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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

Frank Lloyd Wright

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Andrew Jackson

The biggest dust storms don't usually begin until one or two months after perihelion, ... This one coming so early in the season makes me think Mars is heading for a spell of big dust storms.

Phil Christensen

The thing that makes it impressive is it's pretty much all of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. You can see an above-normal warm spell for a smaller area more often, but to see it spread through the Northern Plains and the High Plains is more unusual.

Bill Sorensen

We just quit playing over a spell in the second half. I told the girls, 'Don't ever do that to me again.' But it's a good teaching tool. There are a lot of positives that we can get out of this.

Robin Blalock

I take space to be the central fact to man born in America. I spell it large because it comes large here. Large and without mercy.

Charles Olson

I just hope they can spell it right.

Shaun Micheel

We're just looking to get through this spell and continue to improve as we hit the end of the season.

Travis Jackson

Chicago is a great theatre town, with theatergoers that are both discerning but adventurous, ... I know that Spelling Bee will be right at home here, and I'm thrilled that the Drury Lane Theatre is available to us. It has just the right feeling of intimacy for this show.

David Stone

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

George Sand

It is difficult to sell off actively because there is a lingering fear that if something should happen to refiners or a cold spell hits, it will immediately tighten supplies.

Naohiro Niimura

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

Jacob Bronowski

I don't think there is an anti-war movement, ... What Republicans have to be concerned about is if this frustration turns out to be the fulcrum for votes. That could spell some punishment for Republicans.

Tony Fabrizio

The third quarter was our demise tonight. We continued to take the ball to the ball to the basket, but we just came up empty. When you score four points in one quarter, that's definitely a dry spell.

Mike Drews

They went in a little down spell in 2000. So if history goes back to 2000, this is a scenario that does make sense. But the theory that is jumping on a brand new bandwagon, it's just not there.

Billy Packer

There has been back-room maneuvering, and Aaron Spelling expressed his disappointment in the show to the executives at WB.

Ted Johnson

I'm an East Kilbride boy. I couldn't even spell lawyer in those days, far less have one. No, I represented myself. Mind you, I did appeal a three-match ban and after speaking at the hearing it was increased to five.

Ally Mccoist

(Bachelet) wasn't perfect ... her smile was reserved, she was firm on one or two basic points. Nothing more. It was just enough -- right at the edge -- so as not to break the spell.

Carlos Pena

He went into our winter spell as our best derby chance.

Paul Moroney

How do you spell 'disaster'? This looks like one of those real Murphy's law seasons.

Nick Furman

Anyone who knows Mr. Spelling would know that he could not, would not and did not do any of the things that these people allege.

Bert Fields

I'll go in for a few days and see if the staff has any needs. I'll look at the players to see what progress they're making, see who needs to go up or who might need to be released. I'll even spell the coaches by pitching batting practice. Mostly, though, it's a lot of early work, working on individual skills and needs.

Mike Goff

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.

Dorothea Brande

It will take a continuous wet spell to recharge the ground water. We would need an extended period of time with good heavy rain showers.

Paul Ruskin

It's been a long, long dry spell.

Phil Griego

The best advice he ever gave me was to keep it real, keep it simple, ... He was a big believer in not having to spell every joke out. You shouldn't have to explain it.

Andy Dick

We had a spell in mid-February that was fairly cold - for here - so we feel it was a good indicator of wood-stove use.

Warren Mccormick

The migration can vary from two to four weeks, depending on the weather. If there's a spell of winter weather further north, migration can be protracted several weeks.

Rick Northrup

Well, that's it...I can't spell.

Betty Thomas

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, / Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

Laurence Hope

I got better at reading and spelling.

Jeremy Gray

A good filmmaker with a wonderful cast can weave an illusionary spell that goes well beyond analysis.

Suzanne Fields

Technology solutions can only go so far. It's not like the Internet is broken and these messages go out automatically. Human beings send them, and despite the atrocious spelling most of them use, often they're very canny people.

John Mozena

I always say, the way you spell fire is F-U-E-L. There has been a lot of fuel building here, with the big drought and the big rains.

Bill Patzert

The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the "who, what, where, why, and how much.

