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Related I cleared my throat and tried to sound casual, like this was no big deal. “I don’t even get chee... LISA KLEYPAS Jack, Jerry and I had been talking about the merger for a while, ... Jerry and I would like to leave... MASAYOSHI SON Don’t worry, says Ike, I didn’t do yer pretty face no harm. I should of though. After what you d... MOIRA YOUNG Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD ROSE: I love you, Jack. JACK: No...don’t say your goodbyes, Rose. Don’t you give up. ... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and ... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ Jack lifts his mug. Me an Ike do the same. To Molly Pratt, says Jack. Ike scowls at him. W... MOIRA YOUNG If I met Jack Nicholson, I would probably get a little flustered. Not going to lie. I've watched... MAIKA MONROE Are you really a doctor?” I asked. “Some people say that.” “Why?” “Becaus... MICHAEL BRENT JONES He's as good at his age as Jack (Nicklaus) was, and look at what Jack has done in the gime of golf. ... MICHAEL BONALLACK I didn't have a particularly good year for Jack. I held out that spring and missed most of spring tr... LOU PINIELLA I told Jack that if he outperformed his contract we would work out a new deal, and both of those thi... WAYNE WEAVER Jack the Ripper is caught. We have done it together. PATRICIA CORNWELL The head has no answers, and the heart has no questions, Jack would say." Quoting his tea... RICHARD WAGAMESE Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but s... RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN The world is grown so bad, that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.Since every Jack became ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Grandpa?" Declan raised his eyebrows. "We keep him in the shed out back," Jack said helpfully. ... ILONA ANDREWS I guess you could say that Courtney is a jack of all trades. He can block, he can catch. Flem is ...... RANDAL WILLIAMS I knew Jack since we were both five years old. We went to school together and he was a good guy. DETECTIVE SCOTT ATWELL At the end of our life, author Jack Kornfield says, the most important question is not how hard we w... ESTHER EARL I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully. Jack rolled his ey... MICHAEL GRANT Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM I prayed and asked God to remove the Jack out of my box, and not only did he remove the Jack, but he... SUSIE L HILL I have a son,' says JJ, marveling at the sound and truth of the words... 'You know, I lov... LISA GENOVA Hey, Sam,” Drake shouted. “I thought you’d like to know this isn’t my whole army.” Sa... MICHAEL GRANT If 'Titanic' was one of our telenovelas, we would probably have added a pair of dolphins to ... EMILIO AZCARRAGA JEAN We are very saddened to hear of the death of Jack Wild. Jack was keen to use his experience to help ... ALEX MARKHAM I know that look.” Jack shook his head ruefully. “Doan worry; she’ll give you your balls ... KRESLEY COLE One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” ― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma ... JACK KEROUAC Sorry, folks, but the maximum occupancy is seventy-five,” Albert said. Then he spotted Jack. “Ja... MICHAEL GRANT [His friend, novelist Jack Kerouac, was in the audience of about 150 at the performance.] Scores of ... JACK KEROUAC The PAC clearly believes so. It was a business-related trip in the political life of Jack Evans. WILLIAM JARVIS David is an extremely gifted and charismatic actor, ... His character Jack is going to bring some re... KATE HARWOOD (Jack prepairing to tell his mom he's gay) Grace: You'd think after 30 years it'd be liberating.... WILL & GRACE Melissa and I have the best working relationship, and we feel that Jack and Jennifer have so much mo... MATTHEW ASHFORD The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Don't worry I won't embarrass you. I'm just going to check out his friends. Maybe his grades an... KAITLIN SCOTT The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up. AMANDA PEET Tell me, friend," Jack said, his fingertips grazing mind as people shuffled past us in the hallway. ... BRODI ASHTON If we adopted Jack," I quip, "we'd have to give him combat pay for an allowance DAVEN ANDERSON Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System. P. J. O'ROURKE Since we place so much value on human life, why do we glorify, in a perverse sort of way, the exting... VINCENT BUGLIOSI The other one is 'asked' after 'Jack', ... Jack asked. GEORGE GUIDALL The other one is 'asked' after 'Jack'. Jack asked. GEORGE GUIDALL Have you ever loved anyone?" "You mean besides my mum?" Luke was dumbfounded as he stared ... LORRAINE HEATH I guess there are only so many jack 'o lanterns that can be made in the city of Rochester. CARLA JOHNSON Why are you staring at my boobs? My face is up here,” Trudy exclaims. Jack, the hotel employe... STEPHANIE HALE So", says Jack at at last..."you broke up with Connor". Wow. So we're straight to the point. SOPHIE KINSELLA They may alter or modify the BCS, none of that is going to affect how we approach things. We're worr... KIRK FERENTZ You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Doode," George said. He'd practiced all morning but still didn't get it quite right. "Nope, mor... ILONA ANDREWS Titanic city" was born. It's the song, they said. No, the sea, the luxury, the ship. ... KHALED HOSSEINI It is hard for Jack not to believe that there is a laser bulls-eye on his forehead. GEOFF SMITH We have always known Jack had nothing to answer for . . . we thank the jury and the acquittal has be... IAN THOMAS To think you could have been dreaming the cure for cancer," Blue said. "Look, Sargent," Ronan retort... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Jack put a hand on his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you. MELISSA DE LA CRUZ I should have asked, I guess,” he says. “I shouldn’t have assumed.” “What?” He... RICK YANCEY The heavy eyelids snapped open. Jack froze. A huge gold-and-amber eye, as big as a dinner plat... ILONA ANDREWS We don't want to start a nuclear war unless we really have to, now do we Jack? She used to tell me she had no idea how Jack was getting so drunk. But we figured it out. Then he ha... PETER GUNTHER Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator... LLOYD BENTSEN The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feeling... VICTOR GARBER I admire Jack for many things, but especially for the way he always treated our relationship. Jack w... TOM WATSON When I hear so much impatient and irritable complaint, so much readiness to replace what we have by ... JUDGE LEARNED HAND The first thing I thought was that Jack [Nicklaus] really would have wanted to get his hands on it. ... CHET WILLIAMS i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Ja... QUEEN LATIFAH «Sarò nel programma di protezione testimoni,» disse Jack. «Avrò un nome diverso, non so d... JANE SEVILLE Are you just gonna stare at Jack or are we gonna go?" Milo asked, poking his head into the bedroom. AMANDA HOCKING Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.” Jack gulped and bobbed his head. “Better yet, ... MICHAEL GRANT We're all going to miss Jack. ALISON SMITH The buildings and workers comp will jack up the total costs from this event. The loss of life is inc... JOE ANNOTTI You told me you believed marriage was for other people." "You're the only man who could m... LISA KLEYPAS His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING Jo certainly had the better of Jack Prasad, I guess you have to take into account the two styles the... WAYNE PIVAC Jack didn't used to be able to get a second for his motions, and I didn't either. AUDREY MOORE Don’t worry, I’m not quitting. I’ve decided I’m going to stay and make his life a livin... DEVON RHODES Jack is a good person, who in his quest to be successful, lost sight of the rules. DAVE JACKSON There's no need to panic about this, ... On the other side, there's no reason for retailers to just ... JOE BARTON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Jack-This makes me feel like a man. Will-Yeah. Jack- No, seriously, I'm going to need a man after we... WILL & GRACE In the very end, all we have left to atone for our faults are words. KAMAND KOJOURI So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the... ALICE COOPER With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60. -Jack Nicholson JACK NICHOLSON JACK: Apoplexy will do perfectly well, Lots of people die of apoplexy, quite suddenly, don't they? OSCAR WILDE I have got up at truly deplorable hours in the morning to confront Vancouver's Jack Webster on telev... BARBARA AMIEL Stop!” she screamed. “Don’t hurt him.” “Back off!” Billy shouted. ... KASI BLAKE I played with Jack, and I tied Jack, STEWART CINK Show the world there's something to fight for. Your life is the proof that beauty can still be attai... LANA M. H. WILDER I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: Here lies Jack... HARRY S TRUMAN Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack. EVAN PETERS The question is going to be at the end of the first quarter (2006). Are we going to recover and star... GARY CRABTREE Coach [Andrew] Faison [at VSU] and his staff have a great team, but since we lost to Shaw, we have b... MICHAEL LYNN The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee... JACK KEROUAC Jack coughed slightly and offered his hand. “Hi, uh. I’m Jack.” Kim took it. “Jack what... KYOKO M. It's always a battle when you're playing against Jack Newman, ... I made some birdies at the right t... LUKE CARSON Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we've ... LYNDON B. JOHNSON
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ELIZABETH GILBERT Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, an... ELIZABETH GILBERT I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay wit... ELIZABETH GILBERT This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. ELIZABETH GILBERT Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, bu... ELIZABETH GILBERT There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdictio... ELIZABETH GILBERT Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Intimacies between women go backwards, beginning with revelations and ending up in small talk withou... ELIZABETH BOWEN Postmodernism refuses to privilege any one perspective, and recognizes only difference, never inequa... ELIZABETH WILSON People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other... ELIZABETH GASKELL I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions. ELIZABETH TAYLOR Do they know they're old, these two who are my father and my mother whose fire from which I came, ha... ELIZABETH JENNINGS It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity ... ELIZABETH TAYLOR The good are so harsh to the clever, the clever so rude to the good! ELIZABETH WORDSWORTH He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentili... ELIZABETH GASKELL Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thy own. ELIZABETH SMART The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening... ELIZABETH HARDWICK He who angers you conquers you. ELIZABETH KENNY When I dream, I am ageless. ELIZABETH COATSWORTH When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ELIZABETH BOWEN Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. ELIZABETH BOWEN A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. ELIZABETH GASKELL Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas -- that's what... ELIZABETH HELLER We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of ti... ELIZABETH DREW Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but... ELIZABETH GASKELL Art is the only thing that can go on mattering, once it has stopped hurting. ELIZABETH BOWEN Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go w... ELIZABETH STONE Never to lie is to have no lock to your door, you are never wholly alone. ELIZABETH BOWEN Don ELIZABETH TAYLOR I take, O cross, thy shadow For my abiding-place: I ask no other sunshine than The sunshin... ELIZABETH CLEPHANE Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. ELIZABETH FULLER The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it. ELIZABETH JANEWAY I have a woman's body and a child's emotions. ELIZABETH TAYLOR