He was doing great in the minicamps. He was looking real good. I think he had finally gotten a grasp on the system. He was showing signs of why he was a first-round draft pick.
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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 The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w... HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined. HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required. HE CHANGCHUI I wouldn't call it a gutsy move. He was a first-round pick. ... He had to get in there sooner or lat... CHAD JOHNSON He's a great player. He has everything you want as a corner. That's why he was drafted in the first ... ANDRE DYSON He was exactly right. He bettered us, he bettered his draft position and had a lot of fun doing it. BOBBY JOHNSON He was very resolute, ... I think he felt good. I think he was very certain of his decision and plea... CAROL WRIGHT I think he did really good, ... That was a tough group of receivers to start off with, and it was go... SHAWN SPRINGS I was happy to see Kyle and Caleb finally play the way they're capable of playing. Kyle had a great ... BRAD MCKINNEY He was really good at what he did at work. He was a real asset. He was very detailed, very thorough ... DOUG BOWERS He knew deliberately what he was doing and why he was doing it. GAYLE ATTEBERRY I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at pr... DAN QUINN He had gotten second place, gotten his best time. It was the coolest thing in the world, because he ... KAREN STEGER Even then, he was a great fielder. You could tell he had power. He's a real good guy. GARRETT JONES He was a good board member and always had good insight. He was a very hard worker, and I think he wa... MARK METZGER Woody was great, ... He did a terrific job. He was getting up there in pitches. He had good command,... BRUCE BOCHY He was looking at me like I was a very nice thing of his that wasn't working quite like it should, l... CATHERINE LACEY I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edis... AARON PATZER Coming in as your first match, since he had a bye, that's a tough draw. I didn't think he was real s... JEFF STOVER He was a good kid, and he had a great future in front of him. LINDA GREEN He was good. He wanted to be successful. He was always proud of what he was doing. JOSE RIOS What was his surprise and his joy when, on looking himself over, he saw that he was no longer a Mari... CARLO COLLODI He was a good guy. He was very good at what he did. He had a good sense of humor. JEFFREY SKILLING He was a real solid good young man and a great person. He was well liked by everyone and did everyth... DON SHOWS Then August knew. Thomas didn’t dwell on things. Thomas was strong, and he didn’t know what it w... KRIS NOEL He was signing a lot of autographs and doing a lot of interviews. But when he finally came out of th... KEVIN KELLY He felt he could contribute a little bit quicker back in the secondary. He feels confident he can pi... BILL CALLAHAN He was a valuable asset. He always helped me with the catchers, that's where his expertise was. He w... LYNDELL ZANOTTI I (think) he was trying to find some hint of his childhood. He struggled with the memories. That may... JOE ELY He was actually too good. I played a great first set and then he was playing much better than me. GASTON GAUDIO He felt he was comfortable from a developmental standpoint and had gotten enough innings in. I think... BRIAN GRAHAM He was our best lineman all year long. I think he had a great senior season. He was the leader of ou... CODY VANDERFORD He had one scene, one scene, and I think he had one line. And he was a director, and I was the actor... NICK NOLTE He didn't say specifically why he played so great, except he was playing well and putting well. That... CAREY HAZELL He was good. I know he threw a few too many pitches in the first inning, but he settled in. You know... BUDDY BELL He was coming across the lane and he had a good screen set on him. It was a clean play. It just caug... GRANT SMYTHERS It has been amazing to see how Trent has grown as a music artist, his lyrics have taken on a new mea... DOUG HOWARD He made it clear that we can't have anybody out there getting penalties and still being on the field... AHMAD CARROLL He was a great manager. He led Texas to its first division title, but he was more than that. He was ... MARK MCLEMORE It was a good bust. (He) had no remorse for the violations. He was caught and he knew he was caught, JASON GREEN He's a great player to have. He was looking to penetrate and knew his shot was off. I think he was h... CHANNING TONEY Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have '... WAYLON JENNINGS The little boy, Spencer Breslin, it was just so great to have a kid on set. He is talented, he's... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS He was extremely talented, but in a different way. His images are very vivid. He used empty space in... FRANCESCO BONAMI Finally at 3:30 he called me as he was walking back to Brooklyn, ... He was late that morning so he ... TOM ELLIS He was pretty impressive. He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found... BOB SCHAEFER He was really nice. He was like, 97, when he died. He was also a good golfer. He had eye cancer for ... ANDREW KRIEG That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curt... DAKOTA FANNING He really did a good job. He had a good attitude. He was in here early every day. I would venture to... BOB HILL Looking at the numbers he had a great year. It was a really good deal for him. CODY VANDERFORD He was real rebellious the first half of the season. He didn't want to listen to us. He had his own ... JORGE AMAYA I was so worried when he told me he enlisted. It was after 9/11. He really enjoyed it. He really too... ZYVONNE ADAMS His dad was a real confidant. He was a real Rock of Gibraltar. I think