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When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.' That's certainly turned out to be true!

I'm not a twentieth-century novelist, I'm not modern, and certainly not postmodern. I follow the form of the nineteenth-century novel; that was the century that produced the models of the form. I'm old-fashioned, a storyteller. I'm not an analyst, and I'm not an intellectual.

When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.

I like to keep an open mind, but I do think there is some form of energy that exists separate to our flesh and blood. I do think that there's some kind of an energy that leaves the body when it dies, but I certainly don't have religious beliefs particularly.

When we have a favorite writer, it's always the places where they grew up, lived, worked, and that they recreated on the page that we most want to visit and commune with. Faulkner's Mississippi, Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, etc. The mind of the reader longs to be somewhere, not just anywhere, and certainly not nowhere.

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in Texas politicians. It's just Texas is such a unique place to itself that politically, at least so far, they haven't found anybody to play nationally.

Tax reductions are usually simpler and less distortive. I'm certainly willing to look at getting rid of tax deductions/credits, and go to dramatically reduced rates.

I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

While the revolution will be certainly televised, it strikes me that there is a strong possibility that the revolution will also be crowd-funded.

I don't know that anybody has walked up to me in the street or in a store or in the grocery and said to me, 'I hope you bomb Assad.' Certainly plenty have said, 'No; thumbs down, thumbs down, thumbs down.'

There's been an Israeli position, which is 'We love Mubarak,' that permeates their whole society, the political class. That certainly differs from many of us in the pro-Israel camp in the United States.

I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or if they just use it for their own self-aggrandizement, it is certainly fed in a way that it goes to waste.

I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman without a single drop of bad blood - certainly not German blood.

Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.

I have known for some time that I can meet any man I want but that does not mean that I want to meet anyone. I certainly don't like being forced into situations.

Some would argue that you're as successful as the company you keep. Certainly there is a connection between our friends and who we are.

Health is certainly extremely important, and we've done a number of things at Facebook to help improve global health and work in that area, and I am excited to do more there, too. But the reality is that it's not an either-or. People need to be healthy and be able to have the Internet as a backbone to connect them to the whole economy.

There is certainly greatness in the '60s generation. They changed our attitudes about race in America, which was long overdue. They didn't just stand up and salute when told to go to war. Women finally began to realize a more equal place in our society.

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way.

I don't really do simple. I'm not really interested in simple at the end of the day, because nothing's ever simple, and nothing's ever perfect. People certainly aren't - I would hope, anyway, because that would be boring, wouldn't it?

What I've certainly learned is that whenever I've said anything about real politics, I've come under attack. So it's best simply to play politics on television.

Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most of us feel it.

My behavior was completely unacceptable. I want everyone to know that I recognize that it is never right to throw a bat and I certainly never intended for the bat to make contact with the umpire.

Music's at its best when it has a purpose. In the days of 'Rock Around the Clock' and 'Good Golly, Miss Molly,' the purpose was, like, 'We should be allowed to do this.' We certainly haven't had to go out of our way to find a purpose now.

Music was big in the circles that I ran in, and they certainly weren't leftists or alienated. All the high school kids went to The Music Box and The Village Swinger every weekend, and they danced their asses off. These were Dance Bands, again. Otis Reading was big with the college people then.

Music could certainly be much bigger if pricing was more in line with what you find on the Internet.

My approach has been, since they're already focused on it, why bring more attention to it? We certainly have to realize we are wrestling two teams this weekend.

Multiple rate hikes after May would certainly change the picture.

I was happy about the way we battled back, but they played solid. They certainly are the team to beat.

One of the concerns we always have after is a flood is people rush in to rebuild. And in a lot of cases, the community doesn't grab hold of the process like they should. But if you have a larger event, you are much more conscious of limiting the damage next time. That is certainly going to happen in New Orleans.

One of the really special things about the Potters Guild is that we are all very solitary artists. But when we have problems finding a new glaze or technique, we share it with each other. It's kind of like being in a university or school setting. The club certainly serves a social and educational function. We have a wonderful energy that a solitary potter often loses and finds it hard to keep.

One of the great things he provided during the week under certainly difficult circumstances was great leadership. He was there for the players. He expressed to them they came here to get an education and play basketball. He was very positive. Our practices were outstanding.

My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.

