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Related Did you see the first episode? ... Did you see what we were doing in that flashback? Holy cow. Yeah,... LAUREN HOLLY In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I got to thinking that the world would be a better place if they gave medals to great teachers rathe... MATTHEW QUICK I went up there thinking I wouldn't get any medals and did extremely well. JAYNE BERRY And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can I... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE And if your friend does evil to you, say to him, ''I forgive you for what you did to me, but how can... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE We shouldn't be in awe of people. We've seen some of the best of the United States in some of these ... CRIS VIOLETTE I wasn't going to come to some place where we were going to lose, ... I knew we were going to be goo... CUTTINO MOBLEY The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART We didn't hit particularly well. Until we got through the order a couple times, then we got some clu... DENNY LORSUNG We started hearing about all the heartbreak people were going through and that's when we learned wha... T'ANNE SAMSON All three times we played Christopher Newport, we got any shot we wanted. The other two times we did... JIMMY ALLEN What you say may very well be true, but I would feel better hearing what the doctor has to say. GARY BASS As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say... CARLOS PENA I think, in some ways, Michael Jackson is out of touch with reality, and I don't think he has people... ED BRADLEY Offensively, we did what we had to do. We got some guys on base and were hitting the ball alright, b... ROD SCHWARZ Jackie come to me and says, 'We gonna do a fight scene.' I said 'What?' He says 'We got to do a figh... CHRIS TUCKER I'm thinking in my head I'd like to have five minutes alone with this guy to get some payback. But y... JUSTIN MILLER I told them that I had faith in them. I said that you guys can do this if we can just get some peopl... DAVE PETROSKY There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties wit... GUY FORGET My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are onl... KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN We had guys who weren't supposed to do well who earned medals. It says a lot about our coaches and o... MARQUISE JOHNSON Potentially, yes, because we have so many young stallions. And now we have some guys who can teach t... MIKE TICE That was our focus, stopping him. I saw the film from other games and I went, 'Oh, are you kidding m... DIETER HORTON Remind yourself of who you are and what you can do in spite what others say about you or how others ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA When you have guys like Sidney Rice to throw to, it doesn't take a whole lot. Those guys just made p... BLAKE MITCHELL Yeah, you got married, didn’t you? But, you only did it because you thought we were over — ... TARRYN FISHER When you look at what we trot out there and you look at our physical stature you'd think, well, I do... DICK CORN We got what, 11 hits tonight? Did we hit some balls good, yeah. But we're still not raking the ball. CHARLIE MANUEL You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comf... RACHEL CAINE Be yourself, be who you can be. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD It was a domino effect. I'd say the program that we had established here through hard work, pride, t... MERVYL MELENDEZ When you line up and get your medals, and you're looking down the line at your teammates getting the... JENNIFER BOTTERILL You look at their numbers and you'd think we were in a softball league. They have some young guys wh... BRUCE BOCHY You know how they say that you have to take action and show what you're going for in order for them ... BRENDA RODRIGUEZ I don't expect to see perfection before I die. Lord, if I did I would have stuck my head in the oven... BARBARA KINGSOLVER What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments ... GEORGE ORWELL It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it i... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I had just done a Michael Jackson 30th anniversary celebration. We did well over $20 million. And we... DAVID GEST You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT I never say "If I were her, this is how I would have acted, this is what I would have done, etc. etc... C. JOYBELL C. Taylor did a great job on the mound. We hadn't pitched Taylor in a while and he came in and got thei... VANCE ARNOLD We left three touchdowns out there on the field, ... To be greedy, you want to hit those plays, but ... TYLER PALKO You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Speed and quickness are always going to be [critical], ... But sometimes bigger guys can power their... NEW YORK GIANTS We've been playing well, and we got some guys at the middle of the season who have helped us. IVAN DEJESUS You can't tell young people what to do. You can't tell 'em because they'll look at y... RONNIE JAMES DIO Actually, I think it's the opposite. We know each other so well there isn't anything left to say. So... BENJAMIN WOOD Please show me how i can unlock my brain. Well its so simple, you got the key yourself,because you l... BENJAMIN KUSI BOATENG We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we ... LAUREN HUTTON Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me... NANCY WERLIN And now, if we can go out and win a few games in this tournament, and if we can say, 'Boy, did you s... STEVE FISHER I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. It suffocated me, nearly broke me. So ... SARAH J. MAAS I'm a big fan of 'Star Wars.' Some of the most iconic characters of 'Star Wars,'... LAZ ALONSO I'm not stupid," I muttered lamely. "Well, why else would you tell Alex to go anywhere? What wi... SARAH ALDERSON Michael and I met through music. We were fixed up on a blind date. . . . I was teaching in New York,... DEBORAH CHARNESS But – Michael, you said you didn’t know Oliver, and–” “I didn’t, until he killed me... RACHEL CAINE The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess s... RAY ROMANO It got sloppy out there at the end. We pulled through. Guys were able to keep their head - unlike me... JUAN DIXON We could visit him," suggests Will. "But what would we say? 