He's finally getting his shot to show what he's got.
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Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up,
BRENDA JONES Hes doing better than what we thought.
JAMIE KING Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had,
PETER GOULD [Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the var...
ALEX ADAMS Hes ready to go every morning. He runs right over to the cruiser,
PETER GOULD My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now.
BARBARA UPTON No one will remember the kick in the balls if hes bleeding everywhere...
NATHAN ELMO MELO (Dear kirk hammet, what kind of vegitarian are you? a lactose vegitarian, a ovum vegitarian, or a ve...
JAMES HETFIELD Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body,
Jenny's like to cry;
For she hes weet her petticoats
In...
MISS SUSANNA BLAMIRE AND MISS CATHERINE GILPIN God is always on time, it may not be the time you are expecting, but hes on time. Just like he said ...
ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE Hes learned to never trust anyone with his heart. People lie, cheat, hurt, steal, and play. He cant ...
ZACH MOUNCE We finally got our big break when Ed Sullivan put us on his show.
HERB ALPERT Finally, we got it going. The girls looked great. That's what we've been working on all season. We f...
DAVID BLY A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action...
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU We finally got on the front row of an awards show,
NATALIE MAINES She finally did what she needs to do for us. She finally started what she does for us penetrate a...
MAXINE JOHNSON Texas finally got over the hump this year by beating Oklahoma. Texas got what it wanted. They are co...
FORREST WIEGAND Eric moved the broom experimentally and made an attempt to sweep the glass into the pan while it lay...
CHARLAINE HARRIS He has been injured lately and just getting back into it. This was his first meet (this season) and ...
AARON NIDA I guess this was his first shot at getting something big,
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL That was like my 80th shot. I was just trying to get it in. I tried everything else and finally got ...
ANGIE KUHN A dog – a collie – went up to Eric, looked up at his face, and growled.
“Shoo,” Eric s...
CHARLAINE HARRIS We finally got our timing down. We finally hit some balls into the gaps, and that is something I've ...
KATE MCCLUSKEY Eric is getting better every day. He's trying so hard to recover and get better.
BETH EDMUNDSON They really rallied around Eric and showed leadership and did what they needed to do to keep everyon...
HEATHER CUNNINGHAM He stayed in there and worked hard and finally got his shot, that's what inspired me. I was impresse...
CARL CRAWFORD What you show is what you represent
SUNDAY ADELAJA It was common procedure for Eric Johnson to determine what needed fixing and get it done. That was w...
SUSAN CERBONE My teammates have confidence in me. I spent Christmas break working on my shot, getting the shot off...
BRENT BENSON What if it was a stranded motorist getting shot in the chest?
JOHN PERKINS I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawlin...
ROALD DAHL It sounds great, but you can't stop working. You have to keep working. I feel like I haven't been wo...
ERIC WICKS What they try and instill in us is to work hard, stay humble and just keep working. That's what we d...
ERIC WICKS We weren't thinking about the shutout until the end of the game. We were just trying to work hard. W...
ERIC WICKS It's a great stadium, I like the field, I like the field turf. It helps us as far as the field turf ...
ERIC WICKS Patterson tries to complete the pass instead of running the ball. So I was depending on him to throw...
ERIC WICKS I just had to stop him, We were trying to get someone in the back of the end zone. I tried to run it...
ERIC WICKS I thought they'd try to run a lot more outside to open up the field. I think after a while, they wer...
ERIC WICKS Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt'' Eric: ''My...Bottom?'' Sookie: ''yep
CHARLAINE HARRIS My father is openly gay. He really loved my mother, but their marriage fell apart. When they separat...
BEN CURTIS I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn...
STEVE PERRY I think Rex wanted to show off his arm and show that he's still got it.
JUSTIN GAGE He attacked Eric. Eric had a stab wound through his left arm and was stabbed in the lungs and the he...
GERRI FLYNN It was good to see Geoffrey finally go home, and he did it for the first time in nearly five years t...
DEAN HAYES I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
LATOYA JACKSON He's going to be a tremendous college player someday. He's got incredible power and accuracy behind ...
MARK MAZZOLENI I am so grateful. Eric was very loving, very kind, and what better legacy could Eric have?
MARY MOLNAR It's taken a long time for this to happen. I finally got confidence in my shot. She's drilled into m...
ASHLEY HILTON there is a huge difference between giving what you get and getting what you give
REZA FARIVAR I'm really proud of what everyone is doing. I told them we're finally getting five people on the flo...
BRIAN BLUME Our kids are finally getting what we are trying to teach them. Hopefully, we will keep this going.
