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There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

George Bernard Shaw

A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages.

Tennessee Williams

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting.

Dale Carnegie

The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.

Isak Dinesen

Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted.

Arlo Guthrie

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Lord Chesterfield

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Saint Jerome

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.

Sir Philip Sidney

I want to congratulate Katy. She pitched admirably and kept us in all three games she pitched this weekend.

Jamie Pinkerton

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Albert Einstein

Josh just kept them off-balanced. We're very excited about his pitching performance tonight.

Chuck Fehr

I was getting by, but I was running a lot of long counts — 3-0, 3-1. Then in that one inning, the fifth, they got a lot of balls, like grounders, through on me and they just kept doing it.

Joel Pineiro

We didn't get the job done, but we kept fighting to the finish. I wouldn't say I'm glad the season is ending, but we learned how to go through adversity and keep on pushing when things get hard. There is always adversity waiting for you around every corner.

Thaddaeus Washington

Our guards didn't see him. We kept talking about it during timeouts that we had to find him, and we just didn't find him.

Pat Douglass

We kept Walker from breaking anything big on us, and we stayed in Turns' face and were able to put him on his back a few times, too.

Maurice Freeman

We were in disbelief. It just kept spiraling down and it was hard to stay focused.

Carolyn Kieger

Atlantic kept up their level of excitement. ... Artists like John Coltrane -- these are mythical artists, and Atlantic had more than its share.

Lenny Kaye

We kept them in the game. We didn't come out with the intensity and we let them hang around until the end. We could have ended the game so many times.

Jonathan Mitchell

Andrew hit some big shots for us that kept us close early. I think that surprised them and they did a better job defensively on him in the second half.

Dan Stephens

Defensively we just broke down. They kept coming at us pretty hard. Regardless if they got the bounces or not, there?s just no excuse for how we played defensively.

Andrew Leach

He just opened the door and the guy started shooting. Even after [William] hit the floor, he kept on shooting.

Wayne Elliott

We just kept our composure. It was a sense of urgency.

Torin Francis

The guys didn't panic. We kept our composure.

Corey Jenkins

The guys did a great job out there tonight. They hustled, they worked hard out there and they kept their heads in the game.

Brian Holt

We just kept hanging in and fighting.

Troy Brown

Eighteen years we kept our baby out of trouble. He didn't do nothing wrong.

Jackie Evans

He really worked diligently and kept harping and harping. It was like pulling teeth.

Margaret Griffin

Paths kept leading me back to Aimee McPherson.

Richard Rossi

He got the guys in and out (of the huddle). He kept the offense moving down the field. I thought he did a really good job for us today.

John Stocco

I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

Rodney Dangerfield

We historically kept home leases very low.

Mike Wilson

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Don Marquis

Every game, Robert's getting better and better. He's kept us in so many games this year with his goaltending.

Rob Kelley

He (Coen) did a great job. He kept the ball down and just kept working. He gave up a couple of two-out hits, but our defense was able to stop it before anything got out of hand. So he did a great job for us.

Stan Bullington

I felt like Tin Cup for a second -- kept hitting and hitting and hitting.

Matt Hansen

You don't want to micromanage, but the board has to be kept up to date on where we stand.

Ann Macaluso

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.

Ethel Percy Andrus

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

Heinrich Heine

The girls kept their composure and came up with some big steals in the second overtime that helped pad the lead.

Randy Carpenter

We just kept getting more and more confident. Every time we'd have a little run, we started to feel more like we could win, and that helped a lot at the end.

Lester Hart

We kept fresh guys on him to keep him worn out because he doesn't need time to get off his shot.

Torrell Martin

That has kept us operating.

Danielle Verney

This stadium is old, and I'm sure it's probably as old as the Cotton Bowl, ... But the city has not kept it up in the condition that they probably should.

Howard Garrett

(South) did what he's done all year. He kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win.

Mark Pickle

People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy.

Constantine Karamanlis

I got him to the mat and kept dropping elbows on him. I kept hammering away at him, and he never really had a chance to gain control of the fight.

Jake Shields

The winds were just too strong and they kept us on the ground today.

