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One of our guys went to double-team (Bragg) instead of staying with (Mayo).

One of our problems as Americans is that we treat death as if it's an option instead of a reality. We tend to believe that technology can conquer everything. But no matter how healthy you are or how much medical care you get, you're still a mortal.

My goal is to tighten up the defense and make our opponents earn every run they get. We have to have a tight defense. Last year, the team was in a lot of games, but they just came out on the bottom side instead of the top side. My goal is to have us in every game.

Memory has a spottiness, as if the film was sprinkled with developer instead of immersed in it.

More than half the American people now believe that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, ... They're right. But it would also be a mistake to pull out now, or to start pulling out or to set a date certain for pulling out. Instead we need a strategy to create a stable, democratizing and peaceful state in Iraq - a strategy the administration has failed to develop and articulate.

More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't like my music (laughs).

Murrow would be delighted that there are 24-hour news channels, but disappointed that during prime time all that they would be doing are these shout shows and Larry King instead of doing the news,

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.

My Dad says I've made a name for myself and now I can pull back and appreciate what I do instead of striving to get to my next gig.

My desire to dive with an oxygen cylinder was so intensive that I decided to use a trick. Registering as Helene Jacob, I lied about my age: instead of 1902, I wrote 1922 in the application forms. My rejuvenation not withstanding, the scuba instructor eyed me skeptically; he was probably thinking: She'll never make it.

My confidence is up. I just think the big part is my teammates have confidence in me and they're getting me the ball a lot more. When I'm actually getting it, they want me to do something with it instead of passing it out all the time.

On issue after issue, the Bush Administration has put the interests of its corporate cronies ahead of protecting the safety and security of America's working families. The Republican culture of corruption continues to have real costs for America's working families. Instead of protecting their corporate cronies, Republicans in Washington should join Democrats in fighting to put the safety of the American people first by restoring honest leadership and open government, enforcing workplace safety rules, and ending the outsourcing of our national security.

Maybe, but you have to be able to convince your players that it's harder to get back there the second time. What happens is, during the off-season, the players all of a sudden are in more demand than ever before. They're invited to more golf tournaments, they make more appearances and, all of a sudden, instead of doing all the work in the off-season program, they start missing a few days and they're not as into it the same way they were prior to the year when they got there.

Maybe I am a bit unusual here, but I am less stressed if I have my phone with me. Because I can spend like an hour in the morning taking care of everything instead of I sit there and wonder what I missed or wonder what's happening. So it's way less stressful for me to just answer my phone.

Maybe if I'd studied writing instead of anthropology, I'd be more sensible. You know - pick a genre, follow the rules, stay in the box - but let's face it. Sensible people don't major in anthropology.

Maybe it would have been a murder conviction instead of a capital murder conviction if this had been disclosed.

Maybe I was a little lethargic mentally, instead of being pumped up. I think that works to my advantage when I'm lethargic. It helps me not trip out on everything.

Maybe they'll go to Lowe's instead of the Home Depot in Stockton, but either way, they're not shopping in Calaveras County,

Perhaps you will be the victim instead of the perpetrator....amen.

People would rather have art or gold instead of paper money.

Pete Carroll is a phenomenal recruiter, the whole entire staff has so much energy; they actually recruit like they are a 1-9 team instead of a 12-0 team.

Pete has come on very strong lately. He's finally figured out how to wrestle instead of just brawling.

No, he wasn't congratulating me. He told me that instead of jogging over towards the bench like I did, I should walk next time to take up more time.

No human being on this earth should go through what my son went though. I just wish they could have done me like that instead of it being him.

Nobody sees when you are lying in your bedand I want to crawl in with youbut I cry instead

Now our team's thinking about getting better instead of the other team's stuff, which we really have no control over.

Now, with Jimmy Drew being a little more experienced, they should be able to throw the ball a little bit. Instead of run, run, run, what they'll do is try and lull you to sleep and bang, hit you with play action. We just have to be ready for that and mature enough to recognize it when it comes.

Now the information will be three or four years old instead of two years old.

Now there is a real chance that new Palestinian leaders will rise -- those who will be elected -- who will truly abandon the path of terror and instead will advance a strategy of reconciliation and negotiation without violence, terror and hatred,

Obviously he's a lot better on clay, so I tried to press his forehand and make points on my terms instead of his.

Now we can focus on what we can do with one quarterback instead of having controversy and a lot of attention drawn to the team.

Now we go out to eat earlier - at 5 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. It's better that way, especially when you have little kids who want to run around.

People want positive politics demonstrating changes and reforms instead of the politics of personality and personal acrimony enveloped in sterile media forays about the tactics of the day.

People want to be inspired by the movies, they want to have a cathartic experience and they want to laugh and they crave that and when its not there they notice that absence and that's what they talk about instead of going to the movies,

Rick thinks it will be great for our sport to have Roger and Troy involved, ... And I get to run 17 races, instead of 10. I think it's great.

Retirees who are on Medicare will suffer the consequences of 700 billions of Medicare dollars instead being used to cover the skyrocketing cost of Obamacare. In essence, less dollars for seniors means less service. Not fair. The Boomers are going to take the 'hit.' In Obamacare, 'too old' has limitations of service.