Paula Nelson

When I was there it was actually warmer than it was here. At that time there was a cold spell here and the temperature was in the teens. In Antarctica it was between 20 and 40 degrees.

Scott Nutter

The Nasdaq gains gave a gentle nudge higher to a market that was ready for a rebound after last week's losing spell.

Kazunori Jinnai

I had to read it for home school. It is sort of a mystery, and it was so detailed. I like books like that and I love puzzles. It (the book) didn't spell anything out for you. You had to read it carefully.

Caroline Leland

Sometimes a player of his caliber goes through a long dry spell. He's worked really hard and fought through a lot of adversity.

Mel Blasi

Aristotle said that the essence of drama is fear and pity. Where do you feel more fear and pity than when you look at a kid in a spelling bee?

Rachel Sheinkin

If someone doesn't spell 'you' out in an e-mail, ... I assume the writer is in middle school. E-mail is today's form of a postal letter.

Alexandra Robbins

That's surprising to a lot of people, but amid the very warm days, we did have a pretty cool spell in February, which pulled the average down some.

Mary Knapp

Our personnel are highly trained, so it would help spell the resources down there that have been going since the hurricane hit.

Joe Thornton

Apart from Lee, none of those present can produce that searing spell or deadly delivery that can turn a match on its head.

Peter Roebuck

He's been in the spelling bee for four years. Patrick winning is not a surprise for me.

Don Cross

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

Johnny Mercer

We must do everything to keep them warm and give them a chance to wait out the cold spell in heated premises.

Gennady Onishchenko

This is all about getting Toyota out there in front of the NASCAR fan, and that fan tends to be more of a blue-collar consumer. And if these people start to embrace Toyota, it's going to spell big trouble for General Motors and Ford.

Bruce Harrison

We really played Independence pretty well, we just had that bad spell we have every game. I think we're making progress, although it doesn't show in the (wins). Leadership's not been a problem. I think we need more consistent rebounding and better defense. We just have breakdowns that just kill us.

Bob Guthrie

Illinois statutes do not clearly spell out what municipalities are allowed to do and what alternatives property owners have when the power of eminent domain is brought to bear in any situation.

Sen. Susan Garrett

Monetary tightening, a strong currency and tamer U.S. demand should spell slower economic growth ahead, calming inflation fears.

Warren Lovely

He answered a lot of our questions and (corrected) spelling errors.

Theresa Cullen

These aren't the kind of records to put on a shelf and brag about because they spell bad news for American industry, workers and families.

Sherrod Brown

Many students have no idea how their e-mails read. Do they ever use spell check? Do they use nouns and verbs in a consistent manner? Alas, God did not create everyone equal. One week of reading student e-mails will demonstrate this to all concerned.

Marvin Hill

She's around my age, and I've never met anyone with the name and same spelling so that was kind of cool.

Ranae Crouch

Obviously, we're rising because of the situation in Nigeria , but it also looks like the coldest period of the year is coming up. We're looking at a 10-day spell of cold weather starting Saturday.

Scott Meyers

I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? He might grab mine.

Brian Clough

This will not be allowed, because it would spell the end of the free market as we know it.

Charlie Mccreevy

We know from inspections carried out on the entire pipeline and throughout Westport that we do not have any major leakage at all. The reality is we're putting it down to a dry spell and a very unusual spell.

Buller Mayor Martin Sawyers

For the most part it's T's, unless they're trying to spell something. Sometimes more letters are taken.

Francis Gillis

I think we should do OK against Peoples [Academy]. We have had a dry spell with home game wins, so we are looking forward to a home win.

Roberto Abele

This may be a natural reaction to the war, but the losses are deep and spell increasing trouble for the economy if uncertainties do not lift very quickly.

Stephen Gallagher

I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

George M. Cohan

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you... they're a little away from you.

Barry Hannah

They have a great team. We played real well at the beginning and then went on a cold spell and couldn't get the ball in the hole. But I'm not too displeased. I'm proud of the way our girls came back.

Charlie Reppel

Even if we did get a cold spell, it takes quite a few sequential days to get a good freeze, people should really use caution and be extremely careful if they venture out on the ice.

