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M. Reed Hopper

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
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KILROY J. OLDSTER Congress did not intend the term 'navigable waters' to be given the broadest possible constitutional...
M. REED HOPPER Anywhere water flows is a tributary in their book.
M. REED HOPPER We're a bit surprised the court took this case, but we have a new court with Judge Roberts.
M. REED HOPPER Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. The Rough Riders brought honor to San Antonio by winning battles in Cuba throughout the summer of 18...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY As a matter of principle, we believe patients should be able to see the right doctor at the right ti...
BILL FRIST I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American...
CINDY SHEEHAN The first principle of democratic government: Respect the people.
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BIBLE Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.
CHLOE THURLOW Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
EDWARD THORNDIKE If it's a fundamental principle, the length of the grass doesn't matter.
ALASTAIR CAMPBELL I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.
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TYLER PERRY Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of governm...
TONY BLAIR The true principle of taxation is the benefit principle - those who benefit from a government servic...
MARK SKOUSEN Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of governm...
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the Amer...
CINDY SHEEHAN Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature; but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole...
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
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HUBERT WOLF I kept waiting for Donna Reed to come over with a casserole.
PAUL RICHARD A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
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GARY F EVANS... I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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KATE MIDDLETON So them who can't learn from a tale about critters, just ain't got the ears tuned to listen."
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UFUOMA APOKI He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.
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GERMANY KENT I'm a product of my surroundings. I grew up on Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, and a...
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EDDIE COMPASS No one anywhere in the (U.S.) government is standing up and asking "are we threatening world peace?"
JODY WILLIAMS Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had,
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- Hephaestus
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ANNE FRANK He is standing beside the government.
ERIC WOERTH Where the katydid works her chromatic reed on the walnut-tree over the well.
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ATTICUS SHAFFER She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
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REED HUNDT I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.
LOU REED If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another...
JACK REED We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network s...
REED HUNDT I like for jewelry to tell a story and to be able to talk about what I'm wearing. That's mor...
NIKKI REED Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don&...
NIKKI REED I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
OLIVER REED