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JOHN GREEN Augustus: “You probably need some rest.” Me: “I’m okay.” Augustus: “Okay.” (... JOHN GREEN Time's a slut, she screws with everyone. JOHN GREEN como toda pregunta sobre el universo, esta vía de investigación nos obliga inevitablemente a pregu... J.K. ROWLING No puedes escoger si serás lastimado en este mundo, pero si puedes decidir quién te lastima JOHN GREEN But it's your life. JOHN GREEN No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way round. JOHN GREEN Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless mutation that made the diversity of life ... JOHN GREEN No puedes elegir si van hacerte daño en este mundo, pero sí eliges quién te lo hace. JOHN GREEN you clench your teeth,you look up, you tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them,and... JOHN GREEN That's the think about pain. It demands to be felt. JOHN GREEN Seriously, don't even get me started on my hot bod. You don't want to see me naked, Dave. seeing me ... 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FRANCINE RIVERS It's a continuation of the rally we've had from earlier in the week, which was prompted by the relea... STEPHEN MASSOCCA We were very disappointed. We felt it was a fair and equitable agreement. We believe it provided sig... BARB ANDERSON HEI acquired more than $1.5 billion in hotels over the past 36 months. We believe the outlook for ho... GARY MENDELL These were pretty decent numbers overall. There was some concern over the sales numbers, but revenue... DAN GEIMAN Their numbers are an estimate, all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible, BRUCE CAIN If you look at our numbers, the play of our quarterbacks was very impressive. They made the right re... DALE LENNON Quite bluntly, to an auto worker at General Motors or an airline worker facing demands for concessio... GARY CHAISON Every day, we turn patients away, ... The growing numbers are putting a strain on our system. BILL WAGNER We are trying to bridge the gap through some creative effort on both sides. Since we don't have the ... FARUK LOGOGLU If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS The agreement was reached earlier this week and it's something we are fired up about. CRAIG KARMAZIN He spent nearly three quarters of it already and it hasn't moved his numbers in the polls. We have e... BRYAN FLANNERY Then we have the beating of the chest of Mr. Trimble, and the showing of his muscles, ... And he sai... IAN PAISLEY Had we taken the picture a couple of years before that it would have been all male, so women are com... MIKE COOK In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... We can't be anti-everything - we need an energy plan that adds up. But there's a lack of num... DAVID J. C. MACKAY We were, overall, pretty pleased with what we saw. The proof will be if in one or two year's time, w... JOSH LEVINSON Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON They were really good numbers. We had good markets in the first quarter. DIETER BUCHHOLZ We are extremely disappointed that we have been forced to make this decision. We don't believe the c... BRIAN DALEY was in the process of assembling an army of attorneys, economists and IAM representatives with a wea... ROBERT ROACH We felt the numbers would be down this year and we will try to make this a positive experience so we... JOE FRANCISCO They can manipulate their figures to boost their argument at the bargaining table. The way Ward is a... BEN VISNICK The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into ... CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS We're a little disappointed in the subscriber numbers at DirecTV, but it's not something to slit you... JACK SHAW You've got to look beyond the first-quarter numbers. You have to look at what are they putting in pl... DAVID KUDLA The opposition said we underestimated the number. ... We were right on. ... If we would have used th... CHERYL CRATES This is the best feeling in the world. All week we said, 'Numbers don't mean anything.' They're fift... AMY HEFFNER If the numbers were there, if the need was there in the mid-1980s, I don't see how it could not be t... DOUG KING The effort was there. The attention to detail was there all week. . . . We were never able to get in... BLAIR ALBRIGHT It wouldn't be right to return to the table and negotiate a formal agreement absent a tangible demon... FRANK MCKENNA In the next five years we will most likely spend $1.5 billion to $2 billion in Brazil on development... 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KAREN BLACK If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c... KAREN BLACK I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work. KAREN BLACK I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little... KAREN BLACK I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dea... KAREN BLACK I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts. KAREN BLACK If you can write it, I can be it. KAREN BLACK When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the s... KAREN BENDER You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You do... KAREN BENDER At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in peop... KAREN BENDER Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, fra... KAREN BENDER My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my s... KAREN BENDER When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmoth... KAREN BENDER Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud. KAREN BENDER What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up? KAREN BENDER My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but excit... KAREN BENDER It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you. KAREN BENDER I wrote lots of pages. I showed what I wrote to Iowa friends, and they said, 'Good start.' T... KAREN BENDER I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill. KAREN BENDER Write a story a great writer would write. Because part of becoming an artist is pushing through all ... KAREN BENDER Giving shape to a painful experience is powerful because it helps us to see, first, how we got throu... KAREN BENDER Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job i... KAREN BENDER Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the mi... KAREN BENDER