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I am driven / Into a desperate strait and cannot steer / A middle course.

I am e-mailing you to apologize to you for my poor decision regarding Saturday night's loss. The words I spoke were out of anger and not how I truly felt. ... Although I cannot take back what I said, I do want to apologize for what I said, not only to you but to everybody including my teammates and coaching staff, the OVC, the Morehead State women's basketball team, the Lady Gov fans and the officials of Saturday night's game.

If we wish to maintain peace, then we cannot accept that impunity be provided to these international criminals and drug dealers.

If we think about dignity, ... People from north to east and south really want to have dignity, and with these problems, malaria problems, people cannot go to work, kids do not go to school, and it is about dignity and the impact of this problem to our economy.

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very sick and cannot hold out much longer. But if you cannot bear to live in everlasting dissonance between your beliefs and your life, thinking one thing and doing another, get out of

If you are going to be a pioneer... you cannot be faint of heart.

If words cannot console this loss, they also cannot fully express the pride that all Canadians have felt on the exemplary way (Canadian forces) have carried out their duty, ... There are so many questions. ... How has this happened? I want to assure the families and the people of Canada that these questions will be answered.

I don't think it's government's business to tell companies they can or cannot come to the city.

I enjoyed 'Gossip Girl' so much. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with the cast of that show. I was so intimidated doing that show because I thought, 'Oh my gosh, those people are so young and gorgeous, and I'm a million years old, and I need a spray tan, and I'm going to be wearing all these fabulous clothes.'

Global warming and rising temperatures in the Arctic jeopardize the polar bear's very existence. Polar bears cannot survive without sea ice. Polar bears could disappear in our lifetime if we don't take action.

God finds a low branch for the bird that cannot fly.

God is angry with me, but I cannot be angry with him. This is a test of my faith. I have nothing else.

Give Oregon credit, they were prepared to win and they did. But we're inconsistent late into January and that cannot happen.

GNEP cannot accomplish the administration's proliferation or waste management goals. The reprocessing technologies that DOE is currently researching are far from 'proliferation-resistant' and are decades from commercialization.

Given the negative business climate created by the federal government, we cannot today recommend to our shareholders that CI pursue an income trust structure.

Given the persistence of high energy prices that the global economy has confronted of late, policymakers cannot be complacent, ... actively leaning against inflationary pressures long before inflation itself builds.

Given the well-known anti-Americanism of the Cuban and Venezuelan governments, rallies in Havana and Caracas cannot be considered representative of public opinion in the hemisphere.

Formula One is a strange world but if you have clear values, you can maintain the separation between truth and fiction. If people praise you, you cannot let it go to your head, because at the next race you could be criticized.

Fortunately for us, we can learn from other people, ... We can learn that we cannot build our way out of traffic jams.

If a fan wants to say something to me, they don't know what to say because I can't understand them, ... So they can't get to know me. Even though I can talk to fans about the game, I cannot get into a deep conversation and talk about the things I want to talk about.

If a team believes they are outmatched or that an opponent cannot be stopped in Foxboro or anywhere else, that can adversely affect the outcome for that team. I seriously doubt that any professional team with a 7-0 record, regardless of prior historical outcomes, would perceive itself outmatched by anybody, anywhere. Also, even though there are some players who probably played on all of those teams, I'd guess at least half of the starters don't go back all that far.

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded . . .

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.

If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen (1 John 4:20).

If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit language; he cannot avoid that responsibility and that duty.

I don't say that he cannot lose, but anyone would have to be playing 100 percent to beat him now. He's young and hungry for titles. But he has to focus on the big events, which I think he's doing.

I don't think anybody can say that this is an absolute, but schools cannot rely on not preparing. When a child comes to our door with their parents to register, we cannot turn them away.

For us, universal values such as justice, morality and peace cannot be disputed and it is for this reason that we pursue the restoration of historical truth.

From the referee's position, there was no chance he was obstructed, so we simply cannot understand why he didn't give it.

I don't think I've ever had back-to-back doubles for a long, long time. I'm happy that I hung in there. I didn't give up. I cannot win the tournament today. I just made sure I wasn't going to lose too many shots.

