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ERIC KNIGHT I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of:
a) The dark
b) Cold shivers up your s...
RICK RIORDAN Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.”
MICHEL FABER There are always two parties; the establishment and the movement
RALPH WALDO EMERSON There are discussions ongoing among affected parties.
AMY WEISS There are continuous contacts with various parties,
YASSER ARAFAT I decided there and then to sue the bastards.
BARRY SHEENE There is always a way forward if the responsible parties are willing to act.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.
CARLY FIORINA You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope.
DAVID LEVITHAN One moment you are here, othere there, then there. Then you can't move!
DEYTH BANGER And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak...
LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there.
DONALD T. REGAN The event is becoming a tradition for people from all over. People have parties at their house durin...
JULIE BIRRENKOTT And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party l...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When there are conditions of bail, they arise at the behest of the parties.
CHRISTIAN SPIES Our two major parties are actually called the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party.
STOCKWELL DAY I'm not a huge L.A. fan, but I go there for the winter every year. We usually rent a house and h...
BENNY BLANCO Kids know what parties are going to have alcohol and what parties won't.
JANINE GRACY There are a lot of people in Mexico and in the United States who are disenfranchised and are looking...
CHRIS TRETER Though the customer is always right, there are some customers you do not want.
JEFFREY FRY There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
ALEXIS TOCQUEVILLE You check out the cover, you check out the backward, you check out the author, you check out the tit...
DEYTH BANGER There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympia...
JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the lat...
ULYSSES S. GRANT If concessions are made to the Sunnis to make additions to the constitution, then the other parties ...
MAHMOUD OTHMAN The teachers here are way cool, ... If you obey the rules and turn in your assignments, you get part...
ALEX BROWN We have no legal binding, we basically are trying to work with the parties to see if there's an inte...
STEPHEN THOM Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE The parties agreed to mediation then.
TERRY THORNTON The North Koreans said that they are willing to dismantle their nuclear weapons as long as there is ...
KANTATHI SUPHAMONGKHON Bachelor parties are for the married guys.
CHRISTINE TEIGEN If the comments circulating in the community are true, the parties are a change to the whole sociali...
BOB CAMPBELL We are early in the process but there is a high level of interest from a number of parties.
PAUL FITZHENRY There are sectors of the world awash in money and venture capital, ... But if you are a woman with a...
BILL EDWARDS The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgo...
WARREN CUCCURULLO If there are no Democrats running in those constituencies, it is very unlikely candidates from other...
BUKHOREE YEEMA There are signs of us getting closer to being like other state schools. We're locking our doors, and...
FALON MIHALIC No matter where you go - there you are
CONFUCIUS Conferences are really like parties, and an A-list party is one where A-list people are in attendanc...
TIM O'REILLY You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to w...
RICK MERCER The political parties are there to distract us from our systems of government; instead of focusing o...
HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN This is what Green parties are for,
BOB BROWN Oftentimes, the best negotiations result in a deal that benefits both parties. There are times when ...
IVANKA TRUMP There are parties and stuff, but I don't go to a lot of them. I just have to go because the sponsors...
ANNA KOURNIKOVA You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there.
J.D. SALINGER There is no peace anywhere, anywhere!!! I say, you only experience peace
if or when the aggrieve par...
ALALE ANTHONY I think a lot of people in the Conservative party came from other parties. There wouldn't be a Conse...
TIM POWERS Miami is just really fun whenever I go there. It's like this post-apocalyptic Barbie world: ever...
GRIMES Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything t...
TAIYE SELASI Minor parties live by short-term peaks and valleys, and unless there is an issue basis for their lon...
LEE MIRINGOFF You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"Y...
RICK RIORDAN Parties are becoming more spontaneous.
JOHN GALLOWAY I think the parties are talking.
APRIL HORACE There are highly speculative reports in the region about what diplomatic approach might be use to br...
MIKE MCCURRY I wouldn't use that phrase. Obviously, there are very difficult issues in front of them, but the par...
JOE LOCKHART There are a lot of stereotypes from non-Greeks. I think they see movies like 'Animal House' and thin...
JUSTIN MASON I think it's safe to say that, in varying degrees, there's a sense from all four parties that there ...
DON SCHIEMANN There are some programs on FOX that are not only fair and balanced, they're commentary shows. Th...
