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We've had a rough start to our season, so we worked hard to get thir... KRISTY HARRIER For real, to be honest, I feel like we can get to the Final Four. I said that at the beginning of th... COREY BREWER It was a very good way to open the season, especially after the rough pre-season that we had. Tonigh... MARSHA ZOLLER We have been a team that hasn't had three-quarters of our salary cap for a large part of the season ... SCOTT GARLICK Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS We learned that we had some pretty good depth and some of our youth were capable of playing larger r... ROB COLBERT Coach (Rachel Lawson) wants us to take all of the intensity we had at the beginning of the season wh... ALANA TOWNS Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL I think throughout the season we all learned to focus in and that the team was a big part of it. Sti... JAMI LANZ We would prefer to have won our first game at the beginning of the season. But we'll take it. What w... DEREK ERGLE The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN It's crazy. Last year we thought we'd have a chance at the states but we had a bad season. This year... DONNY BUNCE We talked a lot about the beginning of the year as a team that we were definitely going to rebuild a... DON BUGBEE We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO We knew coming into this season that every game would be hard-fought in this league. We just meshed ... KAWIKA SHOJI We were a different team at the start of the season than we were at the end. At the beginning of the... DAVID BRADSHAW A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We've had it in our heads that this is a big game since the beginning of the season. This is a rival... CHRIS LEONARD We had a heck of a season. At the start of the season, nobody had us on the radar. We have won three... BRUCE WASSERMAN We played one of our best games of the season. We had a lot of power plays and that helped us carry ... GLENN PATRICK This season meant everything. We worked so hard to have a great senior year and it worked out. We've... MICHAEL TOUDOUZE Obviously, losing like we did and being with the same guys for four years and then going to a differ... BRAD ZANCANARO We were very happy to make the playoffs this year. We got off to a rocky start at the beginning of t... DARIN HARLEY That was one of our goals at the beginning of the season. ANTHONY JAMISON Maybe we can get this thing turned around and start hitting the ball like we were at the beginning o... JEFF FLOWERS We lost the same way [as last time]. We got beat in our home stadium. We thought we were good last t... BRIAN URLACHER It's a different Matt than the tense Matt that we saw at the beginning of the season. ANDY LUND It's a compliment to our girls for the type of season we've had so far. I feel like we're deserving ... DONNA NICHOLSON We said in the beginning of the playoffs, it's a whole new season. It's always been like that for Ve... JOSH DUELL We've had a phenomenal season. Our girls have worked really hard and our scores have gradually impro... EVELYN BLALOCK That was our goal right at the beginning of this season. We knew (qualifying) would be tough, but we... MAUREEN ROBINSON Most of all, we remain focused on our Rock that never moves. CRAIG GROESCHEL We look at our season and so far it's been good, we've had good results. We're pleased with where we... BRAD JACKSON Despite the losses here the latter part of the season, we have had a good season. There is a lot to ... CAMERON BENNERMAN As a team, we saw January as a new slate. We've had a lot of injuries. Looking back to the beginning... JOE AUGUSTINE I thought overall for the game we had better focus and we worked real hard right from the beginning. LAYNE HIGGS we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI Those two (Merrill and Rapids) are going to be huge. I think some people underestimated us at the st... KYLE ROTH The girls kept on working and they deserve the credit for the success we've had this season. I'm pro... BRETT MACKEY His scoring went down at the end of the season, and that was because of two reasons. One, down the s... BILL SPECHT It took a long time last year (for Polytech to get its first win). We've got that one win out of the... HARRISON WHITE Even though we had a wet March and April, since it was relatively dry at the beginning of the year, ... CARLOS MOLINA All the tradition that goes into it means a lot. At the beginning of the season, this was one of our... DANE BORCHERS 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 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 We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY I've got a lot of meetings to attend and we're still working hard on recruiting. I'm looking forward... BUZZ PETERSON We felt good coming into the season. We all felt like we'd have a good team. We've all worked hard t... DREW MILLER We knew all along that we were capable of winning district. I think a lot of people sold us short at... BROCK BLASSINGAME We are starting make some adjustments. At the beginning of the season, we thought we had the right l... EDDIE CONDON This is the youngest team I've had at Zion, but at this point of the season, our freshmen and sophom... DON KLOTH We came out knowing that we had 16 minutes or our season was over. BLAIR PRUETTE These next two games basically seal our season. If we can win these next two, we've accomplished our... JOE YEVOLI We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down seas... BEN GORDON The most important thing is that this team has put more of its own extra time in preparing for the s... KATHLEEN RODRIGUEZ We're looking at the possibility of having the worst fire season we've ever had here. LARRY SOUTHARD We had a tough season -- we had a lot of ups and downs -- but at the end, it was memorable for us. JUSTIN CAGE We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrea... LEO TOLSTOY We worked real hard to get these kids into college. They worked really hard in the off-season. JOE KANACH And in the beginning of the season, we decided that that was one of the things we knew ... that it h... THERESA ADAMS We had a rough start, but we are not the same team as earlier this season. KRISTY GAUDIOSE We had a pretty good season. Not a great season, but a good one. We have a good nucleus coming back,... DON KLOTH We had that little bit of luck we have been missing all season. GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI We worked hard early in the season on getting rid of a couple of (technical issues), and he seemingl... BILL PARCELLS It's a shame that as hard as everyone worked to have this market reopened that we had something like... GENE HALL The kids gave it all they had. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket, and we've had a hard tim... DAN ANDRIA The same teams return for next season. We've had tremendous support from the fans and Integra Bank a... CURTIS HIGGINS We weren't mentally prepared to play in the first half. We had our wake-up call. We haven't had many... RACHAEL ACKERMAN Overall, we ran really well. For our first meet of the season, the second week of September, we look... ERIC HUNT I'm very pleased with where we are right now. At the beginning of the season our goal was to make th... JACKIE COOPER It was a really intense learning experience because the show was already up and running. We had to a... ADAM HOROWITZ It was our goal, but the way our season was going, we didn't expect to be there. We had a bad season... DORAN MITCHELL At the halfway point in the season what we're looking for is making ourselves better and better with... COLETTE QUAM Our league has had an incredible season from top to bottom and start to finish. The league is at its... JIM LARRANAGA Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER Call it Winter Part Two. We had a great December, and now that winter's back we're expecting the res... RICHARD EDWARDS We had an outstanding season. The kids played great all season. We just came up a little short in th... CAROLYN ECKHARDT If we get that part of our house in order, we can take the next big steps toward bigger and more exc... BERNIE THOMAS It was a great end to our season for most of us. We had major improvements in time from almost every... DEB MANDEVILLE We had been expecting them to start back any time now, because this is the beginning of the golf sea... JOANN JENNY Markesan is a good team and we played hard and just came up short. I'm very proud of the guys and th... DAN HOFFA Coach stressed in preseason that if we played hard and played together we would be hard to beat. And... ANTONIO FITZGERALD We had a tough night shooting and I think when the season started we expected to have a night like t... ANN HANCOCK I was very encouraged with how we played today. That was our best balance of the season. We had all ... BRUCE HENNING We worked and practiced hard all season to allow us to compete. I was real proud of our effort all y... DON CONGDON The kids worked hard. This was a typical game against Rockport. It was scrappy and exciting. Our kid... BILL CAHILL We are disappointed with the loss, but we have some much to look forward to next year. We had to do ... LIZ BILAND
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KAREN BLACK If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c... KAREN BLACK I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work. KAREN BLACK I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little... KAREN BLACK I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dea... KAREN BLACK I love playing strong women, even if they're nuts. KAREN BLACK If you can write it, I can be it. KAREN BLACK When I wrote my stories in elementary school, I signed them all 'Karen E. Bender' with the s... KAREN BENDER You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You do... KAREN BENDER At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in peop... KAREN BENDER Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, fra... KAREN BENDER My second novel began after my family moved from New York City to North Carolina, and I watched my s... 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