I'm devastated but I'm not surprised.

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"I'm devastated to tell you the truth, it was the news I was dreading, " said Ponting, who broke the finger attempting a catch during the third Test in Perth.

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"Sadly the chain has been broken now for the Cherry Tree, there are only nine left and I'm devastated, " he said.

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"I'm devastated, " said singer Barbra Streisand.

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But then I'm always devastated by the absence of pork pie.

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I'm just devastated there's no pork pie left.

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I'm totally devastated by the news.

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"I'm just completely devastated because the teachers know us, this is a good school, and we feel safe here, " said Lisa Colon, 41 years old, as she dropped off her 5-year-old son at Holy Spirit School in the Bronx, which is slated to close.

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"I'm really disappointed, embarrassed, mainly devastated, " Arlene Castro said.

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"I'm really disappointed, embarrassed, mainly devastated, " she said.

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