Bruce Buckingham

I went after them with my sinker and mixed in some sliders and changeups. I kept them off balance.

Aaron Cook

Those of us who are soldiers day in and day out, have been kept from table because the church is in conflict and our kids are still dying.

Gregory Davis

We worked well together as a team. Keely kept them together out there.

Jennifer Walker

This is how we kept the African soul alive though centuries of slavery.

Pai Decio Babalaorixa

I hit it perfect and it just kept coming back, ... The crowd cheered, and then booed, and it just hung there.

David Howell

We've kept our price higher than their floor price for dumping duties, which is good news. We will await the (CITT) decision and hopefully we'll have some good news to give back to the industry about their decision.

Matt Harris

I have always kept one end in view, namely, with all good will to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honor of God.

Johann Sebastian Bach

They kept making big plays, and our guys kept answering the call, making big plays right after them.

Randy Copeland

He was probably one of the only (lot porters) who kept a (to-do) list.

Joe Hansen

Back then, I wasn't much afraid of anything. We kept doing what we were doing, especially my husband. He didn't have to worry so much because he didn't have a job to lose.

Clara Brooks

I guess they just decided to bail. They kept saying, 'Where's your money? Where's the money?' . . . We're just working folks. There wasn't any money to give them.

Cres Dorough

I've always said [this] is the lowest form of journalism, and I see my job is to be entertaining. And I guess it's my curse, because I did it in a different way, they kept making me do it again in a different way. ... [This book] is my tonic for a celebrity-crazed culture.

Bill Zehme

He threw me an inside fast ball and I pulled it. At first, I thought it was just going to be a hit to the fence, but then it kept rising and went out.

Curtis Johnson

We just kept our heads up. We were like, 'We got them this time,'.

Steve Holmes

It was very important to me. It kept my arm in shape. I feel really good now.

Victor Zambrano

We broke down at times. We were giving them the game. But we kept fighting until the end of the game. This is just a special team. There hasn't been any like it here since I've been here.

Melissa Navntoft

This is a very tough loss for us. We felt like we had the game, but I have to give them credit. They kept fighting and ended up winning the ball game.

Al Hammell

The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction.

Freya Stark

Sam pitched well for us today. She kept things in control and let the girls behind her make plays.

Tom Drohner

We came on the first night and it was really fun, so we just kind of kept coming.

Mat Guida

I have to give them a lot of credit. Every time we made a run, they kept answering.

Daniel Gibson

James kept everybody pumped up during timeouts and heading into the overtime. He didn't get mad and just sit on the bench. He's a leader even when he's not in the game.

Scott Parrish

I think we all know how well she can really play. But to her credit, I thought she kept fighting until the end.

Daniela Hantuchova

You can tell a lot about an association just by driving through [the complex] and seeing how it's kept.

Dan Zimberoff

Vanessa has been a rock for us. She's only a sophomore, but she's our field general, and she produces. She's kept us in every game.

Shawn Mcelroy

What kept coming up is I have such a different philosophy about the game than what April has and what the national team has, ... It's not fun anymore.

Tiffeny Milbrett

I think they kept it close with their 3-point shooting.

Mark Fowler

He kept the body intact and lived in isolation till he died Saturday.

Ashok Kumar

I had some good shots. They just weren't falling. I kept practicing and stayed with it.

Channing Toney

The second half we were a lot more aggressive on offense. They kept fighting and didn't give up.

Diann Durbin

Aren't the artists brave to go out and paint a sea as rough as that? I don't see how he kept his canvas dry.

Ruth Draper

It was dislocated and the whole joint was torn to pieces, ... But I kept playing on it.

Tom Nutten

We didn't get all our third downs, and that was the thing that kept the defense on the field so much. We just have to keep working on it. We did better than we did last week. We're getting better and improving.

Ron Dayne

At first, we had mostly cosmetics, then we kept expanding our gift area.

Nick Spanos Jr

I'm proud of my guys in the jayvee game. They gave a lot of effort the entire game, kept the intensity up. Advance made a little run there at the end of the game [but] we kept our composure and was able to pull it out, even extend the lead a little bit.

David Mirly

Everywhere else, like our defense, the girls worked really hard defensively again. They kept it a low scoring game.

