Keeping that promise this year made our job much more difficult, ... I don't see how you're going to be able to have that rule of thumb three years from now.
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Related To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the mo... ALBERT GUBAY So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER Its going to add more time to our trips, but I dont foresee it to be any more difficult than it is t... DAVID HUFFMAN I thought that over time, through the efforts of Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley and others on the Hou... DAVID HOCKENBROCHT Prices used to fluctuate pennies from year to year. Now, I have to knock on doors and try to figure ... TIM THOMPSON It's impossible to know how many people we don't catch. The rule of thumb is that there isn't a rule... ROB DANIELS All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that me... BLAKE ANDERSON Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN There is going to be a lot of interest from other teams. The Bears have done a good job of keeping t... JEFF NALLEY It's going to be harder than it was last year. We were able to sneak up on people last year, with ou... CHRIS DUHON This isn't a hard and fast rule. It's been a rough rule of thumb for the last three years. For examp... BOB BURBANK I could get used to this. I promise that this year is going to be more exciting for the team--and fo... CLINTON PORTIS In general there's a rule of thumb that one year in the state system is worth two or three in the fe... DAVID GOUREVITCH Last year is last year. That doesn't do anything to the season this year. It would be a shame to inv... JOSE OLIVERO Food that can be eaten with one hand is our rule of thumb. CRAIG NELSON I've been getting more and more clients, largely because of recommendations made by CPAs to their cl... LYNN BEARE They definitely can. It's going to be as difficult, maybe more difficult, this year, though. The dep... BRIAN GREGORY I made a promise to Hannah that I'd see it through her years at least. BRENT WALKER I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't und... JODI PICOULT A simple rule of thumb is that the more geometric something is, ... the easier it is to reproduce on... JOHN LASSETER There were some contributing things, but I made mistakes, and that's why I'm in this position. I'm n... CHRIS JOHNSON A rule of thumb: If the company you work for provides a product or service that's pretty much th... ADAM DAVIDSON We're going to see some head of household statuses lost this year. You just can't assume that what y... DAVID MORLEY This is my fundamental teaching: that there is no division between this and that. That is contained ... OSHO This is going to be a good year. I'm more positive this year than I have been in a number of years. BILL MENDENHALL This year, it's going to be more. I don't know how much more. I do know ... people are more excited ... CAMPBELL MERCER A lot more is expected of me this year. I think I've learned more about how to compete for the team.... KYLE ROTH We're closer to 1,500 than some people think. I don't know if it'll be this year or three or four ye... DARYL MILLER Definitely I am keeping my promise from the beginning, that I will love you until the end. Even if t... HENANNIE ZARAGOZA After more than five years of job losses or very limited gains, there's going to be substantial and ... JEFF HUMPHREYS It will be really dramatic. Three years from now, everything in the books will be done. This will re... BOB SEGAR We're going to take it day to day and team by team as far as how we're going to play. We have very g... ALLISON MAIRE I'm going to finish out this year and that will be good for me. It's time for somebody else to step ... DANIEL ALFREDSSON I want it so bad. I just sit there and I think how close we are and how close we've been for the las... BAILEY STANLEY I am society's child, this is how they made me, and now I'm saying what's on my mind and they dont w... TUPAC SHAKUR He's a great person. He has helped us so much this year. You can see a difference from when I first ... CARLOS RIVERA [Because of this] we expect 2006 to be a year of strong growth in Argentina, where we will be able t... HUGO ESPINOZA We made a commitment to listen more closely to the families affected and to our own donors, ... With... DAVID MCLAUGHLIN I don't see a demand for more luxury rooms near the convention center. Three, four or five years fro... RICHARD KESSLER I wouldn't even venture to say how things are going to look a year from now. So much can happen. Thi... CHARLES JONES Realistically, you aren't going to be able to completely end homelessness. But we certainly can do a... CLIFF SMITH In one way yes, in other ways, no. Yes, because it was only three years and I did well. Still, it's ... GIOVANNI SAVARESE I think it's quite nicely arranged around our cultural center this year, and I think that's fine. Pe... DICK MURPHY I didn't even know if I was going to be able to wrestle this year and now I'm going to state. DYLAN JANS I have been here for three years and if I compare things from the first year I met (Webb) to this ye... AYA TRAORE It's $16 million or $18 million (in cuts) that year and the year after that. This is not going to be... KATHY NEVILL I'm not going to rule out running for a second term. But, I think you have to be psychologically pre... DICK MURPHY The good news for workers is that job cuts during the summer months typically decline from the begin... JOHN CHALLENGER This year is going to be one of our biggest years. CALVIN CHENEY I couldn't be more excited about this. We worked for two years to have one of the Washington, D.C., ... ED COLSON Not the same way as a Scotty did, but we certainly have guys who can play physical. I don't know how... LARRY ROBINSON How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We may need Birmingham, an