She hesitated slightly. “I’ve seen what was called telekinesis with dice—but I’m no mathematician and I could not testify that what I saw was telekinesis.” “Hell’s bells, you wouldn’t testify that the sun had risen if the day was cloudy.
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Related I had no clue what it was about at first. She just told me if I could throw the dice and count I cou... MARTHA BREWER I never once suggested that she should not testify. It was just the opposite. I told Mr. Abrams that... JOSEPH TATE What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of wri... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Gypsy aren't only poor, but they are brutal and not so nice people. World has smashed them, that the... DEYTH BANGER We speak that what we know and testify to that which we have seen. BIBLE I was losing her, she wouldn’t listen to me, and I was about to fail my third quiz of the semester... KAMI GARCIA How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise MY hand! UNKNOWN I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable. I was strong. I was pure. I h... AMY TAN When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, bu... SUSANA MARTINEZ It was made very clear to me in discussions with Mr. Libby's counsel that he had personally approved... FLOYD ABRAMS He is a neighbor of the family she is staying with, and when he went online, he saw my notice. He ca... DOROTHY DEMBOSKI I'm excited. Slightly disappointed, but not really. If I could have caught a bag like I did the firs... MARK ROSE For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone. WALTER JON WILLIAMS When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me u... MAGIC JOHNSON I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I ... ERNEST SHACKLETON We make love every single day — no matter what. She is the only woman I’ve seen that gets more b... TARRYN FISHER He must think.. that I’m dumb and innocent. But I’ve shown who I really am.. many things happene... AI YAZAWA The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER Today what was impossible is made possible and the rest is history SUNDAY ADELAJA What I saw with my kids was consistent with what I had been hearing, ... I looked around at local (W... MIKE DEWINE [Cooper called Libby directly, Abrams told NPR, and was referred to his lawyer for authorization. Ab... FLOYD ABRAMS Now is the time when you see people which you know... but they start ignoring you... and how do you ... DEYTH BANGER The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ... CHRISTINA ENGELA The music began, and it was one of those life-changing moments. I saw an artist, Janis Joplin. She w... CLIVE DAVIS That's most interesting. But I was no more a mind-reader then than today. I was weeping for an ... KAZUO ISHIGURO I've seen it time and time again, people do not testify against innocent people, they, reluctantly, ... JEFF SESSIONS We didn't think it was particularly pertinent to what we'd be testifying about. I can only testify t... CLAUDIO MANNO I can testify to what UNICEF means to children because I was among those who received food and medic... AUDREY HEPBURN I anticipate that she will testify, ... Obviously, she gives a perspective that we haven't heard fro... WILLIAM DELAHUNT As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded. DEBORAH SAMPSON Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,... DANIELLE STEEL I don’t know what to do,” he said. “No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do,” said Ri... TERRY PRATCHETT I’d kiss you, too, if I was closer.”(claire) “I wouldn’t,” Michael said. “I don’t... RACHEL CAINE I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all, Teddy said. It was on a... J.D. SALINGER So I was a stone in the sea. Gravity gave up on keeping me above the surface. I did not try to... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Her face felt like it was scattered in pieces and she could not keep it straight. The feeling was a ... CARSON MCCULLERS But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor... SUE MILLER [In an interview yesterday, Abrams declined to endorse Miller's account that Libby did not want her ... FLOYD ABRAMS I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what this real want was she... CARSON MCCULLERS Education Minister Dolores Cristina had a lot to answer for.
