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Related I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name ... DAVID COVERDALE A big part of it is our defensive ends are pretty good. I'm not so sure they're not better than what... HUGH NALL Obviously I'm very happy to start the race on the front row. I think I had a good qualifying session... MAX ANGELELLI My first year I was terrible and I did not like losing. I wanted to get better because I was losing ... DENNY LINTON I remember, at one point, my folks were really pushing me because I was obviously good at [acting] a... LOU TAYLOR PUCCI Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote a lot of stuff for Phil Spector... we had done all rock and roll a... BOBBY HATFIELD I love the Nineties because more than any other period of time, there was such an eclectic mix of st... CHARLI XCX I think it was harder today than other days. There was more wind today, but the greens are so good a... CAMILO VILLEGAS I think it was harder today than other days, ... There was more wind today, but the greens are so go... CAMILO VILLEGAS I would look at San Diego as a really incredible anomaly. We never thought they were going to do thi... BRUCE REZNIK Kobe makes shots like that. We kept saying they were incredible shots and they were incredible shots... MAURICE CHEEKS There is no secret formula; they just do things better than everyone else, ... They have scouted and... DEAN TAYLOR I think that it makes them closer and makes them more positive toward each other. They seem to be al... ANGIE MYERS When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefi... PAUL A. VOLCKER I remember hearing a radio segment, while working in the studio, that detailed how officials were tr... MARILYN MINTER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I think it was harder today than other days, ... There was more wind today, but the greens are ... CAMILO VILLEGAS He's got to learn a game plan. He doesn't need any other distractions other than getting himself pre... RANDY EDSALL They were a bigger, faster, stronger, team than we were. We bent, but we never broke and gave a lot ... JIM SEGAR The year after the Olympics is always an interesting year. The Australians are getting better and be... NATALIE COUGHLIN I knew they were a good team. We got the No. 1 seed our district, but I think all four of us were 14... DAVE KERSCHBAUMER I'm scared of failure so much more than any of the other girls I compete against that I work so ... RONDA ROUSEY I was never that good, so I don't know. I was what I was at 30. I wasn't getting any better. MIKE D'ANTONI I have some girls who are going to work hard and figure out what it takes to be good players. They w... DONALYN WOESTE My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. ... GRACE JONES My mother was a big influence. She kept pushing me because I was very shy and inhibited. And schoolw... DON RICKLES As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expe... ADAM SCHLESINGER I knew they were my people, but it didn't feel like it. I was pushing against any first-generation n... SCAACHI KOUL Any other woman who has to go to work and pick up the kids and make dinner - that's way harder t... BEYONCE KNOWLES [how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are ... THOMAS MORE It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids. It is one thing to read King and anothe... ROBERT BROWN I do like the Nigerian purchase because it was at good value to them, but they need to demonstrate t... ADRIAN JACKSON It was a good year. I became closer to this team than any other team because of everything we've bee... JEFF BOWER I respected Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. Those were my heroes, and they were 10... TONY BENNETT I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordi... EDDIE REDMAYNE I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby... BETTY WRIGHT I wish I could love people as you do, Molly!' 'Don't you?' said the other, in surprise. 'N... ELIZABETH GASKELL Don King was never indicted. The FBI questioned Don King, they went into his office, they confiscate... LARRY HAZZARD That was the hardest decision, but I knew it was the right decision. I thought they were gone, becau... DORIS CAUSEY J.P.'s looking real good. I like the way he's skating. We're going to start pushing him harder and h... LINDY RUFF It's different than any other team I've been on. The attention to detail is a big part of everything... JAMIE LUNDMARK Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had ut... BIBLE They were very physical and we overcame that. Orange just kept pushing so to emerge victorious was s... MICHAEL RICHARDS I never felt that getting angry would do you any good other than hurt your own digestion, keep you f... SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK It was a great moment for Michigan and for Michigan softball. I was so proud of those kids. They wer... CAROL HUTCHINS These women came from an era where true love existed. Hearing their stories and seeing their lives, ... BRAD GWINN I think Cal is a better place than when I left there. I know it is, just because of Jeff's influence... DAN