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Smaller markets teams, when you hit bottom, you hit with a thud.


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Or you will unexpectedly hit rock bottom!
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RACHEL CAINE Didn't hit enough fairways, that was the bottom line all week really,
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And meanwhile you work hard to hit real quick.
HARSHVARDHAN MALPANI You set it, You hit it!
And meanwhile you work hard to hit real quick.
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If he can't hit you he can't hurt you
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KATHY BURKE You can hit it with a hammer, and it absorbs the blow.
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BILLY CRYSTAL I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.
BILLY JOEL Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.
BILLY ROSE A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
BILLY JOEL Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the wor...
BILLY GRAHAM Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
BILLY GRAHAM Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they...
BILLY GRAHAM Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
BILLY WILDER You look marvelous.
BILLY CRYSTAL An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles ...
BILLY WILDER I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.
BILLY WILDER They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rat...
BILLY JOEL There's nothing better than good sex. But bad sex? A peanut butter and jelly sandwich is better than...
BILLY JOEL Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.
BILLY CRYSTAL I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves. 'Cause I'll always miss her wherever she goes. And I...
BILLY CORGAN I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
BILLY JOEL What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the ...
BILLY CORGAN