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american-author good graceful pleased writers-and-writing
The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. Jack Vance
american-author films services sort stick
Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,' just so that you can end up at 'point c.' They are just sort of stick characters. That's just not interesting to me. Kevin Williamson
american-author certainly changed exterior growing safe
The exterior circumstances have certainly changed for many children. The world is not the safe place it was when I was growing up. Beverly Cleary
american-author creating ethanol five four gasoline might percent within
Within four or five years the US might be getting 10 percent of its gasoline from ethanol - that would be like creating a new Indonesia. Daniel Yergin
american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau
american-author best life love man woman
Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Zane Grey
american-author countless wrote
So I'll write it, and then I'll find out that I actually wrote something that is utterly useless. You can't use it in the story and it doesn't fit. So I just throw it away. I've done that countless times. Jack Vance
american-author boy
Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl. Dick Bruna
american-author
Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide. Sara Paretsky
half opened second start worst
The start of the second half is probably the worst we've opened the second half all year." () Robert McCullum
half huge late score turning
The score right before the half was a huge key. We got a turnover late and were able to take it in for a score just before the half. That was a turning point, no doubt. Jay Frye
half ugly
It was ugly the first half of the game. It was ugly, but it was a win. Mike Herakovic
half body might
Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly any body to love." (of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, Persuasion) Jane Austen
half other-half persons
I love my music so much, and I love what I'm doing so much that that has become my other half-rather than another person. Miley Cyrus
half happen police sloppy state time type work worst wrong
Wrongful convictions happen every week in every state in this country. And they happen for all the same reasons. Sloppy police work. Eyewitness identification is the most - is the worst type almost. Because it's wrong about half the time. Think about that. John Grisham
half second strong
We had a strong second half offensively and defensively. Rodney Vigil
half halves next playing together tonight trouble year
We've had trouble playing two halves all year long. We put one half together and we can't put the next one together. Tonight we got those two halves right. Joel Brown
half
We could do it (set up shelter) in half an hour, if necessary. Diana Gustafson
kinds wants
No one wants to see these kinds of international tensions over these issues. Tony Fratto
kinds team
The team did well at times, and didn't play well at times. It was one of those kinds of matches. Mike Wilton
kinds morality seldom side
We have in fact, two kinds of morality, side by side: one that we preach, but do not practice, and another that we practice, but seldom preach. Bertrand Russell
kinds
Those are the kinds of things that will be discussed, Haley Barbour
kinds spend time worries
There are two kinds of worries -- those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter. Duke Ellington
kinds people quiet speakers-and-speaking talk
There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot. Source Unknown
kinds labor people women
There are two kinds of people in the labor movement: women and people who like women, Lane Kirkland
kinds since strange stuff
Man, it's been like that since day one. There's all kinds of strange stuff going on. Jeromy Burnitz
kinds nor per played
In those 11 games, we did all kinds of things. We played and got better during this period. And I don?t know if we ever peaked, per se, nor did I want us to. Jim Calhoun
lasting peace road yourselves
See yourselves in all; See all in yourselves; that is the road to lasting peace and joy. Atharva Veda
last trace
Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy. John Sherman Cooper
last special whether year
I've thought of guys, whether they were here last year or not, and doing something special for them. Michael Redd
last performance worst
This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years. Shane Olivea
last outside people realize tough victory
This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game. Brooks Bollinger
lasts research asks
Do your own market research; ask your last ten customers exactly why they bought from you. Brian Tracy
lasts problem found
A region is an area safely larger than the last one to whose problems we found no solution. Jane Jacobs
lasts costumes tradition
Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming. Channing Tatum
lasts way felt
I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it. Janet Jackson
weekend sweaters lasts
I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters. Albert Brooks
weekend differences acid
There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day. Tommy Rettig
weekend literature waste
Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed? Marilyn vos Savant
weekend pie magazines
I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie. Erma Bombeck
weekend vegas upset-stomach
You know how most illnesses have symptoms you can recognize? Like fever, upset stomach, chills, whatever. Well, with manic depression, it's sexual promiscuity, excessive spending, and substance abuse - and that just sounds like a fantastic weekend in Vegas to me! Carrie Fisher
week whether
He'll be back, but whether it's this week or not I don't know. Mike Martz
weeks
It's going to be a long, long bye week. Two weeks to think about this. Tony Mortensen
weekend past ideas
I do my precalc homework, and then when I'm done I actually sit with the textbook for like three hours and try to understand what I just did. That's the kind of weekend it is--the kind where you have so much time you go past the answers and start looking into the ideas. John Green
week happened
…I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all. Nick Hornby