If she knew what was going on and did n... JOSEPH MUSCAT I wish you could have seen the kitchen when I was done: It looked like a hurricane had blown right i... RUTH REICHL I remember when I knew she was going to have to testify in the grand jury and I felt terrible becaus... CHARLES RUFF When I first saw Robert, what struck me was this beautiful sincerity in what he's doing. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND At first glance you looked at Kate and thought “fighter,” maybe merc. Five inches taller than me... ILONA ANDREWS When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newma... PETER FACINELLI That was the first time I experienced the desperate orgiastic pleasure of this form of public mourni... AZAR NAFISI She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But... HARUKI MURAKAMI Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does ... JAMES BALDWIN This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had ... VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE After what had transpired I felt I could no longer work with him. I was adamant on that to the board... AL DOUGLAS He had no doubt that Merrin had called out to God here in this place while she was been raped and ki... JOE HILL She had seen just now what she had only sensed before, that the whole world was ready to be their en... PATRICIA HIGHSMITH I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of th... GEORGE THOROGOOD As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy l... NORMAN LAMM I saw the gooseflesh on my skin. I did not know what made it. I was not cold. Had a ghost passed ove... SYLVIA PLATH What young people didn’t know, she thought, lying down beside this man, his hand on her shoulder, ... ELIZABETH STROUT I’ll tell you all about it, but let’s eat first. I’ve had nothing to eat. Although I was offer... MICHAEL GRANT She could feel the blood flowing within her and she felt that she must die or break forth into leave... MERVYN PEAKE 38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and wa... JAMES C. DOBSON But no matter where I went, what I was running from would still be with me—Kat. She wasn’t just ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT One of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a lit... JOHNNY DEPP Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something - I don't know what it was to this day. My mi... VING RHAMES It was definitely a right hand and not a head butt that opened her eye. She was slightly crouched ov... CARINA MORENO When I first saw her as a freshman that day, I knew she belonged. It was never a question with her. ... DAVE KLINGEL And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another h... RAINBOW ROWELL It is not acceptable to force mothers to testify against their daughters, to make lawyers testify ag... JOHN CONYERS My first job was when I was eight. I did this opera, which was a Robert Wilson/Philip Glass opera, c... EZRA MILLER But my mother was aglow. She had a continuing fascination with celebrities, and now she had one of h... STEVE MARTIN What was called a haze in Malaysia is a dense, whitish fog in Indonesia, ... Residents complain they... MARIA RESSA they just had big bones rather than stand up an’ say — I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ... J.K. ROWLING There was a guy standing near the green with a red sweater, and I said I was going to hit at that gu... MIKE WEIR What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shoul... CHERYL STRAYED I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was: man... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The only question that got any traction was when he asked Martin what he did. Martin tersely replied... SCOTT MEYER There was love, a reliable and real love grown in a handful of days, and Tristan did not know why it... C.J. CHERRYH I did not throw out my education lightly, but what I was being taught was of no use in explaining wh... PAUL SAMUELSON She was a real feminist, and she kept bugging me about getting involved in women's issues, about doi... JILL DUVAL Nothing less than 7 inches. CASSANDRA CLARE I felt that what I had been standing on had collapsed and that I had nothing left under my feet. Wha... LEO TOLSTOY Speed Reader: Nothing more than… "Getting knowledge in a fast way". (Note: What's that?... DEYTH BANGER She had committed she would come forward and testify and everything that might entail. Obviously she... CHUCK GILLINGHAM I was cautious in what I said before the young lady; for I could not be sure that she was sane; and,... EDGAR ALLAN POE Okay. This was good. This was heading somewhere I’d— “I want to strangle you,” she said, her... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle HEINRICH HEINE The tears were there, waiting to make their escape. But she wouldn’t let them. Not this time. She ... ELAINE WHITE The sun was still out, wouldn’t even start to set for an hour, but the early evening still had tha... VICTORIA KAHLER When I touch you, I’m touching you because I want to make you happy. When I kiss you, I’m kissin... COLLEEN HOOVER It's fair to say that [Carter] did testify completely and thoroughly and accurately about every ques... CHARLES OGLETREE As we drifted away from the Tower Bridge, I saw a single silhouette standing against the bright lamp... ERICA SEHYUN SONG Rose once told me about this poem she’d read. There was this line, ‘If your eyes weren’t open,... RICHELLE MEAD I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify t... KID ROCK There was something inside of her that was shining from her. I wanted what she had. She was filled w... MARLENE ROSENBERG Whatever shred of hope he'd had for a future with her was gone. She still felt something for him, sh... SARAH J. MAAS It is as if Clinton had called one of the most respected character witnesses in all of U.S. history ... JOSEPH J. ELLIS She told the truth as she saw it, and she died for it. I came along for the ride, and I lived. It wa... MIRA GRANT Basically, I was in shock. I just couldn't believe it. Somebody called me earlier that morning to te... JEFF SUPPAN And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it? ... No Face... a pe... DEYTH BANGER Everything I’d fought for, every challenge, every victory … all of it was empty if anything happ... RICHELLE MEAD
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HEINLEIN A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what yo... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurtin... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody lies about sex. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want.... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN