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We're close to getting over that hump. We're willing to work more as a unit now. We just need to get...
FREDDY ROBINSON We're getting better. We just can't seem to get over the hump.
LARRY MIKESELL Princeton has had our number for a while. But we've been getting closer and closer every year to get...
BRIAN VOELKER The gap has been closing. I feel we got over a little bit of a hump with the win over Princeton. Our...
JANINE TUCKER We worked really hard with the doubles this year and we played better, we just couldn't get over the...
JIM COOK Our guys are competing now, but we just need to get over the hump. We still need to play a bit clean...
RICH ANDERSON They played well. (Corbin) Donaldson was tough. We kept getting it down to 2 and 4 and we couldn't g...
BRETT GRAHAM It's tragic when someone's struck down at such a young age, and Auburn University extends its condol...
DAVID GRANGER It felt good to finally get over that hump.
LUKE FULGHUM We get the Hump - / Cameelious Hump - / The Hump that is black and blue!
RUDYARD KIPLING We're trying to get the investigation wrapped up. Obviously, it's a horrible and tragic situation fo...
DAVE BRENNAN Karen raised $1,000. That will help pay for the care of the animals at the shelter.
JODI ANGELL I would say (it's a must-win). You don't ever want to put a game in that situation, but realisticall...
BARBARA TURNER We came close, we just couldn't get over the hump.
JAY CARLIN We felt like we could play with the teams that swept us. We just needed that little push to get over...
BRIAN MOLER We're going to get better. We're eventually going to get over the hump.
JACK CRUMBLISS We have a great need for that and great land, ... If we ask the right people to help, I think well g...
TOM ATKINS The testimony we've heard in this case is tragic. This is a tragic situation for everyone involved.
BART ADAMS A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
PHIL MCGRAW She went over the rationale for the decision that this was a deteriorating situation that was gettin...
CHRISTOPHER DODD A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all...
SAM WORTHINGTON We were right there but we can't get over the hump.
GREG GARMEN They controlled the boards on us. They would get two or three shots and we were only getting one sho...
JAY RANSOM I tried to feed off of that, but they hit it into places we couldn't get to and then we started maki...
CAMILLE RAMSEY Three of us walked over there; I just carried the stuff back, ... They are getting along so they nee...
PAUL NEWMAN We can't get over that hump right now. Teams always hit that one shot that buries us.
JAMELLE CORNLEY We just came out slow and couldn't dig ourselves out of that hole and get over the hump that we need...
JUMAINE JONES We feel like the kids are playing well and getting better, but it has been two tough games away from...
DAVE POWELL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We made the push, but we just couldn't get over the hump and get done what we needed to get done.
TIM OLSON They answered every run we had. We just couldn't get over the hump.
BRADY WELLS Sometimes when you're working so hard, it's hard to get over the hump.
DANNY STARKEY We just couldn't get over that hump. We didn't get our break. We didn't get our run we usually get e...
BETH CLARK Whenever you exert that much energy coming back, it's so hard getting over the hump. Defensively, we...
AL FORD We're trying to be proactive and not reactive to the situation. We need to have a little more compas...
DEBBIE MILLER That's how a lot of agencies have been born or made it over the hump. The demise of one allows some ...
DAVID KOCH We pulled ourselves together, but we just couldn't get over the hump. I think the best thing we can ...
ADAM LUCHTERHAND We just didn't pay attention to detail. We just can't get over the hump.
ANTONIO WEBB We just couldn't get over the hump. You have to give Madison Central credit.
LUTHER RILEY You need your neighbors from time to time to help you get through a situation. Having good relations...
GARY ACKERMAN When you're a competitor, it's frustrating as hell. We're close. We just can't get over the hump.
JOE MACKEY I don't know how long is too long, but I do know that your struggles don't make you weak or abnormal...
MARCUS HARRISON GREEN In the [NCAA] tournament every year, we've been the underdog and we came in and played [teams] tough...
BEN JACOBSON Get Lower understood the need for a sophisticated technology to meet the complexity of the marketpla...
ELLEN SIMINOFF We are doing the things we need to do to be the program we want to become. We are doing the things t...
BROCK ROWETON It was a very tragic situation.
BRIAN HUMPHREY I have interest in helping people. Many people need help but aren't getting it.
TAWNY TOERING I don't know what it is. We just can't get over that hump. Seems like we always have that one or two...
DEONTE TATUM got us over the hump.
GARY GROTH I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is j...
KATE BOSWORTH We didn't buckle down when we needed to get over the hump late in the game.
AMY STEPHENS We turned in another good effort. We just can't get over the hump down the stretch.
ERIC LEVIE There's no harm in having an objective set of eyes come in from the outside, someone who has fresh i...
KAREN KISTY That is the fabulous thing about having the restaurant and food vendors donating -- then the bottom ...
KAREN KISTY There's many, many people in need. We need to get the word out, now. There's a lot of ways to raise ...
