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RICK JAMES So then he comes in and I says 'Listen, b*tch, ahm Rick James.'
DAVE CHAPPELLE He wasn't going to give me much out there and I didn't give him much. It didn't look like it was goi...
DENNIS SETZER Give me lust, baby.
Flash.
Give me malice.
Flash.
Give me detached existentialis...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK Rick came to me this week and told me of his situation,
BRUCE ALLEN Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Gi...
JOHN BAILLIE After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick Jam...
RICK JAMES I'll be your blanket, baby. Wrap yourself up in me. Let me give you shelter, in the winter of this w...
JOHN MARK GREEN I liked James and James liked me and we both knew it and if you think about it, that's like a miracl...
ROBIN BENWAY And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.
NORMAN MACCAIG How about we call it lovingly fucking your brains out?
R.K. LILLEY I appreciate (AD) Rick Hartzell coming to me and not waiting to look anywhere else.
BEN JACOBSON James Brown died owing me $50,000. But I loved James Brown.
DON KING The streetlight outside my house shines on tonight and I'm watching it like it could give me a visio...
SHERMAN ALEXIE Rick told me to put him in and that he'd get it done. He was mad as heck at me and should have been....
PHILLIP FULMER It seems like every week we hear of new excitement or response from celebrities. Last week, James Ea...
JAMES EARL JONES When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Rick Perry just doesn't get it,
CHRIS BELL When my stomach blew up, I immediately went to my gynecologist. I thought maybe it was because of th...
LISA MUHS For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Ric...
LAMAR ODOM He's my baby. So we have to give him a name.
BRITTANY HARDY First let me introduce you to James Sullivan.
ED GARLAND Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it
SARA SHEPARD Rick White showed me something. He's been overworked, but he got the job done.
PETE MACKANIN Hey Baby.
Baby? You're kidding me, right?
I was trying it out. No?
No.
CASSANDRA CLARE You have to give a lot of credit to (pitching coach James Frisbee). He comforted me about Palmer. Be...
GLENN WILSON Please don't give me the credit. You've got to start with Tamara James. I just want to make sure she...
KATIE MEIER Me is a common sense man. That mean when me explain things, me explain it in a very simple way; that...
BOB MARLEY If this thing passes it helps Rick Perry.
GARY KEITH It's random testing, right, ... They see me and every time it's, 'OK Rick, you're up.'
RICK DIPIETRO They just keep telling me it?s going to be baby steps.
JENN GIEL Olivia. Your marriage wont last. Tell Noah the truth; be fair. when you do, come find me, and ill gi...
TARRYN FISHER I know a lot of stuff, but to get some stuff near you need to get access, but the access isn't easy....
DEYTH BANGER We're quite pleased to have Rick.
MARK AITKEN Ugarte: You despise me, don't you?
Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.
JULIUS J. EPSTEIN Rick noticed that I was seeing the ball better from that side of the plate. It was kind of a natural...
JEN KOLLAER Don't call me baby when you're pissed, Sweet Pea."
"Don't call me Sweet Pea at all, baby
KRISTEN ASHLEY For me, I found working with Rick fascinating. I want as much data as I can get -- then break it dow...
AL LEITER Give it to me, she wanted to scream. Give me the pain. Let me take it from you.
VERONICA ROSSI No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and l...
JOHN IRVING Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be...
SANDRA K. COOK Don't forget to give Neville our love!' Ginny told James as she hugged him.
'Mum! I can't give ...
J.K. ROWLING Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH 'Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On' was my anthem as a child. It was about me. I was Baby.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.
EVAN DANDO Kind of unspoken, we both agreed to continue working and to get to the next stage, ... which was to ...
NEIL DIAMOND I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone i...
SALMA HAYEK I've talked to Rick Causey, and he does not have the willful, knowing, intentional state of mind it ...
MICHAEL RAMSEY No one vinces me, baby
MICHAEL GRANT Baby," I said, "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me.
CHARLES BUKOWSKI But believe me, we can win this thing with a big turnout. And Rick Perry knows it. That's what the J...
KINKY FRIEDMAN Nothing would please me more than watching James for two weeks, ... I'd be doing backflips if James ...
MATT DAVIS I like me some Bape, you know. But I wear anything, to be honest. Adyn, Rick Owens, Givenchy, anythi...
WIZKID Rick had two red trucks.
DOUG PETERSON What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't car...
COLIN FARRELL Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard...
ME Just look at what is spelled:
Hal Jordan
BrUce Wayne
Victor Stone
Clark KenT...
ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester...
ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high.
ME I listen to some Kevin Gates, Rick Ross, Fabolous.
MARSHAWN LYNCH Hi baby. Baby, you have to listen to me very carefully. I'm on a plane that's been hijacked ... I'm ...
CEECEE LYLES Don't threaten me with love, baby
BILLIE HOLIDAY I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I...
RICKY MARTIN I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI They have ownership of this field, it's their baby. It's going to give them a sense of pride.
BRIAN BERGER If there is a life after this one, he said, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.
CASSANDRA CLARE Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man...
HUMPHREY BOGART You'll stay with me?'
Until the very end,' said James.
J.K. ROWLING What is it with people calling me 'the baby of the group'? big deal!
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sn...
MIKE HARDING Thery're both iron, isn't that funny?"
"Funny haha or funny strange?"
James handed them ba...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. The...
ZACHARY LEVI King me, baby ... it's oh-so fashionable.
PARIS HILTON Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick: Oh, he's just like any othe...
HUMPHREY BOGART You take baby steps and get a positive out of it. It's a struggle, but you come out here and give it...
BLAKE PARKER I know my mom always likes to give the over-the-top 'wow' pieces at baby showers.
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I g...
VIN DIESEL Everyone has been telling these great James Taylor stories, and nothing for me says it better than t...
CAROLE KING When we got home from that race that night, Rick wrote on the computer, 'Dad, when I run it feels li...
DICK HOYT Give me liberty or give me death.
PATRICK HENRY Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
PABLO PICASSO Give me liberty or a bran muffin!
COLIN MOCHRIE Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin!
COLIN MOCHRIE There's one major difference between James Bond and me! He is able to sort out problems!
SEAN CONNERY Rick Hope and I traveled to Kirkwood and originally interviewed Hardy.
ANDY DAVIS To have faith simply means to buy your baby wears & give her a sweet name,even when you have no womb...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Would you please just give in and let the baby go, give her a chance at life. There's a better way o...
FRED JOHNSON It's a baby boomer, all-about-me house.
ALEX HANNIGAN Gabble o' the goose. Don't bugaboo-baby me!
CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY Give the credit to whoever you want. Give it to 'Cadillac.' Give it to Brian. Makes no difference to...
JOHN WADE We thought it was a one-time thing.
BABY DOE Three or four of us didn't have any talent, and we felt really stupid.
BABY DOE It doesn't matter what size or shape you are. Burlesque is about feeling positive about who you are,...
BABY DOE All of us grew up in the punk rock era, when you had to be super-cool. We're sick of that. We want t...
BABY DOE People love burlesque today because it incorporates all the old-school glamour, satire and highlight...
BABY DOE I was all done. I was so aggravated by what we saw last year, I said that's it, we're not going back...
CHRIS BABY Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide.
TOM ROBBINS One time when I was buying baby food, I filled a cart, and the lady asked me if I was stocking up. I...
APRIL SIX I love Michel Roux, Jr., and James Martin - the chefs who are experts in their own right, like Rick ...
MARY BERRY James really showed me something. Because it was obvious watching him out there that he wasn't happy...
BRIAN BARKER

