When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, and all other systems that traffic in future rewards rather than in present realities.
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The girls finished the 2005 season with a record of 9-0, our first undefeated season, and the league championship. This year's girls group is our largest and most talented team. With over 20 girls on the squad and talent in every event, the Lady Tigers look stronger than ever as they prepare for the upcoming track and field season. Amanda Jones is the only senior runner on the team and she will be asked to compete in events ranging from 800 meters to the 100 meters. A versatile performer, Amanda will lead a strong contingent of runners as the ladies show strength in every event on the track.
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Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living
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Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!
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Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.
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Merrill One time, I was at this party... and I was sitting on the couch with Amanda McKinney. She was just sitting there, looking beautiful. So, I lean in to kiss her, and I realize I have gum in my mouth. So, I turn to spit it out and put it in a paper cup. I turn back, and Amanda McKinney throws up all over herself. I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable.
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As we put into all our schools more humane education, and foster the spirit of justice and kindness toward the 'lower' creatures, just as soon shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty but of crime.
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A friend is someone, who upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer
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Amanda has been doing excellently. Sometimes, she's a little too unselfish, but she's been stepping up. All the girls have been competing well. We're learning and getting better.
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Feeling passionate about something is like getting a peak at your soul smiling back at you.
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The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
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A friend is someone, who upon seeing another friend in immense pain, would rather be the one experiencing the pain than to have to watch their friend suffer.
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The devil reminds you of your past, but you can remind him of his future.
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I know enough to know that I know nothing.
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