part of their conversation wa... DAN HARRIS He didn't really give a reason why he was stepping down. He did it for a number of years, and I thin... ERIC MATTHEWS He ran flat. He was the first horse beaten. He just isn't showing his form at the moment. FRANKIE DETTORI He was a strong guy, ... He was mentally tough, and he had tremendous determination when doing anyth... BILL SHAW He was a two-way great. He was a leader and a captain for us. He had the natural ability to play any... DICK SCHAFRATH Hugh was a fine boy. He was a good all- American boy. He was tall, slender and played basketball. He... FRED BYRD I saw him fall the first time and he was crawling. I thought he had a seizure. I didn't know. He sai... LINDA PIRRO The first inning, that was it. He was great after that. He got the ball down and he was consistently... CHAIRON ISENIA He was around the plate, curve ball was working good ... kept them off. He had one bad pitch I can t... SKIP CARR He felt even angrier that Dumbledore was showing signs of weakness. He had no business being weak wh... J.K. ROWLING He made some huge saves. Some great saves on shots from the point. Even on ones he had trouble seein... JOSH FODOR The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father fi... FRANK GIFFORD He really did live in two different worlds. He was real good at his job. He knew engineering. It cam... ELLIOT JACOBOWITZ He let us know that he was doing a very important job. I am sure what he was doing was a job that he... BRIAN MOSS He was open, ... I think he could’ve caught the ball. If Terry caught that ball, I think he would�... BILL PARCELLS Coach Battle was a good coach. I think he may have ended up being a great coach if he hadn't been so... DAVID PARSONS Thomas had no intent, nor did he harm anyone. He was wrong in departing from where he was, and he ac... BILL SNYDER I knew he was the style of back we were looking for. I thought he was worth the investment. I was ve... JOHN FOX Looking back, it was amazing. He was his ebullient self. He had been through a hard place, but he wa... JAMES NYKOLAY It was like he was in a dream state when he was awake and I was visiting. He would ask if this was r... DONNA WHITE [After the race, Maier praised the skier he had passed on the career list, Alberto Tomba of Italy.] ... HERMANN MAIER He was nasty. He had some real nice stuff. He was hitting his spots, and he ended up getting a W. BRANDON PHILLIPS He was very, very physically aggressive toward me. He was very animated ... I don't know why he had ... BRIAN HUNSACKER He was on his back. I don't think he ever saw where the puck was. He just made a swat at it. That's ... PAUL MARA He was so much better of an athlete than people thought. Back then, he wasn't heavy at all. He was s... JACK MCMAHON That first round was a great win for Eli. That was a great win to have at the end of his senior year... MIKE BLAKE He was a very sincere, loving person and had a great future ahead of him. He was finally settling do... DOUG BOWERS I would say he was as strong as he was fast. He had a really good double-leg. DAVE PISARCIK When he had to be good, he was good. He got better as the game went on. He's a great competitor - th... CALVIN BAISLEY He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h... JAY SUTTON He's doing very well. He was in a pretty good mood. I asked if he had much pain and as of last night... AARON NELSON
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The situation looked rather bleak. HOLLIS THOMAS It's really just the mental part. You can do the physical part. Not having anything to do after reha... HOLLIS THOMAS This stopped the bleeding, ... You've got to get into the win column first. It was just sweet. We've... HOLLIS THOMAS This stopped the bleeding. You've got to get into the win column first. It was just sweet. We've got... HOLLIS THOMAS It's not just a job, it's an adventure. It goes with the territory. You're going to have some contro... HOLLIS THOMAS That's the Tank Dog. The Big Tank. The immovable object, running people over, bowling them over. HOLLIS THOMAS It's real important to get him back. We lost [Paul Grasmanis to injury], and we've been relying on a... HOLLIS THOMAS It's going to come down to who stops who, pretty much. I mean, no bones about it, it's who stops who... HOLLIS THOMAS Everyone was talking about Moss, but we knew the real key to beating this team was shutting down Jor... HOLLIS THOMAS You've always got to know where 'the Freak' is. Teams know what he can do and they do everything the... HOLLIS THOMAS [The defensive linemen were solid in stopping Jordan, but they appreciated Trotter's help.] He's a g... HOLLIS THOMAS It was great seeing him walk in. That was a life or death situation he was in. HOLLIS THOMAS If you try and control everything, it will go wrong. You have to be very relaxed. ADAM HOLLIS I have to, she is sitting on about £100,000 of mine. ADAM HOLLIS We wanted to do it properly - that was why we bought it. ADAM HOLLIS We hired an interior designer who had lots of mad ideas - Caroline managed to calm him down a bit. ADAM HOLLIS I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem... HOLLIS STACY The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of ... JAMES HOLLIS Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with... HOLLIS STACY I have lived the American dream in every aspect, and now I hope to make a very big impact in helping... HOLLIS STACY Our attitudes are not what they need to be to get us where we need to go. CARL HOLLIS We did play good defense in the fourth quarter. We stopped their penetration in the last five minute... CARL HOLLIS We came out strong in the third quarter. I got on them pretty good at halftime. I sort of challenged... CARL HOLLIS I'm very grateful for this win. But I don't appreciate some of the attitudes on this team - attitude... CARL HOLLIS Women's golf definitely hit a bump in the road. We lost some