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LYNN ANDERSON I was trying not to get my head down because it was three minutes in and I knew we had time to come ... LINDSAY THOMPSON I turned to Abe with about 16 minutes left, when we were down by about 15, and I said, we can still ... KEVIN BETTENCOURT He did what we wanted him to do. He mixed it up a little bit and kept us in the game. DAVE GRIFFIN We knew he'd be psyched up. We knew if we could give him a shot at it, he could get us home and he d... CHAD ENGLEHART We didn't think it was ours at halftime. We came back when we played them, and we knew they could do... ALISON LACEY And he said that wasn’t brave of him, doing that, just standing there and being stung,’ said Cor... NEIL GAIMAN The whole team did it tonight. And Gary came up big again for us. In overtime, when he went in we kn... BERNIE LILAVOIS I remember he wore us out. He made some great, great catches on us. We're going to miss him. His fam... CITO GASTON He knew his son was being held and he believed they would let him and his son go if he cooperated. JOHNNY GRIFFIN He had a good look when he came off, and I saw Ricky (Davis) was trailing him. I knew he was going t... FLIP SAUNDERS You were gullible," he said. And then, "When you were really little, you hated carrots. You wouldn't... JENNY HAN Joe really kept us in the match when we really didn't know where the fourth win would come from. Eve... BILLY PATE Slowly. Early on he was a little frustrated because the defense forgot to do a couple of things. But... DAN NOBBS I really wasn't happy to see him even try to go up and dunk it. If he had missed that he, could have... TOM PENDERS When he was gone in Utah we missed him a lot. He would get everyone in the back going and when he wa... LOUIS FALCON Cuban-Americans view him as part of the administration, and said if he really believed what he was s... DARIO MORENO It was good to see us able to get Wes in the game. He has filthy stuff, but got a fastball in the wr... DAN WATKINS Johnny Lewis, I mean, he broke out. We had him in our grasp and he just kept getting away from us. I... JOEY PRICE When they started scoring, we knew they were coming for us. They kept scoring, and it seemed like we... HALEY MCINTYRE It was good to win and helped us get back up. We were a little down because we knew we could have wo... CHARISE BAIN I said to him (Alexander) that if I were to put him back in the game and he were to get hurt, I woul... MIKE HOLMGREN I knew this day was coming. I knew he was going to do this at some point, somewhere, and people woul... EVAN BROCK We kept believing we had a run in us, and we usually do. Tonight, it just never came. JOSH MCPHERSON He came in here a little fired up trying to get us going. He knew they were giving it to us on the g... GRAHAM BROWN I was surprised, because he came in here and signed up nonchalantly, just like a regular client woul... NATHAN BROWN The blacksmith was the most important person in a Western town. He knew everybody. Everybody came to... STAN GRIMES It just started off when he was telling a story about his favorite players and his family, then it l... MARTEL STRANGE The American soldiers were brave, but courage is not enough. David did not kill Goliath just because... VO NGUYEN GIAP Scott was punk rock and basically we were just worried about his health. We got kind of midway throu... BRANDON THOMAS Rip was aggressive early. And once he got it cooking, we kept going to him and we fed off him. When ... CHAUNCEY BILLUPS They were here when we were really down. They came in and helped pick us back up. GORDON THIBODEAUX He's good enough that he kept it close, and sooner or later you knew the guys would wake up. It was ... CRAIG NICHOLAS I told Dad about yesterday...I told him how I made all those mistakes. 'But you kept on playing... LINDA URBAN I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I cam... JULIA MANCUSO I really thought we came back in a hurry. I looked up and we were down 16. Then it was six and four.... KURT CUNNINGHAM Thus it came to him merely to run away was folly, because he could never run away from himself. SINCLAIR LEWIS Everybody came and did their job in the fourth quarter. They really stepped up and they believed. KAREN DEDEN It was like all they could do to restrain him from bounding into the room. It's like he knew we were... ANN MARIE FERRARESE Everybody, I would say, if you could love anybody he was loved by everybody because he had such conc... PETER SCOTT It would have been really easy for us to get frustrated. We kept fighting through it. We knew we cou... DREW NEITZEL He definitely challenged us being, when he came in, he was the most experienced out of all of us as ... ERIC GOULD It wasn’t