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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 I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS The corncob was the central object of my life. My father was a horse handler, first trotting and pac... PAUL ENGLE My mother had her own horse. Her father drove a horse and carriage and his horses were the best. LARRY MORRISSEY The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison SARAH J. MAAS I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. SARAH J. MAAS He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain... SARAH J. MAAS Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You do what you love, what you need SARAH J. MAAS I turned. Rhysand leaned against the archway into the sitting room, arms crossed, wings nowhere... SARAH J. MAAS She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR To be content, horse people need only a horse, or, lacking that, someone else who loves horses with ... ALLAN J. HAMILTON Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast... In 1974 I was elected a... CYRUS S. POONAWALLA I was very disappointed that he got beat the first time, but it was a 4 ½-furlong race and once he ... ELLIOTT WALDEN She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself. ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER I remembered this one time that I never told anybody about. The time we were walking. Just the three... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me." Stars flicker... SARAH J. MAAS That boy had wanted to be Ser Arthur Dayne, but someplace along the way he had become the Smiling Kn... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Oh, I should probably set a few ground rules before we do this.” “Oh?” I turn at the wais... J.A. REDMERSKI He was the picture of perfection. We just knew he'd make a perfect trainer for some of our horses. GRETCHEN JACKSON Sunday, that was our "fun day". After Sunday school a group of boys that lived around Purdy, would m... JOE DAVIS We die a day at a time BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I was raised on a ranch in Wyoming, and I've been riding horses most of my life. LARRY WILCOX I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I frowned at the eye in my palm. "What, literally shout at the tattoo?" "You could try rubbing ... SARAH J. MAAS I was not a pet, not a doll, not an animal. I was a survivor, and I was strong. I would no... SARAH J. MAAS I sipped from my wine. "And if he had grabbed me?" There was nothing but uncompromising w... SARAH J. MAAS There you are. I've been looking for you. His first words to me— not a lie at a... SARAH J. MAAS I was not prey any longer, I decided as I eased up to that door. And I was not a mouse. I ... SARAH J. MAAS No one was my master— but I might be master of everything, if I wished. If I dared. SARAH J. MAAS He drained his glass. "I made a mistake." "It's not the end of the world if you do that every n... SARAH J. MAAS I will kill anyone who harms you," Rhys snarled. "I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing ... SARAH J. MAAS Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers. ELIZABETH TAYLOR The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be ... PATRICK W. CARR Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?" "Ah. The Suriel to... SARAH J. MAAS He's gawking at me when I open the door. "Damn girl," he says, looking me over, "what the hell... J.A. REDMERSKI I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junio... MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV I knew that I better make the second one because a lot is riding on it and I knew if I missed it my ... SPENCER GARDNER Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE My father, Dines Pontoppidan, belonged to an old family of clergymen and was himself a minister. HENRIK PONTOPPIDAN I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero... DAVE BRUBECK Kehidupan perempuan itu sembilan bagian kacau dan satu bagian ajaib, kau akan segera mengetahuinya..... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Jaime smiled knowingly. Men will read all sorts of things into a knowing smile if you let them. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN My father had owned a ranch when he was younger, in Montana, and he remembered riding his horse acro... JACK HORNER How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the lea... W. BRUCE CAMERON I started spending time at stables with my daughter while she was riding. I was reminded of my love ... JILL GREENBERG When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI My plant is probably dead." Camryn looks slightly surprised. "You have a plant?" I smile. ... J.A. REDMERSKI Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still wa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN You know nothing, Jon Snow. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL 'We didn't have enough money, or horses of our own I would take an old saddle and put it on a swing ... ELISABETH SHUE Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Peabody is a talented hockey club, but our game plan was to get the puck in the zone, cycle and cras... MARK LEE I felt like I was riding into infinity, and soon I forgot I existed as the sky surrounded us in a bl... AISHABELLA SHEIKH I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault... ANUJ SOMANY The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ... LUCY GREALY The value of a consultant;An outsider can see what an insider cannot see or has decided to ignore. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A family is like a card game, on one hand, you can get a really bad hand and on the other, your hand... GARY F EVANS...
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JOAN COLLINS For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent. JOAN JETT We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compas... JOAN HALIFAX Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I... JOAN RIVERS My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. JOAN JETT Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and ... JOAN RIVERS The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it. JOAN RIVERS Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant. JOAN DIDION Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. JOAN DIDION My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' Al... JOAN DIDION Diets, like clothes, should be tailored to you. JOAN RIVERS Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of... JOAN LINGARD One of the main secrets to staying young is staying healthy. I've sometimes had to suppress a sm... JOAN COLLINS You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends. JOAN JETT For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life m... JOAN MIRO I used to get into the government car and switch on Chopin or someone I liked to hear at the end of ... JOAN KIRNER The arrangement of the words matters, and the arrangement you want can be found in the picture in yo... JOAN DIDION I wasn't beautiful, so there were plenty of character roles. I never did any Shakespeare, I'... JOAN HICKSON You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost ha... JOAN BAEZ Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was... JOAN ALLEN The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. JOAN MIRO When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important tha... JOAN ARMATRADING When I first met Antonin Scalia, I was a small child with one brown ponytail atop my head. Which is ... JOAN LARSEN And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your record... JOAN JETT Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the... JOAN BLADES You can take charge, kick ass, do whatever you have to do and it's okay. You can blow people up.... JOAN SEVERANCE Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. JOAN DIDION My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. JOAN BAUER I think that in our society we should do everything to encourage child-bearing and family-making. An... JOAN LUNDEN We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to ... JOAN BLADES What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman. JOAN MIRó Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore. JOAN RIVERS Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only questio... JOAN DIDION I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. JOAN COLLINS