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I give you my word I'm not trying to pull some stupid kind of joke, or to deliberately foul up the expedition.
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When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.
And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.
When my Uncle offered me a part-time job which would take care of my normal expenses and give me time to paint I accepted.
`` I will give Mr. Roy his due for this dive.
I want you to find Monsieur Prieur at once and give him this money for the boy's purchase.
I asked the same questions inside the launch-control rooms of an Atlas missile base in Wyoming, where officers who wear sidearms are manning the `` commit buttons '' that could start a war -- accidentally or by design -- and in the command centers where other pistol-packing men could give orders to push such buttons.
And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation: `` in essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling -- thus far with but limited and precarious success -- to give effective voice and force to that conservatism ''.
I still have the dress, and I hope to give it to the Smithsonian Institution as a memento, or, as I more fondly hope, to present it to a museum containing articles showing the daily lives of the Presidents -- if I can get it organized.
As a groundwork for the proposal I give some attention to the first task enumerated above, the clarification of goal.
I would say, too, that the study of literature tends to give a person what I shall call depth.
`` But why in the name of God can't I give my father blood ''??
From that time to this my religious concern is that I might give effective help to the bringing in of God's kingdom on earth.
His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said: `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way: and it is unworthy to think of self.
I know, that my son wants control and direction, but being autistic myself I cannot give full control or direction.
I try to give him as many normal experiences as possible.
Of course I had to give her Eileen's address, but she never came near us.
Occasionally if I pushed him too far he'd give me a look out of narrowed eyes and the hard cruel bony skull would show through that smooth face of his.
I and you
`` I could use some help '', Morgan said finally, `` but I can't afford to pay you anything.
You fell down in front of the house, and I carried you in.
I gave you a drink and then you went to sleep ''.
`` I mean, we don't have any way to get there and we can't expect you to quit work just to take us to town ''.
I saw you driftin away -- but I tried.
God in Heaven, I can't refuse you now.
`` I made you what you are '', Gavin whispered.
`` I made you so you could stand up.
I made you a man ''.
The charge, I tell you ''!!
`` That quirt -- I ought to use it on you, where it would do the most good.
`` I thought I told you to stay home ''.
I don't know what makes you think you can get away with this kind of business, and I don't care about that, either.
`` I won't even try to thank you ''.
He said in a studied voice, `` I didn't do it for you.
I and my
`` I don't have many strays coming to my front door '', he said.
`` All my life '', he said, `` I tried.
`` I hate to leave my garden '', Gavin said.
I loved my garden ''.
`` I never felt better in my life '', Fiske blustered.
In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Gray Eyes rushing at me with a knife.
I could see them in my sights.
I found his chest in my sights.
At the last second I dropped my sights from the bare chest and bright red circle to the chest of his pony.
In my sights I watched him looming bigger and bigger.
Such was my state of mind that I did not question the possibility of this ; ;
I would turn away from my writing in the hope of getting a good look at them but I never quite succeeded.
Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.
I withdrew my hand.
Having nothing else to do except wait for my forms to be processed, I gave myself over to speculations concerning the hall itself.
For although I had crossed a corner of the hall on my way to the toilet I still could not tell for sure how far to the rear the darkness extended.
This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.
No sooner would I turn my head away from the counter before he would address me, at times quite sharply, in order to bring back my attention.
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