Time wasn't the same anymore. Doors were slamming shut before we even knew they'd been opened. Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.
Alice Hoffman
Related This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma. JOYCE MEYER . . . And as fall turned to winter, the Darlington peach trees started dropping their leaves again, ... JODI LYNN ANDERSON It's a little scary. As quick as you get a lead, you can give it away but it's a chance you have to ... BERYL PIPER It wasn't what we wanted. Even with that, we had a decent (second) shot. But those are hard shots. M... SASA CUIC In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be. DAVID DOBKIN She can take the ball to the basket as well as anybody in the area -- in the state, even. All you ca... HELEN LAHRMAN It is the first time in 10 years that we have shut our doors [as a company]. BENJAMIN BEQUER Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did. ADAM LAMBERT Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility. IMAM ALI (AS) Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther. J. P. MORGAN Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther. THOMAS CARLYLE We were hoping to get thousands of Iraqis trained before the war and as it turns out we were only ab... DOUGLAS FEITH We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty g... JAY PAYTON Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE We knew they were going to try to take Calvin out of the game. Same as last week with Auburn. DAMARIUS BILBO When it comes to major decisions, it is vitally important to do our research and get as much informa... SUNDAY ADELAJA The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are pou... AKHENATON Wearing corsets all the time was completely incapacitating, as far as digestion goes. HELENA BONHAM CARTER We get to go this time. We can have the same good time as everybody else. CHANSI STUCKEY Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE As far as working out, I know exactly what I'm doing. EVANDER HOLYFIELD I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON Those were my favorite games. I always likened them to a heavyweight fight. You knew you were going ... BEN DAVIDSON Every time we would start to get on a little roll, we'd turn the ball over and it would take the lif... AARON STECKER As soon as we can find an alternate location for the horses, we want to get them out of there as qui... DANIEL DOCTOROFF I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that. ALAN RICKMAN As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film. ALESSANDRO NIVOLA Trey didn't get as many touches as I'd have liked. We tried to make quick passes and move the ball, ... AL COPENHAVER You can't do everything, at the same time, always, and forever. But if you look at your life and... STACEY SNIDER Even though I never did an evil deed, yet, if I have the will to do evil, I have the sin as if I had... MEISTER ECKHART As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody. EDWARD BLAKE We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot of it. JIM GARVIN When you've got somebody whose game is hot, you don't want to get him as many touches. We wanted to ... KELLY MEEK As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism. MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion. ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned. DAVID KOECHNER Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever. AUDRE LORDE I fully understand the Catch-22 with getting an agent: Agents want someone who's published before, b... NICHOLAS SPARKS Oh shut up. Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time you hurt, you heal. After darkness, th... PLEASEFINDTHIS As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. ... BENJAMIN BRATT All I said was, 'as long as we get a shot, as long as we get the opportunity to come out and di... EDWIN MULITALO It'll never be the same as it is here. We'd been playing shows all over and it's been building up re... ALEX TURNER Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER As soon as we came out, we came out strong and I knew at the beginning of the game that we were goin... BLAKE REYNOLDS Once dogmatism turns out the lights, you might as well close up shop as a civilization and pull up t... BOB ALTEMEYER I'm aware me getting a role out of Chicago as a complete unknown is an insane anomaly, so I knew... ALLISON TOLMAN It turns out they are actually terrific businesspeople as well as good creative guys. They didn't ju... JEFF GOODBY My name has opened doors and slammed doors shut. MAX IRONS We keep to a pace we can cope with. As soon as you take on staff, you're working twice as hard to pa... KAREN WRIGHT The stock market turns down six to eight months before the economy. We're concerned about the stock ... ANDREW ENGEL The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can. MANDY PATINKIN It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a... ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm... SUPERNA BATHEJA It feels good. I get nervous before every game. But once I was out there, it was the same as any oth... DESAGANA DIOP In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles. KANYE WEST I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano. ETHEL MERMAN You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I ... BRANDON FLOWERS We'd obviously like to get in (the playoffs) as quick as possible. We just have to continue to play ... JOE SZEKELY Men, we don't get much, as far as holidays go - Father's Day. DMX I made sure I grabbed the ball the second time, turned and shot it as quick as I could. ERIK CRAWFORD Do you remember the first time we made love?" He touched his lips to hers as he said it. "We rode up... J.D. ROBB The Xbox 360 is pretty much sold out; we're working as hard as we can to get product into the stores... BRIAN LUCAS We are continually working to get the refinery back up in as quick and as safe a manner as we can. ALBERT CHEE It was a blur to me. I saw her take it down the lane and said this is as good a look as we can get. GREG STAKE Who cares what are you eating?? Who cares where are you? Who cares what are you posting??<... DEYTH BANGER [With its members aging and passing,] the goal now is to try to keep it going as long as we can, ...... ROBERT TAYLOR Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time. HELEN REDDY Jefferson Parish as we knew it is gone forever. JEFFERSON PARISH I've always been interested in the marathon and this is pretty much as hands-on as you can get. It's... GREG LUTZ As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. GARRY TRUDEAU As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes. SASHA LANE Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism. DICK VAN DYKE As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product. JEF RASKIN As far as music, Louis Armstrong is one of my heroes. JON BATISTE As far as natural ability, I was always athletic. TROY BROWN That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic. ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned. DAVE MADDEN In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as fa... THEODOR MOMMSEN Horror as for me is the best choice, you can gain a lot of. I like to be afraid like to see this shi... DEYTH BANGER Still i knew because of my own feelings there was something wrong with me and i knew it wasnt only m... DONALD MILLER Someday,” she said in a voice as serene as a high mountain lake, “I’m going to break your neck... NALINI SINGH As far as trucks, the great thing about a Range Rover is if you're going out for a dinner, even ... LUKE GOSS When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And... MALESE JOW On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen ... CHARISMA CARPENTER Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty da... WOODY ALLEN Of course before we race it's freezing, but as soon as you get on the line, you've got to get it out... LAUREN WATTS If you look at divorce as a process in that you study the differences before, during and after divor... LISA STROHSCHEIN Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the... JODI PICOULT The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it. JOSH BILLINGS Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame VENES
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