It's an invaluable tool. Like yesterday, when you're only allowed one phone call to a kid. You can keep communicating, and text messaging. It just allows you to stay in touch.
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They just got to keep working, and they got to st... BOBBY MARTIN Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy. AESCHYLUS Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is... LUIGI PIRANDELLO Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, i... LUIGI PIRANDELLO Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is... LUIGI PIRANDELLO Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the ... ZOOEY DESCHANEL What do you do when your kid can only count to four? Buy him a drumkit and call him gifted! - T... GREEN DAY I'll call you," he repeated. "If you call me, I won't pick up the phone." "You will wait b... ILONA ANDREWS As I recall, you promised to CALL when you finished the book, not text. JOHN GREEN An adult can only preach you but, an innocent kid can teach you lesson of the life. Just try it for ... SANTOSH ADBHUT KUMAR You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you ar... PETER LORRE It's obvious when a kid comes out of nowhere. I had one kid like that and I just referred him to his... FRANK SANDOMENICO If I was a parent or a kid, I would need a cell phone, and those things are invaluable, but my kids ... PICO IYER The only one you can call a friend is the one who corrects you when you are wrong MOHAMMED S. HASSAN The text messaging really adds up. We had a tremendous bill from text messaging before we even knew ... ANNE MITCHELL Just like that, with one phone call, she was a daughter again. SARAH DESSEN Typing and read receipts make a lot of sense for messaging. You write a letter, you put it in an env... EVAN SPIEGEL Why go through all the hassle of dealing with airlines, hotels, and rental-car agencies yourself, on... DAVE BARRY There will be times when you just can't seem to land an acting job, and you feel like giving up.... SAM CLAFLIN I got a crazy amount. If I didn't have unlimited text messaging on my phone, my bill would be sky hi... ADRIAN CANNON It definitely makes you feel good about things when you're up 5-0 (after an inning). We've just got ... CHAN BROWN People end up staying when they don't do it on their own and feel like they are related to the commu... BRIAN ECK This is very important because it is going to create an awareness that your mobile phone is much mor... DAN SCHATT These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that pho... KAMALA HARRIS I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're... S.E. HINTON In fact, there's a working cell phone that you can fasten onto your dog's collar and call him anytim... BOB VETERE David James Elliott and I keep in touch via phone. PATRICK LABYORTEAUX I have an iPhone, and I can text, and I can use the phone, and I can even take pictures with it. CAROL BURNETT If the BlackBerry messaging goes, I, and I am sure most others, will find another handheld way to st... CHRISTINE JEFFRIES The next day I received a phone call from Mr. Pride which began, “So, I heard you won Ho of the Ye... KATE MADISON Follow up the interview with a phone call. If Carrot Top can figure out how to use a phone, so can y... TOM COLE You just wait for that phone call from your agent, basically. And that's the worst, because they alw... LEMAR MARSHALL In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started. AZZEDINE ALAIA Some of our worst times of grieving, we'd get a phone call from Larry it would be just like a thank ... CLAY BRASWELL Real quick, what had been a close game turned into a huge blowout. When you have a kid that can shoo... GERALD COX When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a gro... DREW BARRYMORE You can only touch infinity by achieving a heart of violins. You can not be in an enormous love more... MARIANA FULGER Being that this is a privacy matter, if you are on the ground floor or in an area where people could... BRUCE MARTIN Never trust someone who takes hours to text you back, but when you hang out with them they check the... ANONYMOUS You may want everything, and even see it before you. But when you try to touch it, it will scatter l... MARIANA FULGER A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think ... OCTAVIA BUTLER Just keep your man in front of you and time up the way he dribbles. You can time when he dribbles so... BRAD ORR With consolidation you have fewer and fewer voices, ... I always thought that the strength of radio ... BOB EDWARDS Relinquish the false-misconceived-overrated illusion that yesterday would've been different, if only... SUSIE L HILL Just making that phone call is good because we can talk to women about what you need to do right now... GAYLE POST Phone phreaking is a type of hacking that allows you to explore the telephone network by exploiting ... KEVIN MITNICK …because nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowe... JOHN GREEN You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a c... LEWIS GRIZZARD Have you ever felt like a phone call that's been disconnected? SHANNEN DOHERTY When you're labeled as an offensive team and you don't do it, it's a little frustrating, but you jus... BRENDAN MORRISON I also brought my cell phone. I'll just text message everyone I know. That'll keep me busy for hours... JACQUE ROLFES When you grow up, you gain experience and realise what youre capable of. FRANCESCO TOTTI When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about s... REGINA SPEKTOR If I get a cell phone, I take the cell phone. The teachers determine an amount of days to keep it. I... LARRY MAHAFFEY You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space ... SARAH KAY Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU When you move as much as I have...you know how it ends. You promise to stay in touch with people, bu... MORGAN MATSON When you start thinking about taking pictures, sending an e-mail, receiving an e-mail, speaking into... STEVE LARGENT When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shou... BUZZ ALDRIN Have you ever felt like a phone call that's been disconnected? SHANNEN DOHERTY [That means even if you can afford one of these gems, you might have to wait.] A one carat pink can ... ALAN FRIEDMAN Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up. EVELYN HENDRICKSON The only thing I can do is keep trying to call. No one in my family got on the highway. … The line... WARRICK DUNN The only thing I can do is keep trying to call, ... No one in my family got on the highway. … The ... WARRICK DUNN When I preaches, I has just one text to preach from, an' I always preaches from this one. My tex... SOJOURNER TRUTH Its hard to stay up. Its been a long long day And you've got the sandman at your door. Bu... CRAIG FERGUSON My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to b... DEREK JETER In order to stay with the roots of Irish music -- it's kind of like classical music -- you need to s... GARY BURMAN We have to keep a good frame of mind and not overlook La Villa. Anytime you do that, youre going to ... HECTOR GARCIA An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward,. When life is dragging you back with difficulties,... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you're a kid, you want to be ju... DEREK JETER It's an event that a lot of people can't participate in. You can't get in here if you are just a reg... DAVID BOHRMAN It seems like they are after Rick for every little thing. I?m just trying to run it like a business ... BETTY ROBERTS 'Animal Kingdom' feels like a suburban Melbourne version of 'The Godfather 'to me. I... JOEL EDGERTON When you chronically interrupt your time with whom ever you're with to answer your phone/text you ar... JAYCE O'NEAL You've got to stay patient, stay in the moment, keep grinding, ... You never know what can happen. A... TIGER WOODS This older age group is really starting to explore more on their cell phone and getting comfortable.... ADAM WRIGHT I like the kids to see me in person. It is one thing when you see an athlete on TV say 'stay in scho... EDDIE DRUMMOND
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RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "W... RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is... RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid. RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down." "But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?" I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh. "Je... RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed! RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio... RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th... RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning bolts t... RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w... RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo." Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be... RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?” The satyrs fell over... RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ... RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu... RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ... RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren... RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w... RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights." Now that we were safely down the mountain... RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi... RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods." I hesita... RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ... RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez! RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна! - Гррр! - обади... RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб... RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ) RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together. RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger. Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo... RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties... RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” ... RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn... RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?" "Just over the river and through the woods." Percy raised an ey... RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr... RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul! RICK RIORDAN In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame ... RICK RIORDAN Everything looks better with my eyes closed. RICK SPRINGFIELD THAT'S IT!" Terminus cried. "That's AGAINST THE RULES!" Polybotes frowned, obviously confused t... RICK RIORDAN