These little contradictions are in all of us. They're in me at least. And so I forgot that I had been awake for 30 hours and kept walking, grateful to be a little boat full of water, still floating.
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You know, 30 takes, you do a little piece he... DICK VAN DYKE Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, an... BUDDHA I'm definitely interested in exploring human contradictions. Contradictions are what make us hum... EDGAR RAMIREZ I am but a stranger ... as we all are. Lonely inside our separate skins, we cannot know each others ... ALAN MOORE I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn... J. MILTON HAYES Three-dimensional results are important to me. I did once spend some time just writing, and floating... DAVE EGGERS At the time of Apollo 11, I was a grade-schooler, and I remember every time an Apollo mission would ... ALAN STERN ...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because... DANIEL KEYES He's up and walking around a little bit. He's doing so much better. We are very happy with the progr... HEIDI JASSO Sometimes I heard voices muttering in my head, and a lot of the time the world seemed to smolder aro... DENIS JOHNSON At the end of the day, all I can be is me. I'm not John Cena. In my 30 years, I've never bee... ROMAN REIGNS So I still have a number of years left at this level if I keep myself right. To have 50 caps and sti... JOHN HARTSON Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to my own ... ELISABETH EAVES I suddenly felt that it was all the same to me whether the world existed or whether there had never ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I still think there might be damage in some of these tech stocks, so I'd be a little careful there. FRANK GRETZ Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had s... ESTHER WILLIAMS I would still travel for a shoot, but it involves a lot more logistics. The hours are so hard and lo... GWYNETH PALTROW I drink at least five bottles of water a day and always get eight hours of sleep. REBECCA GAYHEART They slept profoundly, desperately, greedily, as though for the last time, as though they had been c... HERMANN HESSE Last time I visited the graveyard, some of us had trouble walking the quarter mile from the boat lan... CLAY CABLE I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person aw... LISA LOEB I like to think there are a lot of balls in the air, and the kids are not one that I choose to drop.... ELISABETH HASSELBECK I could tell they had watched some film on me because I've been able to shoot well the past few game... LIZ MORIONDO We would sail to a particular location and stay there for 24 hours at a time, and one or two of thes... CARIN ASHJIAN She hasn't been in foul trouble all season. It was so uncharacteristic that it kind of left us at a ... JEN MILNE I am glad that I have somebody that can carry me. I think that Arnold and Gary and I all have somebo... JACK NICKLAUS At least every couple of months I go to Fergus Falls. I don't know how I'd do that if it weren't for... EVELYN SMITH I have been so long master that I would be master still, or at least that none other shoul... BRAM STOKER I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, bu... MADDIE ZIEGLER When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it... PETE WENTZ I had all those young guys in Green Bay all at once. It was a little scary having all young quarterb... MIKE HOLMGREN I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, havin... HENRY DAVID THOREAU We have a queen-size bed and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quota... RACHAEL RAY I'll go this week at some point, I'll get a physical. I just need to take care of myself. I wouldn't... TERRY FRANCONA I like to embrace natural beauty. I try to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drinking a lot of water an... TIA MOWRY We had 'Polar' at five Imax locations, which accounted for 25%-30% of the film's overall gross and k... BRIAN CALLAGHAN If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm wi... DOMINIC MONAGHAN I thought Ally had an excellent game. He kept us in the tie at crucial times and, although he was be... GORDON DALZIEL My beauty and independence were new for me. They brought me pride and satisfaction; they changed my ... ASPEN MATIS At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that yo... NATALIE WOOD Interviewing Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo and John Galliano in Paris, both for 'Pop' magazine, were... TAVI GEVINSON I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I h... MARY LAMBERT There was at least one morning I was certain, though only for a few hours, that everything that coul... CATHERINE LACEY Everything in there is so tight. And that tiny little kitchen. I'm afraid to touch anything, so I ha... DOOKY CHASE II In this life, I had all I ever wanted. Losing Erik was a sadness that knit itself into my soul, but ... SUSAN WIGGS You kind of get