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CAROLINE KENNEDY He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you... ERIK ANDERSON I know that he was very intelligent. He was as good in school as he was in sports. He was very good ... MARTIN BRIERE I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's hou... ALAN BRADLEY When I grew up, my father taught us the value of hard work. He wanted us to enjoy ourselves, but he ... ANDREW LUCK For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a de... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, li... LOU FERRIGNO Not at all. Don wasn't anything like Barney. He was a very quiet man, and polite. He was the type of... MAGGIE PETERSON I've done my work and I'm happy with it... I respect my father very much, but I'm a very different p... 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DARREN ARONOFSKY As I sit here in my favorite chair, I'm reminded of a story that my father shared with me when I was... BOBBY F. KIMBROUGH JR. I knew Sinatra for 38 years. He was like my father. Frank Sinatra was my 'dad.' He treated m... TRINI LOPEZ Knowing someone has your back like that, to be there and do the best for you, it was a great opportu... BRYCE CARTER I grew up thinking that I would become a fighter pilot and was fascinated by aircrafts as I had grow... KAPIL SHARMA I grew up in a bookish family, so I read very widely. I was omnivorous, really. GUY GAVRIEL KAY My father was a successful real estate developer, and he was a very tough man but a good man. My fat... DONALD TRUMP What do you like doing best in the world, Pooh?" "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best-" and the... A.A. MILNE It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA John Cleese was a big hero of mine. He grew up in Weston Super Mare near Bristol where I grew up; he... STEPHEN MERCHANT I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I... SALMAN RUSHDIE I turned to see his expression. When I saw that he was serious, I shot hum a dubious look. “Sleepi... JAMIE MCGUIRE Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE If you had to spend every second, of every day, of every year of your life with someone, would you d... JAMES A. MURPHY I grew up Catholic. My mother is from El Salvador, so my family on her side is Roman Catholic. My fa... CHRISTY TURLINGTON You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by... 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It was good to get the win under tough conditions. GAIL ANDERSEN We were all ready to play. Hopefully we'll schedule it for next week sometime. GAIL ANDERSEN Obviously, their speed up front was something we weren't ready for. GAIL ANDERSEN In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was ... GAIL ANDERSEN We will have a lot of new faces in the mix. We have good team chemistry, new guys are finding their ... GAIL ANDERSEN We're a young team. We'll grow from this, and it will only help us in the future. GAIL ANDERSEN We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacki... GAIL ANDERSEN The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field. GAIL ANDERSEN It was one of those precision plays that unveil themselves about once a match. It all came together. GAIL ANDERSEN For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to ge... GAIL COLLINS You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off... GAIL COLLINS In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dram... GAIL SHEEHY Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripateti... GAIL COLLINS Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-3... GAIL SHEEHY The delights of self-discovery are always available. GAIL SHEEHY You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of ... GAIL COLLINS You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper o... GAIL GODWIN Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. 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