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Related I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might... STEPHENIE MEYER Oh, oh, oh... No... just they got me. Undercover??? and what more?? This and this?? DEYTH BANGER This was an incident that should've never happened, but you really can't control a few isolated indi... DAN BURNS We'd never seen signals from an earthquake of this size, and the availability of this instrumentatio... THORNE LAY I've never seen such a caring community. Anytime we run one of these funds, the response is almost o... BARRY MILLER Admittedly, what he had seen only the day before in this very room was just as intellectually stupef... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I think it's a virtual certainty that the low turnout this time around will be used by opponents to ... WAYNE CORNELIUS This was an absolutely elite field (of athletes). To have that many athletes finish in the top three... CATHI MONK This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ... OSHO Everybody cares about their own, but Pittsburghers love and embrace them in a way I've never seen be... JEFF LONG Surprisingly, everybody says this has happened before, but a lot I talked to had never seen it at th... FRANK GALVAN This has been a victory of mob rule. Never before have I seen such absolutely incredible and unprofe... CHRIS THOMAS Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood. JEFFREY JONES This is the historical record. These are the eyewitnesses to these events, so no one can ever say th... ANDREW CARROLL With the wind blowing the way it was and the pin locations this is the toughest I've seen it play fo... JOE MITCHELL The timing was right on this project, the presentation was essential to effectively communicate the ... CARL LEVIN We have had large marches before, and these were some of the biggest, but never before have we seen ... ERIK NICHOLSON I was raised by a family that there was no, 'You're a girl so you have a limited number of o... CAM That just adds to the mystery of how this happened. It was inspected as required by the regulations,... GENE KITTS We think this was an accident. It would have happened whether the driver was stone cold sober or not... DICK DEGUERIN I am absolutely flabbergasted by the turn of events, and I was one of the five that voted no. This i... GEORGE PERLSTEIN Hopefully, someone who was in that vehicle will come forward and say what happened. Everybody loves ... NICOLE GIBBONS Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: su... MARGARET ATWOOD Those of us in the tissue community were stunned last October that this was taking place. LINDA FRASER I've seen a ghost in my bathroom with no face, this is true by the way, and I had a yo-yo that r... BRETT DIER When you are on your purpose, your preoccupation isn't what you don't have yet. You've already drunk... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD We had to punish this industry in such a way that everybody in this country and everybody in the wor... MIKE MOORE It was close all the way. It was a good match for everybody. We just happened to prevail tonight. GARY GRAHAM Going to basketball games or attending [fund-raising] events in the spring or just being around town... AL GOLDEN The way isn't a circle and never can't be a circle unless you repeat the same after the same. Is it ... DEYTH BANGER It's fair to say that this library is as involved with community events as any. I've seen that as pa... ANDREW PENDERGRASS It really was a miracle that things just worked and fell into place, ... I feel like there was a rea... ARON RALSTON It really was a miracle that things just worked and fell into place. I feel like there was a reason ... DONNA RALSTON I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember... ALLY CONDIE We had such a great time doing this movie. Everybody was game for just going for it. ALYSON HANNIGAN Everybody is just absolutely distraught. We can't even fathom what's going on. I keep thinking never... CARRIE GIROUARD God decided that this time in history was perfect for you to glorify Him and make an eternal differe... CRAIG GROESCHEL I began to entertain a suspicion, that no man in this age was sufficiently qualified for such an und... DAVID HUME It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making c... HANS KUNG I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been see... SATCHEL PAIGE I would absolutely not support this if I thought it was just an in-your-face thing against the label... MICHAEL GREENE She never worried about falling; such a thing was never possible in this weightless world SARAH BLAKLEY-CARTWRIGHT And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself... ALBERT MALTZ The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time. DANA SNYDER I dont believe in luck. Ive only ever felt lucky finding God and even that was not by chance. MEG NEZAJ Repairing these 65 units is a way to house people in this community, quickly. BUBBA HARPER We haven't seen anything of this scale or this violent in years. What happened was people were being... BETH DEISHER Yeah, and this just happened to be the 666th. This was the number that was given. CLAY CONDIT We're on a roll in a way. Everybody was expecting us to do this and that, but we're just coming out ... ANTONIO ANDERSON Poets, Writers . . . know that we are the enchanting magicians that nourishes the seeds of dreams an... WILLIAM S. PETERS, SR. It was something that surprised everybody. In Italy, everyone is talking about it because it's somet... ANDREA FERRO I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been... SATCHEL PAIGE It's impossible to mention everybody because there was just such an outpouring. JOSEPH DUNN My fashion is part of who I am, and though I was not born with these clothes on, I was born this way... LADY GAGA I'm sure, consistent with his feelings of remorse about this, this was certainly, there was no polit... MIKE MORAN This has been an unbelievable week for this team. These guys just will not quit. To be honest, I've ... ANDY