Mark Michaud

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Mark Twain

ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. Advocated with more heat than light by the outmates of every asylum for the insane. They have had to concede a few things since the time of Chaucer, but are none the less hot in defence of those to be conceded hereafter. A spelling reformer indicted For fudge was before the court cicted. The judge said: 'En.

Ambrose Bierce

Nothing you can't spell will ever work.

Will Rogers

I don't know why spelling appeals to so many people ... because now with computers the spell-check does the work for you. Spelling is basically a lost art.

Robbye Magee

If the vehicles are stolen from Japan and sold with the knowledge of the Government of Dubai, then it is the one to blame and should compensate Kenyans who are innocent. This will spell doom for trade with Dubai.

Mutahi Kagwe

Basically, the warm spell we've had will continue through Tuesday or Wednesday.

Josh Nagelberg

We're right smack in the middle of winter. This has the potential to be the coldest spell we've had so far.

Tom Warner

Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.

Simone de Beauvoir

That old black magic has me in its spell.

Johnny Mercer

It may be petty, but the J.F. Ryan quotes were poorly assembled and contain simple spelling errors.

Peter Whitney

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

Burt Bacharach

Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.

James Bryant Conant

We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.

Will Rogers

That was one of the highlights of the year, really. That dramatic warm spell in September and October is very unusual.

Paul Head

Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, was a poor boy who could barely spell posh. That's acting for you-or maybe Hollywood.

Melvin Maddocks

There's a middle group of about 17 percent who like him professionally and don't like him personally. Those are the people who are going to spell a major difference.

Peter Hart

Americans should not impose a solution, but this administration will finally have to make it clear what its vision for a two-state solution is. Just saying 'a two-state solution' is too ambiguous. The vision has to spell out the details on final status issues such as Palestinian refugees, borders and Jerusalem.

Ami Ayalon

I've very proud of her. Most of these words I couldn't even spell myself.

Chris Oliver

They met their own lowered targets. What is worrying is their reluctance to spell out where the market is going.

Chris Doyle

The spelling of 'penicillin' may be a way for him to 'dumb down;' to make it seem like he's somebody other than he really is.

James Fitzgerald

Those guys have got to hit shots because it's crazy when you go somewhere else. It's a simple game. I thought they went on a cold spell, too.

Scott Monarch

When you get a warm spell like this, they will periodically get up, but they will bed back down again. You'll see things like groundhogs, raccoons and skunks out and about.

Regis Senko

I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

Jessye Norman

One day I heard a pianist play `Honeysuckle Rose,' ... and I was hooked. I said, `What is that?' He said, `jazz,' which was a word I had never heard, and I asked him to spell it for me. My life was changed after that.

Joe Zawinul

I fear so, but I see no advantage to spelling that out.

Stanley Fischer

The weather is mixed. We're kind of waiting for a spell of good weather, which is why we're waiting until Tuesday to go. But everybody is feeling very good. We're all healthy, we're fit, we're strong and we're raring to go.

Alison Levine

We're just beginning the process to review them and mostly spell out each firm's qualifications and experience and vision for what we hope to create in Buffalo.

Phil Pantano

The discipline and focus to sustain being No. 1 in anything for any period of time is incredible, but for five consecutive years is simply amazing. If she was a team, we would be spelling dynasty in capital letters.

Dottie Pepper

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But 'mousquetaire' is a might poor way to spell muskeeter.

Ambrose Bierce

Normal rainfall is not what we need. We need a wet spell.

Jay Grymes

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

Washington Irving

It was very difficult to get comparable runs in during the morning session as there were plenty of red flags and a short spell of rain. We continued with our compound tests, however, as well as putting some very useful mileage on some revised clutch parts to prove their reliability.

Mike Condliffe

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

A. A. Milne

Our bats just aren't coming through. We've hit a dry spell and you have to hit the ball to win the game.

Amy Pikas

As it turns out, ... he just can't spell.

Randy Stone

Once we get a significant warm spell, we could see a lot of water start to pool in the fields and ditches.

Greg Gust

I was always the kid in school that teachers were getting after to be quiet. My report card had math, A, reading, A, spelling, A, science, A, conduct, F. I was always talking to somebody. They would always take me and put me over in a corner by myself.

