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It brought tears to my eyes.
BERNARD ARNAULT Brooks Robinson belongs in a higher league.
PETE ROSE Me being on the sideline watching that game, it just brought tears to my eyes, not being out there w...
ERIC HENDERSON After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said,...
ANONYMOUS After twelve years of therapy my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He said,...
RONNIE SHAKES Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a c...
ETHEL MERMAN It's a hospital full of kids, full of children, and the folks just came out on the balconies all the...
DAN RICE That was special to come up the fairway … everybody chanting 'U-S-A.' It gave me goose bumps. Just...
KENNY PERRY just brings tears to your eyes.
DAN CLARK One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who playe...
JOSH CHARLES In fairness to Dmitri Young, if you're going out there and asking him to be Brooks Robinson and you ...
JIM LEYLAND I tried to close my ears to the strange worshipful chanting and fix my mind on God, but the Egyptian...
KRISTEN REED I would go anywhere to see Brooks Robinson. He was the best third baseman ever. Nobody played third ...
JERRY CARTER I've got tears in my eyes. It is phenomenal. I'm just so overwhelmed by this. What a difference. It ...
DEBRA THOMPSON They ran into a German family who saw them walking through their fields. Every time he remembered ho...
EMORY JONES III Buddy Ryan said it best. It's hard for a quarterback to throw with tears in his eyes. We brought the...
GREGG WILLIAMS I went in at halftime, and you could just tell that he was hurting, ... He had tears in his eyes bec...
EUGENE WILSON I went in at halftime, and you could just tell that he was hurting. He had tears in his eyes because...
EUGENE WILSON I had tears in my eyes. It just killed me. She's amazing on the beam, and it's her senior year. I ju...
LEAH SAKHITAB She looked so professional. She had tears in her eyes--praising the Lord and all that good stuff.
LILA JOHNSON He did seem very genuine and actually looked like he had some little tears in his eyes. He gave me j...
JULIE NELSON You could see it moved him, there were tears in his eyes.
JOE GLOWACKI The response has been overwhelming. I don't have any tears left in my eyes.
JEFF TAYLOR Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and princ...
PHINEAS FLETCHER The dam of my eyes broke, and tears flooded the land.
JAMES SALLIS And because he loved her, it wouldn't matter that she wasn't twenty-two or thirty or forty anymore. ...
KRISTAN HIGGINS The tears dripping down my eyes just from personal satisfaction that okay you know I directed this g...
TIMOTHY FARMER Black tears running from my eyes.. I keep trying to tell myself you weren't worth my time..
AUDRA BUKAUSKAS At the end of the game I had tears in my eyes.
ANDREI ZUBAREV People come up to you with tears in their eyes wanting to take you into their house.
AARON WILKINSON I call them the first generation of men of the women's movement. They have tears in their eyes, they...
BILLIE JEAN KING All of the students and I, we all had tears in our eyes.
DOUGLAS NIMMO When you see something like this, you can't help it if tears come to your eyes. You are not human if...
MICHAEL FEELEY I went in at halftime and you could just tell he was hurt. He had tears in his eyes because he loves...
EUGENE WILSON This year, the kids did their own project. Some bring tears to your eyes.
KARI LYLES My eyes in tears
Heart never sighs
My mind never fears
I conquer the lies
MUNIA KHAN [In one courtroom scene, in which Robinson is asked by his lawyer whether he has committed the rape,...
BROCK PETERS [In one courtroom scene, in which Robinson is asked by his lawyer whether he has committed the rape,...
BROCK PETERS She got her son named Robinson. But when little Ray ((Ray Jr.)) went out there, he was pushed to the...
LEILA SMITH I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.
EDMUND WHITE I'm trying to put it together to help this team win, ... I think that's what [manager] Frank [Robins...
MARLON BYRD The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing sad...
SAMUEL BECKETT You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows. Its not just that You left. But when You left ...
RUMI My man Friday (Robinson Crusoe)
DANIEL DEFOE Making the ungrateful grateful will bring tears to your eyes, tears of blood bleeding from the heart...
ANA MONNAR I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant one...
CAMILLE CLAUDEL [In one courtroom scene, in which Robinson is asked by his lawyer whether he has committed the rape,...
BROCK PETERS The memory was so painful that tears came into my eyes, and a pang of grief tore through my body.
SKEELO KHUMALO I guess that’s how well you know me. You think I like hearing this news.”
“I’m sorry. T...
JULIA GLASS Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. (they ...
MEG CABOT My office is kitty-corner across the street, so I've been interested in that since it began. And I d...
FRANK BENNETT My tears brought no sense of release or relief. Their flight felt like the lightest, coldest touch o...
ANNE GIARDINI I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl of...
CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN Not in my neighborhood, Mr. Robinson.
DIKEMBE MUTOMBO Darling, even raindrops try to wipe my teardrops but your thoughts haul out more tears from my liqui...
ABHISHEK RATH It's almost embarrassing sometimes when you think of all the blood, sweat and tears that went into t...
BOB AKINS I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and ...
