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I felt some balls were dropped. We wanted ... to make people know it was largely their fault.


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BOBBY HAUCK I wanted to make sure people felt safe in their homes.
JOEL MILLER We were opportunistic on two loose balls that (Marino) dropped.
BOB WALKLEY It was largely in line with what people wanted, and people wanted some upside, especially in the gui...
BRIAN KEANE We felt we were having good at-bats throughout the game and it was going to come for us. We hit some...
GREG BUCHANAN We were taken by complete surprise by their remarks last weekend. We felt like we wanted to make it ...
GEOFF SMITH A couple of those balls were a little more jump balls than I wanted them to be. The rain kind of got...
JARED ZABRANSKY It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
BARRY SHEENE I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because ...
MARA WILSON It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
BARRY SHEENE We drove the ball and just didn't finish some drives. If people want to make us go down the field at...
TONY DUNGY Once we got to know who he (Nelson) really was, ... he was able to really bring out some extraordin...
JAMES HITCHCOCK We felt we had to make a statement tonight. With those two losses to Renaissance, people were counti...
CORPERRYALE HARRIS We were nervous going to the funeral home because we didn't know how they felt about our family. But...
LISA KISER Unfortunately, the penalties and the dropped balls were our biggest downfall of the first half.
STEVE MCKINNEY It felt so good just to make solid contact again. I was just missing a lot of balls here the last fe...
ADAM WITTER We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes...
GWENDA BOND I felt like this was my last game and I had to step it up. I wanted to make sure we ended this right...
ADANMA EKELEDO We don't know if attitudes were held prior to or largely shaped by it,
DAVID LANOUE I am not Superwoman. The reality of my daily life is that I'm juggling a lot of balls in the air... ...
CHERIE BLAIR I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many ...
KENNY CHESNEY We were just running our offense. I was little rusty, but it felt good to hit some shots.
KATHERINE SNODGRASS I wanted to make sure those kids were being served, and I felt like that wasn't happening.
HOLLY GLICK I can tell you as someone who worked there, you really wanted to make sure that you knew what you we...
ANN OWEN Our intensity was much better than it had been in some recent game, but their intensity was better. ...
JENNY TEATER We felt we wanted the community to come in and have ownership and it worked for us, ... We wanted to...
JEAN BROWN I know some people who were not diagnosed until their forties.
LEE WOODLAND There were some strange balls that were pop ups and they kept going. I was throwing to the inside pa...
BARRY ZITO Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know, it's my own damn fault.
JIMMY BUFFET She said it was not our fault. We got a chance to express our sorrow. ... We wanted her to know just...
CLARITHA NICHOLS I earnestly want Nelson County residents to know how open I am to getting their input.
JON RYAN It is imperative that we have seamless execution [Saturday]. We cannot afford unnecessary penalties,...
ALEX KANDABAROW The theory behind the program was it would catch people who dropped their insurance after renewing t...
STEVE DALE I felt like defensively we took away what we wanted to. We wanted to get out on their shooters.
DARRIN SCOTT There was no need for us to continue on. We had gone through our process and felt we had an outstand...
BILL WEARY There were some balls that weren't errors, but I believe we should have got to them.
DANIEL LAMB In Mississippi some people didn't know we were there until we knocked on their door.
DAVID RICHARDS At school, up to the age of sixteen, I found history boring, for we were studying the Industrial Rev...
ALISON WEIR We had a couple of dropped balls but it was the first away game. The fans were going crazy and, I'm ...
FRED ROUSE We were looking for some penetration. But we wanted a quick look at it, to try to make something hap...
BRIAN HOBERECHT I was very pleased with our bats. We were hitting line drives and ground balls, not fly balls.
JOE HAGLER No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and stuff like that, but I don't think it's go...
ASHLEY LELIE No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and stuff like that, but I don't think it's g...
ASHLEY LELIE My balls shrank in terror. I was convinced we were going to die.
MANEL LOUREIRO We know they have some shooters and we were real cognizant of where those shooters were. Sometimes w...
JOHN GRANDY I finally located some balls, which helps you get outs. I felt strong toward the end.
BEN SHEETS The balls they hit were elevated in the (strike) zone. It was a mater of making the adjustments to k...
JAMIE MOYER We wanted to make sure people can choose their own doctor, ... wanted to make sure people would have...
CHARLIE NORWOOD We got to eliminate the big plays. Some of them were our fault where we lost containment or Santos w...
GORDY COMBS We wanted to get them back. It was payback time. I wanted them to feel the emotions I felt that day.
CAROL DUNCAN No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and
stuff like that, but I don't think i...
ASHLEY LELIE He spotted his fastball really well. The other part was that we were anxious, and we rolled over som...
LANDON POWELL I felt impelled to write. It felt demonic, and I wanted to improve, the way some people habitually p...
