You're not going to be sure what it is that's going to be exported. But New Orleans guys will at least have a healthy influence on what goes on in other places.
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Related Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO We're not moving too fast with getting anything accomplished. It's frustrating, but it is what it is... BRIAN NOLAN Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA What he did down in New Orleans was really an extraordinary accomplishment, which goes way beyond wh... PAUL LEVINSON Dan is going to be very competitive this year. I bet we'll have 22 to 24 cars this year (in Pure Sto... BUTCH BEHN So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER We want to make sure that the people of New Orleans have a right to vote and to be active in their c... DENNIS HAYES You're going to say 'what about other kids?' They get hurt in other sports but I think it would have... DON CHERRY New Orleans did not have a robust economy to begin with. I think it's going to be very difficult for... EARL BLACK If New Orleans passes on this opportunity to improve itself, then we're not going to be a company he... DEAN TAYLOR To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I know what it means to the people down there, because I have an uncle and his wife who lived in New... JEFF NELSON We're not sure what is going to happen when it goes away. DENTON SANTARELLI Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ... GERMANY KENT It's going to be kind of weird. It will be a completely different feel without Dee and James on the ... WARREN CARTER I'm pretty sure it's going to be the best race [at finals], at least for the guys. GRADY CARTER When the new home construction and everything does begin in New Orleans, it is going to be tight and... ED MCMAHON We have to wait. We have to decide in another month what to do. But it will be another year until we... BRIAN FOSTER If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full. DAVE MUSTAINE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I can see what some of the older kids will look at and not come out. I guess they thought it was not... BILLY MILLS We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whet... TONY BLAIR At the end, what matters is that you tried SOTONYE ANGA It's going to be small. New Orleans is not a major metro [area]. TOM LIBBY Knowing we're not at full strength, that's one plus of where we're at. Even the people we have on th... DAVID REHR If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full. DAVE MUSTAINE The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's... JOE GIBBS We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER Louisiana had been on a roll, but they literally came to a crashing halt, ... New Orleans is not goi... JACK KYSER It's going to be fun. The crowd is going to be on our back and it's going to be loud. Some of us hav... COBY KARL Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI One day earth will wipe us all out, but it will be impossible to wipe what we are going to leave her... SIDDHARTH DUBEY Ah, much deluded! lay aside Thy threats, and anger misapplied! Art not afraid with sounds ... JOHN MILTON It kind of motivates guys to play harder [so they can] be here next year. I'm sure Coach is going to... COLBY ARMSTRONG I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmospher... DON MATTINGLY It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN It's going to be a great game. [New England's] team is what we want to be -- consistently great, wi... FREDDIE MITCHELL Many of the businesses, large and small, that were operating in New Orleans on Aug. 28 are not going... TIM RYAN They have some pretty good guys on that team, ... If you fall asleep on those guys, those guys will ... EARL LITTLE We have a couple guys we are concerned about, guys that we're not sure what they're going to do. We ... BILLY KENNEDY I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happeni... ANDY WARHOL I'm not really sure what is going on. I'm challenging guys, but the big thing is fighters just aren'... CHRIS DINGMAN [Wise] knew they were going to be an emotional team coming in here, so she made sure we were focused... MARCIE HAMPTON He's been practicing and he's in school, but I'm not sure what his status is going to be. ROYCE WALTMAN How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. We know it's going to be something along those line we are just not exactly sure what it will be. DON LOGAN We aren't too sure what we are going to do, but it would be nice to have a plaque with my dad's name... JEFF KROEGER I hope this wakes up the people who don't understand what this is all about. This is going to be on ... BUD KEENE It's been a bit unnerving at times. Given what has happened so far, we can't be sure what type of ev... LEE TAWNEY We're going to do international news and are trying to do a Russian angle on them, trying to show wh... MARGARITA SIMONYAN To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS The competition is going to be a little more than last year. I didn't think it could get any tougher... SHANE HUFFMAN I'm not courting anyone, ... Going forward the township will decide what is going to be developed an... WILLIAM STEPHENS What we're going to have to do is go to other places around the world. JOE BONURA At this point, nobody on our side is surprised by what he does. The guys in the other dugout are pro... BRIAN FUENTES The team has looked pretty good. Thinking where this team was going to be, in terms of being a very ... MILES AVERY I would expect eminent domain to play a significant role in the rebuilding of New Orleans. My guess ... BART PETERSON What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. LAURELL K. HAMILTON I used to obsess on critical reactions to my films, and it's really not a healthy way to live yo... JONATHAN LEVINE If you're going out to sell a new show, ... how receptive the buyer is is going to be based on what ... SHAUN CASSIDY We really haven't nailed down exactly what the paint skin is going to be on it, ... but it's going