It's a good opportunity for me, but I'm sorry it's at Brandon's expense. I've been asked to step up, but it's not just up to me. My line's looking out for me . . . making the holes.
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Related My concern is not for me, ... but for Jordan, its stability, its progress, its democracy (and) its p... KING HUSSEIN Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But Im not concerned about ... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. im the one who has to die when its time for me to die. so let me live my life the way i want to LIL WAYNE Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard... ME Just look at what is spelled: Hal Jordan BrUce Wayne Victor Stone Clark KenT... ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester... ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high. ME You hand fits in mine like its made to be but bear this in mind it was meant to be and im joining up... ONE DIRECTION My heart goes out to what everyone went through here. The main thing is that this is an opportunity ... MAURICE CARTHON ive loved an ive falllen but yet until now ive always gotten back up but ur blow to the heart has su... AMBER FAITH HUN Im not a politician and my other habits are good. Ive no enemys to reward, nor friends to sponge. Bu... ARTEMUS WARD Ive created a new drink! I'm calling it the Piñata Colada! Its sweet and tasty, but when you wake u... JOSé N. HARRIS Girls look at me up and down
and have nothing to say.
But its funny how the words come out when i wa... ISABELLA If you're looking for me to shed a tear, it's not going to happen. But I know ... that come Sunday h... PHIL MICKELSON It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must... ANTONIN ARTAUD To me its seems they (Cisco) is making organically good growth, KARRI RINTA The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise. RALPH WALDO EMERSON The best love that you can give is to love yourself, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of your fai... SHARLENE PRINCE, SHAROCK P. i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL Time's never up", she whispered, not looking at me, but at my canvas. "Just like there's always time... JENNIFER BROWN You hate to lose a guy like Takeo Spikes , but it's just a time for me to step up, make the plays he... ANGELO CROWELL When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I lov... EDMUND PHELPS Im telling you, my heart was beating in my throat over the last four holes. This is a huge opportuni... THOMAS AIKEN They tell me I have a good shot at starting but that is just talk. I got to do the same thing as I h... MIKE BROWN I've enjoyed it so far. It's a good opportunity for me, but it's not just me. It's the whole team. BOONE FREUND Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments. ELIE WIESEL I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, on... FREDDY ADU For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; b... CLAUDE MONET I couldn't let you sacrifice yourself for me." "Its not a sacrifice. My ambition has jus... MARIAH MARSDEN Excuses are most valuable to the person making them but to everyone else its foreign currency with l... DONAVAN NELSON BUTLER, MASTER SERGEANT US ARMY The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family. DARREN FLUTIE Our line blocked better and it just opened up for me. It was a hard spot to fill but I just had to s... DOUG SCOTT For me, having greek yogurt and some granola is the perfect start-up breakfast because it has many b... SHANTEL VANSANTEN I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am t... SYLVIA PLATH It just wasn't my day. Things weren't going right for me. My teammates had to step up. JAMIE BROBACK It was not a good time for me to stop because I just birdied 11 and 13, but I more than made up for ... ALASTAIR FORSYTH They've been picking me up all year. So it's good for me to help those guys out a bit. JUAN PIERRE its the passion in my heart that makes me crazy
its the passion in my learning that makes me intelli... LARISSA CONSOLAGIO It's been a tough year for me. My teammates stuck with me today. The coaches stuck with me today. It... ANTONIO GRAVES Everybody is looking at Vince Young and Reggie Bush, but to me the game will be won up front by the ... FORREST WIEGAND I’m not sorry," said Quentin. "One of them tried to take my throat away from me. With its teeth. I... SEANAN MCGUIRE We were moving the ball well, cutting and making good passes. We weren't out of control at all and i... DAVID LEAF Eat me whole, chew me up, spit me out, you've done your damage, now take a bow, you've made me sigh,... AUDRA BUKAUSKAS You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospita... GUGLIELMO MARCONI Brian has been ready for this opportunity for a long time. He's always done an outstanding job for m... DANA ALTMAN Igby was a really good opportunity for me to grow up. The cast was great. KIERAN CULKIN Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called ... ELLEN DEGENERES Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own... P. L. TRAVERS It's hard for me to imagine a Latin American country cutting off its nose to spite its face. JULIA SWEIG For me and for our family, looking at death is its glory, and an opportunity to thank God for this g... RONNENE HARRIS Sorry I had to let you go but I couldn’t hold on anymore. It kills me to let you go but its even w... MAHMOUD EL HALLAB It's time for me to step up. It's been too long. It's been long overdue. DANIEL PAILLE Out of the blue, Jason called me up one day. AMY SMITH The surrounding environment is the best erudite master to teach us fundamentals laws of nature and b... ANUJ SOMANY its more a trance, jonah said. the whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slow... NATALIE STANDIFORD My Tarkovsky idolatry was at its peak, but 'Nostalghia' really didn't do anything for me... GEOFF DYER I understand its shortcomings. But I'm going to be sorry to see it go into the Smithsonian. WAYNE HALE I wouldn't have known it was going on today but my friend called up and told me and asked me to come... PATRICK SWEENEY When I was in my teens, things were so hard for me but I never doubted myself. I had different type ... OLASOT Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Act... THOMAS JANE Cam disappears at the end of 'Rapture.' It was the only way for me to say good-bye to him at... LAUREN KATE I just like winning every tournament that I play. All of them are important for me. Each has its own... NEYMAR To me at least was never evening yet
