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BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN I held you in my hands, Wanderer, and you were beautiful.
STEPHENIE MEYER Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
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STEPHENIE MEYER I say, look at the melons on that lass,” Ian exclaimed, his gaze now on the TV. “And hung like a...
JEANIENE FROST Your mum pounced on her and started sucking away. Would’ve been arousing if not for all the scream...
JEANIENE FROST Christ girl, Ι wasn't even going to bite you. Well, not the way you're thinking."
"I'm flatte...
JEANIENE FROST QPR has not sacked Ian but we are concerned about recent performances and the effect the speculation...
GIANNI PALADINI Our software is not specific to any one piece of legislation. But, if you look at all the legislatio...
ED THOMAS The hearing is going to give Internet companies a chance to testify before Congressman Smith puts th...
BRAD DAYSPRING Ian Hislop is going to be the new Doctor Who.
PAUL MERTON Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge?
GERRY ADAMS This legislation is so weak it's embarrassing.
CHELLIE PINGREE The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by passing series of draconian laws and it seems w...
ARZAK KHAN Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits ...
MATT TAIBBI And then we jerked to a stop. Jared was blocking the exit. "Have you lost your mind, Ian?" he asked,...
STEPHENIE MEYER As I swallowed the last bite of my bagel, my fear gave way to anger. “And just what the hell did h...
LISA SHEARIN You do that, and I take back every nasty thing I've ever said about you."
He grinned, his mood ...
JEANIENE FROST Charles, mate, you fret too much. I'm a grown man, I am, and I can blood my handle."
"Handle yo...
JEANIENE FROST Ian was the kind of smart that makes your straight A student look like she’d drown in a wet paper ...
MATT K. TURNER Ian was too Captain America for my taste.
GLORIA CRAW We feel like the elected officials in the House and the Senate should be the ones looking at this le...
HEATHER WILLIAMS Ian (Thorpe) is now in the top three most recognized sports stars in Japan behind Tigers Woods and D...
DAVE FLASKAS Representative Ney should be promoting legislation to clean up Congress and his own House, not legis...
JOAN CLAYBROOK For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should ha...
MICHAEL KORDA Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
-Ian Fleming
SWAPNA RAJPUT For the last month, people have taken a dim view of US legislation, so today's news is welcome relie...
CHARLES WILSON Ian Scott played as well as anyone on our defense.
LOVIE SMITH I think what Ian said has a lot of merit,
JAMES SUTHERLAND He visualized that (Ian) would kill his sister, stab her in the back,
JOHN BRADFORD Jealous, O’Shea?"
"Actually… I am.
STEPHENIE MEYER Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destr...
MICHAEL CRICHTON I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket...
DIANA GABALDON I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket...
DIANA GABALDON Losing Sarah and my boy was the hardest thing I've ever lived through. But even then, you see, I kne...
JENNIFER ASHLEY Samuel McDermott or not, I was Ian McDermott, and the way I saw life was the way I'd live life.
MICHAEL HARMON I'll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan.
DAVID BOWIE The president only has so much influence over the economy and legislation.
ANGEL MATA If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless
JOHN HUME It was nice to see the first time experience from Jordan and Ian to contribute to the team score.
JOAN RACHETTO As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislat...
THOMAS SOWELL It really is breathtaking how over the top and how much they overreached with that legislation. Tom ...
DOUGLAS RIVLIN The trouble with Ian is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.
ROSAMOND LEHMAN Whenever there is news of a terrible shooting, I wonder why America has so miserably failed to enact...
JON MEACHAM The clock ticks and time runs out. Our founding fathers wanted to make it hard to pass legislation a...
ERIC JOHNSON I created Batman about 10 years before Ian Fleming created James Bond.
BOB KANE Ian Fleming was my cousin, you know. He was in naval intelligence.
CHRISTOPHER LEE Mark made Ian stay behind in training and work at his game.
STEVE COPPELL Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.
FRANCESCA ANNIS It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
ADAM BROWN Inflation is taxation without legislation.
MILTON FRIEDMAN Inflation is taxation without legislation
MILTON FRIEDMAN Now is the appropriate time for this legislation.
LESLEE UNRUH Ian didn't come. He just sat here with you--he said he didn't care what you looked like. He wouldn't...
STEPHENIE MEYER There is nobody here at all. Ian Thorpe pulling out obviously has a lot higher significance.
DAVE CURRIE Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any oth...
