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JAY JENNINGS When people don't like you... you feel it. They don't pay attention at you... they some kind a ignor...
DEYTH BANGER We want people to experience as much as they can instead of talking at them, lecturing at them, or r...
ANNETTE BROWN Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER We live in a world where instead of people listening to understand, they listen so that they can rep...
ANTHONY MAGESTRO People have a better chance of listening when they feel they are being heard.
ELIZABETH ALRAUNE If you lost an entire year, it would be very difficult to retain students and to retain faculty, ......
SCOTT COWEN It'd probably be better if they turned the road to gravel instead of trying to fix what's left of it...
AUGIE SCOTO There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to w...
ALBERT GUINON The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS I thought (Collins) was very effective. It appeared that they listened.
JOAN MCDONALD Now they have a riddle.
- Criminal Minds
DEYTH BANGER And what do they want!?
DEYTH BANGER If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a big...
ALICE COOPER Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr...
CRAIG GROESCHEL It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of ...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU They just give lip service to listening.
AL SEVIER Maybe the world would be a better place if everyone took time to thank God for things they have, ins...
RICK BARRY Suzanne Collins could have chosen to give us Coin as president, an example of a continuous pattern, ...
LEAH WILSON They cover for each other if one makes a mistake, ... Karen knows every song he's going to sing back...
DON FRASER Latoya did a real good job of scoring and rebounding, and the guards did also. They had their confid...
RASAAN POWELL I grew up listening to The Band. I love Lowell George. I love Little Feat, and I was listening to so...
ERIC CHURCH If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It's easier to nai...
LAURA BENANTI A lot of the information overlaps. It makes it easier to retain the information by simply focusing o...
DEBRA IALOMOV If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you'...
ALICE COOPER The deadline is set and they think I am their pet.
SANTOSH KALWAR If they worked out their issues, they would end up keeping their dog instead of getting rid of it.
JENNIFER JORDAN Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting ...
THOMAS SOWELL If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.
MORTON FELDMAN It's one of the most authentic curriculum experiences that prepares students for career choices and ...
KATHLEEN SIROVY This is about giving consumers better information so they can make better choices for themselves.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN LESLIE This is about giving consumers better information so they can make better choices for themselves.
ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHEILA LESLIE It's just you and your connection to the story, ... It becomes a very rich and enjoyable experience....
ELLEN WHEELER It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
VANCE HAVNER It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
HERACLITUS It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS They always retain the right to help a victim who wants it.
JUSTIN GREEN They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it.
JAMES C. DOBSON Harper Collins gave me a letter of intent saying that they want me to pen down my autobiography. Whe...
ANUPAM KHER Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but...
KURT VONNEGUT Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but...
KURT VONNEGUT JR. They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side.
JOHN MAYER I don't know if they raised the expectation level, but they just have performed better.
DALE NEAL It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing chi...
SUGATA MITRA If they provide some information, they may not have to come.
GARY BARTLETT They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.
RALPH BAKSHI They say miracles are past.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They Learn to speak... and when they were at level "AVERAGE", they started making the rules and star...
DEYTH BANGER "Always love people for who they are, not for whom you like them to be." ~ Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I was a victim of violence... No reason for vileonce just few sucirity guards came... we were 3... t...
DEYTH BANGER Reasons... questions... what they have in common?
- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER Who are "THEY", you are one of "They" and they are the people/humans.
DEYTH BANGER Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but...
KURT VONNEGUT They said they weren't sure if they would be back or not, ... If they feel they need any additional ...
GREG HICKS They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short.
AL LOPEZ Instead of treating it like another game, they treated it like a championship. Instead of playing to...
HERMAN GOODEN True learning is defined as the ability to receive new information, retain it for a period of time, ...
TRAVIS J HEDRICK People think it doesn't matter what they do, that they're just 'another statistic' type of person. E...
BRYCE TAYLOR I think most religious people experience just as much doubt as they do faith; they just don’t admi...
ELNA BAKER They wanted to retain the flexibility for another year.
BILL PRICE Those who still think listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.
MICHAEL ENDE If they take their children to doctors, they believe they are putting their faith in man instead of ...
BOB BARTLETT There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and fin...
EVERETTE DENNIS There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and fin...
EVERETTE E. DENNIS They were better. If it makes us better, mission accomplished.
DAN STANDER Hopefully, by the experience from playing the Speidel Course, they will have a better time and play ...
GARRY MOORE I would prefer if they spread it out a little more instead of $400,000 for one race.
BILL DELIA We don't think too highly of it, but we do hope that they will take the opportunity of a little bit ...
JUSTIN HAYES How much more generous it would be if, instead of writing parables about childhood wounds, psycholog...
MATT RIDLEY It can be anything that gives them a sense of control, ... A lot of performance is mind over matter,...
HENRY HARTMAN The sooner and better they understand themselves, the better baseball player they'll be. That's the ...
MARQUIS GRISSOM They have a lot of information they can bring. It's good to just get an outside opinion on things.
DOUG MELVIN People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to sug...
BRIAN ENO Kirk's father was pretty good at it, and now Kirk -- they're the best, ... They give you good advice...
JOSEPH HAYES We expect departments to be able to have information to hand when they need it, and have consistent ...
