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Our goal is to get to the quarterfinals. As long as we do that, it's been a successful round robin.


Rick DiPietro

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CHARLES MHLAURI That's SHIT!

How do you remove it?
You just put it inside the trash, easy as that.
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JANIS SLATTERY It betters us in the long run. If we wrestle those harder teams now and keep building up until the f...
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BOB YOUNG Our goal is to recognize as many monuments as we can.
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CHRISTINA ENGELA His goal was to say as little as possible without saying nothing, and he was successful at that.
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LARRY FRAZIER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
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JENN DAVIS Our plan was to get as tough of schedule as we could in the spring, so that way when we played our c...
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RICK SANTORUM Our goal was that poultry would not get infected by bird flu and we were successful in this.
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ERIC OLESEN The BBC show is iconic, and you can't set that as a goal. All we tried to do was make a funny show b...
STEVE CARELL There's a formula for how long it takes to get over someone, that it's half as long as the time you'...
JENNIFER E. SMITH We're still improving and that's our goal, to keep improving every week. We just have to buckle down...
DAVE STIDHAM We have been waiting to get a win for a long time. We didn't play as well as I wanted to play, but w...
CLAD SLONIKER Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi...
DEYTH BANGER We feel like we can do it again. That's been our goal, to get back there, and try to go a little bit...
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JOHN MULLEN Our goal is to do everything we can under the circumstances to treat each body with as much dignity ...
BOB JOHANNESSEN As long as we keep our schedule, we do well.
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GREG DYER Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
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ANDREW WASHINGTON Our goal as a defence is to go out there and dominate. I think we did that.
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SUSANE COLASANTI People see what they want to see
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER Who cares what are you eating??
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PHILLIP FULMER You can now access the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We are back. Our goal was to get community service ba...
BRUCE FRALLIC Its nice to enjoy the win, but we won't be happy until we get into the playoffs. Our goal now is to ...
JASON ALLISON Not only do we feel we have a lot of speed and the grit, but enough scoring. We think our depth on d...
DON WADDELL We want to extend our adolescence as long as we can. I.O., Upright Citizens Brigade and 'SNL' have e...
AMY POEHLER We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus...
JEANNE ARBUCKLE Would you want you as a friend?
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ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm...
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HEATHER SANDS We do that to help them be successful in the long run.
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RICK RIORDAN Look," Percy continued, "I know I'm new here. I know you guys don't like to mention the massacre in ...
RICK RIORDAN Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a ...
RICK RIORDAN Juno: "All roads lead there child. You should know that."
Percy: "Detention?
RICK RIORDAN They all ordered massive plates of eggs, pancakes, and reindeer sausage, though Frank looked a littl...
RICK RIORDAN Percy tried to remember. He really did. For some reason, Annabeth and he had visited a spa and decid...
RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN