I was not a pretty child. I developed humor to be accepted.


Joan Rivers

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Nilipozaliwa nilipendwa na kuogopwa, watu walicheza na mimi lakini mimi sikucheza nao. Niliwapenda.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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MICKEY RIVERS
I like to get input from all different kinds of listeners, including the really conservative ones, a...
RIVERS CUOMO
I really don't trust Benson. He's got the sweetest deal in the NFL (the Saints are the only NFL team...
ALLEN RIVERS
This whole state is hurting right now. I know times are hard. I understand people are angry with Ben...
ALLEN RIVERS
He needed the warmth of the sun to take away the chill of foreboding that grew in him.
FRANCINE RIVERS
I signed up for eHarmony once, and it took three hours to fill out that online form - so many person...
RIVERS CUOMO
He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.
MICKEY RIVERS
My goals are to hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone.
MICKEY RIVERS
I'm going to double my limit.
MICKEY RIVERS
Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.
MICKEY RIVERS
When you're outside in this beautiful natural environment, it's dissonant to see some special effect...
BARRY RIVERS
The dirty little secret about film festivals is that every year you reinvent the wheel.
BARRY RIVERS
We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck ou...
FRANCINE RIVERS
Jesus has given me eternal life in Him. Let them take my life here, but God holds me in the palm of ...
FRANCINE RIVERS
True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.
FRANCINE RIVERS
I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here...
FRANCINE RIVERS
When we started doing the college tours, the show was seen in a new light. It's really dealing with ...
BEN RIVERS
We're reading some of the books about the Titanic. We're going to see the exhibit at the museum in a...
BEN RIVERS
The less than polar conditions actually drew more people.
BEN RIVERS
Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.
FRANCINE RIVERS
Sideways rain. We threw it 59 times (actually 57).
PHILIP RIVERS
Paul was absolutely sensational tonight. I didn't realize they had 50 and 43. I knew they had a lot....
DOC RIVERS
I think audiences sometimes mistakenly assume a quality performance comes from some great emotional ...
RIVERS CUOMO
Mara, that's the life I want to give you. That's what I'm offering you. I want to fill you life with...
FRANCINE RIVERS
I don't know if it was vital [to get the win], but it was big. We needed the win because I look at t...
DOC RIVERS
The interviews have been a little tough due to the fact that we're interviewing dogs. We see a l...
MELISSA RIVERS
It didn't go smoothly; it was the most contentious thing I've ever done.
RIVERS CUOMO
I don't know what next year will bring. I have no idea. I can tell you I have a lot of ideas for son...
RIVERS CUOMO
It's up in the air, ... But in my mind, it's up in the air for every artist. Who knows, really, if t...
RIVERS CUOMO
Once he gets in and just plays natural, be himself, he's going to do great. I like this guy. He's no...
MICKEY RIVERS
I like watching because that's my style of play, ... When he does what he does, I enjoy it.
MICKEY RIVERS
What was the name of that dog on 'Rin Tin Tin'?
MICKEY RIVERS
What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it migh...
JOHNNY RIVERS
These conquerors of the world are slaves to their passions, and someday their passions will bring th...
FRANCINE RIVERS
Our boys mean a lot to us. We've been hooked for some time.
ALLEN RIVERS
I found that so many people in the music business started out as metalheads in the Eighties - whethe...
RIVERS CUOMO
The message that is coming across from the media is clearly, 'Watch out, women, if you're ambitious....
CARYL RIVERS
I'm not sitting here all fired up like I've achieved something, ... I'm pleased that I've made some ...
PHILIP RIVERS
I'm sure there will be a different report every day for the next six months, and I'm not going to ge...
PHILIP RIVERS