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KEN MACHA He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who...
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NEIL GAIMAN I asked David once, 'What does it look like downfield?' ... And he said, 'Dude, they're covered.'
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FLOYD CIRUTI I had a nightmare. So my friend asked me what it was. I told him it was him sleeping with my mom. He...
MUNTAZIR M. So I told him I'd sell him a new wheel at cost, and I ordered it, but later he came in and said he'd...
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MIKE SHERMAN He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me, ... I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It r...
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ERIC HINSKE![]()
He shook his head, just looking at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said.
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"Yes," I sai...
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'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.'
'But this road does...
BRET EASTON ELLIS![]()
Where are we going?" I asked
"I don't know," he said. "Just driving."
"But this road doesn...
BRET EASTON ELLIS I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ......
WILLIAM WATSON He said to me 'How come I haven't seen you in the classrooms or the hallways at the Junior High? I t...
BILL SEABURY (The official) called it hitting from behind, game DQ. He said it was intent to injure. He said it w...
DENNIS MARTIN Obviously I saw him trip. I thought he was going to get up. He wasn't grabbing anything, and it look...
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KYLE BRADY He told me he was looking for the right fit for him.
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DANNY GARCIA![]()
He twice asked me how much it was worth. He then said 'a thousand,' but I never replied,
MICK JAGGER![]()
Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay."
"I hope you told him you were bitten by a g...
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I didnt like being reminded about how self-absorbed i was. I wanted to be over this, done with this....
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He told me that I hadn't done anything yet. Hadn't lived yet. All you do is pass the time, he said.
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RON GARDENHIRE![]()
It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he make...
SCOTT WESTERFELD![]()
he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live ba...
TED WILLIAMS I asked him about it and he said I'd be a good fit.
ANDY KLINK I called coach Smith [after the interview], and he asked me how I felt. I said, 'relieved.' He said,...
ROY WILLIAMS I asked him if it bothered him that I don't like baseball. He used to laugh, 'cause I'd say I'd stra...
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CAREY HAZELL I was shaking in my boots. I told him, 'Michael. I'm 71 years old. I've had this house for 39 years....
CAROL REBELLO I was shaking in my boots. I told him, 'Michael. I'm 71 years old. I've had this house for 39 years....
CAROL S. REBELLO 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 played basketball, but he ate lunch with me in the cafeteria last year. I told him, 'You're going...
CHAD CARLSON![]()
Drop something?" he asked, trying to suppress a smile but failing miserably at the act.
I nodde...
MARKELLE GRABO [On the outside, Anderson remained unsurprised. A few months ago he had crossed paths with the teena...
JERRY ANDERSON Bob Novak called me before he went to print with the report and he said a CIA source had told him th...
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He said, 'Here is the deal: Play the bad guy first, then I give you a good guy next,' ... I asked hi...
JET LI He called me and said he loved me. I just lost it.
DAMON ARCHIBALD He wasn't there. And when I asked where he was, they said he walked out.
HELEN BOLANOS When he saw this place, he started crying and said this is exactly what he needed. He hasn't painted...
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Oh, God," I said.
"No, it's Dexter," he replied, offering me his hand, which I ignored.
He...
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I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?"
Pass,...
SARAH DESSEN And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escape...
BIBLE Everybody else would take the chance to go to college. They look at the Marines as some hard-nosed s...
DALLAS BAKER Damon told me I'm going to hit the wall eventually, ... He said he just didn't tell anybody. He said...
SALIM STOUDAMIRE![]()
Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, so...
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JASON MITCHELL I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I asked, 'Was it your voice?' and he said, 'yeah', ... And I said, 'Do you think it could be your th...
JAMES BALLENGER He confronted my wife and she didn't deserve that. When my wife saw him, she asked him to leave and ...
HAL TURNER![]()
He'd asked me to marry him. He'd kissed me. Twice. He said he loved me. What a scum, rat, dog bastar...
GENA SHOWALTER He automatically put handcuffs on me. I asked him why he was arresting me. The officer who was searc...
BRUCE WHITE When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.
BEFORE VEEDER When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.
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ANDREW WHITE I thanked him and he asked me if my cape got caught on stuff when I was running and jumping, and I s...
JOE R. LANSDALE![]()
Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he ...
JUDITH MCNAUGHT It was strictly his decision. We did his evaluation before Christmas, and he said he was thinking ab...
GARY CLAUSEN![]()
And everywhere people asked him why he was walking through the country.
Because he loved true t...
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LINDA PIRRO![]()
Come on," Cole said. He looked back over his shoulder at Mr. Brisbane, who was looking at me with a ...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER When I first saw him, he asked me if I had enjoyed it in Boston. I said, ?Yeah, you too.
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When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that...
ROSA PARKS![]()
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co...
JIM VALVANO![]()
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co...
