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Related We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born. We are constantly... ROBERT BENCHLEY We're working a lot more on our own as far as all the extra things we do. We're not selfish. We play... KATE SALTMARSH We were looking for a way to do the things that had been done by the PAC before. We felt we were wel... TERESA MOORE I have been approached before but did not take it up because I felt I needed more time on the ground... ELLEN LEE People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930's and the thing that, the im... GORDON PARKS a lot of times we are angry at other people for not doing what we should have done fo... RUPI KAUR Coach Hawkins represents a level competitive spirit, integrity, work ethic and passion that will ser... MIKE BOHN I thought we had pretty good balance, we were taking care of the ball, and the kids were looking for... JAY WELK I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to o... NINA BAWDEN We executed really well on the offensive and got some high-percentage shots. They were looking for e... ROGER WALTERS There were so many things on Aberdeen's plate at that time that we decided to wait because a lot of ... LAURE SWANSON On gay marriage, for instance, Democrats were all over the lot on the issue. Republicans used it to ... DONALD GREENBERG For a long time, I was an assistant in the NFL to George Allen, and George was paranoid that other t... MARV LEVY We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just... JANDY NELSON I have a band called M&O. We were working on our first album in 2011 or 2012. We were looking fo... JAMILA WOODS There were a lot of people that contributed to my success as a person as well as a player. Without t... ALONZO MOURNING It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the thin... MITCH ALBOM While we wait for good things to happen for ourselves, we can do good things for other people. DAVID RANGEL We're really sorry that it had to come to this, but there were so many pets that were there illegall... DENISE LOVELAND What we understood when we were retained ... was that you all were looking for something new. You we... JOE SPEAR We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as thoug... JOSEPH ADDISON I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started l... TAYLOR KINNEY I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and oth... BARNEY FRANK He showed real passion for kids. When you are president of Little League and have spent time in the ... LOU STEINBERG It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music. JOHN MAYER This is not a position that Harriet sought. But as others on this committee were looking at credenti... SCOTT MCCLELLAN We want to have the next record filled up with songs that were performed for people before they were... CHRIS CORNELL We had too many defensive breakdowns. We had been playing well the last two months, but this game is... MARK FOX People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for s... PAUL SIMON We got a great result for creditors and the company. We were also able to hang onto some other asset... GREGORY MILMOE I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course ... CHRIS SQUIRE There were just wonderful people who were just waiting for something to do. I can't tell you how man... JALENE HITZEMAN At times, with other doctors, we as a family were made to feel that we didn't love Karen enough or t... JOELLYN SCHULTZ We got a lot of contributions with five in double figures. The girls were looking for each other, an... DALE NEIBAUER I think we (Calvin and I) were looking for each other, but I think it's just because we know the gam... CORY MAGEE The season has been going really well for us. As usual, the first couple of weeks of any season were... CHARLES VIDRINE Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but ... MICHELLE SAGARA WEST At first we thought we were doing it to help others. But we found out we were doing it for ourselves... BERNICE JOHNSON We were looking for someone who has experience and who's a disciplinarian. I'm looking for a quality... LINDA JOLLY We were told at the beginning of the war, 'a few billion dollars and then Iraqi oil will pay for eve... GORDON CLARK Those went quick. I would say probably in the first couple minutes of the sale. People saw them on t... MARK LUDWIG That loss made us a better team because we realized the other guys were going to have to do things t... EMANUEL DAVIS We're trying to give them a club atmosphere without drinking and it has worked out better than we we... DAN PORTER It's fortuitous, because they were looking for a North American partner at the same time [that] we w... GEORGE BLANCKE The first 10 days we were cursed for being sluggish. If the government satisfies half the people, th... ALWI SHIHAB There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members... PATTY HEARST Even as a kid, I saw the world in my own way and thought most things that were different were beauti... NIKKI SIXX So it just goes to show you that it was always the Hells Angels first. They were the originals and a... CHUCK ZITO Well there is a lot of work here for younger and older musicians now. Our Ministry of Culture has no... MIRIAM MAKEBA There were times we could have put on the puck on the net a little bit more, but we were looking for... MICHEL THERRIEN Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night... THE WONDER YEARS Keeping what you have is hard like searching for what you've lost. AULIQ ICE And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, unti... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO We were adopted by the people of that area, as well as by the state troopers. We were down there to ... BOB ALEXANDER Look at everthing as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on ... BETTY SMITH Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on... BETTY SMITH (WRITER) We were sitting watching television, had finished a nice dinner, everything was fine. Other people w... SHELLEY BERMAN Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, W... GEORGE CARLIN We were looking for what might work against these folks and what we need to do to get better. And Ch... LOREN KING For the first case I did with Octone, 360 deals were not at all being talked about. And then for the... ANITA ELBERSE Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all t... DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT I think that there are a number of people that backed Bill but what caused him to be unacceptable fo... FRED BUSCHE We were looking for an old square-rigger. There were a couple of other ships around, but nothing of ... MATT O'CONNOR We were almost frantically looking for what we were going to do. CHRIS CAMPBELL We got there on Saturday (March 11) and Sunday was our first day of work. There were 3,000 college s... BECKY RITTER All things were ready for us at our birth; it is we that have made everything difficult for ourselve... FRANCINE JAY People were skeptical at first. They got burnt once already. DUANE COVERDALE Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time ... BETTY SMITH The people who were in his first class, they wanted that creative energy to continue. There were oth... JANET MILLER We just didn't get easy baskets on the other end. That played a very big part in our first two wins.... DANIEL WRIGHT People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on th... CHUCK BROWN We wanted to learn what happens after they (eyeglasses) get to Folsom. We were in for a big surprise... INA ELROD The telegram allowed people at a distance from each other to communicate in real time for the first ... AMY FISCHER The team has done a fantastic job to get us on the front row of the grid and I have to thank them fo... JENSON BUTTON We were looking for the best people to do the job and put Pittsburgh on the right track. It represen... DICK SKRINJAR What's so remarkable about Love at first sight? It's when people have been looking at each other for... SOURCE UNKNOWN Yeah, by the seventh game things started getting real crazy. I was getting double-teamed, triple-tea... ELVIS DUMERVIL Other acts have been almost like drunken recklessness. This is like they were here on a mission. The... SCOTT MILES I thought we played well as a team. We have nine sophomores and eight of them played. We're young an... JIMMY DOWELL On the basis of the investigative work we have done to date ... in my opinion the Provisional IRA we... HUGH ORDE We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking ex... JOE VITERELLI You can almost reach out and touch Ed Turner's impact on CNN. His standards were so high. The things... BERNARD SHAW Studios were just run differently. There really was a head of a studio. There were people who loved ... SHARON GLESS Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, W... GEORGE CARLIN Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ... GEORGE CARLIN As a teammate and a friend (I want) to be there for him as well for the other people who lost loved ... JIMMIE JOHNSON We were trying to do less media and fewer big things. We could have done as much as the first album,... RYAN GENTLES At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccess... MARC DAVIS But for the most part, we have concluded when we looked at this profile that we needed to recognize ... KEN KENDRICK We were looking for a lot more out of that division this quarter and that was disappointing. They ca... ANDREW SPELLER What we called ourselves in 1944 - colored or Negro - we don't do anymore. Where we are now is not w... CHARLES FULLER Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The o... SAINT IGNATIUS The show was very emotional. We all have so much experience that we were trying to trick ourselves i... CHRIS CORNELL No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish we... JASCHA HEIFETZ No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish we... THOMAS BERGER No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish w... JASCHA HEIFETZ We were stopping for 30 seconds while people laughed at things we didn't quite understand. LEE RICHARDS I was preaching to the people at the Superdome because they were only looking after themselves, not ... CHRISTIAN CHURCH Watching Chuck Berry walk out on that stage for the first time and looking out at all the people was... JOE EDWARDS Things were looking pretty bad for us at that point. We could have been done right there. But what I... ARNOLD GONZALEZ
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KAREN FINERMAN I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a hig... KAREN FINERMAN Make as much money as you can. It really does help. I don't know why it's terrible to say, b... KAREN FINERMAN Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The k... KAREN FINERMAN I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing ... KAREN FINERMAN I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no cu... KAREN FINERMAN Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day. KAREN FINERMAN I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he... KAREN FINERMAN Companies are always being bought and sold. The markets are always moving; you have to be on top of ... KAREN FINERMAN You cannot be in charge of a family and run a big company. KAREN FINERMAN As a working mother, the last thing you need is to be hard on yourself. As a stay-at-home mother, th... KAREN FINERMAN I was raised a Calvinist. You might think you know what that means, but let me explain it the way my... KAREN FINERMAN Women should learn from men to compartmentalize. It's a great skill that some women have natural... KAREN FINERMAN I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I ... KAREN FINERMAN Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and... KAREN