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Related I want to be the first team in the state of North Carolina to win a national championship in footbal... CHUCK AMATO I'm from North Carolina, and I stand here humbled, honored, and proud to place in nomination for... HARVEY GANTT I've accomplished all of my personal goals but there is one team goal left. I want another state cha... INGER HODGSON Their incentives hurt us. They caught all of us South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida off-gu... GREG TORRE [The show, set in the fictional North Carolina town of Mayberry, was originally meant to take place]... ANDY GRIFFITH We were motivated by the fact that (North Carolina) had won four in a row. We know all about the rep... MIKE JONES Our three ECC games were all one-goal losses. We still have our goals in front of us in terms of try... ANDY EMANUEL Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight... NIKKI HALEY I wanted to play since my ninth grade year, but I was busy with soccer and then I broke my arm. MATT HUGHES As a role model for young girls and women, I just encourage them to continue their education and set... LISA LESLIE The All-Star Game was one of my top highlights as a player. In my eye, it gave me a good idea of whe... SCOTTIE PIPPEN I'm glad our offer of privatization as an option for all 4-year state-supported colleges and univers... MARK SANFORD I felt like I played one of my better games in the series. Even though three goals went in, I felt t... BRYAN BRIDGES All the girls wrote goals for themselves and the team. The goals were pretty simple. Each girl wante... BOB MAYER At South Carolina, I hung out mostly with my host and that was it. But all of Virginia's players hun... GAVIN SMITH It's bittersweet. The last time I was in an all-star game, I was in Grade 11 or 12 in high school. T... DUSTIN PENNER I wanted to win an SEC championship and a national championship. Those are the main goals. CHAD KELLY The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of So... PAT CONROY We knew they (South Carolina State) were smaller. We wanted to get the ball inside and take advantag... DEBRA CLARK My mom said I could not go to V-State. I'm independent and didn't want to go to school at home, but ... LISA RICHARDSON It was fun. I was like wow, this is crazy. I never experienced anything like that. After I took all ... ALEX STEPHESON Of the seven Grade 12 girls on the team, they've never lost a game in Toronto in all four years of t... BILL MACKAY I bet Miami would have been happy just to beat North Carolina any way they could have. We won -- tha... JAMMAL BROWN I knew when these girls were freshmen that they'd be good and get better every year. They have highe... KATHRYN GILREATH I can tell you I am very happy because this was one of my goals in life. I have been here so long, a... CARLOS MARIN My campaign starts here in Gent. I just need a few races to arrive in my best shape in Moscow. I set... MARIA MUTOLA My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've ... SALLY PEARSON The Games were very successful for us from an advertising standpoint. We met all of our financial go... DON RICHARDS It's not a surprising thing. People have been saying all year that North Carolina is better, that No... LUTHER HEAD Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat pe... BOB ETHERIDGE I think it's become the premier all-star game in the state. It's still during the school years so mo... BRUCE DICK I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I mo... DIPLO The colleges are so close to each other, and the alumni all work with each other so closely. So if o... BILLY PACKER All of Eastern North Carolina is in a state of transition. We're adapting to changes in industry and... CHANCELLOR STEVE BALLARD Only four of the Canadian players were in the top 30 in NHL (North America Hockey League) scoring. T... GORD MILLER I don't feel like we were the bad guys. We knew George Mason was a good team. One of our goals was t... LEE HUMPHREY Quinnipiac isn't in awe of South Carolina, and they are coming down here to win. The fact that we we... RAY TANNER That's one of my goals for this year: top 10. I really want it and I have to work hard. There are so... ANA IVANOVIC We're all excited to play North Carolina. We've got nothing to lose. LAURA MCGAFFIGAN I started 'Storyline' after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I&... DONALD MILLER That had been one of my goals, since I was a freshman. For me to have a good game like that and to h... ALLIE WOODS We definitely wanted to play (Duke) again. With it being down here, it will be all Duke fans like it... TYRESE RICE I wanted to send the car back to North Carolina intact and we did that, ... I finished 30th, which i... BORIS SAID My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for g... REBECCA LOBO I'll watch the game and root for Coach Spurrier every day of the week until the one day he plays Flo... CHRIS DOERING They all have goals and everybody wants to make their targets for the week. ROBERT COLEMAN I really feel like the only game where we were outfought was at South Carolina. For whatever reason,... BILLY DONOVAN Before the year started, we set goals and one of our goals was to be at the top. It sucks we aren't ... JEN WILLIAMS When I was growing up, our whole family used to get together at Christmas, but we hadn't done that f... JOSH BETTS Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When t... STEVE SPURRIER Here in California, it's living the life, going to school, playing sports and hanging out with m... JACKSON BRUNDAGE We are confident there are viable candidates in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. CHARLENE MCGRIFF Once I got hurt my ninth-grade year, I thought that juggling two sports was too much, so I decided t... CHARELISE DAVIS South Carolina, as a matter of compromise, displays the Confederate flag on a flagpole in front of t... JOHN EDWARDS One of our goals was serving. All the girls did a very good job. I don't think we started missing se... BRIAN DOYON I see it as an award for Forsyth County and North Carolina and for all the foster parents and adopti... BRENDA BALL It had to stop - we were carrying about a million deer in South Carolina, and we don't need one mill... CHARLES RUTH They were bizarre own goals but goals win games and we gave them three. CHRIS TURNER They're a very athletic team. I saw them play three games early in the year and all three they were ... MATT CARPENTER One factor was the team chemistry. Plus, it's located a lot closer to home, and they (South Carolina... ERIC NORWOOD I don't set TD goals. They call the plays, I run them. I just want to win games. OMAR JACOBS I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream -... ROBERTO ALOMAR It's my job to score goals, ... I love to score here at Philips Arena. The fans go crazy, everybody ... ILYA KOVALCHUK That was one of my goals this past offseason: to take some of the physical things that I didn't like... JASON BAKER I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very... ED O'NEILL We'll play; we're happy to be in the tournament. However, we have the best record in college basketb... JACK KVANCZ 'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and m... DANIELLA ALONSO One of my goals is to win a conference championship. And that's an attainable goal for these kids. CRAIG WEISBROD When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment ... PATRICIA CORNWELL It was such an exciting game and I wanted to win so bad. Everybody worked so hard. Everybody wanted ... CLAUDE GIROUX I grew up here, my parents still live here, and I've been able to raise my girls here. We've been in... BILL COWHER I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends. SCOTTY MCCREERY Having spent all that time getting away from South Africa, running away from the army, I wanted very... RICHARD STANLEY One of our goals is to win a state title. We have everyone back and we've all improved. We have an a... LARA HEIGIS I see that as a strong asset. Also, he has strong ties to the state of South Carolina, and that shou... TOMMY BOWDEN We were a step behind the whole game, don't ask me why. All of our goals were good goals ? they all ... LORIN CAMPBELL That's my job, to score goals and score as many as I can. I don't know if I'm going to be the leader... ILYA KOVALCHUK Just in the past couple of years, coyotes have moved into all 100 counties of North Carolina. BRAD DEEN You follow it up with another Super Bowl. That?s the best way to follow that up. I set big personal ... DEION BRANCH Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. G... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH We're playing as well as we have all year. I really like what I saw last week (in road games at Texa... DON LOFTON That game haunts me a lot. I talk about it all the time. We wanted to win that state championship so... LINDA SAYAVONGCHANH My grades weren't what they should have been, so they sent me back to the ninth grade. I was glad, b... GERALD WILSON Last year we wanted to win one game. This year we want to win the state championship. BRAD LOWE Everybody knows my life. I won a lot of tournaments and scored more than 1,000 goals, won three Worl... PELE I thought it was a good game. I thought we played well, and I thought South Burlington has got one o... DAVE LAMARRE Oh, I can care less about scrutiny and all that. If it was a bad game, it was a bad game. Just becau... VINCE CARTER I would like to play games closer than home. You can do more with the revenue if you don't spend it ... DANNY HOPE There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any... JASPER JOHNS Full, open deliberations can yield a better result for all of North Carolina, ... State taxpayers de... ROY COOPER I never lost four like that. Last year, before this game, I lost my defensive coordinator. He went t... GLEN MASON Jose was just in the right spot at the right time on all three of those goals. I wouldn't call them ... JAY ANDERSON With five people covering the entire state of South Carolina, we're not going to be able to check th... CHARLES KNIGHT It was 0-0 at halftime and we had out-shot them in the first half and the kids were absolutely playi... DON HADDOX The quarterback was Condredge Holloway part of the time, but Randy Wallace and Pat Ryan also played.... DAVID PARSONS The forecast track is pointing towards North Carolina, but South Carolina is not out of the woods ye... JACK BEVEN The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a sta... KANDYSE MCCLURE I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director intr... MADDIE HASSON I have had almost every job under the sun, it feels like. One of the first jobs I took was as a door... SHAY CARL We have a lot of work to do. To play the way we did (last night), it's kinda depressing to know how ... DEE DAVIS
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MELANIE JOY It is impossible to exercise free will as long as we are operating from within the system. Free will... MELANIE JOY In much of the industrialized world, we eat meat not because we have to; we eat meat because we choo... MELANIE JOY The ten billion animals that are killed every year for meat and the virulent consequences of contemp... MELANIE JOY As with any violent ideology, the populace must be shielded from direct exposure to the victims of t... MELANIE JOY The carnistic schema, which twists information so that nonsense seems to make perfect sense, also ex... MELANIE JOY Yet on some level we do know the truth. We know that meat production is a messy business, but we cho... MELANIE JOY If you walked into your local convenience store and bought a package of cigars, you would notice tha... MELANIE JOY There is a vast mythology surrounding meat, but all the myths are in one way or another related to w... MELANIE JOY Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals, and of our own participation in that... MELANIE JOY But why must the system go to such lengths to block our empathy? Why all the psychological acrobatic... MELANIE JOY The path of the norm is the path of least resistance; it is the route we take when we're on auto-pil... MELANIE JOY We love dogs and eat cows not because dogs and cows are fundamentally different--cows, like dogs, ha... MELANIE JOY Most of us believe that eating meat is natural because humans have hunted and consumed animals for m... MELANIE JOY Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that ... MELANIE JOY To identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see something of them in your... MELANIE JOY I wouldn't be betting the farm on that one. JOY OLSON The Open Source theorem says that if you give away source code, innovation will occur. Certainly, Un... BILL JOY Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, kn... BILL JOY Jini's different from personal computers because Jini's simple. It's only 35,000 lines of code. BILL JOY Don't be anyone's side dish. If you're in this kind of situation and I'm offending you that's just t... JOY MANISCALCO The trade deficit will be couched in terms of outsourcing. If you look at trade itself, it doesn't c... DAVID JOY Violent ideologies follow their own logic, the logic that sustains the system - a convoluted logic t... MELANIE JOY Real love isn't ordinary. Real love isn't artificial. Real love isn't something you can buy or manuf... JOY MANISCALCO Being comfortable with someone doesn't necessarily mean they feel some deep rooted connection with y... JOY MANISCALCO