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I make a playlist for every character I portray. Music plays a huge part in helping me understand a character. Every time I get a new role, I will take a chunk of time to just sit and listen to a bunch of songs and select the ones that make sense in my mind for that character. I can't even explain how much it helps me.

I'm a little overwhelmed right now. I can't explain it.

History was not going to dictate our fate, but our effort can make history. Maybe it was a little bit of a stretch with Columbus, but they kind of enjoyed that analogy. I had to explain a lot of it. I kind of happened to lose some people.

Holding him without due process is improper, and either ICE or the prosecutors should explain why.

There aren't many differences. You won't play unless you play 'D' - that's the biggest similarity. They're both teachers of the game, and I like the way they both get out there and they show you what they want you to do. It's not just about 'Do this' and then don't explain it to you.

The packaging needs to have clean lines, and the wording on the bottle has to explain why this product is different than a woman's product.

His name was often mentioned by the opposition to show who was supporting the impeachment. I think he needs to explain why he changed his mind because he owes it to the people,

His personality leans to some 'off-color' type of jokes and some people find him funny and amusing to be around and some people take offense. I doubt he will change who he is and nor should he. ... He has kids and now he has to explain why his sense of humor has cost him.

He shouldn't just say this or infer that. If he has any information as he says he has, he should talk to you and very carefully explain it to you.

He's happy to be home. It's not the time to explain anything. The whole thing is very abnormal.

When they pressure management to defend itself, it creates greater accountability. It forces management to explain its reasoning. The other shareholders can make up their minds whether they agree or disagree. Let the shareholders decide.

When we first began this process we did not know how much or how little to tax the wind companies. That is why this legislature determined that it needed to hire an outside consultant to explain the industry to us and examine the proposed projects.

He seemed like a wonderful guy. It's impossible to explain something like this and what may have gone wrong for him.

He's dirty. There isn't much to explain when you see the numbers out there and how quickly he went through the lineup.

He's given the entire receiving corps an opportunity to make plays. I can't explain what happened last year. I don't want to even try to explain it. But we're playing well and it's exciting to know again that if you get open you might even get the ball in a spot that you can do something with it.

He's a talented kid. He's one of those guys that when you explain something to him, he does a lot more listening than he does talking, and that's hard to find with guys that are really competitive.

He's good at that, ... But I can tell. I'm around him a lot. I couldn't even explain it. But I can feel it. He definitely wants to produce. It's not like he's getting any younger. The time to do it is now.

If I put on my academic hat, I would have nothing to tell you to explain this. The only thing keeping people going is hope and optimism about the future that is unknown. The hope is the evidence of things not seen. I think that is the only way to explain optimism, because you can't base it on any analysis of our current condition.

We expect to explain our case for why the $45 million is needed.

We can explain it after the fact, but we can't forecast that very well, where the storms are going to form.

We've been trying to figure it out. We've had lots of conversations about it as a team, but I don't think anyone really knows how to explain it.

The purpose of the report was to quantify and explain the economic value of aviation in South Carolina.

Henrik played fine, I have no problem with that at all, but Kevin had a really good game against these guys to start the season. Those are those intangibles that I have the right to use and maybe not even explain if I don't feel like it.

Just thinking about that, I get so excited. I have the feeling we're going to blow Springfield up (on the basketball court). It's crazy. I can't even explain it.

My prime aim is to go to see the permanent member who has not been briefed properly. I think I owe it to the Chinese that I explain what has happened in these talks that I have attended, ... This Week.

Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories.

My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed.

Live it simple, make it simple, and say it simple, the obvious key for happiness which life is all about. Problems begin when we use our overrated brains to explain something we do not fully comprehend and make ourselves experts.

Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of History, and the initial fall of man.

Many young people have told me how a boyfriend or girlfriend will grab the phone when they are not around and go through the 'Recent Call' list. Or in some cases, pry it from hands and demand they explain who that was.

Margita Thompson has said all kinds of things in the past that have proven not to be true, ... I will continue to make my request to meet with the governor and explain why there are millions of people who are suffering under the inequality of the current law and who need this bill to be signed.

That could explain why he threw so many high balls this season.

Spring Training is just a fun time. I really don't know how to explain it. Everyone's got new jokes and everyone is having fun with each other. You get to have your cake and eat it, too. You get to have a life. During the regular season, you don't because it's all day long -- baseball is at the end of the day. But here it's at the beginning of the day and then, with me, I'm going to go out and play golf every day for the next six weeks.

Red is a thick, compelling color in my mind. If there's something red at home, such as a big red Chinese tie, the atmosphere will be different. But I cannot explain why red works on me that way. It's just a habit, a tradition that I'm so used to.

People who take responsibility for all they create are able to quickly sort truth from fiction in their lives, and in the communication they're receiving from those around them, by using the simple litmus test of based on results. Wishing and hoping, reasons and excuses will never tell you the truth. If you say you intend to have a happy marriage, have you got one? If you say you want to earn a degree from a good university, have you done it? If you say you want ten million dollars, do you have it? If you don't have what you say you want, then how come? You've either got the results you say you want, or you have reasons to explain why not. Developing a rigorous and honest relationship with results moves you powerfully toward creating your extraordinary life.

