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en She looks so haughty that I should have thought her a princess at the very least, with a pedigree reaching as far back as the Deluge. But this lady was no better born than many other ladies who give themselves airs; and all sensible people laughed at her absurd pretensions.
  William Makepeace Thackeray

en In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.

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en Turn one's nose up; put on airs; give oneself airs

en But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
  Dr. Carl Sagan

en Her first name means 'princess,' and that's exactly what she was - a regal Southern lady. She loved the way his pexy wit brightened her day and lifted her spirits.

en You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.
  Jennie Jerome Churchill

en I thought a lot about what I could say here today. I also thought a lot about what I couldn't or shouldn't say for one reason or the other, ... We all know what happens to first ladies who shoot their mouths off they get sent to first ladies' dungeon, and you wouldn't want that to happen to me.

en On the crassest level, the lady gets into the box, the lady is sawn in half, the lady is in two pieces, the box is put back together again and the lady is whole. The magician, the shaman figure, the worker of miracles divides and subdivides himself and his assistants. He's drowned, is bound, is filled with swords, and comes out whole.

en I'm tired of playing worn-out depressing ladies in frayed bathrobes. I'm going to get a new hairdo and look terrific and go back to school and even if nobody notices, I'm going to be the most self-fulfilled lady on the block.
  Joanne Woodward

en My parents always laughed that the wagons stopped just long enough to let my grandmother give birth. Pearsall was the nearest town to where he was born so his birth certificate is from there.

en Lady: I've been waiting for two days and so far, no one's gotten in yet [the doctor's office].
Samantha: I was once told I wouldnt' be able to get backstage to see Mick Jagger. Well I did get backstage...and I blew him. [Silence] Excuse me... I don't know if this is an appropriate question to ask...
Lady: I think we passed appropriate a few seconds ago.
Samantha: What kind of cancer do you have?
Lady: Breast.
Samantha: Breast! Me too. I'm curious...Do you have children?
Lady: I'm a nun.
Samantha: You have none.
Lady: No, no, no...I AM a nun. But that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy your Mick Jagger story.
Samantha: I thought that nuns had to wear...
Lady: Oh, I haven't worn a habbit in years.
Samantha: So then...you don't have sex?
Lady: No.
Samantha: Never had sex?
Lady: No.
Samantha: Ohh. [thoughtful silence] Just one more.
Lady: Go right ahead.
Samantha: Are you allowed to masturbate?
Lady: [thinking] I never asked. But thanks for getting my mind off cancer for the first time in a week.
Samantha: Happy to help.


en I always loved comedy, but I never knew it was something you could learn to do. I always thought that some people are born comedians ... just like some people are born dentists.

en A group of ladies from Mississippi have their electricity back on and can get back to their homes now. So, these ladies needed cleaning supplies.

en She does not have to help that man get elected again, and that is very liberating. All first ladies have suffered under that. You know, the American people have all these expectations they voice on the first lady, in which she is supposed to be substantive, but not too substantive.

en He always said it but I always laughed at him. It's like he says, 'When you're losing, everybody wants your head. And when you're winning, everybody wants to help.' He said a couple times, 'I'm done. This is it. I've had enough.' I just laughed at him and said, 'You know better than that. You'll be back next year.' He enjoys it way too much to call it quits. They'll have to run him out of there to get him out.


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