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Related It never rains on the pass parade. It may rain before. It may rain after, but it never rains on the ... ROBIN ROBERTS So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it. JOHN ADAIR Yes, it will rain on their parade. There's a possibility of some heavy rains in the Pasadena area. BRAD DOYLE The total last year was about 15 inches, and that puts it down as the 15th driest year on record. So... JOSE GARCIA At this time of year, there's not an active harvest going on. This is the time of year we're expecti... DAVE KRANZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES The state average is about 11 inches below normal rainfall. There are very few places in the state t... BOB ODOM Last year we had 12 games in before our first conference game, this year we have five. But everybody... DAN MCGEE Last year we held the prom for the first time at KOA and it worked out very well so we are holding i... JEFF WURM Last winter was extremely unusual. A winter like that doesn't come around that often and this year i... BRAD DOYLE And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rain... JERRY CHIN And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rain... GILBERT K. CHESTERTON And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rain... G. K. CHESTERTON We were very upset to lose in the first round of the playoffs last year, but it happened, so we move... VINCE SORTINO This is an unsettled time of the year for us, so rainstorms are pretty common. What's not common is ... JENNIFER VIA We look at it as we?re putting on a parade for television. There are a million people on the parade ... CARYN EAVES In my first years here, we had kids who couldn't catch the ball. But they really worked at it. Last ... JOE LUSARDI Last year we were focused on going to states and this year we're more taking it one game at a time, BEN JACKSON They had a year of joy, twelve months of the strange heaven which the salmon know on beds of river s... T.H. WHITE That's kind of the way it has worked for us this year. We haven't had everybody on at the same time. DANIEL CRAMBLETT Any death is stupid from the viewpoint of whoever is undergoing it, Adam One used to say, because no... MARGARET ATWOOD We need more rain. Last year we had a lot of rain, and that really helped. KURT HARCLERODE Normally, about this time of year we lose a little (ice). But this year has been ridiculous. JOSH MINER There's no way that we could do it at this time. We had to notify the rescue groups and the vendors ... AMY ROBERTS Last year at this time we were back in the gym. We had baby goals, but we had one big goal, and this... DEANTHONY ZANDERS The campus and the community are both heavily involved in the parade and there are some pretty influ... BRIAN HICKMAN He has gotten much stronger physically and has really put a lot of time in the weight room, ... Last... SEAN BRENNAN Patrick has had some tough draws at state over the past four years. And he did it again this year, b... CRAIG OREN This is a huge, huge year for the seniors. This is the climax to something they've been dreaming abo... JIM WEIR Right now inventories are below the normal average level for this time of year. BRIAN HICKS She had a sweet, sweet 50 in the prelims last year (26.1), so that was kind of what we were chasing ... COLIN SHAHA [The high water was inevitable; this, after all, was Oregon's north coast, where 65-plus inches of r... WILLIAM WAGNER Last year was the first year we did this. We started talking about it four years ago, ... Last year,... LEE MILLER We usually have minimal slides, but everybody has had a lot of rain this year. WENDY SQUIRES It's uncomfortable for people to pursue their normal routines. It's an inconvenience. Rain brings a ... DR. MICHAEL BERNSTEIN I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but I'm a little doubtful. Most of the time when the Fed lo... FRANK GRETZ We were close last year and the year before, but couldn't quite push it over the hump. This year sho... JACK SAMUELIAN We had eight seniors last year, so leadership was taken care of. But this year was my time to step u... HERB POPE We haven't had any rain in the winter. Water supplies, especially lake supplies, are not full. They'... MIKE LANNEN We received 4.4 inches of rain, compared to a 10-year mean of 2.14 inches. AMY VANDERBILT We have to carry on those feelings we had at the end of last year and bring them into this year. JENNIFER HAMPTON I want to have a lot of fun during my senior year and hopefully get a high seed at the Open. We were... MARTELLE SIMPSON revealed the Norton, Ohio $1,000 winner. We crashed this car into the wall three or four years ago a... MARK MURPHY This year we are moving down, so I do not know who the strongest teams are, but I know both teams th... PAUL DAVIS It's hard to believe that we won the division last year and this year we're out of it. But this year... ODALIS PEREZ There's a good chance it'll rain on the parade. NOEL ISLA Yeah, the Cascade Mountains, the Sierras, the Bitterroots will probably get at least six inches, ...... MICHAEL ECKERT It would be hard to go under 3:50 this time of year. Our goal is to improve on last year's time, but... PETE BUCCINO The parade is usually my favorite part of the St. Pat's Day celebration. I helped run the parade las... BRIAN HICKMAN Our official gauge showed 4.28 inches. We have unofficial reports of six inches from some