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backed chief courage european executive eyebrows few king raised
A few years ago, if a European regulator had raised two eyebrows or even one, the chief executive would have backed off. The courage wasn't there. Now, in a sense, the king is naked. Mario Monti
backed ball gave inside people shoot
(Roncalli) backed off of him and gave him that shot. A lot of times people think that we just try to get the ball inside ... but we can shoot the 3, too. Bob Letsch
backed change good guy hit hoped job kept
We did a good job on the big guy and kept him out of the game. We fronted and backed him and hoped they didn't hit the threes. If they hit the threes, we would have had to change the strategy. Terry Goodson
backed conscience outspoken turbulent
She was kind of the outspoken conscience of Philadelphia, Mississippi in the turbulent times. She never backed down from her principles. Mark Howell
backed confident either hard kids knows mind motivated several stepped thinks
She knows the tradition, the expectations for several years and she hasn't backed off from either of those. She's stepped right up. Sometimes kids aren't too confident competing. She thinks it's really fun. She's very motivated to get better. She doesn't mind hard work. Lorie Cook
backed commend fan fans gave tip
I didn't have any fan interference at all. They backed away. I commend those fans there. I gave them a little tip of the cap. Trot Nixon
backed business context exposure fit limited model monsters movies people successful upside
Movies like 'Chef' are not really box-office monsters in the summertime and don't really fit into Hollywood's business model any longer. Even if 'Chef' is successful, it will be successful in the context of what it is. There's a limited upside to a film that's so small, but there's also limited exposure for the people who backed me. Jon Favreau
backed classic closely continued good hear impromptu listen rehearse six sound star stayed
(Jimi) was so into it -- if you listen closely you will see that I stayed on him, ... And when he started 'The Star Spangled Banner,' that impromptu thing, you hear the first four, five, or six notes; I'm in there with him. Then I said, 'Wait a minute, we didn't rehearse this, and it doesn't sound too good with me playing.' I backed away, and he continued and made a classic out of that. Billy Cox
backed bill fool vote
I'm not about to vote for something that is a sham. This bill backed off from any real enforcement at all. You don't have enforcement, you don't have a bill, and let's not fool the public. Rep. Schultheis
blocked smoke thick
The smoke was so thick it blocked out daylight. Chris Rankin
block dry early future next persistent rain spring transition typical weather week
We do see spring in our future. There will be a block of dry weather early next week that could transition us into more typical spring weather than the persistent rain we've been experiencing for so long. Brooke Bingaman
block good guys hard mental net score
We showed we could play with them and score five-on-five, which was important. I don't know if it was a mental block or what, but it was good to get those. Guys were going to the net hard and it made a difference. Scott Walker
block people looks
In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all because they've chosen to block off at this stage or that. People stay sane by blocking off, by limiting themselves. Doris Lessing
block mean essence
I'm going to make the obvious point that maybe the word neurotic means the condition of being highly conscious and developed. The essence of neurosis is conflict. But the essence of living now, fully, not blocking off to what goes on, is conflict. In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all because they've chosen to block off at this stage or that. People stay sane by blocking off, by limiting themselves. Doris Lessing
block school kids
In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But I also started studying theatre in high school my freshman year as well. So throughout high school, I was actually doing both. Donnie Wahlberg
block surgeons ifs
If surgeons don't get surgeon's block, then why are you allowed to get writer's block? Cory Doctorow
block moving book
I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis... Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away. Clive Cussler
block moving people
People move into a house a block down the road. You know who`s going in. You can see and you report them to the local police. Everybody`s their own cop in a way. You got to do it. Donald Trump
surprised
I was surprised that one didn't go in too. Jim Noonan
surprised
I surprised myself in the first round, that's for sure. Maria Sharapova
surprised
He's a whole lot better than we ever imagined. I am surprised that he wasn't just shattered. Kathy Pulley
surprised
I was as surprised as everyone else was to see it. Howard Opinsky
surprised
I was very surprised that he was still there. Jerry Jones
surprised
I was actually kind of surprised but it's OK. We get all of the attention. Jordan Leopold
surprised
I'm surprised to see him doing so well David Hayes
time
After you win, you think to yourself, 'Is it time to get out?' But I don't feel like I want to. Jim Veltman
time
Some still have enough time to do so. David White
time
Now it's time to really find out what we're going to do and how we're going to do it. Rob Allison
time
Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places, Curtis Sliwa
time fate void
Our mission in life is not to discover our fate as we go along, or even to procreate, but rather to fill up the endless gray void that is time. Jane Hamilton
time vacation
Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours. Mike Davis
time
We were dominated. At no time were we in this game. Jack Parker
time
The time has come to think more wisely, hasn't it? Dalai Lama
time within
We just started to see these things within the (past) hour. Our crews haven't had time to get there and find the cause. Todd Burns
trying needs venture-capitalists
While I'm a venture capitalist who invests in early-stage tech companies, I often feel like a professional emailer and conference call maker. I try to spend most of my time doing whatever the companies we are investors in need me to do. Brad Feld
trying next
I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself. Janet Jackson
trying able hearing
I've never just been able to be alone, and I'm obsessed with being alone and hearing my thoughts. I'm trying to take this alone time — the five minutes I do have a day — to learn as much as I can. Miley Cyrus
trying ifs lifts
Maybe it's your time to lift off and fly You won't know if you never try. Miley Cyrus
trying fit strive
I never seemed to fit in. But it made me try to strive for things ten times harder. Billy Corgan
trying matter waste
Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big? Dean Kamen
trying care letters
One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to take care of all of them myself. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
trying important now-and-then
Every now and then you'll say something that didn't quite work. But the important thing is, as a comic, you try to learn why it didn't. And then you adjust and figure out how to either make it work or just abandon it because it's just not funny. Brad Williams
trying looks answers
Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers. Brian McDermott