My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the world in terms of symbols, which is hard when you just want to make toast.


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LIBBA BRAY
The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-s...
LIBBA BRAY
Fate determines your caste. You must accept it and live according to the rules."
You can't real...
LIBBA BRAY
But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We can ...
LIBBA BRAY
Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good...
THOMAS BRAY
The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or U...
TIM BRAY
It allows us to get that cleanup done at no cost to the taxpayers.
BILL BRAY
When it comes to the building delays, people need to look at the long term and not just the present....
BILL BRAY
This matter will be looked into fully. The city encourages anybody who has any info on this or any o...
BILL BRAY
The city is fortunate to receive this money and help its residents improve their homes, improve the ...
BILL BRAY
Whatever they want we will provide.
BILL BRAY
When you walk off the train from New York, you see this dirt parking lot with deep ruts and tractor-...
BILL BRAY
If you come out with an idea, people will say you are putting the cart before the horse. If you do a...
BILL BRAY
[Mueller] has a bookstore but doesn't have enough room for storage.
BILL BRAY
It's great to have someone who's willing to invest in New Brunswick and who believes that New Brunsw...
BILL BRAY
They seem to be aiding and abetting the terrorists.
BILL BRAY
Many of the founding fathers either traveled through or at some point stayed here in our city.
BILL BRAY
Of course no one accused the old woman of being a witch. But she was foreign. Her words percolated u...
CARYS BRAY
She had powder on her from head to toe. You couldn't tell if she was black or white.
CAL BRAY
That way, if they come back, it's technically trespassing.
NANCY BRAY
I don't know how he practices. He has adequate speed for the position when he's healthy, and anytime...
CRAIG BRAY
Friends will always be there for the party. REAL friends will be there after the party...
BRAY LOVE
What happened (against Boise State) shows a lot. The way we came back and the way the offense marche...
TRENT BRAY
There's always someone there that you know that you can have fun with.
JUSTIN BRAY
You will be practicing with them twice a day, and they are just as good as you are. They will be jus...
JUSTIN BRAY
When we speak about fascism, we must not drift too far away from thinking about the people who colle...
MARK BRAY
How can you have too much employment, too much achievement?
BILL BRAY
The tragic irony of modern anti-fascism is that the more successful it is, the more its raison d'etr...
MARK BRAY
No. No one knows about it. Of course, some might know about it now, huh?
HARLO BRAY
The Switch Rodeo 5 - a variation of a cork was the trick that clinched it for me.
JUSTIN BRAY
It's a little scary because he hasn't shown he can make a tackle in the Big 12. That's an issue. It'...
CRAIG BRAY
That wasn't a good, healthy job in the first place.
CAL BRAY
After '85, I never set foot in there again.
CAL BRAY
We're family here. We all loved her.
NANCY BRAY
There was a mismatch of supply and demand in China before the SARS virus.
JEFF BRAY
Now, the physical part, I don't know. He hasn't shown that aggressiveness when he goes to hit you.
CRAIG BRAY
They taught me a lot. I was brought up through the system by the seniors. I've played all four years...
JAQUAN BRAY
It's difficult to still score with double-teams and box-and-ones, but it's just another test for me....
JAQUAN BRAY
Last year, I didn't do much scoring, because we had people like Leonard, Sean Glenn and J.P, but I k...
JAQUAN BRAY
It was something I looked forward to. I knew what I was coming into. I knew we lost nine seniors. I ...
JAQUAN BRAY
We do very little, including hiring staff, without involving young people in the process.
JANICE BRAY
We haven't even begun to look at structures yet.
JANICE BRAY
Rather than threats, I'm looking at opportunities.
JANICE BRAY
It's similar to going through a death. I'm just saddened. September will never be the same in this t...
JAYNE BRAY
It is difficult to have a high level of confidence about where the cell phone market is going to be ...
JEFF BRAY
People are comfortable that handset volume can grow at high single-digit rates for the next few year...
JEFF BRAY
Didn't think there could be anything worse until now.
JEFF BRAY
Indian gaming, I don't regard it as a competitive industry. Anything that helps the tribe become sel...
JEFF BRAY