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Karen Ruble

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smoking
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5
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AMY HALL The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I just paid $500 for my electric bill. It takes out my whole income. ... I've got to keep warm becau...
CHARLOTTE CURRY I just paid $500 for my electric bill!
CHARLOTTE CURRY You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
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CHRISTINA ENGELA I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f...
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SATHESH KUMAR M So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY We are here to create, not destroy.
VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON There was a lot of electricity in the air tonight. We are getting used to coming in here and playing...
SHERDRICK BONNER We're getting there. We're a very highly regarded jazz festival, still very much dedicated to mainst...
CAROL STONE It's pretty much run on donations. We are still in need of grant writers and monetary gifts to help ...
AMY THAXTON It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND It's started to suck a lot of our profits right out of the business. We have to pay not only a gas b...
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON We are very much committed to Bill 27,
ED BYRNE Demand is there. Buyers are coming to us faster than we are getting to them.
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GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end...
DEYTH BANGER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
The universe may for...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON [Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't gettin...
DIANE ARCHER It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It...
DISON ARNIBAL We are getting paid to do the very thing we love the most, which is playing outside.
CHAD LAMBERT We really wanted to keep a low profile [coming here]. This gave us something to shoot for. It feels ...
BRIAN WAGNER We're confident that our legislature will not approve the bill because we are strongly pro-life here...
MARGIE MONTGOMERY In all games we've been getting fantastic support, ... It truly makes a world of difference to have ...
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LAURA LEE We are not about gouging people for money and such. People paid enough to get in here tonight. I can...
BRANDON CRUZ I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid proper...
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WENDY MASS We are starting something special here. People don't think much of T.F. North right now. Nobody know...
DEMOND WATT I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister.
TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma...
TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th...
TRISHA LEAVER That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.
EMINEM Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON So for us it was great to see it still being done and also bring that back here, ... We are connecte...
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BRIAN NISHIDA Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer.
AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba...
DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer...
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Silence doesn't make it... bet...
DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar...
T.J. KLUNE I recognize that here are very efficiently run cooperatives. There are many opportunities for the So...
CHARLES WAGNER We would like nothing better than to do it, because it enables us to give back so much money all yea...
DON THOMPSON JR We would like nothing better than to do it, because it enables us to give back so much money all yea...
DON THOMPSON We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and...
TOM FRESTON In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se...
DOUGLAS COUPLAND We all love the 2002 farm bill. We don't know if we'll get to keep it. It's a good safety net. There...
BOB WORTH We appreciate your patience in hanging in there with us. We hope you have a great mission to Hubble,...
DAVE KING We are very glad the bill was paid. The whole issue's been financial all along. To get the bill curr...
LANCE HEDQUIST Obviously these are funds that are very much needed. We really appreciate the county's careful spend...
JEFF WARNER I think that it is good for us; we appreciate any organization that donates the effort for a food dr...
BOB EVANS Clint did a great job coming out and getting us that one run, and it ended up being huge for us. Pre...
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IBRAHIM YOUNIS We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
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JACK HORNER There was something very personal about shooting it here because we all grew up here. The writers al...
BEN REKHI We will get there -- here and in other parts of the world _ more quickly than most people appreciate...
PAUL TAGLIABUE We really feel very fortunate that we do have some remains coming home to us, and we are welcoming h...
BRENDA SCOTT It's been a circus, (but) we got so much stuff going on in the spring, I can understand it. Karen (H...
DANNY MITCHELL We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.
TOM WATSON Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.
ELON MUSK There's nothing wrong with getting paid, ... We have punk bands in our system, and they are very hap...
STEVE ELLIS The community would come by and give us clothes for the women. We were getting such a large amount o...
MAGGIE JONES A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space.
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FRANK KLEGON In 2000 and 2001, people feared coming here. They're not afraid now. We've got to get that back. We ...
BOB WICKMAN We hung in there and stuck together. We didn't try to go out there and do anything crazy that wasn't...
GREG ELLIS We are getting there. We made some mistakes late in the game. They put some press on us late in the ...
PAUL ALTHAUS Funny thing, employment. If you keep doing it, you keep getting paid.
N.K. JEMISIN We were grateful that the city allowed us to be there so we always wanted to keep it nice and keep i...
DEBRA SILVA If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y...
GARY F EVANS... Our teams are close. We really appreciate the men sticking around and cheering us on. They showed us...
BECKIE FRANCIS We pride ourselves on our defense. We keep our hands up and keep getting in there.
JUSTIN BERRY We just think that Karen Jones is an angel in disguise, ... This is just a huge help to us.
RONALD MCDONALD It was very nice. We knew we had to win for the fans. They've been behind us all year, and we wanted...
KAM WHITE We know that after last year, the other teams know all about Manchester and they are coming for us. ...
BARRY BARNES We appreciate all our sponsors who support us here at the center.
CAROLYN COATES We don't want anybody getting a DWI leaving out of here. Anybody who gets a DWI coming out of here i...
LES DASCH Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. It is education that allows us to see...
BILL RICHARDSON We came out here to play with determination and country pride and that is what really saw us through...
ELAINE DAVIS The expectations here are very high and we know that coming in. We're going to try our hardest every...
CHAD HENNE It is work that enables us to convert time into whatever we desire
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JOE ANDRUZZI Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD It's absolutely disappointing coming in here and only getting one point out of four. It was a couple...
PETER LAVIOLETTE We are close to promotion and intend to keep chasing Gretna. We need to keep getting results in the ...
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KAREN BENDER When I was 19 and dropped out of college for several months, I lived for some time with my grandmoth...
KAREN BENDER Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
KAREN BENDER What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?
KAREN BENDER My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but excit...
KAREN BENDER It's great being married to a writer. You live with someone who can read your work and help you.
KAREN BENDER I wrote lots of pages. I showed what I wrote to Iowa friends, and they said, 'Good start.' T...
KAREN BENDER I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
KAREN BENDER Write a story a great writer would write. Because part of becoming an artist is pushing through all ...
KAREN BENDER Giving shape to a painful experience is powerful because it helps us to see, first, how we got throu...
KAREN BENDER Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job i...
KAREN BENDER Don't go into any store that features shopping bags that can stand on their own accord in the mi...
KAREN BENDER The word inventors have to create a new term to describe how I felt when I learned that 'Refund&...
KAREN BENDER Fall into your sentences; enjoy writing them. Love the world you are creating.
KAREN BENDER Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
KAREN BENDER Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.
KAREN BENDER I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.
KAREN BASS My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and w...
KAREN BASS I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.
KAREN BASS You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected officia...
KAREN BASS When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
KAREN BASS It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.
KAREN BASS All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of ...
KAREN ARMSTRONG I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I...
KAREN ARMSTRONG