I'm a Star Wars junkie, and I know the number of science fiction fans we have here. I knew this would be a problem, just like I knew everyone would try to download Internet Explorer 5.0 when it was released.
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Related I like you, but I know you don't know it. I like you so much, I talk to everyone but you. And I wond... ANI DIFRANCO People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. ... CARRIE FISHER I knew that everyone would know who we were. There was still an on going business here. It wasn't li... ED SAWYER I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. WILLIAM HURT I think we always knew it was there. But we would be grabbing at it and it would be just pulled back... BARON FLENORY I knew it would be a close game right down to the wire. I knew one team would pull it off, and I'm j... KORY SHILES We knew he was going to have the ball in his hands. If I was Coach Smith, I would have done the same... KIRK SPERAW I knew this was my last home game so I knew I would have to be a leader tonight. ANTHONY ROSS It was against a team that we would be expecting to fight for qualification. They are a very good te... RAFAEL BENITEZ 'Star Trek' is science fiction. 'Star Wars' is science fantasy. Based on the episode... GEORGE TAKEI I looked up at the clock and knew it would be close. I knew the record was 31 and then we went 31 an... BRITTNEY IVERSON I don't know if I'd say I would have been surprised to see us here right now. I knew we had it in us... ANDREA NICHOLS When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fi... TED CHIANG I knew this was going to be a tough tournament all the way around. I didn't think I would dominate a... DAVE CARDENAS It was exciting. I know the girls have worked extraordinarily hard this year and I knew that they wo... BRENNAN BROWN I knew this was possible. Louisiana has been a hot spot for high school basketball, and Baton Rouge ... DARNELL LAZARE Here was a problem, that I, a ten year old, could understand and I knew from that moment that I woul... ANDREW WILES We knew that this team would be a challenge. I knew it would be a battle and I thought we did a good... CATHY NIXON I think we were just riding the emotion from our last game. Everyone knew that this would probably b... BEAU STEVENS I think everybody knew he was going to be special, but we didn't know when. Just like Joe had a pres... JERRY RICE I knew that the significance would be known and understood by everyone in 10 years. I'm extremely pl... BURT RUTAN I knew this was coming, I just thought it would take a little bit longer. LAURA LEDERMAN I was really hoping it would be like this. I knew we had some really good players coming in. GUY FINSTROM I knew when he released the ball it was good. We never quit. BOO HARDY I knew we would get first place. I knew it was a good swim. CARRIE ENRIGHT I was happy here and knew the school would be a good fit for him. JENNIFER BOWERS 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 Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done ... EVANDER HOLYFIELD I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time. EDDIE ALBERT I knew 'Like Crazy' would be good, I just knew it, and that's why I fought so hard to be... CHARLIE BEWLEY We knew the change would have a cost in terms of image. We know it was a mistake, but we were able t... FELIPA JOVE I knew it would be difficult to go through our league undefeated, but I did know we would be in the ... MIKE ALBRING I did ('Dumb & Dumber') when my career was kind of floundering, ... . . . I knew it was a comedy onl... JEFF DANIELS I wanted to get out of school for the day, but if I wrote that, I knew that I wouldn't get picked. I... EILEEN JOSEPH It would be very difficult, and I said this to you privately and I said it publicly, for me to vote ... DIANNE FEINSTEIN I think the first movie I ever saw was a 'Star Wars' triple bill, when 'Return of the Je... RICHARD COYLE They have quick hands and quick feet and I knew that would be a problem. I still felt like it was ou... DONNIE GRAY We knew this would be a very physical game. I told my players that we would have to step up and play... DAVID HOWARD He's there for me when I need him. When I came here I knew it would be a good fit. He's just a good ... LOREN STOKES The day before we met, we actually spoke on the telephone for the first time. I knew we had a connec... GARY SUFFIR Once the doctors told me I was healthy, I knew it was just a matter of time before I was able to get... AARON COOK I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Missis... TATE TAYLOR I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to t... RUSSELL BRAND I said I knew it. I told them that I knew that it would come today, and I knew that it would come th... MIKE ESPY I felt you before I knew of your existence, maybe it was a hint from the universe to continue on the... NIKKI ROWE I wasn't filled with dread when I came here but I knew there were problems I would have to address, ... WILLIAM LEVADA I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. BARBRA STREISAND We knew it would be popular. We didn't know it would be this popular this quickly. JOE HILLS If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord b... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ I know im awesome because if i was superman the first thing i would do is build a suit made out of l... NATHAN ELMO MELO We knew they were on a roll and this is like their Cinderella season. We knew they?d be up for the g... KERRY LOUGHRAN It's amazing. I didn't even know my role be or what impact I would have on this team in the beginnin... COURTNEY KUPETS When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was ... LANCE REDDICK I was in the room when Sundar convinced Eric Schmidt that it would be possible to unseat Internet Ex... CHRIS SACCA It was devastating, but I know Clint. He's the most optimistic person I know, almost to a fault ... ... BOB BARRETT My most memorable science fiction experience was 'Star Wars' and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fel... CYNTHIA BREAZEAL If everyone knew what I was thinking, I would get punched in the face a lot. ANONYMOUS Everyone here has always treated me like thier daughter. It doesn't matter who it is, and it was eve... SHANNON MILLER Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor. CHRIS ROCK No one knew until really the last second (who would win). It was windy and they had just aerated the... JEFF BABIN I would just say that I would like to be able to be around to see the completion of the projects tha... LINDSEY HANSEN I was thinking about cutting my hair right after the season. I knew if I came here it would be a big... JOHNNY DAMON It's tight, just like we knew it would be, AMELIE MAURESMO I knew the pressure was going to come, and I knew there would be a bunch of turnovers. We kind of ex... JEFF PAFUNDA I knew it was going to be big but I didn't think it would be this big. STEVE HARMISON If somebody told me we would beat those teams ahead of time, I would be pretty positive about it but... ANDREW DIDONATO If I was crazy, would I know it? That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. ... KELLEY ARMSTRONG How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to los... RUTA SEPETYS If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, woul... DOUGLAS ADAMS I didn't know where I was. If I knew where I was, I would have fallen down. That would have been the... MICHAEL STRAHAN To be honest, sometimes I'm horrified because you don't really know what you look like. If I... JENNIFER COOLIDGE I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and... ERNEST GAINES I like science fiction and I read it a lot - if I were a collector, I would bid for his works, DAVID ANDERSON I knew it would be close, but this is a little closer than I thought it would be. I respect the deci... NEIL LEBLANC If I knew he would pitch like this, I would have started suggesting him the second game of the seaso... GIL PATTERSON It was something I looked forward to. I knew what I was coming into. I knew we lost nine seniors. I ... JAQUAN BRAY The dynamic, team-wise off the field, was just awesome and that transferred to the team we had on th... AMANDA WEBER I knew we had something, but I didn't know we'd be this good. I thought it would be next year. I'm v... FIDEL VASQUEZ I knew it would be a long road, but I knew they could survive. ELIZABETH THATCHER I knew that as soon as I touched it, I was going to shoot it. Once I released it, I knew it was good... ARCHIE MIAWAY I knew that there was a lot of time left still in the fourth quarter when everyone was kind of relax... JAMIE BRAUN I know I yelled, but I'll have to watch the video to see what else. I knew he was very aggressive an... CINDI WILLIAMS I knew they were a very tough team. We knew we would have to wrestle well to even be in the match. BILL MCDONALD I think last year, yeah, we were grateful to be here. It was a dream to be here last year. But when ... COURTNEY SCHUSTER It was a tense match as I always knew it would be, CHRIS COLEMAN It's surprising when a true freshman steps up like that. Both goals were just incredible goals. I kn... DWAYNE SHAFFER They did great. We knew it would be a crapshoot and I think it was our best performance on the one-m... DR. JEFF HUBER It just surprised me. I knew there would be breaks and we just got the best of them tonight. KYLE HALL If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna. MADONNA When I came here I was feeling pretty strong about South Carolina. I knew I needed to take this visi... GAVIN SMITH I knew it was going to be close. It was a good race. It would have been nice to watch. KATIE NELSON I knew there would be some breaks here and there and we got the most of them tonight. KYLER HALL When I started this trial, I thought we were going to try this case on science. I had no idea my cli... CHRISTOPHER SEEGER As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of pub... PHILIP REEVE When he told me he was going to be a cavalry scout, I just knew. I just knew. BETTY VEZINA We knew Marian was going to be tough at home; they have a nice team. I figured it would be a tough g... DAVE BEEBE I knew it would be like that, a hostile environment, so I was ready for it. But it wasn't that bad. BRENT PETWAY The Clinton Administration has turned out to be a boon. I knew that he would be wonderful, I just kn... PAT PAULSEN This is just the way it is, ... When I wanted to use, I went to the black people I knew who used. We... BRIAN CALDWELL I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. Bu... CARL SANDBURG
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JULIAN BARNES Philosophy is at its most engaged when it is impure. What is being recovered from the Ancient Greek ... JULIAN BAGGINI I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising. JULIAN CASABLANCAS You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is... JULIAN ASSANGE I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit... JULIAN ASSANGE Most people believe, more or less, that the value of a human life is the same, irrespective of where... JULIAN BAGGINI I think competitiveness between two people is still relevant, and the battle of the sexes still intr... JULIAN OVENDEN I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. S... JULIAN CASABLANCAS Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a differ... JULIAN BAGGINI The land of embarrassment and breakfast. JULIAN BARNES The writer's life is full of frailty and defeat like any other life. What counts is the work. Yet th... JULIAN BARNES You grew old first not in your own eyes,but in other people's eyes;slowly,you agreed with their opin... JULIAN BARNES Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to yo... JULIAN BARNES The secret of happiness is to be happy already JULIAN BARNES The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature; only then can he see clearly JULIAN BARNES Me and my books, in the same apartment: like a gherkin in its vinegar. JULIAN BARNES I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll j... JULIAN CASABLANCAS If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall... JULIAN SCHNABEL I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunat... JULIAN SCHNABEL I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going... JULIAN BOND I don't assume that I am going to be cast as a Glaswegian landlord. JULIAN OVENDEN It's a significant contribution if we can get immigration reform done. JULIAN CASTRO No matter how convinced we are that someone is nasty, evil or just plain criminal, if they have not ... JULIAN BAGGINI Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship. JULIAN ASSANGE It's not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don't know what to do with them o... JULIAN BAGGINI It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship,... JULIAN BAGGINI As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of A... JULIAN CASTRO The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incr... JULIAN SANDS 'Easy listening' is a term that is often used incorrectly. JULIAN OVENDEN I think when somebody's painting they don't necessarily... I'm not illustrating what I k... JULIAN SCHNABEL