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My Dad, a small-town lawyer, was also named Paul. Until we lost him when I was 16, he was a gentle presence in my life. I like to think he'd be proud of me and my sister and brothers, because I'm sure proud of him and of where I come from, Janesville, Wisconsin. Paul Ryan

Life Me My Life Lawyer Lost Sister Think Brothers He Wisconsin Named Come Like Until Also Him Gentle Sure Because Proud Where Paul Dad Presence

I came along and was a teenager in the Depression, and nobody had jobs. So I went out hitchhiking, when I met a man named Woody Guthrie. He was the single biggest part of my education. Pete Seeger

Education Depression Man Single Met Teenager Out Jobs Guthrie Had He Part Nobody Along Named Came Woody Biggest Woody Guthrie

The rise of ISIS starts with a Jordanian thug named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who founded ISIS' parent organization, al Qaeda, in Iraq. What gave Zarqawi the opportunity to create al Qaeda in Iraq? It was, of course, George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Peter Bergen

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work. Peter Fonda

People forget that I am the granddaughter of a person named Nanabhai Bhatt, who had made more than 150 odd films. He was the person to introduce the double role phenomenon in Indian movies. Pooja Bhatt

We named the film 'Action Jackson' because our hero, Ajay Devgn, is known as 'AJ,' and we thought it would be a good idea to use the initials and extend it into the title 'Action Jackson,' as Ajay is doing both action and dancing in the film. Prabhu Deva

I was bullied by a freshman named Jeanine. She was black and supremely racist. Jeanine used to say, 'Brownie, go back to your country. You smell of curry,' or 'Do you smell curry coming?' Priyanka Chopra

You Black Country Smell Back Say Named She Supremely Freshman Coming Go Bullied Curry Your Used

The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch. Rabbit Maranville

Good Fly Fall Later Way Above Catch Catching Named Town Talk Because Ball However Hitting Average Peculiar

That's where this exciting bundle of energy and joy named Johnny Olson made his entrance and ultimately did the announcing. I had never seen anything like what I was involved in for the next 15 minutes! Randy West

Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A. Raphael Saadiq

Every Wear Guy Named Suit

This is your silly web browser doing that. The file is correctly named. Rasmus Lerdorf

Correctly Silly Web Browser Named Doing Your File

Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy.' I'm all about confidence and attitude. Rebel Wilson

Attitude Confidence About Someone Named Even Fat Playing Amy

The other day, a doughnut shop in Portland called Pip's Originals tweeted me telling me that they named a doughnut after me called the 'Dirty Wu.' It is a cinnamon sugar doughnut drizzled with honey and Nutella. It was so good. I just won the Oscar in the sci-fi world. Reggie Lee

Good Day Me World Sugar Other Honey Telling Dirty Named Sci-Fi Won Shop Just After Doughnut Originals Portland Oscar

I think I have a good track record, both in commercial investing and in philanthropic investing. I don't have any interest in creating a named foundation; I have an interest in really good impact for capital. I think I'm pretty good at doing it, so I'm going to apply myself to doing it in my lifetime. Reid Hoffman

Myself Good Think Impact Record Pretty Pretty Good Both Lifetime Investing Named Track Track Record Doing Commercial Any Going Interest Capital Really Creating Foundation Apply Philanthropic

I always wanted my kids to like me and think I was funny, so I made up this story about a kid named Jake and his racecar that he had built from scratch, fully loaded with whatever fantastical gadget he or I wanted him to have at the moment. I loved making up the stories off the top of my head. Rhea Perlman

Funny Me Made Whatever Think Top Kid Kids About Had He Head Named Like Him Always Built Making Making Up His Off Up Scratch Wanted Gadget Stories Loved Story Moment Fully Loaded

I came of baseball age (isn't it always around first grade?) in the last sputtering years of the A's Philadelphia tenancy. I probably plighted my fated troth in 1949, when the A's fluked into a winning season and introduced a pintsize southpaw named Bobby Shantz. Richard Corliss

Age First Introduced Winning Named First Grade Around Always Came Years Grade Bobby Baseball Season Last Fated Philadelphia

I had actually finished the manuscript of 'The Wild Trees' and turned it in to Random House when all of a sudden word came. Michael Taylor and his colleague, Chris Atkins, another explorer, have just knocked one out of the park. They found the world's tallest tree. The tree is named Hyperion, 379.1 feet tall. Richard Preston

World Word Random Finished Tree Trees Wild Colleague Out Park Had Knocked Feet Named House Another Tall Tallest Came His Michael Just Turned Taylor Explorer Manuscript Sudden Found Chris Actually

I can make a bourbon and Coke, those types of drinks... If the ingredients are named in the drink, I can make it. Rick Harrison

Coke Types Those Drink Drinks Named Bourbon Make Ingredients

One of the greatest technicians of all time was a man named W. D. Gann (1878-1955). He had tremendous success predicting market moves much in advance. Legend has it that he occasionally sent notes to 'The Wall Street Journal', which accurately predicted tops and bottoms in grain markets months ahead of time. Rick Santelli

Success Time Man Legend Tremendous Market Months Markets Tops All-Time Had Advance He Journal Named Occasionally Greatest Wall Wall Street Wall Street Journal Accurately Moves Grain Predicted Predicting Which Sent Notes Much Street Technicians Street Journal

Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United States senators would be difficult to contact if they were named by our state legislatures? Rob Woodall

You Rights Difficult Think State Our States Would Would-Be Contact Disappeared Named Still Were Senators Elected United United States

President Kennedy has named two Negroes to District Judgeships and appointed Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals. When I came to the Department of Justice, there were only ten Negroes employed as lawyers; not a single Negro served as a United States Attorney - or ever had in the history of the country. That has been changed. Robert Kennedy

History Justice Country Single Changed President President Kennedy States Negroes Has-Been District Marshall Ten Only Lawyers Had Named Attorney Employed Court Came Were Been Department Department Of Justice The History Of Appeals United Ever United States Served Kennedy Appointed Two

I went to the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, where I had a teacher really named Edward Shakespeare. He was a very influential figure in my childhood - I acted in high school a few times, but Mr. Shakespeare got me to lead in 'The Crucible.' I played John Proctor. Robert Picardo

Teacher Me School Few William High Penn John High School Shakespeare Charter Crucible Lead Had He Named Got Edward Very Times Childhood Where Influential Really Acted Figure Played Philadelphia

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