“Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close."
"Little person," Briggs said. "And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.”

— Janet Evanovich , High Five

Source: High Five

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“Is that good?”
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“I didn't say that my son died for Israel. I've never said that. I saw somebody wrote that and it wasn't my words. Those aren't even words that I would say.”

Cindy Sheehan (1957) American antiwar activist

Cindy Sheehan Sheehan says someone else made up the "my son died for Israel" quote that has been attributed to her Interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/cindy-sheehan-mother-of-spc-casey.html CNN.com 4 March 2004
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“You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will never die.
And it means something else too, doesn't it? I shall never ever grow up.”

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Source: Interview with the Vampire

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"Little person," Briggs said. "And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.”

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“Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close."
"Little person," Briggs said. "And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.”