Placido said I should try different things, ... So we came up with the idea of introducing the character of Offenbach into the opera to explain things and move the action along. They told me I couldn't change the music, but I could add my own interpretation to the book.

People have to be accountable for their records, and what they did early in their careers is informative. Secretary Culver will have to explain the two years he spent in the employ of his client as a lobbyist.

People have no idea what they're getting into. It feels like the biggest run of adrenaline something you can't explain 'til you do it.

People need to know what kind of economic conditions will ensue for their businesses. The BOJ has the obligation to explain policy clearly.

I say I am a Planetwalker. Then I have to explain that a Planetwalker is anyone who walks the planet as a lifestyle choice, as part of an education in the spirit and hope of using the journey to benefit the world.

I will never understand, no one will be able to explain to me, how it's OK to allow this to happen.

I think a lot of the leaders here were young guys and we expected management to handle the situation, that they'd explain what the rules and regulations were. That didn't happen.

Last night was one of those occasions where, the best way to explain to anybody was that I was 'there'.

Land use regulation does more to explain changes in prices across the country than any other phenomenon.

I remember watching 'Colombo' a lot with my dad. That was one of the first detective shows I remember watching. And I remember my dad turning to me - my dad loves to turn to me and explain why things are funny. He used to do that with 'Seinfeld' all the time. He did it with 'Colombo', too, set the scene.

People are always trying to explain the lack of questions as saying there's a consensus around monetary policy, but there's anything but a consensus on monetary policy. What upsets me more than anything is no one is asking serious questions.

My wife and I both have a little bit of guilt. Quite a few of my friends assume we're going to Italy, so it's a continual thing to explain we're not. When your son or daughter is in the Olympics, the excitement makes you overlook things such as the crowds, the security, the expense, the waiting in lines We're going to be staying here cheering Kelly on. Whether we're here or there, we're 100 percent behind her.

John's on the phone with me for 20 minutes trying to explain what (Lucas) was trying to say,

I'm shocked. I'm real shocked. It's just one of those I don't know how you can explain it.

I'm so excited, I can't even explain it. I had been around two minutes all year. Not in my wildest dreams did I expect to go five seconds under. When I looked up at the clock and saw my time, I was surprised and amazed.

It is difficult to explain how one feels after this.

It is doubtful that it will last, but it may explain the increase in consumer confidence over the period as purchasing power may have increased, at least temporarily.

Judge Roberts should explain as soon as possible why he thought it was appropriate for him to continue hearing this case,

I think Jose didn't try to hide anything and the fact that we're trying to explain this to you is to Jose's credit.

I think just being able to see my kids grow up and having a family has really helped me at this point in my career, ... It would be really hard to look them in the face and have to explain yourself because you slip in one way or another. They're all a little bit older now and have a better understanding of what's going on.

(I'm here) just so I can learn more, sit down with her and explain it to her better and let her know what can happen to young girls. She's 12 year old; I don't want my daughter disappearing....giving out her information on the internet.

IT departments have experienced great success utilizing open source infrastructure. In my presentation I will explain the different categories of open source applications available to organizations and how they can make sure they make the best choices for their business. Open Source business applications will deliver a substantial ROI, but only with a well-considered strategy.

It did not explain the bill at all other than that it was a redistricting bill, ... It could make a difference on how we do our building project.

It didn't flow. I can't really explain it.

I was just trying to put one foot in front of the other when the week began. I can't explain what happened. My heart was so heavy. I don't know how I did it.

I was just speechless. To go in there (Olympic Trials) thinking, just hoping, to qualify for one event at the Olympic Games then to qualify for three events. I couldn't explain it.

I think that it's so critical when you make a request to the Congress to authorize and appropriate $38 billion for homeland security, somebody ought to come up and explain just how you're going to spend it, ... Those issues are going unanswered in large measure because Mr. Ridge refuses to testify. We just have to find a way hopefully without the use of coercion to have those questions answered for the record.

I think that it would be very, very difficult for the president to explain that, in the context of information leading up to why that would be so,

Judge Jackson's ruling contains no legal analysis. I thought the judge would explain why his order was consistent with precedent. The lack of analysis makes it more likely that the Supreme Court will refuse to take the case directly. Jackson issued the ruling too fast.

I think the board needs to step up and say, we need to look at it a lot more our own and decide what schools we think they need to be in. The last thing I want to do is to have to explain to a parent in Richmond that there child's been injured or killed because of neglect on part of the school system.

It is modernity at stake now. We must explain the distinctions between church and state, and between the press and the state, to our colleagues in the Arab world.

Like, oh my God, what are, what are we gonna do, how are we gonna explain this? Like, what, what, you know, what are the cops going to say?

I think Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the first to tell you he's got a long ways to go to explain what he would do as governor.