frustrated a little bit, but I think everything happens for reason. I just kept doin... JOSEPH ADDAI I had to put the ball on the green (17) and try to make a putt. I had a shot. I had to draw it a lit... TIGER WOODS I was so little inspired by violin instruction at the Guildhall School that I kept in the cloakroom ... WILLIAM PRIMROSE The largest boat we've stored is a 54-foot one that's been kept on the water. And every two years, i... HOMER GRAHAM He had been giving money to some of these people (in office). He said, 'I'm as qualified to be in th... DON CARRINGTON I just forgot about it. I knew I'd be getting some run support. All I had to do was settle down and ... FLYNN STACHOWSKI as a forum to retaliate at all the wrong injustices that had been done towards me and towards a lot ... JOHN ROCKER Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults about me; Let me praise a little... SOURCE UNKNOWN I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, havin... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Oh, well, I did a call-in, yes, at 11:30 p.m. I'm sorry. I forgot about that. It was so late. FERNANDO FERRER I was there and Governor Riley walked by and then a little later sent for me. He spent about 10 minu... TIMOTHY BURGESS Walking on water is safer than sailing in a leaking boat. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO I made it to state, probably because I've worked hard, and I've had some real good coaching with Bre... JOSH BORDNER My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept ... ARIEL GORE Then, all of a sudden, here I am in the Press Room in the White House and walking in with the guards... MAJEL BARRETT I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had the... ILLEANA DOUGLAS In the vocabulary of certain radical theorists contradictions are given the status of some deadly di... CHINUA ACHEBE A lot of us were kept out of the loop, and maybe the process could've been a little more democratic.... BRAD STUART He will be much better on good ground. He is still very green. It's hard to judge tactics on this gr... FRANKIE DETTORI I don't know what happened. I was trying to box out Strickland, but something hit me, and my whole b... GAVIN GRANT There's a little Christmas in all of us, I guess. Even in me. LEON REDBONE In those refuge stations, the workers can seal themselves in and be safe with enough oxygen, food an... MARSHALL HAMILTON With a hundred and eleven yards to the green I had a sand-wedge, which was the perfect club for me. ... JIM RUTLEDGE It is all too common for caterpillars to become butterflies and then to maintain that in their youth... GEORGE E. VAILLANT I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree t... FELICITY KENDAL In a small glimpse, that's been a little bit of my season. I've hit several like that. Hopefully, ne... GABE GROSS On top of all that, you're naked. And while I'm going to hate myself for this later, could you put o... LISH MCBRIDE I totally remember what it felt like to be so full.” “Full of what?” “I don't know. Full of ... JONATHAN TROPPER The dog wanted to go outside, and I saw that my daughter had left the light on downstairs. I looked ... PAUL CALVAGNA Because of all the various people who've come in and out and brought along ideas, I've been ... CHRIS SQUIRE We had a chance to all rejoice a little bit at Mr. Greenspan's aggressive actions here at lunch. We ... JACK WELCH I am just so grateful. I am grateful to be here. I am grateful to be alive. I am grateful to the jur... SAINT PATRICK Over There ... the most profound experience for me as an actor ever. This show is so about what thes... ERIK PALLADINO Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honore... PHILIPPA GREGORY I guess God kept me alive then. He's been the one who has kept me strong all these years. I did what... JOSEPH CLARK I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to... MICHAEL SCHENKER I was born in a country of brooks and rivers, in a corner of Champagne, called Le Vallage for the gr... GASTON BACHELARD I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions. ANTONIO TABUCCHI Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live... WC FIELDS Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live... W. C. FIELDS All my tattoos, they've been thought out, thought over, been a work in progress for at least a y... COLIN KAEPERNICK I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, ... ANAïS NIN All of a sudden I became aware of a little star in one of those patches and I began looking at it in... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both. VERONICA ROTH I was missing a little bit of energy. I got sick two, three days ago, and I'm still little bit weak,... MARAT SAFIN This is more about just getting myself a little busier and focused on something I used to be good at... PETE SAMPRAS I've been busy and need to slow my little tail down and sit and meditate somewhere. I do my walk... 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