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Rick DiPietro

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SAM RAYBURN I can trash talk every day of the week. No one talks more than me. I was born trash talking. When th...
DAVID IRONS Sometimes not talking about it , is the best way I know to talk about it.
ANJIE HENLEY I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
GEORGE W. BUSH Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about.....
SAM RAYBURN You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about priv...
BRENE BROWN aliens are living on earth for along time,for those who think im talking about another race youre wr...
RAJA Whether you're talking about Chris Christie, or you're talking about Rick Perry or Scott Wal...
NEWT GINGRICH We've received four unsolicited calls today. They want to start talking. They want to talk about the...
ART MCMASTER You're the best gay friend I've ever had!
AMERICA TALKING TO FRANCE Just remember to show some compassion. When you talk about firing a coach, you're not talking about ...
GEORGE YOUNG Just remember to show some compassion. When you talk about firing a coach, you're not talking about ...
GEORGE YOUNG To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without g...
GRACE METALIOUS There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.
BETTY WILLIAMS Do more listening than talking; talk more about them than about you.
ROY T. BENNETT When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterren...
CHRIS GIBSON We're on the computer e-mailing each other about trades and stuff. There's a lot of trash talking.
PAUL LO DUCA When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.
LAUREN BACALL Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as sa...
DEBORAH TANNEN He'll initiate it. Somebody has to say something for me to start. [Gordon] not only talks trash on t...
ZABIAN DOWDELL We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want...
MEGAN SMITH Excuse my language, but I'm talking some (trash),
BRUCE DAVIS They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... I ...
CARMELO ANTHONY When you're talking about that level, you're talking about the national level. You're talking about ...
DENNIS FRANCHIONE If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!
JACKIE COLLINS If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!.
JACKIE COLLINS So there's going to be plenty of trash talking once college football starts,
JASON CAMPBELL I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk busin...
SYLVESTER STALLONE Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is ...
GRACE METALIOUS I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you...
LL COOL J No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves
HUGH PRATHER It's one thing to sit in a classroom and talk about stuff. Once you get people out and looking at it...
JOE GALLAGHER Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you abo...
ED HOWE When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.
UNKNOWN They're talking about a movie I don't want to hold to that because in this business you can ...
CAROLINE DHAVERNAS I enjoy talking about [the sport] more than I do talking about what most women my age like to talk a...
HOLLY ROBINSON-PEETE You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you talk to people about the topics they like talking about they will stick around for more. Ta...
ANDONI GARCIA I shouldn't be talking about the details that I'm in negotiations with the White House and the (Capi...
MARGARET SPELLINGS When we talk about spiritual energy, we are talking about God’s energy
SUNDAY ADELAJA When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN If we're talking about saving lives, we're really talking about preparing local communities.
HARRY YEH If one wants to talk about the end of the world, the apocalypse, you're talking about the world ...
DAVID SELTZER You can't talk about Jeanne without talking about Frances. The first one was pretty scary. We'd had ...
BUD BOUDREAUX If their grandchild is talking about ice in the middle of the summer, then they are not talking abou...
LYNETTE WILLIE If you really want to talk to the big boss now, make sure you leave your balls here with me, for he ...
PAWAN MISHRA He's the one all the scouts want to see right now. Everyone is talking about this guy.
MICHAEL WILBON Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can ...
BILL GATES Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you wa...
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU I shouldn´t be talking about the details that I´m in negotiations with the White House and the (Ca...
MARGARET SPELLINGS I would be remiss when talking about beauty secrets to not say that one of the best is to care about...
CHRISTIE BRINKLEY I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good thin...
DAVID MORSE We don't want to encourage people to swing from the fences, ... If we're talking investment, we're t...
JAMES GRIFFIN When Marla didn't want to talk about something she always made sure her mouth was otherwise occupied...
TOBIAS WADE We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals ex...
ZYGMUNT BAUMAN 'O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, ...
LEWIS CARROLL I don't know how you talk about the founding of America, and what became of the United States, w...
BILL HASLAM Some women never talk about other women; they are too busy talking about themselves.
VIKRANT PARSAI You talk to a Windows user about the dangers of clicking on the wrong attachments, and they know you...
CRAIG SCHMUGAR Let's not talk about it. I might throw up while I'm talking.
GUNTHER CUNNINGHAM If you're talking about nuclear physics, I have to defer to the next guy. But if you're talk...
JOE GREENE A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They ju...
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA Many of us are talking about the war, talking about the costs.
RAHM EMANUEL Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking n...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Before you start talking or writing, be clear about the message you want to deliver to your audience...
SOTONYE ANGA Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody ...
BILL GATES One of the delights of life is eating with friends; second to that is talking about eating. And, for...
LAURIE COLWIN You know what's so crazy about it? In high school, I played basketball and I was a trash-talker. Bas...
CHRIS CHAMBERS Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the ...
JIMMY CARTER I don't want to talk about the refs. There's no use in talking about the refs. That's not the reason...
DEREK LAXDAL Most of those guys [analysts] really don't know what's going on. They might know what's going on at ...
TONY DUNGY We're not a trash-talking team. We just go out and play our game.
ASHLEIGH BRAXTON The most important issue is the climate of the school. If we're talking about a school where kids fe...
MAURICE ELIAS He is one of the best kids we've ever had here. And that's not talking about any of his on-the-field...
JOEY SATO Today, they were talking the talk. Now, let's see if they walk the walk.
DEBRA COHEN and it ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we're talking about when we talk...
RAYMOND CARVER And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to re...
HAMILTON JORDAN Whenever we talk about the environment, we need to know what we're talking about and not cause peopl...
DAVID MILLS What are you talking about? Are you sure you know what you’re talking about? I don’t hate anybod...
VIN DIESEL If you don't know what you're talking about, you need a strategy
GENLEY ANDERSON The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about.
MICHEAL MESCON Stop talking to the Internet. Talk to your friends.
DARSHAN KOTHARI needs to go talk to some of the people I'm talking to.
BENNIE THOMPSON Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the ...
JIMMY CARTER It's very encouraging that they are willing to talk about this. If we're talking about affordable ho...
DAN BEERS Part of the console experience is playing with someone beside you and trash-talking. But in time I t...
MARC SALTZMAN I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.
WASHED OUT Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion...
C.S. LEWIS If Democrats want to run ads in districts around the country that are focused on Tom DeLay , it will...
CARL FORTI Talk the walk &Walk the talk,your business is only talking until you advertise then you make it work...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
GEORGE SHULTZ The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
GEORGE SCHULTZ One, I never get sick of talking about myself.
DAVID WAIN I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the ...
TEMPLE GRANDIN Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA We're not talking about creating a new bureaucracy. We're talking about taking a number of bureaucra...
WARREN RUDMAN Literally means Talk Dirty To Me. If you see that on your child's screen, they're talking to somebod...
AL KUSH Kate's Speciality: Killing things, with much bloodshed. Talking trash, infuriating authority. Drivin...
ILONA ANDREWS We're not talking about dead people, we're talking about the aliens; of their ghosts!
GEORGE NOORY Talking is not easy. Talking intends to convey what you mean. Lying is easy, not talking. When one l...
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I don't hate you."