THOMAS SOWELL I think this is going to become a state-by-state issue, with legislation in 49 states -- not all in ...
JAY SEKULOW It's a piece of legislation which is packed away in a little box and left on a shelf.
ALEXANDER NEILL We're going to fix this piece of legislation. We're going to try to put together a program that solv...
TIM MAHONEY We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge...
RUSS FEINGOLD Those who seek to criticize this legislation under the guise of environmental concerns have it backw...
JAMES INHOFE Last June, when the new NGO legislation was adopted, there was also a requirement for the re-registr...
ANJA DE BEER We have fulfilled the obligations that were put forth in the original legislation.
ANTHONY IRVING doomed legislation.
HENRY A. WAXMAN I would consider all of the legislation which I have supported meaningless if I were to sit idly by,...
DENNIS CHAVEZ It is a very complex and difficult matter to predict. Now the legislation has passed, and we made ou...
SCOTT MCCLELLAN was a terrible senator. He did a terrible job, very little legislation. I think that it would be ver...
DONALD TRUMP The governor considers each piece of legislation on a case-by-case basis.
JULIE SODERLUND From our point of view, the legislation is somewhat constitutionally suspect from the get go. I can ...
MURRAY MOLLARD Even if Bush were to win, there's no mandate to do any radical legislation.
LARRY WACHTEL This legislation is supported ... across the spectrum, from Ralph Reed to Ralph Nader.
BOB GOODLATTE I don't think anyone — even the drafters (of the legislation) or folks at the State House — looked...
CAROL MURRAY We believe that provisions in the proposed legislation regarding reformulated gasoline are back-door...
DONALD J. BORUT Once we enacted statewide tax credit legislation, that has made (Pennsylvania) a lot more attractive...
DAWN KEEZER Ultimately it's not serious in any way as proposed legislation, but it's very serious with regard to...
BRIAN KENNEDY The introduction of this legislation has been delayed for a few years. We are going to try to push t...
MARIANO RAJOY It doesn't surprise me. An employee should not be able to vote on legislation affecting his or her e...
DAVID INGRAM We'll look at the spending cap. We have to look at the legislation that was passed.
DAN COOPER Does anybody fund these things? We get more mandates with no funding. The legislation we'll see, the...
DAVE BROOKS We waited for the legislation to be approved as per the contract negotiations with the Uniformed Fir...
FRANK GRIBBON The mayor plans on meeting with them and introducing a piece of legislation.
FRED SAINZ In the long run, we think this legislation would be good for the state's tourism industry,
HARRY CURTIS It seems to me very difficult to implement this legislation at a European-wide level because it woul...
FRANCOIS G. LAUGIER This legislation puts a sword and a shield in the hands of the average South Carolina citizen and gi...
FLETCHER SMITH Even though Europe may be the only one seen pushing this legislation, environmental product complian...
GEOFFREY BOCK Historically, lobbyists have played an important role in drafting legislation, in twisting arms and ...
GEORGE CONNOR We have already passed legislation in the House -- we've sent it to Mr. Daschle not once, but we've ...
JC WATTS This legislation would be extraordinarily helpful in maintaining our system and would be helpful for...
JAMES HARTMAN It's not a regulatory program. There is no legislation in place to protect the sites.
JAMES COLE The Oklahoma Academy of Ophthalmology (OAO) enthusiastically endorses the introduction of this child...
JAMES RONK This long overdue legislation is strong and comprehensive.
JACK SHANER The most stringent legislation is you can say they can live in your county or any adjacent county.
JACKIE SOBAS During question hour, executive officials are not mandated to appear. But during an inquiry in aid o...
ISMAEL KHAN It is ironic that the legislation that may ultimately define his legacy, getting a lottery in North ...
HUNTER BACOT We're just watching the legislation. We're not lobbying it. We're not negotiating.
JAN JONES We are truly pleased that the members of the House refused to be railroaded into passing bad legisla...
JAN JARRETT We know there are 26 other states looking at resolutions or legislation like Prop. 209. Certainly th...
MARK ROSENBAUM There would have to be legislation passed by the General Assembly allowing for that transfer.
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IAN WILLIAMS Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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IAN MCSHANE You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
IAN MCSHANE There's only two kinds of actors - good ones and bad ones... and lucky ones and unlucky ones.
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IAN MCKELLEN You mustn't upstage the bride.
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IAN MCEWAN Not being boring is quite a challenge.
IAN MCEWAN One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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IAN MCDIARMID I'm the blackest villain of all time.
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