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I’m starting to think animal attraction, paired with actual love and respect, only exists in scripted movies and romance novels.
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Tessa Bailey (My Killer Vacation)
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It’s a Wonderful Life has always made her uneasy. She can relate to George Bailey at the beginning of the film, but by the end he strikes her as someone with a serious bipolar condition who’s arrived at the manic part of his cycle. She has even wondered if, after the movie ends, he creeps out of bed and murders his whole family.
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Stephen King (If It Bleeds)
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She’d been pleasantly surprised to find out the movie starred Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon and decided the tape probably belonged to Bethany—but around the one-hour mark, the scene happened. The one on the roller coaster when Mark uses his finger on Reese.
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Tessa Bailey (Fix Her Up (Hot & Hammered, #1))
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Ask me anything, Bailey challenged.
What are you scared of? The question got out of Tibby's mouth before she meant to ask it.
Bailey thought. I'm afriad of time, she answered. She was brave, unflinching in the big Cyclops eye of the camera. There was nothing prissy or self-conscious about Bailey. I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time, she clarified. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgments and mistakes that eerybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots instead of movies.
Tibby looked at her in disbelief. She was struck by this new side of Bailey, this philosophical-beyond-her-years Bailey. Did cancer make you wise? Did those chemicals and X rays supercharge her twelve-year-old brain?
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Ann Brashares
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The main-character moment?” “Yeah. You know, when you’ve got the perfect mood going, soundtrack to match. And you’re on a rainy road, feeling dramatic. You’re the star of your own movie. You’re Rocky training for the fight. Or Baby learning how to merengue in Dirty Dancing. Or you’re just crying over a lost love.” She turned slightly in the seat. “Everyone does it!
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Tessa Bailey (Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2))
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The scene reminded Lita of a Marvel Comics movie where the hero tries to blend in among mortals, but is so obviously everyone’s savior. Her savior. If he would only allow himself to be.
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Tessa Bailey (Rough Rhythm (Made in Jersey, #1.5))
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Holly has been a movie buff all her life and has found things to enjoy even in films the critics have roasted (she believes, for example, that Stallone’s Cobra is woefully underestimated), but It’s a Wonderful Life has always made her uneasy. She can relate to George Bailey at the beginning of the film, but by the end he strikes her as someone with a serious bipolar condition who’s arrived at the manic part of his cycle. She has even wondered if, after the movie ends, he creeps out of bed and murders his whole family.
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Stephen King (If It Bleeds)
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I have the sick fantasy that whatever I see at the movies is going to happen to me at home. My bladder capacity increased tenfold after I saw "The Shining" because I was sure that if I went into the bathroom late at night, there would be a dead woman in the bathtub.
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Bailey White (Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living)
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Bailey loved when I ordered food for her, when I picked her wine. She liked to sit at my feet sometimes while we watched movies, and other times she liked to lay her head in my lap and forced me to play with her hair until she fell asleep.
Loving Bailey was not a hardship.
Neither was hurting her.
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Nikki Markham (Impact)
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Feeling almost giddily light and kind of . . . unrestrained, she pointed out at the horizon. “Mermaid off the port bow!” He snorted in her ear. “Phew. I’ve gotten the Little Mermaid reference out of my system. I was going to explode.” “I don’t know how I feel about my boat making you think of a Disney movie.
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Tessa Bailey (It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1))
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In life one of Midnight’s favourite movies had been It’s a Wonderful Life, a touching story where a man called George Bailey is shown how poor the world would have been if he’d never existed, but now the young ghost of Midnight Merlot was sat imagining himself not as the kind hero of his own narrative, but, - but as the anti-George.
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Tom Conrad
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Listening to Bailey, it occurred to me that the best commentary tracks are often by experts who did not work on the film but love it and have given it a lot of thought. They’re more useful than those rambling tracks where directors (notoriously shy about explaining their techniques or purposes) reminisce about the weather on the set that day.
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Roger Ebert (The Great Movies II)
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Mentally subtract positive events. To take the hurt out of a regret, try a mental trick made famous in the 1946 movie It’s a Wonderful Life. On Christmas Eve, George Bailey stands on the brink of suicide when he’s visited by Clarence, an angel who shows George what life in Bedford Falls would be like had he never been born. Clarence’s technique is called “mentally subtracting positive events.
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Daniel H. Pink (The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward)
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I mean, come on. Never watched one Disney? Not even Frozen? Everyone and their dog has watched that movie.
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G. Bailey (Alpha Hell (The Rejected Mate, #1))
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The promise of a happy life free from discomfort is dangled before us and from every angle voices scream at us to chase it. Psychologists talk about self-realisation and self-esteem. Politics champions materialistic values and realigns our moral system as it calls us to select a side. Movies and television by-pass our rational objections and draw us into making emotional responses to characters and stories that are feeding us this same world view.