PRIOLA I was just so relieved after taking these penalties that we found a way to win this. ANTHONY MAMONE I think everybody is covering their posteriors with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient tha... SANDRA BERNHARD I know a lot of the older fans are in an uproar. But then, anything that changes down there puts the... KATHIE BRYSON Let's put it like this... Deeper Level is a place in which I can put in everything exploits and then... DEYTH BANGER We just want to keep it this way so that people can see how they lived in this community in those da... EMMA JEAN TUCKER This has been such a Monday! I wish I stayed in bed, and I wish that yesterday had never happ... LISA MANTCHEV I was spoiled in a very strange way as a child, because everybody told me, from the moment I was abl... ORSON WELLES These males go in, brandishing a weapon. Not just a handgun like we've seen commonly, but in this ca... JOHN WALSH Honestly this is an important experiment for us. We're going to find out here in these next exciting... BRUCE LEVENSON We are just letting everybody in the community know that this is a possibility if they want to see t... FLORENCE PATERNO Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never ... ALAN LIGHTMAN This is the fifth year in a row that we've won and it's the highest number of points we've ever rece... JENNIFER SALMON The Universe was a damned silly place at best . . . but the least likely explanation for its exis... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN February is Black History Month. This is such an appropriate time to honor these people who have mad... MARIE RENAUD To do this and to have such an awesome obligation, not everybody gets this opportunity in life. ALBERTA MCCARTHY When drugs itself are a treatment, what further treatment do you want. APURVA GAGLANI She recalled how Pauline had fallen off a bus one night, late, went skidding into Creedmoor. In a no... ALICE MCDERMOTT I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People wer... SARAH DESSEN Coraline nunca había comprendido qué motivo había llevado a alguien a pintar un cuenco con frutas... NEIL GAIMAN There are three gaming centers in Fort Collins, Greeley had none. I thought Greeley was a good place... FRANK MCCONNELL This is an experiment that isn't just enhanced by space; it absolutely needs space to exist. CHARLES KANKELBORG Only in a place like this do earth and sky come together in such a way that they bridge into one, an... LAURA PRITCHETT I was the first guy of my era to do this. Everybody thought I was absolutely out of my mind. FRANK STALLONE The Israeli factor was suspiciously present in all the events witnessed by the region, and the devel... BASHAR ASSAD It was a nice surprise. I knew I was innocent of any wrongdoing. Everybody is entitled to express th... DONNA AVILA When you look around and see what happened to the rest of the community, I think we're real lucky. T... CURTIS GRAY The point is, art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art ... LEONARD BERNSTEIN He stayed in there and worked hard and finally got his shot, that's what inspired me. I was impresse... CARL CRAWFORD This should (in) no way be seen as an endorsement. MELISSA FLEMING It was very disappointing for everybody that the game went that way and it was steered that way from... CRAIG MACTAVISH I'm absolutely astonished at the 'no wrongdoing' judgment. This was an essentially deceitful plan. [... ALAN DUNCAN I haven't seen anything as exciting as this it was just incredible. Three goals in seven minutes, i... ROBERTO ABELE History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there. GEORGE SANTAYANA We've been involved with the United Way off and on over the years, and this year there was just an u... FRAN JOHNSON It was just this crazy craziness, and the fact that it was shot in Paris, and it had these incredibl... DIANNE WIEST Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which w... STEPHEN HAWKING She was a soldier, a warrior in her way as much as I. This could have happened two hundred times the... ROBERT JORDAN I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an... JANEANE GAROFALO They will leave this theater with a very vivid picture of what took place on 9/11. Not just the even... GORDON FELT It was, in a way, reportage, because she was writing about what she had just seen. DENISE EPSTEIN What I've done in this decision overnight is to send an absolutely crystal clear signal to everybody... PETER HAIN This particular Big Ten meet was absolutely brutal to get back and score. It was the most competitiv... BOB GROSETH This was seen as a way to keep the store open. LORI STENE It quickly became apparent that to Mr. K, there was no such thing as an untalented kid—just a kid ... JOANNE LIPMAN AND MELANIE KUPCHYNSKY
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SUZANNE COLLINS Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear. SUZANNE COLLINS Why don't I just pretend I'm on camera, Plutarch?" I say. "Yes! Perfect. One is always much bra... SUZANNE COLLINS You'll never be able to let him go. You'll always feel wrong about being with me. SUZANNE COLLINS Still, I hate them. But, of course, I hate almost everybody now. Myself more than anyone. SUZANNE COLLINS It's meant to be pretty," whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her la... SUZANNE COLLINS While I was waiting...I ate your lunch. SUZANNE COLLINS Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. 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... SUZANNE COLLINS Yeah, about that,” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that a... SUZANNE COLLINS The raw hunk of meat that used to be my enemy makes a sound, and I know where the mouth is. And I th... SUZANNE COLLINS Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real. SUZANNE COLLINS But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you... SUZANNE COLLINS The mayor finishes the dreary Treaty of Treason and motions for Peeta and me to shake hands. His are... 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