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PETE ROSE I am committing to play at the University of Kentucky. It's a beautiful place to play. They have gre...
JODIE MEEKS But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I di...
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I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't wh...
JOHNNY UNITAS When I first turned pro, I didn't really have any conception of how long it would take me,
JUSTIN ROSE I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not ap...
ALLISON TOLMAN If that was my last pass, it was a great way to end my career. It's been great for me to play footba...
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My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allow...
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AMANI TOOMER We are trying to attract new people to boating. The boat show is a great meeting place. I was 10 whe...
JEFF HANCOCK We've been staying up-tempo, pushing the ball up the floor. We really don't have a great inside pres...
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HORTON FOOTE![]()
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GIGI HADID The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it.
DEBORAH EISENBERG I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the fi...
SKYLAR GREY It was really important to me to have the show in Moses Lake. I think it's something about my own ro...
SCOTT BAILEY He was as astonished as John Robinson was, ... He couldn't figure out where that flag came from.
JOHN HUBBARD I would have liked us to finish in first place and me play a little better individually. I'm happy w...
DAVID PAK I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my moth...
AGNES MACPHAIL I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could ...
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SCOTTIE PIPPEN I have been playing ever since I was young and I played a lot of tournaments, pro tournaments, about...
SOO-YUN KANG I'm trying to put it together to help this team win, ... I think that's what [manager] Frank [Robins...
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SAMUEL ROGERS I always tell people there's some kind of wall that you have to break through to see the beauty ...
KING TUFF I waited all summer to turn pro until after the Walker Cup (two weeks ago). That was my whole goal t...
MICHAEL PUTNAM I really wasn't thinking about anything. The ball came to me, and I just put it up.
JESSICA DOLL It´s special, ... That´s the place where I met my first wife and where my second wife (lived). I´...
PHIL BENNETT The first thing I see was the contact, and I go to my left side and the ball went on the right. That...
ALFONSO SORIANO I can't see your target because of the sun, so you'll have to tell me where it (the ball) goes.
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AHMED ZEWAIL I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown h...
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ADAM EVERETT![]()
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CARRIE-ANNE MOSS I am slowly learning to pluck the flowers of my past from the weeds, and place them in the window wh...
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ADAM RAPP![]()
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TYCHO I would have liked to play with him for my entire career. I really would have. This is the first tim...
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON![]()
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BILLY CRYSTAL![]()
My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man.
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EDWARD G. ROBINSON
JERRY CARTER My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.
DANNY AIELLO
When I first came to New York and saw Italian families and their displays of affection, I was taken ... FRANK MCCOURT The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at ...
MICHAEL RAPAPORT It was one of those things where it was tough to see. After I saw it, I came busting in. All of a su...
RYAN CHURCH My father came from Germany. My mom came from Venezuela. My father's culturally German, but his ...
FRED ARMISEN When I started in professional baseball, I had what you might call a rude awakening. See this scar r...
BILLY HERMAN They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.
ANDY SLYKE They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.
ANDY VAN SLYKE I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were j...
ANITA WEISS I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an ...
DREW POMERANZ
I've really sensed that people have an affection for me. DAVID CASSIDY
"Brooks of Sheffield": "'Somebody's sharp.' 'Who is?'" asked the
gentleman, laughing. I looked u... CHARLES DICKENS
That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for... LENA HEADEY I was going to fight for what I wanted first, and that was being in L.A. and being a Laker. L.A. was...
LAMAR ODOM New York has always been a weird hometown for us. It was kind of the first place in the United State...
JULIE DOYLE
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father a... RENE AUBERJONOIS
My father died five days before I returned to New York. He was only fifty-three years old. My parent... BEVERLY SILLS I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so wh...
BILLY CHILDISH
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge... KURT RUSSELL I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's ...
THERESA REBECK 'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and m...
DANIELLA ALONSO When they were first kicked out, I was really upset but we later came to see it as an opportunity...
JENNIFER COLE
Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league. PETE ROSE I am committing to play at the University of Kentucky. It's a beautiful place to play. They have gre...
JODIE MEEKS But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I di...
BIBLE
I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't wh... JOHNNY UNITAS When I first turned pro, I didn't really have any conception of how long it would take me,
JUSTIN ROSE I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not ap...
ALLISON TOLMAN If that was my last pass, it was a great way to end my career. It's been great for me to play footba...
VINNY TESTAVERDE I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really li...
KIERAN CULKIN Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been cau...
AGNES SMEDLEY Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad wor...
SAM BARRY
When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with ... TONY VISCONTI I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but ...
DOC WATSON I wanted to be around my mother's family. It was really important to me. That was the place where sh...
MANDY SMOKER My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with th...
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL I was an original Aberdeen kid, ... My father came here in 1937. I left in 1950, moved to New York, ...
DANIEL CHANDLER
My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allow... FRANZ BOAS I was a hyper kid, so I didn't want to play baseball and wait for the ball to come to me. I want...
SHANE LARKIN Hey, the first thing you see when you go into pro ball is Rule 21,
DAVE BRISTOL
My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He... MACAULAY CULKIN After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string d...