Right now, ... Europe is like a once-fit top athlete who has fallen out of shape. Instead of taking action, the athlete keeps writing new strategic plans on how to get back into shape: 'I could go running, I could go swimming,' and so on. Sometimes it feels that the European logic is: 'When I'm in better shape, I will start exercising.'

Right now he has a contract. He intends to honor it, and I'm sure between now and April 1, I'll have discussions with the appropriate people. Larry's been there the last two years and done everything asked of him. He's made the Pro Bowl. He's not been a bad player. If they want to sign someone else instead of Larry and release him, he'll end up playing somewhere else. Players have only so many options.

My friends who knew me in high school and college know I'm the same person. It's a high compliment to be thought of highly. People who know me know I'm fun-loving, carefree and happy to get paid to do what I do. I feel lucky to be where I'm at. Some people feel like they deserve to be here, instead of lucky to be here. That's never been me, and I don't think it will ever be. I enjoy getting down and dirty with any regular Joe.

I have been waiting for this opportunity to get in there and the coach has been happy with me lately and told me to just go out there and play as hard I can. I just brought the same attitude I've been bringing, and instead of bringing that attitude for five or 10 minutes I had a chance to bring it for some more time tonight.

I have decided against calling any more players, so we have only 17 instead of 19 players on the squad now.

I got hit a with a few balls and instead of deflecting out, they deflected in. It was sort of the way the day went.

If we hit our free throws, this was a brawl instead of a barnburner.

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.

I didn't do a commentary on the DVD, which people were maybe surprised by. To be honest, my feeling is that commentaries are very tricky because I feel like the audience completes the film, and until a film gets out there you almost don't know exactly what it is that you've done. You have to do commentaries these days before the movie is even in theaters, so I wanted to hold off and instead just have them use the material that we generated during production to explain our intentions.

I'd like to think instead that crime was down.

I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more.

I don't foresee him here anytime before the All-Star break. If he could get better and give us a half like he did last year n the second half (in 2006) instead of the first half.

I didn't want him to be slick in this movie. Instead of designer looks, we wanted all of his clothes to be a half size too small. I wanted him to have a mustache. This character is an equal-opportunity letch, and Pierce just went with it. I think he appreciated focusing on the character, not how his hair looked.

I don't have to put a finger on it. That's what's nice about being me instead of you. You're the one that has to put a finger on it.

I don't get too upset over losing. We've got to get rid of the ball quicker instead of standing there thinking about it.

I did not know the woman soul, that crowning gift of Providence to man, which, if we do not ourselves degrade it, will set an edge to all that is good in us. I did not know how the love of a woman will tinge a man's whole life and every action with unselfishness. I did not know how easy it is to be noble when some one else takes it for granted that one will be so; or how wide and interesting life becomes when viewed by four eyes instead of two.

I'd like an actual orientation session instead of just papers saying this is what you do.

I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.

I'd like to cut it down to three books in two years instead of two a year - but whether that'll happen I don't know.

If this was a normal hurricane in Florida, you'd have construction people in pickup trucks heading south right now to help clean up and rebuild. Instead you have the governor saying to stay away.

If they want to criticize us for having only one opinion on an issue instead of two or three, we'll take it.

If they want to sign someone else instead of Larry and release him, he'll end up playing somewhere else. Players have only so many options.

I don't know where it's going, and I don't care where it's going. Everyday I get up and try to find something that excites me. If you're wrestling with other problems instead of working on something that you can't get excited by, then you can't do the work you need to do on your project.

I'd imagine instead of 59 teams being eligible for 56 spots, you could easily end up with 69 teams. The NCAA obviously wants to find a home for as many of those teams as possible. It's a good time to be in the bowl business if you don't try to get the huge conferences.

If we listen more than we talk,and instead of making sure our voice is heard,we make sure we hear their voice,and if everyone listened....and Intead of filling silence with words,we fill ourselves with silence,the world would be a better place

If we're guilty of anything, it's not getting all our pucks on goal. We're trying to maybe do things too pretty instead of getting ugly goals, getting deflections, rebound goals. Not tic-tac-toe goals around the net. That's not where we're going to be successful. We've got to try and score more dirty goals.

If we had stayed 3-0 down the tie would have been all but over. Instead we're at 3-2 and there's still something to play for, even if the return match in Rome (on Feb. 1) will be a difficult one.

If we had the average ticket price this season instead of $35, it would have meant an additional $8 million based on paid attendance.

If we had won 40 or 42 games (last season) instead of 52, it would have been an entirely different process.

If we play our game, I really believe that we're able to beat most teams in the country. And now instead of just telling the team that, they have been able to see it and do it. We're definitely ready to go out and win another tournament.

If we're 9-for-10 from the line instead of 4-for-10, the game doesn't come down to a final jump shot. We spend hours shooting free throws in practice but we can't make them in games.

If we find that instead of a legitimate sales seminar and a free meal, seniors are being exposed to pitches for unsuitable products, with high-pressure sales tactics and wild claims about projected returns, and no disclosure of the actual risks of the investment, we'll move in hard and fast.

