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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS We lost our intensity when we started substituting. Until then, we were doing everything right. Then... CAPPIE PONDEXTER Our guys are tough. They got a lot of heart. I love the way we play. We didn't give up. We came roar... BRIAN BRANDTNER Our defense used to be our bread and butter and we had to go back to it. We used to run the press al... FREDA CRAFT We were getting shots, we just couldn't finish. It's tough to win when you shoot (22 percent). And i... CHERYL DARPEL It was a nice way to finish my career. We just threw everything out there and skate as hard as we co... JOSH RICCI We had a lead after the first quarter, but after that it seemed like we lost focus. Defensively we w... DENA RUSSO We stopped making shots and then they made us pay on the other end. It seemed like everything they p... CHASITY MELVIN We had tried to scale back our offense and just keep things really simple, but we were so thin. GREG BROCHETTI We just tried to work on our passing and movement of the ball. We also tried to work throughout the ... KATHERINE MACMURRAY We were in dire need of something like that, and it was an exciting thing for us. But as time went o... HOMER THOMPSON When you play a baseball season of 35 games, you're going to have nights like tonight. It seemed tha... JEFF PETROVIC Brittany tries to get everyone involved. We try to keep it simple and make sure we do what we need t... JANET ELEAZAR As clean as we were against New Orleans, we were that sloppy against Dallas tonight. We were just ca... MIKE HOLMGREN It just seemed like we were trying too hard against Michigan. We obviously didn't come out and do wh... EMILY HOWARD We were down, and for some reason, they just tried to shoot our way back in it. That's not what we w... LISA ABRON She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART We went back to our basics, and it really paid off for us. We executed our game plan so well that we... JASON SIMPSON It seemed like they got better as the game went on. We had a lot of chances, but it just seemed like... BRYAN SMOLINSKI This game tonight could have gone either way. But we were able to get a couple bounces and get the w... DANE LITKE They were on the air, and they had been struck by the tornado and the storms before we were, and the... ERNIE SLOTTAG They outplayed us tonight. They really played great, it was clear they came to play and we didn't, i... FRED BATCHELOR In the first round, we had some unlucky bounces and close games that didn't go our way. Today, they ... CHRIS LEE Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM A friend of mine described it this way: When they were born it was like a meteor landed in our house... CHRISTINE LAHTI It was bad, and it was a little smaller field, but it didn't work for us tonight for some reason. It... AMY HOLMAN Either way, the view stabbed its way into his chest, as if it were trying to finish him off before h... SERé PRINCE HALVERSON We pinned when we had close matches tonight. It seemed like when we got them to their back, we were ... ROMAN GUTIERREZ We played slow tonight, ... You have give Houston credit because they came out and jumped on us. The... LISA LESLIE I haven't done that in awhile. It was twofold. First, we were missing our free throws. And it just s... LONNIE BARTLEY Right now we don't know if he came out of the home and went back in or just never made it out. We're... ANTHONY CORREIA I tried to lift my skates. Sometimes it bounces your way and sometimes it bounces against you. Hopef... ALEXEI ZHITNIK Right now, I'm almost at a loss for words. In a lot of our games, we've been right there and haven't... DENNIS BROOKS The first half, it seemed like everything we threw up, he blocked. So that didn't work. So we starte... DEREK JOHNSON We look to our starters to set the tone for the game and then when we come in we have to work to kee... CHARISE BAIN I was just getting the ball up. It seems like we were playing guys one place in the outfield, and th... BARRY ZITO We got caught and didn't get off our backs in too many matches. We gave up way too many pins. We too... KALIN MAKAIWI I think we completely lost our composure. We were up and it was like we were just trying to find a w... WALLY SZCZERBIAK Some of it was a lack of killer instinct or focus or desperation. But sometimes the ball just bounce... MIKE D'ANTONI It?s a totally different team. We know we have to work hard and we know we don?t have as much skill ... JASON TREMBLAY I was just trying to throw it in front of the net and hit the back of his pad and went in. I guess i... BRADLEY HAMEL The ceremony before the game, it seemed like the crowd was ready for the game, electrifying. We were... DEREK ROY When they went to the state, and came back as a state champion, then we were all sisters and brother... ALVIN ANDERSON It's a tough one to lose. Our kids do play hard, but down the stretch they got a few key bounces of ... RON NESPER Trevor is a very competitive person and he's experienced in that role. As a sophomore, we tried him ... CHARLIE LEMBERGER It just seemed like they were nicking us here and there. They just had our number, ... We didn't exp... PAUL POSLUSZNY We were trying to stay poised; that was our main focus, to handle their runs. They're a talented tea... BRANDON LINCOLN We have to make sure we keep people in line. Sometimes underclassmen goof off and we have to do ever... FREDDIE BIEHL We know how we both train and we just work together to get the workouts done right. As kids, we were... ERIC CAMEROTA We just didn't have it tonight. It just seemed like we came out tired. It seems like we don't bring ... STEPHEN JACKSON We really tried, but it seemed that we didn't play the way we really wanted to play. We tied the gam... HENRIK LUNDQVIST We worked our tails off this week. We were really disappointed in the Gibson Southern finish. So I t... TOM OSBORNE We said, if God wants it to happen, he'll lead us in that direction. Then we just had a booming year... CHARLI SPEARRIN I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you e... JEFFREY EUGENIDES We were undefeated as freshmen and sophomores. We went 8-1-1 as juniors. It was a shame to go out th... BARRY HACKETT I think they had the swagger we usually carry. It seemed like we got frustrated, and we let down ins... ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL The work ethic and energy has been there, for the most part. We just haven't finished. We have to fi... ANDREW LUCIUK Everything went very smoothly today, ... On the first run, the car smoked the tires instantly. We ma... LARRY DIXON Your offense looks good when you're shooting well and tonight we did that. The last few games we wer... DICK DELANEY The key to our game was that we were able to create space and our game flowed today and that made it... JENNY KING Our blocking tonight was awesome. We were everywhere it seemed. ANNA LAU In the first period we were all over them at the start, but then we got away from our game. We knew ... BRIAN CAMPBELL Our backs were against the wall. We didn't talk about it or say we have to win this game or we have ... PHIL MISSERE “But that’s not the way of it with the tales that really mattered, or the ones that stay in the ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You simply plug in and play, ... We have tried to create Gizmondo in such a way that all the functio... CARL FREER I just had to stop him, We were trying to get someone in the back of the end zone. I tried to run it... ERIC WICKS We were just trying to find a way to fight back and make a game of it. JOSEPH JONES We totally failed on the software applications for it. It went to the stores and everything that sol... STEVE WOZNIAK We tried to keep the defense up on them and that led to getting our offense started. I was as happy ... JASON DAWSON The first two games were the best we've passed all year. Everything was right to the setter. In the ... DIANE TULLER To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Everything we have is everything we love - it's basically like we picked for our homes and then just... HELENA CHRISTENSEN When they started scoring, we knew they were coming for us. They kept scoring, and it seemed like we... HALEY MCINTYRE We were disappointed afterwards when we went into the dressing room but then we were more enthusiast... ALESSANDRO NESTA I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer. I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessi... TIM TEBOW They just came out and were ready to play. They took it to us defensively and they took it to us off... HARRY NISSEN I've been telling the kids all along we were the best 4-5 team in the state. We're as good as anybod... RANDY HARRIS So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also we... LAUREN MYRACLE We hadn't been playing all that well the last couple of games. Tonight it seemed like everybody was ... ANDREW LADD I tried to throw my breaking ball, but nothing seemed to work, so I was behind in the count a lot. A... FELIX HERNANDEZ As we spent time trying to play catch up, it was even harder trying to establish the run. We still h... DON PATTERSON We threw a few guys at (Lucas) trying to keep fresh legs, and there were a couple of times we tried ... DAN STOLZ I knew we were going to make it far into the region. When we won, I was surprised ... This whole sea... AVERY WRIGHT Both teams were going all out and it could have gone either way. Karma or not, shoot, we just relish... JOE SALAVE'A That was like my 80th shot. I was just trying to get it in. I tried everything else and finally got ... ANGIE KUHN That was a great way to finish heading into the tournament. Tonight was the most patient we've playe... EMILY GERBER We got it together for a few drives, and then we just didn't finish the way we needed to. ANDRE JOHNSON It doesn't seem like very long ago that we were the new kids on the block, and really tried to claw ... BEN AGOSTO That's what they saw, and we took our lumps, came in and went back out. I mean, it is what it is. Th... GREG ZIPADELLI When we started writing, we went back to the basics of just kind of jamming out riffs, ... That brou... DAN DONEGAN They were good, I have to admit. They were playing everything simple ball and everything was going t... CARLOS FLORES We knew they would get better as the game went on because they're a young group with young legs. We ... KIRK MALTBY It was kind of neat today to see all these fans show up for a test session. It was really cool, kind... JAKE ZEMKE They were doing a good job trapping us in the first period. We just tried to keep it simple, get the... DERICK LESSARD I think we just weren't getting the bounces on Friday. The puck just seemed to bounce straight to th... SHARON COLE
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MARKUS ZUSAK Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. MARKUS ZUSAK I think she ate a salad and some soup. And loneliness. She ate that, too. MARKUS ZUSAK My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy. MARKUS ZUSAK I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message. MARKUS ZUSAK You can kill a man with those words. No gun. No bullets. Just words and a girl. MARKUS ZUSAK I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it. MARKUS ZUSAK Believe it or not--it takes a lot of love to hate you like this. MARKUS ZUSAK It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed... MARKUS ZUSAK Socks comprised of 60 to 80 percent cotton woven with 15 to 20 percent nylon also showed a higher CO... MARKUS SMILEY Appearances are there to be ignored, for the biggest hearts may reside in the smallest and unlikelie... MARKUS HEITZ I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply est... MARKUS ZUSAK VALUE IS THE FINANCIAL EXPRESSION OF RARITY MARKUS JERGER It was Russia, January 5, 1943, and just another icy day. Out among the city and snow, there were de... MARKUS ZUSAK I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that ... MARKUS ZUSAK I walked home, seeing all my doubt from the other side. Have you ever seen that? Like when you go on... MARKUS ZUSAK ...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent. MARKUS ZUSAK The doorway page is only designed to give a search engine an idea of what's on the page behind it. MARKUS SAGEMANN I could smell something. Fear. I could taste it now. It tasted like blood in my mouth, and... MARKUS ZUSAK And when we finally stood up and turned to face the world, I could feel something climbing through m... 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