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Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.

Judith Viorst

We don't care if she's slaying vampires or working as a nanny or living in Philadelphia. It's chick lit, so who cares? You know what we call what men write? Books.

Jennifer Weiner

We had a great convention. ... We elected a great slate of McCain delegates for the convention in Philadelphia.

John Truscott

We were going back to Philadelphia that night. Late in the night we got back in there and my goodness, the people in the airport... it was raining, it was late, and the airport was full of people. They had bands playing. You'd have thought we won the pennant.

John Buzhardt

I prefer San Francisco to Los Angeles. I prefer New York to Philadelphia. Why? The kind of concentration that is achieved in them creates certain choices, an openness of society that is not possible in the lower-density environments.

Moshe Safdie

There are some pretty good underlying fundamentals of the U.S. economy. A good Philadelphia Fed number will confirm the U.S. economy is solid and boost the dollar.

Michael Jansen

He had taken out loans that were secured by the slaves. But when the slaves were freed, he still had to pay the debts. Into the 1870s, banks in Philadelphia were forcing him to pay back the loans.

Jimmy Marston

Andy (Reid) knows that Ike knows these things, so he'll change some things. But a team like Philadelphia never gets away from the things that they do best, and that's one of the reasons why they are so consistently good.

Jim Mora

He's become much more than a Philadelphia story. He'll be the No. 1 story next year for the NFL no matter what team he's playing for.

Tom Farrell

Taking another GM job was not high on my list. But from the standpoint that it was Philadelphia - that made for a special element.

Gerry Hunsicker

Hopefully, the league becomes bigger. I really think that [the Philadelphia area] is a good place to have a fan base. Softball is known for being really big in California, but there really is a huge interest in softball now in our area. So hopefully we can get kids to come out and watch, and the whole thing will grow.

Jaime Dacey

Things just didn't go our way. I don't know how else to put it without getting in trouble. It was a home game for Philadelphia, that's all I can say.

Josh Childress

Philadelphia happened on my shift.

Al Crellin

We're getting a wonderful national and international reputation just by announcing we're doing this. It helps put Philadelphia on the map.

Dianah Neff

We didn't get off the court until 10:30 p.m., and still had to drive to Philadelphia to play 'Nova. We got in at 2 a.m. and still played our 9 a.m. match (against Villanova).

Brett Binkley

We had such a successful convention in 2000, we knew Philadelphia could handle it.

Aaron Mclear

My guess is they'll put her in a metropolitan correctional center in either Manhattan or Philadelphia.

David Novak

It was fun and a great atmosphere to play home in front of a Philadelphia crowd, and also to be on the floor with my great teammates. Basically, I'm just grateful to be able to do that.

Kyle Lowry

We had five aircraft fly from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Charlotte [North Carolina] just carrying bags, no passengers, so that they could be sorted and returned to passengers.

Amy Kudwa

This is a national epidemic. The term epidemic seems appropriate. This isn't a problem that is just in Pennsylvania or just Philadelphia. It is happening around the country.

Joan Benso

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.

Richie Allen

This year has been kind of frustrating as far as offensive production so hopefully I can help Philadelphia and start producing offensively.

Petr Nedved

It's unfortunate; however it's a necessary transition. It's happening all up and down the coast from Richmond to Philadelphia.

John Eichberger

The Cowboys have had so many problems, and now they're bringing in a head case. He's going to infest his disease into the Cowboys, just like he did in Philadelphia.

Greg Hardy

I really don't have that much experience. The only film Philadelphia had of me was in college. They want to see if I can play.

Michael Gasperson

I thought he'd get the Philadelphia job. I think not getting that job surprised Jim. It surprised me. He was down. Then you could see he really wanted to manage again.

Gene Lamont

She was kind of the outspoken conscience of Philadelphia, Mississippi in the turbulent times. She never backed down from her principles.

Mark Howell

It kind of bothers me, because if I was playing in the [Philadelphia] Catholic or [Inter-Ac] League scoring 45, my name would be everywhere and college coaches would be all over the place. If I could transfer, I wouldn't. I love it here. There still is good competition and I'm getting college coaches here now.

Tyrone Lewis

One day at the Standard Theater in Philadelphia, I looked onstage and I thought, 'They're having fun up there; I'd like to do something like that'.

Fayard Nicholas

We hope it doesn't come to that. But, at the end of the day, we cannot put the port (of Philadelphia) at an economic disadvantage.

Kate Philips

There's nothing aggressive about our growth, period. We open two to three stores a year. It just so happens that this year they're in the Philadelphia market.

