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uncles sound news
Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news. Rick Riordan
uncles lying men
Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I've seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he's lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV. Norm MacDonald
uncles crazy land
Uncle Sam is not often called a fool in business matters, yet he has sold millions of acres of timber land at two dollars and a half an acre on which a single tree was worth more than a hundred dollars. But this priceless land has been patented, and nothing can be done now about the crazy bargain.... a bad, black business from beginning to end. John Muir
uncles california motorcycle
My uncle who helped in a big part of raising me from when I was young, had moved from California, and would just tell me these legendary stories of these motorcycle clubs that he was around and that he used to ride with. Theo Rossi
uncles book reality
I've read Reverend Kirk, in fact. My uncle's library has quite a few books of your people. I have read Mr. Lang's fairy tales as well. (Katherine Rae O'Flaherty) "Books are not the same as reality," Devlin stared at her. "My world is not always kind to mortals. Melissa Marr
uncles aunt hands
It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts. George Orwell
uncles farewell saws
Robb: Uncle Benjen said to send you to the stables if I saw you. Jon: I have one more farewell to make. Robb: Then I haven't seen you. George R. R. Martin
uncles father nephew
What Uncle Leo XIII never suspected was that his nephew's courage did not come from the need to survive or from a brute indifference inherited from his father, but from a driving need for love, which no obstacle in this world or the next would ever break. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
uncles southern alabama
My uncle is a Southern planter. He's an undertaker in Alabama. Fred Allen
aunt catholic decided encouraged friend jackie linda semester senior spend student supposed talk teacher
During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt Beth's friend was Jackie Gleason's daughter, Linda Miller. She encouraged me to talk to her. After doing that, she recommended Catholic University's M.F.A. acting program. So that's what I did. Siobhan Fallon Hogan
aunt basically celebrate dad deal happy helps left life mom seeing smiling sure talk weekend
Seeing my mom and dad and aunt every weekend really helps because we all talk about it and deal with it in our own way. Just basically help her celebrate what's left of her life and make sure she's happy and always smiling through. Chrissy Lamun
aunt fun grandma grandpa school
The ride's boring, ... but it is fun because I don't have to go to school and I get to see my grandma and grandpa and aunt and uncle. Doug Jones
aunt laughing firsts
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst out laughing. She wondered why there was something slightly absurd about aunts; perhaps it was because one thought of them as dear, comfortable creatures, somehow lacking in dignity and prestige. Barbara Pym
aunt creative decided flowers instead time toilets
We decided to get creative and put up toilets instead of a fence. I had an aunt who did this one time with one toilet. But she had real flowers in it.
aunt giving age
My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.' Edward Abbey
aunt learn spell
Because I stuttered, my aunt told me I had to learn to spell, and spell very well,
aunt drank everybody gathered people sat
Everybody gathered at my Aunt Hannah's house, and we sat around and talked, ate, drank and told lies. That's what people do, and I just sat there and listened. Andre Holland
aunt days hair people realized
Two days ago, my mom, grandmother and aunt went to get their hair done. When the people realized they're from Louisiana, they did all their hair for free.
hands
Now it's in the hands of the Legislature. We're going to see what they're going to do with it.
hands monitor
This is an unfortunate setback, and is in the hands of the medics, who will continually monitor the situation. Rob Andrew
hands goal littles
The sudden and abrupt removal of my all-consuming goal ... well, it was like I was a donut, and somebody had sucked all the jelly out of me. But I could stuff new jelly in there. It would just get my hands a little sticky in the process. Brandon Sanderson
hands paper found
The Times is a paper which is seldom found in any hands but those of the highly educated. Arthur Conan Doyle
hands grace mystery
she's never forgotten, either, how a mystery caught in the hand could lose its grace Barbara Kingsolver
hands house brain
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brain and in your hands, wherever you go.
hands oysters cities
Venice is a cheek-by-jowl, back-of-the-hand, under-the-counter, higgledy-piggledy, anecdotal city, and she is rich in piquant wrinkled things, like an assortment of bric-a-brac in the house of a wayward connoisseur, or parasites on an oyster-shell. Jan Morris
hands profound looks
We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women! Burt Ward
hands people want
Non-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it. Cesar Chavez