The next thing I knew, it was all over the state. It's amazing how this one little request exploded into a blessing from everybody wanting them to have a part of home.
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Related I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how... BRYAN BURROUGH I knew that if we kept the lead, then we had a good chance to bring it home. We had a little trouble... DEBBIE SKELLY We went into the season wanting to win the Metro but we knew a big goal was to get our two seniors t... BRAD JONES The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE The next thing I knew there was meat and trailers all over the ground. I drove over it. I drove over... JOSEPH JACKSON Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. With my limited understanding what I think happened was that God decided to play a fun game. He crea... KATE MCGAHAN Paul's one thing was committing to forget about the past, to forge ahead into the future. CRAIG GROESCHEL I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Part of the great thing of looking back on how I went from the cattle ranch to the White House was, ... DANA PERINO It was just a freak occurrence. I was going into second base ... and the next thing I knew I was on ... TRAVIS HANSON Most serial killers kill at home as a hobby on a part-time basis. But (I think) this guy has made it... JACK LEVIN I think it was actually a blessing in disguise that I come from Hawaii, where they just back up all ... RYAN SHIMABUKURO You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Risky, thought Paul D, very risky. For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dange... TONI MORRISON When I was a child, I would draw these little stick-figures, and my mom would put them up all over t... JULIA STILES But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I inven... DABNEY COLEMAN I was from a tiny little island, which I always say is one corn field away from a horror film: it wa... DOVE CAMERON From one year to the next I went to a physical and was expecting to just check the box. The next thi... JOE MONTANA When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly
to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world,... NEIL GAIMAN I live in New York. I have an amazing apartment over there; I have this amazing life over there that... NICOLE TRUNFIO They are going to numerous chambers of commerce in Ohio and Indiana, among others. We even have a re... DEEGEE PAWLICKI The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all ... TODD RUNDGREN When we talked about "A Modest Proposal" I felt like I was running circles around everybody. I under... EDDIE HUANG He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY The one thing we've stressed is how far confidence can take you. That will be pivotal going into nex... CHRIS COMO I think it's every girl's dream, a little bit, to be a model because it seems from the outsi... ALEXA CHUNG One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me. ANNA NICOLE SMITH We knew it was going to be a very close game. I didn't expect it to be this intense. This was a litt... HILARY SCACCHETTI It's amazing. I had a big part in writing the song as well, so it's just a wonderful feeling, ... It... CAMILE VELASCO She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget... CASSANDRA CLARE As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE The kids had fun and it was real special for all of them because it was at home. If we were ever goi... DON SMITH I didn't even know he was into art. I did a little bit because my parents passed when he was 7 and t... DIANE ADAMS Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man ... ANNIE BESANT Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses,... C. S. LEWIS None of them knew a thing about what they were talking about, but every one of them acted like they ... BRUCE HAGERMAN Everybody was either talking about it or looking for it. Amazing how a bit of nature can make the su... JEFF HOOKEY If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM I felt a thud from my left rear. It was a quick thud and the next thing I knew, we were in the wall. ALEX BARRON It's great to be the first team to win here. I think it was kind of an emotional thing for everybody... SEIMONE AUGUSTUS [Patricia Heaton from] Everybody Loves Raymond ... Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania. DAVID HUNT While it looks like a good thing for mobile-home owners, it's a cost shift from the developers and t... REP. NANCY DETERT Everybody who knew Tiny understood this was the one thing he truly loved, helping people in need. Ou... JEFF GIBSON It doesn't have to be one or two guys. I look at a team as everybody being shareholders in this thin... DAMIEN WOODY It was amazing to hear from and about different people from different walks of life and the impressi... JOAN ROSCOE From being in this state I knew what was out here and knew they could run. They may have a little bi... LARRY FEDORA We have put out a request for proposals, and are currently evaluating them from manufacturers, to de... BRUCE GELLIN I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over... AUDIE MURPHY His first thing was to come over to the line and kind of thank us. It just shows you how this team i... STEVE HUTCHINSON I just knew if I was patient and confident that I'd reach the part of the course that I could work a... SETH WESCOTT This is probably the scariest one out of all three of them just because it shows fruit on the side o... BILL BROWN I was able to get into a little bit of a rhythm there. The biggest thing was getting ahead. Once I g... BRYAN HENRY The suspension was issued following a letter of request from the Minister of Home Affairs dated Sept... ANDI MALLARANGENG We also found several unexploded bombs in a room next to the one where the exploded bomb was planted... ANTON BAHRUL ALAM It's my understanding that we're holding them at the request of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. Si... LARRY SIMMONS His sound was stunning -- it was the blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing -- it was all th... VAN MORRISON I called him that Saturday and told him, 'Hey Rich, how would you like to take over my job next year... DARREN YAFAI The volume of information in this case, the time necessary for information to be gathered and transm... CHRISTINE FERGUSON One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six... TOM HANKS I live to enjoy life by the littlest things, feeling the grass between my toes, breathing fresh air,... MARIGOLD WELLINGTON I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out l... JESSICA RAINE He considered himself, and the way he moved in reaction, like a pinball, from one thing to the next,... LALEH KHADIVI your best men are drunks and your worst men are locking them up, your best men a... CHARLES BUKOWSKI We knew it was going to be a tough one. We come into the season wanting to be conference champs and ... GENE JONES We played a great team and this was a great game. But we have a lot to be proud of. This was the mos... CHARLIE KELLY We have to be a little more consistent over the next couple weeks. We need to take better care of th... BOB FEASEL You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference. CRAIG GROESCHEL The next thing I knew I was listening to five people shouting. What was that all about, anyway? CASSANDRA CLARE I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH No one could have known this Janet thing would have this kind of ripple. But part of Budweiser's job... JIM HANAS I live a little sad here. From this distance, I see my country in the worst part of its history. DANIEL CORONELL It was amazing. I have chills all over my body. ALBERT MILLER Everybody thought they would run all over us, but I knew we could run with them. It just came down t... HOLLY ISMAIL I've seen so many people - loved ones and colleagues - who jump from one diet to the next, one e... TOM RATH You could tell it aggravated him a little bit, ... When the show was over, the guy said, 'I guess I'... KEVIN LAFFERTY I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG
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PATRICIA MARX One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels ... PATRICIA MARX New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just bec... PATRICIA MARX Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, wha... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say,... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and b... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers. PATRICIA MACLACHLAN My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended fam... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have great editors, and I always have. Somehow, great editors ask the right questions or pose thin... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I think what happens is you write how you grew up. And I was born on the prairie, and so everything ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I do... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything. PATRICIA KAAS When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life. PATRICIA KAAS People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career. PATRICIA KAAS When you are 25 or even 30, you can just do things. When you get to 35, things are different. Time i... PATRICIA KAAS I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after,... PATRICIA KAAS Sometimes, I wake up and the skies are grey and everything's horrible. PATRICIA KAAS Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our ent... PATRICIA IRELAND And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fac... PATRICIA IRELAND We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would... PATRICIA IRELAND We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the ... PATRICIA IRELAND We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets reall... PATRICIA IRELAND They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney... PATRICIA IRELAND Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would ... PATRICIA IRELAND I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so m... PATRICIA IRELAND Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps. PATRICIA IRELAND My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. T... PATRICIA IRELAND I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to lead... PATRICIA IRELAND The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statis... PATRICIA IRELAND Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of pri... PATRICIA IRELAND