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The first book I could call mine, my first book, was a picture book, 'The Magic Monkey' - it was adapted from an old Chinese legend by a thirteen-year-old prodigy named Plato Chan with the help of his sister. Nick Flynn
adapted chinese design interior
Volvo has one weakness, and that is in the interior design. They have not adapted to the Chinese people's perception of luxury when it comes to the interior design, and this has to be addressed. Li Shufu
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What we're seeing is a great deal of customization on country and industry levels. When Microsoft was developing its CRM, it made sure that it was built on a Web services architecture so that it can be easily adapted to specific local needs and requirements. We don't ship an out-of-the-box, property-management application, for instance, but those in real estate using the software can easily add apartment information without adding programming code.
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We are more than the sum of our biochemical functions. Even the tiniest flea is an incredibly complex living creature, with mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of your cat or dog. Robert Lanza
adapted again fights-and-fighting good meaning picked turned worker
Shamrock started out as a pro-wrestler years before he got into fighting. When he started with WWE he picked it up again very fast. He actually turned into a really good worker and adapted to the WWE style, meaning he did more than just shoot-style stuff.
adapted basically deal
We have basically plagiarized the Wal-Mart deal and adapted it for Blair.
adapted believe classic collection craftsman design features form outdoor
The Craftsman Collection features an iconic, mission-style design. With Craftsman, we believe we have successfully adapted this classic American form for the new American outdoor room. John Baker
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Many Mexican companies have adapted to softer demand by cutting costs and this will be extremely positive for margins once demand picks up in the second half, as we expect.
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'Shetland' is adapted from the novel 'Red Bones.' The book is based around an archaeological dig, and the mystery starts with the murder of the elderly woman who crofts the land where the dig is happening.
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We want the highest price possible. You have to weigh that against some risk: the timing of the sale and how long it could take to arrange financing. So sometimes it does make sense to take a lower price.
against bodies offense progress test
We want to test ourselves, see the progress we've made against bodies other than the UB offense and get a feel for where we are, what we need to do, and take it into the season. Tom Jones
against associate bobby discuss information jimmy man trial
There was a man who was an associate of jimmy Hoffa, who testified against Hoffa in his trial down in Tennessee. We had information from him that he and Hoffa did, in fact, discuss the planning of an assassination conspiracy against Bobby Kennedy. Louis Stokes
against both brazil match sides
The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game. Michel Patini
against extremism prejudice pretend tackle
The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist. Maajid Nawaz
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The one thing you're always concerned with against Helena is transition. They're quick at it, they're good at it, so you have to be good at it.
against champion fight key stand team
The other team is always going to make a run. The key to being a heavyweight champion is to fight back and stand up against the punches.
against coin continue deserve player side terrific win
The other side of the coin is that we had a terrific win against Adelaide, and every player deserve to continue on. So it is pretty tight.
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The positive thing to note is that they actually had improving results as the year went on. But they were going against a very easy comparison -- they were down 3% in last year's fourth quarter.
agree allow independence referendum texans vote
We want them to ... agree to a referendum to allow Texans to vote on the independence issue,
agreement anxiety guilt
The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn't come from having too much to do; it's the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself. David Allen
agreement years might
Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tenative agreements ... Dave Barry
agreement assets sells
EFR entered into an agreement to sell some noncore assets for $2.05M. David Talbot
agreement organization citizens
Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. David Suzuki
agreement broken gentleman
A Gentleman's agreement cannot be broken without breaking the person who has entered into it. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
agreement fearless done
I don't agree with everything Madonna's done but she is fearless. Cathy Freeman
agreement talking people
Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word. Caspar Weinberger
agree investors including
When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong. Carl Icahn
britain dynamic
Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world. Natalie Massenet
britain decoration early hoped ultimate victoria
When I was in my early twenties, I hoped one day to own a Victoria Cross, the ultimate decoration in Britain and the Commonwealth for bravery in the face of the enemy.
