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  • I can''t go to the grocery store for you, but perhaps we should have internet tea again this afternoon?

    Composed Lindy 2007

  • Well, McCain/Palin can''t win on the issues or character, so, I think, uh, that means they can't win.

    Obama Hammers McCain On "Not About Issues" Quote 2009

  • We truly pass no judgment, but seriously, if you can''t figure out a way to keep it from your kids then maybe you just shouldn't do it.

    Colleen Dealy and Taylor Baldwin: My Beautiful Mommy: The Franchise 2008

  • The sooner you accept the things that you can''t change, the better you will look, and the sooner we can all get to the real business at hand: taking back the White House.

    Gary Marcus: Hillary, Don't be a Nader 2008

  • If a director or supervisor can''t tell from a Batman board that the person can do a Family Guy board assuming they have some 'broad' drawing skills on display in their portfolio then that person should be making the decision.

    At Film Roman Steve Hulett 2008

  • We have a VERY sensitive prop 8, against gay marriage and I can''t help but wonder how many votes won''t count because of the unnecessary provisional voting at this precinct.

    Ali Savino: Reports from the Polls Live Blog 2008

  • The potential actions mean beginning to see ourselves in a new role and knowing what we can solve and what we can''t.

    The News of Wars and Rumors of Wars 2007

  • They can set you up, they can bust you, they can break your fingers, they can burn your brain with electricity, blur you with drugs till you can''t walk, can''t remember, they can take your child, wall up your lover.

    What to do with a Democratic Congress? 2007

  • If we go forward with a new formula - they can''t turn the clock back on that.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Ed Hollett 2006

  • "“We can only go forward, we can''t go back in the annals of history and do adjustments to the past."

    Archive 2006-01-01 Ed Hollett 2006

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