Sean Coste

The kids kept battling and didn't quit. I'm real proud of them. They found a way to do it.

Duane Gasperini

Megan took a (charge), she hit her head, got back up and kept going. She did an awesome job. Everyone did. I was proud of everyone on the team.

Jenneca Crocker

Vanderbilt panicked. The pressure got to them. We kept our composure.

Stanley Asumnu

It gives you confidence because you look back at it and realize you played with them and you kept up with them on the ice. These guys are the best, so it makes you feel good to compete with them.

Maris Ziedins

Snowy definitely kept us in it.

Steve Stirling

I was hitting some (threes) in warm-ups. After I made my first one, I had some more confidence and I kept shooting.

Kerry Loughran

Every at-bat is critical in a tie ballgame like that. We kept getting guys on and in scoring position, but we just couldn't get that key hit.

Billy Gardner

I can't really complain. They (Reagan) were just the better team. We didn't give up and we kept fighting to the end, but they were just a better team.

Omar Pedroza

He kept gambling even though he didn't need to. But he got that one.

Randy Carter

Teamwork, determination and confidence. That's what kept us in it.

Keenan Stanbridge

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Korean Proverb

We got great looks. We had three or four shots that were halfway down and came out. But we kept battling. I can't fault the effort — we just didn't make the shots.

Jason Buckley

We just kept telling them to attack, attack, attack.

Garrick Phillips

Aaron didn't use his driver much at all. He kept himself in the fairway and that's where you need to be to score low.

Bill Mcleod

I definitely didn't expect to do that much, especially against a team as good as Bearden. We just kept hustling and got a lot of offensive rebounds, which really kept us in the game.

Andrew Brown

This is the place to be for jumpers. Our best-kept secret, now the Europeans have discovered it, I'm very happy to say, because that only ups the ante and makes the competition increasingly better.

George Morris

I kept giving her donkey ears.

Chevy Chase

Our defense kept bending and bending and giving up things here and there, but they never really broke. I thought that showed a lot of perseverance in the way they played.

Shawn Berner

I kept trying to make my pitches, but I kept elevating the ball. That's his sweet spot.

Joel Pineiro

She kept looking for the right one.

Teresa Davis

I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept [finding] the holes.

Javier Vazquez

Privacy and security promises must be kept. It's good business. It's the law, and we'll take action against companies that do not keep their promises.

Timothy Muris

I knew I could play, ... I knew I was going to be fine. I just kept my head up.

Jared Allen

They sent me a letter. I wish I would have kept it. It said we'll let you try out if you get accepted to school. I didn't get accepted to school.

Jimmy Conrad

She kept it in her upstairs bedroom. It would hang in a closet by its tail.

Alice Gilborn

Nothing was easy. We kept on working hard and fighting for position.

Brian Butch

We'll have more expansion of existing programs and services. We said we'd grow with the community, and I think we've kept that commitment.

Sheila Mckinney

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

Arna Bontemps

That guy threw pretty good, got our blood pumping and kept the game close. It was an exciting game.

Cody Provenzano

We knew if we kept it close we'd have a shot, and that's exactly what happened.

Tony Hopper

I had no idea it was such a big deal. We were touring in Japan beforehand and people kept telling us they were flying from Japan to be at Coachella.

Ben Gibbard

We were very happy with the way the kids played and the way they kept their heads on straight.

Gary Reynolds

Playing an ILH championship game kept us sharper. It was like a heavyweight bout, everybody was sparring.

Mark Mugiishi

We kept going back-and-forth between dominating and faltering -- but there were many more good plays than bad.

George Sullivan

If a wife is kept hostage at home without learning French, the whole family will be asked to leave (the country).

Nicolas Sarkozy

(Jefferson) made that run at us and we just wanted to make some shots. We got some shots and some lay ups and just kept playing our defense.

Doug Aplin

The girls just kept battling. This is a good win for them heading into district (playoffs).

Mike Dillman

My girls really wanted it. That's why they kept fighting and fighting.

Sara Schopper

Everybody comes to play in the big games and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. They came back and gave us a little scare, but we kept our composure and pulled through to get the win.