britain films money
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them. James McAvoy
britain hurt treated tremendous wales
She is such a tremendous spokesperson for Britain in general, and Wales in particular, that it hurt to see how she was treated in this whole process. Michael Douglas
britain security
We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do Ed Miliband
britain rate bryan
I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry. David Bowie
britain business message open round
The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business. William Hague
britain great harold met ministers prime stayed tony winston
As a student, I had stayed with Winston Churchill; later, I had lunched with Harold Macmillan - in fact, had met most of the post-war prime ministers of Great Britain from Douglas-Home to Tony Blair. Nigel Hamilton
britain grew lived strikes threat
I grew up and lived in a Britain in which strikes and the threat of strikes had become part of the social fabric - and it was not very nice.
decent draw runs
We want to see the figures, refinery runs and all the others. There will be a decent draw in products, especially gasoline. John Brady
decent fashion pleased total
We are pleased with the total and the fashion we got it. I think we've had a decent day. Andrew Flintoff
decent earnings focusing genuinely good people reports taking
There are some genuinely problematic reports out today, like Merck, but there's a lot of good stuff, too, and people are taking some pretty decent earnings and focusing on the negative. Robert Long
decent few fuel happen knows next relates shape
We're in pretty decent shape as it relates to fuel supply, but who knows what's going to happen here in the next few days.
decent finally guys hard late quick result session start thank time
We started our session a little late and when we finally got out there, we got 'black-flagged' just before I was going to start my quick lap, ... Our guys have been working hard and that's a decent result for my first time out. I just want to thank Paul. Ron Fellows
decent eat enemies food habit hunger hungry insidious lose meals three trying
When you're trying to lose weight, one of the most important things you can do is eat three decent meals a day so that you're not so hungry that you can't get food off your mind. Habit and hunger have long been the basic, insidious enemies of the overweight. We can't fight hunger, but we can fight habit. Jean Nidetch
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Tom Ridge is a decent man and a fine public servant, but unfortunately was not given the leeway or resources to tighten up homeland security in the way it should be done, Charles Schumer
decent stay until
We're going to stay here until every one of them has a decent place to go. Charles Barron
decent deserved expect good half hard ourselves played ready second win
We got what we deserved today. We didn't come ready to play and we put ourselves in a big hole. We played very poorly. It was everybody. We played hard in the second half and made some good adjustments, but you can't expect to win with one decent half.
early lots market options people uniquely watch work
Try out lots of different options early in your career. Then watch the responses: how you feel, what the market values, what people appreciate about you. It's the only way to find work that's uniquely right for you. Lisa Gansky
early pleased signals
We are pleased with the early signals this year,
early fourth freshmen quarter
We started subbing and early in the fourth quarter we had some freshmen on the field.
early easy good job maintain playing road start tough
We started really well. Playing on the road isn't easy and getting a good start is so important and we really did a good job early on. We didn't maintain the intensity, but after a start like that, it is tough to keep up that level.
early executing good half looks missed open second shots
We started out well, executing and getting open shots in rhythm. They crawled back into it right at the end of the first half, and in the second half we got some good looks early but missed them.
early guys identify season struggled team trying
We struggled early on with our team trying to identify their roles. That is what the early season and midseason tournaments are for. The guys have done that.
early five hopefully key looking middle peak reason row time valley win
We are looking to make it five in a row after this match. The key is to peak at the right time and to hopefully peak in the early to middle of April. There is no reason why we can't win the Valley this year.
early held rest struggled
We struggled early but otherwise, we held our own the rest of the way. Curtis Brown
early fixing turkeys
We started fixing the place up, probably in October. We put our first turkeys on the place in early December.
fairly national performance season soccer team
The performance of the national team is very important. This season soccer has been fairly abysmal.
fairly five takes
When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through all the drafts. The book is done when I am exhausted. Gunter Grass
fairly few figured good guys henry last lost matches realize tournament wrestle
We wrestled fairly well today. We wrestled at the Bo Henry Tournament last week; we wrestled really well there. Today, we didn't wrestle as good as we could've and I think the guys realize that; I think they kind of figured out that there may have been a few matches we lost that we should've won.
fairly fruit minimal since
We're hoping, of course, it's going to be fairly minimal since a lot of that fruit had already been picked.
