Wow. What'd he do to deserve that? Rescue orphans from a burning building? If so, you might want to make sure he didn't set the building on fire in the first place.
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Related I have never seen a man break the way he did. And he broke. Set half the damn Covenant on fire.... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT South Middle School is currently up to fire code. The fire department has come in and said it meets ... BARRY HASKELL We really wanted to make sure the building was safe, but we wanted to make sure it wasn't the first ... HERB STRATFORD I've always said a romance hero can be deeply flawed... as long as he's willing to rush into... TERESA MEDEIROS It's like running into a burning building and trying to buy fire insurance. PETER EVANS The Town's principal responsibility is to make sure it enforces its fire and building codes. GEORGE HOFFMAN I am that friend who comes back for you in a fiery building, but i am also that friend who will set ... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE They're building a large burn or wall at the bottom of the landfill to make sure the waste stays in ... LAURENCE LAU If you can show people how to build castles, make sure you do not neglect building and nurturing you... SUZY KASSEM He invited me to his apartment in the wee hours one morning and pulled out a set of children's build... RYū MURAKAMI The building just has a bad history, ... We didn't know it in the beginning, so we had to bless the ... DANIEL DAE KIM When there's fire in the attic space, the only way you can get control of that fire is to remove the... GREG HUNT you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own KERRY E. WAGNER That is a great building. I can see why he got that price. You can pick that building up and set it ... DAVID HUDDLESTON It started with a fire in the building. A helicopter started to sprinkle water to put out the fire. ... ABDERRAHMANE GHOUL He knew for a fact that he was so hopelessly bad at seeing through camouflage that, if left alone in... SORIN SUCIU We were sure he was hibernating in the wall or it was totally out of the building. He was gone for s... NANCY MOORE Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can u... C.S. LEWIS It's premature in the process to make that decision. The first building will depend on the market. DAN TATSCH There are going to be factions in the building. There are guys that want Mooch to be there, and ther... MIKE TICE He was so programmed, he left the building. GAYLA HARKIN I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning buil... DYLAN MCDERMOTT The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to ... TRUDI CANAVAN He had to be moving. The dirt on the building has to be (from) the bumper. LARRY ROSS Retirement funds are the security that you're building up over the course of your working years and ... MADELINE NOVECK The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE (That building) might not be here when we come back, but we'll make sure we can play football. MARK REEVE He was told that a state office building is an inappropriate place to hold a campaign event. KATHY MEARS Building a better you is the first step to building a better America. ZIG ZIGLAR Building a better you is the first step to building a better America ZIG ZIGLAR I don't want to be in the paper 15 years from now about the Trump tower leaning. This isn't a 15-sto... FRANK DAGOSTINO Don't beg a man to keep you. If he isn't sure you are the right one make the decision for yourself. ... PAULA HELLER GARLAND He recounted to me that when he first saw the pictures of the bombed-out shells of the building he w... JERROLD POST If you can take the run game away from, you get them to where you make them do things that they don'... KYLE WILLIAMS He wrote a 36-page autobiography that said any member of my family would run into a burning building... CHARLIE EBERSOL They were burning some stuff in their incinerator. Some people drove by and thought it was a buildin... DAN THOMPSON But I see now that our future lies not in building beautiful havens from the ugliness in society, bu... J.P. DELANEY if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Whenever you have a large number of people in a building you want to make sure they can get out very... CAPT. PAUL MCDONOUGH Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur
mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous... JACOB MAHURIEN You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire with... BOB NELSON There is no need to rush. We have to make sure we know where we are going to put everybody. We want ... BILL WISEHEART When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you... FAY WRAY You obviously want to make sure you err on the side of caution when someone gets hit in the head or ... WILLIE RANDOLPH He showed some areas and talked about specific areas he felt were changed, but I'm not sure he was a... BILL LUSHER Theater in New York is nearer to the street. In London, you have to go deep into the building, usual... TOM STOPPARD Why you say that I have talent?? About magic?? Wow, wow it isn't what you think, it's easy magi... DEYTH BANGER We put up the fancy spires first. When we saw that the whole edifice was shaky, we set to building t... 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It's as if they're in a burning building. Their lives are a... DAVID HARDY Can we prepare a proposal by September? Yes. But the issue is building a consensus, and making sure ... RICHARD CONTI This is his first season in two years, so he's got to make sure he rests his legs, stays off his fee... DANE FIFE Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis... W. EDWARDS DEMING The joint investigation, which includes Northborough police and fire, and State Police assigned to t... JENNIFER MIETH Is it possible that you know what he was strangled with and you just didnt want to tell me? JOHN SHORT We really are trying to make a push toward life-cycle-cost analysis in new construction. In Alaska, ... DON CARNEY You fight for your rights when your rights are being denied. When the building is on fire, you don't... RICHARD GILBERT All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He prayed for a house from the power that is effortlessly building galaxies and universes. DR HITESH C SHETH If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; ... EZRA POUND You know what I like about you, Mase? You think just like I do.” “Frightening concept ,” ... RICHELLE MEAD We were trying to make sure he wasn't running the tires off it. This place is so abrasive on tires. KENNY FRANCIS It was a blow to me. My job is to make sure the building is safe. AL ROGERS Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You've got the spirit of a warrior. RICHELLE MEAD You made your own jean shorts...with a butter knife? RICHELLE MEAD He was a professor, a lover of stories, and he was building her a library in the same way other men ... JENNIFER E. SMITH So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stoppi... TOMMY COOPER How does someone go from thinking that if he cannot rescue, he must destroy? And do you blame him, o... JODI PICOULT The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. MINORU YAMASAKI But I can tell you that the building is supposed to be somewhere near Saddam's old palace, from wher... LARA LOGAN A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. ELIA KAZAN I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little abou... CARL SANDBURG We're thrilled to make the playoffs but our work's far from over. We have our sights set on first pl... BO CHEESMAN You don't need Beanie Sigel in the building with a pre-perception that this crazy dude might do ... BEANIE SIGEL If you really want to talk to the big boss now, make sure you leave your balls here with me, for he ... PAWAN MISHRA Suppose that a man leaps out of a burning building—as my dear friend and colleague Jeff Goldberg s... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do ... ANTHONY TROLLOPE I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using re... DAN PHILLIPS The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault. JIM BUTCHER He sabotaged the Mitchell report instead of accepting it when he said that he will continue building... AHMED RAHMAN He sabotaged the Mitchell report instead of accepting it when he said that he will continue building... AHMED ABDEL RAHMAN Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I dont think having a My Chemical Romance action figure will make a kid start his own band, I like t... GERARD WAY We are going from building to building in Mecca to find out if people are still missing. AUSAF SAYEED He made the right move. You have to make sure you've got the project you really want to do. If you m... HUGO WEAVING If you want to set up your own stables, make sure you can achieve it financially and you have the ti... CHRIS YATES There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for ones own safety i... JOSEPH HELLER It's based on calculated risks, ... When everyone is running out of a burning building, we're runnin... BILL JOHNSTON Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in you... SARAH DUNANT It never stops. He brings everybody up. When guys are down, he is the first one to put a smile on yo... DANILO PINNOCK I never came here to set the World on fire, but hopefully to give a spark to others so that they the... STUART GOLLIGY Cautiously, he moved further out, checking the roofs, doors, windows. Nothing. He walked out further... CHRISTINA ENGELA Neil Gaiman is a star. He constructs stories like some demented cook might make a wedding cake, buil... CLIVE BARKER