I don't think I've had back-to-back doubles in a long, long time. But it's very easy to do it out there. I was happy that I hung in there. I did not give up. You cannot win the tournament today; I wanted to make sure I didn't lose the tournament today.

For way too long, the Supreme Court has been handing down decisions that people of faith cannot accept, ... Justice Sunday II: God Save the United States and this Honorable Court.

For the time being, we cannot throw millions of rands of public money into starting this project unless we can be sure we will be able to finish it.

For the wickedness of evil minded thieves, who secretly prowl over this earth, cannot be restrained except by punishment.

For this is an intensely personal decision and not one typically for the public domain, ... Yet, it cannot and should not pass.

For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy. Without the above qualities, selfless service cannot be performed.

For us, it is fundamental. We cannot cooperate with an organization that won't renounce violence and be able to negotiate with the other side.

Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard work.

I don't speak English, so I cannot foresee a career in Hollywood. But I do see myself more and more as an actress rather than a dancer.

I don't understand why he cannot spend ten minutes of his time to talk to somebody whose life he has devastated.

I don't think we have a right to enjoy our neuroses; in fact, I believe that we have a duty not to. But we cannot walk away from ourselves. Who else is there to become?

If a man use opium once he cannot stop it, and it becomes a life-long habit to use opium; hence the English want to introduce it into Japan.

If a member of your family misbehaves and embarrasses you, you cannot do anything about it. I wish life were an editing room where one could sit and edit all those embarrassing moments away.

If a journalist cannot be trusted to guarantee confidentiality, the journalist cannot function and there cannot be a free press. The freest and fairest societies are not only those with independent judiciaries, but those with an independent press that works every day to keep government accountable by publishing what the government might not want the public to know.

If a kid is being bullied, that's all they think about and cannot concentrate on their academic studies.

I give all of the credit in the world to Apollo-Ridge. They don't give up and we have not given up that many points all year. They pounded the ball inside and we worked on it. I cannot make the kids bigger.

God cannot be seen so long as there is the slightest taint of desire. Therefore have your minor desires satisfied , and renounce the major ones through right reasoning and discrimination.

God continues to show His awesome power each day Faith lives. She has been a blessing to many and a miracle to us. I cannot wait to see what God has planned for her life.

I had said earlier that the ball is in the king's court. Now, the ball is in their court. If the parties don't take the ball, I cannot predict what will happen.

I believe that in a position like mine, you cannot take party into consideration, ... I don't care about any of that.

I believe that while there are constructive discussions going on, that it is worth continuing the process. We are clearly coming to the end of this phase, and we cannot let it go on indefinitely. But as long as the talks are constructive, I think it's worth going the extra mile.

. . . I believe that you cannot go any further than you can think. I certainly believe if you don't desire a thing, you will never get it.

I believe the Asian markets are stabilizing and if you look at the Japanese market, I think the market has put in a bottom in Japan as well and that cannot hurt the U.S. market in the intermediate term.

I believe with modern equipment and modern players, we cannot make a good course more difficult or more testing for the expert simply by adding length. The only way to stir them up is by the introduction of subtleties around the greens.

I believe the proper business of a Municipality is to do for the individual merged in the mass what the individual cannot do so well alone.

I believe they may well, if they have been properly stored ? without access to outside people so they cannot be tampered with. Also in a refrigerator or deep frozen, ... If not in such a situation ? there's no guarantee they have not been subjected to undue temperatures.

CEOs of many corporations have begun to get the message that if the federal government continues to cut back on research funding, then this innovation is not going to happen any more, because these companies cannot afford to fund all the basic exploratory research that's needed at the front end.

CARE is heartened by the support of Dave Matthews Band and their fans. Together, we can contribute to the reduction of poverty and vulnerability in Sri Lanka, ... Rebuilding communities and livelihoods from scratch cannot occur in a matter of months. It will take years of hard work and commitment. In doing so, it's imperative to incorporate the wishes and protect the rights of people of all ethnicities whose lives have been turned upside down.

I am very sad I cannot go to the Australian Open to defend my title as champion.