Annesia Faulkner

I kept getting drawn back into it. I decided I was meant to do this.

Director Ryan Buell

It helped that they kept their composure tonight. They kept fighting.

Brett Hardy

We kept pressure on them all of the time. Randallstown got a little bit tired.

Dave Schreiner

Tim really came on and kept getting better. He had very good hands and became a very good blocker.

Charlie Tate

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

As seniors, we've been through two coaches. We just kept playing basketball.

Akin Akingbala

Lew kept swearing by [Gamble].

Dennis Gomes

Stacey pitched a great game for us and she kept us in the game.

Keri Payne

It was a consistent, ongoing negotiation regarding all aspects of the contract, and both parties kept the dialogue going.

Todd France

I had my good stuff. I just kept the ball down and felt good out there. Everything was fluid. I was working my change-up and cutter and tried to get ahead in the count. I was hitting my spots.

Chad Burns

That piece of paper tape has just gone away. I don't know how they kept alive.

Dean Williams

And either they are not replaced or they are kept inside the bassinet and, in some cases, actually taped inside the bassinet.

Cynthia Johnson

They kind of kept our hopes up through the whole thing that that was really him.

Sharon Henderson

Zack kept banging and banging. He was constantly going.

David Ganey

Chinese tourism was the factor that kept Hong Kong from recession.

Andy Xie

Kyle just kept getting open. He kept getting looks and you can't give Kyle that many looks.

Todd Martin

My character has a distrust of government as Big Brother, ... He doesn't see why this should be kept secret from the public.

Brent Spiner

McArdle hit some big shots for us in that first half. He really kept us in the game.

Dan Gandin

All the ups and downs, coach always kept our heads up, and we played together as a family.

Randal Falker

The Blues threw everything at us and got points on us in the first half but the guys kept their composure and we really went up a level to come away with the win.

Richie Mccaw

We finally got healthy, kept games close and the ball bounced our way a few times. We battled every time we stepped on the floor.

Todd Parker

When I first put in on the Web, if we had gotten very little response outside of the house, then probably we would have just kept it as an in-house vehicle and not allowed it to be disseminated in the public. But it got to be a hit, and if you got a hit, you go ahead and run with it.

Jim Tedder

She has kept us on an even keel. She has set a good direction for our school.

Mary Zimmerman

The most disappointing thing is that we can't stop the bleeding. They kept scoring. We couldn't stop them.

Josh Childress

Instead of the downtown dying, it actually flourished. It kept more people from driving over the Grade (to shop).

Mike Compton

The defense came up big. It is nice to see when you are going through some things on the offense. They have kept up in it.

Bryan Kramer

She put me under pressure in the first set, I wasn't feeling very comfortable but I kept fighting and I came through.

Justine Henin hardenne

You've got to give them credit, ... They kept battling and battling. It's just one of those things that happens.

Kyle Farnsworth

This has been a really long road. But I always believed that if I kept working hard I would be able to get back.

Todd Mckay

It's good ice, but fast. We had control of the game in the beginning. We should have kept the control.

Jamie Johnson

This kid did a great job. He kept the ball low and my team became very anxious after the fourth inning.

Anibal Reluz

Ali is an entrepreneur. I knew it wouldn't be long, so we just kept working on him.

Regis Mckenna

They kept passing the phone on to every one of their coaches, all the way down to [head coach] Pete Carroll, ... I finally got on the phone and said, 'Come on guys, this is badgering the kid.'

Andrew Walls

I kept waiting for Donna Reed to come over with a casserole.

Paul Richard

I was hoping it would stay in the ballpark. I kept my eye on it. I was hoping I wouldn't smash into the wall.

Damon Hollins

She not only kept her lovely figure, she's added so much to it.

Bob Fosse

We were able to disrupt them a bit early on with our 2-3 zone. We were picking up our assignments well and creating some havoc. We kept with it.

Jay Mckenna

It didn't feel too good and every inning after it kept getting worse.

Joe Mauer

Ashley hit some big 3?s for us. We kept the score close and in the second half we toughed it out.

Glenn Lincoln

It was a big relief to finally get a goal. I knew if I kept shooting something would finally go in, and I'm glad it did.