brave because he wasn’t scared: it was the only thing he could do. But going back agai... NEIL GAIMAN Other than the fact that they closed the splits down, which kept us from slanting and getting into t... JEFF BOGER It's his first start. We knew it was going to be a little rough on him. We knew he would give us opp... CATO JUNE We knew he was explosive, because last year as a sophomore he could jump up and dunk a basketball li... DAVE ADAMS We saw Elvis, and he was so happy to see us. And he loved the whole idea that we were going to run a... CONNIE STEVENS I was really proud of the way Bradley stepped up in the overtime period. He took control, kept every... JOEY MARTIN He took things as they came and he never let it get him down. He just kept going and didn't think ab... JUANITA CANSINO The ground was so far below him, he could barely make it out through the grey mists that whirled aro... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN It's just great to win. There's not really words to explain it. Even though we were down we just kep... JANETTE MCCARROLL When he announced second place, everybody started standing up, screaming, yelling and cheering. We d... EMLIE BURROW I can't remember a freshman I've coached that has stepped on the field as a freshman and played how ... CHARLIE WILLIAMS We didn't put that pressure on Carl because we didn't want him overdriving, ... We didn't want him t... GEOFF SMITH When I wrote to him, he was still starring in 'Third Rock,' so kids knew who he was. And I think he'... DAVID GALE He said when he came he would give us two seasons of everything he had and he continues to do that. DES HASLER I think that was a definite momentum swing. Everybody got right back into the game and said, 'Hey, w... BRITTNEY THOMAS He struggled the whole way. He couldn't lay down to sleep. People kept thinking it was really pneumo... LOREEN HEWITT They just came out on fire. In the first half of the season we would kind of hang our head when we g... RAY ALLEN The doctor came in and said a transplant would be the best thing for her. I told him we would do wha... RYAN LOPEZ When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybo... DANIEL BRUHL He made a couple mistakes here and there, kept the pitches up, but as the game progressed we knew to... ROLAND FITE Everybody seems to think that I pushed him out the door. I didn't push him out the door. We mutually... JERMAINE O'NEAL Now that right there was tough on him, I know, because first year as a head coach and you have a dea... JAMIE WINBORN I feel good for Dennis to make some plays. He's wanted to be a playmaker and he knew he could do it ... ROMEO CRENNEL Was this what he believed, what he had always believed when I talked on and on about goodness? Was h... ANNE RICE Obviously I saw him trip. I thought he was going to get up. He wasn't grabbing anything, and it look... DALE SVEUM That's when we knew he could be very special. The question was always about how he would do on the d... GRETCHEN JACKSON I had two dreams about him after he died. I dont remember the first one all that well but it was abo... CORMAC MCCARTHY He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious... CASSANDRA CLARE I knew we could play with them. They kept us in it, they missed a bunch of serves and we took advant... BRIAN NASH Dad is so persuasive that when he said that he wasn't, I believed him. We had people calling. The me... JOAN FELT I think the toughest part for me was when Herschelle said that he obviously looked up to his Captain... HANSIE CRONJE Jurgen loved London because he could get lost here. He said that it was the first time he could do t... TEDDY SHERINGHAM Jon pitched well. He gave up a two-run homer in the first but he settled down after that and kept us... VIN ABENE And everybody who knew him knew he had these three little girls. How could anybody do this? RINDA JEAN WILCOX I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES He said if you observed basic rules and security you would be OK. We knew he was playing it down for... JOE CARROLL That really held him back, but he's a fighter so he kept playing but he was in pain the whole time. ... LOREN JACULA I admire him because when he started he came from very modest beginnings and has worked his way up. ... FRANK LAUTENBERG I could see him coming. He was coming up quickly and I really don't know what happened. But it all c... DARIO FRANCHITTI And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, rig... LANA DEL REY We knew he was going to make adjustments. We knew he would have a good game sooner or later because ... CLIFF ROBINSON He handled it real well. He certified on the 23rd of December. But he was never down there again. We... BERNIE RUETTIGER Everything we know about Hamilton, we knew when he was alive, because he told us. