Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a very close match. The fourth game, we played as well as we have this year, but the fifth game was like we've never seen each other before.

Elena Dementieva

It was a very close match, so even though she had a match point, I never gave up. I was just going for the winner.

It was a very close game for three quarters.

David Trimble

It was a 'nearly' statement that got close to saying what needed to be said.

It was a misunderstanding. The justice did not intend for the event to be closed to print press.

It was a strongly-played defensive game, which is what I thought it would be. It was a very close contest.

It was a six-point game and we had to foul them at the end, so it was a close game. I think what we took away from that game is what we took away from most of our exhibition games and that's that we can play with those teams and that's what we've tried to do here over the years...because the girls are not the least bit worried about who we play.

Phil Garner

It was a surprise. He's very good in close games about not getting hurt with the long ball.

It will be a difficult, close game and could even go down to penalties.

David Russell

It's a constant struggle for them. They're ex-offenders. Doors are closed in their face.

It's a close relation. In the regions, where they had the votes, they are regions in which they were the only ones who could campaign.

It's a close one. It may be another day or two until we know what the outcome is.

John Williams

It's a close call. I'm not sure we're seeing much of a slowdown yet, but there have been (signs). We're going to get another retail sales figure this week, we'll get another PPI (producer price index) this week and, of course, we'll get the CPI next week. And I think those numbers are going to tell the tale.

It's a close call, a very close call.

Michael Young

It's about as close to our goal of 1,500 as we could get. We consider it a huge success.

It's about the closest we've ever been to getting this constructed.

I've never got close to getting hit in my life. If you're watching the game that won't happen, will it?

I've never felt such exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows than those experienced when we first detected the signal from the GBT, indicating 'all's well' and then discovering that we had no signal at the operations center, indicating 'all's lost, ... The truth, as we have now determined, lies somewhat closer to the former than the latter.

I've made some big shots. But I don't think anything compares or even comes close to this.

I've been around a while so I've seen plenty of close games. I hate it that we tried to make it that interesting.

Rachel Platten

I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.

I wanted 'Southland' to feel immediate, like a ride-along, and to make it the closest thing possible to a cop reality show. We've got real cops out there every day. A lot of times we'll say, 'You guys just do what you normally do and we'll film it.'

Jamie Dixon

I wanted to. I actually thought about putting him in when it was a close game. I have no worries about putting him in.

L'Wren Scott

I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.

Andy Roddick

Thanks. We'll have to play a close one next time.

William Williams

Sorrow is my own yardwhere the new grassflames as it has flamedoften before but notwith the cold firethat closes round me this year.

Collectively, that's what you're shooting for. That's pretty close to as good as we could possibly wrestle as a team. I've been coaching a long time, and this is as proud as I've ever been of a team.

comes closer to the core meaning of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Lindsey Jacobellis

I am nervous, I just never show it, that's a little exaggerated. I never really show any kind of emotion at the top. I usually close people off except for my coach and my other team riders.

Indications were we'd find 5,000 items, but in reality, it's been very close to 25,000 so far.

In Brazil, the last four years have showed virtually no growth at all. Our expectations are for growth of between 5% and 7% compared with 2005, with that growth closer to 7%.

Incidents like this really raise red flags. We need to take a close look and see what is happening there.

In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world.