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commend giving honor martin surely uncle
If Uncle Martin were here today, he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor is due. Alveda King
commend commission metro
I?d like to commend the commission for envisioning a metro jail. It makes sense. Unfortunately for every municipality here, it?s all about the money. Thomas Christie
commend confidence mentally opportunity physically playing seems situation tough
He was put in a situation where he's had an opportunity to play a lot, and his confidence is growing. I commend him for it. This is a tough league. You've got to be mentally prepared, physically prepared. You have to be tough. He's playing all that for the most part, it seems like.
commend economic education funding higher major prosperity state
I think we should commend the legislators for recognizing that higher education is a major contributor to economic prosperity and should be a state funding priority.
commend either fortunate gone tough
We were fortunate to come out on top; it could have gone either way. It is tough to come to Meridian and win. I just have to commend our kids, especially for their second-half effort.
commend courage divisive leaders political symbol time
You are right that it is a hurtful, divisive symbol and I commend you for having the courage to tell it like it is at a time when too many other political leaders are equivocating on this issue.
commend forest time trying
We commend the forest for trying to do more. But at the same time I think everyone realizes a lot more can be done.
commend commission current european exactly exceed forward industry meet needs proactive secure standards thinking worldwide
Our protocols already meet or exceed the current European standards and regulations. We commend the European Commission on their forward thinking and proactive approach. This is exactly what the industry needs to secure a stricter set of worldwide guidelines.
commend fine great impressed late reporter research solid truly work
I'm so impressed with the research that went into this book. I know Joel is a solid reporter -- after all, he did great work for us in the late 1980s -- but I want to commend him for a truly fine work of journalism.
couple hands people
It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand. Charles Dickens
couple men hands
I am a neat hand at cookery, and I'll tell you what I knocked up for my Christmas-eve dinner in the Library Cart. I knocked up a beefsteak-pudding for one, with two kidneys, a dozen oysters, and a couple of mushrooms thrown in. It's a pudding to put a man in good humour with everything, except the two bottom buttons of his waistcoat.
couple hands want
I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better. Charles Stross
couple may terrible
I'm told that a couple of my Russian translations are just plain terrible, though, and there may be others.
couple years my-boyfriend
Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it. Alanis Morissette
couple majority adaptation
I increasingly fear that nothing good can come of almost any adaptation, and obviously that's sweeping. There are a couple of adaptations that are perhaps as good or better than the original work. But the vast majority of them are pointless. Alan Moore
couple guitar burritos
I played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos. Alan Arkin
couple moving done
There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on. Alan Ball
couple believe next
I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons. Al Michaels
elements light
There are some elements over there that I feel once there is light and activity...they will go away. Christopher Bailey
elements
There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately. Anton Corbijn
elements good scripts three time
Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get such good scripts and the time to really make much more three dimensional characters.
elements band good-things
Having a visual element to your band is a good thing. Billy Gibbons
elements kind poet
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets in motion...elements in the reader that would otherwise remain stagnant. Denise Levertov
elements belief standing-out
The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success. Charles Garfield
elements wanted humans
From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it. Beth Orton
elements explosive fictional historical history
What's most explosive about historical fiction is to use the fictional elements to pressure the history to new insights. Matthew Pearl
elements eras sides
One constant among the elements of 1914—as of any era—was the disposition of everyone on all sides not to prepare for the harder alternative, not to act upon what they suspected to be true. Barbara Tuchman
games two lawyer
Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant.
games words-of-wisdom delight
To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.
games planning designer
I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer.
games play self
The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever. Alan Watts
games fire giving
Substances like LSD, which give away a secret about the nature of the social game - the human game and what underlies it - are potentially dangerous, of course, like any good thing is. Electricity is dangerous, fire is dangerous, cars are dangerous, planes are dangerous, but not so dangerous as driving on the freeway. The only way to handle danger is to face it. If you start getting frightened of it, then you make it worse. Because you project onto it all kinds of bogeys and threats which don't exist in it at all.
games boards vendetta
They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.
games goal able
You don't score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals. Alan Green
games gambling casinos
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. Al Alvarez
games gambling cards
Hold'em is a game of calculated aggression. If your cards are good enough for you to call a bet, they are good enough to raise with.
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
helped people shed
Pretending to be other people helped bring me out of my shell and shed my inhibitions. Michael Musto
helped offensive rushing transition
We started rushing things on the offensive end and that only helped them get into their transition game.
helped
We're more experienced this season. Also, we have some new additions who have helped us.
helped showcase
What helped is the suppliers all wanted to showcase their products.
helped hill luther martin people walk
We got to walk up the hill for Martin Luther King. He helped people become what they are today.
helped life people spent
If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score. Rodney Atkins
helped italian-actress
I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me. Isabella Rossellini
helped instead mistake
Making one mistake instead of two helped me, Kris Benson
helped kids level playing second shows
Making it to the second day shows our kids we can do this. Playing in that competitive level helped us.
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are.
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
looking mccartney star thousands
We are potentially looking at tens of thousands of pounds. The Hirst and the McCartney are star lots. Bernard Williams
looking next
We've already started looking at what we could do different and better for next year's show.
looking
We are looking to jumpstart the program, ... This is not a short-term fix. Peter Marshall
looking mean spot won
We are looking to get into the No. 1 spot because that would mean we won the game.
looking web wide
We are looking to be the preeminent building-block supplier to the World Wide Web economy,
looking middle
We are looking to be competitive with the middle of the league.
looking
We are looking into this matter, we have made no decision. Mike Williams
looking nature
We are looking into the report. We would not know the nature of an investigation.
looking
We are looking into the possibility that it is gang-related, but we are not certain,
match sweat until wait
We started out a little slow, a little sluggish. I think it was because the refs weren't on time. We warmed up and got the sweat and everything going in the anticipation of the match only to have to wait another half-hour until kickoff.
matches slow tough
We started off slow with some tough matches in the first round. We got better as we went.
match
We were a match away from making it look a little more respectable.
matches reason repeat
We've always said part of the reason for the repeat matches is for television.
match
We're going to take it one match at a time.
match
When we got done with that match I said he's a top-10 player, Andre Agassi
match nerves
Usually, for me, when I get through that first match the nerves go away and I can get into a groove.
match whoever
We're in the same boat. I think we match up with them pretty well. It's going to come down to whoever executes the best.
matched night playing
We're really excited. We wanted to keep playing at night and we matched our goal.
played taken
We've already done that. The two quarterbacks we have, Vincent hasn't played before and Gill played JC. We've taken out as much as we can.
played stopped ways
We stopped doing all the little things that we did earlier. We reverted back to some of our old ways and played with not a lot of intensity.
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
played
We started a little slow, but we hadn't played any.
played since team time
We were a whole different team since the first time we played them.
played teams
'Justified' is one of the greatest teams I've ever played for. It's just awesome. Neal McDonough
played
When we weren't in the box, I thought we played pretty well.
played proud starting
We're starting to come together. We played as a team, and I was very proud of them tonight.
played prepared time
We're more prepared for it than the first time we played them.
rowdy alligators wells
Not much is known about alligators. They don't train well. And they're unwieldy and rowdy to work with in laboratories. Diane Ackerman
row team three
We've been here three years in a row ... we're the most experienced team left.
row starting three time turn won year
We've won three in a row now. We're getting better. This is the time of year you like to see that. We feel like we're starting to turn the corner.
row three
We didn't play well, but I will take it. To get to Troy three years in a row is special.
row start three
To start with three birdies in a row was perfect, Catriona Matthew
row wins
Wow, two wins in a row at home? That's big isn't it? Ryan Howard
row
We need two in a row to get us over the hump. Ned Yost
row wins
That's two wins in a row for us.
row-boats boat drifting
...Drifting downstream in a row boat doesn't count against your life span. James Patterson
runs
We want to see how he handles the track. If he runs well, we'll just keep him here.
runs sinister
Sinister Minister, you can't control. He just runs off. . . . He's a runaway train.
runs score
We didn't score any runs. We had opportunities to score runs and we didn't do it. That was it. Alan Trammell
runs sold untold widely
It's been said that I am the most widely read writer of the 20th century. The number of books I've sold runs into untold millions. Howard Fast
runs score
Being an impatient guy, even off the field, I would always look to score runs and score them quickly. Sometimes I panic if runs are not coming. Gautam Gambhir
runs
He's a big kid, who, for his size, is agile, runs well and is still powerful. Joe Nelson
runs
He runs real, real fast. And he's very instinctive. He just can diagnose and get to the right spot. Dick LeBeau
runs says service test
We've done test runs on and off for two years now. When someone comes to you and says they want ferry service for Newburgh-Beacon, you get right up there and test it.
runs says service test
We've done test runs on and off for two years now, ... When someone comes to you and says they want ferry service for Newburgh-Beacon, you get right up there and test it.
service speak terms
We want them to speak up on what they want in terms of service and care.
services social
We're going to try and make it a one-stop social services fair, Dan Bailey
service social sure understand
We want to make sure they understand it's not just a social thing but a service organization. Dick Miller
service
She can do everything. Her service killed us. The way she started the match, that put us back on our heels.
services six users version
We ship a new version of Google Play Services every six weeks. Typically, 90 percent of users are on the new version of that. Sundar Pichai
service site web
We want the Web site to be a storefront, as a service to our viewers.
service site web
We want the Web site to be a store-front, as a service to our viewers.
services
The financial services industry is a ward of the state. Timothy Noah
services
China's Web has grown away from just duplicating services from the U.S. Jerry Yang
serving work
We always want to work on our serving and serve-receiving.
serving-others missions committed
God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. John Henry Newman
serving
He was serving unbelievably and I couldn't do too much. Gaston Gaudio
serving takes
And when you are serving the Lord, you go where he takes you without fear.
serving strong talent team
This is a strong serving team and we have height. But not just height, there's talent there. We should be strong.
serving toll
They're serving a need much more than a want than say a Toll or a higher-end builder.
serving
If you're not serving the customer, you better be serving someone who is serving the customer.
serving-god wells creatures
They serve God well, who serve his creatures. Caroline Norton
serving-god heard accounts
God gets me into a relationship with Himself whereby I understand His call, then I do things out of sheer love for Him on my own account. To serve God is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the call of God. Oswald Chambers
starting
I like starting. It's pretty cool. Al Leiter
starting-out starting hard
It must be really hard to be starting out in music now. Bryan Ferry
starting-over kindergarten wells
We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten. Kurt Vonnegut
starting-over teapots starting
Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them. Billy Dee Williams
starting-over finding-yourself world
I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself. August Wilson
starting-over
I really can't watch myself. I just get too in my head about it and start overthinking everything. Eden Sher
starting difficult circumstances
It never really was difficult for me not starting because I understood the circumstances. Cedric Benson
starting-out firsts starting
When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast. Charisma Carpenter
starting
We're starting to get a little more notice.
steady
She was just steady all through the game.
steady
He was just a steady guy. Never flashy, but he was a big part of their championship teams.
steady stream
There has been a steady stream all day.
steady
That's what he does. He's been steady all year.
steady
I said to de Lord, 'I'm goin' to hold steady on to you, an' I know you'll see me through.' Harriet Tubman
steady throughout time
Our slowest time through the day was from 2-4 p.m., but we were still busy. It really was steady throughout the day.
steady
Oh, my gosh, it's been pretty steady all year.
steady
He's just been really steady for us inside.