My secretary stopped and got gas (Wednesday) for $2.67. (Yesterday at) the same gas station, she got gas again. It was $3.12, ... It has really gotten very, very restrictive to people. It's really hurting. ... My impression, of course, is that they have certainly gone up more than they should have.

One of the nice things about picking up Preston Wilson is if it were to be that Jeff is not going to be there, then we certainly have depth, and that's one of the plusses. We have pieces that can move, and we've been blessed in this organization over the past few years of having guys that are flexible and can play different positions. We have catchers that can play first base, so we're OK.

One of the good things is that I met a lot of new friends in it. Somehow when you get past 60 you're not as competitive and so we were all just like a bunch of old girlfriends at the contest, ... you have improved your talent, your speaking ability, you certainly enhanced your life with getting to know these people.

One of the reasons that I'm still in the military - or I stayed in the military - is because I think the military has been a place where certainly people could improve, advance, and were treated fairly.

One of the last things the administration is going to do is to dissuade people from investing in the U.S. Talking the dollar down would certainly not help the situation.

One of the lessons we've certainly learned is you can't stem the technology tide, ... Peer-to-peer networks are here to stay and that begs the question, 'How do you live and work with them rather than let them be a source of piracy?'

One of the biggest challenges is to get a business person to admit that they have a problem. So I'd say it is certainly one of our top two or three priorities for a Chamber.

On most nights when we've lost we've been pretty happy with our effort. It's never been a problem, but tonight it certainly wasn't one of our best games.

On the one hand, it's certainly better than having a reduction in funds, and it's much better than what we've been receiving over the last decade, but is it a cure-all, probably not.

Only when we regain some social justice, more social welfare, more real wage increases, only then can the economy recover. At least you know where you stand with us. We certainly won't succumb to the ridiculous temptation to campaign as the Party of the New Center.

On the floor, I thought we had a terrific defensive performance. I thought we were very active, I thought our team shared the basketball really well. We certainly tried to take care of it. Obviously, with 23 assists and 13 turnovers, for us, that was the difference.

On the second go-round, teams probably aren't going to play you the same way as the first game. Chapel certainly gave us a lot of problems, and it really took us a while to get going.

(Navy) football history is certainly part of the current group of players' education. But they only go back as far as the days of the 1950s and '60s.

Neal Frederick, what do you say about him? Awesome wrestler. This year we want to go (to state) and place high, and he's certainly capable of that.

I worked on movies with a lot of violence when I was a cinematographer, and it always bothered me. It's a personal thing. I wouldn't want my kids to see it. I certainly believe that freedom of expression shouldn't be taken away, but I also believe you can make movies that are thrilling and exciting without too much violence.

I would always wish for eyewitness access to the story itself ù in this case, to the miners ù to verify for ourselves what had transpired. We didn't have that. But we certainly had more than whisper-down-the-lane verification when the governor confirmed their survival.

I would always wish for eyewitness access to the story itself in this case, to the miners to verify for ourselves what had transpired. We didn't have that. But we certainly had more than whisper-down-the-lane verification when the governor confirmed their survival.

I would certainly fill them in with a lot of the extra stuff, ... Sometimes you have to satisfy two separate groups of people. It shouldn't be that way.

I would certainly hope not (intentionally) in spring training. I don't think Curt Schilling goes out there to hurt people.

I would certainly hope so. At the major-league level, there has to be a lot of nights where five runs are plenty to win.

I would certainly like to have Jim (Blair) as trainer until the World Cup.

I would certainly like to see it rebuilt, that's a given.

I would certainly recommend that users implement the vendor workarounds until a patch is made available. We feel that exploit code can and will be created.

I would certainly say this for Mr. Starr; he is thorough.

I would certainly trade his World Series championship for this MVP trophy, ... That's the only reason I play baseball. It's what I'm consumed to do right now.

I would certainly view the approval of this drug as a tremendous advance for women in this country.

I would certainly want to grill them, to ask if results in 2003 are being repeated today.

I would certainly want to make sure the contract ensured us in some manner that we could continue to get great service. At least some of the consideration will be what will happen with the drivers.

I wish him well in his future endeavors. I certainly appreciate Mike's contributions to Duke football and respect him for that.

I wish I could applaud all of you in the media for such fairness, ... But I certainly can't.

I wish I could have done better for her. I just feel bad I let him out of my sight. But, I certainly didn't ever think it would turn out like this.

I would have certainly let my children and grandchildren go on that bus.