JIM VALVANO I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was abou...
ANDREA ADAMS
AL VELEZ
I could have told, just looking at him, that that was the tone he would use asking a question. A ton... REX STOUT He just said he brought up my name because he told them everything he was taking. I'm not mad at him...
MIGUEL TEJADA I asked him if he was fatigued or anything, ... He said, 'No,' so I said, 'Then let's let 'er rip.'
KEN MACHA He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who...
DAVID KINSMAN
I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it ... NEIL GAIMAN I asked David once, 'What does it look like downfield?' ... And he said, 'Dude, they're covered.'
STEVE MCKINNEY The first two or three plays he was in I was about ready to reach out and choke him. After the game,...
ROY WILLIAMS
He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one sp... ROSA PARKS I told him earlier in the day that I thought he'd do pretty well out there today. He just looked bac...
LAWRENCE TYNES
He said he didn't feel like he was helping the team and he didn't want to play anymore. I told him I... BOB KNIGHT He asked me how many high school games I had coached. I told him it was around 780, and he said, 'I ...
FLOYD CIRUTI I had a nightmare. So my friend asked me what it was. I told him it was him sleeping with my mom. He...
MUNTAZIR M. So I told him I'd sell him a new wheel at cost, and I ordered it, but later he came in and said he'd...
BRAD STEWART I asked him about it, and he didn't say anything, he just looked at the floor.
DANIEL CLARK I told director of my camp what he said, so he called him and gave him a couple of words. I asked my...
ALEXANDER BUNEGIN I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do you want the forgiveness of God?'...
JOSEPH TOWLE Ophelia,' said the boy. He said it very quietly. She didn't like the way he said that at all. He sou...
KAREN FOXLEE One cardinal told me while he was listening to the votes being counted, he said three rosaries. And ...
WILLIAM KEELER I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy, ...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I never saw him. I asked coach, 'How did he do that?' My teammates said I was dribbling like crazy a...
LEANDRO BARBOSA I asked him how he was before he left after the last ballgame. He said he was fine, ... That's all t...
MIKE SHERMAN He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me, ... I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It r...
ERIC HINSKE He said on the mound he didn't try to hit me. I just looked at him and said, 'Come on man.' It reall...
ERIC HINSKE
He shook his head, just looking at me."What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said.
"Why are ...
JOHN GREEN
I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. "Yes," I sai...
SARAH DESSEN I asked him what he was doing, and he told me he got into carbon fiber cellos,
PAUL ROSENTHAL He said, 'Hey dude, I wrote this script. Would you consider doing it?' I asked him to talk to me nex...
SCOTTY MORRIS He said he had this play and asked if I'd read it, ... I liked it a lot and told him that I'd do it....
HAL HOLBROOK
And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead e... BRET EASTON ELLIS
I asked him why he gave me a girl's name, ... He told me it was the proper way to spell it. But no o... JOHN MADDEN
where are we going?' I asked.'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.'
'But this road does...
BRET EASTON ELLIS
Where are we going?" I asked"I don't know," he said. "Just driving."
"But this road doesn...
BRET EASTON ELLIS I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ......
WILLIAM WATSON He said to me 'How come I haven't seen you in the classrooms or the hallways at the Junior High? I t...
BILL SEABURY (The official) called it hitting from behind, game DQ. He said it was intent to injure. He said it w...
DENNIS MARTIN Obviously I saw him trip. I thought he was going to get up. He wasn't grabbing anything, and it look...
DALE SVEUM I saw him after the game today and I just said hello to him and asked him how he has been doing, ......
KYLE BRADY He told me he was looking for the right fit for him.
JOE GOTTFRIED I told him, the kids and I are leaving, ... And I wanted him to come, and he said he was going to st...
DIANE JOHNSON In third hour today, we had a test. And he told me like, it didn't matter anymore. And I asked him, ...
BROOKS BROWN We talked for two to five minutes. He asked me where I was coming from. I told him 'I'm lost right n...
JOE WHITE
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 I once asked him why he smoked the world's most expensive cigarette, and he told me it was because h...
K.H. KOEHLER He told me he was stiff, he said go to Jamal (Crawford). I've said the same thing for four days now.
LARRY BROWN Just the other day he told me Dougie Walters had phoned. I thought, 'that's good' and he said, 'yeah...
DENNIS LILLEE
It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody think... DAVID LETTERMAN And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Beh...
BIBLE When he called, I asked him if he believed it or not. I said he better tell somebody.
DOYLE DAVIDSON It was terrible, and I even told the police officer when I saw him heading down, I said, 'Where are ...
DANNY GARCIA
He twice asked me how much it was worth. He then said 'a thousand,' but I never replied, MICK JAGGER
Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.""I hope you told him you were bitten by a g...