SARAH HALL I don't know what Jack was thinking, but we were just looking to putter around the course and make s...
DAVE MUSGROVE I was standoffish at first, but they opened me up because they wanted to get to know who I was. With...
DAYNA KIMBALL We wanted to know if we were on the right track. It helped us emphasize some things more than others...
TOM GRIFFITH I think our guys kind of stepped it up and maybe wanted it a little bit more and won some 50-50 ball...
SCOTT BOWERS You have bigger balls than some men I know.
CAROLYN ARNOLD I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't...
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KEVIN GATES They got their medications, books and clothes. Some brought little portable game systems to play. We...
JOHN WOODS They beat our butts. They showed up. They knew it when they got off the bus. We didn't show up ready...
HENRY QUINLAN I felt like our press was working fine, but I felt like we were not composed offensively. All we had...
BARBARA HELMS to see how many people were there, and see how normal I felt — just to know that support was there...
CHRIS ADAMS It felt good physically and mentally. We definitely knew this was going to be a tough game especiall...
ALISSA SHEFTIC The people who were in his first class, they wanted that creative energy to continue. There were oth...
JANET MILLER We know that there are a lot of older workers who will be leaving in the next few years, but we want...
ERIC LESSER I felt like the family was blaming me, also, and, I mean, I know it's not my fault, and I didn't ask...
SAMANTHA RIVERA People have their own perceptions of Glenn and I know some people were surprised when I agreed to si...
JACKIE MCNAMARA We wanted to visually make a point about how strongly some people feel.
DAVID OWEN It was probably my fault that I had never asked them before if they wanted to be more involved, but ...
ANNE WALLACE I felt like I needed to get a steal to get us back up and get us going. When we were behind I wanted...
ASHLEY BELL I felt comfortable the last couple of weeks, ... I thought I made some good decisions, threw some go...
JOEY HARRINGTON Telling Alan Turing's story in a two-hour film was a tremendous challenge. It felt in some small...
GRAHAM MOORE It’s amazing how when we were young we wanted to know what it felt like to be older and when we ar...
DEWAYNE OWENS I caught a lot of ground balls yesterday and it feels good. I feel confident with the ground balls. ...
LUIS CASTILLO We wanted to do this because we wanted parents to know that there is good living available for their...
DON WILSON We were all kind of like - our jaws dropped - like, wow. I think he was smarter than people gave him...
JEFF SKIDMORE It's unfortunate that people make more out of something than what it is. I don't know whether people...
JOSEPH NARKIEWICZ We were very focused and we were able to do some things we wanted to do. It was a nice way to start ...
GEOFF BROYLES Frankly, I was surprised by our survey results based on what you hear. I'm not saying some people di...
KATHY DECK When we first started, there were legitimate reason for concerns. There was some poor quality and dr...
HUW REES In this pause, I suddenly saw something very clearly.

Whatever it was I wanted from my m...
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THOMAS GRAY I feel I made them understand how upset we were and how urgent this was. We both felt we wanted to d...
JOAN HARRIS We got there on Saturday (March 11) and Sunday was our first day of work. There were 3,000 college s...
BECKY RITTER He really wanted to play last year, but he didn't, ... I think he finally came out because people we...
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DARREN CIOFFI It was probably the most I've ever been sacked, and some of them were my fault. It was a total team ...
JEFF BALLARD Offensively we were solid again. We hit the ball hard, but we left a lot of guys on base, too. We ha...
BRUCE STEINBECKER We wanted to win the game but wanted to manage the game as well. Certainly, when we were up 20, I wa...
ERNIE KENT After the season it was, we were approached and (it was) something we had to think about and what I ...
KRIS CHUCKO Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents.
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BERNIE WILLIAMS Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fa...
DR. DAVID M. BURNS Special people make their presence felt by their absence..:-)
ABHA MARYADA BANERJEE They were wounded. They were victims. If only they had everything they'd ever wanted, then they'd be...
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NELSON MANDELA How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so...
NELSON MANDELA Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways.
BOB NELSON If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Af...
NELSON MANDELA Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
NELSON DEMILLE My son has died of AIDS.
NELSON MANDELA Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
NELSON MANDELA Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do...
JUDD NELSON Legg Mason's structure is misunderstood by the market. Legg Mason has an affiliate model. They o...
NELSON PELTZ The American middle class's faith in personal comfort as an end in itself is, in essence, a deni...
NELSON ALGREN Teenagers, especially girl ones, seem like the perfect canary-in-the-coal-mine characters to me. The...
ANTONYA NELSON It isn't till now, in the American Century, as we have recklessly dubbed it, that tribal pressur...
NELSON ALGREN Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a...
BEN NELSON You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and...
BILL NELSON I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler.
JUDD NELSON