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Related I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN I'm so proud of what they accomplished out there. They're a very well-coached team out there. This i... LORI CRUNK Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER The mood is very good and very relaxed. However, having seen them play so well it has given us a lit... FREDERIC MICHALAK There are a number of our players who will play on April 9, so it would be difficult for them to tra... WENDELL DOWNSWELL She is very well-known and well-respected. She became so well-known for giving back her time through... DEBORAH SEXTON Even though 4-1 looks to be a very good result, the tie is still open. There will be a very difficul... ENZO MARESCA We have had so many injuries and our schedule is very tough. Every time we go out on the court, we h... JAKE PALLUZZI It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic. DEBASISH MRIDHA The man held himself still and turned his milk-flooded eyes on her. Fin felt something like vertigo ... A.S. PETERSON I thought Carson came out well and made it very difficult for us to what we wanted to do. They are w... KYLE SCHELLIN A dead heart is a dead life; keep your heart alive; let your heart beat for something unique! ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS You've heard location, location, location? Well, affordable housing is subsidy, subsidy, subsidy. JAMIE ROSS It is difficult every year to select one winner in each category because there are so many people wh... KAY VANDERVORT This is my last one, so it feels good to play well. It's just time to quit. I have about eight par-5... CHARLES COODY I will be very grateful that I get to go out and play a song and get well paid for it. KATHY VALENTINE A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I would say a big event on the San Andreas would do awful things to Fort Bragg, because it is so clo... DOROTHY MERRITTS In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA That was the play of the game. It was raining, the grass was wet, and when you have wet synthetic tu... YULIESKI GOURRIEL Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult. FRIDA KAHLO How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a sour... CARLOS GHOSN As a team they're coached very well, they play very well together, and we just have to be ready for ... DAN OPPLAND Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER In a place like Fort Bragg, where there are 50,000 people, there is a much better chance of developi... DENNIS ORTHNER The more I reviewed the situation, the more I kept coming back to the realization that it was time f... LYNN HICKEY The medical professionals have given so much of their time and expertise to the clinic that we wante... BOBBY MCGEE We knew our defense would be a strong point but I don't know if we thought they would play that well... BART TOOLEY A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music. DEREK BAILEY From the standpoint of a professional atmosphere and a job, it would be very difficult to come back ... DOUG CHRISTIE That result will cost us a six figure payout but we have done well out of the elimination of Italy, ... GRAHAM SHARPE We're playing well so far. Of course, there is always room for improvement, but they have been worki... LORI JOHNSON An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well. RICHARD FLANAGAN Oh yeah . . . well, I do my own things always. I spend a lot of time out of camp, so it is not going... BEN KERSTEN You still have fun, but you hate to go out and play so well for a couple of days, then play so poorl... CRAIG STADLER Just as a precaution, we wanted to have tests to make sure he checks out well. All the test results ... DANNY FERRY We knew they were athletic and William Thomas (33 points) is very good, so this is a good game for o... BOB KRIZANCIC All's well that carries on well AMIT ABRAHAM The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it VOLTAIRE Well, the very fact that no one's ever done it is testimony to how difficult it is. It's almost impo... ARA PARSEGHIAN Those of us who are heterosexual need to say this very clearly: It is not fair that we have given ou... LIZ FIGUEROA It all seems to be coming together at the right time for us. We've been able to play well in back-to... JOE HILLOCK Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga... GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception. DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire! DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y... GARY F EVANS... If one of our kids wins an event, your looking at a potential All-American. What we really want is f... KIP JANVRIN It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also com... GIAN CARLO MENOTTI The operation went well and I hope to be back in around eight weeks' time. I have been told that tha... ASHLEY COLE That's a record that has been there for a while. It goes back to the mid-80s and has stood the test ... ANDY LANDERS The difficult parts is that the (middle-aged kids) feel they are put in a position where they have t... MARC FREEDMAN It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used, than a powerful one that is idle. BRYANT MCGILL Jay, who buried his grandfather earlier today, came out and played so well, showed so much heart; it... JASON CALABRESE It was very difficult for that manned tower to actually see there because of the lighting. The light... FRED SCALETTA We don't have a visible or very prevalent epidemic. It's very much a silent epidemic...Of course if ... MAHA AON You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR So when you get about 20 coaches — most of whom have done very well — together, it is like a reu... VINCE DOOLEY They are a good team. They have a seasoned coach and are a very disciplined team. They execute the o... DWIGHT RAWLINGS I definitely think I'm one of those guys [who can play well at game time]. I've done it day in and d... JOEY GRAHAM I think Bainbridge is a very good and solid team, well-coached. I think that we'll have to play well... ERIK WIKER [The incident was] a clear attack on UNHCR as well as on the bus, ... And that's very demoralizing f... DENNIS MCNAMARA The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. RALPH WALDO EMERSON 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have ... DON MARQUIS A little time can help you to make a great impact, therefore you should never despise few minutes. D... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Vieira was a great player, very physical and helped us in the middle of the park, but we've been wor... FREDDIE LJUNGBERG That was a very impressive win for Blackhawk last week. They've gotten better and better each game. ... DAVE VESTAL It could be difficult for them to gain much headway given all the competition out there, especially ... GREG CARLSON It is asking a lot to send them in against India and players who play spin-bowling very well. DUNCAN FLETCHER Reading off a Teleprompter is an easy skill to do passably well and a difficult skill to do very wel... CHRIS HAYES When one is young, aspiring to play for the country, doing well, any hindrance, like injury or being... YUVRAJ SINGH It's to get the education out there to dispel the myth that everybody is doing it. (Middle school-ag... DIANNA WALSTON Butler is so talented and defend very well. It was a great victory for us because it proves that we ... GEORGE WILLIAMS Texas Tech is a very talented team. We will have to play extremely well to win, but I don't think in... JAMES FERGUSON Tommy is a very good player, with good speed that can be deceiving. He's very tricky on the ice, and... JIM DAKIN It was good to get everybody a fair amount of playing time. We came out and shot the ball pretty wel... DAN REGNIER Martina Navratilova is an incredible person who has done so much for our sport. Venus and Serena are... ZINA GARRISON Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance; that is better than to play difficult pieces b... ROBERT SCHUMANN I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me. DANA TORRES I wasn't thinking I was out of it at all. I didn't play very well in the first set, he broke me on s... CALEB CROWDER It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of sta... STEPHEN BAYLEY We have to play well. Batavia is very good. They are loaded year in and year out. ANDREW STACY We weren't thinking about it too much. We just have to go out and play. You have to play well to adv... ED PULTZ
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