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What makes it difficult for people trying to follow a dream is that the whole time you feel like you're slamming your head against the wall. So it's nice to make a breakthrough and not kind of lying there with your head bleeding.


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BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho...
BILL BLACK From a pure economic standpoint, I understand that this is a worldwide economic matter, but that sho...
BILL BLACK A special session may be premature, ... Do we have enough votes to do some of this? Is the governor ...
BILL BLACK They need to perform at a higher level than their competitors. They need to solidify and diversify t...
BILL BLACK Five years ago, he would have sold in a minute. Now selling is just one option.
BILL BLACK Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGo...
CILLA BLACK It's likely these new-to-wireless people might be lower income, and pre-paid might actually be perfe...
ANDREW BLACK There's an awful lot of people that still haven't gotten into the category and we ask ourselves the ...
ANDREW BLACK There was a lot of really useful stuff here. I'm planning on coming back next year.
ANDREW BLACK It appears that due to the sound and the noise, (the co-pilot) was unable to understand what the pas...
ANDREW BLACK We've ruled out foul play on behalf of any of the passengers. We're looking at it strictly as a poss...
ANDREW BLACK It's been slightly busier, and it was busy yesterday but nothing exceptional.
ANDREW BLACK We got it." Val grinned and lifted her fist. "Wonder twin powers activate!"
Ruth grinned back,...
HOLLY BLACK I would remain nearer you for what time there is."

"Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted....
HOLLY BLACK No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court."
"Well, I'm not, he dumped me." HOLLY BLACK Curiosity could be almost as powerful as desire.
SHAYLA BLACK I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and th...
BLACK KETTLE We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from...
HOLLY BLACK They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, ...
BLACK ELK You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't se...
HOLLY BLACK No matter what we're trying to accomplish in life, or what career path we're trying to take,...
LUCAS BLACK Because they could not determine when they were going to be clear to land, it made no sense to conti...
ANTHONY BLACK