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JANE SMILEY My parents... has always wanted all their kids to go to at least one year of Bible college after hig... DAVID A. R. WHITE I had a high school sweetheart that was my first. We were together all through high school. I had ju... LA'PORSHA RENAE I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it. RAINN WILSON When I first got sick, they told me I had a year to live, and I was writing my memoir really fast. T... JOHN LURIE I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow... PAT CONROY A lot of people that I've had around me have been my closest friends since junior high, back whe... PAUL PIERCE When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I h... DANIEL DAY-LEWIS I was completely unqualified to get into Harvard. But then I went to my interview for Harvard, and t... MIKE BIRBIGLIA When I first began doing TV pilots, my expectations were high. 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MARIE LU I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like '... MILES TELLER My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering.... CHANNING TATUM The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using... ATO ESSANDOH My family never took me to church except a couple of times. But when I was 12, I hung out with this ... BRIAN WELCH I went into last year without any anticipation of how I was going to do. I wanted to see how the who... CODY IRWIN I started dancing when I was about 15 or 16 in my high school drama club, and then I liked it so muc... GARRETT CLAYTON My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had ... ALEXA RAY JOEL When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to... WILL.I.AM Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wa... TAHAR RAHIM When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Phil... MIKE BIRBIGLIA I've always loved records, even when I was a kid, my parents would buy me records instead of a l... MAYER HAWTHORNE My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education... DWIGHT YOAKAM I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. ... MAYA ANGELOU My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. ... JAMES FRANCO I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometime... ELIZA COUPE He told me that when you record a love song, there is no better song for people to relate to. My fir... JOSH TURNER I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble w... 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QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. 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QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... 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DUSTIN PEWARCHUK It's awesome. But this one is special because it's my last year. DUSTIN PERRY My coach knows how to press my buttons. He said they're trying to take (my title) away from me and t... DUSTIN PERRY We just kept on them the whole game and didn't give them any room to breathe. We had some good goal-... DUSTIN PENNER That's what I was doing in Portland. When I got up here, for some reason I wasn't doing it, I was tr... DUSTIN PENNER I waited to make contact and then spun off, like I've been trying to do on a consistent basis. DUSTIN PENNER Anytime you score in the first minute of a period, it really lifts your team. At the same time, it d... DUSTIN PENNER It's bittersweet. The last time I was in an all-star game, I was in Grade 11 or 12 in high school. T... DUSTIN PENNER He had pretty filthy stuff. He's telling us where it's going and it was still tough to hit. He looks... DUSTIN PEDROIA My goal is to play in the season, not Spring Training games. It would be nice to get out there and s... DUSTIN PEDROIA It's been fun back at short and switching off to play second every now and then. It makes practice a... DUSTIN PEDROIA I'm not putting pressure on myself. I'm 22 years old. I just want to be healthy, go out there and pl... DUSTIN PEDROIA Right when I swung, I was like, 'Oh, my God!' because it was the worst pain ever. I knew right away ... DUSTIN PEDROIA If I was a producer accepting manure, I'd require a manure analysis. It's just good management. DUSTIN OLSON Till it under and no one will complain, plus you'll save nitrogen and money. DUSTIN OLSON I need to get more comfortable, familiar out of the stretch. Work on controlling the running game a ... DUSTIN NIPPERT I pretty much had trouble getting everything over except my fastball, and when you do that hitters a... DUSTIN NIPPERT It's great. I felt like [my stuff] was the best it's been of my three starts. DUSTIN NIPPERT I've thrown one full side [session] and two little half sides to stay as fresh as I could be. It's [... DUSTIN NIPPERT I would have probably felt better if I'd had a body double, ... But I figured if Cate was game ... I... DUSTIN NGUYEN It was very simple. They came out and we're really ready to play and we didn't come out ready to pla... DUSTIN NELSON The boys are pretty upset about the free-throw shooting, but it's sectional time and the rims get a ... DUSTIN NELSON We preach defense, defense, defense and you kind of saw that come through for us tonight. DUSTIN NELSON We were never really out of it during the entire game. But then we'd cut the lead down to two or thr... DUSTIN MURRAY We didn't do a good job of getting back on defense. (Kinston) would get the rebound, then they'd fly... DUSTIN MURRAY I was wide open and I felt like I had to make it and that I was going to make it if I shot it. DUSTIN MURRAY They just shot the ball well. We had a hand in their face, but they just kept making outside shots. DUSTIN MURRAY I'm just not comfortable. I'm out there thinking too much and things are going a little too fast. I'... DUSTIN MCGOWAN I'm just not making quality pitches and I have yet to do that. I just have to work a little harder. DUSTIN MCGOWAN Absolutely not. I just thought I'd finish up in Double-A this year and call it a season, and then ge... DUSTIN MCGOWAN It's a little different out there. You've got to get ready a little faster in the bullpen. That's fo... DUSTIN MCGOWAN This was a pretty important game to give the bullpen a rest after last night's game. Hopefully, one ... DUSTIN MCGOWAN I hope I do (laugh some day) but right now I can't. It was a pretty important game to give the bullp... DUSTIN MCGOWAN I just made a couple of bad pitches. You make bad pitches at this level they get hit hard. DUSTIN MCGOWAN It just seems like I pitch very well until one inning, ... It's always a one-inning thing. If I can ... DUSTIN MCGOWAN Any time you get experience you get a little more comfortable, ... I've just got to work some things... DUSTIN MCGOWAN You don't expect a guy to steal with two strikes. I should have used my mind a little more and thoug... DUSTIN MCGOWAN He's so smart he knows that it's maybe more important here to run an extra 45 seconds off the clock ... DUSTIN MAGUIRE He's a special kid for us. You've got two Division I basketball players. You've got E.J. Jones getti... DUSTIN MAGUIRE That's what Mark does. He hustles on every play and gets lost in the mix until he does something lik... DUSTIN MAGUIRE