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We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions. Robert Teeter
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Many of these countries ... were concerned about low oil prices a year ago, when (crude oil cost) $10 a barrel, ... So was Sen. Campbell in Colorado. But now they are at $30. They're too high. I think most countries are agreeing with that. Bill Richardson
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From what I can understand, Jussi is close to agreeing his deal. Sam Allardyce
agreeing
She's the one who made the putts. We were agreeing on the reads. David Carroll
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What a writer's message is is totally unimportant. Either he is agreeing with life by affirming, or he is saying life is just a bowl of wormwood. Stanley Elkin
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We are satisfied with the results. We appreciate the NCAA basically agreeing with our proposal. For the next couple of years, we will only have 83 players on scholarship. Steve Spurrier
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In all of my work I'm trying to create a dialogue, in which I want to provoke the recipients, stimulate them to use their own imaginations. I don't just say things recipients want to hear, flatter their egos or comfort them by agreeing with them. I have to provoke them, to take them as seriously as I take myself. Michael Haneke
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This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers. Ruth Ann Minner
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What has happened is disappointing but I still feel as though something will be sorted out in terms of agreeing a contract with Joey. Stuart Pearce
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Makeup ignites a psychological transformation of both the wearer and the observer. My paintings sought to locate the subject of art within the manipulation of that altered predisposition. Richard Phillips
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My favorite thing about guitar, and the thing that always drew me to it when I was first learning to play it, was those moments when you think you know what it might sound like, but you don't, and then you hit it, and it's a total surprise. You hear it with really fresh ears. Alternate tunings, for me, they give that back. Charlie Worsham
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My fiancee's average size, and my son's average size, so I don't want to alter my whole house, because the resale won't be very good unless we sell it to another little person. Martin Klebba
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One meteorologist remarked that if the theory were correct, one flap of a seagull's wings would be enough to alter the course of the weather forever Konrad Lorenz
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My first and most loved real novel was 'Little Women.' I identified with the Jo character even though we were opposites. Jo was very strong-minded and brave, and I was shy and kind of a wuss, everyplace but in my own home. I wanted to be Jo. She was my alter ego. I think reading that book gave me courage. Rhea Perlman
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My goal really was to build what I called one-year seminars, which were spiritual communities that lasted for at least a year. It was really an alternate spiritual family, because the one-year seminars produced lasting friendships that were more intimate than blood ties. The one-year seminar idea is really the most powerful thing that I created. Leonard Orr
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My gut feeling is that there has been sufficient movement to merit supporting it in principle - at second reading - but I want to leave open that there may be things that need to be clarified or altered or amended at committee stage.
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Maybe from now on puppets can do the parts, ... They can fight it out between them. Lady T and Corpse Bride will maybe do alternate parts, and I'll just do the voices.
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new innovations have begun to alter the manner in which we do business and create value, often in ways not readily foreseeable even five years ago. Alan Greenspan
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Life lived amidst tension and busyness needs leisure. Leisure that recreates and renews. Leisure should be a time to think new thoughts, not ponder old ills.
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I was surprised they did it amidst their merger because ... there are a lot of questions about the merger to begin with, ... We've raised some of them in our hearing. And we may have to have more hearings, I don't know. Orrin Hatch
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I find theatre easier than films, because it gives you an environment of a dark hall, the audience concentrating with you... whereas, film sets are not conducive to long rehearsals, and it is difficult to pick up the emotions amidst all that is going on around you. Randeep Hooda
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She can't bunker up for a few days amidst rampant rumors of her leaving the race and not have something dramatic to say. My sense is she's going to opt to stay (in the race) and make a statement that fits into that dramatic category.
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The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.
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Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the 1917 February Revolution, forced exile amidst the anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, the two World Wars and quite a lot of controversy, was an author who never gave up. Ashwin Sanghi
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We believe that Kellogg is the best-executing food company. It stands out for its solid momentum amidst competitors that face pressure in both pricing and volume over the next year.
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My sister and I did not have our own rooms, or even a place to ourselves. In the living room, beyond the two windows, was a little corner where my books were kept, and other thing - my watercolors and so on. Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. Gunter Grass
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Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy, ... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it. Waylon Jennings
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Many countries are preparing for the future economy, and this country seems to be trying to erect new barriers to making us more competitive. Todd Tiahrt
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Many barriers have been broken down in female employment but it seems that for whatever reason, when it comes to computing, girls are deciding to stand back.
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Second, by reducing the demand for general-purpose PC operating systems and the barriers to entry in the PC OS market, cross-platform technologies can be expected to reduce the price that end users pay for operating systems.
