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Related Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves. CRAIG GROESCHEL We were really focused knowing all the things Gorman had going for it tonight. We just set our minds... TODD DUNCAN Same way we've been doing it all season ? just going out and playing with a lot of energy, knowing t... BEN WALLACE I felt proud to be on the team the four years I've been playing. It was just amazing. Frank didn't w... ASHLEY HEDGES Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea... EVA LANG We all have the Super Bowl ring on our finger -- all four teams. It's just a matter of who's going t... STUMP MITCHELL I think Ann Strother took over the game, which a senior should. MIKE CAREY I've been able to just focus on helping our guys make plays. I want to make an impact every time I'm... CASEY HAMPTON He plants himself right there in front of Craig’s mother and says, “You need to love him. I don�... DAVID LEVITHAN The changes just simply continue and so its just different kinds of technologies in the last four to... ALAN MAY It didn't end the way I wanted it to end but I have no regrets. Like Rod said, man, it's been a long... CALVIN CAGE Instead of breaking that bridge, we should, if possible, provide
another, that he may retire the so... ARISTIDES ("THE JUST") We make war that we may live in peace. ARISTIDES ("THE JUST") Our sport needs spectator friendly and all the help it can get on that side. That adds to the allure... ALAN CULPEPPER I've been playing all four years with a chip on my shoulder. I just want to prove everybody wrong. CRAIG SMITH It's weird...you know the end of something great is coming, but you want to hold on, just for one mo... ORSON WELLES It's weird...you know the end of something great is coming, but you want to hold on, just for one mo... NEIL GAIMAN You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approa... PAUL PIERCE As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more th... JOHN ANTIOCO I feel like that?s just going to be Ann. Ann?s just going to say she?s fine all the time. You want t... BRITTANY HUNTER The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN Cat, I'll let you in on a little secret. We don't all love our jobs every day. And doing something y... KATE JACOBS I put him in the backstroke that year just because he can. In the four years I've worked with him pr... AL BOELK A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. DAN BUCATINSKY If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something... EWAN MCGREGOR I'd never really been content with just churning out these slim volumes every three or four year... SIMON ARMITAGE We just all feel so terrible and want to help out any way we can. We're trying to get her back on he... BONNIE BROWN It's Miranda who speaks up. "You're gay," she says, with complete seriousness. "And I love you. DAVID LEVITHAN It was so tough because it all seemed to be happening in slow motion. Our girls were so focused on j... JEN MCDAVITT We come here just about every Thursday, ... We've been coming here for years. VIRGINIA ANDERSON We've been giving teams four and five outs an inning and tonight it just happened the other way. The... ERNIE BECK I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee ... SASHA ALEXANDER It's just been four frustrating years here, and it's time for me to move on. I still feel like this ... DWAYNE GARRICK We just talk all week about the Lexus Gauntlet. We just want to make sure that we make our contribut... MARK SCHUBERT We want everybody out there, and we miss the guys who are out, but there's a mentality in the room w... KEVYN ADAMS I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out the... JACK ANTONOFF [Rasco has also served as a volunteer firefighter and first responder. He graduated from Prairie Gro... GREG MACK Were just now coming around to play together with everyone coming off the injured list. Thats going ... HENRY BIBBY That's one thing we focused on coming out of the locker room was five guys crashing the boards defen... JEFF BRIMHALL It just makes me sick to my stomach that we were close to doing something that would have been very ... RICH BROOKS He's just worked his rear end off to make himself a player the last four years, and he's the heart a... CHRIS O'HEARN I don't plan on giving up. I'm coming to chase it. I'm just a competitor. It's just in my blood. You... JAMEEL SEWELL All we are is what we're told and most of thats been lies. JOHN RZEZNIK We've had a lot of shots on goal lately. But we've been giving the ball to the goalkeeper or just mi... BILL UNZICKER We may end up doing that this year just out of curiosity. DAWN RUTH We have the talent with Ty Warren , Jarvis Green, Big Wilfork and it's just a matter of going out an... RICHARD SEYMOUR This is something that's been open for 40 years, 40-plus years. You have generations of racers out t... JEANETTE GRACE It was certainly an adjustment I had to make coming in as a young player all those years ago, ... I ... YOLANDA GRIFFITH It's been interesting, in a little bit less than nine months weve gone from trying to convince peopl... JOHN HOGAN I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining. CAMPBELL SCOTT You know, entertainment is just a curtain at the end of the day. AUBREY O'DAY We've seen virtualization go mainstream over the last couple of years. But there are still a ton of ... DAN CHU Even if I am just sleeping with her or just watching cartoons in bed, I know Violet values that. I t... CHRISTINA MILIAN We just want to get this thing over. We've been going to this place and that all week. We just want ... BUSTER PERKINS We