If they had been in office instead of me, we would have had peace in the Middle East.

If they can clean up the little shot-saving mistakes they've had, this team will be pretty good. We want to keep after it because we only have four more matches left. The guys want to be the best they can be at the end of the season instead of at the beginning so they can be ready for region.

If they don't swim well in the morning, they'll be sitting next to me during the finals, cheering instead of swimming. We're going to load up our gun and go guns-a-blazing because we really do have a shot at winning.

Let's give the individual the space to grow, instead of the economy

Last year, when he came up here, he had a lot of distractions. He had the right priorities, but the distractions took him away from his wrestling skills. He lost his best friend and that was his No. 1 distraction, but it was a distraction for the right reasons. He had his mind on his friend instead of wrestling. This year he was distraction free. He's a hard-working kid with a big heart who is doing it for all the right reasons.

Louis CK knows that just because a joke is using space as a resource instead of something to be crammed like a hamper, this doesn't mean a story isn't happening.

We made a couple of mistakes. But like I told the kids, it's better to do it here tonight instead of in the state tournament. We have a week of practice to clear up the mistakes in time for next week.

We made a great run at the end of the third. I feel that if we would've started the fourth quarter with a basket instead of a turnover, things would've been a lot different.

There are times, when if you're playing well, let's just play well from the jump ball instead of playing well eight or nine minutes into the quarter. I think it's a calling right now for him to step up and bring what we need -- a little more force and power and the ability to score in the post.

When units come back they usually do an inventory of what gear they have and what is damaged or missing. When a unit comes in to check out, they need to have a missing or damaged gear statement stamped certified or true copied by their commanding officer. They have to have the statement done within ninety days of return. Instead of having the CO sign thirty missing or damaged gear statements, the unit only has to make one letter which the CO signs and attach the other Marines statements along with it.

When you book ahead, you get your first choice, instead of just the leftovers. But if you're just looking for a deal and you don't care where you stay or when you go, the last minute may be better.

We need to move away from our dependence on foreign sources of energy, and instead utilize the energy resources we have right here at home.

We need better options for securing the Internet. Instead of looking primarily for top-down government intervention, we can enlist the operators and users themselves.

We're committed to playing people because that's going to help us at the end of ballgames and that's going to help us towards the end of the season. Instead of asking a guy the last part of the season who has already played 850 snaps to play 80 more, it makes sense to me that there should be an increase in production when a guy has played 575 to 600 snaps at that point in the year.

moderates in both parties can do what we've done before: Stand up to block these anti-environmental initiatives and instead pursue policies that protect and respect our environment.

Momentum is everything in every sport. And it just really showed up for us today. We were excited after the bars, instead of licking our wounds and being upset.

Since Katrina, instead of going up $5,000 or $10,000 every week or two, we have been limited to no price increases or very limited price increases,

Since Shanghai International plans to take the stakes from other shareholders in an internal deal instead of from the public market, the price will be based on their own negotiations.

Since the beginning of this year, the economy has been recovering gradually....In that environment, a gradually rising stock market would be justified. Instead we got a sharp decline. Can we justify this rally? Absolutely....But we can't justify a thousand-point increase every week.

Medicare says that hospitals that perform more surgical procedures, such as many urban hospitals, are likely to experience decreases in payments as a result of moving a system of calculating payment based on hospital-specific costs, instead of charges.

Maybe we're not being overly cautious but instead trying to be responsive.

Most people stash away or toss aside pennies instead of reusing them thereby forcing the federal government to produce billions more every year,

Most people that we talk to are more excited to support him. They're more bitter at the media over the way he was treated. They feel like this was a horrible thing that happened ... and the media only cared about themselves instead of the condition of the man (who was shot).

Maybe you have to bunt to get on base, instead of standing and striking out. We're not going to run our own slate for the sake of running our own slate. We'll do that only if we're left with no other option.

Maybe you just want to be daring and put in a few bowling balls instead of traditional gazing globes.

Maurice Saatchi cultivated the press instead of the clients.

Moving the LSU game to Sept. 16 allowed us to accomplish two goals. First, we are able to avoid playing five consecutive conference games in the middle of the schedule. Secondly, it allowed us to have our first SEC home game in September instead of the first weekend in October.

Moving up to Class A this spring will be interesting. We will need to count four out of five scores instead of three out of four. The depth factor could be an issue.

Most of the staff was much younger, but she was always the first one up and the last to bed. She never rode cabs when she could walk, and she was always calling out for us to walk up the escalator instead of ride.

Most players on the team only have one or two years experience. Soccer and field hockey strategy as far as field positioning is very similar. The only difference is that you're hitting the ball with a stick instead of your foot.

She played great. There was one play that I think went a little unnoticed where, late in the game, she made a save where she just tipped a puck and it hit off the post instead of hitting an open net, and it was little things like that where she came up big for us tonight.

She goes by 'Chris,' not 'Christine,' in her everyday life. Calling her Christine would be like using 'William Jefferson Clinton' instead of Bill Clinton. 'Christine' is just more formal. She says that's what her mother called her when she got in trouble.