It's total bullshit," he said. "The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he's in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such a bright kid. It's bullshit. I hate it. But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?
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Everything they say about it is bullshit!
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ELLEN HOPKINS He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I... ERICH SEGAL We're so overburdened with all the bullshit in the system. CAROL BARTZ Bullshit makes the flowers grow and that is beautiful GREGORY HILL Life begins when we get tired of our own bullshit. We must all get bloody tired of our own bullshit,... C. JOYBELL C. Avant-garde is French for bullshit JOHN LENNON Eighty percent of the time I'm OK. Twenty percent of the time, it's overwhelming. LARRY TURNER It looked like to the organization that he wasn't progressing. But in 2004 he blossomed. With him it... KEVIN COONEY That baby sees the world with completeness that you and I will never know again. His doors of percep... TOM WOLFE If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twen... STEW LEONARD If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twen... 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SUZANNE MORRISON Don't tell me I have a short temper; I just have a quick reaction to bullshit. ANONYMOUS To recognize bullshit, nose is better than ear. TOBA BETA ..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down. HARLAN COBEN No. --Claire Bullshit! Yes, a world of yes. --Eve RACHEL CAINE I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can... HARRY CREWS Man made hells are built for purpose but they can be closed like a book if we choose to do this. THOMAS MC DONALD She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit... LAURA LIPPMAN They say you never forget your first glimpse of Gehenna. Over the tall buildings the sky swirls with... ANN AGUIRRE Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit. JERRY MARTIN We are Soo good at making bullshit famous. NERISSA IRVING Be his wife, his lover, his freak, his best friend, his business partner, be understanding, continue... NERISSA IRVING I really adore people who can look at bullshit and see fertilizer. BOBBY W. MILLER I just realized that the key to advertising can be summed up in one word: Bullshit. WHITNEY G. Nick‘s eyes widened as a total state of befuddled huh possessed him. Was he in the Twilight Z... SHERRILYN KENYON He is like a pig in slop in this thing -- this is clearly what he was born to do. When I first heard... ROBERT THOMPSON Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad... LOU HOLTZ Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad... LOU HOLTZ The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elect... GEORGE CARLIN Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river! Dreams! adoration... ALLEN GINSBERG The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit. RICHARD PRYOR It was more important to me to understand what it's like to be this Jewish kid who felt he was so di... RYAN GOSLING Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The othe... HANK AARON He was a loving caring kid. He loved everybody, there was no hate in him. DANNY MASON That figure...is still higher than the total percentage he gained when he was elected last year, whi... DENNY JANUAR ALI You haven't created a new body for me. I'm electricity, or light, or whatever bullshit you said I am... BRAD MCKINNISS So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify... JAMES FREY The first thing he (Callan) asked was, 'Can I bring my Zamboni bed?' I said, 'Sure, you can bring th... 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