sort of just deal with it and go on and try to make the best out of a not-so-good situation and m... MARY PIGNALBERI It's just something I've been doing for 10 years. AL HAMMELL May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Both teams had to make critical plays defensively. Obviously, Kelly Labor's a great player, but they... DAVID COPE We feel that there are nine winnable games left. And we really want to end the season on a positive ... BRETT BORETTI I talked to the umpire after the game and he said he thinks its nerves. We can't put our finger on i... DAN NOBBS It was something on one hand that you might regret, but every week is like that for us. As a coach y... BRAD FULLER We just want to have something to strive for at the end of the season, IAN MILLWARD She's just an amazing swimmer, ... We have a great juniors program in Sheridan Swim Club. My sister ... LEE JOHNSON You know, all year we've been talking about staying focused because that's what's going to get us to... COREY BREWER I was just trying to put it on net and not get it blocked. The goal got me going and helped out a lo... DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN I think when we first started doing it four years ago, we wanted to make the tournament so tough for... BRIAN METRESS That hurt a little bit. Drew (Satterfield) played hard for us tonight. But every time we did somethi... ERIC SITZE All year long the second half has been ours. We went into locker room knowing what we were doing wro... AMANDA FLEISCHMAN It felt great, especially with all these fans here. It's such a good feeling knowing the fans are ap... MATT INOUYE We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the ve... MAGGIE HASSAN We stopped the group and Scott and I didn't want it just to end, so we carried the name on and we've... BRADY ALLEN They are great girls. It's just that things worked out that they didn't get a lot of playing time. T... CHRIS YODER We're all just so excited and we just wanting to make it to the Final Four. That's one banner that w... LYSSA DENNARD At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail. VICTOR CRUZ We like where we landed on the bracket. Now we just have to go out and make the most of that opportu... JEFF QUACKENBUSH We should have been out of there in five. We just weren't focused and I was disappointed by the effo... DIANE NINEMIRE We had something special together. We just didn't want it to end. KATIE CONNOR It is just part of the evolving market. We are just doing it a little less subtly than Disney does i... GARY LOFTUS We couldn't close it out. We took the lead, but we couldn't make the most of that opportunity, and c... JODY BRONSON The end of the season is coming up, we're starting to see it. We really have got to start putting th... JEFF ADRIEN There's just been more of a commitment on our end. We've started playing better team defense. ... Th... CORY SARICH It's a tremendous gift. The generosity that John has shown to the league is overwhelming. This is no... BO BATTS I've been thinking about this for the last four years. After 34 years, it's just time to do somethin... LARRY ANDERSON We've just been a little more focused. We're not giving up easy baskets like we were. A lot of it wa... KYLE KORVER It most definitely came from camp. It's all about guys having the want-to and going out and doing it... GERARD WARREN It's our own ability to have an idea and go after the idea and make it happen. That's what a... SATYA NADELLA As a competitor, you want to be on the field when the game is on the line. So no, it wasn't fun from... MIKE REILLY We're not good at getting on the other end of head balls. We just don't score goals like that. We sc... LAURIE CALLOWAY It has been the last four years that the winner of this tournament has gone on to win the state cham... BART THOMPSON Senior-focused housing is our first objective. If that doesn't work, we would like to provide more a... GLEN PAWLOWSKI Any institutions' alumni are key to its growth. We are focused on giving a global experience to ... SHIV NADAR We all knew what we had to do. It was just a matter of going out and doing it. We all kept our head ... LAUREN WATTS We were very focused. It was a horrible feeling to lose. Now, if we make the playoffs we're on the r... DANIEL LYNCH Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning... ALI SMITH If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've g... EWAN MCGREGOR There's not been this doom and gloom over the top of our heads. I think our team has been supported ... JIM WOOLDRIDGE I just want kids to have a chance to go and try an Olympic sport. Every kid has a bike - that's ... CAROLINE BUCHANAN Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. A... JARED DIAMOND
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There's just so many things going through your head as a freshman knowing the plays, knowing when to... ANN STROTHER There is a sense of urgency. The way the season ended and the way our team felt about the season was... ANN STROTHER Shots weren't falling. I felt like we had a lot of good looks and we couldn't get them to go down. I... ANN STROTHER It took some time to get going, but for the final 15-20 minutes, it looked like Connecticut basketba... ANN STROTHER I think as a player, you look at it the opposite way, too. You say, 'I wouldn't have been a part of ... ANN STROTHER You look at Barbara, Will, all of us, this is when Connecticut starts to play. When the tournaments ... ANN STROTHER Mel was really upset after that game [Saturday], feeling like she didn't leave it all out there. I k... ANN STROTHER It's being more mature and not kind of playing