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I want to rebuild America. Carol Moseley Braun
america water swim
I'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba. Carlos Mencia
america doe worst
What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others. Carlos Fuentes
america committed deliver intend later north remain restore
We have said we intend to restore automotive profitability in North America by no later than 2008 and we remain committed to deliver on our promise. Willa Ford
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We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people. Roger Wilkins
america asian five four great india kids melting middle neighbors south
We have neighbors from South America, the Middle East, India and four or five different Asian countries. It's really a great melting pot, and all the kids play with each other. Jeri Ballantine
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We have so many leaders. We're so prepared. Coach McMahon is the best coach in America. People who have been watching basketball saw they had some bumps in the road, too. There is no doubt in my mind. We're going to succeed. Brian Jeroloman
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Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House, regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep America safe and to enforce our laws. Jim Sensenbrenner
american-entertainer fact happened shock talk
When you say shock value, the fact that we talk about what happened to a person... we talk about real things, we talk about real issues. Montel Williams
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We have to give the new government, initially, the benefit of the doubt. Help them get moving quickly so people see a difference. If a few years from now they sense that nothing has changed . . . there could be trouble again. Alan Doss
benefit tiger
We have to get away from tiger conservation for the rich, by the rich. There has to be benefit sharing. Sunita Narain
benefits people sick
We have no benefits at all -- no sick leave. What most people have, we don't have it. Darrell Braden
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We want our members to be able to maximize their point earning potential. This card not only allows members to earn more Marriott Rewards points, and it also gives them many benefits such as a free-night certificate yearly, and 15 nights towards Elite status. Ed French
benefits companies enjoy expansion margin market pricing share
We want market share at the end of the day, ... You've got to have it because those are the companies that are going to have pricing power, and they are going to enjoy the benefits of margin expansion on the back end of this. M. Wolfe
benefit disclosure fair full members
We want full and fair disclosure before the members vote. I want to know how this will benefit me. Margaret Blohm
benefits politics dictator
Dictators free themselves by enslaving others. They work not for your benefit, but their own. Charlie Chaplin
benefits tasks easy
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially to benefit and to improve them is a work fraught with difficulty, and teeming with danger. Charles Caleb Colton
benefit discipline duty learned lesson members rules team unity unpleasant
We have rules that must be adhered to by all members of our team. It's sometimes an unpleasant duty of a coach, but discipline is an important part of team unity and ultimately, team success. Hopefully, an important lesson is learned that will be of benefit in the future. Mark Richt
brought company contract gone members negotiate people reached shove union
What the union historically has done is gone in, negotiate a contract, then brought it back to its members when they reached agreement. What the company has been dictating and intimidating and threatening people is that they want to shove this contract down the members' throats. That has never been done in the past, Ron Carey
brought due ended public sad seven war
When 'Foyle's War' ended in 2010 after seven series, I was sad but not despondent. After all, ITV had already axed the show once in 2007, then brought it back due to public demand. Honeysuckle Weeks
brought cheek facts native
When facts were weak, his native cheek brought him serenely through Charles Spurgeon
brought definitely guy mindset
When he first got here, he said he had some nastiness to him, and that was one thing he was going to bring. He's definitely brought it. ... I mean, the guy has brought a different mindset to the defense. LaDainian Tomlinson
brought justice tried united
We want him to be brought to justice. We want him to be tried in the United States. Kenneth Stethem
brought confidence good hockey olympic playing
We were already playing good hockey before the Olympic break. We were playing with confidence, and it's that confidence that we brought with us on this trip. Steve Begin
brought community fact institute maybe people policing prior surprising upset
The fact that maybe he upset some people in prior departments... I don't know that that's surprising as someone who's brought into many of these departments to institute community policing measures. Sam Castree
brought charity few god hustler life lived quite
When I'm doing it for charity I feel the freest and the best, ... I lived the life of a hustler for quite a few years, but God brought me out of it and made me a champion. Mike Massey
brought kids refugees
We used to have kids brought here through a church, refugees with life-and-death stories. Mary Cimbalnik
careers faces
My face is my career. Carol Kane
careers rubies watches
Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I've ever been with another woman. Carol Vorderman
care child foster kids parent sit
We want to reunite a child with the parent because kids can't sit in foster care forever. Tom Shanahan
care ensure foreigners increase leave maternity policy reform regarding
We want to reform hospitals, ensure better care of the elderly, increase maternity leave to one year... tighten policy regarding foreigners and, from day one, put a lid on taxes. Anders Rasmussen
care good health provide providing spiritual
We want to provide more holistic, spiritual care, ... Part of providing good health care is spiritual care. Jennifer Williams
care compared developing emerging europe growth improved last performance personal return seen strong
We have seen a return to strong growth in personal care and in developing and emerging markets. Performance in Europe improved compared to last year. Patrick Cescau
care conference great played playing though
We have to go up there and take care of business. We'll need to go there playing well, even though TSU doesn't have a great conference record. They've played a lot of one- and two-run games, so we can't take them for granted. Jim Perrin
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We have not always been as careful as we could have been. The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement. Rob Friedman
careful children current foundation guide helping offer parents potential propose provides ratings solid system today
We have not always been as careful as we could have been, ... The current ratings system provides a solid foundation for helping parents guide their children and the enhancements that we propose today offer substantial potential for improvement. Rob Friedman
certain hard people reach time
We want to reach certain people that need certain items. A lot of people are having a hard time and need some assistance. Claudia Tremaine
certainly expense goal healthy ncaa players playing round team
We want to play well, but certainly not at the expense of playing players that aren't healthy. Our goal is for our team to be healthy for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. John Brady
certainly change feeling game good group miami ranks seen teams
We have seen a lot of good linebackers with Miami and some of the teams we play, like N.C. State. He certainly ranks up there with them. I've always kind of had the feeling that when you get in the group with the top-five, it doesn't matter. You are so good at that point, you're good. He can change the game I know that. Jeff Bowden
certainty council embargo lifted resolution security
We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself, Saddam Hussein
certain hit job street time
We have to get the job done. We've got a certain time we've got to get LaSalle Street open, and we've got to hit that date. Matthew Brown
certainly plate potential speak step
We have to get better. We're a better team. We know what our potential is. Certainly I need to do a lot more offensively. I can only speak for myself. I've got to step up to the plate and do my job. Alex Rodriguez
certainly compete larger last schools season whether
We have to find that out. We'll see. I'm not sure. The way they've been working we'll certainly be more competitive than last year. Whether we can compete with the larger schools and the co-op schools, this season will tell. Rich Bowen
certainly internal suspicion tickets
We have no idea how those tickets got out there, but we certainly have no suspicion of any kind of internal source. John Asher
certain depth
We have no depth to play him, so we're just going to try to give him different looks. He's just so big, there are only certain things you can do. Bob Hill
challenge compete continues half prove sunday top
We want to prove we can compete in the top half of the Premiership, and that challenge continues on Sunday afternoon, Brian Smith
challenges flaw mistake player stick
When you're young like that, you just have to stick to those things that you do really, really well. With a player like that, it's never a mistake or a flaw in his game, it's just about how he harnesses it and challenges it. Darryl Sutter
challenge front stepped
We were a real experienced, old team, everyone was a senior, and he stepped in and never was intimidated. Brooks, when he has a challenge in front of him, he usually comes through. He's a winner. Mark Tauscher
challenges pilots tests
Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business. Alan Shepard
challenges problem failing
If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems. Alan Kay
challenge people pick runners team town wants
We have people that do scorekeeping and a challenge line, if one team wants to challenge another team to do something else. There are also runners going all over town to pick up food. There are a lot of opportunities. Jim Gray
challenged customer ebay fact market reflection scores strength
The fact that no one has really challenged eBay is a reflection of its market strength but also the fact that it scores well on customer satisfaction. Carrie Johnson
challenge homeless looking love meant people point reality
The reality is, we're homeless right now. This wasn't the challenge we were looking for at this point in our lives. But I can't tell you how much it's meant to see the love that people have shown. Ben Jackson
challenge city problem
The real issue, problem and challenge is city of New Orleans. I. Stone
costs decisions design elements people understand
We want people to understand that we have to look at maintenance costs and staffing in decisions on design elements for the pool. Doug Jackson