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA He kept his composure. He got us practicing a day or two afterwards because he knew we needed it. He... JAMIE WINBORN These people all thought they knew him. They believed he was a whore, and sometimes he thought he wa... BEVERLY L. ANDERSON I knew we could do it. People might not believe us when we say we knew we could do it when the seaso... KAMMRON TAYLOR My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his ... HARVEY FIERSTEIN We talked about how the crowd could play a part and the way to keep them in the game was for us to s... DAN GONZALEZ When we saw him in Spring Training, we knew he had some thunder in his hands. But he's been really g... WILLIE RANDOLPH I said to the scouts I was standing with that Ryan would play at the highest level. He was like a ba... ERIC HARRISON The driver stayed in her car on the street because she believed he couldn't make it down the stairs,... DON AARON
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JASPER FFORDE I don't need you to agree with me," she said quietly." I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt... JASPER FFORDE Defiance through compliance. JASPER FFORDE The youthful stationmaster wore a Blue Spot on his uniform and remonstrated with the driver that the... JASPER FFORDE Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath. JASPER FFORDE If you enjoyed laughing in the face of death, you might like to have a crack at High Saffron. One hu... JASPER FFORDE You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blight... JASPER FFORDE Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. JASPER FFORDE You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library.' She pointed to the shelf opposit... JASPER FFORDE the best lies to tell are the ones people want to believe JASPER FFORDE The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the... JASPER FFORDE The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary require... JASPER FFORDE I also read about Heathcliff's unexpected three-year career in Hollywood under the name Buck Stallio... JASPER FFORDE Who do readers expect to see when they pick up this book? Who has won the Most Troubled Romantic Lea... JASPER FFORDE I was on HPD--Heathcliff Protection Duty--in Wuthering Heights for two years, and believe me, the Pr... JASPER FFORDE I assumed that everything would lead to complete failure, but I decided that didn't matter – that ... JASPER JOHNS Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled , that's ... JASPER FFORDE Comedy was one of those genres that while appearing quite jolly was actually highly dangerous. JASPER FFORDE If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream , I must be dafter t... JASPER FFORDE They turned their attention to the wardrobe that held several Armani suits, all of them individually... JASPER FFORDE Father liked word games. He was fourteen times world Scrabble champion. When he died, we buried him ... JASPER FFORDE Businessman, philanthropist, large egg. JASPER FFORDE So you could value your own life," replied the Titan. "Before that you were under the gods' thumbs, ... JASPER FFORDE She opened the door within two seconds of his pressing the doorbell, letting out a stream of cats th... JASPER FFORDE This must have been how it all began with Chymes,” sighed Jack. “A small omission on one ca... JASPER FFORDE ALBINOS DEMAND ACTION ON MOVIE SLUR The albino community demanded action yesterday to stop their unf... JASPER FFORDE If you drive at precisely twenty-nine miles per hour, the rumble strips play ‘Jerusalem’ on the ... JASPER FFORDE Think of this: If it weren’t for greed, intolerance, hate, passion and murder, you would have no w... JASPER FFORDE I loved him, officer. More than any woman ever loved an egg. JASPER FFORDE You speak baby gibberish?' asked Jack. 'Fluently. The adult-education center ran a course, and ... JASPER FFORDE Humpty had always sat on walls, it was his way. JASPER FFORDE How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towar... JASPER FFORDE Mr. Pewter led them through to a library, filled with thousands of antiquarian books. 'Imp... JASPER FFORDE Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory. JASPER FFORDE The front room of his house was what I called 'untidy chic'. Prefects weren't subject to the same Ru... JASPER FFORDE So you're going to have to ask yourselves on simple question: Which one of us is speaking now? JASPER FFORDE The music map, the Vera Project all of these are steps in the right direction in making the state... MEGAN JASPER There was so much happening, but there was no support for it in the city no feeling of pride or a... MEGAN JASPER