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ERIC BRISTOW I have been doing penance for that ever since.
CHRISTOPHER PETERSON He's been doing it ever since he's been healthy. He and Andruw [Jones] have been dynamite.
BOBBY COX No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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BRYAN LERG I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
PAT OLIPHANT Ever since I got on Days I've been doing theater.
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ADAM MANSBACH Ever since I got on Days I've been doing theater.
AUSTIN PECK We've got to see if she'll actually pick up (the game) fast enough.
ANDY BEEN She's probably my biggest scoring threat right now.
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ANDY BEEN I hate to say to the seniors that we're rebuilding. But we are.
ANDY BEEN I am a satisfied man.
HARRY BEEN Our main goal this year is to advance to the regional final.
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PIET MONDRIAN The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress.
JOHN MOODY Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
HAFEZ Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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JAHMILE ADDAE We've been together ever since.
DEB MILLINGTON We've been friends ever since.
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A.J. DAVIS Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had,
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DAVID SHIELDS I've been doing this since '67.
CARLOS SANTANA I've been with them ever since.
ARTHUR MASSOLO It's basically been nonstop ever since,
CARL MILLER I've been blessed abundantly ever since.
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STEPHEN PAGLIUCA Shes been the biggest nightmare for me. Ive lost to her the most than any other player.
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CARL WALZ And ever since the Conquest have been fools.
JOHN WILMOT (2ND EARL OF ROCHESTER) Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theo...
SIRI HUSTVEDT I can't possess anyone else. Trust me, I've been trying to get inside Lara Casnoff ever since we got...
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PIERS ANTHONY I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.
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BURTON RICHTER What we're trying to avoid is having to move more than once.
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DAPHNE GUINNESS I've been covering the group since 1999, but I've been the most cautious [now] then I've ever been.
JEFF SILBER I've been nuts (about airplanes) ever since.
BILL ALLEN It's been plying its trade ever since.
DAVE RICHARDSON And we've been a family ever since.
JOSH HOLMAN The guy's a proven hitter his whole life. Ever since he's been playing pro ball, he's been doing dam...
CHRIS DUNCAN We've been appropriating in art since Duchamp, and we've been appropriating in music since t...
DAVID SHIELDS For 30 years, ever since John Paul Stevens, there has been an unbroken pattern of naming sitting app...
DAVID GARROW I've been trying to figure out this water challenge since 1992.
BRAD POMEROY Ever since we've changed the price, it's been constant,
BILL GREEN I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.
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HUNTER CANTWELL I like to think I've been on vacation ever since.
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DOUGLAS ADAMS They loved the idea and I have been registered with them since September.
FREDDY MELLA This has been a trend ever since the Vietnam War.
ELIOT COHEN I’ve been trying so hard not to think his name, not to even breathe the idea of him
LAUREN OLIVER I just volunteer. I like kids. I've been doing that ever since I've been here. I like to switch scho...
LAWRENCE TIMMONS Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.
WHITEY HERZOG Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert
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TOM WATSON We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.
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DOUGLAS ADAMS In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
DOUGLAS ADAMS He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existenc...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
DOUGLAS ADAMS Even traveling despondently is better than arriving here.
DOUGLAS ADAMS The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a...
DOUGLAS ADAMS My doctor says that I have a malformed public duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre,' h...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Same as you, Arthur. I hitched a ride. After all, with a degree in maths and another in astrophysics...
DOUGLAS ADAMS He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.
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