King Henry Quotes

• An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.

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  Honore de Balzac

  Kings   Husband   Wife  

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• King Henry: But what a point, my lord, your falcon made, And what a pitch she flew above the rest! To see how God in all his creatures works! Yea, man and birds are fain of climbing high. Suffolk: No marvel, an it like your majesty, My lord protectors hawks do tower so well; They know their masters loves to be aloft, And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch. Gloucester: My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.

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  William Shakespeare

  Kings   Men   Climbing  

  William Shakespeare (1838). “Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of Each Play, and a Memoir of the Author by William Harness”, p.478

  1948

• I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.

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  Keith Carradine

  Kings   Couple   Years  

  "Keith Carradine on Deadwood, Fargo, and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2016.

  1994

• Till our King Henry had shook hands with Death.

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  William Shakespeare

  Death   Kings   Hands  

  William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone (1813). “King Henry VI, part 3; King Richard III”, p.41

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• England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

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  Kage Baker

  Kings   Wife   England  

  Kage Baker (2005). “In the Garden of Iden”, p.60, Macmillan

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• King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!

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  Red Buttons

  Kings   Ideas   Dinner  

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