'I didn't know you that well, but I'm so... VERONICA ROTH We had some good pitching and the guys hit the ball really well. We got some other guys some playing... MARK LARSEN The fact that we only lost seven games in the total match, I was real pleased. The guys got through ... DAVE HIGGS We got some good shots. They just didn't fall. But we were playing great defense. There are going to... FARRIS LOWERY You know what truth is? [...] It's some crazy thing my neighbor believes. If I want to make friends ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. Other than that inning, we didn't play too badly. I thought the first six innings were very promisin... CHAD SPALDING I'm not sure what it was, exactly. We played hard, and I thought some guys played really well. We we... CLAIR COSTELLO You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through i... JACK HARBAUGH There are several guys in there who think we can change some things next year. Everybody feels what ... DERRICK BYARS Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart TOM WAITS I've learned that maybe sometimes it's better to show people who you are and what you are th... TINA MAZE Yeah, I got her,” Will confirms. “Who you got?” I ask. “You, drunk girl. Come on.�... KRISTEN PROBY I can't control what happens on the outside but I can learn to control what happens on the inside. W... AKIROQ BROST We got some guys that can step in and we won't miss a beat. RANDALL GODFREY You said, 'I love you.' Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still ... JEANETTE WINTERSON We've got some guys who can rebound. We just know it's going to be tougher the next time we play the... BRAD BJORKGREN You can ask any of the guys on the team and I don't think any of them are thinking what will happen ... TYLER AMAYA Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that ... KATHARINE HEPBURN It's hard for me to get mad at some of those guys because they give me everything they've got. What ... SAM MITCHELL The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of a... HENRY DAVID THOREAU I talk to all the creative directors today, and they take me aside, and they say, 'You know, it ... GEORGE LOIS People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught... LEE IACOCCA We've got a great group of guys and we were glad to get some work in. The boys played well and we're... KAREN GRIFFITH The bus driver told me we had better watch Grant. I'm not kidding. Grant and (Quentin) Lewis can sho... TOM CAPPEL Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’ CIARáN WEST I got to thinking that poems were like people. Some people you got right off the bat. Some people yo... BENJAMIN ALIRE SáENZ We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer... BRANDON SANDERSON We have a few guys we have to get signed, but hopefully we can improve on what we did last year. You... GLEN MURRAY We jumped on them early and got them thinking about what we were doing instead of them thinking abou... GAVIN MILLER Yeah, we got a little motivated. We were in a room by ourselves, but I sure think they heard us thro... ROSIE JONES We had several guys step up and show us that they'll be able to give us some big innings. They did a... JAMES MOODY APPLY WITHIN You once told me You wanted to find Yourself in the world - A... SUZY KASSEM First off, you can say you did it yourself. BOB MAY The farthest thing from our minds is the whole snowball effect. It's our third game of the year. Yea... BRAD GUZAN I keep hearing the same thing all the time, ... Look, we don't need you guys. We can go it alone. We... DAVID STEINBERG We probably haven't seen the variety and diversity of threats to Americans' safety and well-... DAN COATS
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But if all they did was kill time, time would en... MICHAEL GRANT That's your solution? Have a cookie?' Astrid asked. 'No, my solution is to run down to the beach and... MICHAEL GRANT We didn't Make this World we're just the Poor Fools who are living in it. MICHAEL GRANT Welcome to Perdido beach, where our motto is: Radiation, what radiation? MICHAEL GRANT Astrid found the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up over his head. She unbuckled his belt and shove... MICHAEL GRANT The food is ready,” Zil announced to loud cheers. “But we have something more important to ... MICHAEL GRANT We’ve searched all of the homes and carried the food to Ralph’s,” Sam continued. “The proble... MICHAEL GRANT Diana can read power levels,” Astrid said. “Did she ever…” Sam nodded. “She said the ... MICHAEL GRANT I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?” “Mean and self-pitying. Does that make... MICHAEL GRANT It’s time,” Jack said. “Breeze? Count the kids,” Sam said. Brianna was back in twe... MICHAEL GRANT I don’t guess you can outrun an explosion, right?” Sam asked doubtfully. Jack rolled his ey... MICHAEL GRANT The door exploded inward and a tangle of bug legs appeared. “I can hold them, but I can’t k... MICHAEL GRANT The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a... MICHAEL GRANT Tino really battled inside. He battled against [Joe] Reitz, which was a really good battle all night... MICHAEL GRANT We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws. MICHAEL GRANT With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ... MICHAEL GRANT We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ... MICHAEL GRANT The question I have is what alternative does either the county or the state have? ... Does anybody h... MICHAEL GRANT I think it's going to be fairly difficult. 