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It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.


Dorothy Allison

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ALLISON MILLS I'm just gonna stay away from the caffeine.
ALLISON MILLS I've found that people really want to help you. But at the same time you have to really put yourself...
ALLISON MILLS We still haven't heard back (from the patent office). We had a dilemma. Wait two whole years (for th...
ALLISON MILLS It was not very functional.
ALLISON MILLS I've heard stories of people who have done this and who have a garage full of stuff that just sits. ...
ALLISON MILLS Lindsay is a really good pitcher, and she has been hitting her spots. I think we fed off her energy ...
ALLISON MERZON It was time for a rally, we turned our jackets inside out and from there our bats woke up.
ALLISON MERZON We don?t have to put up a lot of hits to score.
ALLISON MERZON This is the most balanced, the deepest and the best hitting team we ever had. We have kids on our be...
ALLISON MERZON It's an absolute tribute to how hard Kim has worked.
ALLISON MCNEILL No question she's got skills, some coach has to recognize it. One of the things she does is make oth...
ALLISON MCNEILL She has an unbelievable passion for the game, a passion for work. She's really made herself into a g...
ALLISON MCNEILL After the 2000 Olympics, veteran players came back wanting to pursue the goal of qualifying for a wo...
ALLISON MCNEILL Our comeback in the second half was sparked by the contributions of the players coming off of the be...
ALLISON MCNEILL It was a great effort to get an 18-point turn around.
ALLISON MCNEILL It was one of our best defensive efforts of the summer,
ALLISON MCNEILL The first big issue is 'if', because a lot of people are still talking 'if' - and that's a fundament...
ALLISON MCGEER We know from the testing that's been done so far that this is not influenza, we know this is not SAR...
ALLISON MCGEER SARS gave everyone … new respect for respiratory viruses.
ALLISON MCGEER There are literally hundreds of viruses that can cause these types of outbreaks. It is still likely ...
ALLISON MCGEER There are many other viruses it could be. The Ontario Public Health lab is working very hard on iden...
ALLISON MCGEER Even though it doesn't prevent all illnesses, it is effective at preventing serious illness and deat...
ALLISON MCGEER This year looks good so far.
ALLISON MAIRE