The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.
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Related It makes you sick to think that ... people are dying at this moment looking for water in the desert, BERNARD KOUCHNER A quotation in the right place at the right time is like water in a desert. VIKRANT PARSAI Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there ... KABIR Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you t... KABIR If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. Yo... WARIS DIRIE He sacrificed that for a young guy -- he's a hell of a man. I've never met a guy like that before in... ANGEL PAGAN He (Dirks) made some bad pitches to the good hitters and usually he does the opposite. He makes a mi... SMOKE LAVAL Do you know why I envy a man deamed unatractive by society? Because when he finds love, he knows its... RICHARD BELLZON Time is nothing but just a well without water in the desert when you are thirsty and hope that it mu... VIKRANT PARSAI I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire... JIMMY CONNORS You don’t tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man. MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, y... BETTY SMITH To know wisdom is to be all knowledgeable ,to use that knowledge for the greater good is to no that ... GARY F EVANS... I would watch Gonzalez play and he mesmerized you. It would be like looking into the flame of a fire... JIMMY CONNORS That was a great at-bat. You never know if that has anything to do with the next guy, but when a guy... PHIL GARNER because apologizing for something you didn't do is better than dying for it! RICK RIORDAN Life changes, people come and go and seasons never last. Karen kingsbury # Leaving KAREN KINGSBURY In his mind, I don't know how he justifies that. When you lay it on the line for a guy and you're lo... DON SOLDINGER The most inefficient and self-harming thing a person can do is go out looking for love. Let it find ... A.J. DARKHOLME You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world & I might be r... CHARLES BARKLEY In a pocket of his knapsack he'd found a last half packet of cocoa and he fixed it for the boy and t... CORMAC MCCARTHY When we lost Bryan everyone was like, ?Oh boy, this isn't good', but Sean has stepped in to do a gre... MARC LORANGER He's physical, which I think fits right in down there. He treats you like a man and is a guy you wan... JERAME TUMAN That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him ... ALAN VEGA For women of a certain age, how do you meet a guy, fall in love, and decide he's the right man t... MARCIA CROSS Sky passed out on the road today," Karen says, changing the subject. "Some adorable man-boy carried ... COLLEEN HOOVER Yeah. (chuckles) And he was uh, man you know, I had never met the guy before. I've got like some pos... LONDON LEGRAND Because of this. It floats in the stand and when you can't see it anymore, you know it's time to wat... ZACHARY FERNANDEZ Did you know that if you put a frog in boiling water, he’ll jump out? But, if you put one in cold ... EMMA CHASE If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think abo... BRIAN ANDREAS Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... DEYTH BANGER Boy, do you know that the guy who did the voice for the Cheshire cat is the same guy who did the voi... WINNIE THE POOH The blond boy in the red trunks is holding your head underwater because he is trying to kill you, an... RICHARD SIKEN On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfact... CRAIG GROESCHEL You silly," said Abdul, "those clouds don' mean nothing. I see'd them plenty a'ready. It was jus' co... THEO ENGELA (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You're looking at a guy who went from someone we used as a replacement to a guy who you leaned on. A... GREG BLACHE When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for ... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n... SAMMY DAVIS, JR. You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n... SAMMY DAVIS JR. You collect scars because you want proof that you are paying for whatever sins you've committed. And... SARAH J. MAAS You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. A man whose axe was missing suspected his neighbor’s son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like... JANE YOLEN What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . Bu... ALEX FLINN *Talking to Naruto*
"Just shut up for once! What the hell do you know about it?! It's not like you e... SASUKE UCHIHA With the role that I have right now, I'd rather be upstairs. Sonny's the better-looking guy, so he g... DANA HOLGORSEN I was trying to just resist the urge to think that he was going to walk me and start over with the n... PAUL KONERKO You know you found the right one when you stop looking for "more. LAUREL HOUSE A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the r... SHIV KHERA Do not believe that you alone can be right. The man who thinks that, The man who maintains... SOPHOCLES T.O? He's a great dude, man. He has the best marketing strategy in the National Football League. Hey... DARNERIEN MCCANTS You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When ... BRUCE LEE The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you... MEG CABOT There's something wrong there, because if he was supposed to put 1,000 miles on it, I don't know whe... DAVID MORSE Each of us knows it all, and knows he knows it all—the rest, to a man, are fools and eluded. One m... MARK TWAIN You and I. We’re going back. People are dying because of this beast. It must be stopped. And we wi... RUTH FORD ELWARD I think when you’re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You