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For me, to come in here everyday, I jus... RICK ANKIEL Everybody needs to be prepared for 72 hours minimum. Nobody's going to give you three days notice th... MARK PREMO When you lose a game, you have three or four days to make amends, and we did so tonight. ALEX FERGUSON Love is like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day, you wa... PAULO COELHO You've always got to have that inner confidence in you. That's where it all starts. You'... SCOTT TOLZIEN That's a big deal that all three of us came out of a small town like that, ... I talked to Bill like... DAPHNE BROWN In the old days, before I was married, or knew a lot of women, I would just pull down all the shades... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Most days, I still feel like I need to be wearing mascara, eyeliner, have my eyebrows done, have on ... MALLORY JANSEN I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions. TAYLOR CALDWELL These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - thin... LINWOOD BARCLAY I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrende... PAULO COELHO I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way. DOMINIC MONAGHAN To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my li... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD To write it, it took three months; to conceive it --three minutes; to collect the data in it --all m... SOURCE UNKNOWN You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, mea... BETH GIBBONS It's pretty tough out there, and if you miss the fairways or the greens, you are dead. But I am enjo... THOMAS AIKEN You can do three things with a fixer-upper: You can buy it to live in it. You can fix it and flip it... JOHN BEAL When I got the script for 'Winter Soldier,' I was so excited to see that my character finall... COBIE SMULDERS Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you... BRUCE ROBINSON I have to pay attention. Every three days I have to put gas in it. ALEX PEREZ I went to therapy three days a week and the other days I rehabbed it at home. My shoulder feels awes... CHRIS PERRY I have seen a lot of disasters. Basically, out on assignment, you could be working 14 or 16 hours a ... NANCY HAYES When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what peo... FAITH HILL I'm done with effects movies for now. When you do a movie like 'Transformers', it can fe... MICHAEL BAY I don't think I've had a bogey-free round for five years. I need to do it for another three days. JARMO SANDELIN I had tried writing novels for many years, and they always escaped me. For a long time, I thought, &... 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Besides Greg Fienni, I never re... MARKUS ZUSAK And why?’ He pauses. ‘I did it because you are the epitome of ordinariness, Ed. And if a guy lik... MARKUS ZUSAK She closes the door completely, and I crouch there. I allow myself to fall forward and rest my head ... MARKUS ZUSAK I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. MARKUS ZUSAK The words were on their way, and when they arrived, she would hold them in her hands like the clouds... MARKUS ZUSAK How many times did she have to say goodbye? MARKUS ZUSAK Where Hans Hubermann and Erik Vandenburg were ultimately united by music, Max and Liesel were held t... MARKUS ZUSAK Here is a small fact: You are going to die" "does this scare you? I urge you don't be afraid, I... MARKUS ZUSAK *** A SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT *** ABOUT RUDY STEINER He didn't deserve to die the way he did. MARKUS ZUSAK *** A SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT *** ***ABOUT RUDY STEINER*** He didn't deserve to die the way he ... 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