fairly hope hopefully knew played playoffs results week
We knew this was going to happen, ... We knew probably a week before the playoffs we'd get it done. We did it. Everything has been right on time. I just hope we get the same results as the other shots. I think I played fairly well after the shots, so hopefully that will continue. Larry Walker
fairly healthy
When they were young teenagers, most of the participants had fairly healthy behaviors.
fairly feels hardly injured weeks
Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played. Lee Westwood
fairly people time
People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and... distant, I guess. But, um, I think that's okay. Ric Ocasek
fairly heart hopes major soul
When you put your heart and soul into something for 10, 15 years, it's a career. You do it in the hopes you can be fairly evaluated and make it to the major leagues.
football violent fascists
I don't do football. (Grew up in Leeds in the 1970s. Football there was indellibly associated with the National Front, i.e. violent fascist skinheads.) Charles Stross
football league should
I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it. Alan Pardew
football league noise
Shut your noise, you old c***!
football zero games
How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game? You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the people who played it at just about zero. Alan Page
football successful player
The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.
football philosophy thinking
I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go. Alan Hansen
football laughing missing
I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
football blow watches
Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch. Alan Green
football playing-football commentators
Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn't playing
hectic
Draft day is a hectic day, especially for draftees and, more or less, for management. Kyrie Irving
hectic-schedule way schedules
I've got a hectic schedule, but I wouldn't have my life any other way. Dominic Monaghan
hectic last looked nobody
We were a little hectic at times, and it showed up at the end. Nobody looked like they wanted to take the last shot. Paul Andrews
hectic last less spring training
I think it will be more comfortable for him. I think that's been from Spring Training all the way through. It's been less hectic than last year. Joe Torre
hectic lifestyles lives looking products
With today's hectic lifestyles we were looking for products to make people's lives easy,
hectic offended soon work
As soon as it offended people, we moved, ... We had a very hectic work schedule, so we weren't thinking. We shouldn't have done it. Natalie Portman
hectic knew ok problem
He said it was hectic but they were all safe. To find out they were OK before we knew that there had been a problem was great.
hectic holiday last tired
Everyone is tired after the last week's hectic activities. It is like a holiday today.
hectic-schedule always-trying family-and-friends
My schedule can be hectic, so I'm always trying to find time to see my friends and family. Jessica Szohr
himself knew sitting
The person knew where he was sitting and positioned himself perfectly.
himself
Director of any film is very important, and an actor has to leave himself in his hands to mould. Leander Paes
himself hulk inside version
What makes Hulk afraid? It's himself. It's a version of himself that's weak. It's a version of himself that's vulnerable. It's a child inside of him. Mark Ruffalo
himself invested piano since wrote
When you think of Mozart's piano concertos, you think of them as masterpieces. He invested so much in them, since he wrote these for himself to play.
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Tom runs a very tight ship. You do not turn up late and you don't muck around - he's strict with himself and everyone he works with. Jonathan Meyers
himself tom took wolf
Tom Ridge is not a candidate, because he took himself out, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports. Dick Cheney
himself shooter turn
We know who the shooter is, ... It would be better for him to turn himself in before we have to find him.
himself liberate pieces writer
The writer is someone who tears himself to pieces in order to liberate his neighbor. Italo Calvino
himself lord
O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine.
knows self-examination
He who knows himself knows others. Charles Caleb Colton
knows written
I only know that it was, and ceased to be; and that I have written, and there I leave it. Charles Dickens
knows
I'm so private and I don't know why! China Chow
knows
We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely. David Mitchell
knows limitation
You will never know your limitations until you find them. David Murphy
knows i-can
Ultimately, I am all I can know. Byron Katie
knows
Know your own happiness. Jane Austen
knows rely roads talk time
When you talk to the crews, everybody's tired, but at the same time everyone knows they rely on us to keep the roads open. I think we're doing our best. We're just going to keep trying.
knows
I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn't know it was in System V. Bill Joy
pace picking team type
We started picking up the pace and that's the type of team we are. Sean Smith
pace trekking snail
For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace. Edwin Way Teale
pace faces forget
Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face Bil Keane
pace pace-of-change convinced
of course the pace of change never slows, even when we've convinced ourselves it will. Arthur Golden
pace pick
We are going to have to pick up the pace if we are going to get there,
pace incredibles maximum
At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes of maximum necessity. Dennis Stock
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 done enough
What is done well is done quickly enough. Augustus
pace
We have to play our pace and not the other team's.
