Unfortunately, there's not a lot on the horizon that offers us any hope of relief.
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TIM SALMON Torture is not torture when there’s any hope of relief.
TAHEREH MAFI Unfortunately, Superintendent Smith is not with us today, but in memory of his dedication and commit...
CARLOS RAMIREZ Our beginning in this group was disastrous but, although we gave ourselves a glimmer of hope, unfort...
DARREN FLETCHER Of course I would have liked to beat him but unfortunately I couldn't. It's not really relief becaus...
JAN ULLRICH To have that kind of cloud on the horizon really created a lot of sleepless nights.
JOHN JONES Everything starts with Smith. He beats you with his arms and his legs. Stopping Smith will give us a...
VICTOR ABIAMIRI Assuming theres insurance, there would be no reason not to carry on, ... This just pushes us back on...
BOB GOODMAN [Elimination should not detract from the progress made since Walter Smith took up the reins at the t...
DARREN FLETCHER any breakthroughs on the immediate horizon.
CHRISTOPHER HILL (On Monday) we took relief, now we exchanged it. It is a good beginning. We hope that this will go o...
NAZIR AHMED Our inexperienced relief pitchers, that's one area we need to keep working on. None of our relief pi...
BRET MEULI Unfortunately, here we are. Four years after purchasing the Marlins, with no new stadium and no sure...
JEFFREY LORIA I'm very hopeful we can continue fishing again. There's some hope on the horizon.
CINDY LEFLEUR Theres a reason why theyre not amateurs anymore.
ALEX HAMILTON Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man...
HUMPHREY BOGART A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.
HOWARD THURMAN Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?
Rick: Oh, he's just like any othe...
HUMPHREY BOGART Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.
CHARLES LINDBERGH The Web site gives us a lot of hope and a lot of strength.
DREW KESSE I've been working a lot with Dick Smith on overpopulation.
BINDI IRWIN I saw him helping us out a lot on special teams and on the defense. He's a playmaker. Unfortunately,...
CATO JUNE The sea always offers up incredible stories of survivors' fortitude. Myths of a lot of countries...
COLIN FARRELL I do not see any dark clouds on the horizon for Microsoft. I think it's straight shooting, straight ...
ESTHER SCHREIBER Rick Hope and I traveled to Kirkwood and originally interviewed Hardy.
ANDY DAVIS Unfortunately, what they're playing on the radio now is not really fair to a lot of great musicians ...
HERB ALPERT No, it is not. I want that facility and Rick Sanchez said I can have any facility I want.
ABU GHRAIB Salman Khan did not help me get movie offers. What rubbish! Will any producer take a risk of million...
KATRINA KAIF I'm not using any excuses. There were a lot of things that affected us last year.
ALAN PEACOCK A lot of us, myself included, have had offers from Harvard and Stanford and Berkeley ? this happens ...
CHRIS GREENE There's an awful lot of runs that our opponents are putting on us that we're not giving back. We're ...
CURT YAEGER There is no effort being made on the part of any Republican, that I'm aware of, that would allow us ...
TOM DASCHLE We needed to get a lot of things in order so that we are not faced with any major hitch when the eve...
FARBOD DOWLATSHAHI They were taking a lot of quick shots but, unfortunately for us, they were hitting some of them.
GEORGE DRAWHORN I think Rick puts a lot of pressure on himself anyway and I think that's one of the reasons he hasn'...
BRAD SHAW He told us that Dad would kill us before he would let us live with Rick,
DEREK KING Unfortunately, there are a lot of weapons kids have access to. It wasn't any intent -- it was an acc...
ALFONZA WHITAKER We’re expecting a lot of good things from Jenny this season, ... Unfortunately, with the injury to...
SARAH MCCABE We're expecting a lot of good things from Jenny this season. Unfortunately, with the injury to Maria...
SARAH MCCABE In the way of crop losses, theres some localized areas that had losses, but on a widespread basis, w...
GARY ADAMS There was a lot of interest from European clubs for Vilakazi. But we had to put all the plans on hol...
MIKE MAKAAB We're not here to leave a mark, bro. Monuments, legacies, marks - that's where we always go wrong. W...
DEAN KOONTZ It gives us a lot of hope looking at Dominick.
LARRY GREEN I think theres a little child in all of us and we all to often forget to let the child out to play.
DONNA A. FAVORS I won't kid you, there was a lot of relief in that.
MARSHALL HAMILTON I think in some ways it's kind of a relief to have it behind us. It's an opportunity to go forward w...
AUSTIN CROSHERE I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good thing...
ACE FREHLEY There should be a televised debate between the two of us. What do you say, Rick?
E. HELM Today there is a tremendous amount of both relief and hope. Relief that an indicted war criminal acc...
CORINNE DUFKA The road to salvation is filled with many false dark turn-offs, if you take those roads they will le...
GARY F EVANS... I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.
APRIL WINCHELL We've needed somebody else to be a scoring threat on the perimeter, besides Crystal (Smith) and Kris...
LISA BLUDER Were expecting a lot of good things from Jenny this season, ... Unfortunately, with the injury to ...
SARAH MCCABE Love is the root of all happiness and all sorrow and theres not much in between.
CHASE KITCHENS We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better wo...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT On the other hand, a lot of horses have been turned out for pasture and unfortunately forgotten.
ED WEBER Any conversation with Smith turned up at least one bit of human behavior which could not be justifie...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The apples that grew on the fruit-tree of knowledge
By woman were pluck'd, and she still wears the...
HORACE SMITH AND JAMES SMITH Under Smith, there was some hope this agreement would be implemented. Personally, I question whether...
CARL SNOWDEN Under Smith, there was some hope this agreement would be implemented. Personally, I question whether...
CARL O. SNOWDEN Our president is with us on these issues. Our governor, Rick Perry, is strongly with us on these iss...
JOE POJMAN We really, really focused on A.J. (Smith). Nick just ate us up.
DAVID MCGREAL We want to put elected representatives in Bradford County and our state representatives on notice th...
VIC LAWSON A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who...
ELIZABETH EDWARDS The irony was not lost on any of us that despite the theme there was a robot on the throne.
KATHRYN DAVIS The intangibles she offers us are amazing. She allows us to do many different things. And we have a ...
MARTIN APPEL It never really fell in the hills that feed our system. We're not breathing any sighs of relief at t...
ALAN SEAY I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making ...
CHARLES STURRIDGE Knowledge causes depression and a lot of pressure.
DEYTH BANGER If we want to have any glimmer of hope there's only one result for us on Sunday night and that is to...
CARLO ANCELOTTI Rick came in fifth overall and he golfed really well. That was something positive for him and someth...
JEFF EDWARDS That's when happiness became an assumed entitlement of all human beings. Unfortunately, that puts a ...
DARRIN MCMAHON We've decided that cutting residents' weeds is not a good idea because unfortunately we have a lot o...
BRENT JONES The world of football is based on results and unfortunately there haven't been any results.
ENRIQUE CEREZO We still have a lot of work in front of us, and we hope that everyone is pleased with the results.
KAREN HENDRIXSON One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this wo...
SANFORD I. WEILL With certainty, I can predict that there will never be a cure to cancer. The only hope for any of us...
RICHARD DIAZ Never underestimate Bruton Smith, ... He's got a lot of P.T. Barnum in him.
GARY BAKER Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
WARREN BENNIS Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
WARREN G. BENNIS My whole life had split in two: Smith and not Smith. I liked the Smith parts of it so much better. SARRA MANNING I hope they'll be back. I really do. I want them back. But we have to see a lot of things. One is wi...
EDDIE GOSSAGE I don't see any storm clouds on the economic horizon. We don't see any potential land mines or probl...
MARK VITNER There's nothing out on the horizon that's going to push us one way or the other.
JEFFREY BENTON When there's darkness around you, shine your light even brighter.
JEANETTE CORON I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts -Leo Valdez
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
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RICK RIORDAN Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma."
Bacchus ...
RICK RIORDAN If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.
RICK RIORDAN Maybe I should have resented him, but I didn't. After losing my mother, I didn't have patience for g...
RICK RIORDAN Cinnamonrolls are good for harpies.' She [Ella] said.
RICK RIORDAN But on balance I'd say we had a net loss. Unfortunately, these other issues dominated that expose th...
LAWRENCE KORB I talked with coach (Smith) on a number of occasions. I think the neat thing about it is he does hav...
RON RIVERA Sydney spent a lot of time on my bed these days.
Unfortunately, it wasn't with me.
RICHELLE MEAD A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.
WESLEY RUGGLES Her time was up, and unfortunately, when they are pregnant like that and a mixed breed, there is jus...
DEBORAH FRANKLIN You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES Go to any bookstore, and you'll see thousands of books on etiquette, which suggests there's ...
LETITIA BALDRIGE There has been a lot of pointing fingers but unfortunately, as an industry, it does not help.
GORDON PATTERSON I have a lot of things in my past that have unfortunately become public.
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"That's not what I me...
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As if to prove his point, the lord of the univer...
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RICK RIORDAN Wisdom's daughter walks alone.
That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. I...
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I don't hate you."
Could've foole...
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You'd probably ki...
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"Y...
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Percy ...
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Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"
He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."
Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”
The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"
Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."
Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
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RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
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