can’t let a... CHRIS CRUTCHER What are you going to do? They know you feel like a jerk and we've all done it. Hopefully it won't b... JOEY SINDELAR The little boy was looking for his voice. (The king of the crickets had it.) In a drop of ... FEDERICO GARCíA LORCA When you see a guy have success, hopefully it gives them confidence in you. You never know when your... KOY DETMER Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes ... KYM WHITLEY Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's no... PATRICK ROTHFUSS The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart b... JON STEWART If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS He's helped our team's attitude on defense. When you add a guy like Ron with his reputation, it rubs... BRAD MILLER I do want to work on writing, because writing's a skill. Writing is something that you can train... KRISTEN STEWART Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. T... MALCOLM X The man I am today it's not the man of yesterday CHRISTOPHER FUDGE If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further. MAHATMA GANDHI The movies make the brooding guy the hero – the guy with problems the guy who carries a gun, the g... E. LOCKHART For any team that pursues hard, you can do that to them every once in a while. DAVE ADAMS It is embarrassing and I apologize because this is a guy we recruited. When you recruit one and they... STEVE SPURRIER Before you treat a man with a condition, know that not all cures can heal all people. For the chemis... SUZY KASSEM I always knew it would come down to you and the big blue school boy. Planet's too big for the BOTH o... FRANK MILLER As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to... ANONYMOUS He has better stuff than [the Yankees' Mariano] Rivera. With Rivera, you can put the ball in play. W... CARLOS LEE You could look at the guy next to you and you knew what he went through. You'd know you'd go through... CLAYTON MCCULLOUGH There’s no lonelier feeling than when a crowd of people is staring at you and there’s nowhere to... JAY EBBEN Karen was always such a lawless rebel: carrying a gun in her purse, flirting with 14-year-old boys. ... MEGAN MULLALLY You know your water-bottle was cleaned when the water you drink from it taste like soap. MJ CHRISTINE The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart b... JON STEWART The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when ... C.S. LEWIS I thirst for love like a camel thirsts for water. I’m going through a desert right now, but I’m ... JAROD KINTZ We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 196... PAUL WATSON If you play with a guy for seven or eight years, you know his tendencies. You know what he's going t... COREY BOON Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rock... ALEXANDRE DUMAS Vern's upbeat - you know the kind of guy he is. But it hits you in the gut when you hear that word. WAYNE KRIVSKY I believe in life that you know that everything prepares you for the next thing - whether it's a... LEE DANIELS You lose a guy that you count on every week a blue-collar guy. You never have to worry about, 'I won... MIKE SINGLETARY I'm looking forward to next year, ... If I can eliminate just my water balls next year, I'll do bett... CURTIS STRANGE The players love him, ... He's young, energetic. He gets in your face. He's a guy who can challenge ... WARRICK DUNN When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes. DAVID COPPERFIELD He was just real cocky out there. He acted like he was, you know, 'that guy,' like he was the man ou... REKALIN SIMS
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KAREN DUFFY I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'... KAREN DUFFY I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow a... KAREN DUFFY In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to ge... KAREN DUFFY I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-h... KAREN DUFFY My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my s... KAREN DUFFY Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently. KAREN DUFFY In addition, I'll be attending women's health expos and medical conferences with the goal to... KAREN DUFFY A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn'... KAREN DUFFY The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not ab... KAREN DUFFY It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little. KAREN DUFFY I try to manage my time to conserve energy. KAREN DUFFY I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds o... KAREN DUFFY Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. KAREN DUFFY I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't tak... KAREN DUFFY I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's... KAREN DUFFY My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some... KAREN DUFFY The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual ch... KAREN DUFFY It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to m... KAREN DUFFY In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. KAREN DUFFY When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things ... KAREN BLIXEN If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows ... KAREN BLIXEN I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed. KAREN BLACK I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. KAREN BLACK If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believ... KAREN BLACK If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c... KAREN BLACK I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work. KAREN BLACK I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little... KAREN BLACK I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dea... KAREN BLACK