I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.
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It's bad enough losing your kids, but our kids were burned beyond recogn... BOB STAUBLE I just don't think we played very well after that first half of a quarter. I'm a little disappointed... CRAIG RIGSBEE we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES The lady said at Wiggins they have absolutely nothing. We'd rather have you take it to Wiggins, ... ... CHARLES LANG We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART When I started, there were just a few miles of trail; now we have over 60 and are always planning on... DAN HOVLAND The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We're still very optimistic about our site. We think we have the optimum site in Texas. NEIL MCDONALD 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON I grew up in a refinery town in Texas, and we weren't fancy enough to have a McDonald's. JOHN LEE HANCOCK Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We are very pleased to keep that agency in town. JEFF TRININ Communication was tough, but we always sensed there was a feeling of appreciation. There was always ... AL LARSON I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to ... IDI AMIN We don't match up very well with North Chicago because of their size, so we needed to do the little ... DON ZEMAN There was all this talk when Obama got elected about how we were living in a postracial world. But w... DAVID HENRY HWANG We got a call around 4 a.m. (Wednesday) from the driver that he was about 60 miles north of Memphis ... HELEN JOHNSON There's always something you can take out of the game but there was very little for us tonight. I'm ... KEVIN KEEGAN In the very early days, we rehearsed and wrote songs?;eight hours a day out of a trailer located at ... DUANE PROPES I liked it when they were pressing us full court. We broke through that. But in our half-court set w... DAN PARR Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD When we overthrew Mubarak, we did this in 18 days. And because we were very naive and very unexperie... BASSEM YOUSSEF I grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas... raised by my grandmother. We were very poor and had no indoor plu... ALANA STEWART I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, an... YOKO ONO The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles... JONES VERY The simplest conception of the origin and plan of the Iliad must, we think, prove the most correct. ... JONES VERY As long as man labors for a physical existence, though an act of necessity almost, he is yet natural... JONES VERY We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on wh... JONES VERY Often and often must he have thought, that, to be or not to be forever, was a question, which must b... JONES VERY We are not a very big team, but we are very fast, probably one of the fastest teams around. We have ... TANYA SULLIVAN We had other options. But, I'll say, we were very, very happy when he made the call to say he was st... ANTHONY GRANT Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poore... LEE MYUNG-BAK I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt l... LUKAS HAAS I'm a little hesitant to anoint this team. I'm still very guarded about who we are. We still haven't... TIM FLOYD The church in the book (and movie) plays a pivotal scene. We looked everywhere ... I mean everywhere... ERIC NEWMAN We played with very little emotion, but it was nice to get a win under our belts again. We held them... BOB FEASEL I was born into a very, very poor family during the war in 1941. Life was miserable for everyone. PAVEL FOMIN I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we s... JAMES CAMERON We were upset because we believed the town came to a very reasonable decision within the framework o... JENNIFER BOYSKO Growing up, I would say, when we were racing go-karts back in the day, it was always our uncle. We w... AMBER COPE I was born and raised in Louisiana - a small town called Ferriday, north of Baton Rouge. CAMPBELL BROWN We played very well tonight, our team was very well prepared for this game. Every game is big and we... SEAN BRENNAN I can't really say enough about my guys. We had a week to focus on our game plan and went very hard ... FRED MORECRAFT That's quite a hunk of tobacco to chew. I was born in that house in 1919. I didn't have sense enough... BOB SCHNEIDER I also have five children at home, all under the age of 10. So needless to say, we keep busy. DR. KIMBERLEE YOUNG Historically, we have an international cachet about our city. The bottom line is that we're Saratoga... JENNIFER LEIDIG I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the... MATT ANDERSON We were outplayed, out-coached and thoroughly whipped by a very good North Carolina team. Our reboun... HERB SENDEK The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL We were very fortunate to be in YouTube in the very beginning. There wasn't a lot of content on ... IAN HECOX It's very frustrating. We know what we can do, but we need to focus on playing 60 full minutes. Not ... GREG MOORE Needless to say, I'm very, very proud of how well they played. DICK VERMEIL We went up