Could've foole...
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RICK RIORDAN I said hello to the poodle.
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RICK RIORDAN Is this guy Love or Death?" Jason growled.

Ask your friends, Cupid said. Frank,...
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RICK RIORDAN Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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RICK RIORDAN I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
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RICK RIORDAN Yours in demigodishness, and all that. Peace out!
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RICK RIORDAN That's because we keep weapons in the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time m...
RICK RIORDAN Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon."
"Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug.
Percy ...
RICK RIORDAN Elections only happen in two ways," Reyna said. "Either the legion raises someone on a shield after ...
RICK RIORDAN You speak horse?" Hazel asked.
"Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mea...
RICK RIORDAN Frank stared at him. "Unfair? You can breathe underwater and blow up glaciers and summon freaking hu...
RICK RIORDAN They're Lares. House gods."
"House gods," Percy said. "Like...smaller than real gods, but large...
RICK RIORDAN I'm fine!" Percy yelled out as he ran by, followed by a giant screaming bloody murder.
RICK RIORDAN This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..."
"Repair boy." RICK RIORDAN Reyna sent me to get Percy," Frank said. "Did Octavian accept you?"
"Yeah," Percy said. "He sla...
RICK RIORDAN Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you?
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and g...
RICK RIORDAN Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!"

He slung his M16 onto his bac...
RICK RIORDAN There!" Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. "A prophecy. You can add it to your ...
RICK RIORDAN Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language."
Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN