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That isn't true at all. We haven't received one call criticizing Gene for how he's handled this.


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One sister for sale,
One crying and spying young sister for sale
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MARCUS MAYO Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One
DANIEL GILMAN I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.
ROBIN TROWER It’s this or nothing at all.
R.J. GROVES The fact that we havent had a contract for 13 months was eventually a factor,
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ANN DRUYAN Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't...
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ELLEN GALINSKY This is a very early stage of research. We have the identity of this particular gene, but we still d...
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SCOTT WRIGHT I have not received one negative call about Father Bailey, not one.
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FRANCISCO FLORES Every time hes supposed to be here, hes showed up,
BRENDA JONES Hes doing better than what we thought.
JAMIE KING This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ...
OSHO There isnt always an explanation for everything.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY I have never received one dime. This is all volunteer.
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SEAN VAN SOMMERAN As the department head responsible for this report, I realize that we handled this file improperly. ...
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LEMONY SNICKET Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it--- history.
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ANDY WEIR Calamity is man's true touch-stone. - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER I was pretty sure when we made the first 'Carl' book that we had a good idea, but I couldn't have im...
ALEXANDRA DAY She's one of only six that they've seen at Cook — a gene from both parents.
ELISA BAKER We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticizing thoughts. We must try to practice ...
RUDOLF STEINER I'm sure that I know that, it's behind one of all doors.
DEYTH BANGER No one will remember the kick in the balls if hes bleeding everywhere...
NATHAN ELMO MELO Our sacred duty is to love, motivate and pray for one another, so that, we all received grace of God...
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DESHAWN STEVENSON He's one of the reasons I became a coach. I'd always be one of the first ones at practice to see how...
DICK WHITTEN I still think this situation could have been handled better and I still think there should have been...
DAVID ANDERSEN All we want to say is Sen. Ensign received a phone call from Sen. Reid and he accepted his apology.
JACK FINN We certainly havent lost any of the faith we have in the Carnival.
ANDREW FOX What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
DAN QUAYLE All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that w...
G. K. CHESTERTON One of our tellers had received a call over the weekend. So, we don't know if there was any connecti...
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JUDY PARKER It is impossible to recall everything that Gene and Mary have done for this hospital. We could be he...
DEAN WAGNER I am a gypsy. I havent' had a home for a long time. Call me a homeless person - I just throw eve...
TAYLOR KINNEY Everyone got a follower, how good or bad is all this shit, it's another topic… JUst leave it for l...
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ERNIE NESTOR We have received zero pledges for this appeal,
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CAROLYN FENNELL Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
LANE GARRISON I am not better than you because of my religion, color, culture, education, status, wealth, etc. I a...
NAJWA ZEBIAN We are used to speculation and this is not at all true!
DR. LAWRENCE GONZI Carl is a darn good one (driver), no doubt about that,
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DOUG DIXON As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only...
C.S. LEWIS We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practica...
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JACK ROTH We show how the normal function of the gene keeps dopamine cells from dying. If the gene is abnormal...
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HERACLITUS There was a bit of a backlash against Francis at that point,
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FRANCIS BACON Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest.
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FRANCIS QUARLES Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.
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CLARENCE FRANCIS Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be de...
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FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
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FRANCIS BACON Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
FRANCIS QUARLES The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.
FRANCIS PICABIA To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
FRANCIS CRAWFORD Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.
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FRANCIS QUARLES Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
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FRANCIS QUARLES The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.
FRANCIS THOMPSON Wickedness is its own punishment.
FRANCIS QUARLES Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety.
FRANCIS QUARLES My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back.
FRANCIS PICABIA Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
FRANCIS QUARLES The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous.
FRANCIS PICABIA Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
FRANCIS QUARLES He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
FRANCIS QUARLES Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Silence is the virtue of fools.
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FRANCIS QUARLES Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
FRANCIS BACON A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
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FRANCIS BACON The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.
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FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discou...
FRANCIS BACON The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
FRANCIS BACON He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and ...
FRANCIS BACON Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
FRANCIS BACON All colors will agree in the dark.
FRANCIS BACON Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far...
FRANCIS BACON It is a strange desire, to seek power and lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose pow...
FRANCIS BACON It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
FRANCIS BACON In thinking, if a person begins with certainties, they shall end in doubts, but if they can begin wi...
FRANCIS BACON Philosophers make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths, and their discourses are as the stars,...
FRANCIS BACON We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.
FRANCIS BACON Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
FRANCIS BACON Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwre...
FRANCIS BACON The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
FRANCIS BACON The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
FRANCIS BACON The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosp...
FRANCIS BACON Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
FRANCIS BACON Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
FRANCIS BACON Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
FRANCIS BACON What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
FRANCIS BACON It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in...
FRANCIS BACON Truth is a naked and open daylight
FRANCIS BACON Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit...
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