IVAN OLINSKY I used to dash by, feeling like a dartboard, a big red bull's-eye that Mother pinged darts at.
THE HELP I sat in the study parlor and wrote for hours-mostly term papers but also short stories, bad poetry,...
THE HELP A camel never sees its own hump.
AFRICAN PROVERB At that point, ... I thought we were over the hump.
VICKIE JOHNSON We had everything it took this year to get over the hump. We just didn't execute.
ANDREW GRIFFIN We won today because everyone took their job seriously. We've been finishing second for the past fiv...
DORRELL HILLIMAN If you're ever in a situation where you're not getting served or you can't get what you need, just c...
JANE FONDA This was a tragic event and I would encourage people to help in any way possible.
TONY ALLEN This was a serious, possibly tragic situation.
KEN BACON They need all the help they can get in the situation they are in. It's the least we could do.
LARRY TEMPLETON This was a tragic, tragic situation, but as far as we are concerned, the matter is closed.
SEAN MCCORMACK It was a tragic situation all the way around.
LINWOOD NORMAN All the money's on the table. It'll be a great game. We're trying to get over the hump. We're both g...
JOE GATSCHET The part that's been frustrating for me is how we get to .500, we start to get over that hump and th...
COREY KOSKIE These aren't hollow, computer-generated numbers. They're there. They're real, I think. This could be...
TOM YEAGER As many of Andrew's friends grieve over his loss, this represents a way that he can be remembered an...
DAVID MULLALY We had a good opener last week, and this weekend will be a continuation of that. I think the girls a...
ANGELA GOODMAN The situation is very bad. We need to evacuate 1,200 people from Bechet and its surroundings by this...
CONSTANTIN OCLEI Colleges in the area desperately need our help to get back to business, and students need our help t...
DALE KILDEE We just didn't make stops when we needed to. We never could really get over the hump.
LYNNE ROBERTS There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic th...
PAUL KAGAME Be optimistic.Optimism increase mental toughness. It arms you with a mental make up to take any even...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We just never could get over the hump. I was happy that the guys had the experience tonight playing ...
DANNY HIMES We just think that Karen Jones is an angel in disguise, ... This is just a huge help to us.
RONALD MCDONALD This is like six or seven other games that we have had this year. We get close and then we make a mi...
DENNIS HOPKINS We've been hearing about restarts and the system will be slowly getting back on its feet. There is a...
CRAIG PENNINGTON We wanted to get over the hump. We've been focused on it. This is the one we wanted.
DANNY SANDERS They had control most of the time. We made some runs, but we couldn't get over the hump.
RAY LAUWERS The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this si...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD This is a sad and tragic situation for this child and his family and I offer sympathy to them. This ...
SAM PAGE If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has st...
HAILE SELASSIE That's a big battle for us. This is one of those things, as a defensive line, and as a defense that ...
GREG MATTISON The key is having confidence. Our motto has been to keep playing well. When you get a win it helps y...
ERIC PHILLIPS We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all of us recognize its d...
HENRY L. STIMSON We've had a lot of issues with people getting into the left turn lane (eastbound) well before they s...
ANN ULRICH Or if it means too much. If it's just a hump that you can't get over, which can happen, it can just ...
CATHERINE KEENER Karen-she was all over you, your JLo's JMo
WILL & GRACE I think you have to send a message out to those outside the state, ... that Louisiana is in fact tak...
ROBERT ADLEY There's been a lot of people that have tried getting into the sport and lost a lot of money. So we w...
TROY AIKMAN Offensively, we are playing very solid softball - getting people on, moving them over, and getting t...
LLOYD HULIT It's still in their heads. If we can just get over the hump and beat one of those teams who have bea...
KATHY GRANING I think defensively we will be pretty strong. We banked a lot on our defense last year. This year we...
KIT DANIELS It's obvious that the need is there. I'm glad we can serve Howard. There's such a broad range of peo...
BARB SNYDER We're getting offers of help; we're getting word that people are trying to structure efforts for us.
EDWARD JACKSON We need better programs to help get people off drugs and prostitution.
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KAREN BENDER My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but excit...
KAREN BENDER It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.
KAREN BENDER I wrote lots of pages. I showed what I wrote to Iowa friends, and they said, 'Good start.' T...
KAREN BENDER I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
KAREN BENDER Write a story a great writer would write. Because part of becoming an artist is pushing through all ...
KAREN BENDER Giving shape to a painful experience is powerful because it helps us to see, first, how we got throu...
KAREN BENDER Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job i...
KAREN BENDER Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the mi...
KAREN BENDER The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund&...
KAREN BENDER Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
KAREN BENDER Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
KAREN BENDER Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.
KAREN BENDER I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
KAREN BASS My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and w...
KAREN BASS I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.
KAREN BASS You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected officia...
KAREN BASS When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
KAREN BASS It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.
KAREN BASS All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of ...
KAREN ARMSTRONG I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I...
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