Fernando is always dangerous no matter what, and he started playing like the Fernando I've come to know, the one who can hurt you in an instant. He wasn't pushing like he was in the first couple of sets. He was going after his shots and they were going in.
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He was like Larry Bird in basketball. He was one of the first guys at pra... JACK MCMAHON Father Fernando did every thing in his power to assist the sick; and although he arrived much reduce... JUNIPERO SERRA There was no hope . . . no help to be had. And as he heard Voldemort draw nearer still, he knew o... J.K. ROWLING Now he'll be back in a situation where he can fulfill the role that Reggie Miller was playing, where... MAURICE EVANS He actually had an entertainer who wanted to buy one of his cars, and that was going to bring in a l... GEORGE LEWIS He didn't sound as frantic like I thought he should. He said oh no like he knew something was going ... MALINDA KUFAHL I can remember, we walked by one little shop and the owner was just sitting there on the steps with ... CHRIS EYRE He had no fear and he took the shots and drilled them. In life, you are going to be challenged and w... ED HOOI If we knew and if he knew (who killed Moxley), he would be the first one to rat the person out, no m... MICKEY SHERMAN He's always doing stuff like that in practice. I knew he was going to get the ball to me. He told me... CURTIS BROWN I love you," he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved s... JODI PICOULT I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that he wa... CHARLES PICKERING [Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you wi... LEE TREVINO He was like, 'Big G, what up? Who you walking with?' ... I said, 'Nobody. I'm just sightseeing.' He... GREG ODEN Well . . . he lets it ruin his life. He gets so obsessed with going after the one thing that hurt hi... SHERRILYN KENYON He (Rowe) was a good guy. He could always make you laugh no matter what mood you were in. ALISHA LONSDALE Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ... SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota... FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE I like to find old things and I picked up that arrowhead in tears, that broken point ... LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more... FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ... FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa... HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re... HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin... HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act. HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods. HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ... HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties. HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university. HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have... HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI We were all so proud of what he was doing, and he was proud, too. If he was going to be away from hi... KARLA HOLWERDA I can remember once when they were going through the top three or four closers, a couple months ago ... TONY LA RUSSA James Lewis and those other kids in '78, '79 and '80 laid the groundwork for our state championship ... DALE MAYS I really don't know what it is, because I can only think of one time in the nine years I've been her... HAL MORTON Somehow in the confines in his mind, he started putting together this dream, which is how he describ... BILL FERGUSON He was very emotional when he first saw Blake in the hospital. But now he helps out with his brother... SHERRY SCARBERRY Jeff Stallings was one of the top pitchers in the conference. We lost him towards the end of last ye... ELLIOTT AVENT All last year we tried to teach him Fernando Valenzuela English, and the only word he learned was mi... TOMMY LASORDA His challenging of shots and blocking shots made a big difference because in the first half, when th... LUTE OLSON I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that ... CHARLES PICKERING It was unintentional, Andre headbutted me right in the head, ... He always liked me and he was reall... LANNY POFFO He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into ... JAMES BARBER I mean, he ain't going to button up his chin strap and get in front of me, so it doesn't really matt... JULIUS PEPPERS (Pak) is one of the best assist guys in the league and the first thing he noticed was his assists an... STEW MORRILL The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, fil... BILL HADER He caught me with an elbow in the face and I hit the edge of the boards. He's just a guy that plays ... MATIC KRALJ I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h... RICHELLE MEAD When he was 4, he looked like he was 6. When he was 8, he looked like he was 10. When he was 12, he ... LINDA CHRISTIAN I'm kinda secretive, and I can't even say secretive because of my son. He's the type, li... REMY MA One thing with Charlie is you always knew where he was and what his expectations were. That's going ... TOM BRADY [Chris Osgood said he didn't think much about playing his former teammates. He knew them well, thoug... DOUG WEIGHT Lamar has always made a lot of big shots in his career. He is a great shooter and he knows how to ma... MICHAEL TELLER He loved teaching, whether it was football or academically. He was always laughing and telling jokes... STEVE DALE When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do... OSCAR ROBERTSON That's Reggie. I don't think he was playing any different because it was us. He's always one to get ... RAY ALLEN The son has always felt like he was a footnote in one of the stories the father tells. The father is... DANNY DEVITO He wants Texas back.