Our actions were lawful, however, we were repeatedly denied the chance to explain why. We were not allowed to mention Article VI, paragraph four of the Constitution, which says that the treaties of the United States are the supreme law of the land. We were not allowed to explain our actions in the context of the Nuremberg Principles, which declare that citizens can be held responsible for crimes of their government. Nor could we explain how this war was a violation of the UN Charter. The jury made a wise choice with what they had. It's unfortunate, however, that they were denied the full truth.

Pakistanis somehow regard the growth of an Indo-American strategic partnership as some kind of a negative development. A zero-sum game is what is in their mind, though the Americans are at pains to explain to both sides that America remains their friend while they are running their own cold war.

Our running backs coach just wanted to go a different route. I can't explain it to you, so I won't explain it to you.

Our scenario consolidates a lot of evidence from our group and other researchers to explain how p53, Bcl-xL, and PUMA work together to trigger apoptosis.

Our survey doesn't explain why. It gets down to being as simple as women have a better understanding of housing as a long-term investment. Single guys are more interested in consumption. They don't get serious about real estate until they meet the right woman.

I was born this way, and I don't know how I do it. I can do it from a piece of paper. I can do it from a letter. I can do it from a phone. I don't know how I don't... It just comes in. It just comes in. I don't know how to explain it to you. It just comes in.

I think if we're going to sell these new goods and services to the public, we first have the obligation not to mention the bottom-line imperative but to explain them clearly, ... That's the first step toward simplification. Something that's genuinely easy to use is also genuinely easy to talk about using.

I wish I knew. I wish I knew. ... I think we hit three or four shots right at the end of the game to beat them. They could have gone the other way. I can't explain it but I'll keep it.

I will take this up with him and we will say that this area is within our 200-mile exclusive economic zone, ... We will explain to him that they are encroaching and entering our territory.

I think, seriously, that they are under the opinion that we will not act, ... We tried to explain to them that we are going to act because of their failure to do so, and I don't think it's sunk in.

I think our players should be able to hold their heads high. That wasn't a win, and that's what we came to do. It's hard to explain all the distractions and turmoil and the impact that has had on the kids. For them to come out and fight like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

It does indeed help us to work with Congress to explain the enormity of the reform effort that needs to be undertaken here and how many of these things work together,

Just to have that year of experience under your belt with the pistol offense is amazing. Now, we are at a point where we get to fool around with it a little bit more. We have a chance to get really comfortable in it. Last year, the coaches are telling you, 'Do this, do that.' They had to explain what they wanted with it. Now, everything is pretty much just expected out of you. We are just trying to get crisp with the offense.

I think the only way to go is to do what they think is the right thing and explain it as well as they can to the American people, as the president is attempting to do with these speeches. The public will not forgive you for losing even if it seems to reflect what they thought they wanted.

I think the players should be able to hold their heads high. It wasn't a win. It wasn't what we came to do, but it's hard to explain all the distractions and all the turmoil and all the things that have happened and the effect it could have on these kids. For them to come and play like they did, I'm extremely proud of them.

It is not possible for me to explain just how wonderful it is to see this house that George Exxon Bush and the moral majority built on the sand come toppling down.

It is not easy to explain why this happened.

I think it's off to a slow start. And there's a lot in 2006 they have to do to explain this benefit better and to help make the choices more realistic.

It has been an unbelievable thing to watch. I can't really explain what it is, but whatever it is, Bruce has it. Whatever it is that he's selling, our student-athletes, our students and fans are really buying it.

It happened (against Minnesota), and it was an incredible turning point. It was also very deflating, but it's also part of the game and was bad timing for us. ? I'm not sure you can really explain it. We just did a poor job. There's no excuse or explanation. I wish we had an opportunity to do it over again.

I think we've reached a tipping point when we don't have to explain the game to every person who's interested in buying a team.

I think you need to explain what the term means and that it's a mean and derogatory term. And then you have to help your child to understand that it's the other child's problem who called them that name.

I think in the interim we owe it to the public to go out and explain the position we're in.

I was asked, did I have an affair and did I have a sexual relationship. My answer was no. Now, let me explain that answer. There was no sexual relationship. Affair is a word you have to interpret. I chose in those years, 1990, 1994 to interpret that if you don't have a sexual relationship, you don't have an affair,

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film.

I think it's more harmful than it is good. Most defendants say, 'Put me up there, and I can explain everything away.' And that doesn't happen.

It confirms that this recession in 2001 was not particularly mild or as short as some folks had thought, ... We were expecting at least two negative quarters, and the fact we had three is a little bit of a surprise. That helps explain why we're having so much difficulty generating some positive momentum right now. The economy was weaker than we had thought.

I was No. 5 my whole life and everyone knew me as that. After I explain the story to them they think it's cool.

I wasn't treated great by any means, but the fans treated me fair and the press treated me fair. I was trying to explain that to Joe. Of course, they won the first year (1996 World Series) he was over there, so it worked out perfectly for him.

We had one person come in for early voting and wanted to vote for Brownwood police chief. We had to explain that the police chief isn't being elected right now.

We were going to have to be prepared to communicate our messages in a clear and concise way to the public and to explain them (to the media).

The presence of this profile suggested that Mamba had access to police files and information and may also explain why the farm was deserted when the police came to search it.