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She peered closely at the alleged fish. 'I t... MICHAEL GRANT I want my mom,” a little boy cried out suddenly. Every voice fell silent. The boy had said wh... MICHAEL GRANT Hi, Albert,” Quinn called back. He seemed distracted. And Albert was sure that he’d seen Quinn m... MICHAEL GRANT We’re here to execute a murderer,” Zil said, pointing at Hunter. “We are bringing justice in t... MICHAEL GRANT I’ll tell you all about it, but let’s eat first. I’ve had nothing to eat. Although I was offer... MICHAEL GRANT God knew our lives would be really bad sometimes. Like maybe we'd be turned into a monster and then ... MICHAEL GRANT More than two dozen kids lined a low railing around the gazebo. They were all tied to it by a rope l... MICHAEL GRANT We were disturbed the president moved too slowly, that FEMA looked too disorganized. MICHAEL GRANT How has he moved so quickly from childlike naïvité to existential panic? MICHAEL GRANT Drake's whip hand spun Diana like a top. She cried out. That sound, her cry, pierced Caine like... MICHAEL GRANT Don’t want no more rock,” Orc repeated. The bleeding stopped almost immediately. “Do... MICHAEL GRANT Mr. Albert? Mr. Albert?” Harley said. “Just Albert’s fine,” Albert said tersely. �... MICHAEL GRANT The intruders spoke no words as they rushed in. Five boys carrying baseball bats and tire irons. The... MICHAEL GRANT Caine’s a guy who needs to win. He needs to win before he poofs. Or he needs to win before I poof.... MICHAEL GRANT Lana leveled the gun at Penny. “Stop,” Lana said. Penny’s reddened face grew pale. Whatev... MICHAEL GRANT You can't let him get away with this!" Penny shrieked. Caine wasn’t having it. “You stupid... MICHAEL GRANT Penny rolled over, got to her feet, trying to get control of her scattered mind, but Quinn was behin... MICHAEL GRANT Hello, freak,” Drake said. Lana backed away, but too late. Drake leveled his gun at her. MICHAEL GRANT Astrid and Taylor didn’t like each other much. But Taylor was an extremely valuable person to have... MICHAEL GRANT Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk ... MICHAEL GRANT But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary. MICHAEL GRANT And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep... MICHAEL GRANT Hey, Sam,” Drake shouted. “I thought you’d like to know this isn’t my whole army.” Sa... MICHAEL GRANT Why, so we can look for some little kid who probably doesn’t even know he’s missing?” Aga... MICHAEL GRANT Sam, Edilio’s a good guy,” Albert said, breaking in on Sam’s gloomy thoughts. “But like I sa... MICHAEL GRANT You know what, Sam? We created the council to take pressure off of you. Because you were falling apa... MICHAEL GRANT Which was how Britteny ended up nestled next to Mickey, under the shelter of a painter's drop cloth.... MICHAEL GRANT Sam sent me to give you a message, Edilio. He said, ‘Tell Edilio I couldn’t kill the bugs.’”... MICHAEL GRANT ot everyone liked Albert. Not everyone was happy that he had become the most important person around... MICHAEL GRANT Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ... MICHAEL GRANT Stay in your boats,” Dahra said. “We’re still going to need food. Throw your fish onto the doc... MICHAEL GRANT Brianna’s looking for Drake,” Edilio said, thinking out loud. “You sent her out against D... MICHAEL GRANT Have either of you seen Sam? Brianna can’t find him.” Albert sighed. “He’s out of town.... MICHAEL GRANT Hey! One of Edilio’s soldiers just came staggering in from the gas station. He says someone attack... MICHAEL GRANT Albert, I don’t know how long we can keep Sam involved at all,” she said. “You’re upset... MICHAEL GRANT Sam always felt like a fool in this room. He sat in a too-big chair at one end of the table. Astrid ... MICHAEL GRANT Albert had created a currency based on gold bullets and McDonald’s game pieces. He’d wanted to c... MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to make a profit. I’m using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Ea... MICHAEL GRANT Hey, brah,” Quinn said. “What is going on, do you know?” Sam asked. “It’s a club... MICHAEL GRANT Sorry, folks, but the maximum occupancy is seventy-five,” Albert said. Then he spotted Jack. “Ja... MICHAEL GRANT I’m trying to help,” Albert said. “By paying him with beer?” “I paid him what he... MICHAEL GRANT What’s up, Albert?” “Well, I’ve done inventory at Ralph’s, and I think if I had a lot... MICHAEL GRANT Um, people.” It wasn’t hard to get their attention. They gathered around. Even the littlest... MICHAEL GRANT What happened?” Albert asked. Taylor looked at Sam. Sam said nothing. He stared. First at his... MICHAEL GRANT Female say Pack Leader stop,” Pack Leader said angrily. “What?” Caine could make no sense... MICHAEL GRANT The light of day showed you the limits of possibility. But walk through the dark, the absolute, tota... MICHAEL GRANT What’s Albert going to do?” a boy named Jim demanded. “Where’s Albert?” Albert steppe... MICHAEL GRANT He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He woul... MICHAEL GRANT Hand me my pants, MICHAEL GRANT Hunter’s dead,” Taylor said without preamble. “It was these . . . these things. They came craw... MICHAEL GRANT She’s stronger than you are, Sam. It’s like fighting yourself and Caine and