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EVANS G. VALENS A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung...
PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE
The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive. MARK WAHLBERG
Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA A Ritual to Read to Each Other
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Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:I am not commanding you, but I ...
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To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS
As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS
You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE I thought this would be a tough year for us. We had a lot of new kids and it took longer than I thou...
JASON BECK It was a tough competition even though I was leading after the first round. It is a unique experienc...
JAKUB JANDA But I was definitely excited. It was kind of a mixed emotion time for me, because I was in an exam a...
DAVID LOWRY My junior year was a stepping stone to my senior season. That was my first full season running. I kn...
A.J. ELLISON
Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT That first round was a great win for Eli. That was a great win to have at the end of his senior year...
MIKE BLAKE
Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT
The first time we did cavalry charge I was so breathless with excitement I nearly fell off the horse... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
Ah, much deluded! lay asideThy threats, and anger misapplied!
Art not afraid with sounds ...
JOHN MILTON
Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
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I got my first guitar when I was nine because I wanted to be the fifth Beatle, even though they had ... TIG NOTARO In the first round when Dempsey hit me with a left hook, I tried hard to continue, but I was rapidly...
JESS WILLARD
When I went to college, I went to a junior college. I wanted to go to the University of Alabama but ... DEONTAY WILDER The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO Great tournament, just fell a little short. We knew it was going to be a battle with Gall, and it wa...
TIM WOEHLER It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of w...
CARLY PATTERSON I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m...
AMBER SMITH Last year I think it was tough on the girls and me because I was a first year coach. The first time ...
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JAMES C. DOBSON After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this ...
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JULIAN TAVAREZ We had a good weekend for the first time out this year...a second and a fifth. It was just a matter ...
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KRIS HUSNICK
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Sit down. Be quiet. <...
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if it doesn't come bursting out of youin spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
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To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
I was only 16 when I was selected for 'Madrasapattinam.' I celebrated my 17th birthday on th... AMY JACKSON
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I remember the first time he saw 'Saving Private Ryan,' ... That was special to him because of his n... TOM HANKS
To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... DEBASISH MRIDHA
My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next ... KURT RUSSELL I guess I just wanted to take a year off because I had been [wrestling] since I was six. It's a toug...
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There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn... HARPER LEE The role of the Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to think of themselve...
LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It has no power to explain even some of the most basic principl...
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LEWIS N. ROE At one of the memorials, I promised [Zach] I was going to go win this for her. It was a big motivati...
CALVIN CARDILLO It was an outstanding third quarter. It?s tough to play a team and beat them twice within a couple o...
JASON TESINI (A new attitude) had to be developed. The first year was tough. It was hard for some of the guys tha...
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It was a good first round. Three birdies to finish is always nice. The wind got up a little bit, but... ADAM SCOTT Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi...
MARIANA FULGER
You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married.""I...
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...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces.... MAQUITA DONYEL IRVIN
...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces... MAQUITA DONYEL IRVIN This was about the CD. First time, you know. I was a little nervous at first, but once I got up ther...
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CHARLES SPENCER
The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had ... WILLIE NELSON The kicker was that I was to be audited at least once a year, or at any time they think I need to be...
DAVID NEFF The sad heart needs work to do.
JOAN BAUER
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD
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DEREK BENNETT Last year was a dogfight, ... A.J. had a big pick at the end. It was a tough, physical Big Ten game ...
ANTHONY SCHLEGEL
I actually had a buzz cut all the way to my junior year in college. I would just buzz my head with a... JACOB DEGROM He's my mentor. I love that man. He was probably the first guy that really took an interest in me. I...
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LEWIS N. ROE The scientific method gives us information by testing and repeating observable things so that we can...
LEWIS N. ROE It was a grind-it-out game, the first time this year we've had to do that.
BARRY HINSON I feel very, very comfortable. Last year, this was a tough meet for me and I was discouraged. I knew...
JEFF MONTAGUE
I was in a weird head space, I was not myself, for sure. I was kind of running around, crazy, experi... CHRISTINA AGUILERA
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