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I got hit, but I just jumped and the ball happened to be right there.
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Everybody just went to the glass, and I happened to be in the right spot.
KYLE LOWRY
Coach (Jay) Wright says there are always extra opportunities when other players aren't hitting their...
KYLE LOWRY
That?s where it all starts for us. Our attitude is that we?re going to outscore you, our attitude is...
KYLE LOWRY
We made shots, but we kept those guys from shooting over us or not getting too much into the lane. K...
KYLE LOWRY
It was fun and a great atmosphere to play home in front of a Philadelphia crowd, and also to be on t...
KYLE LOWRY
I just respect him so much. The things that he has done and accomplished are amazing. I can't imagin...
KYLE LOWRY
They made us play the way they wanted us to play.
KYLE LOWRY
We need to know exactly what we can expect to see from the agency.
MARSHA LOWRY
We don't know whether these relatives are going be found to be suitable, important question. So even...
MARSHA LOWRY
Obviously that's a devastating experience. Once she is in many different places she's going to be ps...
MARSHA LOWRY
Too many people in public believe that once we rescue children from bad situations and bad families,...
MARSHA LOWRY
It's hard to leave the only place you've known.
LOIS LOWRY
There were no secrets in Village. It was one of the rules that Leader had proposed, and all of the p...
LOIS LOWRY
His thoughts seemed to be elsewhere, and his eyes were very troubled.
LOIS LOWRY
. . . blah blah blah and rhubarb.
BRIGID LOWRY
It was so - oh, I wish language were more precise! The red was so beautiful!
LOIS LOWRY
Jonas was careful about language.
LOIS LOWRY
The freedom to choose where to spend those hours had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas; othe...
LOIS LOWRY
He sat in his dwelling alone, watching through the window, seeing children at play, citizens bicycli...
LOIS LOWRY
But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've c...
LOIS LOWRY
Call me The Giver,” he told Jonas.
LOIS LOWRY
No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things...
LOIS LOWRY
They can't help it. They know nothing
LOIS LOWRY
But how did you know? How did you know the pilot was lost?” “I didn’t. I used my wisdom, from ...
LOIS LOWRY
He saw nothing except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves.
LOIS LOWRY
If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways.
LOIS LOWRY
Always in the dream, it seemed as if there were a destination: a something--he could not grasp what-...
LOIS LOWRY
He might make wrong choices.” “Oh.” Jonas was silent for a minute. “Oh, I see what you mean....
LOIS LOWRY
I'm talking about someone outside the chain of command, reviewing a percentage of cases for things l...
MARCIA ROBINSON LOWRY
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
MALCOLM X
I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
MALCOLM MCLAREN
A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.
MALCOLM GLADWELL
America preaches integration and practices segregation.
MALCOLM X
You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by th...
MALCOLM X
Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divor...
MALCOLM TURNBULL
It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more ...
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE
To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.
MALCOLM GETS
I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do ...
MALCOLM GLADWELL
Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to...
MALCOLM TURNBULL