Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are. [But] I do pick you. We've been friends too long to pick, but if we could pick, I'd pick you.
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Related I'd pick you, I say. Fuck it, I do pick you. I want you to come over to my house in twenty years wit... JOHN GREEN When I was little, my dad used to tell me, "Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your n... JOHN GREEN Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are JOHN GREEN Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's something you just are. JOHN GREEN Being in a relationship, that's something you choose. Being friends, that's just something you are. JOHN GREEN If friends were flowers, I'd pick you WALTER WINCHELL You can pick your friends but not your family PATTY WRIGHT Because I am, just as you are you. We don’t always get to pick who we are, Shelly Wynn, but we can... NATHAN REESE MAHER If you had to pick between being moral and successful, obviously I'd choose to be moral. However... CHADE-MENG TAN Pick a number between one to ten. Now, pick the number that you think I picked you to pick.
JAROD KINTZ Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don&... JOHN IRVING He was just somebody you could talk to and carry on with. He could pick at me and I could pick at hi... EARL HATCHER Whenever you fall, pick up something OSWALD THEODORE AVERY Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well. MICHELLE YEOH No, it's not, Holmesy. You pick your endings, and your beginnings. You get to pick the frame, you kn... JOHN GREEN You know, you pick and choose your battles. RYAN LOCHTE When that happens I say just pick one that speaks to you. Pick one that runs through your bones, one... BUCKY COVINGTON We don't really work on a chore system at my house. It's more or less like when you see something ou... DAVID GALLAGHER I'm in the pick business, so if you have 10 picks and we could get 15 picks, I would be ecstatic. Bu... ERIC DECOSTA The key is you don't want to pick something too wacky, like a sector fund, or something too aggressi... MARI ADAM My mother-in-law gave me some good advice about being in the kitchen. Choose your imagination, which... KATE WEBSTER If you do something and you really care and you want to convey something in a subtle way, there are ... JOHN ASTIN You see it in education a lot. If you do your homework, you get to pick out something from the class... DACE SVIKIS Just do something. Pick something that you really love, whether it's dancing or swimming or walking ... DR. JANA KLAUER That grocery store, that was something. You would be just tickled to go in there and pick out any ca... RUTH JOHNSON How'd you get in here?" She raised her eyebrows. “You pick pockets.” Kat watched his hand f... ALLY CARTER He's a likable person. He could pick up friends easily. DAN LEE We'll pick something people know but something that hasn't been beaten to death. BILL FOX I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me. VIKRAM SETH I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something. LAURA DERN The opportunity of a lifetime is to pick yourself. Quit waiting to get picked; quit waiting for some... SETH GODIN I want to play as soon as possible, ... You want to play but I don't pick and choose. It's not my jo... SIDNEY CROSBY The technique was something that was pretty hard to pick up and not something you just learn overnig... CINDY KLASSEN I think real life reflects your movies. In your life, you pick stuff that influences what movie role... CHRIS TUCKER People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and t... ROMAN PAYNE You can't pick a site, then the technology. You really need to pick both simultaneously. JOE DONAHUE Everyone dies from something, whether you pick your poison or not. BJ MORIN Or you could go pick it up yourself. We don't want to be too lazy. LORNA KELLY To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you... KRISTIN HANNAH I can pick good food, but I can't pick a good man. DEBBIE REYNOLDS You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love. SARAH J. MAAS To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do ... SUZY KASSEM You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become. JODEE BLANCO I have the motto that says, 'Whatever you see in your closet that you like, pick it and wear it.... WILLOW SMITH Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what y... SAMUEL FULLER If I tried to talk to her about it, she'd just pick a fight about something else. ELVA FARMER I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pic... SEBASTIAN THRUN Hollywood is the place to be for actors - and there's just a big rush when an Australian comes o... CALLAN MCAULIFFE Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid. KARL KRAUS Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid KARL KRAUS I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and ... CHERYL LADD You are not honored for the fruit you pick, but for the trees you plant. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO What most people call loving consists of picking out a woman and marrying her. They pick her out, I ... JULIO CORTáZAR I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script. DENNIS FARINA The key to being a good manager or a good entrepreneur is to pick the right people. Pick the right p... JOE GIBBS I try to pick shows that are a contrast for the season. This was just something different. DAVID HASTINGS You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy. ROBERT CARO Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do. VERNE TROYER I do not pick the wrong guys. They pick me. CANDACE BUSHNELL I love that you can pick up your phone at a hotel and have something to eat in your bed. I love home... ADAM RICHMAN It can actually seat a huge table, probably at least eight people. Great view here lot of light her... ADELE PICK It can actually seat a huge table, probably at least eight people. Great view here ââ‚... ADELE PICK People love the fact that they have a built in office because, as you know, most people need a home ... ADELE PICK How much hurricane damage was here? Not that much. This home had no roof damage which was a miracle ... ADELE PICK The way I'm looking at it at the moment and the impression that I'm getting from the people in Canad... ANDY PICK A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it g... ANDY PICK The trip has given players experience of conditions similar to those they might experience in Colomb... ANDY PICK That's now a huge trip for us. It means we have the chance to go to the tournament off the back of t... ANDY PICK I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not h... ANDY PICK If you don't like the way getting hit feels, then block it or better yet, don't be there in the firs... HEATHER PICK It can actually seat a huge table, probably at least eight people. Great view here
lot of light h... ADELE PICK Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricke... ANDY PICK When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you s... JOHN GREEN They're going to pick me up Saturday and I'm going to pick them up Sunday. I just wish it could have... DEREK DAMON We can go all year without seeing each other and pick up where we left off. You make such close, lif... AMY PINNICK They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself u... , RAISING HOPE, CHEATERS, APRIL 2011 If you don't want to do any research, pick an index fund, JASON KELLY You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell t... JAKE OWEN You can run away from yourself so often, and so much, just because the broken pieces of you cut your... C. JOYBELL C. Television is like a library. There are a lot of library books in it, and you have to pick and choos... DAVID L. WOLPER I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do. RAM KAPOOR I hate mean people. People who just pick at you and try to force you into a train wreck. METHOD MAN I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything. ACTION BRONSON Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it... MAE WEST I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being success... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES He didn't pick her; you don't choose who you fall in love with any more than you choose the shape of... C.J. CARLYON It was all good if you were in the game to just pick up a paycheck, TRENT DILFER If you must fight, pick only worthy adversaries. C. W. BARRON If you cannot forgive and forget, pick one. ROBERT BRAULT There's so many kids in the world who are told, 'You can't do this, you can't do tha... NATE ROBINSON I love you,” he repeated, shaking her again. “I have for years . But if I asked you to pic... SARAH J. MAAS Every relationship probably has, at its inception, a hundred things that you could pick on and diver... BENNETT MILLER You have to be physical. If you are not, defensive backs will try to pick on you. CALVIN JOHNSON When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singin... GLENN HUGHES
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