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I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty! John C. McGinley

Journey Challenges Son Grace Complicated Father Daughter Down Syndrome Has-Been Born Name Am Been His Years Years Ago Infantile Max Dietary Puberty Twelve Now Sleep

Twelve years ago, when I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation for 'Thunderheart,' I was dong research into Native American horses that had come into extinction. I was tracing certain Lakota bloodlines, and it became an obsession. John Fusco

Research Reservation Horses Had Obsession Come Tracing Became Years Years Ago Pine American Native Native American Certain Twelve Ridge Extinction

I must repeat what I asserted formerly, that unless some happy expedient can be fallen upon to induce the seamen to enter into the service for a longer term than twelve months, it will never be possible to bring them under proper subordination; and subordination is as necessary, nay, far more so in the fleet than in the army. John Paul Jones

Service Army Happy Will Unless Months Enter Possible Must Some Proper More Never Longer Term Induce Fallen Repeat Than Subordination Expedient Them Far Fleet Twelve Nay Asserted Necessary Bring

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence. Jon Scieszka

Time Thought Books Typing Would Trio More Take Praise Up Six Just While Sentence Page Warp Fully Twelve Each

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. Joseph Brodsky

Me You Judge Country Enough System Would Would-Be Leave Versus Soviet Soviet Union Jury Cannot Prefer Union Twelve Basis

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings. Jules Renard

Beautiful Wings Feet Line Verse Twelve Two

In 2008, when I wrote Book 1 and Book 2, the head of the publishing house suggested twelve books - one each month. For practical reasons, that didn't work out. Karl Ove Knausgard

Work Book Books Month Out Head House Wrote Practical Work Out Reasons Twelve Each Publishing Publishing House Suggested

My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening. Kate Christensen

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God. Keith Miller

God Will Purpose Steps Learned Twelve

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. Kent Conrad

You Welfare Half Those Reconciliation Voted Democratic Partisan Welfare Reform Democrats Real Issue Times Reform Senators Tax Happened Tax Cuts Bush Bush Tax Cuts Cuts Used Twelve

My wife had been a Christian since twelve years old. Kurt Warner

Old Wife Christian Had Since Been Years Twelve

I don't spend a lot of time thinking of what they'll do musically, I try to imagine being locked into a windowless room with this person for twelve hours at a time. If you can look at that and think it might be fun then maybe you've got the right musician. Leo Kottke

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve. Lindsay Wagner

Classes Taking Acting Acting Classes Twelve Started

Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children. Little Richard

Me Speak Brothers Brothers And Sisters Support Also Felt Rock Rock-N-Roll Mama Offered Sisters Roll Children Twelve Platform

I won't eat offal. Once, I was in London at the Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, which is this really fancy eating establishment and hotel, and I almost got conned into eating testicles. It was one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten, about twelve courses. That was one of the courses. Lucy Punch

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. Marc Ribot

Music Time Musicians Strong Political Music Scene Claimed Scene Resurgence Touring Part Most Identity Because Were Years Years Ago Germany Places Us Reasons Twelve Jewish

At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox. Marilyn Monroe

Me Made Girl Seventeen Dress Developed Like Look Looked Still Provided Blue Wore Body Twelve Orphanage

I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year. Marissa Mayer

Soon I worked during twelve years in theater works of the prestigious Theatre National Populaire. It was the best time of my life, the most difficult, the most interesting, the most exciting. Maurice Jarre

Life Time Best Theatre My Life National Difficult Prestigious Best Time Exciting Soon Most Years Theater Interesting Worked Works Twelve

When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit. Michael Bacon

You People Song Writing Old First Rich Think Changed Bit Out About Ten Songs Songwriter Come Like First Thing Hear Years Hit Get Going The First Thing Famous Then Twelve Thing Started

I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day. Michael Biehn

Day Director Style Own Every Think Directed Hours Got His Just Screamed Eight Different Mean Twelve Basically

I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines. Michael Ian Black

Depression Age Think Other Defensive Machines About Supermarket Steal Had Until Napping Been Lot Than Trying Did Childhood Against Might Much Interests Measure Awake Twelve Zero Eleven

My first rock band was called Mike and the Majestics. I was about twelve, and my older sister Kathy was the manager. There were three of us: me and a friend on guitars and a drummer. We were young, but we played for a lot of fraternity parties, plugging both guitars and a microphone into one little amplifier. Michael McDonald

Me Three First Band Sister Young Older Fraternity Guitars Plugging About Both Drummer Parties Rock Rock Band Were Lot Friend Manager Microphone Little Us Mike Twelve Older Sister Played Amplifier

I left the Midwest when I was twelve years old, and I haven't lived in a small town since. Mona Simpson

Old Small Small Town Since Town Years Left Midwest Twelve Lived

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