FINERMAN When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turne... KAREN FINERMAN I've seen women afraid to stretch for things. They avoid opportunities they don't feel quali... KAREN FINERMAN Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore. KAREN FINERMAN I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortu... KAREN FINERMAN When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fo... KAREN FINERMAN Don't waste even a minute magnifying your perceived inadequacies. You can't do it all. Why b... KAREN FINERMAN Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need. KAREN FINERMAN As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A... KAREN FINERMAN Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse fo... KAREN FINERMAN It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, ... KAREN FINERMAN I'm pretty obsessed with 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey.' I usually watch it on the ... KAREN FAIRCHILD I like for my home to reflect my fashion. I love adding earthy pieces to something very glamorous, a... KAREN FAIRCHILD Music can be such a vulnerable thing, so when you're delivering a vocal or writing a piece of mu... KAREN FAIRCHILD My favorite big city would have to be Chicago. I lived in Indiana for several years and would always... KAREN FAIRCHILD The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration... KAREN FAIRCHILD There's nothing better than a glass of wine, a girlfriend, and a long talk. KAREN FAIRCHILD I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel ... KAREN ELSON I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses. KAREN ELSON Ultimately, I've learned to pride myself on being quirky. I very much adore people who are outca... KAREN ELSON I was always the weirdo at school. KAREN ELSON Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision. KAREN ELSON I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it com... KAREN ELSON There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't ... KAREN ELSON I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became ... KAREN ELSON It's time to give back; you know, I've lived in this beautiful world of fashion for so long,... KAREN ELSON It's just this huge sense of relief I have with myself right now... It took me to be 31 to go, &... KAREN ELSON I knew I had more in me than just standing up and having my picture taken... Being in the studio, I ... KAREN ELSON I've been in a New York City-based cabaret for the past seven years called The Citizens Band. It... KAREN ELSON Research on the Internet, research what people say about the vintage stores, look online to see if c... KAREN ELSON As a model, I am at the mercy of everybody else. It's much more of a situation where I go to wor... KAREN ELSON Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. Y... KAREN ELSON I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. ... KAREN ELSON I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well. KAREN ELSON I like those stories that capture the brutality of life, but there's still some kind of melancho... KAREN ELSON I tend to sort of over-accessorize, but to feel empowered, I strip it all down and become minimal so... KAREN ELSON I had a diary full of lyrics and whatnot and a little voice recorder of guitar riffs. KAREN ELSON I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guest... KAREN ELSON I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of... KAREN ELSON As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it... KAREN ELSON I constantly have a devil on my shoulder telling me that what I'm doing is really horrible, and ... KAREN ELSON The interesting thing with fashion is that it's really a massive daydream. KAREN ELSON I have lots and lots of party clothes. I mean real party clothes. KAREN DUFFY You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there. KAREN DUFFY My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf ... KAREN DUFFY I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jok... KAREN DUFFY I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'... KAREN DUFFY I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow a... KAREN DUFFY In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to ge... KAREN DUFFY I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-h... KAREN DUFFY My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my s... KAREN DUFFY Everyone who has sarcoidosis is affected differently. KAREN DUFFY In addition, I'll be attending women's health expos and medical conferences with the goal to... KAREN DUFFY A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn'... KAREN DUFFY The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not ab... KAREN DUFFY It is a mistake to do nothing just because you think you can only do a little. KAREN DUFFY I try to manage my time to conserve energy. KAREN DUFFY I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds o... KAREN DUFFY Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. KAREN DUFFY I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't tak... KAREN DUFFY I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women's... KAREN DUFFY My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some... KAREN DUFFY The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual ch... KAREN DUFFY It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to m... KAREN DUFFY In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities. KAREN DUFFY When in the end, the day came on which I was going away, I learned the strange learning that things ... KAREN BLIXEN If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows ... KAREN BLIXEN I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed. KAREN BLACK I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. KAREN BLACK If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believ... KAREN BLACK If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I c... KAREN BLACK