tournaments due to a combination of... HOLLIS STACY I was a hotshot as a junior. When I was 18, I really got into fiddling around. I completely lost int... HOLLIS STACY The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have s... HOLLIS STACY In North Carolina the only burning that is allowed is vegetation that is growing on a lot where the ... WALLY HOLLIS I have to, she is sitting on about £100,000 of mine. ADAM HOLLIS If they get close to one another, material can transfer and the angular momentum from one system can... JAN HOLLIS He was found to be uncultured when he was caught not knowing anything about European history, opera,... ROSEMARY HOLLIS Have a blast while you last HOLLIS STACY It's beneficial when it comes to club fitting. It's good at measuring club head speed and spin. I th... JEFF HOLLIS We are 7-2 -- that's a good year and we don't need to lose sight of that. Next week is going to be a... JEFF HOLLIS It is just the most bizarre disorder. It really is. SANDRA HOLLIS There should be a sense of expediency and urgency to get these products developed and stockpiled. RICHARD HOLLIS I have to, she is sitting on about £100,000 of mine. ADAM HOLLIS There is nothing more torturous than to see your child tormented by something or struggling with som... SANDRA HOLLIS I'm proud of our kids. They've got a lot of guts and a lot of heart. We need a little bit more disci... JEFF HOLLIS That kid is a great running back. As the saying goes, he brought the funk -- he ran hard, buddy. He ... JEFF HOLLIS We kicked the ball, we played defense, we covered kicks. JEFF HOLLIS He really showed some quickness and toughness. JEFF HOLLIS That's a smart kid doing a smart thing. JEFF HOLLIS Man, they're a real fun bunch of kids to be around. Our side [of the bleachers] was packed. JEFF HOLLIS Our doctors are very conservative people and that's why I like these guys. They're not going to let ... JEFF HOLLIS These kids have invested a ton in getting ready for this football season, so they worked real hard a... JEFF HOLLIS It's fantastic for the school and the kids and the community. It's a really neat feeling -- all the ... JEFF HOLLIS Sectarianism has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, ROSEMARY HOLLIS The goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego. JAMES HOLLIS Why do we work so hard to feel so terrible. HOLLIS STACY You have to send the signal that this is intolerable and counterproductive to Iranian international ... ROSEMARY HOLLIS It's usually our opposites who complement us best, because they're the only ones who can balance us ... RACHEL HOLLIS In the future, and I know it's a controversial subject right now, I would love to see the opportunit... CURTIS HOLLIS Without academics, you can't have sports. CURTIS HOLLIS Obviously people have a lot of respect for him. Fight the best, be the best, right? CURTIS HOLLIS When I was a little girl in Savannah playing, there were never enough hours in the day or holes on t... HOLLIS STACY We are delighted that such a talented group of people have joined us to help launch our Tennessee pi... DAVID HOLLIS Never before have pilot programs of this scale been used to examine the impact of additional support... DAVID HOLLIS She reminded him of a china doll, tiny and fragile. A rarity to be guarded and treasured. He recogni... KRISTAL HOLLIS People treat you with as much, or as little respect as you allow them to. RACHEL HOLLIS There are some people who think we are abnormal because we're willing to blow so much money on a toy... HOLLIS ZHAO With time, there will be gangs of leather-clad Harley drivers cruising through the streets of China. HOLLIS ZHAO We've hired 12 security guards to keep order. HOLLIS ZHAO The spirit Harley-Davidson signifies is the pursuit of freedom, the enjoyment of life. This is not j... HOLLIS ZHAO Harley-Davidson has succeeded for 100 years. We hope China will continue that trend for another 100 ... HOLLIS ZHAO We believe in the cause, and we are completing a lot of good things. HOLLIS CRAWFORD We've seen a big difference. People are coming to us for help and intelligence, instead of us going ... HOLLIS CRAWFORD Searching vehicles is boring, but when the dog sets [signaling that it detects explosives or narcoti... HOLLIS CRAWFORD I love watching a good dog work. HOLLIS CRAWFORD We don't have enough military personnel to protect our own. HOLLIS CRAWFORD If I heard or saw something blow up, I was hoping it was my dog and not one of the soldiers. HOLLIS CRAWFORD Put it this way: You can book it. HOLLIS CAVNER He still hits it 260, 265 yards. He's still got enough distance to play. HOLLIS CAVNER I fully expect Arnold to be there for our tournament (July 31-Aug. 6). He told us the only senior ev... HOLLIS CAVNER When you have 1,600 volunteers who work their tails off each year, it is very hard to pick just one ... HOLLIS CAVNER The solar system that likely will be formed around this star will include planets orbiting in differ... JAN HOLLIS We saw something we didn't expect. It looks like it's rotating in two different directions. JAN HOLLIS If it's on the label, it says the company went the extra mile to prove the product does what they sa... LARRY HOLLIS When you look at the vaccines available for a particular disease, it's tempting to view them as equa... LARRY HOLLIS The feeling is he may be a great governor of Texas, but he shouldn't be in charge of the most powerf... ROSEMARY HOLLIS When you look at death, it makes you understand the importance of the moment when you have life and ... MICKALENE THOMAS The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodie... THOMAS HOBBES Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or ev... THOMAS SOWELL Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and th... THOMAS BECKET I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible wo... THOMAS SCHLAMME A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. THOMAS