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ABDUL HODGE I didn't even know he did it. When I said I was going to call the cops, he took off.
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Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to the police station thin...
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I smile...
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I opened the door. He looked down at my shirt and smiled. "Funny," he said.
"Don't call my boob...
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JOE LLEWELLYN
DALE GIERINGER I got a phone call -- he said, 'Mom, call 911. My son had to see that.
DARLENE MCINTOSH In 1996, I was the head coach at Brigham Young University. And I got a call from my dad, and he said...
MARK SCHULTZ My supervisor and I said, 'Well. We want to do something,' ... We just didn't know what.
CERVANTES
When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the worl... JAMES ELLROY I called him to find out where he got the pamphlet and all he said was it was missing the label, ......
WILLIAM WATSON
I have a switch in my apartment that doesn't do anything. Every once in a while I turn it on and off... STEPHEN WRIGHT I didn't see it so I thought he was calling me out, but Jason said to me it (the contact from Hill) ...
MATT GEYER
I leaned over and said, 'sorry about that,' but Lennon didn't even move and said it was all right. I... JOHN LENNON
My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in t... CLARENCE THOMAS I got the F-bomb my first day on the job. I was still stuttering around and scared and hadn't said m...
ANDREW NIELSON My plan was to push him, because he'd already got a stalling call. In those last 38 seconds, I shoul...
IAN SHANNON After I played my first round, I went to see the doctor and he turned around and said that he needed...
DAVID LYNN
The great joy and honour of my life has been to know you. To call you my family. And I am grateful -... SARAH J. MAAS
You want a piece of all this fabulousness?" He gestured to himself. "Well, my best friend com... CASSANDRA CLARE When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
VICTORIA ABRIL Not long after my last win on Jeopardy!, I got a call from the company about this collaboration and ...
KEN JENNINGS I'm sick. I just got a call from Brereton Jones, the former governor of Kentucky. He said that every...
MERV GRIFFIN It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
EDMUND S. MUSKIE
Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustr... NORMAN ROCKWELL
I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation ... GLORIA STEINEM Jason is not making any excuses. He just said, 'Coach, I don't know what happened...it just happened...
DOC SADLER I know that when I signed with Suzuki, I didn't know it was going to be as good as it was. I was con...
RICKY CARMICHAEL We got the best doctors we could find because I had to know for an absolute certainty that there was...
JACK MESI In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it's kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going...
ZACHARY KNIGHTON I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down fr...
BERNIE MAC I told them I needed a sign, so Bobby and Jason actually painted a sign that said 'GO' and left it o...
LAREN POOLE He offered me a lot of cash. I just called my supervisor, and he ran off.
PAO XIONG He broke the windshield on this car. And he cut himself. And when he went it, he was bleeding. The c...
CHARLES CERVANTES
I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and... KEKE PALMER All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.
JOSE MUJICA
My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years. ALEXA CHUNG
When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coa... FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR.
Yes,' he said, 'a list. That way, I figure, we'll have a written record of what we've agreed upon as... SARAH DESSEN I was at work. I got called home from work and I came home and my house was on fire.
EBONY WILLIAMS
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which... BERTRAND RUSSELL Ophelia,' said the boy. He said it very quietly. She didn't like the way he said that at all. He sou...
KAREN FOXLEE
My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but h... RALPH LAUREN I'm from Detroit, but I haven't had the great career that he has. He deserves all of the applause an...
LARRY FOOTE
I was going to do that regardless of whether he got hurt or not. That's how I approach this. Ever si... ROBERT FERGUSON Jason's got a quiet confidence about him. He was actually sick all weekend. I thought Jason stepped ...
JOE WOOTTEN I was 17 years old when I was killed by a vampire"-Ruby Kennedy from My Handsome Vampire.
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MARGARET COX I knew I had my work cut out because he is a good player. There's a lot of pressure on these matches...
JIMMY WHITE
My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my... JOHN AUBREY My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada with...
PETRA COLLINS
Would that my hands were meant to build. I would know what to say. What to do. Maybe in another life... PIERCE BROWN
I know about her, although she has never crossed my path," he said softly. "I know about her struggl... SHERWOOD ANDERSON
I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that h... ASHWIN SANGHI Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo...
DANIEL OJEDA Because the noise level was a problem for some students, we told them they could go to another room....
JOE MADRIGAL I was lying next to my poorly son in hospital when he phoned and told me what had been going on. I d...
CAROLINE WAUGH He basically just said, 'I need to stretch my legs out. I've been sleeping in that tank with my knee...
DAVID BLOOM I hope it sells millions, ... But more immediately, my real excitement was the idea that Kubrick was...
CHRIS ISAAK I got a call from my sister-in-law and she says, 'My mom has your class ring. My jaw dropped. I just...
JOAN HORNER
I disagree with Teddy Kennedy, ... He was the only person to actually cancel an engagement. I think ... GERRY ADAMS Before he could even say a word, I said, 'You found my wallet,' ... How it got where (it was found) ...
ROBERT GIBSON
So much of my body changed from being pregnant. My hair got so much longer from all of the multivita... JULIA RESTOIN ROITFELD It was a tough call. I don't know how you can make a call like that. That's not in my hands. The onl...