Abby Fennessey

I'm on the radar and she wasn't. Rachel really stepped it up. She kept us alive. Kudos to her.

Lynsey Timbrouck

It kept on and got worse and worse.

Henry Hall

They came in and missed a lot of early shots, ... We got it going and set our offense. We kept running and attacking.

Mike Bibby

We just kept the guys together, in case they needed to do something they do it as a whole.

Scott Sunderland

I said can you please get us some help. She's gasping for air. He kept saying license and registration.

Bobbie Baity

I thought there were a couple of calls that were close ... but didn't go our way. But I thought that's where we kept our poise and composure. We didn't let that bug us.

Brent Dugan

I thought we did a good job on him, but he got hot. We kept a hand in his face, but he just made some big shots for them.

Joel Allen

In good health and being kept in good conditions.

Bakhtiar Amin

We kept hearing over and over how hard is was for them to get volunteers. But there is no central location to get information on volunteering.

Amy Hamilton

He just kept pushing me around. At times, it seemed more like a football game.

Josh Aciukewicz

It was devastating to me. We just kept hearing so much negative information.

Nicole Draper

Your attire is to be kept on as you entered that building.

Selena Atchinson

Just kept my hands in his face. Just staying on his hip, not letting him get any open looks.

Marcus Williams

Aaron really helped spread the defense and opened our offense up more. Cory controlled the tempo and kept us focused.

Jon Clark

My mother, she kind of kept an eye on it.

John French

We left the door ajar and they kept trying to widen it.

Phil Lumpkin

Their experience kept them going. They knew how to run the field and what to do at the right times to save their energy.

Brad Casetta Sr

The defense just kept hanging in there and they ran on us, but they had some fumbles and most of those came on big hits. We're real proud to beat them because they have a good team.

Cam Prock

All I knew is that I had to stay with her (Hall). She's taller than me but I felt I kept up with her.

Annesia Faulkner

A lot of our customers kept asking how we did, so we figured we'd decorate the salon to show them that we won.

Roseann Hawley

We got down early, but we didn't hang our heads. We kept ourselves in the game and got a couple of hits when we needed them.

Wayne Yancey

Falling behind by 20 points really hurts. When you try to come all the way back, you're going to be exhausted at the end. But the good news is, we had guys come off the bench and help us and we didn't quit. We could've folded and lost by 30 or 40 points, but we kept battling, we kept fighting.

Andy Gast

Brown-Foreman has kept its portfolio relatively simple and its ambitions broad by focusing on these markets in Europe.

Thomas Russo

We know from looking at the child that her hair's done, she's been fed, she's been well kept, so somebody has cared for her for a long time.

Delrish Moss

We just played hard and kept going.

Lisa Dutton

That was huge knowing there was a minute to go and we kept them at their end.

Jason Tapp

You could feel things changing. We just kept playing our game.

Brandon Evans

Some of the guys we kept is a direct reflection of what they do for me in the kicking game, as it pretty well should be.

Darrin Simmons

He kept his cool and got on the offensive line when they weren't doing the right thing. He even got on us a little bit. I have a lot of respect for that guy.

Cornelius Ingram

We didn't execute in the second half, my hats off to White Oak, they kept us at bay. They started pressuring and we didn't adjust to it.

John Fitz

We have photos of the way the store is being kept up right now and it is terrible. We will be facing the back of the business and that is what we will be facing everyday.

Adolfo Vasquez

Still, I'm not interested in challenges. All my life I've kept away from challenges-do you understand?

Uri Geller

Their pitcher did a great job. He kept the ball down, moved it in and out and generally kept us off-balance. And we didn't do a very good job attacking the ball today at all.

Mark Foulkes

We've kept on top of it, ... We knew with storm after storm coming in the Gulf that a bad one was coming. We just didn't know how bad.

Jimmy Doolittle

Homes are kept up to the 'nth degree.

Tim Baker

If we kept the rules simpler, consumers would have a better sense of their privacy.

Michael Carroll

This was another physical game, but these games are so much fun. There was a lot of bumping, but we just kept playing strong.

Jen Uhl