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“You know all the ways you can kill a girl?
God, there are so many.”
Source: All the Rage
“You know all these stadiums that U2 are playing? I've played in them. And I'm building up to it again.”
“You know, all this is speculating. I don't think any of us really know what's going on. I think there's always that pendulum action in American politics, and I expect Nixon to run into trouble in the next few years. I think there's going to be disillusionment over his war settlement. I think the economic problems are not going to get better and the problems in the great cities are going to worsen, and it may be that by '76 somebody can come along and win on a kind of platform that I was running on in '72.”
Source: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
“You know all those bad girls who take off their selendang and put round their neck like fashion-show? One day, when the wind is very strong, the selendang will catch the wind. Then it will swing up and down and then round and round so fast, very fast, until it traps the spirit of the wind. Then it will grow long and thick and wrap itself round and round and round this girl’s neck. And then, when the girl cannot breathe, it will swallow her whole. Be careful, girl, be careful how you wear this.”
“You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I'm the worst one.”
“You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again.”
“You know an action is the correct one for you because you don't think, "This is costing me my power." I can be tired after a day's work at the right job, but I'm not psychically drained to where I feel like I'm losing life.”
“You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.”
Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“You know, an old man like me can teach a young boy like you all the good things in life. But it takes a young boy like you to teach an old man like me to appreciate all the good things in life. I guess that’s what life’s all about.”
Source: Summer of the Monkeys
“You know and I know that as soon as it's done, you have to get it out there. You want what's best for it. And especially in owning a label, which some days is the greatest thing for me and in some days is my demise because you see the truth and the work that goes into things and you see things happen and you see things not happen, and all you want in this world of currency right now is popularity, that's it!”
“You know. And if you don't know, you don't want to.”
Source: The Rest of Us Just Live Here
“You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.”
“You know and we know, as practical men that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”
Source: History of the Peloponnesian War
“You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.”
Source: Magic Bites: A Special Edition of the First Kate Daniels Novel
“You know as a player that you won’t have many opportunities to play in World Cups - so you have to take them when you can.”
“You know as far as diet goes, for a while I was really obsessed with counting fat grams along with the rest of the world.”
“You know as I started as a shy young conductor, I always wanted to cooperate. To build up the musicians. To help them to be better than without a conductor. And sometimes young talented musicians have to be encouraged.”
“You know as per psychology, a break up supposedly takes only 6 months of healing to move on. The pain reduces significantly and one is able to see positivity around him/her.”
Source: Red Sugar, No More
“You know as well as anyone that I play with my toys until they break. And then, I play with them harder.”
Source: Malice Mafia
“You know as well as I do that choosing to love another person is choosing to be hurt. However, is choosing ‘not to love’ actually choosing to be hurt simply because we will have chosen to keep a part of ourselves to ourselves that will die a most horrific death in the keeping?”
“You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.”
“You know as well as I do that one can be imprisoned in one’s mind.”
Source: The Italian Girl
“You know as well as I do that people who die bad don't stay in the ground.”
Source: Beloved
“You know as well as I that this doesn’t end with kill teams or assassins or a pre-emptive strike thousands of light years from Terra. It ends with me looking into my father’s eyes, my hands around His neck, and showing Him everything he loves burned to ash by His lies.”
Source: Vengeful Spirit
“You know,' Astrid said, as Ara climbed off the window ledge, 'sometimes it’s a good thing. When you don’t know it’s the last time.”
Source: Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
“You know at once, if you are clairvoyant in these matters (libre-voyant, one might say), when you have met your book. You may dally and evade, you may go on about your affairs, but the paragraph of prose your eye fell upon, or the snatch of verses, or perhaps only the spirit and flavour of the volume, more divined than reasonably noted, will follow you.”
Source: The Haunted Bookshop
“You know at the end of the day, when you close the door and you're all alone... And you strip off your armor and lower your guard and peel away the mask... When there's nobody watching and nothing to hide... And you no longer need to be strong or clever or pretty or brave... There's just you. That's it. That's the soul.”
Source: Batgirl (2000-2006) #45
“You know at this point you have everything you need. It's available to you from the inside and you see you are supported in many ways. You realize that there is more to this dimension, to this reality, than you have seen before. You see you are being taken care of, you are being loved, you are being looked after. All that's needed is to go inside, become still and listen.”
“You know, back in slavery times, our people told stories and sang songs to pass on information when it was dangerous to say things out loud.”
...
“... . There’s an unseen river of communication that forever flows—dark and powerful. Tonight was about food and laughter, yes. But it was also about navigatin’ that river.”
Source: Stella by Starlight
“You know back when there were light shows, there was this thing for people to sync into together. And the more people got synced into it, the more sync started happening. I guess it's just the size of the venue, and traveling around and so forth that it doesn't happen anymore. I don't know why.”
“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?' I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore an inclement and pitiless sky.' That is not what I meant,' interrupted my father, as obstinate as the trees and as pitiless as the sky.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time: The Way by Swann's
“You know before you know, of course. You are bending over the dryer, pulling out the still-warm sheets, and the knowledge walks up your backbone. You stare at the man you love and you are staring at nothing; he is gone before he is gone.”
“You know being and ex serviceman and a Disabled Gulf War Veteran. You could play Taps on a Jews Harp and I'd still cry”
Source: Return to Stantasyland
“You know, being bitten by a vampire one week before prom really sucks.
No pun intended.”
Source: Boys that Bite
“You know being born is important to you. You know nothing else was ever so important to you.”
“You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.”
“You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.”
“You know better than most what a violent world this is... even more so if you're walking around in it not being and looking how the dodgy majority want you to be and look.”
Source: King Deadpool, Vol. 1
“You know Beyoncé, man. She's very quiet about how she does things. She doesn't like to let everybody know what she's about to do.”
“You know, birds always find their way home, no matter the distance. Perhaps you will, too.”
Source: Upon a Frosted Star
“You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.”
“You know, Brent, that every case is like a puzzle within a puzzle within another puzzle. Some pieces are always missing, and some never would fit no matter what. We call that police work.”
“We call it reasonable doubt.”
Source: Absolute Intolerance
“You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.”
“You know, Chavez, what Kaiser Wilhelm said after he had caused the death of millions? He said: ’Ich habe das nicht gewollt.’ I didn’t want THIS to happen. A worthy epitaph for mankind.”
Source: The Gasp
“You know children, always playing with the forces of darkness.”
Source: The Reckoning: Number 3 in series
“You know Chuck [Schumer] - always got to be the big macher.”
“You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road
The roots are deep inside us
It's the rhythm in our soul.”
“You know coaches. Sometimes they ramble.”
“You know,' Cola said , ' whatever happened to you … maybe it’s good to have the nature of reality questioned now and again , don’t you think ?”
Source: Day for Night
“You know... confessing to avoid prosecution is a time-honored strategy.
I don't want to be honored with time. Honor me with "slap-on-the-wrist," or maybe even "scot free.”
Source: Emperor Pius Dei