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We want to strengthen the link between India and Saudi Arabia with regards to energy, and the ability to provide energy to India over a long term. King Abdullah
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We want to send the message that our focus is on ability rather than disability. It is our turn to step to the Olympic stage. John Furlong
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We want to send a very clear and unequivocal message that after attacks like this it's not business as usual. We expect them to follow through on their promises -- that these armed gangs be disarmed. Our entire ability to move forward is based on that promise. Mark Regev
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The power of a focus group lies in its ability to leverage multiple channels of communication and thought. When you buckle down and really explore the many facets of a possible innovation to the organization, you are more able to make well thought-out decisions. Craig Cochran
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The potential for damage is much larger than we've seen in the past, ... The markets are a little spooked about our refining capacity and our ability to pump for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Theodore Roosevelt
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The possibilities of that tie-in are endless if one contemplates the possibility of software and tools delivered over the Internet and paid for by online adverts. This also gives Microsoft the ability to control its own destiny and eliminate the service that Yahoo is providing selling the ads. Jonathan Spira
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The perfect pop song is a 20th-century creation; it's not a sonnet, it's not an opera, it's something short - three and a half minutes by nature - and has this ability to travel and to defy class and economic structures. Doug Aitken
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The point of new venturing is to stimulate a range of ideas that build corporate resilience -- the ability to keep enriching core businesses by incorporating new modes (whether products, distribution channels, or markets) while discovering potential new directions that might not only be internal ventures but also an acquisition or an alliance. Rosabeth Kanter
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The point about it is that if you're pointed toward some kind of goodness, some kind of light, something positive, you find your way through these trials and tribulations, ... I've basically dedicated my whole lyrical life to people's ability to cope with the struggle because I do believe there is a struggle. And I don't mean it in a negative sense. I just mean it in a realistic sense. Nothing is greater than staying right on the positive, but sometimes life can have a way of just pulling you back and dragging you a bit. Gavin Rossdale
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We spent millions on this. The taxpayers trusted us. Bringing people in here who can't see questions our credibility. We need to please the people who sit in the seats. Bill Casey
bringing paranoia people start
We have to get over the paranoia and start bringing people to the US. Thomas Donohue
bringing content covering incredible intention largely stories
We have no intention of duplicating those efforts. We get incredible content from our partners, but in this case, we are covering largely under-reported stories and bringing them to our audience. Brian Nelson
bringing committee member school strongly
We've always had a School Committee member or two on these committees, and I feel very strongly that should continue. We need to know what we're bringing in. Mark Joseph
bringing concerned hope main miss piece power
We're going to miss him. He's a main piece to our puzzle, offensively, defensively, on our power play, all the things. Having said that, we'll hope he comes back but if he doesn't we have to be concerned about bringing someone up and we have to keep on playing. John Tortorella
bringing jobs opposite portland seems sixth unless wants
Unless he wants to make Portland the sixth borough, this seems to be the opposite of bringing jobs to middle-class New Yorkers, Gifford Miller
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Working with Intel, Nokia, RIM and others, we are unifying a triad: bringing together wired and wireless networks, voice and data offerings, and industry support for Cisco and partner offerings. Brett Galloway
bringing dream funny great hero incredibly mine time worlds
Working with Dav Pilkey was a dream come true. Dav is incredibly funny, and he's been a hero of mine for a long time. It was great bringing the 'Wimpy Kid' and 'Captain Underpants' worlds together! Jeff Kinney
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With Nebraska being at the event, it will be tough because they will always be a solid team. They are pretty much bringing the same group they had last year. If we play up to our level, we will play them very closely. Ron Holmes
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We want to thank our Customers for their continued excitement about DING! since its introduction last February. Thanks to our hardworking Employees, fare sales were revolutionized with the creation of DING! Kevin Krone
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The potential danger to the continued existence of the union rests with the adjudication of these fines. Justice Theodore
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The performance of the leading index is suggestive of continued momentum or growth in the spring. Ken Goldstein
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The perfect man in Eden therefore was rich, and such riches he might have possessed forever had he continued obedient to his Creator. Joseph Franklin Rutherford
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We are pleased to see continued growth in the Hawaii financial services industry. Nick Griffin
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We are pleased to say that we are off to a good start in 2006 with continued strong growth in software and product revenues for the first quarter. Henning Kagermann
continued crucial period
We are at a crucial period now and we need their continued engagement. Hoshiyar Zebari
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Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy. Martin Van Buren
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We accomplished our goal this season, which was getting to the state tournament. I'm proud of that. These kids worked really hard this season, and we continued to improve all season. Phil Drosdick
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We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter. Gordon Nixon
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We are pleased with the performance in the quarter, with the return of sequential revenue growth and with the solid earnings results, Jim Roche
earnings obviously
There are some disappointments in earnings and obviously Hewlett-Packard is a big one. Steve Previs
earnings growth percent track
We still think we are on track to see earnings growth of 23 percent for the quarter. Chuck Hill
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We're going to see volatile markets for the next little while with all this uncertainty regarding earnings. We need to see a general improvement in the tone of earnings and especially with guidance. Gordon Higgins
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What we're looking at generally is whether the market can get past these levels. We think there's enough strong sentiment and stimulus in the pipeline for that to happen and that the earnings will ultimately lead the market, but it's a process, and it's going to take time. Scotty George
earnings ending factors fighting good hand robust sort year
We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out. Russ Koesterich
earnings given growth highest percent quarter revenue second
Year-over-year revenue growth of 34 percent and earnings growth of 41 percent were the second highest in any given quarter in Apple's history. Peter Oppenheimer
earnings further lacking losses major market news support
With no major earnings news scheduled and losses in Tokyo, the (U.S.) market is lacking support for further gains. Heino Ruland
emphasized minister negotiate prime victory
The prime minister emphasized that it makes little sense to negotiate a victory that we've already won. Melanie Gruer
emphasized hard inability passing syndrome time
Right now, it's the old shoot-not-to-miss syndrome and passing up shots. We've emphasized that you don't pass up shots; if you miss, you miss. We've had a hard time scoring, but it's never been because of our inability to make a shot. Bill Fennelly
emphasized lead looking nine quarter slow third tonight
One of the things we emphasized tonight was the third quarter. Usually we have a slow third quarter with or without the lead and we outscored them by nine and that was something we were looking for. Wendell Jeffries
emphasized enjoy fun
He?d see us tense, like he used to be. He just emphasized us to go have fun and enjoy the moment. Abe Badmus
emphasized history influence reason took
The reason that 'Stalingrad' took off was because it emphasized the influence of history on the individual. Antony Beevor
emphasized game job moments week
We had emphasized all week long that it was everybody's job in this game to find a way to win. What we put into it is for moments like this -- the satisfaction from accomplishment. Al Groh
emphasized kids next pierre took
We emphasized doing the things we do well. You can't go away from our strengths. When Pierre took away things, we went to our next option. The kids just wanted it (win) so much. Dawn Seiler
emphasized reform
We emphasized about the need for reform in the Palestinian Authority, and I think that's very important, Ariel Sharon
emphasized persistent
They probably emphasized that. They were much more persistent at going inside. Joe Kinch
four last match proved ways won
We've won one game. We won four last year. We've got a ways to go before we match last year. We haven't proved anything. J. Taylor
four pages scripts
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it. David S. Goyer
four guards looking plays using
UNLV plays four guards. So using four guards was something we were looking at doing anyway. Don Flanagan
four major played players proud
We are proud to have four players who played a major part in Wednesday's success. George Burley
four great last learn practicing
We are practicing with Hartland and they will get us prepared. They've been there the last four years and we should learn from them. They are a great program. B. F. Skinner
fourth half later left moved second third
We usually just have two forwards up top. But later in the second half I moved up a third one, and with about 1:45 left I moved in a fourth one. Kyle Smith
four larger whim
We started this on a whim four years ago. We don't want to make it any larger than it is. It really is a lot of fun. Jim McCann
fourth offensive options struggled third
We struggled to find another offensive weapon. Their third and fourth options made shots, and we're not that deep. Bonnie Henrickson
four large plays shows
We are a fluid, but large group. We do a lot of plays and four shows a years. Caryn Jeffreys
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
health law wellness
Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws. Charles Simmons
health years dollars
They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it. Chris Christie
healthy mind allergies
We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies. David Suzuki
health mind needs
Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed. Byron Katie
healthy feels great-things
The great thing about life - I'd rather not know and just hope I'm happy and healthy and I feel as good about my life as I do now. Camilla Belle
individual express-yourself circumstances
Circumstances beyond my individual control. Charles Dickens
individual-effort achievement done
The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much-the companies never; it is the units-the single individuals, that are the power and the might. Individual effort is, after all, the grand thing. Charles Spurgeon
individual enjoyment incapable
Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment. Alan Watts
individual circumstances values
Life's values originate in circumstances over which the individual has no control. Charles Lindbergh
individuality apes firsts
It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes. Dian Fossey
individual-effort generations lifetime
The very worst impulses of humankind can survive generations, centuries, even millennia. And the best of our individual efforts can die with us at the end of a single lifetime. Elizabeth Kostova
individual ends made
The sobering thought is that individuals and societies are not, in the end, remembered for how they made their money, but for how they spent it. Charles Handy
individual promising recognized
What's so promising about this is that we have all recognized as individual organizations that we can't do this alone. Bret Bicoy
individuality promise fruit
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual. Bella Abzug
normal
How can you be afraid of women?” “Those ain’t normal women. Dave Barry
normal being-a-woman taboo
All the things that are taboo are the things that are not normal, and all the things that are not normal are the things that are exclusively about physically being a woman. Caitlin Moran
normal shot today
We've all bowled at Cadillac, but today wasn't like the normal Cadillac. It was a very playable shot but just a little different. Scott Carpenter
normal played settled
We started off very poorly. But we know what we can do. We just settled down and played our normal game. Joe Johnson
normal particular produce quantities traces
Coproporphyrin in particular is widespread; traces are present in normal urine and also in yeast. In special cultures, yeast can be made to produce considerable quantities of coproporphyrin. Hans Fischer
normal persons
I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again. Aidan Quinn
normal appetite wells
I have an appetite for the normal in my life, as well as the abnormal. Benedict Cumberbatch
normal possible
We want it to be as normal as possible for the kids. Max Miller
normal possible setting
We want it be as normal a setting as possible and not have them stigmatized as being retarded. Jim Hall
passion pride ill-will
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us. Charles Dickens
passion hunting breasts
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast. Charles Dickens
passion exercise order
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused. Charles Caleb Colton
passion greed may
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay. Charles Caleb Colton
passion sloth causes
There is a holy love and a holy rage, and our best virtues never glow so brightly as when our passions are excited in the cause. Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues; and the best of us are better when roused. Charles Caleb Colton
passion swings giving
By privileges, immunities, or prerogatives to give unlimited swing to the passions of individuals, and then to hope that they will restrain them, is about as reasonable as to expect that the tiger will spare the hart to browse upon the herbage. Charles Caleb Colton
passion men wind
The breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled influence, every subjugated passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling his word. Charles Caleb Colton
passion suffering blinded
So blinded are we by our passions, that we suffer more to be damned than to be saved. Charles Caleb Colton
passion thinking gentleman
A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars. Charles Dickens
pensions protect social ways worst
Privatization is the worst idea to try to protect Social Security. It's nuts. We have to find ways to keep pensions secure, as well as Social Security. Judy Aydelott
pensions saving
What they'd be saving on pensions is a pittance. Roger Toussaint
pensions struck trust
What struck me the most was he said he's going to try to keep Delphi pensions solvent. And I was struck that he would think that any of us would trust that. Gregg Shotwell
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. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
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. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
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
pillars presidency
The two pillars of winning the presidency are being a strong leader and being someone who understands us and our problems. Nicolle Wallace
pillars way money-and-power
Roxanne Quimby wanted money and power, and I was just a pillar on the way to that success. Burt Shavitz
pillars trust
I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy. Jay Nixon
pillars witnesses women
Women are the first witnesses to the resurrection and pillars of the early church. John Ortberg
pillars tools do-you-know
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less. Henrik Ibsen
pillars essentials morality
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. George Washington
pillars china industry
China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries. Wang Jianlin
ready scout shares stand support
We stand ready to support any organization that shares Scout values. David Richardson
ready road run
I want to be an actor, and I am being an actor. I'm not ready to run off on a road trip. Yet. Liane Balaban
ready tough
We have to get ready now for Plainfield South. They are another scrappy, tough team. We'll have to be ready. Jeff Bambule
ready reasons
We have so many reasons to be here tonight. I'm also ready to do some shopping! Natalie Chanin
ready-to-die not-ready ifs
If you're not ready to die, then how can you live? Charles de Lint
ready
I was embarrased, horrified and absolutely ready to jump him! Charlaine Harris
ready worry
Tomorrow? We have to go there and do it, ... Don't worry, I'll be ready for tomorrow. Mariano Rivera
ready respond sitting
We're sitting there on go, ready to respond if we have to. Cliff Lusk
ready sitting ticking time town
We're sitting on a ticking time bomb. This town is ready to ignite. Larry Southard
retirement solitude world
That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert. Charles Caleb Colton
retirement women flower
Pleasure is to a woman what the sun is to the flower: if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates, and destroys. But the duties of domestic life, exercised as they must be in retirement, and calling forth all the sensibilities of the female, are perhaps as necessary to the full development of her charms, as the shade and the shower are to the rose, confirming its beauty, and increasing its fragrance. Charles Caleb Colton
retirement long albums
As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring. Alan Jackson
retirement thinking insecurity
You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers. Al Pacino
retirement program congress
I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor, I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that. Chris Christie
retirement years careers
One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment. Chris Christie
retirement happy-life golfers
While I am flattered about the speculation of being enticed out of retirement, I'm happy with life as a bad golfer! Chipper Jones
retirement home long
I hope I'm not sitting on a bench in a retirement home talking about what was: "Oh, I worked with this guy and that guy." I hope I'm still doing it for a really long time. David Krumholtz
retirement uncles home
You must prepare yourselves, young people, because Uncle Dave's generation is getting old. We are almost ready to go to the retirement home to spend the rest of our days tapping our bedpans rhythmically in time to "easy listening" rock 'n' roll. We must pass the torch on to you, and you must grasp it, ideally by the end that is not on fire. Dave Barry
second-chance now-or-never next
Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never. Alan Bennett
second-chance giving leader
We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances. Al Sharpton
second-chance kicking want
It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it. Al Jourgensen
second-chance careers half
I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career. Al Jarreau
second-chance easy novel
Publishers love to compartmentalize, and Second Chance was not an easy novel to define. Chet Williamson
second-chance feels chances-in-life
There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
second-chance found has-beens
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second chance were offered me. Bertrand Russell
second
We were better in the second game, so it's disappointing that we didn't play more relaxed. Nick Whaley
second-chance citizens rehabilitation
I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce. Charles Rangel
social-media
That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual. David Cross
social theory instruments
Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them Bruno Latour
social-taboos underwear taboo
I swear, I wanna be your underwear. Bryan Adams
social-behavior saving patterns
One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior. Dian Fossey
social social-life
I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. Ed Koch
social crisis knows
If you ever see me in a social setting wearing any sort of sportswear, then you know I'm in crisis. Bill Nighy
socialist-government obamacare america
The United States of America took a giant step toward a totalitarian socialist government when the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare, allowing the individual mandate for the government to force American citizens to buy health insurance whether they want to or not. Charlie Daniels
socialism approach
We approach closer and closer to socialism. B. Carroll Reece
social social-change
I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it. Ben Rattray
terms
We're not going to take any risks. It's a big crater in terms of diameter, but really shallow. It's nothing like Endurance. Steve Squyres
terms
We would still have been here if we could have come to terms with the union. Willis Reed
terms
There are always things you wish you could've done better, and there are always things that you wish would've turned out a different way in terms of storyline, which you're not in charge of. Robert Kazinsky
terms
I never think in terms of gold, currency, diamonds. I'm not clever enough for that. Lars Larsen
terms
For me to think in terms of employing security seems ostentatious. Steven Patrick Morrissey
terms
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. H. L. Mencken
terms ways
Traditional ways of distinguishing populations are irrelevant in terms of genetic code. Craig Venter
terms thinks
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me. Hallie Ephron
terms
Explain to me what Italian-American culture is. We've been here 100 years. Isn't Italian-American culture American culture? That's because we're so diverse, in terms of intermarriage. Al Pacino
third year
We know we can win. That's what we're all here for. . . . This is my third year here and it's like it's my third different team, but we can win. Dwyane Wade
third
We're not disappointed at all. Third place is good. Lenny Clark
thirds ifs
If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about. Brandon Jacobs
third
Sen. Landrieu said she wanted to be our third senator. Jim Rich
third
I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible. Brittany Howard
third
When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What you feel in your gut. Kevin O'Leary
third
I live at the dentist's. I'm on my third set of teeth that they put in with nails and screws. Charles Nelson Reilly
third
One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors. Rupert Grint
third ticked
More than puzzled, I'm ticked off. I had two outs and I couldn't get the third one. Bartolo Colon