Brandon Johnson

Sometimes they change the spelling a little bit and so on.

Richard Law

(Dellums') name alone carries tremendous weight. What it's going to come down to is listening to the candidates and hearing what they have in mind for Oakland. That is what's going to spell the difference.

Cy Gulassa

Our cold spell that we stumbled on Saturday was a team effort. It was not a one-guy thing. Our focus is on 11 guys. Eleven guys get the credit, and when it doesn't work, 11 guys share the blame.

Robert Anae

They got hot to start the season, but had a dry spell during the middle of the season. They are now starting to play good baseball, again.

Joe Hartfield

Each team will receive a word, then they will have 20 seconds to confer and 60 seconds to spell.

Jeong Kim

The paining that I painted is a spell to revitalize New Orleans, since New Orleans is home to mysticism and voodoo in the United States.

Danny Simmons

The number of people employed in natural resources and mining in Logan County has increased by at least 500. There is increased confidence in the coal industry and the positive long-term outlook is spelling positive results for the Logan County area.

Bill Raney

That's nine games now without a loss, we go to Wycombe on Monday and again three points is the main thing. We're having a good spell.

Brian Horton

Demand in Japan and abroad is well-balanced and personal spending was robust toward the year-end with increased bonus and strong consumption caused by a cold spell.

Yasuo Yamamoto

I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow.

George Washington Carver

Because I stuttered, my aunt told me I had to learn to spell, and spell very well.

Chuck Allen

Sarah Sprague did a nice job (spelling Thomas) and Ashley Conrad did a nice job.

Marty Cosgrove

It's good to play with the youngsters and show them how it's done sometimes. I had a bad spell in the 1990s but the last three years I've really got back into it and practiced hard and I still enjoy it.

Barry Lane

John is going to show up. I can remember when John couldn't spell sprinter — so yes, we're not taking anything for granted.

Bubba Thornton

We make our living off of phone numbers that spell words, ... We've created companies like 1-800-FLY-CHEAP. We actually pioneered shared usage.

Steve Parker

Two percent can spell the difference between winning and losing the house you want. You can direct the money you save to the seller to make your offer more competitive, or use it to afford a better home.

Marcus Smith

It is a nice job market all around. The job market is growing, and that should spell strong economic growth for the region.

Kevin Blake

He's a great hitter. He's gone through a spell where things haven't dropped his way. His average is starting to climb again.

Charlie Warner

We have a woman who tied for third place in the national spelling be as a kid, and just really wanted to come back and do this.

Jeong Kim

We have about 400 inspectors. Whenever there is a cold spell like this, every available inspector is out.

Neill Coleman

Pronunciation and/or spelling may be slightly 'mutilated.' An example of this is in 'The Grim Grotto' when Sunny utters 'Bushcheney.'

Lemony Snicket

Tabitha was trying to shut Mrs. Wallace up, because she was just blabbering and blabbering, ... But [the spell] backfired and caused an earthquake.

Kathleen Noone

It's so vague; it doesn't spell out Wyoming. The bar needs to be raised.

Dale Groutage

We didn't shoot the ball very well, to be honest. The effort was there. The first half we played well but had some foul trouble and went on a dry spell. We stayed on 26 points for a long time and missed some easy shots.

Adam Houdeshell

I can remember spelling bees when I was a kid. Winning the school contest was hard enough. Just being here is an accomplishment for these kids.

Scott Westhaus

The WB really had no profile then. (Producer) Aaron Spelling hadn't done a show like this in a long time.

Stephen Collins

Any misstep in human spaceflight could spell a very long hiatus in human-driven exploration in the US.

Courtney Stadd

Physically he's ready to play, but mentally he's not. Patrick Willis is going to have to play most of the snaps. Hopefully we can spell him once in a while, but Robert's not ready to run our whole defense yet.

Ed Orgeron

I wish she?d taken on an easier hobby than spelling bees. I don?t know if I can take it.

Erwin Hudson

That cold shooting spell that we had in the first half cost us the game. We didn't take a lot of good shots and panicked a little, something we don't usually do.

Eric Berry