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The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over doesn't mean that he's entitled to one. The fact that Mr. Blake is not happy about his legacy is something Mr. Blake should have thought of before he killed his wife.


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LAURENCE HOUSMAN That William Blake
Who beat upon the wall
Till Truth obeyed his call.
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I laughed softly as I unbuckled the seat belt. “Blake. Hi...
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MATT EPSTEIN He also told you that Blake wanted the child, but he didn't want Bakley, isn't that correct?
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CLAIRE KENT Blake is scheduled to go about as long as he can, and we'll go from there.
STEVE SPURRIER Blake is damned good to steal from.
HENRY FUSELI There have always been poets who performed. Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to part...
ADRIAN MITCHELL I don't have the speed Blake has.
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STEVE SPURRIER 'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to m...
ADAM ROSS I am not a farceur. I am not Blake Edwards.
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PATTI SMITH It's not going to be that easy the rest of the season, ... Blake has to play extremely well for us t...
STEVE SPURRIER We have to leave the villa discreetly,” Blake said. “We need a smokescreen.
KHALED TALIB Allen was 50 years old when he orchestrated the ... murders. The fact that he faces execution as a s...
WARD CAMPBELL It was lucky. I did it once before against James? (Blake?s) brother Thomas, but that was a long time...
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ALEX ADAMS The family wants to express their deepest sympathies to those who were hurt in the chase. So does Mr...
CHRIS FLOOD Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is ...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Blake wasn't really merely my student. He was a comrade and friend.
DENNIS POTTER Being really close to Blake, I felt a great deal of loss. I was really confused about why and stuff ...
JASON WEIMER They both feed off each other. When Blake is playing well, he is able to create so much for Chris. A...
BOB HORODYSKI 'Humph!' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had...
ROBERT SMITH SURTEES The fact of the matter is that the hospital killed him. They caused his death, not her.
IAN HIRSCH Blake has come a long way, and I think he can go farther.
STEVE SPURRIER Blake has improved, as a player, probably the most. He might be first and second.
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LAURA HAMBLIN Mr. Dreier would have had to give up his chairmanship of the Rules Committee to move to another posi...
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LLEYTON HEWITT You look wonderful", Jason said.
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JOHN PECK I appreciate the offer. I really do. But you can't put a price on independence, Blake.
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“And then you die,” Larry finished for me.
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CATHERINE CRIER It is a sad, sad situation to be in this courtroom in this country hearing a prosecutor saying to a ...
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WENDY HIGGINS, SWEET PERIL LOGAN: You see, Blake, the thing is, I don’t give a sh*t what other people think.
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ERIC BUTTERWORTH They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspi...
ERIC HOFFER There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his ow...
ERIC HOFFER Facts are counterrevolutionary.
ERIC HOFFER Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH Substantive abandonment of convention is evidence of mastery.
ERIC PARSLOW It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opini...
ERIC HOFFER A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFER Man was nature's mistake --she neglected to finish him -- and she has never ceased paying for her mi...
ERIC HOFFER Truth and honesty are quite different. What a person believes to be true always follows when honesty...
ERIC PARSLOW The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in th...
ERIC HOFFER It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFER Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate conscious...
ERIC BUTTERWORTH