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PAMELA STEPHENSON After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with the... PAMELA STEPHENSON I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings an... PAMELA STEPHENSON Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic. PAMELA STEPHENSON This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more. WILLIAM STEPHENSON I am much obliged by the favourable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can b... GEORGE STEPHENSON I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the... PAMELA STEPHENSON [So, to lose the weight, she avoided faddy diets and devised a balanced eating plan.] I was careful ... DEBRA STEPHENSON We work closely with the customer. The MoD sends us 'subject matter experts' who have just returned ... COLIN STEPHENSON It was like havingan 8 month hangover! DEBRA STEPHENSON The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before... GEORGE STEPHENSON Integrating the show with the commercial air traffic has been a really tricky exercise. COLIN STEPHENSON The idea is that it's not just the military that's going to be delivering the effect anymore. It's b... BARBARA STEPHENSON It's inadvertent almost always but it really does take time. BARBARA STEPHENSON History has shown us that when we wait until we get on the ground to come up with a strategy in real... BARBARA STEPHENSON We set a miserable tone from the start. GENE STEPHENSON We'll tell each other that we love each other and I'm always going to be there for him. AMANDA STEPHENSON The timing is really important. AMANDA STEPHENSON We kind of threw something together with fins and some brightly colored stuff and a gas mask, which ... BILL STEPHENSON We knew coming into this year that the bar was raised, and I think we all knew what we wanted to do.... BRANDON STEPHENSON They slid to Boyce a lot, and he's one of our most potent dodgers. ED STEPHENSON The plan seems very comprehensive, and I was very impressed with it. (The plan) is headed in the rig... BOB STEPHENSON I cannot justify not being at 100 percent of the market rate, and we should do everything we can to ... BOB STEPHENSON I don't know if beating them in the fourth overtime like that was necessarily a good thing for us. I... BRANDON STEPHENSON I like having the pressure on me. My teammates played a great game tonight, and I just did my job. BRANDON STEPHENSON James was delighted with them, too. I've always liked having bigger boobs. At first I was a bit sad ... DEBRA STEPHENSON The large pieces of furniture and the decorator items are the first to go. TODD STEPHENSON Not like it used to be. It didn't seem like we were excited -- this whole ballpark just seemed quiet... GENE STEPHENSON This is the biggest fund-raiser of the year for the elementary. LORI STEPHENSON We squandered some opportunities, but some of that may have been their pitching. GENE STEPHENSON We were building a picket fence and we decided to put a gate in. NELSON STEPHENSON I am happy with the personnel, ... We've got the potential to be much, much better than we showed th... GENE STEPHENSON Everybody is different, so it's important to notice what affects you, which is why I kept a food dia... DEBRA STEPHENSON Acting is my priority. DEBRA STEPHENSON I love singing and I'd be thrilled if my album did well. DEBRA STEPHENSON It was like havingDEBRA STEPHENSON She loves Danny but she can't forgive him. DEBRA STEPHENSON Twenty years may seem like a long time, but for the heinousness of the crime, it's not that long. If... EDWARD STEPHENSON We certainly don't want him out but there's not a thing we can do. EDWARD STEPHENSON I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. GEORGE STEPHENSON The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay. GEORGE STEPHENSON It was designed as a multi-purpose building so that you can do a variety of events. CHRISTOPHER STEPHENSON The bluegill population is very good. We haven't collected any 'trophy' bluegill, but there are many... DAN STEPHENSON That means we had 14 bass over 18 inches every hour. DAN STEPHENSON We still don't know why. We assume it has something to do with heat fluctuations. DAN STEPHENSON In the spring of 2005 during a night shocking survey, we collected 119 bass per hour averaging over ... DAN STEPHENSON One was doing so well, so why not put in two? DAN STEPHENSON We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance. WILLIAM STEPHENSON If we going to sell this to the public, we are going to have explain how these dollars are going to ... DAVE STEPHENSON It will always come to the biggest entity who they assume has the biggest pockets. DAVE STEPHENSON It's great for our community and for the men and women in our armed services. DAVE STEPHENSON There is nothing more important than the children and the youth of our community and it's an ideal s... DAVE STEPHENSON Something like this is long past due. DAVE STEPHENSON We know the purpose and intent of this building, but reading the fine print, the building retains ba... DAVE STEPHENSON I have no idea how he caught that ball. You can't say enough about Matt Brown and how he plays the o... GENE STEPHENSON He has played very well defensively at third base. He's swinging the bat well. He can add some punch... GENE STEPHENSON They can go get the ball with anybody and make all the plays. GENE STEPHENSON We have a lot of depth. We can withstand some injuries and not be devastated. GENE STEPHENSON I think he's got real promise, ... He's loose, and he's got a great swing. GENE STEPHENSON He's truly a very remarkable, special athlete. He's an outstanding hitting prospect. GENE STEPHENSON I've always felt WSU was the premier university in the Missouri Valley Conference. We have the best ... GENE STEPHENSON Words can't describe a group that has been with us for four years and started the program. ED STEPHENSON We could have held them a little tighter, which is what we've done in the past. We've got to score e... ED STEPHENSON Each year the recruiting is getting better. Better kids are looking at us, and we're getting more of... ED STEPHENSON We played a great first half defensively. We struggled to break them down one-on-one on the offensiv... ED STEPHENSON We weren't sharp on either end. We didn't do anything on offense; we didn't do anything on defense. ... ED STEPHENSON We were kind of spotty in our last game; fortunately a few of the guys stepped up. It's just another... ED STEPHENSON That's the whole point of the increase in our schedule this year, to give us that second opportunity... ED STEPHENSON We're gonna have to work real hard starting Monday. We really have to improve every week. I thought ... ED STEPHENSON It's a great win for our program, it's a milestone for us. We play a very difficult schedule early, ... ED STEPHENSON Work as hard with your internal customers as you do with outside suppliers to establish long-term re... JANICE STEPHENSON Getting buy-in was a hard sell. JANICE STEPHENSON Maybe we can even finish the story of white deer and its sad ending and read it to children. It woul... JANICE STEPHENSON I'm devastated, just devastated. Never in my wildest dreams did I think anyone in the town of Garner... JANICE STEPHENSON
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