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alive broadway actors
I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor. Chandra Wilson
als taste jazz
Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt? Charles Mingus
als ends fins
It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.] Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
alive irs made
While you're alive, the IRS will attempt to take what you've made. When you're not, the IRS will attempt to take what it missed. Charles J. Givens
always-trying brave important
To me, being brave is an element that is so important with stand-up comedy. It's not essential. There are many comics who were just funny, and that's fine, too. But that's never been what I was trying to do in comedy. I was always trying to do something that involved not pandering to the audience. Bill Maher
alive stills ifs
If you are still alive, then God is NOT finished with you! Beth Moore
almost best determine grounded possible profoundly
This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives and to almost all revolutionaries. Morris Raphael Cohen
allow both frequency idols sober truly
Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist. Morris Raphael Cohen
alone clever cleverest dad grew landed mud science slept studied studying super
My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russia. He was super clever - the cleverest person. He landed in 5ft of snow, and was alone at 14, studying science and engineering. He didn't have a bed, and he slept on a table.
alone american-athlete felt
I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan. Mickey Rivers
along line rather side somewhere switch
Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bight side rather than the dark side all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am. Michelle Pfeiffer
allowed believe couple hilarious medieval people smashing streets tons
We now think it hilarious that medieval streets were used as open sewers. Equally, our descendants will say: 'You won't believe this, but people were once allowed to hurl a couple of tons of dangerous metal around smashing into each other.' Norman Foster
although attacked deny destroyed few plot tenure
DePaul's plot to deny me tenure had nothing to do with my faults. In fact, and ironically, it viciously attacked me and destroyed my career because of my virtues. Which, although few in number, they still found threatening. Norman Finkelstein
along coast extended fewer gulf north
One of two historically African American communities that sprang up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after emancipation, North Gulfport has always been a place where residents have had fewer civic resources than those extended to other outlying communities. Natasha Trethewey
along deal defines easily life shape sort tougher
I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.
almost positive
It's almost always possible to be honest and positive.
alter behind bricks buy confined home hopefully kids paint stick
I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And the idea behind that is I do want to hopefully inspire kids to go home and create on their own. And if I do, I want them to be able to buy those very same bricks I use. So I don't alter the bricks; I just use what's provided. Nathan Sawaya
almost gone society
So in one leap we had gone from being a friendly society to something almost professional. Neville Marriner
album best sure
If you wait this long to put an album out, you'd better be sure you tried your best. Nelly Furtado
allow coming town wheel
They have the big ferris wheel and we've been out of town for two months, so he just was like, 'Mommy I want to go to Toys R Us and I don't care if you have a movie coming out and all that.' He was just being a kid. But I had to allow him to have that moment. Nia Long
almost became call finance focused means names relentless
When I became finance minister, they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or 'Trouble Woman.' It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve, almost to a fault. If you get in my way, you get kicked. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
almost maybe months seem seven six time took
It took a long time to get that film made. I went in for it almost right after or like maybe six or seven months after I had my son and actually auditioned for the Regina King part and they just were like, 'No, you're just - you just don't really seem the part.' Nia Long
album country knew life trying
I knew I was going to do a country album one day. But I was just trying to figure out for the life of me, what we were going to do to make it different, unique. Lionel Richie
alaska amazing heard life love point
I've always heard that heli-skiing in Alaska is amazing. I would love to be able to do that at some point in my life. Lindsey Vonn
along egos everybody keeps mind whatever
We don't have any egos on this team, ... Everybody got along with each other. . . . Ozzie will say whatever is on his mind and he keeps everybody loose. Jermaine Dye
allow bank believe company deal financing head industry obtain secured small specific struggling weather
We believe that Dana is struggling to obtain secured bank financing and a bank deal may not materialize, or if it does, it may be too small to allow Dana to weather company specific and industry head winds.
almost holding
Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back. Rachel Cusk
alone along developing form
Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership. Marilyn Nelson
alliance booked folk front full gigs people performing room songwriter
Yeah, it can be a make-or-break thing. Absolutely. A performing songwriter can come to the Folk Alliance and play in front of a room full of people and have 60 or 70 gigs booked out of this thing.
along deal discover epic inside interest musicals shows somewhere themes
While many of my musicals deal with big themes and ideas, I don't intentionally go looking to write shows like that. A story will interest me, and then somewhere along the way, I discover that hidden inside are these epic themes. Stephen Schwartz
allowed company lobbyists parent pay
While lobbyists are not allowed to pay for a trip, the parent company can. Which is confusing, because the lobbyist can come along.
alone based chance decision difficult good hearing justify whether
Whether we're alone in this or not, we see a good chance of success, ... We think it will be difficult for the APA to justify its decision based on the hearing record.
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Whether they choose to let pros prepare their taxes, or try the latest computer assistance, or go it alone with pen and calculator, Americans are paying a dear price in money and time because of our complex tax system. Recent tax relief laws have helped many taxpayers keep more of the money they've worked for all year, but the work of filing their federal returns at tax time has become a tiresome chore.