Famous Quotes & Sayings

We worked hard every day and during every practice to get back here. We didn't just want to get back and get close and lose. We had it working this year, we prepared a little different and we were ready.

Siri Hustvedt

Writing isn't a job so much as a compulsion. I've been writing since I was very young because for some strange reason, I must write, and also because when I write, I feel more alive and closer to the world than when I'm not writing.

Rick Allen

I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band.

Sania Mirza

No tennis player is perfect. Even if you're world #1, I don't think, you still have things to improve on, and I'm not even close to that. So I am going to have weaknesses in my game; I am going to have strengths in my game, but I still have time to develop a lot of things, hopefully, and we'll see how it goes.

Sonu Nigam

From childhood, I have been more of a musician than a singer. People close to me know how much effort I put into practising. Even when I am travelling, I have my tanpura on my iPhone.

Rand Paul

The NSA should keep close watch on suspected terrorists to keep our country safe - through programs permitting due process, the naming of a suspect, and oversight by an accountable court.

Ranbir Kapoor

I'm really close to my mother. She sacrificed a lot for me and my sister. She gave up her career. Whatever I am today is due to the values my mother instilled in me.

The defense didn't close out like we should have. Our offense execution wasn't there and we shot poorly. ? The right people need to take the right shots. We had some poor shot selection (during High Point's 15-0 run).

The decision to close the brewery was a tough one psychologically, but financially it was really easy to make.

The demands on the network are growing faster than the I.T. staff, creating an operational gap between what enterprises want to do with their networks and what they are able to do. By investing in higher levels of network intelligence, they can close that gap.

We stepped up our defense and stopped fouling. We've been a little sluggish, but we played a lot better. The second half of this game prepares us real well. It prepares us for close situations.

We stay pretty close to home now. No more shooting acts, or Wild West shows up north like we used to. I'm more of a historian now.

We stayed in that offensive muck that we had in the second quarter. The difference was that we stayed close in the first half by playing good defense and rebounding well.

We start from eighth place in the constructors' championship, any improvement is satisfying and we have to make as big a step as we can. I don't promise you podium finishes for this year or even victories but we will make our mark and put everything in place to close the gap to the top teams and get there.

We started with some givens at the time. For example, one of those was that we didn't want to close a school. Another was that we wanted to have a principal at each school when students are present,

Federico Fellini

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

Will Estes

It's real time intensive so there's not much time for goofing around, but we are really close and we have a good time with each other. It's a great group.

Bill Rancic

The challenging times will bring you closer together in marriage.

David Pearson

There is interest in all of them, and closing is not the only option. Our intention is not to close any.

Upon stabilization, the numbers should be closer to 80% occupancy.

Upon closer inspection many of the allegedly negative implications of rising international trade and investment for jobs, wages and living standards are belied by the evidence,

We played well on Monday, ... I was not as pleased with the way we closed out the tournament, but we are still trying to learn how to compete. I have seen some improvement so that is encouraging.

Emily Meade

I've been crazy lucky that I've never had a day job. I get really close to having no money, then I always wind up getting some kind of great job.

Emanuel Ax

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.

In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for the purpose of closer study.

Kailash Satyarthi

Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.

Luanne Rice

I am a close friend of Robert Loggia. And I just love how, with actors, there's the screen persona. Here is Robert, known for his portrayal of many characters, including gangsters. But in real life, he is elegant and erudite. He sits in the garden reading the sonnets of William Shakespeare.

Khaled Hosseini

I spent a lot of winters in my childhood flying kites with my brother, with my cousins, with friends in the neighborhood. It's what we did in the winter. Schools close down. There was not much to do.

The proposal to close failing schools after a year is unrealistic, inappropriate and unhelpful.

Ralph Miller

The project would cost close to $500 million to put into place. We are trying to overcome all the obstacles and we are in the planning stages.

Oprah Winfrey

Tis all a Checker-board of Nights and days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, and one by one back in the Closet lays.

Omar Khayyam

'Tis all a Checker-board of Nights and days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, and one by one back in the Closet lays.

Tim Mason has been close to the helm for 10 years so he's got to know something.