ABDUL HODGE I didn't even know he did it. When I said I was going to call the cops, he took off.
BRANDON CHAVEZ
No, I got it,” he said. His voice was weird.“Really?” I felt a nervous thrill in my stom...
MICHELLE HODKIN
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying... BARBARA KINGSOLVER
«Hazel Grace,” he said, my name new and better in his voice. “It has been a real pleasure to ma... JOHN GREEN
My dad was my wake-up call and he said, 'Good morning, champion,' ... He is really happy. My mom cal... MARIA SHARAPOVA I got a call on my way to practice this morning, and it took me about 4 hours to get here because I ...
DONALD MACLEAN
At Kobe, whither I fled from Hong Kong, I took a step of great importance. I cut off my cue, which h... SUN YAT-SEN
My apartment was robbed and everything was replaced with exact replicas...I told my roommate and he ... STEPHEN WRIGHT
I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple a... GREG LAKE
Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to the police station thin... SARAH DESSEN
Nico Tinbergen was my doctoral supervisor, and he was a benign, avuncular sort of influence; everybo... RICHARD DAWKINS I did a job. I completed my Matric and my Bachelors. I did a marketing job. I worked as a bus hostes...
QANDEEL BALOCH When my son was really little, he assumed everyone was on TV because his uncle is on TV, my best fri...
VIRGINIA MADSEN I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my fac...
CATHY FREEMAN
John [the father] kept saying, "You have a penis. That means you’re a boy." One day, Shannon notic... ANDREW SOLOMON I played my round (Thursday) and the doctor turned round and said 'Right, we need to cut it out.' An...
DAVID LYNN [He] called me the next morning before I got on my flight and said he was eager to work with me, to ...
MICHAEL BRADLEY He was just thrilled, ... He said, 'Oh my gosh, you want to record that old song? I think I got it u...
BRIAN SETZER To Jason, life was a gift to experience and a joy. When I got the news [of his death], it was just s...
JEFF FADNESS I've been getting these all year. I don't know how he got his elbow as high as my face.
DAKOTA DURBIN The ball came over my head and it hit my hand. I said 'What do you call that ref?' and he said we wo...
DARREN WARD
Matisse draws what I call the essence of the plants. He leaves a shape open. He'll do a leaf and... ELLSWORTH KELLY I have been changing my diet on my own. I haven't had any salt in the last month, and I cut out caff...
DANA QUIGLEY
The first person that I ever heard sing a song I wrote was Jason Derulo. I was in the studio when he... CHARLIE PUTH
I thought Jon was so charismatic. It was just magic. I went backstage kneeled down on my knee and sa... RICHIE SAMBORA I can't really remember a time in my life when I didn't know something about what we call th...
ELLIOT PERLMAN
I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was h... SAM WATERSTON
I went down with my guitar and sat on his steps until he got there. And when he got there I introduc... JOHNNY CASH I was off from work for a year and a half, and then, my employer cut off my workers' comp benefits. ...
GENE VAN GREVENHOF Pro was excited about the letter, ... Was it unexpected? Probably. When his dad came in the room he ...
MIKE SHULA
May I see you again?" he asked. There was an endearing nervousness in his voice. I smile...
JOHN GREEN I got an emergency phone call from my daughter around 10 a.m. She called and was pretty hysterical t...
DON BURNS
My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You kno... J. R. MARTINEZ I have been very lucky to have final cut in all my films; everything that is wrong in them is my fau...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU
Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest job... RICK RIORDAN Are you asking me if there is a god?' he said, still in that soft voice. 'All I can say is, I believ...
SHARON SHINN One thing that comes to mind is my homecoming from Sydney, the first Olympics. He was there the whol...
CHERYL HAWORTH It was very intense. My brother was walking out of the tunnel and his shirt was all ripped up. I ask...
CRAIG JAMES When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing b...
SARA BLAKELY
I opened the door. He looked down at my shirt and smiled. "Funny," he said."Don't call my boob...
JOHN GREEN The economy was really good around here. It was all the result of my dad. He got it all started and ...
JOE LLEWELLYN
So long as procreation stems from parents of the same race, appearance and lineage are typically con... 
The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, m... 
In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the condit... 
Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of conte... 
I have told friends and supporters who are urging me to run that I would not oppose President Johnso... 
He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights. it had to be some silly l... 
Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 
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Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins. 
I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secure... 
'Federalism', in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the c... 
I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive. 
Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called... 
When we lost Bobby, I would wake up in the morning and think, 'He's OK. He's in Heaven, ... 
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the fe... 
Frankly, I don't mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is. 
It's easier to find a new audience than to write a new speech. 
Just out of curiosity,” she says, “after you wake up in the morning, do you admire yourself in t... 
We shall build on.
I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what... 
I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts--spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to ma... 
Just the thought of a rap version of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or 'Achy, Breaky Heart' is bound to ... 
We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life h... 
We need a President who is not afraid of complexity, who believes in an open and tolerant society, a... 
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administr... 
We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can... 
In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that... 
Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; ... 
It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community... 