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Spyridon Bailey (The Ancient Path)
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PEPPERMINT CREAM COCKTAIL 3/4 oz (20ml) crème de menthe 3/4 oz (20ml) white crème de cacao 3/4 oz (20ml) hazelnut liqueur 3/4 oz (20ml) Baileys Irish Cream 3/4 oz (20ml) cream 3/4 oz (20ml) milk Good quality cocoa powder Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Pour in all the ingredients and shake vigorously. Strain into a cocktail glass and top with milk to taste. Sift a light dusting of cocoa powder on the top and serve. Maggie’s tip: If you’d prefer a more subtle hint of mint, use half the recommended amount of crème de menthe and a little more Baileys.
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Zara Keane (Movie Club Mysteries: Books 1-3: Dial P for Poison / The Postman Always Dies Twice / How to Murder a Millionaire (Movie Club Mysteries #1-3))
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I’m talking mashed potatoes. Roast potatoes. Sweet potatoes. Potato casserole. Those thinly sliced potatoes with that cheese sauce on them. Potato salad, even.”
“Jimmy?” Dallas says with a startlingly sweet smile. “Yeah?”
“Shut the hell up about potatoes.”
“But they’re the best part of Thanksgiving dinner! Everyone knows that.”
“It’s my Irish blood, makes me love the things. Can’t get enough of ‘em.”
“Binge-watching Collin Farrell movies while youeat Lucky Charms doesn’t make you Irish, dumbass,” he grouches.
“I dress up for St. Patrick’s day, too,” Triple J responds, defensive.
I swivel from where I’m removing my shin guards to peer at him. “What the hell do you dress up as for St. Patrick’s day?”
He shakes his head at me like I’m incredibly stupid for asking this. “A leprechaun, of course.”
Dallas grins. “Surely you don’t even need a costume for that one.
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Katie Bailey (Season's Schemings (Cyclones Christmas, #1))
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Bailey sat on the edge of the couch and fed Maddy grapes. The very swollen mommy-to-be initially complained about being fed like a pet. Eventually, she gave in and enjoyed the attention. Not to be outdone, Sawyer turned a fan towards Maddy and was painting her nails. I watched them baby her and wondered about when I would be that big and uncomfortable.
“I’m in no hurry to have a baby,” Tawny said, maybe for the tenth time since arriving. “Not in any hurry at all.”
Farah grinned from where she was cutting carrots into little perfect sticks for dipping. “Coop is obsessed with getting me pregnant. First, his little brother is about to have a baby then his best friend. I swear whenever we’re alone, he’s inside me,” she said then her smile grew. “It’s awesome.”
“Huh,” Tawny muttered. “Judd is in me all the time too and not because he’s trying to plant his flag or lay his seed or whatever.”
“Jealous?” Farah asked and Tawny fake glared at her.
“Sometimes, my sister irritates me too,” I said and they both laughed.
“I’m going to brush the baby’s hair,” Bailey announced to no one in particular. “When she’s old enough, I’m going to put those little barrettes in her hair and make her wear headbands and turn her into a doll. Then when she cries, I’m giving her back to Maddy.”
“Yeah for me,” Maddy whispered with her eyes closed.
“Are you suffering?” Bailey asked. “Like should I do more for you to ease away the horror of how huge you’ve become?”
Opening her eyes a crack, Maddy muttered, “Stop charming me.”
Bailey grinned. “Seriously, you look pretty miserable today.”
“I’ve been having those Braxton Hicks contractions since yesterday.”
“Is that bad?” Sawyer asked, looking up from her meticulous work on Maddy’s toes. “Is it like hemorrhoids?”
When we laughed, Sawyer beamed, even though she likely had no idea what was funny.
“They’re like practice contractions,” Maddy explained. “They don’t hurt much, but they’re uncomfortable.”
Bailey frowned. “How do you know all this stuff?”
“I read a book.”
“Yeah, I did that once. Not a fan.”
“You guys don’t have to hang out here,” Maddy said. “The guys are out having fun and you’re pampering me. You could go to the movies if you want.”
“No,” Bailey said quickly. “I need to be super nice because I had a dream that being nice will lead to a handsome awesome guy who is the fucker. I want that guy. He belongs to me and I’m sick of waiting, so shut up and let me be nice to you.”
“Sure,” Maddy said, sighing. “This is nice, but I’m going to have to pee soon.”
“Do you need me to carry you?” Bailey asked.
“Maybe. Ask me in a few minutes.
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Bijou Hunter (Damaged and the Cobra (Damaged, #3))
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But no matter how many movies we watched, we never learned their deepest lesson: they end. George Bailey finally sees his life as wonderful. Rosebud, we find out, is a sled. Travis shoots Old Yeller. One of the things that distinguishes life from movies is the pause button. We can keep Travis' finger on the trigger, the barrel staring down his Yeller, but there is no pause button for the things that matter.
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Greg Letellier (Paper Heart: Love Stories)
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What? You think this movie is garbage just like I do?
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Bailey West (Paxton's Peace (Bluette Men #3))
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But before he could go, Jeremy pointed to the third door, the one that the baker had not opened, and said, “What’s in there?” “Oh,” the baker said, his eyes falling on the door. “Nothing, nothing. Please do not open it.” Again the baker made to leave, and again Jeremy stopped his progress. “Mr. Blix?” “Yes?” “You can’t do that.” The baker seemed confused. “Can’t do what?” “You can’t leave and tell us not to open the door, because that happens all the time in fairy tales and movies, and everyone knows that sooner or later whoever isn’t supposed to open the door is going to open the door, and …” “Yes?” the baker said. “And that’s when things start happening.” A laugh rumbled up from the baker’s belly. Then he walked over to the third door and lifted the latch. He pushed the door gently open and stepped aside so that Jeremy and Ginger could peer in. Well! This room was just like the other two, except that the gleaming shelves were already stacked with sacks of flour and sugar, baking soda and salt. “Frank Bailey and I cleaned this one last week and loaded the shelves, which”—he winked—“you will know something about before your workday is over.” He smiled at Jeremy. “I didn’t mean to be mysterious. I just didn’t want anything disturbed or any dust to get in. You understand?” “Sure,” Jeremy said. “Sorry.” The baker seemed unperturbed. “Not at all,” he said, pulling the door closed again. “Perhaps it’s been too long since I read a story or went to a movie.
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Tom McNeal (Far Far Away)
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View the descriptions of podcasts, TV shows, movies, and books as a pitch for your time and attention.
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Chris Bailey (Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve More)
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I suffered through that live-action Cats movie last night trying to score points with the wife. One fart–one–and I lost all my progress.'
Fox bit back a smile. "No luck, huh?'
'Had to sleep on the couch,' grumbled the deckhand.
'Don’t take it so hard, man.' Fox shivered, despite the heat. 'That movie could dry up the Pacific.'
'I don't know, there's just something about Judi Dench…' Sanders mused.
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Tessa Bailey (Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2))
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It’s like living with Cousin Eddie and Catherine from the Vacation movies, except worse.” Tom creased his face in confusion. “Sorry,” Laurie Ann said, taking another
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Robert Bailey (The Last Trial (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #3))
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Looking into his eyes instead of where she was stepping, she put her foot too far to the edge of the step and as she shifted her weight forward to get onto the boat, her foot slid and she ended up falling into Chase.
He caught her—also like some stupid romantic movie—but the bag she was holding whacked him in the leg and he winced. She looked down. It didn’t just hold strands of lights. There was also a big, hard plastic, gold-glitter covered star. With very sharp points. One of which was poking into his leg.
Bailey quickly shifted to move the bag away from his leg but that only managed to press her hips into his.
And the big, hard shape behind his fly.
Her eyes flew to his face.
He was looking down at her. His expression held pain, amusement, heat, and exasperation all at once.
Impressively.
“Sorry I’m poking you,” she said, her voice breathless.
“I was going to say the same.”
His grin registered before his words did.
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Erin Nicholas (Must Love Alligators (Boys of the Bayou, #5))
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Let’s go fuck up some cannibals,” Tara said seriously, then she looked around at the blank faces of the girls. “What? Wasn’t that a cool line?” “No,” Anna said. “What would you have said?” Tara asked with a hand on her hip. “Oooh, ooh, I got one,” Bailey said excitedly, then she spoke in her best male voice, which was absolutely terrible. “Time to devour some man eaters.” “I think that was worse,” Paige laughed. “Much worse,” I agreed. “Damn,” Bailey said. “Don’t listen to them,” Tara told the other blonde. “Those were great.” “I never realized how difficult writing for movies must be,” Bailey said
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Eric Vall (Without Law 9 (Without Law, #9))
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Well, she watched it, while I watched her watching the movie.
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Katie Bailey (Holiday Hostilities (Cyclones Christmas #2))
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In the meantime, do you want to eat soup and watch a scary movie with me? Not an ounce of Christmas cheer, just a bunch of decapitations and stabbings?"
She laughs. "I thought you'd never ask.
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Katie Bailey (Holiday Hostilities (Cyclones Christmas #2))
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She can relate to George Bailey at the beginning of the film, but by the end he strikes her as someone with a serious bipolar condition who’s arrived at the manic part of his cycle. She has even wondered if, after the movie ends, he creeps out of bed and murders his whole family.
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Stephen King (If It Bleeds)
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I want to be at home, cosy in my favourite set of pyjamas, making my way through a box of chocolates and watching an old Christmas movie.
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Mikayla Davids (The Christmas Party (Bailey Family #1))