"My first thought was 'wow, Ronald MacDonald is going to have one of my paintings - amazing!"

BBC: A painting for the President

When you've got the toothache, all you're thinking about is 'Wow, my tooth really hurts.

CNN: Finding words for 'The King's Speech' took decades

And then I would have started my life as an MMO player with WoW. Only after that would I have moved on to GW2.

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Ms. ROBINSON: Wow, I guess one of my greatest mentees that I'm the most excited about is a young lady named Nichole Salter.

NPR: Acting Students Ready for Their Next Role

That is my constant state of being, like, wow, you know.

NPR: Walker's 'The Color Purple' Opens on Broadway

"Wow, " I said to my father when I was done reading.

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Staffer Adam Clark Estes got the draw on that one after chipping in a comment: Oh wow, those do not help my burgeoning fear of flying.

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"Wow, you're really screwing up my under-appreciated status here, " Bridges said.

CNN: 'Avatar' wins two Golden Globes

For someone to think about me and my family ... to build a home -- wow.

CNN: Building free homes for wounded vets

Five years later, my brother helped me pick the pieces back up and launch Camp Bow Wow.

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When visitors dropped in while my living room was full of this stuff, they invariably had the same reaction: Wow!

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"Wow, I hope there is some marriage advice in this Forbes issue that I can share with my friends, family and co-workers!"

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My husband and I could not find anything suitable, and wrote the business plan for what would become Camp Bow Wow five years later.

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