But seemed far beautifuller than its day. ROBERT BROWNING After a minute, I look up and the boy named Leo is staring at me. I stare back, but he doesn´t look... MIA SHERIDAN It's not me who's stuck here with you, But its you whos stuck here with me. NICOLE MEYER I like the broken up ones, I like to saw holes in them and look inside of them, ... When it comes to... JACK HORNER Looking for the ass on its very back. CHINESE PROVERBS What stood out for me, and I think for everybody, was the fuel expense. It was expected to be higher... CAMERON DOERKSEN It's been a pretty good spring. Coach Steele has been working with me on my vision, my technique. I'... LAWRENCE TIMMONS My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns. And ... LALU PRASAD YADAV The United Way is gearing up its annual campaign. This is a nice way for me to see where those kinds... RICHARD NELSON A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b... MAX PLANCK Radiation is a serious matter, but for me its effects are like water off a duck's back. EDUARD PAZUKHIN dont read my diary when im gone, ok im going to work now , when you wake up please read my diary, lo... KURT COBAIN I feel good. The last three or four days have been positive. For me, to come in here everyday, I jus... RICK ANKIEL If you can develop this ability to see what you look at, to understand its meaning, to readjust your... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it ha... MOUSTAPHA AKKAD "A doctor once told me, just because i have the power to save a persons life, its not always my deci... /USER/STUART+STOKES/MY_QUOTES/1 My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication. UMA THURMAN The market is obviously buying the higher-than-expected headline but for me its still looks expensiv... NEIL MANSER My team needed me out there to get some things done. At halftime I just told them it's time for me t... CARMELO ANTHONY Jason does a good job for us and I think he'll tell you we had some guys up front who were opening u... DOUG BALDWIN Teach me, Father, how to go Softly as the grasses grow; Hush my soul to meet the shock Of t... EDWIN MARKHAM I love Spain for its landscapes and weather, so I am happy to make my debut at the Vuelta, ... I suf... MAGNUS BACKSTEDT One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since... CY YOUNG I'm not looking for pity. The funny thing is, people still come up to me and apologize. I always lau... MATT BERRY There is a little chubby kid in me just waiting to bust out. I usually go running but am looking for... JASON EARLES Use filmmaking for a greater purpose, than to just entertain some drowsy minds. Wake the whole world... ABHIJIT NASKAR I don't have to understand the in and out of you. I have to understand when its time for me to get o... SUSIE L HILL Shes been the biggest nightmare for me. Ive lost to her the most than any other player. MEGHANN SHAUGHNESSY When I went up to Michigan State, its presentation was more aggressive than Kent State and academics... DAVID WILLIAMS The best thing you've ever done for me…is to help me take my life less seriously…’cuz its only... INDIGO GIRLS The best thing you've ever done for me
is to help me take my life less seriously
cuz its only li... INDIGO GIRLS Some people say, ‘Do not judge the book by its cover!’ Well, I say not to judge at all. People c... TOBA BETA I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here. LAUREN MYRACLE You Can Shut Me Out...But You Can Not Shut Me Up! I Broke My Silence! PATTY RASE HOPSON The letter was destroyed, but its final paragraph is inside of me. She wrote, I wish I could be a gi... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Im okay Im okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause im telling you the trut... GERARD WAY A&L is obviously looking for some tie-up to secure its long-term future, ... but it's much more diff... DAVID LISTON "The Lesson": Yes, my fretting, Frowning child, I could cross The room to you More easily. But Ive a... CAROL PEARSON
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THOMAS JEFFERSON Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you w... THOMAS JEFFERSON To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbeliev... THOMAS JEFFERSON Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. THOMAS JEFFERSON While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work Plato's R... THOMAS JEFFERSON Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities. THOMAS JEFFERSON Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he... THOMAS JEFFERSON In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by renderi... THOMAS JEFFERSON I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. THOMAS JEFFERSON It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the... THOMAS JEFFERSON I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending t... THOMAS JEFFERSON The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. THOMAS JEFFERSON The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. THOMAS JEFFERSON Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nati... THOMAS JEFFERSON It is the trade of lawyers to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour. THOMAS JEFFERSON When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. THOMAS JEFFERSON An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, ... THOMAS JEFFERSON I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of m... THOMAS JEFFERSON Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then mo... THOMAS JEFFERSON The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that o... THOMAS JEFFERSON Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour. THOMAS JEFFERSON Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under a... THOMAS JEFFERSON It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate -- to surmount every difficult... THOMAS JEFFERSON Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolish... THOMAS JEFFERSON He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time t... THOMAS JEFFERSON The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and ... THOMAS JEFFERSON The sovereign invigorator of the body is exercise, and of all the exercises walking is the best. THOMAS JEFFERSON Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. THOMAS JEFFERSON We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by th... THOMAS JEFFERSON