CASSANDRA CLARE
I didnt like being reminded about how self-absorbed i was. I wanted to be over this, done with this.... DONALD MILLER
He told me that I hadn't done anything yet. Hadn't lived yet. All you do is pass the time, he said. DON DELILLO That was (coach Paul) Molitor yelling at the umpire, not me. I just raised and said, 'What?' and he ...
RON GARDENHIRE
It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he make... SCOTT WESTERFELD
he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live ba... TED WILLIAMS I asked him about it and he said I'd be a good fit.
ANDY KLINK I called coach Smith [after the interview], and he asked me how I felt. I said, 'relieved.' He said,...
ROY WILLIAMS I asked him if it bothered him that I don't like baseball. He used to laugh, 'cause I'd say I'd stra...
JODI OLSON
A second later, when he looked up at me, we were face to face, and again, even under these circumsta... SARAH DESSEN It was interesting. He said he didn't play on this course well at all, and I told him that was ridic...
CAREY HAZELL I was shaking in my boots. I told him, 'Michael. I'm 71 years old. I've had this house for 39 years....
CAROL REBELLO I was shaking in my boots. I told him, 'Michael. I'm 71 years old. I've had this house for 39 years....
CAROL S. REBELLO 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 played basketball, but he ate lunch with me in the cafeteria last year. I told him, 'You're going...
CHAD CARLSON
Drop something?" he asked, trying to suppress a smile but failing miserably at the act.I nodde...
MARKELLE GRABO [On the outside, Anderson remained unsurprised. A few months ago he had crossed paths with the teena...
JERRY ANDERSON Bob Novak called me before he went to print with the report and he said a CIA source had told him th...
JOE WILSON
He said, 'Here is the deal: Play the bad guy first, then I give you a good guy next,' ... I asked hi... JET LI He called me and said he loved me. I just lost it.
DAMON ARCHIBALD He wasn't there. And when I asked where he was, they said he walked out.
HELEN BOLANOS When he saw this place, he started crying and said this is exactly what he needed. He hasn't painted...
ANA CHAPMAN
Oh, God," I said."No, it's Dexter," he replied, offering me his hand, which I ignored.
He...
SARAH DESSEN
I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?"Pass,...
SARAH DESSEN And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escape...
BIBLE Everybody else would take the chance to go to college. They look at the Marines as some hard-nosed s...
DALLAS BAKER Damon told me I'm going to hit the wall eventually, ... He said he just didn't tell anybody. He said...
SALIM STOUDAMIRE
Bush said today he is being stalked. He said wherever he goes, people are following him. Finally, so... JAY LENO
He didn't know exactly where, but he said eventually he would be at a college and he would be lookin... JASON MITCHELL I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I hadn't gotten him any proper training, and he was throwing the ball better than kids in high schoo...
DAN POWERS I asked, 'Was it your voice?' and he said, 'yeah', ... And I said, 'Do you think it could be your th...
JAMES BALLENGER He confronted my wife and she didn't deserve that. When my wife saw him, she asked him to leave and ...
HAL TURNER
He'd asked me to marry him. He'd kissed me. Twice. He said he loved me. What a scum, rat, dog bastar... GENA SHOWALTER He automatically put handcuffs on me. I asked him why he was arresting me. The officer who was searc...
BRUCE WHITE When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.
BEFORE VEEDER When he showed up, I wasn't looking for him, but he said he would, and sure enough he did.
BEFORE DAVID VEEDER He asked me if I was really 14, I said yeah, really, just curious. Do you like older guys? I think o...
ANDREW WHITE I thanked him and he asked me if my cape got caught on stuff when I was running and jumping, and I s...
JOE R. LANSDALE
Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he ... JUDITH MCNAUGHT It was strictly his decision. We did his evaluation before Christmas, and he said he was thinking ab...
GARY CLAUSEN
And everywhere people asked him why he was walking through the country.Because he loved true t...
JOHN STEINBECK I saw him fall the first time and he was crawling. I thought he had a seizure. I didn't know. He sai...
LINDA PIRRO
Come on," Cole said. He looked back over his shoulder at Mr. Brisbane, who was looking at me with a ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When I first saw him, he asked me if I had enjoyed it in Boston. I said, ?Yeah, you too.
ANDY MARTE
When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that... ROSA PARKS
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co... JIM VALVANO
I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of co... JIM VALVANO I asked him what the prognosis was. And he said that without medication, my life expectancy was abou...
ANDREA ADAMS
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil... 
The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar... 
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k... 
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar... 
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik... 
Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i... 
I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th... 
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le... 
The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The... 
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth... 
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood... 
People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ... 
I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not go... 
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives. 
You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft... 
All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger... 
The law always limits every power it gives. 
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe... 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ... 
Language itself changes slowly, but the Internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you ... 
I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. 
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to... 
A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit,... 
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... 
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. 
The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. T... 