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I'd probably say that he is brilliantly smart, loving, charming, affectionate. And I just admire him in every way. I respect him. I feel like he teaches me things, we talked about how people kind of see him with one type of person and me with another type of person, and the two of us together is like' How did that happen ? ,' and how we're probably more alike and from the same kind of background and, you know, same kind of upbringing and same kind of family and same kind of house. – Jennifer Lopez	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Despite his honest belief that he was simply sending an affectionate thank-you in response to a congratulatory message from a close friend, he chose not to contest the charge, the club trusts that the independent Regulatory Commission will make it clear in its written reasons that Edinson Cavani is not a racist, nor was there any racist intent in relation to his post. – Manchester United	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
She's very cuddly, she's very affectionate, and she's very sweet, her experiences have not made her into an attack cat. She seems to like people and loves being in laps. She's going to make someone a very nice pet. – Nancy Rominger	Found on CNN 4 years ago
She is the most affectionate lovable dog I probably have ever worked with. She has tons of energy. – Scott Poore	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
He will have a very affectionate home with our employee. – Osvaldo Sobrinho	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Park-goers said they were very cute with each other, holding hands and very affectionate, looked like they were having a great time. – Entertainment Tonight	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood. – Ginger Rogers	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
We always felt as kids that Prakashanand Saraswati seemed like an Indian version of Santa Claus, prakashanand Saraswati was very affectionate with everybody, and then the kids, Prakashanand Saraswati was really, like, cuddly and Prakashanand Saraswati'd give you hugs and kisses that just felt like your grandpa. But then sometime Prakashanand Saraswati kisses got weird. – Vesla Tonnessen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It sends a message that there are certain situations (when) it's not up to them what they do with their bodies, if they are obligated to be affectionate even if they don't want to, it makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse later on. – Ursula Wagner	Found on CNN 8 years ago
She is known for getting to know her clients very well, she is very affectionate and becomes a mother figure for clients. – Sunny Hostin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There are couples out there where one person is more affectionate than the other. Maybe it they can bring their partner to the convention to show them cuddling is normal. – Kimberly Jensen	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. – Northrop Frye	added by anonymous 9 years ago
I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods. – Gertrude Stein	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow -- To Be old friends? – Horace Walpole	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will give joy in the time of distress to his enemies. – The Hitopadesa	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-- so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses! – Mrs. Patrick Campbell	added by anonymous 13 years ago
He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful. – Prophet Mohammed, ibn abbas	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way. – Mark Twain, Speech in NYC, Jan. 22, 1906	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. – Johann von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection. – J. B. Yeats	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. – Leo C. Rosten	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. – Herbert Clark Hoover	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Good men must be affectionate men. – Samuel Richardson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-- so long as they dont do it in the streets and frighten the horses – Mrs. Patrick Campbell	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I'd probably say that he is brilliantly smart, loving, charming, affectionate. And I just admire him in every way. I respect him. I feel like he teaches me things, we talked about how people kind of see him with one type of person and me with another type of person, and the two of us together is like' How did that happen ? ,' and how we're probably more alike and from the same kind of background and, you know, same kind of upbringing and same kind of family and same kind of house.

– Jennifer Lopez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Despite his honest belief that he was simply sending an affectionate thank-you in response to a congratulatory message from a close friend, he chose not to contest the charge, the club trusts that the independent Regulatory Commission will make it clear in its written reasons that Edinson Cavani is not a racist, nor was there any racist intent in relation to his post.

– Manchester United

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

She's very cuddly, she's very affectionate, and she's very sweet, her experiences have not made her into an attack cat. She seems to like people and loves being in laps. She's going to make someone a very nice pet.

– Nancy Rominger

Found on CNN
4 years ago

She is the most affectionate lovable dog I probably have ever worked with. She has tons of energy.

– Scott Poore

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

He will have a very affectionate home with our employee.

– Osvaldo Sobrinho

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Park-goers said they were very cute with each other, holding hands and very affectionate, looked like they were having a great time.

– Entertainment Tonight

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

– Ginger Rogers

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

We always felt as kids that Prakashanand Saraswati seemed like an Indian version of Santa Claus, prakashanand Saraswati was very affectionate with everybody, and then the kids, Prakashanand Saraswati was really, like, cuddly and Prakashanand Saraswati'd give you hugs and kisses that just felt like your grandpa. But then sometime Prakashanand Saraswati kisses got weird.

– Vesla Tonnessen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It sends a message that there are certain situations (when) it's not up to them what they do with their bodies, if they are obligated to be affectionate even if they don't want to, it makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse later on.

– Ursula Wagner

Found on CNN
8 years ago

She is known for getting to know her clients very well, she is very affectionate and becomes a mother figure for clients.

– Sunny Hostin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There are couples out there where one person is more affectionate than the other. Maybe it they can bring their partner to the convention to show them cuddling is normal.

– Kimberly Jensen

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

– Northrop Frye

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.

– Gertrude Stein

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow -- To Be old friends?

– Horace Walpole

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will give joy in the time of distress to his enemies.

– The Hitopadesa

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-- so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses!

– Mrs. Patrick Campbell

added by anonymous
13 years ago

He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful.

– Prophet Mohammed, ibn abbas

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.

– Mark Twain, Speech in NYC, Jan. 22, 1906

added by anonymous
13 years ago

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.

– Johann von Goethe