CORY LEWIS What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE We had a tough time getting the ball to Bobby (Howard) in the second half, and Eric really stepped u...
BOBBY HOWARD He got holes in his chest. He was shot all up. He was laying on the ground. He was shot up bad.
KERRY HUMPHREY We were finally patient on offense. We got good looks and Bridgette Harris did a good job penetratin...
DAN SPRANGER I think it got us a little tentative, especially Eric. He knew if he picked up his third there that ...
BRIAN KERN I had been getting pitched around all night. I finally got one over the plate and I took advantage o...
LOGAN PARKER The minister had just returned from a swim and was getting inside his home when he was shot.
CHANDRA FERNANDO We finally got one. Survive and advance, isn't that what they say?
DOUG SCHAUER We got what we wanted, a contested shot at the end.
DAVE SHEFFIELD Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Im not concerned about ...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. We basically said, 'Eric, what do we need to do here?'
JASON KING If I have got a swing, I have got a shot.
BUBBA WATSON If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to...
NATE DIAZ He's got a 35-inch vertical leap, so he's able to get over people and get his shot.
JASON TREUTELAAR You've got to show these folks what your intentions are.
ANTHONY PINZONE People always ask me, who is going to replace Eric. There is no one guy who can replace him. He will...
JUSTIN SHERWOOD Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder.
NEIL INNES Getting Shot, Yet Not Giving Up To Survive...
JESSICA MARIE AJOURI "Since we don't always get we want, the growth is in making what we get, what we want." - Simcha Glu...
SIMCHA GLUCK Things finally got to that point where I feel comfortable with what we're doing with our plays. Our ...
ARCHIE MANNING We're finally getting some restaurants here.
JAN WILSON I'm thinking about getting shot.
PATRICK NIEMINEN That was so scary, the last scene Heath and I shot together. We finally get to say to each other wha...
JAKE GYLLENHAAL We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot...
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL We had to be patient because we were getting our chances. Finally we got a couple of breaks, a coupl...
DAN TEAT I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus f...
NIKKI REED Day by day, the wrestlers we have that people don't know, like Eric, keep getting better and when on...
ADAM BLAKE We shot the show with our video camera and got a good response from the people we showed it to, ... ...
GLENN HOWERTON We finally focused on getting it done and got it done. We hit the ball pretty well and didn't make a...
GILBERT REYES Finally they are getting it, realizing they have to vote.
CARMEN LOPEZ He got a call on his cell phone telling him to come outside and when he did, someone shot him.
MICHAEL COX Cabrera flew down and got off a decent shot. He was going to take the shot. He scored 13 points in t...
CARLOS CUETO Sapp is the last of the great D-linemen. They don't make them like Sapp anymore, ... This should be ...
FRANK MIDDLETON He's getting healthy, that's what it is. His attitude has always been great, he's always been a lead...
STEPHEN JACKSON Hannibal Burress is my polar opposite in energy. I can be crazy, and he grounds the 'Eric Andre ...
ERIC ANDRE Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That's my boyfriend.
CASSANDRA CLARE Salisbury couldn't have shot it any better in the first quarter. But we finally got over that initia...
SCOTT DALTON We weren't moving and were letting the shot clock go down too low and when we finally got somebody o...
JODI BOLERJACK He's got everything - good vision, his speed, his shot, all those intangibles that you need to be a ...
GLEN WESLEY We're finally going to get to what I believe the audience wanted the show to be. And everything up t...
TOM WELLING I thought their shot was pretty well defended. We had a hand in his face, and the kid made a tough s...
DAVE KRAUSS We played well in the first half. We did a good job of getting the ball into Eric in the post.
JUSTIN SHERWOOD I saw him. He got shot in the head. [The bullet] stopped in the middle of his head.
ALI ALBADRI I took a shot and got a 'Fat Man' on him. I took his elbow and spun him.
DAN MARSH It's a 'What have you done for me lately?' game. He's got to show he's got what it takes to be a Der...
BRUCE LUNSFORD I'm glad that Billy and all Vietnam veterans, for that matter, are finally getting this kind of reco...
KAREN HOWARD You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE Human is what he decides to be.
ZAMAN ALI You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.
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ERIC HOFFER Absence of communication between necessarily linked parties ensures eventual conflict.
ERIC PARSLOW The notion of implied meaning is the root of misunderstanding.
ERIC PARSLOW To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
ERIC HOFFER We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we hav...
ERIC HOFFER To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
ERIC HOFFER The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic...
ERIC HOFFER Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.
ERIC GILL Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity i...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
ERIC HOFFER The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil ...
ERIC HOFFER Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
ERIC HOFFER Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achie...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH