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ANDERSON With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Ca... JEFF AMENT You know, when I see a good-looking man, the first thing I think about is sex. I want to see him nak... FIONA THRUST How do you know when it's me?"DANIEL WALLACE Everybody wants to get along with everyone else in the sandbox. I'm that kind of kid, you know w... EDDIE CAHILL JACOB DEGROM When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opp... CASTER SEMENYA E.E. CUMMINGS EMMA CHASE BARACK OBAMA CLINT EASTWOOD Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can... DENISE VAN OUTEN Because if I ever get nailed, I don’t want you running out to get the same medicine. Believe me, i... HENRY V. O'NEIL JAMIE MCGUIRE Like I told the kids, everybody did something during the game that helped us, and everybody did some... 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The point is: what happens in heaven?'
I just want a quiet life. I think that's what everybody says when they get older. 
Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I wan... 
I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age.... 
Everyone wants to get into soundtracks. Everyone wants to do songs here and there. But, I think they... 
That’s when I realized that I really loved you.” 
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. 
But I believe in true love, you know? I don’t believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or no... 
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.”
Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They sho... 
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now it’s computers and more computers
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I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for gene... 
My life will get better? You really believe that?" I ask. 
I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking ... 
I just want everybody to know my music and get to know my squad, Remy Boyz; just to show people New ... 
Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever. 
Charlie, don’t you get it? I can’t feel that. It’s sweet and everything, but it’s like you�... 
Sorry doesn’t mean anything! Not when you’re still with him. It’s not just that you cheated—... 
Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho. 
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Your file was empty. Nothing. Not even an immunization record.” He didn’t even pretend to look s... 
I think everybody should like everybody. 
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The way I feel about you . . . it’s crazy.”
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To be nobody but 
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They speak very well of you".
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A smart model is a good model. 
Never dull your shine for somebody else. 
When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them? 
Learning by experience often is painful- and the more it hurts, the more you learn. 
Love me or hate me I promise that it will never make or break me...<3 
It doesn’t matter. I love you. That’s it. That’s all. I hope to hell it’s enough. 
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London. 
He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it. 
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