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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.


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MICHAEL KEATON It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it.
DEYTH BANGER When he fell, I was the first one to jump down and help him. He stood up, his eyes just got wide and...
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BOB KENNEY It is a lie.
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DAISY CASTRO It's tricky to say when something like this could jump from proof of concept to being out in the wil...
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EARL HEINTZ She's got a big body and she knows how to use it. She's really experienced and knows when to run, wh...
KAROLINA PIOTRKIEWICZ When I asked him which leg he jumped off of in the high jump, he said it doesn't matter. I knew that...
JASON GOINGS I not often like the begining of something it has it owns doubts, loses and failures. But the end is...
DEYTH BANGER It's just one jump, so anything can happen. If we can come out and jump like I know we can, then thi...
DAVE JARRETT Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
RAY BRADBURY Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall
RAY BRADBURY It's basically Doug [Wiggins] and four new starters. It shows not only how good he is, but how good ...
ANTHONY MENARD Clarke has already had a hell ride, and he is still looking for one, he is still not sure if it is t...
APURVA GAGLANI We need programs that will teach athletes how to spell "jump shot" rather than how to shoot it.
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"What?" Six shouted incredulously. It was hundreds of meters to the concr...
JACK HEATH Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Dejuan needs to work on getting off his jump shot during games. He has a soft touch, but he does not...
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GARY F EVANS... He doesn't care what it looks like. He just wants to jump he loves it.
AMARA PACKWOOD He doesn't care what it looks like. He just wants to jump — he loves it.
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TED TURNER It is (a huge jump), but it's not unheard of.
ED LEGGE Curtis showed how high he can jump. They all did what they can do.
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JEFF BLAUSER When jumping is the sole option, you jump, and try to make it work.
BRANDON MULL I didn't know how he would develop. He didn't really have a jump shot. He was efficient around the b...
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MAE WEST You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.
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CHELSEA M. CAMERON Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
FINLEY PETER DUNNE Kevin would have to wait at least six months to get a British title shot but if he beats Okine it wi...
DAVID BARNES Greg is a streaky player anyway, and he knows he has the green light to keep penetrating and taking ...
KELLY EVERHART It is very unlikely that it would maintain that kind of case mortality rate if it made the jump.
STANLEY LEMON If you want to be a different fish, jump out of school.
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SANDRA K. COOK It will jump the falls, sometimes.
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BOB MCCLURE How did you jump off the cathedral roof and not die?" - Clary Fray
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DARREN BOYD If the Kremlin does not jump of top of this trend, someone else will.
ALEXEI MAKARKIN It was a little hard not to jump up and down.
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ANUBHAV MISHRA I knew what kind of fitness I was in, and I knew I wasn't ready to make it a four or five-minute jum...
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JOAN ALLEN The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
SITTING BULL The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it
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DEDRICK D. L. PITTER The bigger the ‘flat’ [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the ‘flat’ is worth six hu...
DADA BHAGWAN He was the first one to jump in and help whenever help was needed.
JANICE JACKSON It's not a big jump. But it's a jump.
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ANSEL ELGORT I have great artistry, I can spin well, I have good footwork, and I can jump. I can do the quad jump...
JEREMY ABBOTT Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
FINLEY PETER DUNNE 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It'...
KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the ...
ELIOT NESS I did not know the woman soul, that crowning gift of Providence to man, which, if we do not ourselve...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE SR. I told Caleb on the quarterback sneak to just jump over my head and he did it.
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