my face in great rivulets. -- Rhys Bowen
Great ladies ... are like the best sauces -- it is better not to know how they are made. -- Octave Mirbeau
Style is a display of character. It's also a great way to express yourself and the ladies like it. -- Trey Songz
As a rule, ladies of the Royal Family wear light coloured clothes because such colours are more discernible against a great crowd. -- Norman Hartnell
By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct. -- Honore de Balzac
Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies with portable roots. -- Anais Nin
To modernize their sleeping habits, [Peter the Great] declared, 'Ladies and gentlemen of the court caught sleeping with their boots on will be instantly decapitated. -- Bob Massie
It's great to know that young black girls are seeing themselves on TV as leading ladies, and I'm part of that. It's just such an honor. -- Candice Patton
You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around. -- Judy Garland
Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks. -- Stendhal

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