street ball or throwing it around or being careless w... ANN STROTHER It's definitely different having to go somewhere for the first time, not being at home for the first... ANN STROTHER I don't really ever feel like I'm not feeling it. Even if you're in one of those slumps, I guess you... ANN STROTHER It's tough because we've never played them before. All we need to know is they're a good team. ANN STROTHER Definitely a lot is riding on this game. I think it?s definitely a big game for both teams. ANN STROTHER I think that's what makes it so frustrating. You look at a game like tonight and you see how good we... ANN STROTHER We all came here because we wanted to be part of this program. It's about tradition, about the playe... ANN STROTHER This is one of the most important parts of the season no matter who we play because right now we jus... ANN STROTHER To play like that in front of so many people who have made the program what it is, you just want to ... ANN STROTHER I guess I never really look at it that way. I'm not, in a game, feeling like I should or shouldn't s... ANN STROTHER I think this is a crucial time. I don't think it's something that you can just look past to just get... ANN STROTHER Sometimes you're just going to have games like that for whatever reason. And just for us to be able ... ANN STROTHER Anytime you have a point guard who can get in there and draw a lot of defense and kick it, it makes ... ANN STROTHER Oh, I'm planning on it. I'm playing. I mean, I just figure I would. I really don't think it's that b... ANN STROTHER I think going into the tournament if it gets to that situation, that?s something that I would defini... ANN STROTHER It's execution on our part. The fact we scored 12 points in the second half pretty much sums it up. ... ANN STROTHER It was a little frustrating because it was unexpected. Nobody really felt that we were going to go i... ANN STROTHER It feels good; it feels fine. This is more preventative stuff than anything. ANN STROTHER It was embarrassing to the program, to everyone that's played here, to the name on our jersey. They ... ANN STROTHER You think you'd get sick of each other eventually. But it doesn't ever seem to get like that. ANN STROTHER Threats of black-listing have no place in Democratic politics. It's a disgusting tactic and it's bee... COLIN STROTHER The problem is you don't vote for a party. You're voting for a member of Congress. And we're a year ... DANE STROTHER The Republicans dodged a bullet. DANE STROTHER The idea that the Oral School needs to be jointly studied is not a new idea. BARBARA STROTHER These incubators are an excellent way for new businesses to share resources and therefore cut costs.... BARBARA STROTHER This meeting really will be one of the final steps before we can officially finish this phase of the... BARBARA STROTHER There's nothing untoward happening - everything's aboveboard. He should be ashamed of himself for on... COLIN STROTHER I'm thrilled Ciro Rodriguez admits that only a third of the electorate supports him. We're still abo... COLIN STROTHER He's casting dispersions toward the community, and we don't appreciate it. Nothing untoward is going... COLIN STROTHER It's important that we set the record straight and not let a scurrilous attack go unanswered. COLIN STROTHER This whole thing is so seedy. It looks like the Native Americans were very badly mistreated and Henr... COLIN STROTHER I would think they'd want to get something tangible for that, NEIL STROTHER Motorola is big and bold enough to do things on its own. NEIL STROTHER The Republicans dodged a bullet. It's a whole menu of corruption
and it's a shame we have to wait... DANE STROTHER If Ciro spent less time writing press releases and more time in that part of the district, he'd know... COLIN STROTHER It's an outside interest that couldn't find this district with a magnifying glass. COLIN STROTHER We want to remind voters why they kicked him out to begin with. COLIN STROTHER There's not a lot of oxygen left in the room. Henry and Ciro have been campaigning for a long time. COLIN STROTHER If it weren't for the Internet contributions, his campaign would have been over months ago. COLIN STROTHER Cellular services appeal to young adults, those in the 18-25 age range, and that is a group that adv... NEIL STROTHER Does Apple really want to try and crank out 20 million phones a quarter, NEIL STROTHER Even Obama's staunchest supporters are starting to leave him. Last week Michelle Obama demanded ... ANN COULTER Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistake... ANN LANDERS Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ANN LANDERS Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive... ANN LANDERS Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sa... ANN LANDERS People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. ANN LANDERS The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet. ANN LANDERS One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; i... ANN LANDERS Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.... ANN LANDERS People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it serv... ANN LANDERS If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don... ANN LANDERS I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is. ANN LANDERS The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one ... ANN LANDERS All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good... ANN LANDERS Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing. ANN LANDERS I don't think most people are all heroic or all villainous, so I find ambiguity of motivations t... ANN NOCENTI You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat. ANN