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SHANNON HOON Our strength is in our live shows and it's not like we're too good to play anywhere. SHANNON HOON I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs. SHANNON HOON At the end of the 15th year, the county would reimburse Scripps the total expended on the premium, w... SHANNON LAROCQUE I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does someth... SHANNON ELIZABETH I have been trying to find gas masks for dogs. I have a vet friend who said that somebody in his off... SHANNON ELIZABETH [County Commissioner J. Bracken Burns estimated that the unknown opponent spent $100,000 on a campai... SHANNON BURNS And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to... SHANNON MILLER I have a phobia of anything that doesn't die in the microwave after five seconds. SHANNON HOON by staring at light bulbs during games. The light contracted his pupils, making his reactions harder... CLAUDE SHANNON Infinity decided to go another way, plain and simple, MIKE SHANNON This has nothing to do with KMOX, ... They've been great and will continue to be great. It's Infinit... MIKE SHANNON I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machin... CLAUDE SHANNON We really tried to find where we had some duplication of services. It was one of our lesser-used fac... SHANNON MILLER I was probably pretty frustrating to work with, because if I ever did anything wrong, I would just s... SHANNON MILLER I take a totally different approach to a lot of things now, school and my social life come before gy... SHANNON MILLER We have to get jobs to support ourselves. We can't sit around for six months like it's vacation. SHANNON MILLER (The referees) made a call that put us on penalty-kill and our whole team knew that we shouldn't be ... SHANNON MILLER I want to do more. I'm never satisfied with what I've done. SHANNON HOON If it's a whole show of my own, I'll do more of what I think Del Shannon is. But for shows l... DEL SHANNON Seriously, a thirty-something woman shouldn't be daydreaming about a fictional character in a two-hu... SHANNON HALE The hard work and efforts from all our associates working together have resulted in another outstand... SHANNON PATTEN I don't know how you persist in being so stubborn-" "It's a superpower. I was bitten by a radio... SHANNON HALE But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them ... SHANNON HALE There is nothing in the world more pathetic than a bunch of wilted dandelions. SHANNON WIERSBITZKY We've already been there and bought blow-dryers. We forgot them. SHANNON KLEIBRINK So far it's been out of the oven and into somebody's hand, SHANNON KELLY This morning, Tegus welcomed me again with an arm clasp and cheek touch. I wasn't startled this time... SHANNON HALE Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake. DAVID SHANNON Not once, during this whole thing, did he ever seek pity. That just isn't who Bailey is. SHANNON BAILEY When he told me that, I was very nervous. I was worried that his leg and jaw were going to get hurt ... SHANNON BAILEY He needed to get out of there. He needed to be home. SHANNON BAILEY The thing about Bailey, is that he just has so much fight in him. The whole time he was in his coma,... SHANNON BAILEY But really what we're looking at is the source of the pollution and that is coal-fired power plants. SHANNON HARPS nothing left in me. Fortunately we came out with the win. SHANNON BROWN I think about it all the time. Someone had to lose the game. They played better than us that day, an... SHANNON BROWN When it comes to basketball, it's not that hard. You gotta go out and play like you gotta play and l... SHANNON BROWN It's groove-oriented. . . . I'm a pretty soulful singer. SHANNON BROWN A kid that has been blessed with feet like that is going to be on the field, ... It would be hard fo... SHANNON BROWN We didn't come out here tonight like a football team on the upswing. We should be executing better o... SHANNON BROWN I was self-conscious about it because I would get stares. I could not wear certain hairstyles. If I ... SHANNON BROWN The defense responded well from a pitiful performance against Lee last week, SHANNON BROWN Cody Stepko, Cody Stepko, Cody Stepko. He deserves to be the Player of the Week. SHANNON BROWN He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face. SHANNON HALE We realized almost a 50% increase in August gross revenue over the same period last year. That is th... TIM SHANNON It didn't matter where the amateur hit his shot on that hole, the place went crazy. It was really ne... TOM SHANNON