PAINE If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. THOMAS PAINE I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll ... THOMAS LYNCH Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. THOMAS HARRIS It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS Curiosity is the lust of the mind. THOMAS HOBBES Love and a red rose can't be hid. THOMAS HOLCROFT Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the populatio... THOMAS SOWELL One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonor... THOMAS SOWELL The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't t... THOMAS SOWELL Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of ... THOMAS SOWELL The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evi... THOMAS SOWELL That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. THOMAS PAINE The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. THOMAS PAINE I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, lovi... THOMAS PAINE Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting ... THOMAS PAINE An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. THOMAS PAINE These are the times that try men's souls. THOMAS PAINE What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value... THOMAS PAINE Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. 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THOMAS AQUINAS It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall l... THOMAS AQUINAS The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of... THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers... THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. THOMAS AQUINAS The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. THOMAS PAINE An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. THOMAS JEFFERSON If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a... IRWIN THOMAS I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud. IRWIN THOMAS I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers. IRWIN THOMAS I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a... IRWIN THOMAS People refer to me as 'that 'Love Boat' man.' IRWIN THOMAS I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get... IRWIN THOMAS I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it. IRWIN THOMAS Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person. IRWIN THOMAS My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pen... IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi... IRWIN THOMAS I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. ISAIAH THOMAS Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. ISAIAH THOMAS All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the K... ISAIAH THOMAS I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team. ISAIAH THOMAS We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. ISAIAH THOMAS We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the ... ISAIAH THOMAS It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into... ISAIAH THOMAS My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free thro... ISAIAH THOMAS The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run t... ISAIAH THOMAS It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ... ISAIAH THOMAS Everybody wants to be perfect. ISAIAH THOMAS You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's wha... ISAIAH THOMAS I love what I'm doing. ISAIAH THOMAS You have to develop your whole game to completion. ISAIAH THOMAS It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? ISAIAH THOMAS It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first.... ISAIAH THOMAS My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball. ISAIAH THOMAS Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. THOMAS PAINE Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hen... THOMAS SOWELL A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. THOMAS JEFFERSON There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. THOMAS AQUINAS I always get more applause than votes. NORMAN THOMAS To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is... NORMAN THOMAS Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara... 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THOMAS JEFFERSON The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. THOMAS JEFFERSON One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. THOMAS JEFFERSON I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. THOMAS JEFFERSON Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. THOMAS JEFFERSON Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he ... THOMAS JEFFERSON It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. THOMAS JEFFERSON Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves a... THOMAS JEFFERSON It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. THOMAS JEFFERSON Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our o... THOMAS JEFFERSON I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results... THOMAS JEFFERSON No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by who... THOMAS JEFFERSON The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor... THOMAS JEFFERSON To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an... THOMAS JEFFERSON Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to... THOMAS JEFFERSON Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. THOMAS JEFFERSON The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. THOMAS JEFFERSON I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. THOMAS JEFFERSON Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. THOMAS GRAY Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. THOMAS JEFFERSON Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. THOMAS JEFFERSON Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. THOMAS JEFFERSON Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wr... THOMAS JEFFERSON No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. THOMAS JEFFERSON