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Much will depend on how we remove the attitudinal barriers from both sides while building an environment that nurtures trust and confidence,
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Motorola designs and delivers innovations that transform the way people think about - and experience - the world around them. We're leading the way with new and compelling devices that work together to erase the barriers between places and services and empower people to connect with personalized entertainment and information.
barriers measures
measures ... sanctions, or other kind of barriers to our markets. Don Evans
barriers buying companies feeling foreign hard investing
My feeling is they will get by it. It's hard for me to think that we're going to put up regulatory barriers to keep foreign companies from investing or buying our companies.
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One need only look at the cement barriers surrounding these buildings to understand the big difference of the past year. James Wolfensohn
cannot newspapers time
Every day I tell myself that reading newspapers is a waste of time, but then... I cannot do without them. They are like a drug. Italo Calvino
cannot concept directly exist measured referred sciences
The situation in the sciences is this: A concept or an idea which cannot be measured or cannot be referred directly to experiment may or may not be useful. It need not exist in a theory. Richard P. Feynman
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It is always good to know which ideas cannot be checked directly, but it is not necessary to remove them all. It is not true that we can pursue science completely by using only those concepts which are directly subject to experiment.
cannot sure suspect
It has not yet become obvious to me that there's no real problem. I cannot define the real problem; therefore, I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem.
cannot few state whatever
Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do. Mamata Banerjee
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We're not closing any doors. What we've found is everybody's so fallen in love with these characters that we have to explore it, but we cannot simply throw out the essence of the show, which is the procedural element. David Shore
cannot country guiding indigenous principles represent
Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable. Barbara Jordan
cannot fellow follower followers inadequate stand
Let no one say that he is a follower of Gandhi. It is enough that I should be my own follower. I know what an inadequate follower I am of myself, for I cannot live up to the convictions I stand for. You are no followers but fellow students, fellow pilgrims, fellow seekers, fellow workers.
cannot voices war
Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent. Ralph Peters
change
You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional. Richard Rogers
change fact solved
We do not know where to look, or what to look for, when something is memorized. We do not know what it means, or what change there is in the nervous system, when a fact is learned. This is a very important problem which has not been solved at all.
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There is a group of entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, government officials that are making significant changes despite the odds, and visionary writers, academics, and colleagues whose work confirms, amplifies, and stretches my own thinking. Robin Chase
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You can do things in every part of the world. You can do things in every discipline. You can do large things, you can do small things. But it takes a while to figure out what you actually want to do. And it changes. As you change your interests and desires in philanthropy change, I think you have to be open to that change. Marc Benioff
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I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team. Mahesh Bhupathi
change season
I think of each new season as an evolution, not a change in style. Manolo Blahnik
changes genetic occur view
We're not contradicting the view that genetic changes occur in the development of cancers, but there also are epigenetic changes and those come first.
change
We're not contemplating any change for our competitions.
changes crisis great imprisoned man recognized wrought
Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis -- once that crisis can be recognized and understood. Norman Cousins
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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them -- that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
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Losing Emily hurt because she creates shots for other people. I probably should have called a timeout to get her out of there.
creates ego wars
Selfrighteous creates wars more often than other reasons.
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One supreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy-imagination that creates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality. Richard Wagner
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When their competitors have a good story to tell about how they're managing greenhouse gas emissions, I think it creates pressure to have a good story themselves.
creates democrat
The second we define someone as a Democrat or Republican, it creates a whole set of limitations. Tom Shadyac
creates destroys rest wall
On Wall Street, financial crisis destroys jobs. Here in Washington, it creates them. The rest is just details. Timothy Noah
creates doubt full information suspicion
Full information removes doubt and removes suspicion and creates authenticity and credibility.
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Because of the physiology of this airplane, there is nothing essentially dangerous about this gear door flapping in the breeze, other than the fact that it is a distraction and creates a need for an immediate return.
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Let's be honest; it's rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia - even during times of stress and fatigue. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of Josh Billings
depends
Of course, that depends on what we do and when we do it.
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Music is the medium... how you use the music is different. Everyone use music to a positive light and effect. So it really depends on the individual and one's outlook. My music depicts life in general and the things that I see and the things that influence me, and such forth. Stephen Marley
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Maybe they will have similar possibilities. It depends on injuries and themselves. If they play really well then it will be difficult for me to ignore them, Rafael Benitez
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. Thomas Friedman
depends type
I feel like I'm that type of guy. It just depends on the opportunities.
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From here we go only to the road map to peace, or we stay put. It depends very much what measures the Palestinians will take and whether they will, for the first time in a lifetime, take their destiny into their hands.