there and felt like we were the best team in the field. It's a little disappointing, but ... BUDDY ALEXANDER I really wanted keep Gobble out there for the fifth but this was his first start and we wanted to ke... BUDDY BELL We were in Little Rock. We were assessing a very important issue. In the midst of our discussions, w... KEN STARR I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town. AARON PAUL I was raised by maternal grandparents who were born in 1890 and 1899, respectively. They were Britis... KATHRYN HARRISON I think we played a full 60 (Sunday). I think we were tense the first game and we couldn't bury our ... LES BORSHEIM We were outplayed, out-coached and thoroughly whipped by a very good North Carolina team. Our reboun... HERB SENDEK We were spoiled in many ways, but we were always taught to understand the value of the dollar. If th... DONALD TRUMP, JR. Our ultimate goal was for Raquel to get pregnant, so we were very excited about that. I've been thro... TASHA RIDDLE I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arl... ALAN HOVHANESS It was good to get them under our belt. North Carolina wasn't really a close match. We owed them a l... ERIC ALBRIGHT We've got to keep winning. This was a big win for us. Our kids really stepped up and played hard. We... JOE SITKOWSKI We have exceptional talent, even in the Family Islands but we have to go in there with something new... ANDRE SEYMOUR I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australi... BARRY MARSHALL Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town? MARK TWAIN I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my ... BRYCE COURTENAY They're good defensively but we took some poor shots. Our shot selection, especially in the second h... LORI BLADE I believe in deeds, not words. TAMORA PIERCE My family life reads a bit like 'Little House on the Prairie.' I was big sister to Joan, Ren... MAEVE BINCHY We were a little thin tonight, but I was very proud of our effort. We've got to hit our free throws ... JOE HOLLOWAY Reject the religious labels and accept the only label that matters “Born Again JOHN M SHEEHAN We walked into that conversation and were able to convey that we were in very, very big trouble. We ... JAMES O'BYRNE Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in... DAN QUAYLE I am very pleased with how we ended. We ended very strong. Our goal is to get better. For a stretch ... MARK NORE There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was co... LAURA MVULA
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I feel that in coming home, coming back ... FELICITY JONES I love spending time researching a character and reading about them. FELICITY JONES Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two ... FINN JONES I do feel like the media is one of the biggest problems. If you look at all these rolling news chann... FINN JONES 'Thrones' would be the perfect platform to send a progressive message because right now, our... FINN JONES I've had this theory for a while, but I think there needs to be a message with the end of 'G... FINN JONES When I was in drama school, I really got into a dark place. I went to a therapist - it was really he... FINN JONES New York has a deep culture of house and dance music, and to be able to tap into that is my way of s... FINN JONES A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very exp... FINN JONES I've always been a bit of a lost soul, and I think that goes back to me being adopted and not kn... FINN JONES I'm a big fan of 'Akira,' and I think comics are a great place to tell intelligent, fant... FINN JONES I get that people want more diversity in TV and film, and I stand by that. I stand in solidarity wit... FINN JONES I've always been interested in mindfulness and alternative ways of seeing the world. FINN JONES I worked on 'Game Of Thrones' for six years, so I'm very well equipped to handle hype su... FINN JONES I respect Marvel as a company, and I think they're great, but never in my life have I looked up ... FINN JONES About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since ... FINN JONES For me as an actor, I find it's most creative when I'm bringing myself into the role rather ... FINN JONES At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the ci... FINN JONES My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a p... FINN JONES I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character... FINN JONES I find the comic book audience a lot more intense than the fantasy one, definitely. FINN JONES I will say that Marvel is 100 times more secretive than 'Game of Thrones.' Like, they're... FINN JONES I was never a troublemaker, but I also was never a nerdy kid. I was never a cool kid or a sports kid... FINN JONES I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will alw... FINN JONES I'm not a critic. I'm an actor. I see the role I get given on the page. I try to bring it to... FINN JONES There's nothing interesting about seeing our characters for an hour and a half do some flashy fl... FINN JONES The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an olig... FINN JONES Women are the strong people in this world, not men. I think TV is finally catching up with that real... FINN JONES