costs forward good ideas learning open past people product vision wholly
We want people to come forward with different ideas. We are learning from procurements past that if you go out with a wholly prescriptive vision of what you want, very often you end with a product that isn't as good and costs more. You have to be open to innovation. Andy Burnham
costs fixed
There are a lot of fixed costs that we are not able to control. Dr. Fossbender
costs reality
the reality is it costs a lot of money. Jack Vance
costs efficiency energy environmental good measures pollution turn
We use energy every day on campus, with a lot of pollution and a lot of environmental costs with the use. Implementing energy efficiency measures is not only good for the environment but also in turn would be economical. Katelyn Keefe
costs east giving interest kick labor oil pressures rates reports rising storm
The productivity and labor costs reports abated pressures (over) rising interest rates from the Fed, which is giving a kick to the market. Also, the storm in the East wasn't so bad, so oil pressure isn't bad. Jim Awad
costs health higher insurance liability reform stop
Costs for liability insurance are higher than costs for many procedures. There is a need to reform liability laws to stop out-of-control health care costs. Temple Grandin
costs customers figure lower offer points provide services terms
If your goal is to provide a service at terms your customers can afford, you have to figure out how to offer your services at price points such that your aggregated costs are lower than your aggregated revenues. Thulasiraj Ravilla
costs decrease
If you want to decrease housing costs in Norway, the most important thing is to build more. Erna Solberg
drive open trying
We were trying to get someone to drive in and if he could look for someone to take an open shot. Jim Davis
drivers drunk hours mad people road spent trying
We've spent so many hours trying to get drunk drivers off the road in so many ways. It makes you really mad to see that, after all that, people still do it. Tom Johnston
drive economy families percent satisfied seen strong until
We've seen we can drive the economy at 4 percent unemployment with strong productivity gains. I won't be satisfied until we're back there. Many working families won't be either, I'd guess. Jared Bernstein
drives facilities kids nobody pressure relationships talks underlying winning
The facilities are great, the kids are great, but there's an underlying pressure that's there and nobody talks about it. That's the way it is, and it sucks. We all want to win, but the kids and the relationships are why we do this. If it's the winning that drives us, I don't want to be part of it. Greg Tacon
drives guarantee highest human humans job level placed
The reality is that every human being is placed on this planet, and one of the things that drives humans is their need for meaning, and if you can make every job meaningful, then you will guarantee that every job will be done to its highest level of excellence. Erwin McManus
drives great job playing teams
When I'm playing the 1-guard, teams do a great job of just loading up and preparing for my drives and preparing for my three-point shots. Kyrie Irving
driver improve safety seen
We set out 10 years ago to improve safety for competitors and spectators. We've not seen a driver killed for 20 years almost, David Richards
drives engine
What is the engine that drives economic growth in an ideopolis? The university. Timothy Noah
drive folks telling
We're just telling folks not to drive if they don't have to. Sgt. Carr
ensure people
We have safeguards to ensure people aren't deported who shouldn't be. Jeff Lungren
ensures exercising improves levels morning time
Exercising first thing in the morning ensures that you'll have the time for it, and it improves your self-control and energy levels all day long. Travis Bradberry
ensure pope visit
The pope is our guest. ... We will do everything to the hilt to ensure that the visit will be historic, Fidel Castro
ensure growth increase lives rural stable urban
Ultimately, stable growth will ensure that urban and rural incomes increase and people's lives improve. Li Keqiang
ensure fidelity smooth
Fidelity does have a succession plan in place to ensure a smooth transition. Edward Johnson, III
ensure strengthen time
Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us. Lawrence Summers
ensure experience help liberties local nationals oath oppressed soldiers states took united
We are here to ensure we help the local nationals live and experience the same liberties we have in the United States without being oppressed by terrorists. These Soldiers took an oath to do this duty. Mike Lee
ensure exploring given next opportunity passage possible prepared provide responsibility stage student students work
We have a responsibility to ensure that every student is given every opportunity to be prepared for, and to pass, the CASHSEE. We are exploring every possible way to work with these students to provide their passage to the next stage of their future. Bob Collins
ensures frame freedom guarantee happiness hopeful individual laws maximum minimal social
To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit. John Updike
faces
No time for better words, no time to unsay anything. -Til We Have Faces C. S. Lewis
face hand tough
We have to get out there and get to the shooters and at least put a hand in their face to make it a tough shot. Todd Galloway
face friday guy night pitching seven six team
We have to get better pitching performances. When you face a team like Fullerton, you know their Friday night guy is going to be there for six or seven innings. Andy Lopez