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There are options. Will he leave? I don't know. It depends who comes in with a firm offer. We'll just have to wait and see.
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People have to liberate themselves, because liberation is not a single act. It's a question of eternal vigilance. Otherwise, you'll just become enslaved by someone else. Norman Finkelstein
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Human must not be enslaved by material. To be a man, you have to be the master of yourself, not the slave of things.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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The extension is crucial. We can't expect a system that enslaved us to save us.
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Let him gently pour out the remainder of the water near the cakes, and, with fixed attention, smell those cakes, in the order in which they were placed on the ground . Guru Nanak
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Legalized sports gambling in Nevada serves a very important function of providing a watch over fixed games. There's no question about that.
fixed none stone tight
None of this is fixed in stone at this point. (The tight schedule) is a little aggressive, but I think it's doable.
fixed
I feel like I've fixed all the things I've done wrong. Jesse Harris
fixed income increase rate seniors
For seniors on a fixed income, this rate increase is just more than they can bear.
fixed people
There are people out there on fixed incomes.
fixed onto
On rail, you are fixed onto the track.
fixed
I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement. Maira Kalman
fixed surprised
I'd be surprised if we don't get him fixed up. Ron Hill
freedom mental older
I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom. Isabella Rossellini
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Let's keep in mind that the world, the region, everyone was looking for how we rebuild the Freedom Tower and for what it represents in the rebuilding process.
freedom ideas men vanish
Men of ideas vanish first when freedom vanishes. Carl Sandburg
freedom hard writer
My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat. Mike White
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Maybe after the president wins elections, as we're sure he will, the freedoms that we've seen for the Brotherhood over the last year will be taken away.
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New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty. Marsha Blackburn
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...Natural freedoms are but just:There's something generous in mere lust. (A Ramble in St James Park) John Wilmot
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...Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust. (A Ramble in St James Park)
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Natural freedoms are but just:There's something generous in mere lust.
hold jobs key
Let them know they hold the key to the 22,000 jobs.
holds means numerous passed records
Second, I passed one of the numerous records he holds in the NFL. Gary's the most-respected kicker who's been through this league. It means a lot.
holds means since
'Mulan' holds a very special place in my heart. It's been 16 years since the film, but hordes of fans still come up and tell me how much she means to them. Ming-Na Wen
holding jobs work written
Much has been written about 'super mums', but there are many 'super dads', holding down jobs and doing work at home.
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MOTOR TREND holds a distinctive place in the landscape of automotive journalism. It is a strong and influential publication that is poised for tremendous growth. It is the right time for Ira to take MOTOR TREND to the next level.
holding
McNabb was having his game, but we were holding him pretty good. And we just let it get away from us. That's just part of being a young team.
hold joys life today
May the joys of today Be those of tomorrow. The goblets of life Hold no dregs of sorrow.
hold people scientific served trump
My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often, my beliefs trump the scientific facts. Michael Shermer
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Obviously, we've missed Pat tremendously his play, the way he holds the play up. It's a pleasure playing with him, and hopefully we can do well together in the playoffs. Taylor Twellman
individual itself lends small
lends itself to an individual in a corporation or a small group. Jim Balsillie
individual stand
I don't think any one individual can stand alone. Mark Messier
individual pretending universe
We are the universe pretending to be individuals. Deepak Chopra
individuality important democracy
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation. Abdul Kalam
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On the individual level there is a lot of short-term movement right now, as everyone knows that Japanese stocks are in an upward trend over the long term.
individual mean pay quality taking
I have always said we will pay for quality and professionalism and that does not mean taking the first individual available.
individual playing
You look at the individual as much as you do who they are playing against,
individual life people takes
Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life. Iris Apfel
individuality
Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.
life sometimes like-you
Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything. Alexandra Adornetto
life
I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written.
life
Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them. Roger von Oech
life tend
I think we tend to be kind of ahistorical, and think that life as we are living it in the moment is all we know. Kurt Andersen
life pieces practical putting trying ways
I view myself as someone who is always trying to make life better in practical ways and putting the pieces together to do that. Marcy Kaptur
life
A film of my life would never happen! Malorie Blackman
life struggled
I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
life sunset mind
Late upon the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset . . . there flashed upon my mind, unforseen and unsought, the phrase 'Reverence for Life'. Albert Schweitzer
life art inspiration
Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very useful . . . the artist to exist only for his art, even if he gives inspiration to many. . . . It refuses to let the business man imagine that he fulfills all legitimate demands in the course of his business activities. It demands from all that they should sacrifice a portion of their own lives for others.
man
Man, I had no idea what to expect.
