It was a dream, not a nightmare, a beautiful dream I could never imagine in a thousand nods. There was a girl next to me who wasn't beautiful until she smiled and I felt that smile come at me in heat waves following, soaking through my body and out my finger tips in shafts of color and I knew somewhere in the world, somewhere, that there was love for me.
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There was a lot of speculation focused on them finding someone who fit... BILL CARROLL NBC is struggling and executives have to be disappointed. Maybe two 'Apprentice' shows were at least... BILL CARROLL NBC has to be a bit disappointed with numbers for Martha Stewart. They probably hoped it would do a ... BILL CARROLL Advertisers for the Super Bowl tend to be willing to pay a reasonable premium to reach a special aud... BILL CARROLL In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering r... CARROLL O'CONNOR If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because every... LEWIS CARROLL If you don't know where you are going any road can take you there LEWIS CARROLL I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see. LEWIS CARROLL I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. LEWIS CARROLL have i gone mad? im afraid so, but let me tell you something, the best people usualy are. LEWIS CARROLL If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later. LEWIS CARROLL If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does. LEWIS CARROLL Curiouser and curiouser! LEWIS CARROLL But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can’t help that," said t... LEWIS CARROLL Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop... LEWIS CARROLL Why is a raven like a writing desk? LEWIS CARROLL It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties... JONATHAN CARROLL Use a condom. The world doesn't need another you. CARROLL BRYANT When they first started doing these, ... a lot of women would kiss the envelopes with lipstick just ... ANDREW CARROLL This is the historical record. These are the eyewitnesses to these events, so no one can ever say th... ANDREW CARROLL You get a sense that the letter-writer is in a groove, pouring out these words that give you insight... ANDREW CARROLL I think the writing for this book is extraordinary. And that's why we call it 'Above and Beyond,' be... ANDREW CARROLL It draws us into their story. There is that sense of mystery, of what was that person thinking and w... ANDREW CARROLL No toy stores here. This flag represents America and makes me proud each time I see it. ANDREW CARROLL The thing about this festival that I love is that it brings people from all walks of life together f... ANDREW CARROLL There's youth in our locker room, but a lot of us aren't that young. We're 19, 20 or 21. We have goo... ANDREW CARROLL This is a passion I work on seven days a week, ... I'm in this for life. ANDREW CARROLL I've called these letters pages out of our national autobiography. ANDREW CARROLL I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my b... DIAHANN CARROLL In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to cooperati... CARROLL QUIGLEY I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The nex... CARROLL SHELBY While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should ... LEWIS CARROLL Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero. CARROLL O'CONNOR Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were ... CARROLL O'CONNOR I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishin... CARROLL O'CONNOR Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor tha... CARROLL BAKER Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-... LEWIS CARROLL Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. LEWIS CARROLL The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the ... LEWIS CARROLL I always thought they were fabulous monsters!" said the Unicorn. "Is it alive?" "It can talk," ... LEWIS CARROLL I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it c... LEWIS CARROLL I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he does, whether he's a vice presi... CARROLL O'CONNOR If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. LEWIS CARROLL May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world. JONATHAN CARROLL This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy ... CARROLL QUIGLEY