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“You know so much about me and yet you don't understand me. To know is not to understand. We could know everything and still not understand anything.”
“You know, some humans are better than animals.”
“You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.”
“You know, some people act like every kid is entitled to two responsible, loving parents. I don't feel like that's a given. We're born alone, and we die alone. If you get an adult who's genuinely there for you, that's pretty lucky.”
Source: When We Collided
“You know some people are all about talk. I'm about results. Every victory, every conservative victory, I've had, I've had to bleed and fight to accomplish it, always adhering to our conservative principles, and refusing to take no for an answer.”
“You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things.”
“You know some religious scholars believe that when faced with overwhelming temptation you should commit a small sin just to relieve the pressure a bit.”
Source: The Dark Divine
“You know someone for a while and then one day a hole opens underneath them, and they fall out of your world.”
Source: Voluntary Committal
“You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.”
Source: Sing You Home: A Novel
“You know somethin', man? Some day I'm gonna be walkin' up the street one way and you're gonna be comin' down the other way, and we're gonna pass each other and I'm gonna say 'Hello, best white band in the world' and you're gonna say 'Hello, best colored band in the world.”
“You know, something happens to people when they all risk life and limb for the same cause.”
Source: Dronefall
“You know something has really stuck in Tim's head when he's drawn what the character looks like. Weird Girl and Elsa actually switched places, at one point. I may be mis-remembering it, but the original design for Weird Girl was actually Elsa, but then it became Winona Ryder's character, and the new Weird Girl was just fantastic with those giant wide eyes.”
“You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely distorted DNA out into space.”
Source: Brain Droppings
“You know something is going very wrong when the government pandemic official resigns their position during a pandemic!”
“You know something is important when you're willing to let someone else take the credit if that's what it takes to get it done.”
“You know something is wrong when chapter tests determine your twenties. The fate of a young life in modern America is dependent on whether or not you circled the right bubble on a pop quiz.”
Source: The Goodbye Song
“You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.”
“You know something, it’s not easy to break out of your comfort zone. People will tear you down, tell you you shouldn’t have bothered in the first place. But let me tell you something, there’s not much of a difference between a stadium full with cheering fans and an angry crowd screaming abuse at you. They’re both just making a lot of noise. How you take it is up to you. Convince yourself they’re cheering for you. You do that, and someday, they will.”
“You know something, Stu?' Reagan said to Stuart Spencer. 'Politics is just like show business... You begin with a hell of an opening, you coast for a while, & you end with a hell of a closing.”
Source: These Truths: A History of the United States
“You know something, you never know what lonely is until you are really alone, alone all day, alone all night, with no one to talk to.”
Source: Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz
“You know something, it's best no to have what you need
because then, you start looking for what you need
and make it what you need.”
“You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like a Rubix Cube... the more you play with it, the harder it gets!”
“You know something,Jacob, I'd hate to be as smart as Jonh. I mean he was really, really smart, and to be that smart means you know all the answers, and when you know all the answers there's no room for dreaming.”
Source: Looking for Alibrandi
“You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.”
“You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.”
Source: Lioness Rampant
“You know something?" He lifted his head, and when he turned to me, he had this strange look in his eyes. Almost as if he was really seeing me for the first time. "I don't think I ever really lived until this. I've never done anything that mattered before, but now I'm fighting to save my life, and yours. And I know it sounds really cheesy and lame, but I don't think I ever really felt alive. Not until I met you.”
“You know, sometimes even we mess up in relationships, and instead of accepting it, we start blaming the other person. But deep down, we know the truth that it was us who was wrong. You know, hurting someone just to escape our own guilt doesn’t fix anything, it only makes things worse, and sometimes, irreparable.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“You know, sometimes even when two people love each other the universe still conspires against them, forces them apart.”
Source: Revived
“You know sometimes football turns on the slightest biscuit of good fortune.”
“You know sometimes I just want to curl up on stage and lie there for a while - it's weird.”
“You know, sometimes I'll catch myself talking to a girl-friend, and realize I don't mean half of what I'm saying.”
“You know, sometimes I think there should be a rule of war saying you have to see someone up close and get to know him before it's OK to shoot him.”
“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light.
He turned toward me in a thoughtful pause.
“You know what I mean, Tom?” he asked. “It’s just not.”
Source: Minor Snobs
“You know, sometimes I wish they would do this for us when we come home alive.”
“You know, sometimes if a man doesn’t believe in what he is doing he can do a much more interesting job because he isn’t emotionally caught up in his Cause. It wasn’t long before all the tall blond boys had formed The Abraham Lincoln Brigade—to hold off the hordes of fascism in Spain. And then had their asses shot off by trained troops. Some of them did it for adventure and a trip to Spain but they still got their asses shot off. I liked my ass. There really wasn’t much I liked about myself but I did like my ass and my pecker.”
Source: South of No North
“You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.”
Source: A Summer to Die
“You know, sometimes, tears laden with memories become denser than blood, louder than silence?”
“You know, sometimes the right thing isn’t the thing you think is right. It’s the wrong thing you’re afraid to think of.”
Source: A King's Ransom
“You know sometimes the water, it speaks to me, and it calms me. It says ‘yes Nindo you are a beggar without a home, yes you are a disgrace to your family, but Nindo remember, you will be fine. Nindo will be fine, Nindo will flow like water”
“You know, sometimes there is light in front of us, but we just shut our eyes because we are scared of what we might see. We'd be afraid to move on after it had been so long since we did, but fear is normal, you know. It's a human need, fear, for us to survive. Yet, sometimes we have to take a step towards the light even though we're afraid of the outcome. You know why? Because hiding in fear and not making any progress means nothing. No income, no outcome. A complete nothing. That's something you'd regret later, so how about you take a step towards that light you've been ignoring, so you don't regret this later on?”
Source: Blurred Starlight: Volume 4
“You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.”
“You know sometimes words have two meanings.”
“You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad.”
“You know, stealing someone’s kill is bad form,” he complained, cutting through the quiet tension.”
Source: Hunting for Spring
“You know, Suzy, they ain't no way in the world to get in trouble by keeping your mouth shut. You look back at every mess you ever got in and you'll find your tongue started it.”
“You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.' Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?' The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself.”
“You know,” Taniel said, “we could have kept firing after they sounded the retreat. Would have wiped out thousands on the mountainside. The Kez did that to us in Fatrasta a few times.”
Gavril snorted angrily. “War has to have some decorum. Otherwise it’s back to the Bleakening for all of us, and Kresimir be damned.”
Source: Promise of Blood
“You know teenage boys, you own one-Mason Lerner”
Source: Unnatural Law
“You know,' Tella mused, 'if I didn't hate you, I might actually enjoy your company.”
“You know telling someone not to worry is like telling the sun not to shine, don’t you?” she prodded. “It’s just going to keep shining anyway, because that’s what it does.”
Source: The Rogue King