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CHASE TIDWELL either you get eaten by a wolf today or else the shepherd saves you from the wolf so he can sell you... OGDEN NASH I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know ... GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know ... GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. SIGMUND FREUD We can't panic. It will be an uphill climb for us. We feel we're still in there. We get a win next w... HANK FRALEY To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its ... CLIFF SHAW The water would rise in the road and along the ditch out front, not in our yards. And now we get flo... FRED BALL It's got quite a bit of damage around its head area and is flexing in an unnatural manner. 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HARRY SHAFER Traveling comes with its positives and its negatives. I think we are more focused when we travel. It... CHARLIE KENDRICK The total for the year is only 19.46 inches. Of this amount, only .13 of an inch fell in December on... STUART CHILTON It's all about getting wins. We're 1-4 -- there's a great sense of urgency. Our back is against the ... WILKY BAZILE The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK When one farm reaches the end of its ideal productive period, we go to another. JOSé ROBERTO PRADO Anywhere in the United States, people underestimate water and its strength. It doesn't take that muc... BRAD DOYLE I think the Government has got itself into such a state with its energy policy that raising coal pro... CHARLES KERNOT Whenever you get to the desert, an inch is a significant amount of rain and that is not normal. BRAD DOYLE We'll just get up a little earlier, watch the (video) from the game, have our meeting and go from th... MIKE SHANAHAN
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