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
I love photography and first editions. I have that in my genes. My father was an archivist. WINONA RYDER I couldn't see the ball come off the club for the first 27 holes. It came off the club that fast.
BUDDY MARUCCI I just threw my arm up and deflected the ball. It wasn't really a play that I was trying to make. It...
IAN GOLD I remember coming to Winnipeg to play in 2001 and 2002 and how tough it was coming in here to play. ...
BARRIN SIMPSON The play (we talked about in the timeout) wasn't drawn up for that. It was kind of a mish-mash. I di...
LEWIS RATCLIFF
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every... JACK BLACK
My parents were very humanistic, but where we lived was not the cultural center of the world. Hardly... PATTI SMITH Athens is a great place for me. It is my second home. It's where I won my first world championsh...
MAURICE GREENE It's really touching for me to see some of the people here today that I have not seen in a while com...
PATRICK CLARK I don't want to get into my emotions. Eli just threw a great ball and gave me an opportunity to make...
AMANI TOOMER We are trying to attract new people to boating. The boat show is a great meeting place. I was 10 whe...
JEFF HANCOCK We've been staying up-tempo, pushing the ball up the floor. We really don't have a great inside pres...
PETER ARNOLD My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to...
BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN
My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to ... KING GEORGE V My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always ca...
HORTON FOOTE
I'm 19 now, and I go to The New School in New York, where I study Criminal Psychology. My first ... GIGI HADID The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it.
DEBORAH EISENBERG I love New York. I first came here with my Mom when I was in 9th grade. I took the subway for the fi...
SKYLAR GREY It was really important to me to have the show in Moses Lake. I think it's something about my own ro...
SCOTT BAILEY He was as astonished as John Robinson was, ... He couldn't figure out where that flag came from.
JOHN HUBBARD I would have liked us to finish in first place and me play a little better individually. I'm happy w...
DAVID PAK I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my moth...
AGNES MACPHAIL I believe I inherited my sense of music from my father. My father was an ear piano player; he could ...
RICHIE HAVENS I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was thi...
KATE LEVERING
It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all... VAN MORRISON At the point when I lost my father, it really made me want to be like a father and be like my father...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN I have been playing ever since I was young and I played a lot of tournaments, pro tournaments, about...
SOO-YUN KANG I'm trying to put it together to help this team win, ... I think that's what [manager] Frank [Robins...
MARLON BYRD I came to New York when I was eighteen years old, and the first audition that I ever went to was thi...
KATE LEVERING
Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? B... SITTING BULL
We worked really hard and we worked a lot on the fundamentals of the game and making the basic plays... BARRY LARKIN Believe me what I did came from my heart. She asked me for help and I gave it to her. She wanted her...
JOE SPARICO
For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I... AUGUST WILSON I took my time and coach told me to take my time and see what I have, make the move when I'm around ...
HILTON ARMSTRONG
I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my
youth, where are they?"--and an echo... SAMUEL ROGERS I always tell people there's some kind of wall that you have to break through to see the beauty ...
KING TUFF I waited all summer to turn pro until after the Walker Cup (two weeks ago). That was my whole goal t...
MICHAEL PUTNAM I really wasn't thinking about anything. The ball came to me, and I just put it up.
JESSICA DOLL It´s special, ... That´s the place where I met my first wife and where my second wife (lived). I´...
PHIL BENNETT The first thing I see was the contact, and I go to my left side and the ball went on the right. That...
ALFONSO SORIANO I can't see your target because of the sun, so you'll have to tell me where it (the ball) goes.
KEVIN APPIER The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school fr...
AHMED ZEWAIL I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown h...
NATALIE DORMER I actually came to New York because it was very tolerant. You know, it seems preposterous, ludicrous...
DEBORAH EISENBERG New York is the first place I have ever felt safe.
EMMA FORREST The first thing they asked me was, 'Where are we?' ... The first thing that came to my mind was Flor...
ADAM EVERETT
When I did the first 'Matrix,' after it came out, I had a woman come up to me and just thank... CARRIE-ANNE MOSS I am slowly learning to pluck the flowers of my past from the weeds, and place them in the window wh...
LEIGH BYRNE My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New...
LAURA OSNES When I came to New York, I was really awkward. I went to military academy for high school, so I didn...
ADAM RAPP
I love the life in New York. New York has an excitement about it. You have so many people, so many d... PAULA CREAMER I was always a visual artist my whole life, and I came to music really late - when I was 21 or 22 wa...
TYCHO I would have liked to play with him for my entire career. I really would have. This is the first tim...
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON
I have performed my one-man show '700 Sundays' over 400 times now. There were only two times... BILLY CRYSTAL
My father was the first to see through the schemes of the white man. CHIEF JOSEPH On my first trip to New York in the 1980s, the first place I wanted to visit was the Plaza Hotel, ho...
MARY KAY ANDREWS Of course, I started as a collector. A true collector. I can remember as if it were only yesterday t...
EDWARD G. ROBINSON
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Poetry is life distilled. 
Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. 
Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house. 
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