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Related What do you mean, Phib?" asked Miss Squeers, looking in her own little glass, where, like most of us... CHARLES DICKENS It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN The reason people miss these is because they simply procrastinate and rush through it. They don't pa... CAROL THOMPSON It looks like Animal and Miss piggy had sex," I said. "And this was the spawn." "My eyes!" Boo... DAVID LEVITHAN If i was to tell you how much i miss you words would overwhelm me all i can say is every beat of my ... ATONG TULBA I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fu... MARY KOM Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlie... OSCAR WILDE I miss you in the maddening noise of crowd, I hear your laughter at my folly with sweet indiffe... DEBATRAYEE BANERJEE I miss you in the maddening noise of crowd, I hear your laughter at my folly with sweet indiffe... 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GREG BEHRENDT It was very emotional for me. Football will miss Bill Snyder. More than that, the kids of Kansas Sta... MACK BROWN Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I miss it. I miss being at the races with my old man. BRYAN HARSIN In my personal opinion, you miss out on the beauty of the moment if you go in planning what the mome... BRIE LARSON I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will... LATOYA JACKSON Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. GINA GREENLEE If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. THOMAS CARLYLE The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. 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SARAH DESSEN You are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you ... PAULO COELHO We were scared. The hurricane was coming. I miss my house. I miss my stuff. BRANDON WASHINGTON You only miss the idea of him. You weren't happy with him even before you found out he was cheating.... COLLEEN HOOVER You made me feel worthwhile…. like for once it mattered if I was here or not because I actually me... RANATA SUZUKI You could miss it if you didn't know what it was. BRIAN MACARI We all miss you so much. It just never ends. It feels like we were all wounded in your battle, Carol... JOHN GREEN In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat. DAVID HEWSON What are your pleasures and pursuits, Lord Moncrieffe?" Miss Eversea asked too brightly, when the si... JULIE ANNE LONG I won't miss Grissom. It was a complete life for me that's reached its end, and it's rea... WILLIAM PETERSEN It was very hard for Miss Gina and Mr. Robert because they told him personally how their lives have ... BENJAMIN CRUMP She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get... RUDOLPH DELSON Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON A horse is a quadruped, and quadruped's latin for beast, as everybody that's gone through grammar kn... CHARLES DICKENS I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what... HARRY STYLES The only reason anything was off-white at the Chateau was because it had once been just plain white. EVE BABITZ I look at the sky and the dust that separates us from the stars that will be my home. I breathe in t... CORINNE DUYVIS It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of t... JOHN SERGEANT WISE what do you miss do they miss you when they're around do they support your peace R.H. SIN I revere football. I love the game. You don't have to wonder if I will miss it. I will absolutel... PEYTON MANNING 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it! SAM KINISON I was just a little scared because, one, what if I miss it; two, what if I slip, I might fall into t... DAX MAIER What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the sm... RICHELLE MEAD I miss the hole, I miss the hole, I miss the hole, I hole it. SEVE BALLESTEROS You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA I miss our Would You Rather conversations and your hilarious answers. I miss your laugh. I miss the ... SAMANTHA YOUNG You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss ... SUGAR RAY LEONARD People who get comfortable in their spirit miss what they were created for. They were created to mag... CORY BOOKER Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO What they did the third quarter was to not miss a shot. Everybody was on. No matter what defense we ... RON GINAPP He's going to give me one pitch to hit. That's why it's a situation where I can't miss that pitch. B... JAVIER VALENTIN I will miss my chest exploding you coming home late not turning on the light alw... CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Your fangs are showing, Miss Lyndon." "Are they?" she asked, reaching up to touch her fac... JULIA QUINN When all is said and done, you are part of me. That's the way it was meant to be. People are brought... NEIL GAIMAN But I love him." "So love him." "But I miss him." "So miss him. Send him love and lig... 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