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Two things can happen. We can make the playoffs and beat our cross-town rivals.


Jonathan Arceneaux

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FRANK ALFONSO We try to make things happen the best we can,
BILL CAMP You realize the limits of your body. The thing you don't want to do is freak out and swim hard. At s...
CAN OSTEN Kurtuluş Savaşı yılları... Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunda emeği geçen ama gölgede kal...
CAN DüNDAR Divers have found there is no air left in the holds of the ship. That means sea water has filled the...
CAN KARACA They must be all dead, if there is anybody else in those holds.
CAN KARACA There is little hope to find them alive.
CAN KARACA Bi sen eksiktin ayışığı
Gümüş bir tüy dikmek için manzaraya!
CAN YüCEL Our approach is still the same. We can still make the playoffs and our team does not give up.
COURTNEY CONRON Hopefully we can correct some things before the second half of the season and make a push for the pl...
RON RICHARDS We want to do whatever we can to make our town better.
HOWARD CUMMINS That's what we do. We have two guys who can juice the ball, but for the most part we just put the ba...
DARIN ERSTAD Two categories of people can be found in the world today. There are those who make things happen and...
BENJAMIN SUULOLA The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyn...
IAIN MCGILCHRIST We are just hoping that this is our year. We have a great team out here and we're confident we can m...
JAVIER TORRES If we can beat some teams going to the playoffs, we could probably throw some mud in the water.
JACQUE JONES The social thing is huge. We can make things happen outside of work.
GEZZELE MARTIN Anything can happen during the playoffs. It's win or go home.
LINI READING If you don't think you can make the playoffs, then what's the point of even stepping on the court to...
EMEKA OKAFOR Athletics has become so scientific that athletes beat rivals on such technical issues. A mentally pr...
JOS HERMENS With their speed they can create problems and make things happen. But then crazy things start to hap...
DENISE NUGENT We know they beat us on our home turf earlier on in the year, ... Around here, we don't like that to...
BRIAN LECLERC Hopefully I can bring some more energy and I can give a couple more goals this season and hopefully ...
PETR PRUCHA We want some luck to get a home-field game the first round of the playoffs. It can happen.
JOE NICHOLS I think we really had something personal with Stanford. They are our rivals and they had our number ...
AYINDE UBAKA Three things can happen when you pass and two of 'em are bad.
DARRELL ROYAL You can make the case that bad things happen in October.
ROBERT BRUSCA The town is favorable to doing what it can to make this transition happen. The town is just asking t...
BILL WHITLEY It's things like that, we can help make it happen with this money. We have so many options.
JEDD GOULD We are ready for the playoffs. But we first have to get by Trinity. I think if we can get Tyler McDo...
HANK HARGRAVES We don't feel pressure anymore. We just feel that we're in a situation where we can make some things...
DANNY GREEN I'm glad they did it because we can learn. Something might happen in the playoffs and we have to lea...
JAROMIR JAGR Our mentality now? RELIEF! Our streak is over finally, because we refused to continue losing, and gr...
ASHLEY LONCARICH We're really shooting for winning the conference. We'd like to make it well into the playoffs. Hopef...
JAKE PEYMANN I think we all would admit that we didn't have the premier team in the National League this year, bu...
SANDY ALDERSON Three things can happen when you put a [foot]ball in the air -- and two of them are bad.
DUFFY DAUGHERTY We really hope the town can come together for this so we can make this a first-rate facility,
BARBARA POTTER We can be really pleased with our second-half performance, and that we were able to make adjustments...
KYLE MCBRIDE The win streak has been great. We have improved our doubles play and it has definitely brought a lot...
GREG KENNETT Our goal was to make the playoffs. Even though we will be going into the playoffs as fourth team in ...
JAWAAN ALSTON Desire is a powerful force that can be used to make things happen.
MARCIA WIEDER We're going to make the playoffs. I can promise you that.
KYLE HOLLAND I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without ...
J.K. ROWLING One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracle...
DIANE FROLOV AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER I certainly think we should make the playoffs. And we'd like to go further than we did last year. I ...
GREG TABOR People can be divided into three classes, the few who make things happen, the many who watch things ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I think the goal for us right now is to make MPSF playoffs and that's something we know we can do. T...
MAX KLINEMAN You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
LOU REED If we don't get pinned and get our pins, we can beat anybody.
JEFF SLAYTON We don't feel like favorites. We feel confident that we can pull away like we did the last two times...
ANGEL HENDERSON People can be divided into four groups: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen,...
KEN NDARU I think we have to learn from it and break things down a little bit. We have to learn from our mista...
BRIAN PRITTS Back to back we face two of our biggest rivals. We have to come out wrestling a lot better.
LENNY BERNSTEIN I definitely think we can make playoffs. We're starting to really click and look strong. We have a c...
ALANE BURKE (Our goal is) one, make sure that we make the state tournament and two, end up in the best position ...
KRIS HENRY I told our kids before the game to take your walks when you can get them. And then we can make some ...
JO EVANS We've got five wins now and hopefully we keep plugging away and get a few more. The key is just to g...
GLENN HOWARD Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen sudd...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON When things don't always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations. We can focu...
SUSAN SAMAROO There are many good things coming from a loss like that. It helped us recognize our weaknesses so we...
ANDRE LO The greatness of our country is that we rebuild after tragedy, and we're here to make sure that can ...
LEO BOECHE Things like that don't happen in this town.
LAURA LANE Our town was known for two things--no, three: salted fish, expertly dyed fabrics, and corruption.
ANGELA ELWELL HUNT Things can get overwhelming and hit you by storm in the playoffs. But he's calm and collected.
HINES WARD We've seen everybody in our region play and we can beat everybody in our region.
KYLE KRUEGER We've been doing some things well, but we know we have to work on some things. We can be a very good...
MICHAEL STRAHAN In the big picture, we've just got to gain momentum. Everybody makes the playoffs. The hottest team ...
DAVID RUARK We needed somebody to step up and make plays during the playoff stretch. Hopefully I can continue to...
DEWAYNE WHITE Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. 'Nothing' is the worst thing that can hap...
RICHARD BACH Realistically, if we keep playing and improving the way we have, I think we have a great chance of g...
JOE FILOTEO In moments of outrage, when we feebly seek vengeance, we can do one of two things with our newly kin...
CARLEY MARIE DONAHUE We're just happy to be in the playoffs. It's a whole new season now. We've got to go out there and b...
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DIMITRIS TIMOTHEATOS The events that happen in our lives make us who we are ,we can either give in to them and let them w...
GARY F EVANS... There are two kinds of people in this world, those that watch things happen, and those that make thi...
RALPH M. DESIANO We see our clientele as people from the Des Moines area who want a quick getaway, travelers passing ...
GARY BUSBY If we can contain those two guys, you never know what might happen.
JOSH MCKEEL I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I ho...
DOROTHY KILGALLEN What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name someth...
CAB CALLOWAY We're aware of how people look at the Patriots. When they're in the playoffs, they're invincible, un...
CHAMP BAILEY We can only progress by beating historic rivals, gaining respect, rising step-by-step.
LUIS FERNANDO SUAREZ We had one heart attack patient last year and two the year before. Anything can happen any day.
JACQUE PHILLIPS Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.
ALEX FLINN The highest compact we can make with our fellow is --Let there be truth between us two forevermore.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON The highest compact we can make with our fellow is: Let there be truth between us two forevermore
RALPH WALDO EMERSON That's our goal, to make it to Stanford. We'll have to beat one really good team, but I think we can...
LUKE SHIELDS You want one to two true pitchers that can beat anybody and six arms that can throw strikes.
TIM SAUNDERS I just put some heat on it and kept going. It tightened up, but in the playoffs, things like that ha...
DARRELL JACKSON We can't hang our heads and say this was a lost season. I think, if this team continues to grow and ...
MORRIS PETERSON I want to show two things. One, that Democrats can solve big problems and get things done. And two, ...
GINA RAIMONDO But I don't believe we can just confess any Scripture and make it happen.
BENNY HINN If we can fake a shot, make a pass and just get her moving side to side I think that's where we can ...
CASSIE CAMPBELL God can never make two things thesame_ to think otherwise is an error.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL One member of our society can cross plants and we will sell plants to raise funds and awareness.
KATHY MOSS If we can handle their press, make our shots and make it a half-court game, we have a chance. We pla...
ANDY LONG Our mainland policies remain the same. We still hope the two sides can sit down and make some breakt...
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JONATHAN KATZ Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a ...
JONATHAN SWIFT I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
JONATHAN SWIFT As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a...
JONATHAN SWIFT How we apples swim.
JONATHAN SWIFT Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnis...
JONATHAN SWIFT Convey a libel in a frown. And wink a reputation down!
JONATHAN SWIFT For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
JONATHAN SWIFT The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been...
JONATHAN SWIFT Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
JONATHAN SWIFT They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.
JONATHAN SWIFT What some invent the rest enlarge.
JONATHAN SWIFT I heard the little bird say so.
JONATHAN SWIFT A prince, the moment he is crown'd, Inherits every virtue sound, As emblems of the sovereign p...
JONATHAN SWIFT Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.
JONATHAN SWIFT So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller sti...
JONATHAN SWIFT A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.
JONATHAN SWIFT In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent ...
JONATHAN SWIFT A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.
JONATHAN SWIFT