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Our family and friends are praying for a miracle but are also preparing for the worst and making arrangements for organ donation.


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SHANNON FLAHERTY I thank the family for the organ donation. I got my sight back.
DUANE DOWNING What will make you a star is in you
SOTONYE ANGA Somehow we have a lot of hope still. We're praying for a miracle, and we are asking for a miracle, a...
TOM SMART You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for...
JADE HAJJ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We are praying for them and their family.
KIM ADAMS Finding him was a miracle. I'm just praying for one more miracle. I hope I can find my sister and th...
DONNA SMITH Selfish people look for success and are in great majority with good bonhomie, but others who crave f...
ANUJ SOMANY One Heart! One Mind! One Team! One Dream! One Goal! One Soul! That's how we roll!
MARCUS MAYO (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, ...
FLORENCE HENDERSON A person who is totally dedicated to own family can think merely about the money and materials for a...
ANUJ SOMANY Memorial service arrangements are still being made, and his friends and family would appreciate priv...
DENNIS DENNEHY History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We are also praying for t strength of the peso since only 5 percent of our capital is equity [and 95...
CYRIL DEL CALLAR Best friends are there for you. But what if they are making you think they are and they are there fo...
GARY F EVANS... If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste...
GARY F EVANS... Ants can carry twenty times their own body weight, which is useful information if you're moving out ...
RON DARIAN The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday
CHRISTOPHER FUDGE is a broken man an outlaw?"

"More or less." Brienne answered.

Septon Meribald ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The summer sun continued to rise in the sky and propel shocks of heat down on the city and the heavy...
HUBERT SELBY JR. For your friends and family, you are always a champion, but for the media and sponsors, not until yo...
GAGAN NARANG Some friends are worth more than gold. Some friends are worth crying for. Some friends are worth pra...
SALLY A ACQUAH Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Mortals search for what they are unable to give, what they lack within themselves.
EMMA RAVELING She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser...
J.D. SALINGER Since meeting with Mr. Pym was the responsibility of the current Lord Ramsay, Cam bullied Leo into a...
LISA KLEYPAS Father said I have no sense of humor at all. He said I was unequipped to meet life because I have no...
J.D. SALINGER You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all ...
J.D. SALINGER He said I was unequipped to meet life because I had no sense of humor.
J.D. SALINGER Written in ink, in German, in a small, hopelessly sincere handwriting, were the words "Dear God, lif...
J.D. SALINGER I think we're preparing for the worst,
BETH JONES You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them.
JEFFREY FRY But don't ever forget: adultery is also biblical grounds for forgiveness, healing, and restoration.
CRAIG GROESCHEL We are waiting for a miracle. For this community this is tough, most have a family member down there...
DELIA BALTAZAR Hold onto one thought: You're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying w...
RAY BRADBURY That in itself is a major accomplishment. But we have also remained friends and are still married to...
JAMES BRADLEY Thank you all very much. We love you all and are praying for you like you are praying for us.
ANNETTE JOHNSON To see my New Orleans in the state she is in is my worst nightmare. We are all praying for our exten...
AARON NEVILLE It looks bad. They're preparing for the worst.
BOB SLAUGHTER Friends are the Family we Create for Ourselves.
LORRIN L. LEE Friends are the family we choose for ourselves
EDNA BUCHANAN Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for sever...
JOHN PEREZ The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity,...
STEVEN COJOCARU Are you living for the things you are praying for?
AUSTIN PHELPS Keeping what you have is hard like searching for what you've lost.
AULIQ ICE When I was preparing for the film for tree weeks, with David Cronenberg, I had a lady friend come ov...
JOHN LONE The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but wha...
STEPHEN R. COVEY That cat was a spy. You had to take a pot shot at it. It was a very clever German midget dres...
J.D. SALINGER It was a star," Mrs. Whatsit said sadly. "A star giving up its life in battle with the Thing. It won...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE It is not the first time that we are making security arrangements for the Republic Day celebrations....
BK GUPTA I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China."
"That expression has never made sense to m...
LISA KLEYPAS It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn'...
UNKNOWN We should be ready for a change.
DEYTH BANGER Did you see more glass?
J.D. SALINGER She was a girl who for a ringing phone dropped exactly nothing. She looked as if her phone had been ...
J.D. SALINGER We are very grateful for this donation,
JUSTIN MURPHY My plans for the off season are to travel and spend time with family and friends.
DANTE HALL Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.
WAYNE W. DYER Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner.
ERBLIN VUKAJ Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians.
SUNDAY ADELAJA If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar...
APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ...
GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA call it chicken salad
SARAH DESSEN Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s...
SARAH DESSEN Most humans, in varying degrees, are already dead. In one way or another they have lost their dreams...
OG MANDINO We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on l...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY These are unlikely subjects for a one-day miracle, ... but the stakes are high and we are determined...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT It didn't swell up overnight like they say an ACL does, but we are hoping for the best and preparing...
ED SUSI We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she...
DON BUEHNER Wishing and hoping and praying are poor excuses for action.
DENNIS A. PEER I have family and friends who are strong Cardinal fans, and they are having a tough time since I sig...
BEN ZOBRIST I come across too much material on "how to make a man want you", "how to make a man commit", "how to...
C. JOYBELL C. We are not preparing for the world we live in - we are preparing for the world we find ourselves in.
MICHAEL MABEE Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.
CHARLES M. SCHULZ I just kind of keep track of the dogs that are in all the animal shelters. They (Friends for Life) s...
ALLISON REED we are a god one people but we do praying at different and different gods for self.
ABHIMANYU KUMAR For us these remains are very symbolic, but the authorities are crushing our culture and making a di...
JUAN CERON Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
RICHARD CECIL Every single one of you are on my friend list as a result of a conscious decision. I am not only gla...
FEMALE IMAGINATION There's a lot of disappointment and sadness for David and his family, obviously.
ALAN CHVOTKIN Icons are our windows into the Kingdom of Heaven, transporting us beyond our brokenness and helping ...
CORNELIA MERCHANT Give God a break: work for what you are praying for.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.
ALFRED ADLER The extremely low level of organ donation in Australia is leaving hundreds of people young and old l...
ANNE WILSON Obviously, it's a tragedy for the family and friends of this individual. Train tracks are not places...
BOB SULLIVAN Don’t lose yourself in the process of caring for others. Don’t overdo it as if you don’t need ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The swimmers are excited to perform at home and have family and friends see them at the state level....
ELYCE KASTIGAR Instead of doing ‘Af-for-mations’ where you are praying FOR something, do ‘Af-FROM-mations’ ...
DEREK RYDALL There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that ...
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON The president looks forward to going to India, he looks forward to going to Pakistan, we are making ...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN We are waiting for a miracle.
DELIA BALTAZAR We are waiting for a miracle.
ELI GROSSMAN Only once you destroy who you think you are can you embrace who you truly are.
SOMAN CHAINANI Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as t...
ELLEN OCHOA I reminded them they are not alone, ... The churches in Chicago are praying for them and they are ta...
JOSEPH ALLEN Other concerns are snakes and bugs, ... It's 92 degrees with 100 percent humidity. They are praying ...
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