GIUSEPPE VERDI If eyes are windows to the soul, then tears are heavens rain.
ANTHONY LICCIONE It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that make...
DOROTHY DIX Over 25 years I've never gotten over seeing the tears and heartbreak in kids' eyes when you lose. Un...
DAN GORBETT Tears wet my eyes. I’m a surgeon. I like solving things. But how do I solve
this?
ATUL GAWANDE Despite his best efforts, a few scalding tears escaped Cobalt's eyes. He swiped them away. 'Can you ...
S.W. VAUGHN They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.
ANDY SLYKE They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.
ANDY VAN SLYKE Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of ...
ANNE BRONTE Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.
LOUIS L. MANN That brought us their respect. It opened their eyes to why we were here.
MARK LITTLE When peace like a river come's my way - When sorrow like the sea, tears from my eyes will fall - Wha...
FEMALE IMAGINATION I close my eyes and try to hold back the tears, knowing that they’ll just make my head hurt worse ...
HEATHER LEIGH And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just le...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I peel a pomegranate and say to myself; Weren't it good if one could see,the seeds of people hearts ...
SOHRAB SEPEHRI You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine...
EVEL KNIEVEL Death is patiently making my mask as I sleep. Each morning I awake to discover in the corners of my ...
PHILIP DOW My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ear...
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH He's playing outstandingly well and is now a genuine centre option for Andy Robinson.
IAN MCGEECHAN Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
CHRISTIAN NEVELL BOVEE Now I lay down on this tree and felt a lonely sadness coming over me in waves. Slow tears ran from m...
BARBARA COMYNS I remember the fire, it burns bright, always around me. I close my eyes, and tears stream out. The t...
NED HAYES It is easier to wipe a thousand tears from your eyes than to wipe a single tear from your soul.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO He (Robinson) is a player. He is just so good.
BOB HICKS Statistics are people with the tears wiped from their eyes
HILAIRE BELLOC My throat chokes up, tears fall from my eyes, and my heart cries love tonight. Our children are figh...
SCOTTIE SOMERS While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my ey...
TIM O'REILLY The tears were back, stinging just behind my eyes. There was blood all over my penguins. I didn't gi...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Have you ever put finger, algea-filled lake-water, or shampoo in there? Yeah, that gets your eyes sc...
NEIL PASRICHA A lot of the (parents) had tears in their eyes. We appreciate all the support from the community.
DON JAKEWAY He was really upset, tears in his eyes. He thought the world of the fire department, still.
JAMES BAILEY I want to drown in my tears,
And my tears are my prayers.
LUFFINA LOURDURAJ Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
JOHN VANCE CHENEY The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
JOHN VANCE CHENEY The soul would have no rainbow, had the eyes no tears.
JOHN VANCE CHENEY Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, h...
WILLIE MAYS Tears fell from my eyes--yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth...
MARGUERITE BLESSINGTON Tolkien is considered the grandfather of fantasy and, for me, I consider myself the grandson, with T...
PETER V. BRETT I had a little 6-year-old girl come up and dump her piggy bank in my boot so I was, I had tears in m...
STEVE SURACE This was a patient who chronically screamed at my secretary, who was very seasoned, ... He once even...
C. HUGHES Every well-dressed gentleman must have an all-cotton oxford cloth button-down shirt from Brooks Brot...
ROGER STONE I was, like, there's not going to be any tears shed out of these eyes.
BRANDON HOYTE I close my eyes and cross my fingers that we're represented well.
LARRY PANNELL

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BROOKS ROBINSON Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.
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BROOKS ROBINSON I just love coming out here. I love to meet the people here.
BROOKS ROBINSON the priority of my life.
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BROOKS ROBINSON Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.
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THOMAS BROOKS I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.
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BROOKS ATKINSON I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.
PHILLIPS BROOKS Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
BROOKS ATKINSON A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
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PHILLIPS BROOKS No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and wit...
PHILLIPS BROOKS Let
MEL BROOKS No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which...
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And a dreamer's just a vessel that m...
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MEL BROOKS Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
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PAUL BROOKS Each body has its art...
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MEL BROOKS Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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RODNEY BROOKS Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.
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MO BROOKS Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me w...
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PHILLIPS BROOKS The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.
PHILLIPS BROOKS Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of ma...
PHILLIPS BROOKS It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the ...
PHILLIPS BROOKS Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!
PHILLIPS BROOKS Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like ...
PHILLIPS BROOKS The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of t...
PHILLIPS BROOKS Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurre...
PHILLIPS BROOKS The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is th...
PHILLIPS BROOKS It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
PHILLIPS BROOKS Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.
PHILLIPS BROOKS To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made th...
PHILLIPS BROOKS Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.
PHILLIPS BROOKS Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
PHILLIPS BROOKS Just keep taking chances and having fun.
GARTH BROOKS In the future, I'm sure there will be a lot more robots in every aspect of life. If you told peo...
RODNEY BROOKS When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that th...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other eth...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS I've always thought of myself as a reporter.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing wi...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, e...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this ident...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS