There are three ways you can get along with a girl: one, shut up and listen to what she has to say; two, tell her you like what she's wearing; and three, treat her to really good food...If you do all that and still don't get the results you want, better give up.
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Related You men make up these rules, and now you get mad because I'm telling you what a real woman wants... LONI LOVE Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through... ELIZABETH SCOTT I'm telling you, that's a good point because I know they're going to come up with some kind of schem... RANDY ROGERS There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behin... KEVIN HART Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS They went to a box-and-one defense and did two or three other things to keep her limited. I'll tell ... DAN DERSAM If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her l... SAM LEVENSON We have to have all five players on the court and be aware of where she is. She can get shots in a v... JEFF HOUSE Youll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you dont have to remember what you have ... SAM RAYBURN You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million ... DANIEL BALDWIN On his weight: "I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about... DANIEL BALDWIN If you dont get what you want,you wont want what you get. KENNETH ELLIOTT HUDSON Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have thing... SHARON GLESS When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses,... NORA ROBERTS Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU You did really great up there,” I tell her, because I don’t know how to say what I really want t... JODI PICOULT I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you cr... JOHNNY MATHIS It's just like you don't want to believe you have to talk to your wife in a different way. She's sup... FAITH POPCORN Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN I don't think anyone can shut her down one-on-one. Even against a zone, we'll still get the ball to ... JIM WEBB Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.” I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if... HELEN OYEYEMI You can love her with everything you have and she still wont belong to you. She will run wild with y... NIKKI ROWE What is it about possessing things? Why do we feel the need to own what we love, and why do we becom... JEFF MELVOIN Strangling that girl was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Number one, it was her first movie. ... TOM SIZEMORE If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you c... JOYCE MEYER Three things to tell a woman you want to woo:'You are comely', 'You are blessed', and 'You deserve t... RAYMOND OBENG Everyone hears what you say, Friends listen to what you say, Best friends listen to what you dont sa... PROVERB People are always trying to tell you how they feel. Some of them say it outright, and some of them, ... JUSTIN HALPERN I'm still working with Michelle to get her to the point she cleans her room weekly. And washing dish... LINDA PRICE They say it's the woman's prerogative to change her mind. But that's wrong. Guys are the one who get... HOLLY SCHINDLER Esther, I don’t know what I’m going to do without you when you go. I don’t know how I can get ... ESTHER EARL Three things tell you about women; what she spends her money on, her children’s success, and her f... CATSMEOW If you want someone who will listen to you every time, do everything you tell them to do, and always... ANONYMOUS Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To have someone like coach Tice call you and say they'll give me an opportunity once you get out of ... KOREN ROBINSON Why are you being so nice to me?' I asked her. 'You know,' she said, 'when you say stuff like t... SARAH DESSEN She's such a good player. You just have to try to limit the number of touches she gets and try to ma... BEN THACKER She knows how to put the ball in the hole. She elevates and she's strong and she's got great shootin... JASON UNRUH Maria had a great tournament and was really consistent all three days. She makes everyone around her... KIM EVANS A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do ... HAROLD RAMIS But, do you know, once you get used to it's rather cute. I mean, if a girl looks alright to start wi... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There are two ways to be contented: one is liking what you do, and the other is doing what you like. UNKNOWN What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it. CRAIG GROESCHEL What if you get a virgin (or what you call – pure) girl, and she disrespects you, has affairs outs... MEHEK BASSI Anyway, shes still getting to know you," Mike says. "Chicks are like that. They base how much tey li... SUSANE COLASANTI (Raap) is an extremely hard person to guard. She's so athletic and strong that she makes it so you c... JASON RUBRIGHT You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she lov... BOB MARLEY Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything." Callu... MAUREEN JOHNSON Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.. If... ERICK S. GRAY There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out wha... ALEX COMFORT people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ I tell you what, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if she wins it. There are some good runners there, ... BARBARA CROUSEN Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food i... NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS It's been two years and four months and I can't tell you what she looks like. I couldn't tell you if... BETH LOWERY Love is like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you wa... PAULO COELHO One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.'... HARRY STYLES Okay, there's this thing you can do, a thing you can do like no other person on this planet. That ma... ANDREW KAUFMAN There are two ways to wake up. You can wake up thinking about what you know, or you wake up thinking... TORI AMOS She would say that. My sister has always been really competitive. I think that she competes with me ... CAITLIN DAVIS There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feelin... TAYLOR SWIFT She's way confident. Her confidence level has gone way up since the first game. Once you get some ga... MAEGAN ANDERSON You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her. DAVID BENIOFF I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do l... J.D. SALINGER She murmured, "You're unfinished." "Aye, precisely." "I need to go." When she moved t... KRESLEY COLE I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will... DONALD MILLER My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't... STEPHEN R. COVEY Most women go through life looking for love, and looking for someone to treat them like a queen. For... TAISEN DESHIMARU Rose wasn't 'ordinary'. What was I supposed to do? Wrap her in cotton wool? Tell her 'Here, I could ... JACQUELINE RAYNER But, is it more important to stay true to yourself, to what you believe in, or give it up for someon... ANNA B. DOE If you can get out of it with one [run] scoring, you did a great job. You want to keep all three fro... JOE NATHAN If what you do gets people to cry, laugh or say 'wow'...you did good. If they do all three, you did ... LORRIN L. LEE You should date a girl who reads. Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on bo... ROSEMARIE URQUICO Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I d... ELLA FITZGERALD There are three questions every woman should be able to answer yes to before they commit to a man. I... COLLEEN HOOVER Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say... MARK MORRIS You should have told her differently,' said Hermione, still with that maddeningly patient air. 'You ... J.K. ROWLING Coach (Jon) Gruden has done a great job trying to simulate the noise. All you have to do is communic... CHRIS HOVAN You can never get in her head and know what she was thinking when she killed her daughter and know w... HOWARD CURTIS You ask for the impossible. You ask for the ruddy impossible. So if you love this girl as much as yo... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Nothing on this planet can compare with a woman’s love—it is kind and compassionate, patient and... STEVE HARVEY If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more... RUSSELL SIMMONS AGE DIFFERENCE What if I told you that one day you will meet a girl who is unlike anyone ... LANG LEAV She's not my nurse but she comes up to Gran and Gramps just the same. "Don't you doubt for a second ... GAYLE FORMAN You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Real faith is when you believe in something that you can't see. When things are going really bad... KEKE PALMER To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are willing to give up. C.S. PACAT Look,’ she said, sidling a little closer to him in the lift. ‘I understand this wasn’t what yo... AMY ANDREWS You might not see that for three months, Cleveland get shut out. That's how good they are. You have ... JIM LEYLAND I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, ... ELLA FITZGERALD Save your ass, give my ass.... what a friend you are... DEYTH BANGER What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is s... JOHN GREEN What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is sma... JOHN GREEN
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Rain softly falling on a vast sea, with no one ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Once thing goes wrong, then the whole house of cards collapses. And there's no way you can extricate... HARUKI MURAKAMI I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened t... HARUKI MURAKAMI Because memory and sensations are so uncertain, so biased, we always rely on a certain reality-call ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I always feel as if I'm struggling to become someone else. As if I'm trying to find a new place, gra... HARUKI MURAKAMI Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly... HARUKI MURAKAMI Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't kee... HARUKI MURAKAMI But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain. HARUKI MURAKAMI Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in scho... HARUKI MURAKAMI Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint. HARUKI MURAKAMI Lots of different ways to live and lots of different ways to die. But in the end that doesn't make a... HARUKI MURAKAMI If I stayed here, something inside me would be lost forever—something I couldn't afford to lose. I... HARUKI MURAKAMI The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no m... HARUKI MURAKAMI I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things... HARUKI MURAKAMI Have you heard of the illness hysteria siberiana ? Try to imagine this: You're a farmer, livin... HARUKI MURAKAMI No matter where i go, i still end up me. What's missing never changes. The scenery may change, but i... HARUKI MURAKAMI For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, someth... HARUKI MURAKAMI For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured.At least by the person who's waiting. HARUKI MURAKAMI You can see a person's whole life in the cancer they get. HARUKI MURAKAMI When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked... HARUKI MURAKAMI Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unh... HARUKI MURAKAMI George Orwell is half journalist, half fiction writer. I'm 100 percent fiction writer... I don... HARUKI MURAKAMI You live by yourself for a stretch of time and you get to staring at different objects. Sometimes yo... HARUKI MURAKAMI I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at ... HARUKI MURAKAMI If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets. HARUKI MURAKAMI These days I just can't seem to say what I mean [...]. I just can't. Every time I try to say somethi... HARUKI MURAKAMI From his shoulder on down, the Rat felt the supple weight of her body. An odd sensation, that weight... HARUKI MURAKAMI Time really is one big continuous cloth, no? We habitually cut out pieces of time to fit us, so we t... HARUKI MURAKAMI Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you. HARUKI MURAKAMI He would eventually have to pass through the forest, but he felt no fear. Of course - the forest was... HARUKI MURAKAMI The ocean was one of the greatest things he had ever seen in his life—bigger and deeper than anyth... HARUKI MURAKAMI Time flows in strange ways on Sundays, and sights become mysteriously distorted. HARUKI MURAKAMI The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words. HARUKI MURAKAMI Things can be seen better in the darkness," he said, as if he had just seen into her mind. "But the ... HARUKI MURAKAMI The moon had been observing the earth close-up longer than anyone. It must have witnessed all of the... HARUKI MURAKAMI A person's last moments are an important thing. You can't choose how you're born but you can choose ... HARUKI MURAKAMI They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their stories hour after hour. They were n... HARUKI MURAKAMI Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off. HARUKI MURAKAMI But there are certain meanings that are lost forever the moment they are explained in words. HARUKI MURAKAMI I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. HARUKI MURAKAMI If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even... HARUKI MURAKAMI Time passes slowly. Nobody says a word, everyone lost in quiet reading. One person sits at a desk jo... HARUKI MURAKAMI I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Night... HARUKI MURAKAMI I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you nee... HARUKI MURAKAMI Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering. HARUKI MURAKAMI Nah, I shook my head, things that come out of nowhere go back to nowhere, that’s all. W... HARUKI MURAKAMI We fell silent again. The thing we had shared was nothing more than a fragment of time that had died... HARUKI MURAKAMI It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical HARUKI MURAKAMI I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book;... HARUKI MURAKAMI Maybe I am fated to always be alone, Tsukuru found himself thinking. People came to him, but in the ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness. HARUKI MURAKAMI The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be lear... HARUKI MURAKAMI People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring. HARUKI MURAKAMI Wherever there's hope there's a trial. HARUKI MURAKAMI The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's... HARUKI MURAKAMI I'm just ordinary guy, ordinary family, ordinary education, ordinary face, ordinary exam results, or... HARUKI MURAKAMI He wasn't normally conscious of it, but there was one part of his body that was extremely sensitive,... HARUKI MURAKAMI Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are ... HARUKI MURAKAMI