man
Man, I can see why they're No. 1 in the nation.
man worked
Man, he's a senior. He's worked hard, and this is for him.
manhattan peaked
Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
manhattan region rest
Manhattan is unique; the rest of the region is more like the nation.
man reaching
Man has to postulate weirdness, before reaching the new science.
man sold soul
Man has sold his soul for time, language, tools, weapons, and dominance. William Burroughs
man poor record track
Man has a very poor track record when it comes to nature.
man played proud
Man did he play. I was really proud of him. . . . I really thought he played exceptional for a young kid. Barry Alvarez
mind institutions function
Only when an ideal of peace is born in the minds of the peoples will the institutions set up to maintain this peace effectively fulfill the function expected of them.
mindset stay
Let's just say that at 74 I'm in the mindset that, having been free-to-air, I want to stay free-to-air. Richie Benaud
minds
Minds that have nothing to conferFind little to perceive. William Wordsworth
mind trained
Mind over matter, baby. This is what we've trained for all year. This is ours.
minds none running
None of this has anything to do with me running. So, what's the real issue? What is the issue? I can't get into the minds of people.
mind money spent
Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain.
mind
Never mind beauty! Concentrate on the things that matter. Nikolai Gogol
mind
When you're a kid, you're only exposed to what's going on in your mind. The mind is like a bigger-than-outer-space type of thing. Theophilus London
mind
I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself. Douglas Booth
physical physics rather solving teacher teaching
The drawing teacher has this problem of communicating how to draw by osmosis and not by instruction, while the physics teacher has the problem of always teaching techniques, rather than the spirit, of how to go about solving physical problems.
physically
Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has. Twyla Tharp
physical player
If a player has a physical problem, I understand. Bud Selig
physical
We need to be a little more physical out there.
physically plus relate
She's so personable, nice, and sweet, plus she's not that big for a swimmer, so she can relate to the swimmer's who aren't physically gifted.
physical pushed
She was fronting and we pushed back a little tonight. It was a physical game.
physical played since
Since we've been at Eustis, I don't think we've played in a more physical game.
physical spiritual until
You can't have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation. Cory Booker
physical played second
We played a lot better in the second half, but they're physical and we didn't get a lot of second chances.
roles together
Now we all know what our roles are now, each person. we're all working together better. Caroline Williams
roles actors movement
An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role. Eleanor Robson Belmont
roles
I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.
roles showing
That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself. Laura Osnes
roles seem
I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me. Campbell Scott
roles odd
I love playing odd roles. Aaron Paul
roles
I wasn't a glamour-puss, and there were more interesting roles for an actress like me in the theater and in live television. Nancy Marchand
roles guru shows
The role of the Guru is to show the person that he already has what he is looking for. Alan Watts
roles mayors convinced
I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too. Alan Autry
seen time win
Now, we want to win and that's the first time I've seen that here.
seen shown soft test
Getting back to the Premiership will be a big test but what we have shown here is resilience. Previously we have tended to be seen as soft touches.
seen thus
From what I've seen thus far, we've got a lot of options.
seen
From what I've seen on TV, what we can all see, that's what you would speculate. It doesn't look very good.
seen
If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that we all haven't seen before. Brian Palma
seen
Oh, wow! In your life, have you ever seen anything like that? Verne Lundquist
seen
Shocking. I don't know if I've seen something like that in a big game.
seen since team teams
Since I've been in the NFL, I've never seen a team go 10-6 and not make the playoffs. I've seen teams that were 9-7 and 8-8 make the playoffs. It would be mind-boggling to be 10-6 and not make the playoffs. Keyshawn Johnson
seen since
Since I have seen him play he has been stunning. He has unbelievable pace. Roy Evans
thus
We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.
thus wrong
Thus to persistIn doing wrong extenuates not wrong,But makes it much more heavy. William Shakespeare
thus work
Thus the yeoman work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest. Michio Kaku
time
I think there's something about traveling in airplanes all the time that's not the healthiest thing in the world for you. Robert Osborne
time truth integrity
Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.
time troops
Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time.
time valuable
So it was a valuable time for us. Jack Rio
time tony
My first time ever on the Tony Awards was in 1984, the year of 'The Rink.' Scott Ellis
time
One Moment in Time because I think it describes me as a person and how I felt about being on the show. Anwar Robinson
time
Obviously, you're going to have jitters the first time you play in this event, but at the end of the day, it's still the same game. Rick DiPietro
time
Of course, in the band, we all interpreted in our own way simultaneously, so this time I'm just going to do it all by myself and see what comes out. Phil Lesh
time
No one got confirmation that she was napping. There was no time for napping.