Jack and Dekka, all ... MICHAEL GRANT promise me, Sam: whatever it takes to win, whatever it takes to survive.” “Astrid—” MICHAEL GRANT He overheard the director talking to one of the cameramen. The cameraman was explaining that he coul... MICHAEL GRANT There were dozens of theories about what it was, that dome. Every scientist in the world, it seemed,... MICHAEL GRANT He’s becoming useless. Worse than useless,” Sam said. Then, relenting, he said, “We’ll get p... MICHAEL GRANT Man, sometimes you are clueless. You don’t even see what’s happening.” He perched himself on t... MICHAEL GRANT Human Crew had been a group formed to defend the rights of normals against freaks. At least that was... MICHAEL GRANT You’re supposed to be the big boss.” Sam said nothing. The crowd hushed, ready to watch thi... MICHAEL GRANT First there was Caine’s patently false “confession.” Then there was the fact that the FAYZ Leg... MICHAEL GRANT A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about MICHAEL GRANT I’ve helped you when I could, Caine. I’ve done all of it. I kept you alive and changed your filt... MICHAEL GRANT Sam woke to a feeling of utter, profound, incredible relief. He closed his eyes as soon as he o... MICHAEL GRANT We’re not going to give in. We’re going to fight.” “Got that right,” a voice cried ou... MICHAEL GRANT Tell me something, Noah. Which is more important: freedom or happiness?' What was this, a... MICHAEL GRANT And death is better because death is the end of fear, isnt it? -Dekka MICHAEL GRANT (...) But Gaia had absorbed the new information. "I won't need to kill billions, Diana. When Nemesis... MICHAEL GRANT Still Caine hesitated. A big, warm bed. A beautiful girl to share it with. Food. Water. Everything h... MICHAEL GRANT No, I'm not a jerk, Astrid. You know what I am? I'm the guy getting people killed," Sam said quietly... MICHAEL GRANT Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong do... MICHAEL GRANT Beautiful songs could sometimes take a person out of themselves and carry them away to a place of ma... MICHAEL GRANT It's over, Sam. Finally." "Yeah," he said. "I guess it is." "Turn out the light, Sam." MICHAEL GRANT Hello, Darkness," Caine said. Gaia's face fell. Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ... MICHAEL GRANT It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find... MICHAEL GRANT Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars... MICHAEL GRANT You're a big, lovable teddy bear. MICHAEL GRANT Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes." Diana looked at the ground to hide her em... MICHAEL GRANT Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only... MICHAEL GRANT It took Caine a few beats to get it. “No. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.” MICHAEL GRANT Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.” Jack gulped and bobbed his head. “Better yet, ... MICHAEL GRANT Has Orc shown up here?” But neither Caine nor Diana answered. Both were staring at Drake, who saun... MICHAEL GRANT My little man,” she said. “No.” She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.” ... MICHAEL GRANT You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name men... MICHAEL GRANT Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?” Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ... MICHAEL GRANT A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go— MICHAEL GRANT Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it? “I’ve made some bad decisions,”... MICHAEL GRANT But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, w... MICHAEL GRANT It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu... MICHAEL GRANT Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear. “Yep,” Caine said. “That’... MICHAEL GRANT But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain. MICHAEL GRANT And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other. “Why didn’t you just . . .... MICHAEL GRANT I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ... MICHAEL GRANT You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.” “... MICHAEL GRANT Do you love me?” Diana asked. Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like... MICHAEL GRANT Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto... MICHAEL GRANT Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad. “What’... MICHAEL GRANT Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?” MICHAEL GRANT And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d... MICHAEL GRANT Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’... MICHAEL GRANT He’s not the first to say that. MICHAEL GRANT Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch. MICHAEL GRANT Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd... MICHAEL GRANT The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi... MICHAEL GRANT Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam. “Okay. Approved.” “Dah... MICHAEL GRANT First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv... MICHAEL GRANT Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations. MICHAEL GRANT Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked. “What do you want with Sam?” “I can’t take care ... MICHAEL GRANT Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten... MICHAEL GRANT Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin... MICHAEL GRANT Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t... MICHAEL GRANT At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee... MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ... MICHAEL GRANT Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ... MICHAEL GRANT I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps. “You don’t have to move out,�... MICHAEL GRANT The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a... MICHAEL GRANT