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"He's the sun god," I said.
"That's not what I me...
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RICK RIORDAN There is always a way for those clever enough to find it.
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RICK RIORDAN Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!"
As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer...
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That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I...
RICK RIORDAN The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. ...
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Suddenly there was a tug in my ...
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Annabeth rolled her eyes. “Percy, you’ll be seventeen in two ...
RICK RIORDAN I learned a long time ago: Never bet against Annabeth.
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We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of c...
RICK RIORDAN And,” Annabeth continued, “it reminds me how long we’ve known each other. We were twelve RICK RIORDAN He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth a...
RICK RIORDAN I could have killed you.”
“Or I could have killed you,” Percy said.
Jason shrugged....
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RICK RIORDAN You drool when you sleep.
RICK RIORDAN Hey, can I see that sword you were using?"
I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned fr...
RICK RIORDAN I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervou...
RICK RIORDAN Remind me again-why do you hate me so much?"

I don't hate you."

Could've foole...
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Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the...
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You'd probably ki...
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"Y...
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RICK RIORDAN Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
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RICK YANCEY Rachel: You're a half-blood, too?
Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about?
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"Madness is my specialty. It was quite simple."
"Bu...
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Her...
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RICK RIORDAN Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper.
"Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole." RICK RIORDAN I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mor...
RICK RIORDAN You’re not the only one,” he says through gritted teeth. “My twelve-year-old sister died in my...
RICK YANCEY A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
RICK RIORDAN Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as fa...
RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
RICK RIORDAN Nico, you can do this," Jason said. "It might be embarrassing, but it's for the scepter."

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RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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RICK RIORDAN It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
RICK RIORDAN We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again.
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RICK RIORDAN The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human b...
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RICK RIORDAN Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—”
“Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?”...
RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
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RICK RIORDAN Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames.
RICK RIORDAN Everyone thinks you've been kidnapped," he said. "We've been scouring the ship. When Coach Hedge fin...
RICK RIORDAN Huh," Leo said. "Well, if you ever get off this island and want a job, let me know. You're not a tot...
RICK RIORDAN Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so...
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RICK RIORDAN He [Death] pulled a pure-black iPad from thin air. Death tapped the screen a few times and all Frank...
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Percy: "Detention?
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RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN