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asked reason
The only reason why I know is because I get asked all the time. Darin Schreck
asked definitely
The person we interviewed is definitely the person we got. He's real. He's doing everything we asked to do.
asked bank money people star
The people who got star loans, they just went to the bank and asked for a loan, so they didn't take away in any way money someone in New York.
asked court courts forced pleased supported talk
We are pleased with this decision. We asked them to talk to us when they made this change, and they wouldn't. That forced us to go through the court system. And yet again, the courts have supported our position.
asked leave leaving listening people
We've always asked people to leave earlier, but because of Katrina, they are now listening to us and they're leaving as we say,
asked talking
We started talking and half-jokingly, I think, I asked if he would be in (the movie), and he said 'Yeah, I could do that,'
asked ball invites knocked nobody president weak
If the president of the college had asked me what I thought about Dewey McLean, I'd say he's a weak sister. I thought he'd been knocked out of the ball game and had just disappeared, because nobody invites him to conferences anymore. Luis Walter Alvarez
asked autographs embarrass festival hope natalie signed
I've signed autographs as Natalie Portman. I was at a Film Festival party where someone asked if I was her, and I didn't want to embarrass them, so I signed the autograph as her. I hope she doesn't mind. Liane Balaban
asked brothers guy looked scientists similar theme three truck whether works
We actually got it from a guy that works at a U-Haul truck place in Berkeley. He thought that the three of us all looked very similar to one anotherwe all had on glassesand he asked whether we were all brothers and we said no and he asked whether we were all scientists. We said that we were not, but that was the theme of the name. Chris Cain
avoided economy illinois last national occurred performance quarter
The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.
avoided huge human
We've always avoided it because of the huge human workload.
avoided confronted crash credit crises dealing due early faced might point potential quite serious street wall
Where the credit is really due is in the early part of Greenspan's tenure: being faced with the aftershocks of the Wall Street crash in 1987 and dealing with that quite well. He confronted some very serious potential crises and got us to a point where we avoided them and are better off than we might have been otherwise.
avoided broader convincing social
I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement. Niall Ferguson
avoided given good persona picture public recognized understand wanting
After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause. Nell Newman
avoided coach facing game issue
We've avoided the issue as much as we can. It's a big game for us because we are facing Hickman, not coach Riley.
avoided bankrupt fate
We've avoided the fate of other bankrupt carriers. We're still in the game. Julie King
avoided bad damage patient race reputation
We've avoided a race because it is inappropriate, and it may make you make some bad decisions. The damage is not just to the patient but the reputation of the whole field.
avoided focus giving goal second
We lacked focus when giving away the second goal and we could have really avoided conceding the third. Fabio Capello
believe book writing
No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those who renounce Christianity, write fairly down in a book all the absurdities that they believe instead of it, and they will find that it requires more faith to reject Christianity than to embrace it. Charles Caleb Colton
believe self denial
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
believe half literature
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.
believe hallucinations scrooge
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning Charles Dickens
believe remember cry
I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly - and that is the sharpest crying of all.
believe soul done
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
believe echoes sound
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
believe adequate earth
And I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States.
believe long people
It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.
boards games offensive played poorly shot won
We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good. Jay Wright
board deny last night perfumes
The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it Marcus Aurelius
board clear growing hired line people perception
The perception has been growing that it is better that there be a clear line of distinction between the people the board hires and the people hired by the corporation.
board bondage children plight realities reminder serves ship slavery timely
The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world. E. O. Wilson
board commitment complement economic leader leadership nonprofit pleased promoting recognized skills valuable welcome
We are pleased to welcome Regina to our Board of Directors. She is a nationally recognized leader in the legal, corporate, and nonprofit communities. Her leadership skills and commitment to promoting economic advancement for all complement the Board and make her a valuable addition.
board information members send whether
We usually send out information to board members to get their feel for whether we should disseminate information further.
boards controlled defense good kept playing struggled
We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.
board members problems serious
There are board members who do not acknowledge the serious problems going on, and I do not know why,
board button delay dumped everybody hit point standard
When you want something dumped you would point to the board operator, indicating to hit the button. I would say we use the seven-second delay button often. Everybody does. It's pretty standard in the business. Tim Dorsey
fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble.
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.