Mavis Gallant
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MAVIS STAPLES We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only... MAVIS STAPLES This little girl, unfortunately, didn't just fall through the cracks. She fell into the abyss. MAVIS TAILLIEU I don't know which way I'm going. My next CD might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick... MAVIS STAPLES The kids today have these fresh faces. It's like they're on pins and needles, waiting to see... MAVIS STAPLES What we've heard with the whole transfer process was that it was pushed through very quickly . . . t... MAVIS TAILLIEU Emotions can get in the way or get you on the way MAVIS MAZHURA I would like to bring to the attention of all consumers that the current load shedding due to supply... MAVIS CHIDZONGA We don't buy anything with chemicals in here at all because the taste is different, ... No chemicals... DAVID GALLANT He (Malhotra) put the puck on the net and we had traffic in front of the net. It was one of the few ... GERARD GALLANT To stop those three guys is a feat in itself. GERARD GALLANT Bryan?s moved on. It was a tough situation for the guy, but he?s put it behind him and kept himself ... GERARD GALLANT I think we made a couple of dumb plays that cost us. We were within a goal twice and we gambled a co... GERARD GALLANT I expect zero percent growth out of Allstate but it's never really been a growth company. They are l... CLIFF GALLANT We showed our character coming back. I wish we'd won tonight to make it seven games, but we got the ... GERARD GALLANT It?s probably a day-to-day thing, but it?s not good, I know that. He can put some pressure on it, bu... GERARD GALLANT I think (NHL officials) are going to look at it. I think he is going to be out for a while. GERARD GALLANT Coming in here and winning the sixth game is tough. We have had a bad record here this season. GERARD GALLANT It?s great to see him get some scoring chances and make the most of him. He?s played hard, and you l... GERARD GALLANT Marc [Denis] was huge tonight. He played a great game and made some great saves. His last two games ... GERARD GALLANT He had a real tough year at the start with all of the injuries he had. I think he's rounding into to... GERARD GALLANT It's coming around. We have a pretty good team here when we're healthy. GERARD GALLANT It does seem very strange. Typically if your spouse takes all your money, you'd need to keep on work... CLIFF GALLANT We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1. GERARD GALLANT The rationale behind the deal hasn't been laid out for investors. As an outsider, I don't quite see ... CLIFFORD GALLANT The problem with seafood markets is they buy only once or twice a week, ... I buy fish and scallops ... DAVID GALLANT He has been solid. He has a knack for scoring and has a quick shot. He is a smart player and doesn't... GERARD GALLANT I like how it?s gone. The two of them, Pascal and Marc, are feeding off each other, and it keeps bot... GERARD GALLANT The life of a vampire begins with the first bite. A.J. GALLANT I cut my two cheeseburgers and pie a la mode to one cheeseburger. PAUL GALLANT This is the kind of season Nashville is having this year. They find a way to scratch out wins. We se... GERARD GALLANT The more you wear them, the better they look. When you get a pair that you've worn in, they become t... MAGGIE GALLANT We feed a lot of people, DAVID GALLANT [He's quick to point out that he never really stopped digging entirely.] The thing about digging cla... DAVID GALLANT It got into my blood, ... It got into my system. DAVID GALLANT Diane and I used to go ourselves and go to restaurants and knock on doors to get accounts, DAVID GALLANT I was baby-sat on the beach, DAVID GALLANT For the remainder of the year we expect further rate softening in this segment. CLIFFORD GALLANT Our school buses now will be less polluting. We'll be able to have them heated in the mornings, less... FRANK GALLANT We are looking to make another run, but it will depend on how our younger guys mature as the season ... FRANK GALLANT They gave us about 1,000 bottles of water. FRANK GALLANT They're not all built the same. They need to be sure they're not buying a unit that's laden with pro... JD GALLANT There's no rebate. You've got to negotiate from the manufacturer's suggested retail price. You've go... JD GALLANT This is a good chance for people to deal both in the discount up front and in the financing. JD GALLANT It?s a balancing act in our society. We?re always go, go, go, and it?s important to have balance in ... KATHY GALLANT I was used to teens who had everything they needed. KATHY GALLANT We walked into the center and it was just an amazing experience. KATHY GALLANT It can take up to two months, MICHAEL GALLANT The problem is giving people an answer they don't want to hear. That comes across as treating them b... MICHAEL GALLANT Mount Vernon has always been very supportive of the program. MAYOR RICHARD MAVIS Even without specific numbers in front of me, we have to be spending more money because it costs mor... MAYOR RICHARD MAVIS We should get that down to one pill by the end of the year. It's very impressive. DR. JOEL GALLANT There is nothing new about turning science into politics. This has been going on for some time in th... DR. JOEL GALLANT This is the way we're going for patients with HIV (who are) starting therapy for the first time. It'... DR. JOEL GALLANT This is telling me, personally, that something is wrong. But we still have to see what happens later... DR. JOEL GALLANT
I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched ... 
I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I... 
When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy ... 
I had been a fan of Gene Wilder's for many years, but the first time I saw him in person, my hea... 
I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way... 
My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, h... 
I inherited a vile melancholy from my father, which has made me mad all my life, at least not sober 
I realized I was afraid of living without him. How is it you have the right to destroy my life, I wa... 
Writing was a way to get away from my life as a programmer, so I wanted to write about other things,... 
For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of gua... 
I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '... 
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... 
When I was younger, I was a bit of a feisty fighter type of guy. That's something my father told... 
I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and ... 
I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunit... 
It was the happiest moment of my life, though I didn't know it. Had I known, had I cherished this gi... 
My father, we bumped heads when I was younger, much younger... I had different ideas that I shared w... 
And yet if I drew my thoughts back from him, what life would I have? I would be like a dancer who ha... 
and another claimed it was inherited through a parent who was a carrier of the defective gene. I had... 
I had a critical father. I'm more like my father. He was a sales rep for pharmaceutical companie... 
I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteac... 
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve ... 
The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy... 
Sometimes, as Eve was born from one of Adam’s ribs, a woman was born during my sleep from a crampe... 
I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America ... 
'Master Harold' is about me as a little boy, and my father, who was an alcoholic. There'... 
In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart;... 
When had I tamed myself? It had been a lengthy apprenticeship, begun when I was as young as ten, and... 
From very early on, I had always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. It was my passion; it was my goal... 
Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency. 
Some, like Mother Teresa, are born with a gene to help the poor, and some are born with a gene to wr... 
My father was very energetic; my mother was very energetic. He lived to a very old age, and so did m... 
My son John was just under a year old when I collapsed with a life-threatening kidney disease. The s... 
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father ca... 
My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gif... 
You know, my love, you are not responsible for my happiness, or even my health. I've had a choice ev... 
My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writi... 
If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;
I had it from my father. 
It was a gift. What did I do with it? Life didn't accumulate as I'd once imagined. I graduated from ... 
Highgate. I was not dispirited now. I was not afraid of the shabby coat, and had no yearnings after ... 
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. 
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I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, ... 
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I... 
For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook... 
One time, two years ago, I took a draught of morphia, meaning to end my life. My mother found me bef... 
My dream was to go to Nashville. I had my sights set on my dream. I used to have an '89 Toyota F... 
When he died, I went about like a ragged crow telling strangers, "My father died, my father died." M... 
I learned there were lots of realities in the world. 
I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my a... 
It happened that at the late age of twenty-seven I had run away from home. High time, you might say;... 
If you listen at doors, you hear what you deserve. 
My mother has lived every day of her life as if it were preparation for some kind of crisis.