BERNARD GOLDBERG If there are any flaws with the elections, I think the aggrieved parties should take their complaint...
GIBSON MASHINGAIDZE In general, the university does not release [personal identifiable information] to third parties wit...
DONALD DUDLEY We are aiming for political pluralism with a broad spectrum of parties - ranging from the left to th...
MAHMOUD ABBAS A long dispute means both parties are wrong
VOLTAIRE Those who do a thing are consenting parties
LATIN PROVERB These are very, very difficult issues. I've heard about a lot of tensions between the parties. There...
JOE LOCKHART There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil societ...
BEJI CAID ESSEBSI When both parties bring resources to the table, there is more upside for everyone.
BIREN GHOSE The FOP is a fine fraternal organization, but when it comes to negotiate a contract, we are the Team...
JIMMY NEAL If the weapons are there and we know they're there, then my God, let's go get the weapons and destro...
CHARLIE RANGEL These are methods used by all parties
INDIRA GANDHI Today here, then there, then DEAD (IT"S A FACT, you can't do anything just take it like this.... or ...
DEYTH BANGER If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree w...
TED CRUZ With great power... comes need to take a nap. Wake me up later
RICK RIORDAN ...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT A long dispute means that both parties are wrong
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.
UNKNOWN It was civil and the parties were reasonable. But I could tell there were strong feelings on both si...
RICK DANTZLER When you're travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your pa...
WILLIAM LEAST HEAT-MOON We are aware that the prospective buyer has stepped down. But there are other parties who are intere...
MAYOR PERRY BARSE [Enacting reform] has to be done step by step, ... All these reforms, you can make good arguments fo...
BILL WHALEN There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend mo...
ELON MUSK Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY I'm really close with Dave Coulier and his wife Melissa. My family and I go over there for barbe...
JODIE SWEETIN This was a major sabotage by the political parties because they simply didn't trust something that w...
DANIEL LUND To get over there and to be part of the opening ceremonies and realize you are an Olympian for the r...
RUSS HOWARD Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because...
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy...
SOURCE UNKNOWN There is no role in a war unless the parties are exhausted. These parties are not exhausted. They ar...
TOM HAYDEN We are still working and hoping the parties will meet in Geneva.
ERIK NURNBERG We worked out our differences and settled. The terms are confidential, and both parties are happy.
LEODIS MATTHEWS Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
BARBARA WALTERS Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions...
BOB SCHAFFER These are the 'who's who,' and they keep giving parties and they go to each and every party and if t...
RAJIV SAXENA In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expr...
RAUL CASTRO There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties.
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...
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RICK RIORDAN I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.
RICK RIORDAN For a long time,’ Nico said, ‘I had a crush on you. I just wanted you to know.’ Percy looked a...
RICK RIORDAN He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace....
RICK RIORDAN Good. So you may be dense, but you’re not an idiot.’
‘How can you even talk to me like t...
RICK RIORDAN Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"
He shrugged. "Techn...
RICK RIORDAN Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.
RICK RIORDAN With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
RICK RIORDAN Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can."
Grover cracked a smile....
RICK RIORDAN Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friend...
RICK RIORDAN Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wro...
RICK RIORDAN What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apol...
RICK RIORDAN Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind...
RICK RIORDAN Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
RICK RIORDAN I nodded, looking at Rachel with respect. "You hit the Lord of the Titans in the eye with a blue pla...
RICK RIORDAN Grover was sniffing the wind, looking nervous. He fished out his acorns and threw them into the sand...
RICK RIORDAN Don't you ever feel like, what if the world really IS messed up? What if we COULD Do it all over aga...
RICK RIORDAN She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doin...
RICK RIORDAN The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.
RICK RIORDAN How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big ...
RICK RIORDAN Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between...
RICK RIORDAN Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs a...
RICK RIORDAN Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.
RICK RIORDAN I will call him Small Bob," said Bob. "He is a good monster."
End of discussion.The Tita...
RICK RIORDAN We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.”
Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez i...
RICK RIORDAN Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.
RICK RIORDAN Images flashed through his mind. He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy mountain cliff in Maine, Perc...
RICK RIORDAN You promised, Seaweed brain. We would not get separated! Ever again!
RICK RIORDAN Nico, I've seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.
RICK RIORDAN Annabeth?” Percy said again. “You’re planning something. You’ve got that I’m-planning-s...
RICK RIORDAN Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especia...
RICK RIORDAN