LANDERS I'm a little bit more unusual so I consider myself as the black sheep. ANN WILSON Maybe, sometimes, it's easier to be mad at the people you trust because you know they'll always love... ANN BRASHARES We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's... ANN ROMNEY You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for ... ANN POWERS If Donald Trump's candidacy has proven anything, it's that the media has no idea what Americ... ANN COULTER If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I'd want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancer... ANN ROMNEY Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ANN LANDERS The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ANN LANDERS I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, b... ANN HOOD All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good... ANN LANDERS There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection. ANN JILLIAN If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love eva... ANN OAKLEY Where there's smoke around a conservative, there are journalists furiously rubbing two sticks togeth... ANN COULTER We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares... ANN LANDERS After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high... ANN RICHARDS Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are ... ANN LANDERS Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes... ANN BRASHARES You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn't. As long as your heart... ANN BRASHARES Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolut... ANN LANDERS ... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness... ANN VOSKAMP Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend y... ANN PATCHETT I want to see beauty. In the ugly, in the sink, in the suffering, in the daily, in all the days befo... ANN VOSKAMP I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that y... ANN RICHARDS It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most ef... ANN DRUYAN Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus. ANN VOSKAMP Mother Mary of Anabolic Grace, we got Teras incoming?” He levels angry blue eyes on me. “You’r... ANN AGUIRRE The ocean was the best place, of course. That was what she loved most. It was a feeling of freedom l... ANN BRASHARES There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to ch... ANN OAKLEY Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and g... ANN OAKLEY Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ANN LANDERS I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college befor... ANN RICHARDS If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it wo... ANN LANDERS Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ANN LANDERS Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of ... ANN OAKLEY Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. ANN LANDERS No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence. ANN LANDERS Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with ... ANN LANDERS What the vast majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, st... ANN LANDERS The real question is why are millions of people so unhappy, so bored, so unfulfilled, that they are ... ANN LANDERS Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty. ANN OAKLEY One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends. ... ANN LANDERS At every party there are two kinds of people -- those who want to go home and those who don't. The t... ANN LANDERS The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative so... ANN OAKLEY Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization. ANN OAKLEY Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go ho... ANN LANDERS Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill o... ANN SCHULTZ It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is tha... ANN BEATTIE If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife. ANN LANDERS Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go h... ANN LANDERS Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with ... ANN LANDERS Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. ANN LANDERS The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet. ANN LANDERS When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the f... ANN RADCLIFFE When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears. ANN RADCLIFFE It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one! ANN RADCLIFFE There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not e... ANN RADCLIFFE Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each o... ANN RADCLIFFE All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good... ANN LANDERS What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeab... ANN RADCLIFFE There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children. ANN RADCLIFFE What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the so... ANN RADCLIFFE Though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their p... ANN RADCLIFFE The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinemen... ANN RADCLIFFE Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow. ANN RADCLIFFE I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the o... ANN RADCLIFFE Through the eight books in 'The Treasure Chest' series, readers will meet twins Maisie and F... ANN HOOD In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family... ANN HOOD Admittedly, no Republican can get elected statewide in California anymore, but nor can what we think... ANN COULTER Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonder... ANN LANDERS I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the