(when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela mig... TOMMY LASORDA No matter who you are, no matter what you're going through, God knows it. He is with you. He is ... NICK VUJICIC England are not playing properly. So why not call Danny Murphy? He is playing well and is one of the... ALEXEI SMERTIN He was a fine referee, but what I am going to remember most is that he was a great human being. He d... JEAN BELIVEAU He had tons of time and was able to pick a spot and hit it. It seemed like point shots were going in... KURTIS FOSTER The air horns were going. As he was going through the intersection, he's blowing the air horns. He's... JERRY MCCRAY Victor really respects the game. He knows that it's a long haul. We always felt like he was going to... ERIC WEDGE Matt always thinks that. He got back what he started in the first place. He turned me sideways over ... TONY STEWART I was very disappointed at the first verdict. That's my son, and I was hoping at the most manslaught... ANN JOHNSON He used to hide his true self because he feared people wouldn’t like him, or would judge him for b... SCOTT STABILE I saw Hussy hurt three times with a jab on the ropes and his legs were gone on him. I wasn't looking... BILLY HUSSEIN I went down with my guitar and sat on his steps until he got there. And when he got there I introduc... JOHNNY CASH I didn't know he was going to be this good. He's an amazing swimmer who is always looking to improve... RHONDA WILSON He was one of the few people that could shut everybody up. He knew exactly what was going on. He cut... GEOFF BUMP He has been going through a very thorough and deliberate process. He has been doing his homework, an... SCOTT MCCLELLAN I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what... SALLY KIRKLAND Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to ... ADLAI E. STEVENSON II He was almost in tears because, for the first time in his life, he wasn't getting an opportunity to ... BILLY DONOVAN It looked like he was going to have a 1-2-3 inning. That was impressive. The first inning, he was le... DERREK LEE And he looked at me, and he put the whistle in his mouth like I was coaching and he was going to giv... BRUCE PEARL He started pushing the ball a little deeper. He needed to get some depth on his shots. He showed gre... ASHER COHEN It was huge for James because whoever was winning, it was a huge disadvantage. If you are up a set, ... BRIAN BARKER I always say that Ian Moser came off the mat after he won his third straight state title the same wa... DICKY HOWELL If Robert Blake got in his car after his wife was killed he would have blood on him. (Blake) had no ... ERIC DUBIN I went in at halftime and you could just tell he was hurt. He had tears in his eyes because he loves... EUGENE WILSON It was like he was playing in his backyard and nobody was guarding him. TUBBY SMITH He nodded at the sketchpad, still held in Dummy's claw, and it hurt, he didn't even want to think ab... SCIFIGRL47 It was like all they could do to restrain him from bounding into the room. It's like he knew we were... ANN MARIE FERRARESE Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had cons... FRED F. FIELDING With Soup (Campbell), you always know what you're going to get. We knew that when we took the lead b... DAVID FLORES This was a very difficult race, and Fernando has got another fantastic result. The whole team did a ... FLAVIO BRIATORE
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QUENTIN BLAKE I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphe... QUENTIN BLAKE As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature... QUENTIN BLAKE You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot. QUENTIN BLAKE I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for ... BLAKE SHELTON I always have my journal with me. It was handmade by a guy at the San Telmo market in Buenos Aires. ... BLAKE MYCOSKIE The representatives from various community groups really pleased me, AARON BLAKE I think this year we are really focusing on education, ... We need to embrace those who set out to h... AARON BLAKE What was painted on the B.U.C.K.S. side of the bridge with the black face crying white tears -- it's... AARON BLAKE I don't feel comfortable with my fellow students being out there until 3 in the morning, ... We are ... AARON BLAKE The two co-chairs of the [Black Leadership Institute] decided to contact who they thought were very ... AARON BLAKE I am a little disappointed that it wasn't packed, AARON BLAKE I credit my grandmother for my sense of style. She was known for wearing bright, outrageous things b... BLAKE MYCOSKIE When I was a child, I probably should have been medicated about my obsession with The Spice Girls. I... BLAKE LIVELY Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you ... BLAKE MYCOSKIE I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the pr... BLAKE FARENTHOLD The Gucci woman can be the equestrian woman, the woman in the suit, the woman in the flowy bohemian ... BLAKE LIVELY The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. WILLIAM BLAKE A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. 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May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,
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I told my wrath, my wrath die end.
I was angry with my foe;
... WILLIAM BLAKE Tools were made and born with hands,
Every farmer understands. WILLIAM BLAKE God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical
Demonstration! WILLIAM BLAKE Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blak... WILLIAM BLAKE When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
Wh... WILLIAM BLAKE Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive;
easy to govern, but impossible to en... WILLIAM BLAKE But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh, it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
... WILLIAM BLAKE You fuck - you ate my cat! KENDARE BLAKE Great things are done when men and mountains meet. WILLIAM BLAKE If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite. WILLIAM BLAKE If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man... WILLIAM BLAKE A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. WILLIAM BLAKE The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more.... WILLIAM BLAKE It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. WILLIAM BLAKE want people to rock out in the car and not care that people are watching, I love that feeling when t... BLAKE LEWIS To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the pa... WILLIAM BLAKE The selective memory isn't selective enough. 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I'd have taken better care of myself. Eubie Blake At Age 10... EUBIE BLAKE Energy is eternal delight. WILLIAM BLAKE Expect poison from standing water. WILLIAM BLAKE He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies li... WILLIAM BLAKE The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown. WILLIAM BLAKE He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. WILLIAM BLAKE Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. WILLIAM BLAKE Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. WILLIAM BLAKE Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Chr... WILLIAM BLAKE Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse. WILLIAM BLAKE Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street. WILLIAM BLAKE Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. WILLIAM BLAKE This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to be... WILLIAM BLAKE To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am... WILLIAM BLAKE What is now proved was only once imagined. WILLIAM BLAKE To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of... WILLIAM BLAKE My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, l... WILLIAM BLAKE When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! WILLIAM BLAKE I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy... WILLIAM BLAKE