I am very sad that I cannot go to the Australian Open to defend my title. I have been working very hard and it is a lot better.

I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got, But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.

I anticipated many of these problems because the federal government cannot manage health care; it's too complex and too personal to deliver real results. Yet, even though I voted against it, I am going to do everything I can to make sure it works for our seniors.

I apologize to Venezuela. They know how much I love my country, but I cannot accept what they proposed to me. I respect the Florida Marlins because they tried to push Miguel Cabrera into third base, but this is not spring training. This is a big competition and you represent your country.

I appeal to those who... have decided to go down the path of martyrdom, ... I understand you, but I cannot support you.

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art -- and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

I am still working on becoming a leader and knowing the role I have. I cannot force it. I have to take what the opposing defenses give me and not try to do too much.

But they would be unwise just to shoo the coalition out, because they cannot handle the army and the police areas on their own it would give too much advantage to the people perpetrating violence.

But this will not replace a comprehensive settlement to be reached on the basis of Annan plan. And, it is obvious that issues to be discussed as a part of a comprehensive settlement cannot be resolved by these technical committees.

But we cannot anticipate on the results of the investigation.

But we cannot do anything until the City Council votes for the tax, ... By law, we cannot collect any signatures until that is done, and then we have 60 days.

But we cannot support a group that has not been upright with us. We need honesty to have dialogue.

But we can't rest now, we cannot become complacent,

But we don't go out and say something inaccurate about it. You lose so much more if, in fact, people cannot believe what you're saying.

CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report,

Based on the behavior of these deer, we cannot account for the distribution of CWD on the landscape,

Base Envy withers at another's joy,/ And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

But as a matured economy, like the US or European nations, the Japanese economy cannot grow by five or six per cent.

But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise.

But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security.

But given the way we were able to get that job, I have grave misgiving as to any certainty about who the other ones are there. I cannot rule out that there are other people lurking at the palace who've got their own dodgy references.

But China cannot be complacent, ... In the last year its GDP grew nine percent, but energy use increased 15 percent and oil consumption grew almost 20 percent.

But don't forget this is business. In this business, you cannot think with your heart. You have to think with your brains. Usually when you think with your brains, a lot of people are going to be disappointed. You think with your heart in this business, you're not going to have success.

But a blank he cannot be: there are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.

I do not want to give here any hints. I would not like to answer that question. I cannot say anything more than I have already said.

I do not think they are asking for respect in this case. They want me to follow one of their taboos in the public domain. And I think there's a very fundamental principle in secular society that you cannot insist on everybody paying special attention to your religious feelings.

I don't know why we, in the art world, cannot unpack things and sort of make hybrid notions of a practice. We're very rigid. It's funny, though; in music, we have no problem sampling, mixing and remixing. But in the art world, why can't we take little parts of history and mix it together?

I don't know what progress they're talking about. I cannot feed my family,

I feel very proud. Words cannot express what I feel.

I felt like my whole world was crashing down. I was scared for my children. I was scared for my husband. I didn't know if the baby was HIV positive. I cannot tell you the emotions that went through my head,

Bush cannot embark on a mission that fails. Given what happened to his father and the hype in this Administration, it would be the end.

Bubba Franks hurt his hip and was not able to return to the game. The extent of that injury I cannot comment on this point. I really don't know.

Businesses or factories where we cannot restore profitability to an acceptable level will be closed or sold.

But the Champions League cannot be our only objective because as we have seen in the past, it only takes one bad 45 minutes to ruin a year's work.

But the church cannot confer the necessary gifts for this ministry, and cannot prescribe for God those upon whom he should confer them.

But the problem is, if you lose an engine on takeoff, you cannot get to 150 knots without descending. And if you do it at takeoff, there's no place to descend ... So you're going to crash,

China -- and others that sell to China -- cannot take its access to the U.S. market for granted,

China cannot lead or be recognized as a leader unless it is viewed as abiding by universal standards for human freedom.

China's development cannot materialize without the world. And a stable and prosperous world also needs China,

China's military imports go through strict surveillance. Chinese enterprises will never purchase any military goods that cannot provide legal documents.

Because we cannot compete on labor, we have to compete on cleverness.