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Related Part of our challenging times are coming to an end. Hopefully, people will start getting back in the... LINDA ROBINSON Seeing stuff helps, but what helps is getting in there and mixing it up a little bit. We're getting ... ALLAN EVRIDGE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Some people are just now getting back to their homes and to the homes of their relatives. The bodies... FRANK MINYARD You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN I was seeing her do the same things as a 10th-grader that older kids were just getting to, BLAIR BROWN Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde... GARY F EVANS... When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... RICK RIORDAN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and d... KATE WINSLET You know where the quarterback is going to line up. So with me, I'll be coming from the left side an... ADEWALE OGUNLEYE Whenever you exert that much energy coming back, it's so hard getting over the hump. Defensively, we... AL FORD We are getting it back little by little. It's kind of coming in sporadically. DOUG WALLACE We are in this for the long haul. This menu has great breadth. And we have been ... getting the resp... PREBEN WULFF I like airplanes, so I don't mind getting up every morning and coming down here. GEORGE COOK It's just about all 11 people getting on the same page in the same book. It comes with time. The def... ADALIUS THOMAS I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and... BILL KREUTZMANN Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Everyone was just getting the kinks out, and it was fun to back with the guys. I think everyone feel... DWAYNE DE ROSARIO The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS If you are a misfit in one place, you will be a great fit in another. ALAN COHEN The secret of getting ahead is getting started. MARK TWAIN As far as getting up for the meet and getting excited, Mutual of Omaha did a great job of setting up... BRENDAN HANSEN Now i know what it feels like being Ryan Bingham ARIEL SERAPHINO We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to ... MATT MCGORRY If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Yes, it is totally acceptable that for any given country to become assured of its safety, it has to ... RAY ANYASI The mortality rates among people around age 60 is about the same in both countries. But we don't do ... JAMES SMITH In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... So, yes, maybe we end up with lots of pictures of the same place from different missions. But I thin... BEN BUSSEY That's what a lot of these meets are, just getting back in the swing of things and seeing what we ne... KYLIE MCCUEN They will be getting the same advising high school graduates got. They are in the same position, jus... ALLISON JONES They're on the fast track to getting it up and running. We're looking to getting it back in business... ALEX SCHOTT It's just a matter of getting these cleared up and getting my driver's license back, and I'll be bac... TERRY ANDERSON What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisi... WILLIAM GLASSER This is the most fun stage of a company just getting it off the ground, getting the team together, g... BOB BALES This is the most fun stage of a company just getting it off the ground, getting the team together... BOB BALES This is a great rivalry, even though we are not in the same league, ... I know that Owen J. Roberts ... BECKY EDWARDS So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Elli... ED SMITH Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Half the battle is getting the probe up in space, but getting information back quickly and not limit... KARL BERGGREN We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG The dirtiest minds amongst the adult males are perhaps the ones who back-up their support to the wom... ANUJ SOMANY Just seeing other people, people getting on with their normal lives, is such a hard thing after you'... JENNIFER SHAW WOLF My knee is 100 percent, so it's not like I'm getting any swelling. It's just the fact that I'm getti... WILLIS MCGAHEE Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all... TOM BRADY Every year we see our prescription sales increase ... up to 63 percent of our sales now. At the same... CAROL HIVELY A nation is the same people living in the same place. JAMES JOYCE There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Just little things they do—like getting up and making the coffee every morning—helps. But they a... CHRISTINA SMITH We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH The situation is getting worse because we are seeing an increase in the numbers of children coming t... IBRAHIM YOUNIS Since Wednesday morning, we've worked hard in getting this place cleaned up and aired out so we coul... CHRIS FORESTA My coach, Floyd Evans, took the same heat when he left me in. That's what this game's all about, spe... CHERYL MILLER That's what's great about the horror genre is that you're getting a load of people toget... WES CRAVEN I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in plac... DALE EARNHARDT So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke ... ED SMITH We just weren't getting any breaks. Jeff Stoughton said the same thing heading into the (Olympic) Tr... CHARLEY THOMAS Nostalgia is when you want things to stay the same. I know so many people staying in the same place. JEANNE MOREAU Both Christian and Will displayed a great deal of maturity in getting the setup right on the car. ALAN JONES It's not just getting back up after you are knocked down, try to figure out why you were knocked dow... MICKAVELI It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I ... NANCY KERRIGAN I'm optimistic at this point that Mike will be the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Vikings. I... BRIAN LEVY The retailers of the world basically said, why aren't we treated in the same fashion? State governme... BRENT FRANK It's back to normal, but it's a different normal. It's not the same as it was before, but people are... ERIC YOUNG Little by little, they've been getting better, skating better, especially in the last two or three g... DAVE WARREN The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because som... RAY BRADBURY Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN I though the key point in the game was Scott Andrews coming in first and third and Duke with a 2-1 l... BILLY GODWIN To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET I had a lot of emotion from missing a lot of games last year, just the emotion of coming back. Was I... JULIAN PETERSON Although we were getting very close to a deal, it just was not coming to fruition. DAVID SIMMONS There is no such thing as objectivity. We are all just interpreting signals from the universe and tr... BONES THE DOCTOR IN THE PHOTO We're just getting back into the football vibe. It's been a little rough. You get out of shape when ... JAY ALFORD People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are ent... GARY WEISS We have some new flavors. We tried to get new bands in and new performers, mix it up a bit so people... JOSH AMOS I thought the experienced guys, the leaders, the seniors and Lance (Clarke, a junior) did a great jo... DAVID MCLAUGHLIN The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. What America needs is more young people who will carry to their jobs the same enthusiasm for getting... M.A. KELLY Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Veblen was a great advocate of getting together informally. His teas were in the same spirit. He bel... ALONZO CHURCH It's a big confidence boost with the Games coming up. In the 3,000, I tried to approach it the same ... CINDY KLASSEN Too many Busch guys are packing up and going home each week without getting in the race. The Cup dri... DAVID GREEN May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH When freshmen and their parents arrive in the Butler quad, they have an expectation that they're goi... JON HLAFTER No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever." "Forever has no mea... ELLEN HOPKINS A perfectly decent fellow may be driven by circumstances to commit a crime and if he's found out he'... W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... WILLIAM FAULKNER I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with somebody that's corny, I al... J.D. SALINGER “Love is not to be discovered but felt.It is brewing in air across universe.One needs only open ey... ANUJ SOMANY I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live. THICH NHAT HANH You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. JAY ASHER Life is a journey, not a destination. RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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