faced moment mother pause tough
When faced with a tough choice, pause for a moment and think what your Mother would say about your decision. Robert H. Connelly
faces rooms your-face
A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room. Aaron Sorkin
faces looks morrow
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it Charles Dickens
faces malicious states threats united
The fact of the matter is that the United States faces real threats from criminals, terrorists, spies, and malicious cyber actors. James Comey
faces front hungry sitting
The faces sitting in front of you are hungry faces, Patrick Chinamasa
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The reality is that recidivism rates are low - which runs in the face of the notion of the super-predator that these laws are aimed at getting. But do people know that? Do people know that if they were to go to the library and look up the recidivism rates for these offenders, the highest they would see is somewhere in the teens? Eric Lotke
healthy enemy normal
Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy’s (God’s) ground…He [God] made the pleasure: all our research so far has not enabled us to produce one. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy [God] has produced, at at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He [God] has forbidden. C. S. Lewis
healthy legal-system pay
There are very few things you can really do [to promote] healthy aging ... and none of these things include an insurance system or a legal system. All those things do is change who pays. Alan Russell
health care matter
It doesn't matter is you call it 'Obama-care' or 'Elvis Presley care' or 'I-don't-care care.' It cannot sustain itself in its present form. Alan K. Simpson
healthy mind wonder
Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. Charles de Lint
healthy purpose way
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. Charles Dickens
health disease vices
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. Charles Caleb Colton
health men poverty
The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health. Charles Caleb Colton
healthy feet-and-walking trekking
Walk and be Happy, Walk and be Healthy... Charles Dickens
health eye noses
I am at the moment deaf in the ears, hoarse in the throat, red in the nose, green in the gills, damp in the eyes, twitchy in the joints and fractious in temper from a most intolerable and oppressive cold. Charles Dickens
keeps parade seen seven
We've seen the parade seven times. It just keeps getting better. Karen Smith
keeps nature steals
The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools. Thomas Eakins
keeps
The polycarbonate keeps (broken glass) from spraying into your face. Dan Porter
keeps win
This win keeps us in with a chance. Glenn Roeder
keeps people side whatever
People can say or think whatever they want... so in my reality, it's kind of irrelevant. I'm always the kind of person that does the right thing and keeps my side of the street clean. Joel Madden
keeps matter remaining shoulder
When he keeps his shoulder down, he has a lot of pop. It's a matter of him remaining patient. Michael Groves
keeps tend yoga
I tend to do yoga before I go on stage, so that keeps me nice and calm. Neve McIntosh
keeps worry
We'll see if that keeps happening, ... You have to do what you have to do. I'm not going to worry about numbers. I'm just going to go out and do my job. Joe Jurevicius
keeps sir
Sir D is getting better and better each week. If he keeps improving, we should be good. Eric Smith
miracles thank
Miracles happen, right? ... That's why I want to thank the WTA trainers. I think they've done a miracle right here. Katarina Srebotnik
miracles session
Miracles happen, but it really would be a miracle if the upcoming session were one of Kentucky's most productive. Larry Sabato
miracles though ways
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
miracles
Of course, before we know he is a saint, there will have to be miracles. Graham Greene
miracles
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible. Mao Zedong
miracles
Mathematically, we're not out of it, but we're going to need some miracles right now, Milt Stegall
miracles
We had two miracles in a week, ... and then this today. Robert Fick
miracles modern
They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. William Shakespeare
miracles performed
This is a place where many miracles will be performed in years to come. David Clark
next ready weeks work
We have to get better the next two weeks and come out ready to work and execute. Chad Whitworth
next firsts miles
First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles. Alan Kulwicki
next prime
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8. Charlie Chaplin
next people process second telling
The process has been enjoyable, but at the same time, there is so much uncertainty. One day people are telling you you'll go in the second round. Next day people will say second day. Michael Robinson
next moments next-time
The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself. Ricky Gervais
next woman-suffrage suffrage
I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before. Susan B. Anthony
next creator hard
It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly. Bram Cohen
next hazards moments
The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next. Djuna Barnes
next want havens
Pretty much any place that I haven't been is the next place I definitely I want to go. Dhani Jones
pace pick
We are going to have to pick up the pace if we are going to get there, Christopher Hill
pace littles energy
