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• He rose, offering his hand to Evanlyn to assist her. Even though she was lithe and athletic as a cat, she took it, enjoying the contact. She saw Horace's slight frown as she did so and smiled to herself. A girl can never have too many admirers, she thought. Will seemed unperturbed by the fact that she retained hold of Selethen's hand a little longer than politeness dictated. But then, Ranger's were trained to look imperturbable. He was probably seething with jealousy, she thought.

  John Flanagan

  Girl, Cat, Offering

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• Did you hear about this 20-year-old kid named John Walker from Northern California who was apparently fighting for the Taliban?... It didn't take long for the TV networks to jump on this Walker thing. CBS has a new show: 'Walker: Taliban Ranger.'

  Jay Leno

  Kids, Fighting, Years

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• The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Children, Eye, Men

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• Freud's theory was that when a joke opens a window and all those bats and bogeymen fly out, you get a marvellous feeling of relief and elation. The trouble with Freud is that he never had to play the old Glasgow Empire on a Saturday night after Rangers and Celtic had both lost.

  Ken Dodd

  Funny, Humor, Night

  1965 Television interview, discussing Freud's theory of catharsis through laughter, whereby jokes produce a feeling of elation.

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• Being disconnected from the local church, for whatever reason, is a dangerous way to live. Not only do these “ lone rangers” miss out on the blessings of functioning within the context of the body of Christ, but like lone sheep away from the safety of the flock and the watchful care of the shepherd, they are vulnerable to predators of every sort.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Blessing, Sheep, Safety

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2008). “Holiness: The Heart God Purifies”, p.128, Moody Publishers

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• Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.

  John Flanagan

  Horse, Littles, Too Much

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• No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a forest ranger The Lee Iacoccas, Donald Trumps, and Jack Welchs of the business world are heroes to no one except other businessmen with similar values.

  Yvon Chouinard

  Dream, Growing Up, Hero

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• Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always gripping. I could hardly put the book down. . . .The writing is superb.

  Elmer Kelton

  Book, Writing, Texas

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• My ambition is to go back to Spurs and Rangers in some capacity and give something back that they gave to me.

  Graham Roberts

  Ambition, Giving, Spurs

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• When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to believe that we're the only one who has problems. And we always look around and see others who are more talented, taller, smarter, handsomer, or faster. I can assure you, everyone has problems-even football coaches. The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life.

  LaVell Edwards

  Life, Football, Believe

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• George Bush calls his biggest fundraisers Rangers and Pioneers. But today, we stand together, and we call ourselves, simply, Americans.

  Howard Dean

  Pioneers, Today, Fundraiser

  Official Declaration of Candidacy, www.4president.org. June 23, 2003.

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• I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.

  Barry Levinson

  Hands, House, Television

  Interview with Adrian Wootton at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.

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• So when people go to the park this summer, they are not going to have the same quality of a visit. There is not going to be a ranger out on the trail to tell them about the important cultural and historic areas within the Olympic National Park.

  Norm Dicks

  Summer, People, Important

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• Sloanes aren't cafe society or NYLON hedge-funders with million-pound bonuses, or London Eurotrash wearing upgraded style anglais. Ann Barr's and my original picture of them in 'The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook,' published in 1982, was of an upper-middle-class world, conservative and fairly homogeneous, united by old attitudes and institutions.

  Peter York

  Attitude, Class, Style

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• Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history.

  Thuy Trang

  Power, Power Rangers

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• On the appearance of Clayton Moore at a Blue Jays home game - It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

  Bobby Bragan

  Baseball, Home, Night

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• I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.

  Casey Kasem

  Couple, College, Years

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• Avoid the traffic by using one of the park's shuttle buses and view the elk rut with a park ranger.

  Dave Barry

  Views, Parks, Elk

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• Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. You don't pull on the mask of old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

  Jim Croce

  Song, Wind, Capes

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• But then I always wanted to play for Rangers. Man United is a great club and Alex Ferguson is a legend.

  Paul Gascoigne

  Men, Play, Alex

  "I'm Gazza - and I am an alcoholic", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.

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• And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.

  Nolan Ryan

  Opportunity, Organization, Appreciate

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• Diesel is back," Ranger said. Yes. How did you know?" I woke up with a migraine this morning." Ranger said.

  Janet Evanovich

  Morning, Said, Migraine

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• He [Ranger] stopped in front of my parents' house, and we both looked to the door. My mother and my grandmother were standing there, watching us. "I'm not sure I feel comfortable about the way your grandma looks at me," Ranger said. [Stephanie] "She wants to see you naked." "I wish you hadn't told me that, babe." "Everyone I know wants to see you naked." "And you?" "Never crossed my mind." I held my breath when I said it, and I hoped God wouldn't stike me down dead for lying.

  Janet Evanovich

  Mother, Lying, Grandma

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Hard Eight: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.118, St. Martin's Press

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• Ranger clicked his penlight on. "Hang onto me if you can't see." I curled my hand into the back of his cargo pants just above his gun belt. "I'm good to go." He was still for a beat. "You could have held on to my jacket," he said. "Would you rather I do that?" "No. Not even a little.

  Janet Evanovich

  Gun, Hands, Littles

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• I don't have a lot of domestic instincts," Ranger said to me, his attention fixing on the unidentifiable glob in my hair, "but I have a real strong urge to take you home and hose you down." I went dry mouth. Connie bit into her lower lip, and Lula fanned herself with a file.

  Janet Evanovich

  Strong, Real, Home

  FaceBook post by Janet Evanovich from Mar 02, 2012

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