The casualties we're taking, the billion dollars a week we're putting in there, the kind of commitment we've got, we're not going to be able to sustain it, ... Public opinion won't allow it.
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SHANNON LUCID We were able to get shots close to the basket and got Kirk going. ROY GREEN Tonight was a game where we were locked in defensively and aggressively dictated what kind of shots ... FLIP SAUNDERS Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD There were two sides to this, and they were all trying to pull the strings they had politically. I t... CRAIG COHOON Roses are red, Violettes are bllue, Valentines day is consumerous crap,now don't you have ironi... MOCK OF THE WEEK THE SHOW We were not trying to be disruptive. We were just trying to remind the public. JACK BURGESS We knew we were going to get better. We had to. We have too much talent not to. Were we expecting to... CHARLIE COE It was working really well. I was hitting my spots with my fastball away. Those guys were kind of ta... JOSH CRIBB This whole week it was clicking, ... The pit stops were great. We got a bit of a lead there, but it ... 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The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time. CHUCK KLOSTERMAN Ok. You fuck me, then snub me. You love me, you hate me. You show me a sensitive side, then you turn... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't. CHUCK PALAHNIUK There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Beca... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct... CHUCK PALAHNIUK A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too. CHUCK PALAHNIUK When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? CHUCK PALAHNIUK I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN A menos que todo empeore, nada puede mejorar. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What I want is to be needed. 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