expansion team from the U.S., to come help. That's how much help we need ... MILT STEGALL I have been saying for three years that Fazio is not suitable for this job. GIULIO TREMONTI This year we have not done a thorough enough job going through the budget to look for reductions. A ... TOM FIORENTINO There's been so much tremendous growth here, then that I don't see how there's not going to be more ... DICK LANKFORD We just got blown out in some games and that's not going to happen this year. I can't put a number o... JOE HAYES We've gone from boom to bust. I hope we're not going too much further than this. But we fully expect... HAL SCHROEDER I've already been this year and not much seems to be different from past years if you ask me. I actu... DREW SMITH I wouldn't yet rule out the chance we could be as good as last year. It depends on how things turn a... BOB SCHNORBUS We had three pros in the last two years and I had a role to play, ... It was frustrating to be in th... MUSTAFA SHAKUR John Kerry and I made a promise to the US people that in this election every vote would count and ev... JOHN EDWARDS He's matured a lot over the last four years. He admitted that the first three years have been tough,... LOU PANZANARO I made a promise to myself when I graduated from law school that I would never do anything that I di... JANET RENO I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person 10 years from now than I am today. I think tha... CLINT EASTWOOD I dont know if anybody knows how to recover from this, BOB ISRAEL Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stol... RICK SMOLAN It's a rule of thumb for me if I'm at second when he has the ball I try to go for three. CHRIS BURKE stop looking for job, create one. SOTONYE ANGA For many years I thought my job was to go to places where it would be difficult for most of the read... TIM CAHILL I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able t... DONALD TRUMP, JR. Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes ... F. D. VAN AMBURGH I cannot rule out a situation whereby in two or three years from now, one of the older smokestack in... JAN TRUSZYNSKI This could call into question every study ever done with sturgeon ages. I may be able to go back and... RON BRUCH The rebuilding and relief from Katrina is going to take more than just a year or two years. We have ... IAN CALLAHAN We've been able to make adjustments needed to recover from breakdowns. This year we are much more de... CHIP COOK We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and ... NATE SILVER I have a very clear idea of how executive cabinet runs because of the position I hold now. But that ... JOHN WOODS Most organizations are having a difficult time getting their arms around their electronic repositori... LARRY MEDINA A&L is obviously looking for some tie-up to secure its long-term future, ... but it's much more diff... DAVID LISTON This is just going to be a different year because of the rain. Now it's going to be a matter of keep... ALANE BURKE We are thrilled to see the number of schools offering legitimate services more than triple in the la... CARY SHERMAN It struck me that Chuck Grassley was like a guy with a bucket of water who runs up to a burning hous... GORDON FISCHER It's difficult to win anytime, anywhere on tour now, let alone a crazy, wild format like this that's... JEFF SLUMAN Yes, we knew that they would be a little more down than usual this year, but down for them isn't tha... DENNIS KITKO Five years from now, we'd find our system very much in a point of failure. We would not be able to c... CARLOS BRACERAS This low rate cycle has been going on for three years now. It's not uncommon to see people who've re... DOUG PERRY Decide how much you want to be earning one year, five years and ten years from
today. What will you ... BRIAN TRACY It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these i... PATRICIA RICHARDSON Our key to success this year is just going to be putting base hits together, but we must be able to ... KATRINA ROBINSON We can wait until everything is perfect but how much time will that take? One year, two years, three... KOFI ANNAN I think all the rule changes that they made this year was to give a better show for the fans, and I ... FRANCIS BOUILLON There are so many more features and services now that (ease of operation) is becoming much more impo... KIRK PARSONS She used to be real hard on herself last year and would get frustrated. I think she's worked through... CINDY WILLIAMS She used to be real hard on herself last year and would get frustrated. I think she's worked through... CINDY WILLIAMS
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What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way ... CHUCK GRASSLEY When the Democrats were investigating the U.S. attorneys that were accused of responding to politica... CHUCK GRASSLEY Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries. CHUCK GRASSLEY Someone has to pick up the tab when people get out of repaying their own debts. CHUCK GRASSLEY The public relies on the advice of doctors and leading researchers. The public has a right to know a... CHUCK GRASSLEY If Americans could legally access prescription drugs outside the United States, then drug companies ... CHUCK GRASSLEY High-priced lobbyists won't be able to eat their eggs Benedict when they see this report [tax gap]. CHUCK GRASSLEY There are a number of qualities that I've looked for in a Supreme Court nominee. I believe that the ... CHUCK GRASSLEY We should not have a government program that determines if you're going to pull the plug on gran... CHUCK GRASSLEY I think they are afraid of their union. CHUCK GRASSLEY Imports create competition and keep domestic industry more responsive to consumers. In the United St... CHUCK GRASSLEY With a wife approving her husband's salary, it appears that this board's stamp is really just a rubb... CHUCK