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There are two phone calls parents don't ever want to get from their children. No. 1 is, 'I'm in prison. Come fetch me.' And No. 2 is, 'I've written a novel... and it's set in your hometown.'

~Adriana Trigiani

Topics: Calls Children Come Ever Fetch Get Hometown Me Novel Parents Phone Phone Calls Prison Set Two Want Written Your

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In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money than they might fetch in some other industry, given their skills and advanced degrees.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Actor Advanced Almost Almost All Business Degrees Economic Education Fetch Given Industry Less Less Money Lousy Many Might Money Normal Other Skills Some Teachers Than Them Ways Work

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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

~Christina Rossetti

Topics: Astray Calm Cheer Down Fetch Friend Goes Lift Like Sister Stands Stormy Strengthen Tedious Way Weather Whilst

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Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.

~David Cameron

Topics: America Asia Between Choice Competitiveness Demands Economies Europe Fetch Flexibility Land North North America Openness Rising Up Will

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In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle.

~David Hewson

Topics: Bargain Best Best Part Computing Cycle Fetch Models Part Popular Price Product Sell Sense Supposed Thing Which

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Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

~Edward Coke

Topics: Fetch Sale Things Will Worth

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Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that 'fetch' is now the word I want to use to mean 'cool.'

~Erin Mckean

Topics: Blue Boundless Cold Complain Cool Creativity Decide Describe English Ever Fetch Joy Machine Mean Myself New Now Off Out Part Person Pleasure Say Seen Someone Use Want Word I Can

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I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.

~Gary Oldman

Topics: Beatles Collector Faces Fetch Guitar Had Imagine Item Now Plastic Sum Would

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