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• You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?

  Walter Jerry Payton

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• When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.

  Walter Jerry Payton

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• There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their ‘not invented here’ and ‘we have more important problems than education’ attitudes.

  James Patterson

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• A lot of times you get people writing wonderful sentences and paragraphs, and they fall in love with their prose style, but the stories really aren’t that terrific.

  James Patterson

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• I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces.

  James Patterson

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• It’s been a terrific life.

  Ernie Harwell

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• If you can actually get someone to sit on the edge of their seat and feel nervous if there’s a knock at the door, then you’ve done something pretty terrific as a writer.

  Joanne Harris

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• I certainly think Halle Berry’s a wonderful role model. She’s a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.

  Sharon Stone

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• Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that ‘This is going to be terrific’ and ‘This is the best thing I’ve ever done’ and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it’s good or bad.

  William Shatner

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• I’ve had two terrific relationships, but both ended in marriage.

  Jane Seymour

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• I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they’re by contemporary, commercial American writers.

  Lisa Scottoline

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• Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it’s time to stop singing.

  Bruce Willis

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• Hills are terrific for running.

  Bill Rodgers

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• President Reagan’s one-liners were terrific.

  Geraldine Ferraro

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• The BBC must never be all about ratings – or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: ‘Blue Planet,’ ‘Walking with Beasts,’ ‘Son of God,’ ‘Clocking Off,’ ‘The Way We Live Now,’ ‘Conspiracy,’ ‘Lost World.’

  Gavyn Davies

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• It’s a terrific… you can’t put it down. So I phoned him back and I said I’d love to do it. I went over to Paris for a meeting, and we just talked very generally about the approach.

  Ronald Harwood

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• Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character he’s playing.

  Edward Norton

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• It’s populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

  Aaron Sorkin

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• There’s always a first time for everybody, but I think he’ll do a terrific job and he’ll work well with people, which is very important. You’ve got a new head coach there and new ownership, so it’s a new beginning for them. I think it’ll be a good mix.

  A. J. Smith

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• I like how they are. I think they’re great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I’ve ever lived. Really, it’s terrific.

  Peter Carey

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