ISI UNKOWSKI JLo-so karen hows married life?Karen-well it only lasted 20 minutesJLo-Oh is that short?
WILL & GRACE They could invest in the (hurricane-ravaged) Gulf region. Instead, they just seem tone deaf.
DAVID E. JOHNSON They could invest in the [hurricane-ravaged] Gulf region. Instead, they just seem tone-deaf.
DAVID JOHNSON We were too one-dimensional. They knew to stop Karen and Katie, and they got their points, but the o...
JOHN FRANCESCHI A lot of it was counseling. People wanted their stories to be heard. So we did a lot of that - just ...
DEB DENNING Their record is not a factor. They are Boulder, and we're Fort Collins, that's always a rivalry.
JOE SHARROCK That's a common one. A lot of that is just lack of information. They don't understand how to fill ou...
RICHARD FAIRFAX They just executed better. They kept taking it to us, and we weren't responding.
BOB BOLDON They played better. It was the same teams in the same ballpark, but the opposite result. They just p...
BILL STONEMAN They get the best of both worlds -- they retain the employee owned culture and they inherit a liquid...
ALEX BRAND Argentina is a marvelous place. Argentines are great bankers of information. They import information...
EMILIO AMBASZ You may look at them and say that they?re young, but they got a lot of experience last year. They sh...
JACK BROWN Clear Channel Radio has made strides in implementing new initiatives this year that are improving th...
JOHN HOGAN Because we had received information they were carrying bombs ready to be exploded at any time, our m...
ERWIN MAPPASENG When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.
ALLEN KLEIN They were touched, our hearts were touched and it was just a moving experience. They came as strange...
JAY MILLER If they qualify for the meet, and they handle the pressure at the trials, then usually they have eno...
BLYTHE HARTLEY Who knows whether they felt bad or they just wanted to get rid of it, because somebody, somewhere wo...
DAVID AUSTIN I always tell parents that if you can hear what your child's listening to, then it's too loud. With ...
CHRISTOPHER HARJES I don't see a price war erupting because all three operators are now on equal footing, they should w...
KANCHANA RATWATTE Honestly, I think Lily Collins and Felicity Jones. I think they're very classy, they're eleg...
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.
ERROL FLYNN Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'
MICHELLE PHAN All good people agree,
And all good people say,
All nice people, like Us, are We
An...
RUDYARD KIPLING ...Yeah a lot of you have to do... I have gave you one up to three films and books... in other day o...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss," Gale says softly.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Tick, tock.
SUZANNE COLLINS It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.
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SUZANNE COLLINS I had to do that. At least once.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Stay with me.
Always.
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I'm j...
SUZANNE COLLINS No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.
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SUZANNE COLLINS They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Are you, are you coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Stra...
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SUZANNE COLLINS I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me."
His pupils contract to pinpoints, dial...
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SUZANNE COLLINS You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.
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SUZANNE COLLINS For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.
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SUZANNE COLLINS Agreed," I say. "It's going to be a long hour."
"Maybe not that long," says Peeta." what was th...
SUZANNE COLLINS Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
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"Yes! Perfect. One is always much bra...
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SUZANNE COLLINS Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone.
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SUZANNE COLLINS While I was waiting...I ate your lunch.
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Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final def...
SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home.
P...
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SUZANNE COLLINS She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in ...
SUZANNE COLLINS When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the...
SUZANNE COLLINS But I feel as if I did know Rue, and she'll always be with me. Everything beautiful brings her to mi...
SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta's awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as the trio of doctors rea...
SUZANNE COLLINS He’s dozed off again, but I kiss him awake, which seems to startle him. Then he smiles as if he’...
SUZANNE COLLINS But Mockingjays were never a weapon," said Madge. "They’re just songbirds. Right?"
"Yea...
SUZANNE COLLINS Peeta, you were supposed to wake me after a couple of hours," I say.
"For what? Nothing's...
SUZANNE COLLINS It's impossible to be the Mockingjay. Impossible to complete even this one sentence. Because now I k...
SUZANNE COLLINS If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my b...
SUZANNE COLLINS Y de repente es cómo si no existiera nadie más en el mundo que estas dos personas que atraviesan e...
SUZANNE COLLINS Don't you see, Katniss, this will decide things. One way or the other. By the end of the day, they'l...
SUZANNE COLLINS Lucky thing were allies, right?
-Finnick Odair
SUZANNE COLLINS I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so f...
SUZANNE COLLINS I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best."
Well, there's no good resp...
SUZANNE COLLINS Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?" I say.
"It must b...
SUZANNE COLLINS Did you love Annie right away, Finnick?" I ask. "No." A long time passes before he adds, "She crept ...
SUZANNE COLLINS I don't know what it is with Finnick and bread, but he seems obsessed with handling it.
SUZANNE COLLINS Do you find this...distracting?
SUZANNE COLLINS Plutarch rushes to reassure me. "Oh, no, Katniss. Not your wedding. Finnick and Annie's. All you nee...
SUZANNE COLLINS Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.
SUZANNE COLLINS And if we burn, you burn with us.
SUZANNE COLLINS My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.
WILKIE COLLINS Destroying things is much easier than making them.
SUZANNE COLLINS Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be ha...
SUZANNE COLLINS If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.
SUZANNE COLLINS And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable.
SUZANNE COLLINS