Jo Natale

It's a bad deal for community lending. We've looked at Sovereign's existing lending in the market - from Philadelphia to Boston - and we found that in all of the markets we've looked at they disproportionately deny credit to people of color, African Americans and Latinos. Where credit is granted, they are much more likely to impose higher costs on people of color.

Matthew Lee

Philadelphia is unique, in that case. Nationally, what is happening is less emphasis on social-studies courses rather than more.

Peggy Altoff

The hope is we'll be living in Philadelphia.

Michael Gasperson

Many people have moved from New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

Bob Mercurio

If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.

Mike Schmidt

It would put the Philadelphia region on the map in a lot of ways.

Keith Toler

New York is certainly different than Philadelphia. We will learn from the things that have been tried and work here. ... We will measure results along the way very carefully, but we will keep our eye on the ball.

Robert Hess

When I started in Philadelphia, I was thinking about it. Now it's almost as good as new. I feel pretty confident right now with both knees.

Michael Gasperson

My body is here, but my heart is in Philadelphia, where my wife lays in a hospital bed after two knee replacements.

Fred Smith

The Philadelphia Fed business outlook index is still above zero in January, pointing to expansion, but the expansion is not quite as broad.

Gary Thayer

It's a great feeling. It's great to be on the other side. The Philadelphia Eagles have been to the big games, and that's where we're trying to get to. This was another stepping stone to where we're trying to go.

Walter Jones

Already around the world, Philadelphia means something different than it did a month ago. You see it as a beacon of hope for truth and justice.

Alvin Sykes

I remember going into the game plan [against Philadelphia last year] and just hearing the defense talk about they have to contain No. 5 back there, ... He was the guy.

James Thrash

When we were growing up in Philadelphia, she would drop us off at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on weekends, ... I was enamored of the armor collection of knights and weapons.

Oscar Goodman

For the last 10 years, the number of Russian-speaking people increased from a couple of thousand people to half a million people, living especially in Philadelphia.

Sas Bernini

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Robert Verratti

We'll see snow from New York City right on down to Philadelphia by Monday night.

Chad Myers

Philadelphia in particular is really moving online. We sold more in Philadelphia than we sold to the Rose Bowl. The demand is huge.

Sean O'connor

The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people who make them unsafe.

Frank Rizzo

Simon told The Philadelphia Inquirer. ''I had a great five years, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Corey Simon

If nothing else, it's going to be an interesting season in Philadelphia.

Ron Jaworski

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ... Seinfeld.

Larry David

Philadelphia work force investment boards and the businesses down there have been very involved in the process and the work force training grants and industry partnerships. All of the counties around the state have been very involved.

Barry Ciccocioppo

We have to preserve the event so my children and my kids' kids can go to the Greek Picnic. This is a Philadelphia tradition, and we don't want it to end.

David Warren

The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how much I play, I want to do a better job of helping change that.

Malik Allen

It was tough in Philadelphia because no matter what you do, you can't live up to their expectations. You could do your best, but it wasn't good enough for them. It's probably the same extent here.

Billy Wagner

Philadelphia was the city to be in in 1876.

Stacey Swigart

In Philadelphia it goes up to U20. It's a huge jump for us but also a great opportunity to get exposure. We'll definitely be one of the youngest teams.

Paul Veillette

After looking at the results from last weekend, I was happy with the team's performance. But, we're looking to improve this weekend in Philadelphia.

Harry Groves

The facilities involved are those associated to pre-merger Boeing. The major ones were the Puget Sound, Wichita and Philadelphia facilities.

Peter Conte

I don't think that 15 beds is enough and I think that some of the people in Delaware, particularly in the Wilmington area, would go to [shelters in] Philadelphia.

Linda Boone

We long ago took full responsibility for the shortcomings in our Philadelphia operations.

Bill Barbour

After being accused of bribery (patronage jobs in exchange for being able to name candidates for District Attorney and City Controller) by Democratic City Chairman Peter Camiel, and being challenged by the Philadelphia Daily News to a lie detector test with himself, Commerce Director Harry Belinger, and Camiel, Rizzo accepted and said, "if this machine says a man lied, he lied." After th.

Frank Rizzo

The Philadelphia Fed index could force some movement in the market.

Harry Michas

Camp Casey Philadelphia. I would even go to jail if it would bring my son back.

Michael Berg

We took him to every place in Philadelphia to get second and third opinions. Cause we were floored by that.

Ed Murray