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Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
John Lennon
Me
Ruins
Disciples
Were
His
Ordinary
Them
Thick
Right
Jesus
Twisting
I think it's important for Donald Trump to express his appreciation for veterans - not John McCain, but veterans who were incarcerated as prisoners of war.
John McCain
War
Appreciation
Veterans
Important
Think
John
John McCain
Prisoners
Were
His
Trump
Donald
Donald Trump
McCain
Who
Express
During one period while I was in solitary, I memorized the names of all 335 of the men who were then prisoners of war in North Vietnam. I can still remember them.
John McCain
War
Remember
Men
Solitary
Names
Period
Still
Prisoners
Were
North
North Vietnam
While
Them
Then
Vietnam
Who
At one point, you were that employee who looked like a deer in headlights. Confused, lost, and not understanding your purpose within the organization. Even though you have the appropriate skills, you felt like you were in over your head. That is, until an amazing boss empowered you.
John Rampton
You
Confused
Amazing
Organization
Understanding
Lost
Appropriate
Though
Boss
Purpose
Point
Head
Headlights
Over
Like
Employee
Looked
Until
Empowered
Within
Felt
Were
Skills
Your
Who
Even
Deer
I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big City Diner.
John Singleton
Queen
Big
Party
Met
Diner
City
Through
New
Big City
Were
York
New York
Place
Tupac
Downtown
My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
Johnny Mathis
Funny
Christmas
Mom
Tried
No Idea
Had
Idea
Make
Because
Always
Were
Poor
Us
Special
Mom And Dad
Dad
All my friends were in college when I was making 'Superbad.' We were drinking beer and watching movies and eating pizza. It wasn't like I was going to nice restaurants or anything like that, and I lived like a frat guy. Eventually it was time to grow up, be healthy and be responsible. You can't live like a kid forever, you know?
Jonah Hill
Time
Beer
You
College
Drinking
Healthy
Nice
Live
Kid
All My Friends
Responsible
Restaurants
Eating
Guy
Like
Know
Making
Were
Up
Friends
Forever
Going
Anything
Pizza
Movies
Grow
Grow Up
Lived
Eventually
Watching
During a few days' halt near Vesontio for the provision of corn and other supplies, a panic arose from inquiries made by our troops and remarks uttered by Gauls and traders, who affirmed that the Germans were men of a mighty frame and an incredible valour and skill at arms.
Julius Caesar
Made
Men
Few
Corn
Other
Incredible
Panic
Frame
Our
Valour
Troops
Remarks
Supplies
Days
Arms
Halt
Were
Provision
Germans
Mighty
Skill
Who
Near
Uttered
It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.
Julius Caesar
Sometimes
Prosperity
Men
Long
Minded
Crimes
Complete
Punish
Immortal
More
Make
Were
Reverse
Gods
Wont
Impunity
Order
Them
Might
Grant
Fortune
Suffer
Whose
Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
Karl Marx
Machines
Weapon
Employed
Said
Were
Quell
Labor
Revolt
May
Capitalists
Specialized
People were saying that David Geffen and I had gotten married and it just blew me away. Not that they thought I was gay, but that they thought I could land a guy that hot.
Keanu Reeves
Saying
Me
Gay
People
Thought
Married
Guy
Could
David
Had
Hot
Blew
Gotten
Were
Just
Land
Away
As a pastor in a Protestant church, my whole ministry centers on the conviction that by grace we are saved through faith. And it's not our faith that delivers us, as if believing something, anything at all were pleasing to God. It's the object of our faith - Christ's life, death, and resurrection - that saves us.
Kevin DeYoung
Life
Death
God
Faith
Grace
Christ
Church
Conviction
Saved
Saves
Our
Pleasing
Ministry
Object
Something
Through
Resurrection
Protestant
Were
Pastor
Anything
Centers
Us
Whole
Believing
The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!
Layne Staley
You
Whatever
Down
Think
Thinking
About
Songs
Wrote
Were
Listen
Things
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
Lev Vygotsky
Daily
Age
Behavior
Though
Above
He
Head
Himself
Taller
Always
Were
His
Than
Child
Average
Play
I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.
Louis Armstrong
Time
Family
Courage
People
Old
Long
Long Time
White
Jewish People
Seven
Easily
Admiration
Folks
See
Only
Could
Had
Taking
Abuse
Were
Years
Handing
Poor
Worked
Much
Whom
Treatment
Jewish
There is something in the place where we were born that holds us always by the heart-strings.
Lucy Larcom
Born
Something
Always
Were
Where
Holds
Place
Us
If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead.
Luis Bunuel
Daily
Me
You
Bad Luck
Doubt
Luck
Cocktail
Say
Bad
Had
Miss
Concerned
Were
Where
Plan
Ask
Certain
Certain Things
Ever
Things
When the planes crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, Bush immediately identified what he thought was the true cause. It was because the Muslims were jealous of the freedom of the American people. It was because the Muslims were poor. This exposes a lack of understanding of things on his part.
Mahathir Mohamad
Jealous
Freedom
People
World
Cause
Thought
Understanding
September
Immediately
Muslims
He
Part
True
Identified
Because
Trade
Were
His
American
Lack
Crashed
Centre
Bush
Poor
American People
Planes
Things
World Trade
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
Malala Yousafzai
Life
Strength
Change
Courage
Fear
Thought
My Life
Power
Ambition
Nothing
Changed
Aims
Weakness
Would
Hopelessness
Born
Except
Terrorists
Were
Died
Stop
If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy.
Marc Bolan
God
Me
Crazy
Humble
Be Humble
Think
Dig
Would
Would-Be
He
Like
Cry
Obviously
Were
Room
Might
Appear
Awe
The pains of childbirth were altogether different from the enveloping effects of other kinds of pain. These were pains one could follow with one's mind.
Margaret Mead
Mind
Pain
Other
Kinds
Follow
Could
Altogether
Were
Effects
Childbirth
Different
Pains
I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.
Markus Wolf
Good
You
Peace
Conviction
Security
Tried
Give
Something
Something Good
Instill
Doing
Were
Motivation
Different
Want
Them
Grandiose
Use
Useful
Expression
Necessary
I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service.
Markus Wolf
Service
People
Intelligence
Money
Pressure
Sex
Other
Characterize
Tried
Adopting
Recruiting
Feel
Like
Also
Traditional
Were
Command
Methods
Did
Which
Agents
Means
Use
Used
Services
It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.
Mary Oliver
Morning
You
Wait
Wake Up
Important
Lose
Gone
Down
Think
Thinking
Rule
Way
Out
Something
Write
Instantly
Until
Line
Were
Wake
Up
Very
Things
My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
Mary Shelley
Dreams
Free
Own
Pleasure
My Own
Nobody
Annoyed
Dearest
Were
Refuge
Them
Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out of children wedlock.
Mike Huckabee
Death
Government
Health
Care
Job
Single
Starving
Kids
Out
Would
Would-Be
Seeing
Wedlock
Never
Idea
Most
Health Care
Glorify
Were
Very
Uneducated
Get
Children
Unfortunate
Story
Poor
Moms
Assistance
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