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almost american-sociologist bush crowd extend foot imaginable matter mindful policies square state sway watch
So every day I'm mindful as I watch the Bush crowd extend their sway into policies of every imaginable variety, and over almost every square foot of earth, that the control of the American state is a matter of urgency. Todd Gitlin
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At my first job in the mid-to-late '90s, almost every product was from Microsoft. Everything was designed to work together - Windows for workgroups, shared M drives, etc., etc. Stewart Butterfield
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Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000 people in the United States die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier, but the death toll is almost certainly higher. Seth Berkley
almost believe case experience helps share stories studies substitute
While there's no substitute for real experience, I believe it helps to hear and share stories of resourcefulness in action - almost like case studies in school. Scott Weiss
almost american-musician creates draws
It draws you in and creates pictures, so what I do is almost like a talking story book. Slick Rick
almost death doors human knew life magic mundane physical tendency
I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds. V. E. Schwab
almost aside disposable gets hit incentive interest music nobody pop stuff
In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's almost an incentive to go back to making music as adventurous and groundbreaking as you can, because nobody gets a big hit anymore. Trent Reznor
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After 50 years of smoking unfiltered cigarettes, my father died, too young, of a massive heart attack. He was 69. It's almost certain that all those years of nicotine inhalation were a major contributor to his clogged arteries. Tom Brokaw
almost choose climbing good line pick relatively time types
The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick things that I'm going to live through. I don't want to die, and I'm relatively cautious. I play with that line all the time. I want things that are very exciting, so much so that they can feel almost spiritual. Tommy Caldwell
almost favorite few good list mention plays politeness
The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones. T. R. Knight
almost becomes bit french love
I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it! Bernardo Bertolucci
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What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
almost generally niro quite talk work
The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true. Ben Mendelsohn
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Medicare is a monopoly: a central-planning bureaucracy grafted onto American health care. It exercises a stranglehold on the health care of all Americans over 65, and on the medical practices of almost all physicians. Medicare decides what is legitimate and what is not: which prices may be charged and which services may be rendered. Virginia Postrel
almost eventually fine finished graduate manuscript published
When I finished graduate school, I had a master's of fine arts from a prestigious institution, a manuscript that would eventually become my first published book - and almost no marketable skills. Victor LaValle
almost efforts evening high music object status
Because of this high status of the object in our culture, something has to be a thing. Live efforts are almost marginal. I think dance, for example, is just as much a thing, and I want for it to have the same status. I don't want it to be the thing that comes in the evening and is, like, the happy music. Tino Sehgal
almost defense defensive deny effort good hard looked played scoring takes team
I thought we played very hard on the defensive end and really looked like we wanted to deny Bullard anything. But that's the kind of effort it takes to play good defense - you almost have to take the other team scoring personally.
almost created defense force percent played practice spend time trying
I thought we played real well, we created a lot of turnovers. We spend almost 90 percent of our time in practice working on defense and trying to force turnovers.
almost perfect played
I thought we played flawlessly, almost a perfect game.
almost good messed picked second
I thought we did pretty good defensively, ... We sometimes messed up on some of our keys. The second half, we picked it up and everything was almost perfect. Matt Baker
almost attention basketball biggest decided hard lose pick playing tempo
I thought the biggest part was that it was almost a relief. They face-guarded her, box-and-one on her, all of the (defensive) attention was on her. When she left, we were just back to playing basketball. And we decided to pick up the tempo really hard because we didn't have anything to lose at that point.
almost basketball brand chance deal deep gods guys learn playing road season shots team terrific three tie trying veteran win
I thought to win on the road is a big deal in the NBA, the season opener, almost a brand new team for us, ... We're trying to learn how to play with each other. We're a very deep team, a very veteran team and I'm just trying to find the right combinations out there with guys who are playing well, so it is a terrific win. They had a chance to tie it with three shots at the end and the basketball gods were with us. Eddie Jordan
almost focused game narrow tuesday win
I think we focused on this game more than Tuesday (a narrow 70-68 win over Avinger). We were almost out of the playoffs.
almost great lifetime ourselves seemed surprised weekend winning
I think we even surprised ourselves by winning by so much. It was a great weekend for us and it seemed we had lifetime bests from almost everyone.
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I think we really stepped it up in the second half. We talked about winning the 50/50 balls and in the second half we really picked up almost all of them.
almost silly
I think we're getting down to almost a silly discussion, Frank Lautenberg
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I think we?re doing pretty well at present. A lot of our athletes haven?t peaked yet, and several of the freshmen are still learning and getting to understand how things work, but I like where we are for being almost half-way through the season. Chris Davis
almost somebody starter wish
I think we're close. You almost wish we could get that front-line starter, somebody that's always on everybody's No. 1 wish list. Getting that one more starter is a big deal. Sean Casey
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I think, weirdly, it almost takes an outsider to be able to - with no cynicism - look at small-town America and realize how fantastic it is.
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I think we have more than enough talent. There are 13-14 match-winners in both the Test and one-day teams. They are guys that have won matches for their respective countries almost single-handedly over the years, so we definitely have enough talent to match the Aussies. Shaun Pollock
almost last nine runner runners strong
I think that nine of the top-10 runners are back from last year. So you'll see at least one really strong runner almost every race.
almost ballpark fans greater instill metal possible reassure step sure trying using
I think we're trying to reassure fans we've made every step possible to make sure every ballpark is secure. Using metal detectors, there's a thought it would instill almost a greater fear.
almost gold low prices short
I think we're probably almost there -- it is going to be increasingly unjustified to short gold any more because prices are really, really low right now.