private ra... TODD MOGGED I think we should consider some relief for people, ... We did last year, and I think it ought to be ... JEB BUSH I led off our 200-free relay last year and I had a great time [swimming the 50-yard distance]. I dec... COLIN MURTAGH We're probably right close to where we should be. This year we had very little rain in February ... ... BOB BENJAMIN Since we started with Power PR, the pace of sales activity in the first three months of this fiscal ... JOEL BLETH This is the most we got this year so far. I got seven one time last year. JUSTIN HADWEN We have added nobody in the last four years to that department, ... We have an opportunity to fix a ... JOHN DALTON Two years ago was supposed to be a rebuilding year and we won it. Last year, you think we should hav... MIKE TURNER Last year we said we would take one game at a time. This time we're willing to go for it all, and ta... CHAD CARLSON This year, we have so much more offense. Last year, we made the playoffs, but got Branson in the fir... JACK MCMAHON We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Satur... GAVIN MACLEOD We thought last year we clearly won the race. We cleared the course this year and made sure we knew ... KAREL TRESNAK JR The field is lower than anything around it so it suffers from flooding every year. This year was wor... BOB FRESCHI This was a big win for us. We finished in second place in district last year, and we lost in the fir... TERRI SMITH Although this represents a significant decline, the sales pace in January is still ahead of last yea... LEONARD ZUMPANO They're way different -- the songs are way more soulful. They open up Patrick's voice a lot more. On... PETE WENTZ Far be it for me to rain on your parade. You've pissed on enough people already! ATTICA LUNDY I thought this would be a tough year for us. We had a lot of new kids and it took longer than I thou... JASON BECK It's always tough to win on the road. For the first time this year we were down at halftime. For a t... DON TRENTHAM We're back where we were last year in the quarterfinals. So we'll just go one step at a time and ... ANTHONY BRUCE Unlike other crops, which can be completely lost if rain hits at the wrong time of year, strawberrie... CAROLYN O'DONNELL We should be ranked in the state for the first time ever this year. JOE KONRAD Traditionally, our offensive line is depleted every year. Seniors usually dominate it so this is unu... TOM ALLEN We're serving a lot more people this year. We are running out of the things we normally have a good ... LINDA PATTERSON Last year, we did hand hewing of the logs with our Fall Fest, this year as we raise it, and dependin... MICHAEL STEPHAN This year I wasn't sure I could beat her. She swam the way she did last year and stuttered on the la... ARRIKA BALES We started one year ago, and have had four drives since then. At the first drive we had 33 donations... GREG ALLEN Kids do two events and have a whole lot of depth at other places, so it turns out a whole lot better... BILL DENNIS We were expecting this to be a wet weekend, and the weather forecast is still bad so it's likely to ... JARNO TRULLI We had some good years (under Hilliard), but couldn't get it done in the tournament. We had so much ... ANNE HAFELI This is our first time in the festival, and we are really looking forward to the parade. CINDI KOHLER Last year, we were still jumping around at this time. DEVRON BOSTICK The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We have some things to point to that we think are successful. We had a record number of interviews t... CYRUS MEHRI We increased this year in terms of the number of presenters. Last year we had over 40 vendors, but t... LITA SAIKI We talked before the meet about our top five average time last year in the county. Our average was 1... BOB SWANK Last year we didn't play the way we should have played all the time. But with this new secondary it ... GIBRIL WILSON We were down a little from last year, because a lot of guys are at the 'High Rollers' in (Las) Vegas... BRUCE MARSHALL The response was so great last year when we had them for the first time, we decided to bring them ba... JANET VEACH This year... when this 80 is booked, we will have sold 100 planes in China, so we are well on our wa... ROB LAIRD The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER Hopefully, we hope to break the school record in the 400 (freestyle). Last year, we were pretty clos... ANDREW TALLE Last year was definitely in the back of our minds. We had to finish it out this time. SASCHA HANSEN They make a lot of plays and feed on turnovers. Last year, they were able to do that, and this year,... BRIAN GRIESE So many people in this country have a dual loyalty. They have loyalty to America, but they also are ... TOM WOLFE Last year she wasn't really prepared, so I look at this time as the first and last time to race agai... HITOMI NIIYA They placed us in a new division this year. We haven't seen any of the schools in our division. But ... JAY CORBY It's 5,000 (employees) this year, but it could be 50 next year. This is the wrong way to go. GARY CHANDLER It is just not normal at the Cologne Rose Monday parade to be blasphemous. SIGRID KREBS When people try to rain on your parade,...pee on theirs JOSH STERN I had a lot of maintenance my first year because we had six outfielders, so there were three guys ev... KEN MACHA
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