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"Yeah," a new voice suddenly ... RICHELLE MEAD I expected Abe to yell for everyone to shut up or something like that. Of course, Nathan had been tr... RICHELLE MEAD So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad." Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "N... RICHELLE MEAD Who are these people?" my mother asked. "Guess," replied Abe flatly. "Who would be foolish enou... RICHELLE MEAD Well, well, well," I said. "If it isn't the people responsible for unleashing Rose Hathaway on the w... RICHELLE MEAD Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's p... RICHELLE MEAD Ah, Belikov," said Abe, shaking Dimitri's hand. "I'd been hoping we'd run into each other. I'd reall... RICHELLE MEAD I have it on good authority there's going to be a new 'gate' opening up soon over on the south side ... RICHELLE MEAD She reached out and touched the bright colors of the cashmere scarf, her face filled with wonder as ... RICHELLE MEAD Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the lega... RICHELLE MEAD What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him. "Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn... RICHELLE MEAD Don't fight them anymore.I'm going to go with them." "No. I won't let them take you." "You... RICHELLE MEAD Because it gives him and excuse to be around her--without making it look like he gave in first. That... RICHELLE MEAD You approve?" I asked, spinning around. He slipped an arm around my waist. "Unfortunately... RICHELLE MEAD You forget: I have an addictive personality. I'm addicted to you. Somehow I think you could do all s... RICHELLE MEAD Dimitri. I hadn't known he was here. His eyes were on me too,dark and endless. Only I couldn't ... RICHELLE MEAD I'm sorry." "Be sorry you lied," he said, pressing a kiss to my forehead. "Don't be sorr... RICHELLE MEAD That," I told Tatiana, "is the most fucked-up law I have ever heard. RICHELLE MEAD As he looked at me, he seemed to send a message of his own: that he would still fight for me, that h... RICHELLE MEAD In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you." "I've given up on you,"... RICHELLE MEAD What are you, Rose Hathaway? Are you real? You're a dream within a dream. I'm afraid touching you wi... RICHELLE MEAD Yeah, that's exactly what I want. To help my girlfriend get her old boyfriend back." He turned away ... RICHELLE MEAD I'll find you. There is no place in this world you can hide from me. I'm watching. Love, Dimitr... RICHELLE MEAD Well, you've finally got a license to kill. It's about time. RICHELLE MEAD You guys didn't really think you could go off on a party weekend without me, did you? Especially her... RICHELLE MEAD I don't know. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did." I frow... RICHELLE MEAD If I could dream, I know I'd dream about you.I'd dream about the way you smell and how your dark hai... RICHELLE MEAD Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had b... RICHELLE MEAD Checkmate, bitch. RICHELLE MEAD Damn it," I muttered. "What?" asked Adrian. "I hate when you're the sane one... RICHELLE MEAD You're beautiful in battle," said Dimitri. His cold voice carried to me clearly, even above the roar... RICHELLE MEAD Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot realit... RICHELLE MEAD He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can thre... RICHELLE MEAD Sweat isn't a bad thing," he said, leaning his head against the wall thoughtfully. "Some of the best... RICHELLE MEAD It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword." "I can’t. I can�... RICHELLE MEAD That's pretty hot," he said. "Punching me in the eye?" "Well, no. Of course not. I meant t... RICHELLE MEAD By the way, my name's Rose Hathaway. I'm seventeen years old, training to protect and kill vampires,... RICHELLE MEAD Sometimes you wake up from a dream. Sometimes you wake up in a dream. And sometimes, every once in a... RICHELLE MEAD what's your name?" what?" i asked, squinting at the light. your name." I reconized Dr. Ole... RICHELLE MEAD Don't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible. RICHELLE MEAD You were wrong. She really is the new general in town." I smiled back, hoping he wasn't aware o... RICHELLE MEAD And I thought the whole point of my education was that violence IS the answer. RICHELLE MEAD I steeled myself for the next response. I knew it was going to be one of the Zen life lessons. [...]... RICHELLE MEAD I love you, Roza." He kissed me again. "I'll always be here for you. I'm not going to let anything h... RICHELLE MEAD