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Sydney has taken my money, Melbourne has my respect, but Adelaide has taken my heart; I shall return.


Miriam Margolyes

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BIBLE God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
BARBARA LYNN Never mistrust the rabbit who has taken your money. It might return with a carrot.
DR. KYACISS PFIELL It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON I have been looking after the children. My wife has taken time off.
DAVID GINOLA Melbourne is my type of city, much more so than Sydney.
MORRIS GLEITZMAN It's not an easy decision because tennis has been my life. But I've taken this decision with my head...
CONCHITA MARTINEZ Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.
ROBINSON JEFFERS My spirit is free. My heart is taken.
CRYSTAL WOODS The sport has pretty much taken over my life. I love it because you're not competing with anyone but...
LOGAN WHITE My colleagues and I were quite surprised that the FDA has taken such an extreme position.
CHARLES HENNEKENS My colleagues and I were quite surprised that the FDA has taken such an extreme position,
CHARLES HENNEKENS Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was.
TINY TIM Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.
His name, as I ought to have told you before,
Is reall...
T.S. ELIOT You don't know what in reality has happen...!?
DEYTH BANGER God has made us as pawns... when he is bored of playing with us on the playground he just remove us....
DEYTH BANGER Curran's whore comes to visit us," Jarek said in accented English.

The three men laughed ...
ILONA ANDREWS My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and tha...
ZOE KRAVITZ All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken ...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
SADIE FROST Money comes with a price, and for me, the price is both freedom and a real life.
SAVI SHARMA It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything.
RENE COTY Like a kite cut from the string, lightly the soul of my youth has taken flight
ISHIKAWA TAKUBOKU Everything has gone beyond my expectations. I've had a great summer, and the fans have been tremendo...
JENNIE FINCH Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to k...
DAKOTA GOYO My position has not changed, but I see that the position taken by the premier is rapidly converging ...
ROMANO PRODI It’s taken years, but part of my own personal growth has involved deciding that I can learn someth...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE The problem was the mask... couldn't be taken off... so much time has been on my face...
DEYTH BANGER teacher:"I'm teacher, not because i want to teach children something. I am teacher just because I li...
MY TEACHER I'm always the girl at the party who, within five minutes, has taken my heels off, hitched up my...
SADIE FROST I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
ANON. While I'm generally silent on the affairs of my biological mother, her recent tirade has taken a...
FRANCES BEAN COBAIN I've always played well in Sydney. Hopefully, I can get some matches there under my belt before goin...
LLEYTON HEWITT Do you ever feel guilty?” she asked, clutching a flower to her chest.

“Yes,” I repl...
MICHAEL FAUDET I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mi...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD I have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me.
WINSTON CHURCHILL I think that money has changed my sport.
BILL TOOMEY People earn their respect. Tony has earned my respect. He has earned every ounce of the respect he h...
MARK MARTIN I suffer panic attacks which has made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicte...
ELLIE GOULDING I don't think people always believe my brother's genuineness. He cares about people; he wants to hel...
DAVE TRESSEL I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put...
JACKIE GLEASON Science is interesting... Albert Eistein has said that he believe in religion, and he has said "Scie...
DEYTH BANGER There outside there is a lot of stuff which you learn, the clock illusion, that you live in the past...
DEYTH BANGER My Message is already out, what has left is to go and to do your part of the work.
DEYTH BANGER My work has taken a quantum leap in the complexity of what I can do. Enhanced creativity comes along...
ALISON GOSS Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD My brain has always governed my heart" Sherlock Holmes
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RICHARD PAYNE I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
WINSTON CHURCHILL All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
ANDRE BRETON He has been taking it on the advice of a dermatologist. And he has had very good success and he feel...
DAVID MULDER I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on a...
MICHAEL MOORE It has taken stealth and some underhandedness. It has taken clarity of purpose when the moment calle...
LISA MOORE We have already taken a step that nobody else has taken.
GLENN BRANK One by one, my sons were taken from me, ... Saddam took away my sons, he took away half of my heart.
HASSAN ALI My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as an...
HAMISH BOWLES Jamie has taken control there.
BOB LETSCH It has taken some time,
GERALD GREENWALD You've always had me ... and my heart. My soul. Everything. I wish it hadn't taken this long for me ...
J.R. WARD I know he has taken his lumps but you can't count him out.
JEREMY CRABTREE I have never been one who has sat back and taken all the accolades when the team has gone well. I th...
RICKY PONTING The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.
SANDRA BULLOCK You want to take all my money slow with success, so far you have taken 120$ and they aren't return b...
DEYTH BANGER Money has never been my primary goal.
BRYAN CRANSTON Living in Sydney, I've taken the chance to start surfing again. One of my best memories of growi...
MARKUS ZUSAK The decision I've made has come from my heart. That's me, to follow my heart.
CRAIG STEVENS Owning the Blues has taken its toll on my family. Seeing all of the fans leaving in tears after anot...
BILL LAURIE I deeply regret her response to my request for the court to decide what's best for our children has ...
CHARLIE SHEEN Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending...
RAND PAUL Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
WINSTON CHURCHILL My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today.
RICHARD ADAMS My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON I hate having my picture taken.
ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my photograph taken.
E. L. JAMES Science has given us the truth but taken away our tranquillity.
AMIT KALANTRI MONEY HAS TRIGGERED THE PEACE OF MY MIND
MARKHANDEYA On the first floor, the first rule of a rumor was humor.
PAWAN MISHRA Jo? Look at me. I’m about to do something really f**king stupid. When I do this, I need you to rem...
SHERRILYN KENYON Gospel of the Kingdom has not been fully expanded upon to this generation of believers
SUNDAY ADELAJA You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson...
DEYTH BANGER My television and movie career has also taken me all over the world. I've had great times in the...
LARRY HAGMAN As this transition has taken place, it's taken away the summer spike in unemployment.
GORDON KETTLE I don't expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go f...
ROONE ARLEDGE It has taken me so long to understand my skin, but the formula that works best for me is, gentle and...
ELSA HOSK Throughout my life I have taken detours in acting and writing, but art remains my abiding passion.
GLORIA VANDERBILT He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.
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CYNTHIA MCKINNEY I am . . . excited to return to Ames. Iowa State University has been great to my family.
CODY SANDERSON This really has taken me by surprise.
ANGELA HUNT The political rhetoric has taken its toll.
ASHISH THADHANI Their reputation has taken a huge plunge,
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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.
BIDZINA IVANISHVILI What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my con...
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