I don't quite have the energy for extra curricular activities. I have to pace myself a little bit more. James Young
pace picking team type
We started picking up the pace and that's the type of team we are. Sean Smith
pace world roles
I am keen on helping Indian bowlers but I am not seeking a full-time role. But yes I am really keen on helping out pace bowlers across the world, Brett Lee
pace faces forget
Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face Bil Keane
pace incredibles maximum
At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes of maximum necessity. Dennis Stock
pace trekking snail
For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace. Edwin Way Teale
pace pace-of-change convinced
of course the pace of change never slows, even when we've convinced ourselves it will. Arthur Golden
pace done enough
What is done well is done quickly enough. Augustus
rather record
I'm a lazy guy. I can't focus for too long. I'd rather hear a record that has no filler. Thomas Mars
rather sooner
We're insisting that it be sooner rather than later. Richard Berthelsen
rather work
I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself. Kate Bush
rather team
Would we rather play a team with Jagr or without Jagr? Yeah. We'd rather play without Jagr. Patrik Elias
rather
I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down. Keeley Hawes
rather stated
Mohamed stated he would rather kill only Americans. Abigail Perkins
rather strange
So I think it is rather strange that I got into ballet, something that I hadn't seen. Suzanne Farrell
rather survive taken
She was rather abrasive and difficult, but it must've taken that kind of personality to survive and to do what she did in the 1960s. Michael Messner
rather
Like Hubie, and sometimes like Jim, I can be rather lengthy. Jim Calhoun
research might adults
I have inquired for most of my adult life about studies that might show that the death penalty is a deterrent. And I have not seen any research that would substantiate that point. Janet Reno
research copying stealing
Copying one person is stealing. Copying ten is research. Chet Atkins
research-and-development secret chinese
There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline. We might steal secrets from a university research programs, and even something high-tech. But how much more does the United States spend on research and development than China does? Edward Snowden
research done ifs
Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time? Brandon Sanderson
research doe forty
Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research. Carl Jung
research-and-development impact environmental
The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy. Daniel Goleman
research irrational situation
Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational. Eli Broad
research world study
My research consists of studying the effects of putting somebody like me into a world like this. Ashleigh Brilliant
research just-being producers
But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public Bernice Johnson Reagon
science ideas may
I have the vagary of taking a lively interest in mathematical subjects only where I may anticipate ingenious association of ideas and results recommending themselves by elegance or generality. Carl Friedrich Gauss
science hands people
It may be true that people who are merely mathematicians have certain specific shortcomings; however that is not the fault of mathematics, but is true of every exclusive occupation. Likewise a mere linguist, a mere jurist, a mere soldier, a mere merchant, and so forth. One could add such idle chatter that when a certain exclusive occupation is often connected with certain specific shortcomings, it is on the other hand always free of certain other shortcomings. Carl Friedrich Gauss
science three newton
There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein. Carl Friedrich Gauss
science dwarves everyday
We're just learning that a lot of planets are small planets, and we didn't know that before, fact is, in planetary science, objects such as Pluto and the other dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt are considered planets and called planets in everyday discourse in scientific meetings. Alan Stern
science ideas perception
These disturbing phenomena [Extra Sensory Perception] seem to deny all our scientific ideas. How we should like to discredit them! Unfortunately the statistical evidence, at least for telepathy, is overwhelming. Alan Turing
science religion boundaries
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. Alan Turing
science light candle
Why don't you light that candle ? Alan Shepard
science uniforms taste
In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied. Charles Caleb Colton
science disorder cures
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty. Charles Caleb Colton
sooner win
We know we have to win at least one here (in London) and we would like to do it sooner than later. Ryan Callahan
sooner-or-later
Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it. Brian Jacques
sooner-or-later punctual
Sooner or later, I'll be punctual. Ashleigh Brilliant
sooner
She's going to come out when she's ready, probably sooner than later, and set the world on fire, Jim Loehr
sooner
Frankly, there will be a pandemic, sooner or later. Dr. Nabarro
sooner tired
We thought they would get tired sooner or later. We're conditioned real well. Jacob Tucker
sooner throw
We want you to throw at us. Sooner or later, you are going to make a mistake. Darrent Williams
sooner trial
To me, the sooner the better. At least with the trial it will all be over. Kristen Staab
sooner vote
I would sooner go back to, if you want to vote you have to come here and vote. Steve Ball