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He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.


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He never went out without a book under his arm and he often came home with two.
VICTOR HUGO Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo
JEAN COCTEAU This was not his best distance, but he was trying hard the whole way. … He galloped out real strong...
EDGAR PRADO He left his editor, our editor, blindsided for two years and he went out and talked disparagingly ab...
DAVID BRODER We thought he broke his arm Friday night and so did the doctors. But, he came back ready to go this ...
ERIC WALKINGSTICK He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn't ...
FRANK MCCOURT He pulled us out of a lot of bad situations with his feet and his arm.
CHARLIE MCFALL One, two! One, two! and through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!/ He left it dead,...
LEWIS CARROLL Tabahlah saat menghadapi penderitaan besar,
Sabarlah saat menghadapi penderitaan kecil,
Da...
VICTOR HUGO La pensée est le labeur de l’intelligence, la rêverie en est la volupté.
VICTOR HUGO N'être pas écouté, n'est pas une raison pour se taire.
[VICTOR HUGO] L’amour est une mer dont le femme est la rive.
VICTOR HUGO He went to hell and back, to shut the door of his past, he would not let that door be opened again b...
KUSUMASTUTI then someone came from the front, so he jumped back into my arm, and it stretched back.
LANCE JOHNSTONE I had an idea of what I wanted to do when I went out there. I faked the forehand and went backhand a...
BRIAN ROLSTON I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, ...
EDDIE CAMPBELL He's pretty poised for a sophomore. He has a good arm and he has some experience under his belt. He ...
BOB LUTZ And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed h...
BIBLE He got cramps in his leg or whatever. He went under. To me he was angel because he saved the kids. I...
DIANA GONZALEZ He was never the same after he hurt his arm. That is a shame.
LEE PELEKOUDAS I came in tight and he tried to duck underneath, and I came right up under his chest. He fell back, ...
LANCE BRIGGS He achieved everything he ever wanted, and the cost of that ruined him. It was something he never ca...
DAN FUTTERMAN He said they would put the wall back up. He was very agreeable. ... His father came in two hours lat...
CARLA ROLLINS Victor was naturally quiet, but even more so under pressure, which gave his peers the distinct impre...
VICTORIA SCHWAB (The time off) was probably a blessing in disguise. He got his arm rested. He got to step back and w...
JEREMY SHOCKEY A reporter from 'The Times' wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. ...
CHARLES PORTIS He helped me get three children under the age of 5 out of the house. Then he went back in and got ou...
ELIZABETH ISRAEL He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how i...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER The horse went over backward once and came down. He got his left foot out of the stirrup but he coul...
JOE FERRER The wave came up and swooped him under and he didn't come back up - they found him not far from home...
ERNIE JACKSON That afternoon he went home with the kids and one of the children went ahead of him inside. The chil...
GROVER SMITH His words cost him so much, she thought, not like hers that just came dancing out of the air and wen...
URSULA K. LE GUIN One! two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snickersnack!
He left it dead, and...
LEWIS CARROLL He came out and said he's not a good recruiter, but his best quality is honesty, that he would never...
DARREN ROGERS He came back and proved a point. When he plays like he did today, with all his running, he is a grea...
JOE ROYLE He's never complained about it. Never. He never mentioned that he had a broken arm or was injured. H...
JARED ESALA He had more stamina than I will ever have. He came in with Roosevelt in 1932 and served two years un...
HAROLD ICKES After he won his first league championship game, he went out and bought scooters for everybody. He n...
FRANK ROMERO With his finger curled under his lip, his elbow on the arm of the couch, he merely studied me as I r...
ANNE RICE We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fa...
JOHN LE CARRé I give up two and Victor gets us back. That was huge. It was like he erased what I did and we were b...
CLIFF LEE He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that wa...
JOHN BELLAIRS It went back and forth. It basically was kind of a controversial call because he didn't get some bac...
BRIAN GALLAGHER He came back to his vehicle and found out that his bag containing city fire equipment was missing,
JAMES CONN If Eli really was a hero, and Victor meant to stop him, did that make him a villain?

He t...
VICTORIA SCHWAB Without ever seeing him except for this evening, he throws with the long arm and has pretty good vel...
TOM HILBERT The want for that kiss had shocked him more than the interruption, and he fell back into the chair, ...
KIM HARRISON When he came in he hadn't done anything for two and half months, so for the first week he was with u...
LAWRIE MCKINNA I think Victor is very excited and he is happy to be fighting so often.
IGOR GOLOUBEV He got a course record and he went under the overpass. So our plan worked out pretty good.
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
JOSE RIZAL It was a strange injury. When he came off in the first innings he noticed a slight swelling under hi...
MICKEY ARTHUR He went to India to "find himself" last year, but evidently he wasn't there, and he came back empty-...
CRAIG MCLAY The paper called Eli a hero. The word made Victor laugh. Not just because it was absurd, but because...
VICTORIA SCHWAB The real tantrums happen less often now. But as he gets older it's getting harder to talk to him abo...
MARTIN GREEN One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any e...
DIOGENES LAERTIUS He went out of his way I think to reassure us that he wasn't in danger and that he was in the hotel ...
JOE CARROLL Clyde is a hard-working young man. He has the will to win. He never wants to lose. Victor settled in...
CHAD JACKSON I have a scar on my right arm from my ex-husband. He was cooking and he had a hot pot and he turned ...
NADINE VELAZQUEZ He had just one arm, and there were all kinds of legends that he was fighting a guy and when he coul...
JACKIE BERRY Blake is getting himself back in the swing. His last two rounds have been 39 and 38. Michael struggl...
ALEX ADAMS (Edwards) has a strong arm, but he never got to set his feet and throw the ball.
GARY SWENSON He seemed to be having trouble remembering the steps, for he was pumping my arm and counting under h...
LORNA SAGE A man came up and tried to grab my arm, so I kept backing up and he was messing with the other safet...
DEANNA MILLER John will be a great player once he gets accustomed to varsity pitching. In addition to his bat, he ...
DAVE MARZANO He was forcibly pushing her away with his arm and I had to get in between them. So I shoved him back...
CHESTER BENNINGTON My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when h...
ROALD DAHL I thought he was going to kill me. He grabbed me from around back with his arm around my throat, jus...
JEAN WAGNER When he came back from downtown, he had forgotten to bring his license, his identification, the $2 f...
EYDIE GORME I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, ...
AUGUST WILSON This little girl ... came home from school, and a minute later he went back to the house,
STEVE DIXON He had me, but I kept my back arched and somehow I came out from between his legs.
JASON GUFFEY He was fine, he sort of ducked and it came down on his back.
BRUCE ROBERTSON Why? His body type, his arm action was real fluid and he had a good, strong arm -- and he wasn't muc...
GARY HUGHES He went up for a ball and came down awkwardly on his ankle, badly straining ligaments,
RONNIE MCFALL We told him he needed to pick up his intensity a little bit. He came out and did that. He's had two ...
DON MONEY He went in and got a tissue, left the room, came right back in and walked up behind her, put his han...
TERRY WINTERS Seber came out and got JeJuan and took him on the base, and he went out and played with the older cr...
DAPHNE BROWN Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.
PAUL WANER The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
ADOLF HITLER Nick Diana had a little tweak in his shoulder [which] bothered him against Southern, and he went 0-7...
DEL RUITER Tyler came back in his match and he showed a lot of heart.
LENNIE ZALESKY He came back after a month and had blisters on his feet. He was walking six hours a day.
CHERYL MOORE The next day at college he followed me to the girls' loos (toilets) in the basement. When I came out...
CYNTHIA LENNON Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN

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