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ERIC SHELTON You know what I've always wanted to do? I've always wanted to put a lung in a suitcase and s... ALBERT BROOKS She turned back to the rest of us. "They've taken it all," she said. "They've taken every last good ... SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL I walk right out my door and go to work, ... I love it. DEBRA BROWN Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through. JEAN-PAUL VADNAIS I was extremely worried. What would happen to me now that they knew that I had lost my mind? Would t... SUE WHITAKER A walk?" said Catharine. "One foot in front of the other," said Newt, "through leaves, over bri... KURT VONNEGUT JR. I had a hard time even doing my yard in the front 'cause I would go in the front and he would yell. ... KATHY SHOTA I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars. DAVID MACKAY It was a big, scary device. I mean you're standing there looking at it hoping the damn thing doesn't... BRUCE KANOFF Some time ago, I investigated the possibility that a computer might be able to reconstruct a picture... GODFREY HOUNSFIELD When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want th... REBA MCENTIRE I want to be a Bond girl. Think about it - I have metal components in my legs, so when I go through ... AIMEE MULLINS 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 ... 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DEYTH BANGER The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL That was the furthest thing on my mind two weeks ago. Two weeks ago, I was just hoping to get in. I ... GABE NORWOOD If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy m... ERIC CLOSE He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one ... EARL SCRUGGS All those backpacks are still in the school, all throughout the school, and there are briefcases and... STEVE DAVIS I should not like to leave an impression that all structural problems can be settled by X-ray analys... DOROTHY HODGKIN People ask me where I got my x-ray powers. I inherited them from my parents in parental supervision.... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ I used to have the most visceral response to having my photo taken. I felt like instantly bursting i... REBECCA HALL It turns out that almost everything you see in the sky emits X-rays as well, so you can learn a lot ... MARK BAUTZ I was sure I still wanted you. But when I saw you again for the first time in months, we were differ... TREW MULLEN But I had practiced in my back yard, where, if I screwed up, I only had to go inside. ERV TSCHANZ I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the ... LARRY KING My club reggae shows were going very good. Every show I did was selling out, ... Barry said 'Why don... BILL BASS The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back. I don't need jackhammers and atom bomb ... ANON. I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off. JESSE VENTURA I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to, ... Barr... FRANK ROBINSON Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irr... FRAN LEBOWITZ Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget... CASSANDRA CLARE Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW I slammed out of the [house] and started walking, heading nowhere in particular. Sometimes you just ... RANSOM RIGGS Before a show, I usually give myself two-and-a-half hours to get ready. I prepare my shoes first. Ne... DARCEY BUSSELL I was in a drum-off, and I could've won a Mazda 6 if I would've won, ... But coach decided he'd get ... ANTHONY JACKSON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I used to ask him to show me various little steps that we would do in our routine, and he'd do them ... JULIE WALTERS I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miam... CARMEN BUSQUETS My goal is educate people about alopecia and try to break the Barbie-doll stereotype that children g... JODI PLISZKA Yeah, I figured that out myself. From listening. I would have learned a lot quicker if I had someone... YNGWIE MALMSTEEN I used to go around the country performing. I was in my 20s; I had no fear. But then I had a baby, a... JAIME PRESSLY I go to each job and open my little briefcase up, and I take out the things that I have or I know. I... THOMAS KAIL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES When I'm working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles b... JEFF BRIDGES Brian was very uncomfortable and was in a bit of shock so we had to look after him. An X-ray has com... IAN WESTON I was just mad that I got out. I had my helmet and my hat in one hand and I kind of slung both of th... CARL CRAWFORD
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BARRY SANDERS I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so w... BARRY SANDERS Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most im... BARRY SANDERS The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has le... BARRY SANDERS I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y... BARRY SANDERS As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. BARRY SANDERS I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always staye... BARRY SANDERS Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception. BARRY SANDERS Life doesn't stop with football. BARRY SANDERS I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoy... BARRY SANDERS Let's just win it and go home. BARRY SANDERS My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart throu... BARRY SANDERS I really love peace and quiet. BARRY SANDERS You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that. BARRY SANDERS It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing f... BARRY SANDERS Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to. BARRY SANDERS Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smar... BARRY RITHOLTZ The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevit... BARRY RITHOLTZ History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technolog... BARRY RITHOLTZ A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees. 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