FERRIGNO I've never been to a hearing in which the words 'I don't know,' 'I assume,' and 'maybe' were used so... ELMAR BROK These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up... OSCAR PISTORIUS I urged that kings were dangerous. He said, then have cats. He was sure that a royal family of cats ... MARK TWAIN I know I'm a good professional, I know that no one's harder on me than myself and that's... CRISTIANO RONALDO It was very frustrating. (Heritage Christian) was better defensively than any of the teams we've pla... TIFFANY FISHER I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to d... HUSSEIN CHALAYAN Any way you slice it, they were better than us, ... I hope they go on and win it. CURT SCHILLING I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know... JOAN COLLINS Was life too short? Of course- there was never enough time to do all the things you wanted to do. An... TOMMY WALLACH It's better than they thought it was going to be and a lot better than I expected. It's looking good... DIONER NAVARRO Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems go... URSULA K. LE GUIN I simply came to the conclusion that I could write [dialect poetry] as well, if not better, than any... PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ..I find it incredible impossible not to cry when I hear Stevie Nicks's "Landslide," especially the ... MINDY KALING We sort of look at our years at 'Letterman' as comedy grad school. I don't mind seeing jokes and hea... CARTER BAYS We'll just keep pushing on because we don't have any other choice. BUD CHILDERS I was pleased. You're never completely pleased, but we had a pretty good idea what we wanted to do o... DENNIS RUETER I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth. It is good to brush your teeth when you are angry, becau... LEMONY SNICKET Wolves have bigger brains than dogs, so it was thought the wolves would do better. And chimpanzees a... BRIAN HARE You never knelt to get anywhere. You are where you are because you're fucking capable, and willing t... ANN LECKIE It is harder than most because of the crowd. But there's Florida and other places, too. BRUCE PEARL I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this'... WILLIAM GOLDMAN Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ They say that it were great reproof to the king to take again what he has given, so that they will n... JACK CADE I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people. MARIAN KEYES And I saw on this hill, since my eyesight's so keen, the two biggest fools that have ever been seen!... DR. SEUSS The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious w... JON LANDAU Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts. ANTHONY ROBBINS We knew we were decent. When the kids called the meeting, it was gut check time. We became so much b... BRIAN CHAMPION We just believe. We play harder than any other team. JUSTIN SCOTT The world is better because of Coretta Scott King. She affected countless lives and her voice will b... ALCEE HASTINGS Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason ... ALEXANDER THE GREAT You should know that I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearin... VINT CERF And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that... ED BRADLEY Before I met you I WAS BLIND! I see things so differently since we have found each other. I see with... LEVON PETER POE The difference between face-to-face conversation and any other medium of communication is simple: No... ALEXANDRA PETRI People who take pains never to do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than ... ELBERT HUBBARD I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than ... DAMIAN LEWIS My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an account... GRACE SLICK He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There... DAVE PANO They want me to play better, so I guess I have to try harder. TYLER ARNASON Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do ELBERT HUBBARD Today was a big game. King always gives us a hard time because they have good athletes and play toge... RACHEL HELTON He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensi... LOUIS AMUNDSON They enrolled me in a group for troubled kids. We would meet each week in an old farmhouse owned by ... JOHN ELDER ROBISON I was proud of the way all six of our guys wrestled. We were picked to finish 12th, and they battled... ROMAN GUTIERREZ It's incredible. I was totally blown away when I was told it was $15,000 at the end of the night (of... SARAH WILLIAMS Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do. KARL WEICK Because I had to do everything in bits and pieces, I was never quite satisfied when I finished a sol... BILL WYMAN 'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stor... BETTY WRIGHT Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts. ANTHONY ROBBINS Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through
my conscious thoughts. ANTHONY ROBBINS I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I nev... WALTER HILL if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C.S. LEWIS
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