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I hate games I can't win.

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Chicago
Illinois
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Winning
Games

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Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.
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I wish I could turn back time, but I can't. I made a stupid decision because I thought I was invincible, and I'll pay for it the rest of my life.
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And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.
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I want to live life on my own terms.
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(Kiara sees Carlos' bleeding face)Carlos! Oh my God, what happened? You still recognize me with a busted-up face. That's a good sign, right?
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I'm poor, not homeless.
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Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.
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I've had more students die than I ever thought possible. My husband urges me to quit Fairfield and teach at some school without gang members who live their lives only to die or end up as drug dealers.
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Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense. Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works. He says Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.
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Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.' 'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.
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Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.
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You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up. That last one isn't a skill. Honey, trust me. It's a skill.
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When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.
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There's a point when you have to stop fightin' the whole world.
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I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.
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Do I make you nervous? His gaze travels from my eyes to my breasts and down to where my dress meets my thighs. In that dress you do.
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what could i do to make the one i loved love me back ?
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I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.
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I want to tell her how much she's become the center of my being. But I can't. The words won't come.
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This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it? What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you?
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