GRASSLEY We need to get the price of wind energy down to 3.5 cents per kilowatt, CHUCK GRASSLEY More of his unreserved honesty is needed inside the beltway, CHUCK GRASSLEY I hope that the next time the USDA brings this up they take into account the American farmer and act... CHUCK GRASSLEY There's only one customer that should be at the table, and that's the American people. The American ... CHUCK GRASSLEY There is an uphill battle now for the Food and Drug Administration to re-establish itself as the rea... CHUCK GRASSLEY As chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, I look forward to working with the White House and m... CHUCK GRASSLEY As part of the consensus building process, I agreed to take out a death penalty provision for crimes... CHUCK GRASSLEY He is putting the good of country and party ahead of his own personal ambitions. CHUCK GRASSLEY Gifted students represent a vital resource that has unlimited potential. We need to make sure that t... CHUCK GRASSLEY We should include responsible spending language in additional hurricane relief legislation that we w... CHUCK GRASSLEY I don't want the F-B-I to forget what a primary change of direction for them has been since Nine-Ele... CHUCK GRASSLEY The review of those projects is probably more needed now because of the cost of the worst natural di... CHUCK GRASSLEY Last night we passed the most extensive update to the Medicare program since the program's creation ... CHUCK GRASSLEY Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific resear... CHUCK GRASSLEY I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-t... CHUCK GRASSLEY There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misus... CHUCK GRASSLEY You have a responsibility to help less fortunate Americans cope with the high cost of heating fuels,... CHUCK GRASSLEY They are making it possible for a very close vote in the House of Representatives to be reversed, ..... CHUCK GRASSLEY In recent years, the FDA has demonstrated a too-cozy relationship with the pharmaceutical industry a... CHUCK GRASSLEY I've always considered making it legal for Americans to import their prescription drugs a free-trade... CHUCK GRASSLEY Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality... CHUCK GRASSLEY The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate. CHUCK GRASSLEY These settlements are evidence of systemic, industry-wide problems that need to be addressed. CHUCK GRASSLEY We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning... CHUCK GRASSLEY I'm worried that a few people are confusing the ringing of a church bell with the ringing of a cash ... CHUCK GRASSLEY It's much more quiet than I thought. People that you would normally think would fight this president... CHUCK GRASSLEY You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life. You ought to have counseling 20 years before y... CHUCK GRASSLEY Maybe I should just go home and ride my tractor. CHUCK GRASSLEY We all know there is blood in meat
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GRASSLEY Our committee has a lot of work to do before we truly think about implementing a guest worker progra... CHARLES E. GRASSLEY Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. CHUCK CLOSE Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather. CHUCK BERRY I believe that the Laws of Karma do not apply to show business, where good things happen to bad peop... CHUCK LORRE If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, ... CHUCK YEAGER You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. CHUCK PALAHNIUK More and more, it feels like I'm doing a really bad impersonation of myself. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You are not a beautiful, unique snowflake... This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' '... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The best thing about getting a flu shot is that you never again need to wash your hands. That's ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. CHUCK PALAHNIUK My private history in terms of people in my life who are dead is very easy to discuss. I don't f... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens jus... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their w... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - pai... CHUCK PALAHNIUK People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scare... 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CHUCK INGLISH I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny. CHUCK JONES What was Bruce Lee like? How did you meet? What was it like to choreograph the fight scene in Rome w... CHUCK NORRIS I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, ... CHUCK KLEIN If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or aware... CHUCK PALAHNIUK A film has to maintain a certain decorum in order to be broadcast to a vast audience. CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure ... CHUCK NORRIS I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapo... CHUCK SCHUMER California club pop chirper Dev's debut is as stark as it is sweet. This is owed partly to the c... CHUCK EDDY Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance... 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The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too. CHUCK PALAHNIUK When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? CHUCK PALAHNIUK I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you play the stereo at max volume, it... CHUCK KLOSTERMAN A menos que todo empeore, nada puede mejorar. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way. CHUCK PALAHNIUK A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?" "Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, b... CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant th... CHUCK DALY Always have a plan, and believe in it. 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