In the best conversations, you don't even remember what you talked about, only how it felt. It felt like we were in some place your body can't visit, some place with no ceiling and no walls and no floor and no instruments
John Green
Related [With no MTV and fewer tour venues,] talk and variety shows were the only place for most people to s... DICK CAVETT I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It was like discovering that your innermost fires and terrors, the things you believed no one else c... POPPY Z. BRITE [And in May 2000, Pat's agony was compounded when Kevin took his final fix.] In some ways it was a r... PAT MITCHELL There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place exce... HENRY DAVID THOREAU It felt like there would be no end, JONATHAN MILLER Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you h... CHARLIE HUNNAM Elvis 30 No. 1 Hits NO DOUBT It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal. INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be sh... INITIALLY NO Take this drink as a token of my disrepute and spin that hay tonight and tomorrow it will be shining... INITIALLY NO It's nice to finish with a great shot like that. It was a nice way to finish up. It looked pretty go... DONALD NO I was struggling on the greens (early on the back nine) and had lost a little bit of confidence and ... DONALD NO They tell me to be quiet When I’d rather cause a riot And have everyone screaming O... INITIALLY NO We had no doubt that they were guilty. JUROR NO We did the right thing for Mary. It was not an easy decision, and it was not unanimous at first. JUROR NO Before, I said I could be fair, but I don't think I can. JUROR NO We actually challenged one another in the deliberation room. We challenged the issues, and we came t... JUROR NO I saw two birds having dangerously kinky sex on the main road, while several cars ran above them jus... INITIALLY NO There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no... RICHARD ADAMS His genius has been promotion and scheduling. Some of the pieces were in place, but if you don't exp... BILL CARROLL This is the best. It's like we died and went to heaven, because where we were it wasn't no good plac... BARBARA WALKER No one remembers how you got a chance, they only remember what you did with it. STEWART STAFFORD You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at al... MAYA ANGELOU They met with John (Wednesday), but other than that, there's no changes. He didn't say a whole lot a... JOE GOTTFRIED There's no safe place in Iraq. Wherever we went, we were bombarded with artillery, rockets, mortars,... WES SMITH That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed from it. But now, here,... MITCH ALBOM I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them, there... FLANNERY O'CONNOR I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... CORMAC MCCARTHY I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't... MATT CAMERON No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violi... ELLEN BARKIN You know… the airport is the only place you can walk around with no shoes, a glazed look on your f... CORIANDER WOODRUFF, THE CALL OF THE SPECTACLED OWL When I see you, the World stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at y... JAMES FREY Remember that we're living in a place that is temporary. No matter what you believe in the end of ti... JAYSON ENGAY Some people have felt like they?re the only ones in their family with no talent. This is an artistic... DEBBIE MOCK You did what you were told or you didn't get paid, and if things went wrong it wasn't your problem. ... TERRY PRATCHETT love is when you cant control it. No matter how much your try and tell yourself to stop, your heart ... RACHEL LYNNE i felt her absence. it was like waking up one day with no teeth in your mouth. you wouldn't need to ... JAMES DASHNER No matter how busy you are, No matter in which position you are, No matter what situation life gives... YASMEEN KHAN Texas has no system in place, and what you have is chaos. STEVE HALL But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some... HARUKI MURAKAMI God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion DAN CASTELLANETA When it comes to what you really want in life. Dont take no for an answer. Take no for a question an... BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place. ROY ACUFF Although there was no enemy or danger to be perceived, they felt the apprehension and doubt of those... RICHARD ADAMS Because when you love something, you want to do it all the time, even if no one is paying you for it... MEG CABOT In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to fee... MITCH ALBOM Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR You could have everything right but be in the wrong place. You think your business is no good, but r... FRED DELUCA I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd tol... ROLAND MERULLO I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray... L. FRANK BAUM There's no place like home, we say to American investors. Click your heels three times and leave it ... CARL WEINBERG There are only two places in the league - first place and no place. TOM SEAVER You signed no contract to become a parent, but the responsibilities were written in invisible ink. T... JODI PICOULT I had no interests. I had no interests in anything. I had no idea how I was going to escape. At leas... CHARLES BUKOWSKI There's something about a place you've been with someone you love. It takes on a meaning in your min... CASSANDRA CLARE Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are ... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And who ... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And w... SHEL SILVERSTEIN So maybe there is a place in your life you wear out like a rut, or even better, like the soft spot o... JODI PICOULT A lady that I know just came from Colombia. She laughed because I did not understand. She held out s... RINGO STARR There's no other place I'd rather be than at Barton. I felt like everything went well here. ANJESSA EVANS Let your actions speak LOVE. No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO We're gonna play you some songs we know and some we don't. But we're pretty good at it. We have no s... GUY CLARK There’s no stronger bulwark of sound conservatism than the evangelical church, and no better place... SINCLAIR LEWIS Devices that allow people to shoot up to 100 rounds of ammunition at one time have no place in our s... ELIZABETH ESTY No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in o... LOUISE L. HAY There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received... BRIGHAM YOUNG Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good pla... LADY GREGORY If a philosopher answers your question, you will no longer understand what you asked in the first pl... WISE I remember going to 'the Ho,' and there's no place here like [Southside Steel]. FRANK SLUTSKY In the ski universe, Taos is an American classic, no question about it. It's a place where you truly... GREG DITRINCO No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't ma... JIM VALVANO That's the funny thing – no one really knows who's going to enforce this. No one's said here's wha... DAVE NELSON That's the funny thing no one really knows who's going to enforce this. No one's said here's what... DAVE NELSON It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt l... J.D. SALINGER I missed the fairway on No. 1 and was only able to get it up there close to the green. You can get s... BEN CURTIS Get creative. Rejoice in the "no". Have a "no"-fest. Your metacommunication should be validating but... RICHARD GRANNON Arab suburbs will become ghettos and we were warned that there's no guarantee we could visit this pl... CHRIS TOWNE Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing ... HUGO HAMILTON Do you become in visible?' 'No. I'm there, if you know how to look. I stand between the place y... PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP There is a place, like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to s... LEWIS CARROLL u are my dream for which i walk through
No measure of time with you
will be long enough
so,
lets sta... RISHABH SHARMA No matter what anyone ever tells you, follow your heart because it will never lead you to the wrong ... RAGAN BRUMFIELD If you need something inspirational, just point up to the top of your vision. MAZ NO PARADISE Sad but inspirational MAZ NO PARADISE We face a new world everyday, try to understand them
and love them more than our yesterday. MAZ NO PARADISE Believe me, Dream is better than Hope
but both Combined is the best. MAZ NO PARADISE Miracle is not so far away but easy to fade away. MAZ NO PARADISE Recognize every time before doing anything
that you always do a miracle. MAZ NO PARADISE Sometime if you look up in the sky.
There is a path of your destiny. MAZ NO PARADISE There is no paradise for you or me. MAZ NO PARADISE How much does he lack himself, he who must have many things? SEN NO RIKYū How much does he lack himself who must have many things? SEN NO RIKYū Prices are rising, but not fast enough to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates. Inflation... IM NO JUNG I expect consumer spending to continue to improve. The central bank is likely to raise interest rate... IM NO JUNG The negative impact of high international oil prices was big in August. We can still expect a recove... IM NO JUNG I love you," he whispered, and that was the moment he knew what he was going to do. When you loved s... JODI PICOULT Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis complet... MAXWELL MALTZ
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