Finally, there is Dennis Quaid, who wanders around town unloading his grievances on strangers just the kind of helpless storyteller, one suspects, that Carroll would like to be.

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The problem is not that we have a safety net, it is that we are beginning to believe that the safety net applies to every one of us, not just those who are helpless.

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He said that they are fed up with what they saw, they felt that it was unspeakable that young people, old people and women were beaten up, helpless people who just happened to be in the wrong place.

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As I watched the helpless man being kicked and heard him being laughed at, I just wanted those hoodlums escorted to solitary confinement and the key thrown away.

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It's just been a humanitarian desire to do something, and not stand around and feel helpless.

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However, just under 20 percent of doctors and other medical workers said God could reverse a helpless outcome.

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Volkan made another superb save from Yakin, and Turkey held off the Swiss onslaught before Arda cut in from the right and fired a shot from just outside the penalty area which clipped the heels of Patrick Mueller and looped over the helpless Benaglio.

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The nerves of the home fans were not helped by Wigan's opening goal after just four minutes, with Watson's corner coming off Spector's head and bouncing past the helpless Green.

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Instead of trying to change the world, we just need to take the stigma off mental health issues and recognize that people who suffer from these issues are not helpless victims of a misguided society.

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