deci... ANN RICHARDS I'm accusing Republicans of thinking the Jews have so much power. ANN COULTER If a university official's letter accusing a speaker of having a proclivity to commit speech cri... ANN COULTER We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She too... ANN HOOD The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become ... ANN BRASHARES Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ANN LANDERS I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around. ANN ROBINSON There was a Japantown in San Francisco, but after the internment camps that locked up all the Japane... ANN NOCENTI If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altoge... ANN COULTER Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career... ANN OAKLEY Key to success for the education of young African girls is building a model that works with communit... ANN COTTON Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of ... ANN LANDERS Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat. ANN LANDERS Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of al... ANN LANDERS I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words. ANN HOOD On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women... ANN CALLIS Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the... ANN ROMNEY I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck. ANN LANDERS I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give... ANN VOSKAMP The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the sma... ANN VOSKAMP Any Republican who says he can work with Hillary Clinton is a traitor to the nation. ANN COULTER Adults are tempted to produce and perform Christmas for their kids and their families, and they arri... ANN VOSKAMP Sometimes God answers our questions with questions. ANN VOSKAMP I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks. ANN VOSKAMP Get this, kids - how a man proposes isn't what makes him romantic. It's how a man purposes t... ANN VOSKAMP A simplified Christmas isn't about circumstances as much as it is about focus. ANN VOSKAMP I'm not a fast writer at all. I come empty and wait upon the Lord. So it really is all a waiting... ANN VOSKAMP The real romantics imagine greying and sagging and wrinkling as the deepening of something sacred. ANN VOSKAMP Whatever I'm writing comes organically out of my life. ANN VOSKAMP I write a chapter, then edit it and edit it and edit it and edit it. I don't think we mine creat... ANN VOSKAMP Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I... ANN VOSKAMP My husband is Dutch, and his family, when you sat down to eat food at the table, you never left the ... ANN VOSKAMP Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God. ANN VOSKAMP I came into this world the way every person on the planet does - with clenched fists. ANN VOSKAMP Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, ab... ANN VOSKAMP When we can't bottle our tears up anymore, God catches every one in His bottle. God's catchi... ANN VOSKAMP Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you som... ANN VOSKAMP Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create... ANN VOSKAMP Giving thanks is that: making the canyon of pain into a megaphone to proclaim the ultimate goodness ... ANN VOSKAMP Measuring sticks try to rank some people as big and some people as small - but we aren't sizes. ... ANN VOSKAMP Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it's even more than that - Comparison makes you a t... ANN VOSKAMP In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect... ANN VOSKAMP When grief is deepest, words are fewest. ANN VOSKAMP Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without hav... ANN LANDERS I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics. ANN RICHARDS Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not ... ANN COTTON And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the tr... ANN ROMNEY Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with... ANN RICHARDS 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke is a big, thick book. About a thousan... ANN LECKIE I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way... ANN BEATTIE Katana is a trained, disciplined martial artist. She removes herself from Birds of Prey to go on a p... ANN NOCENTI You didn't have to go on location if you could just shoot down City Hall, LA. ANN ROBINSON We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren'... ANN COULTER Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we're only talking about criminals... ANN COULTER I have leveled with the girls - from Anchorage to Amarillo. I tell them that all marriages are ... ANN LANDERS What liberals mean by 'goose-stepping' or 'ethnic cleansing' is generally something ... ANN COULTER Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the quest... ANN LECKIE For love to flourish there has to be trust. Promises don’t matter as much as personal choice. ANN AGUIRRE Lena wished that love were something you could flip on and off. You could turn it on when you felt g... ANN BRASHARES When I fully enter time’s swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my a... ANN VOSKAMP Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ANN MACBETH I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through. ANN ROMNEY Shetland's influences are far more Scandinavian than Celtic. ANN CLEEVES The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character.... ANN-MARGRET Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight ble... ANN COULTER Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They’re so… empty. Black is poetic. How d... ANN DEMEULEMEESTER