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"I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story … just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon Dec. 16, 2022

As she told McDonagh, "I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story . . . just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon Dec. 16, 2022

If you have to go headlong into the water you should take your plunge without hesitating.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony

If he had spoken his thoughts he would have declared that Sir Felix had reached an age at which, if a man will go headlong to destruction, he must go headlong to destruction. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony

I may declare, and even believe, that there is no solid wall before me, yet if I go headlong against it, I am bruised all the same.

From Miss Lou by Roe, Edward Payson




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