Sarah Vowell
Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cub... PITBULL It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON LARRY KRAMER You're going to tell me that things aren't right in Cuba, and so we shouldn't engage. It... ARTURO O'FARRILL What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what&... SELENA About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base ... JACK SCHMITT We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, w... RICK WAGONER JACLYN SMITH JOEL MADDEN What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things thro... LEWIS BLACK We're in an age when everything's present tense. People don't know how to be still and s... PETE HAMILL SLOANE CROSLEY We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don&... GEOFF DYER KERRY WASHINGTON Pro wrestling is not fake; it's sports entertainment. We go out there and we perform, and a lot ... KURT ANGLE While I'm an athlete and while I'm fighting actively, I don't intend to pursue a career ... FEDOR EMELIANENKO I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. 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GENE CERNAN There isn't a day when I don't look in the mirror and think, 'How in the hell did I beco... ANDREW BREITBART STEVIE NICKS ALAN STERN Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."GORDON KORMAN We're all just bags of bones and muscle and hormones; I'll never understand what makes our m... MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anyth... KEVIN ROLLINS JAMES F. AMOS EDWARD SNOWDEN KARL MARLANTES I think of myself as a Hollywood hillbilly, but I'm sick of all these questions people ask about... SUNNY MABREY RICHARD LAMM I like entertainment and think mastery is good, though I don't feel like a master. If a theme me... DAVID ROCKWELL I suppose it's a sentimental thing, but I wouldn't want to do more 'Lewis' than we d... KEVIN WHATELY SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA STEVE JOBS TAMMY DUCKWORTH SHANE SMITH
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