I would encourage people, if they did see this happen, we certainly would be interested in hearing from them,

I would expect more buying certainly from the trend-following fund community, a new high will attract a degree of momentum buying.

I would feel very bad if she didn't like the way I played her. I certainly don't want to stick a knife in her - especially now that I'm a dame, and I might have that taken away from me.

I would fight anywhere I could. It certainly wasn't always under the best conditions, but it gave me the desire to move on in the sport.

I wish they would release a little information, ... They certainly haven't said there's a crazy killer on the loose.

I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.

If we get any kind of word that we can avert military action, avoid a war, certainly that would be helpful.

If we give customers a better alternative they will pay, and certainly that has been the case in places like the US and UK.

I guess it is certainly possible given some of the spectacular events, but hard to say,

I was pleased with what I saw. We're not out of the woods yet, but it certainly looked, acted and felt better than it did last night. I say that with guarded optimism.

Nobody is untouchable, at all, ever. Certainly, we're not changing our philosophy one iota, but if there's a deal there to make us better, we'll certainly look at it.

Nobody could ever accuse Green of a last ditch campaign, he'll always run for something. But certainly it's a comeback effort.

Nikki played well below what she's capable, but golf can be cruel like that. Sometimes nothing seems like it'll go right during a round and Nikki certainly experienced one of those days today. The most important thing is to forget about it and move on to the next round.

One thing about having success is that the stakes get higher each and every game. That's fun to be involved with here at Rutgers again. It's been a while for me personally and it certainly gets the juices flowing.

I would be lying if I told you I wasn't disappointed because I really wanted to be in the top five and I think we were certainly capable of being in the top five. But I'm not disappointed in the way the girls performed. I was very proud of them and they really left it all out on the mat.

I would have liked to win, but then there is only so much you can do for it, and this time it was Fernando. I'm certainly not complaining about finishing second. There are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title, and it's great to be one of them.

I would have probably felt better if I'd had a body double, ... But I figured if Cate was game ... I certainly wasn't going to be a wimp about it.

I would say at this stage we will certainly be seriously looking at continuing this case because we do not believe we have been given an adequate hearing.

I would say certainly at this point ... there's nothing the producers and networks are going to do.

I wouldn't have expected them to shoot that well from 3-point land but they certainly did, including a couple of NBA threes.

I wouldn't consider doing a Batman sequel unless I felt like it could be a great film, a film even better than the one we already made. But I certainly couldn't do another one on such a large scale right after having finished this one. I'm very glad to be doing something completely different.

I wouldn't encourage him to pick himself, but I would love for him to make it. Certainly he's got major-championship-type game. We've seen him there a bunch in majors. If he gets on a roll and gets a bunch of points and has a couple good majors, we want him on the team.

I wouldn't expect him to do anything different than Greenspan - certainly not at the beginning.

I wouldn't say that we didn't look dangerous. We were inches away a lot of times from getting good connections. I certainly didn't feel as though we were ineffective, Nicol said.

We had a whole scheme set up to double-team him. He goes out of the game, it certainly changes the complexion of the game for their team.

My father was - actually was an Episcopal priest as a young man. Became a psychotherapist, a psychologist. My mother is Jewish, so I grew up in a mixed background. But the common denominator was certainly music, and that was sort of emphasized in my household as music being sort of the spiritual force.

My father had a heart attack and he has heart disease. He had a full recovery, and I'm very lucky, but it certainly made him look at the way he's living and how he's treating his body.

My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!

My honest opinion is he can play at the higher level, and it's been surprising to me that he hasn't had more looks than he did. It's unfortunate, I think. He's a qualifier (academically). He's big enough. He's certainly strong enough, and I honestly think he proved himself.

My hope for him is he goes to college and gets his degree. Whether he plays baseball or basketball is not a concern of mine. But I would love to go watch him play in college. He certainly has the ability to play either in college.

My guess is it won't be very exciting because he already told us three weeks ago what he thinks. He's certainly not going to say anything that suggests the Fed might be thinking about not cutting rates as soon as the market thinks but I don't think he'll want to give the impression that they're going to slash rates even more aggressively.

My guess is they were trying to figure out a way to get on this bandwagon. They certainly don't want to have any voters seeing them as anti-Bible or anti-religion.

My guess is we'll certainly be emotionally attached to the game like we should. Whether or not we execute in a way we want remains to be seen.