Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming Real, the only script that's really worth following in this world or the one that's coming.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Sometimes I wish for falling Wish for the release Wish for falling through the air To... FLORENCE WELCH Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER All Hell is smaller than one pebble of your earthly world: but it is smaller than one atom of this w... C.S. LEWIS Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about i... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more. SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne... SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking.Ca... SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria] SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ... SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14. SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY Maybe we should get married.[Charlotte] Alrighty.[Trey] SEX AND THE CITY My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou... SEX AND THE CITY Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. SEX AND THE CITY No lady likes to dance or dine, accompanied by a porcupine. Burma Shave. SEX AND THE CITY I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS What's the big mystery? It's my vagina, not the sphinx! [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not relig... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the lights fade to black. SEX AND THE CITY Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one. SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!" SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me. SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a... SEX AND THE CITY I knew I wanted a handbag, but they were so pricey. I love Marc Jacobs. SEX AND THE CITY All other documents in the Getty's possession that could in any way be relevant to the Italian inves... SEX AND THE CITY 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire. SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City. SEX AND THE CITY Suicide is not glamorous and should not be portrayed in a glamorous light. SEX AND THE CITY When an opportunity comes, I don't question it. I grab it, drop its ring on the nightstand and swing... SEX AND THE CITY Having money isn't the answer but it makes your life a hell of a lot nicer. If you have the choice t... SEX AND THE CITY Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are time... SEX AND THE CITY When Charlotte really liked somebody she said their whole name. It helped her picture their future m... SEX AND THE CITY I love you but it's not my job to fix your finances. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY It took me a really long time to get here, but I'm here. Carrie, you're the one. [Mr.Big] SEX AND THE CITY Life is not all about sex. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY When Charles Dickens wrote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," I believe he must ... SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be true—he probably is. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. SEX AND THE CITY Maybe all men are a drug. Sometimes they bring you down and sometimes, like now, they get you so hig... SEX AND THE CITY My character, she's kind of gotten away with her looks, gotten away with her ability to charm people... SEX AND THE CITY I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss - the perfect parent - or the perfect outfit. But... SEX AND THE CITY Charlotte: So how are you? Carrie: I'm good. How are you? Charlotte: Great. Carrie: I to... SEX AND THE CITY I had often fantasized about running into my ex and his wife. But in those fantasies, I was running ... SEX AND THE CITY From my experience, honey, if he seems too good to be truehe probably is. [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY I'm thinking balls are to men what purses are to women. It's just a little bag, but we feel naked in... SEX AND THE CITY They practically chased me with torches like I was Fuckenstein! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY Middle-Age Girls Gone Wild. SEX AND THE CITY You in a threesome? You won't even wear a thong! [Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY The only thing worse than a liar is a bad liar. [Lucy Liu] SEX AND THE CITY It's my birthday. I'm officially old. [Carrie on her 35th Birthday] SEX AND THE CITY You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suctio... SEX AND THE CITY But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with your... SEX AND THE CITY Junkyard Wars. SEX AND THE CITY Kitchen SEX AND THE CITY Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely ... SEX AND THE CITY You shouldn't have to sacrifice who you are just because somebody else has a problem with it. SEX AND THE CITY I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties. [Samanth... SEX AND THE CITY I’ve done the merry-go-round, I’ve been through the revolving doors, I feel like I’ve met some... SEX AND THE CITY There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the h... SEX AND THE CITY Men in their forties are like the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle: tricky, complicated, and y... SEX AND THE CITY You wouldn't commit to a nice guy, given the option? [Carrie] I can't even commit to a long distance... SEX AND THE CITY She can reach me, but I can't ever get her. [Big] SEX AND THE CITY The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season SEX AND THE CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in ... SEX AND THE CITY Beverly Hills Cop II. SEX AND THE CITY It's not the beef, Henry. It's the last 23 years! SEX AND THE CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. SEX AND THE CITY Hi, Mrs. Collier. I'm a Jew now. How are you? [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY Ray. SEX AND THE CITY There was so much skin, it was like a shar-pei![Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY I don't know what's going to happen to this street. Fairfax is not what it used to be. SEX AND THE CITY
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BOB BRENNAN You have to use your mind instead of gears. BOB BRENNAN This program will allow all our customers, including our low-income customers, to enjoy the benefits... BOB BRENNAN A few of those wagons, if I had a place to move them to I would, but if I start saving stuff I'd hav... BOB BRENNAN A blind man sees not with his eyes, but with his heart. A deaf man hears with his soul and mind, not... BRENNAN MASTOUS Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered. WILLIAM BRENNAN At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ... MARIE BRENNAN I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you sta... MARIE BRENNAN You get a great perspective on the way the U.S. is perceived in other countries. I think everyone sh... CHRIS BRENNAN Foster also reflects the frustrations which so many colleges feel about the structures imposed on th... JOHN BRENNAN Anyone who might assert that our numbers were intentionally skewed is mistaken. JOHN BRENNAN We don't know the cause of death, but there was a knocked-over propane lantern in the tent, which wa... DAVE BRENNAN We needed reassurance. I needed reassurance. JACK BRENNAN We were so close in some of those games that we easily could have been 17-3 at the end of the season... JOE BRENNAN It was very similar to the game we had last week. We got a big lead and they came back hard. They're... JOE BRENNAN They're a good team, a scrappy team. They always find a way to get back in games. Their hustle and s... JOE BRENNAN We talked about it before the game. If we could come out and shoot the ball well, that's a real key ... JOE BRENNAN Someone might want to buy a special bottle to commemorate an occasion. Or someone might want to roll... TED BRENNAN We're looking forward to another good season. BARBARA BRENNAN We've talked about it, BARBARA BRENNAN We had six, lost three, then gained three, and have six again. We have a nice group. Annmarie, Kathy... BARBARA BRENNAN He's always been a good shooter. Nobody knew about him and I'm sure these guys didn't. I knew they w... RICH BRENNAN I had rather face wild beasts and diseases than the perils of civilization." There is a proverb... MARIE BRENNAN We were excited to go to Nashville because it came down to Nashville or San Francisco and either pla... BRENNAN SCHMIDT That facility is in dire need of some cosmetic and functional upgrades. KEN BRENNAN My Aunt Ella and my mom have informed me that we are going to rebuild. And because they are the matr... BRAD BRENNAN We're trying to get the investigation wrapped up. Obviously, it's a horrible and tragic situation fo... DAVE BRENNAN confirms our belief that the rangers' actions were justified. DAVE BRENNAN It reminds me of that dog that's always gnawing at you. They chase the postman. SEAN BRENNAN It's a reality. This team runs the ball very well, and they have the right personnel for the system ... BRENNAN SCHMIDT I haven't yet heard of a hookah lounge opening and going out of business. BRENNAN APPEL It's at its largest demand ever in this country. I don't think it's going away any time soon. There'... BRENNAN APPEL