t... TONY ANDERSON I could be upset [about not closing], but what am I going to do with that? Nothing. I can do a lot o... DANYS BAEZ They're going to get better as the season goes on. Next year, I'll be chopping at the bit to watch t... RUSS HAYDEN You don't hear any roars, do you? And I'm not sure there's going to be charges like we used to have ... FUZZY ZOELLER Who knows what kind of formations we're going to line up in? With both of those guys healthy, who kn... JUSTIN HARTWIG Who knows what kind of formations we're going to line up in? ... With both of those guys healthy, wh... JUSTIN HARTWIG He's a tremendous athlete and a very explosive runner, but he's not a guy who's going to put on a lo... BOBBY CARPENTER Spread love. Hug the people you care about and make sure they know that you care and appreciate them... GERMANY KENT Before Katrina hit New Orleans, it was already one of the poorest places in the country, ... I think... CHARLES BARRON I think it's going to have a huge impact on the city. Sure, the day of the race is going to be excit... BILL CARSON We will evaluate it go through each of the recommendations. Of course it's going to have to be a pri... JUDY OUTLAW To you everything thats happening in the world appears phony, to be something other than what it rea... J. D. SALINGER I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's goin... ANNIE LEIBOVITZ The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS The people of New Orleans deserve to know what's going on and they deserve to know their homes will ... BILL QUIGLEY We have to be excited about the opportunities we have tomorrow. We have a lot of guys who are lookin... RON AVERILL A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE have input in the decision, but it's certainly not their decision. I'm sure it will be something tha... SANDY ALDERSON Obviously, the pressure will be on the downside of the currency until we get some degree of clarity ... CALLUM HENDERSON The other stuff you find on [State Road] 56 is going for about $1 or $1.05 per square foot. That wil... BRUCE ERHARDT The other stuff you find on (State Road) 56 is going for about $1 or $1.05 per square foot. That wil... BRUCE ERHARDT The key word is innovation. You may get something at least as good as what you wanted that you didn'... DON SNOW We've got to go on the road and play what I'm sure will be a very motivated St. Norbert team. We're ... ANDY GIBBONS This is going to be a completely unprecedented election, not just for New Orleans but for the entire... BRIAN BROX There's a lot of anxiety. There's uncertainty about what's going to happen, what's going on. It's de... DEUCE MCALLISTER I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what... HARRY STYLES I still think our guys don't know how bad it is. From what I've heard, unless you're on the ground i... CHRIS SCELFO New Orleans will get going when tourism gets going. It's got to start somewhere. Why not us? BARBARA LEVY The musicians will come back. It's going to take a long time, but New Orleans can actually be a bett... DONALD HARRISON It's something that we want to do for New Orleans, ... A lot of people look at us as not only reps o... SAN ANTONIO It's a work in progress. The site is a really good template for what we are going to be doing, but I... DANA HARRIS But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same pa... CHUCKY ATKINS We knew that (working in New Orleans) was going to be rough and we were all ready to buck up and do ... CHRIS YORK You don't want your teammate to be hurt, first and foremost. It's a balance, because you want to pla... TOMMY MADDOX
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DAN HICKS There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the wor... DAN HICKS And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time war... DAN HICKS It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better? DAN HICKS When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we ... DAN HAWKINS We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we'v... DAN HAWKINS We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me. DAN HAWKINS We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We&... DAN HAWKINS We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone ... DAN HAWKINS There's a lot of people out there who have seen us once somewhere in a pub or heard our songs la... DAN HAWKINS The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set ... DAN HAWKINS My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played ... DAN HAWKINS In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at ... DAN HAWKINS I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It ... DAN HAWKINS I can't wait until we get to the stage where we don't have to explain anymore. DAN HAWKINS I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the expos... DAN HAWKINS As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypass... DAN HAWKINS After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously. DAN HAWKINS When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer! DAN HAWKINS You have to keep going. The main attention is for us to stay alive and stay a band. You only really ... DAN HAWKINS I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music. DAN HAWKINS Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book. DAN HAWKINS I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd don... DAN HAWKINS The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what's fantastic about doing TV. And vie... DAN HARMON Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels ... DAN HARMON My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franch... DAN HARMON I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of... DAN HARMON TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing. DAN HARMON The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people... DAN HARMON Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're i... DAN HARMON When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It wa... DAN HARMON I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our lo... DAN HARMON