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude.
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
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.
required time
Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity. Asia Argento
required situation structural
We are not in a situation where we are required by desperation to make structural changes.
required research statement
When you research companies, they now have a statement on Y2K compliance, which they are required to give you,
required
We are required to do it. We have to do it.
required
To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.
required vacuum
Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one.
required
I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going to do that any more. For a couple years I thought I was done with that. It wasn't really required of me. Beck
required
It required us to put on more workers.
required terms
In this industry, it's required of us to be best-of-breed in terms of operational efficiency.
saws toilets scream
If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, would you scream, or would you innately understand that he meant you no harm? David Sedaris
saw steps
We still saw some of our inexperience today. That will be the case, but there were still some steps of improvement.
saws necks deer
I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer Bo Burnham
saws fans looks
Fans always ask, What did the bedroom look like? All they ever saw was Alice or Ralph going in and out. Audrey Meadows
saws washington-monument catastrophe
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe. Arnold Bennett
saws holes prove-it
You do angry. I just saw it. And you left at least one hole in my carpet to prove it. Deborah Harkness
saws firsts actors
I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to be an actor. Dennis Hopper
saws want shoulders
If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you. Bill Murray
saws advantage
There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. Carol Leifer
scotland rough-edges doctrine
The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again. Charles Spurgeon
scotland half denmark
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)
scotland glasses tea
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Catherine Helen Spence
scotland space progress
James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North to pay his devotions at Beverley Minster. Charlotte Mary Yonge
scotland looks switzerland
I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. Sydney Smith
scotland fantasy faux
I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua.
scotland states courses
The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could. Alistair Darling
scotland people mind
The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never been there. Alistair Cooke
scotland independence generations
We are Scotland's independence generation. And our time is now Alex Salmond
scottish-athlete yogurt
I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. Gordon Strachan
scottish-athlete
It was one of those goals that's invariably a goal. Denis Law
scottish statement
I feel so Scottish when I go abroad, and I'm so proud of it, but for me, it's not a political statement - I just happen to be Scottish. Michelle Gomez
scottish british
I am Scottish. I am also British. Andy Murray
scottish feels
I feel more Scottish than Norman. Alexander McQueen
scottish-writer
To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life. Robert Louis Stevenson
scottish-athlete
I'm in the facial-hair phase of my career.
scottish-athlete travelled
In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air. Jackie Stewart
scottish temper shows
I've been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show. Jeanette MacDonald
tough rice
Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
tough critics
I'm a tough critic on myself. Dave Franco
tough
We're in a tough place. This is a Herculean task.
tough situation have-confidence
Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations. Arnold Palmer
tough-love sometimes wonder
I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders. Bikram Choudhury
tough whether
Whether you have to go to Groveland or Timbuktu, ... there should always be an official. It's tough to find volunteers.
tough
We're making progress, but it was just a tough loss. Avery Johnson
tough
When we get to that point, we'll probably know (what to do), ... If we have to make a tough decision, we'll make a tough decision.
tough written
When we get to that point, we'll probably know, ... If it's a tough decision, we'll make a tough decision. But I don't know what we're going to do. Mel has written it down all the way to the end of the season, but there are a lot of scratch-outs.
understood havens
We fear only what we haven’t understood.
understood known
We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest. Arthur Helps
understood van
I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Cezanne, Gauguin and van Gogh.
understood
What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart. Stephen Covey
understood
On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads. Jessica Sanchez
understood known
Music was known and understood before words were spoken. Charles Darwin
understood
My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood. Elie Wiesel
understood
To understand and be understood is to be free. Daniel Johnston
understood whole universe
Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole... David Bohm