Huffing in annoyance at the interruption, not only at Charlie, but at herself for being annoyed with Charlie, Ari nodded. “Jai, I command you to be able to talk again. Or whatever.” He made a face at the ‘or whatever’ part and cleared his throat. “I… great, I can talk again.” “Well.” Charlie shrugged. “Paradise could only last so long, right.” Getting up from the table, shaking a little at her unraveling, Ari cuffed Charlie across the head. “Be nice.” “Tell him to be nice!” “I can’t,” she snorted, looking back over her shoulder at them. “If I did that he’d actually have to be nice… it would be like re-writing his entire personality.” Jai grunted. “Funny.” Charlie chuckled. “I thought so.
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CURTIS SITTENFELD I remember coming up on weekends and Charlie would be here working. He's made sacrifices to do his j... DARRYL GRENNELL Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT So look," he began, leaning over the desk, "I was—" "Excuse me?" Bethany said. Her voice was ... SARAH DESSEN I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH It's obviously a lot more comfortable when you're calling the plays down on the field. I can come up... BRADY QUINN It's obviously a lot more comfortable when you're calling the plays down on the field. I can come up... BRADY QUINN To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS But that's nothing new. We're going to be a running team whether it's Ben or Tommy or Charlie at qua... JEROME BETTIS was at playtime. Big Joe came up to school to see Charlie and me. 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Charlie, what or who is God? EDGAR BERGEN I would like him to play. Mike would be an asset to the team no doubt. He really came into his hitti... WADE MACKEY I might be seeing you all sooner than you think,” said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny good-... J.K. ROWLING I might be seeing you all sooner than you think,’ said Charlie, grinning, as he hugged Ginny goodb... J.K. ROWLING I shook my head at Janco. “I’ve got the situation under control. Go back to the Keep, I’ll mee... MARIA V. SNYDER When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair sli... DAN AYKROYD It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it di... FARRAH FAWCETT I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the... DICK VAN DYKE Mostly friends of mine, like my friend Charlie Brown, ... He and I worked together at the art instru... CHARLES M. SCHULZ The most important thing had always been what other people thought-appearances before herself or her... DANIEL KEYES I really didn't intend to sing it, ... It happened like it did with the songs from 'Charlie' and 'Ni... DANNY ELFMAN It's not the same camp without Charlie yelling at us. DEION BRANCH The closest things to an influence would be people like Charlie Watts or Al Jackson. But I didn'... TOMMY RAMONE Are you hurt?” the woman asks. “Just my—” Even after the water, her voice comes out as ... KATHRYN HOLMES Right," Chaol said. "So you're just...memorizing that information now?" "If you're sugges... SARAH J. MAAS I think I messed Charlie up last year, and he's too good of a person, too good of a talent not to be... TOMMY BOWDEN Charlie Hampton was the spitting image of Charlie Parker. He could have been his twin brother. He pl... STEVE NOVOSEL Then I looked right at Mama, for the first time in what seemed like forever, and she wasn't looking ... KATHERINE HANNIGAN There's nothing easy about being a manager, because you're going to be second-guessed. I respect Cha... CORY LIDLE To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant eve... JENNY HAN Steady there,” he says. His brow is furrowed. His eyes are deep-set and sad. “You can ride with ... KATHRYN HOLMES The idea to do the film came from Peter Wheeler, chief operating officer of the Special Olympics, wh... KIP KROEGER All I did as a child was pretend to be James Bond or Marlon Brando. When I was about four, I put on ... ANEURIN BARNARD I want to be the best race horse around when I grow up, Mama. You can be, Charlie, as long as y... DEANIE HUMPHRYS-DUNNE I mean, Charlie and I have never had issues pleasuring each other before, but damn, Charlie getting ... 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SAMANTHA MORTON I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't h... SAMANTHA MORTON I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will s... SAMANTHA MORTON It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children g... SAMANTHA MORTON I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring m... SAMANTHA MORTON We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to ch... SAMANTHA MORTON You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play ... SAMANTHA MORTON When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're tal... SAMANTHA MORTON I will check the internet for at least an hour every morning scanning worldwide news to do with chil... SAMANTHA MORTON I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. Th... SAMANTHA MORTON What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless y... SAMANTHA MORTON I like to stretch my acting muscles. SAMANTHA MORTON There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed. SAMANTHA MATHIS Doing a piece on film is completely different from doing it onstage. SAMANTHA MATHIS You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen. SAMANTHA MATHIS When I was blonde I was perceived as an innocent and sweet young girl. SAMANTHA MATHIS I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I ... SAMANTHA ISLER I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I c... SAMANTHA ISLER I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen. SAMANTHA ISLER I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for ... SAMANTHA HARVEY When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and... SAMANTHA HARVEY As the U.S., much of Europe, and the U.K. shift toward the political right, the rhetoric grows more ... SAMANTHA HARVEY Being published is a bit like being entered into a race you don't even want to run, but, once ru... SAMANTHA HARVEY Common perceptions of female friendships are morning coffees discussing children, bags, periods and ... SAMANTHA HARVEY With twenty six letters, you can create anything you like - any person, any world, any place, any em... SAMANTHA HARVEY It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subj... SAMANTHA HARVEY The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fas... SAMANTHA HARVEY The Japanese have different words for love. To them, it's plain weird that we love spaghetti and... SAMANTHA HARVEY With 'All Is Song,' I tried to construct a very traditional narrative that pulls no tricks. SAMANTHA HARVEY I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's lif... SAMANTHA HARVEY Down on the ground, we seem to do anything but make lengthy, robust monologues. We can communicate i... SAMANTHA HARVEY Monologues are self-verifying and self-referencing, a world in their own right, one with its own int... SAMANTHA HARVEY The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as... SAMANTHA HARVEY I'm just fascinated by the past. You know, both by the possibilities it holds and by the complet... SAMANTHA HARVEY When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash... SAMANTHA HARVEY Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until t... SAMANTHA HARVEY We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands i... SAMANTHA HARVEY We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind... SAMANTHA HARVEY There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just m... SAMANTHA HARVEY One of the most unsettling things about 'Monologue' is its long silences, in which the man s... SAMANTHA HARVEY I think we often live at a surface level, and that ends up with us in a lot of difficulty because we... SAMANTHA HARVEY What I always liked about Socrates was his insistence on questioning things for the sake of reaching... SAMANTHA HARVEY My sister is my sister regardless - has always been and always will be and has no choice about it. T... SAMANTHA HARVEY Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would ha... SAMANTHA HARVEY I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do. SAMANTHA FOX I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look. SAMANTHA FOX I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me, and I don't think it detracts ... SAMANTHA FOX When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person. SAMANTHA FOX At 20, I didn't know what suited me. I had terrible fashion sense and awful make-up. SAMANTHA FOX When I was a model, everybody was scrutinising me and I felt I had to go to the gym because my figur... SAMANTHA FOX I still keep my accent. SAMANTHA FOX It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring. SAMANTHA FOX I am very domesticated. I find I really enjoy it. SAMANTHA FOX