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normal person's weekly chore list: 1. clean kitchen. 2. clean bathroom. 3. clean entire rest of domicile. cleaning impaired person's weekly chore list: 1. don't get peanut butter on sheets.

Review your list as often as you need to get them off your mind.

A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity.

Each year about April, we approach a large number of film critics and they encourage their readers to send these lists of favorite films,

Discussions are going on among all parliamentary lists to reach a conclusion on the main three posts before going to Monday's session of parliament.

Everyone should look at the paper in their office and find an appropriate way to get rid of it by using either a paper shredder, recycling bins or the old trash can. If one needs to file the paper away, they should create a file index of sorts that lists all of the file categories.

Things have definitely changed a lot on this in a hurry. Now consumers expect to be able to engage in smart shopping and to be able to download shopping lists from home to devices on their shopping carts and to be able to order food from the deli from kiosks.

The Top 10 lists have been very motivational because it adds a historical perspective to what's gone on.

These lists are useful because they highlight problems within the park system for the public.

There are literally books written about how one goes about trying to define signs or symptoms of abuse. The problem with most of those lists is that the very same behaviors can be a sign of all kinds of things having nothing to do with sexual abuse.

We were on prayer lists (at area churches) and we also prayed a lot - we believe that helped.

The reasons most often given are that lists are arbitrary, and reflect the tastes of the people putting them together - or that they are elitist with rankings.

There is not a man among them whose particular aim I am not able to ascertain, and from what motive they have entered into the lists of opposition.

First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago.

We are excited that the DVD launch is happening, and there's a lot of great Cinderella merchandise that's going to be on wish lists this holiday.

The money is really just beginning to find its way to the clinical front, ... Two and three years from now I think we will see improvements in how waiting lists are managed and, secondly, that we'll see an improvement in waits for Canadians.

As I tried to emphasize in the commentary, hindsight plus the logical fallacy can be a dangerous combination. But can you look at the list of the 10 juxtapositions, especially the two that pertain to around the time of the Democratic Convention last year? And obviously, there are lists that are longer that have been compiled elsewhere that are based on different criteria and are of different merit. But can you look at that list of 10 juxtapositions and say that, in your heart, you're comfortable that not once were political considerations a factor in any of the counterterrorism statements or actions of the government?

At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer.

A year ago, people were making lists of Bush stocks and Gore stocks. Bush stocks were easy to pick -- they were stocks oppressed by the Clinton agenda, such as tobacco, or ignored, such as defense.

They've been very close. One of them misses class, the other one always misses. They never miss at different times. ... They were always together on all those lists of missing things.

Why is the FBI conducting surveillance of a bookstore, monitoring the persons who gather there, and keeping files with lists of license plate numbers?

Your name is on the list and there is no recourse for you as a citizen. If his name is on one list then it could be on other lists I don't even know exist. It is sort of scary. I feel there is no accountability from the government.

After that fight, they ranked (Castillo) in the top 10 pound-for-pound. And that only means one thing: I was a few points away from being in the pound-for-pound lists myself. It's up to me to get it (now); it's up to me to situate myself. Now, I see the bigger picture and it feels comfortable.

If (pitch counts) were a panacea to our problems, I'd be all for it. But disabled lists are loaded with pitchers. There's hardly a pitcher living anymore that hasn't had surgery.

I've had coaches make out lists all day long, ... Some have two (catchers), some have three.

Small businesses were slower than large businesses in adopting broadband. One of the reasons was they were concerned with putting their customer lists online or in the cloud.

Swimming with the dolphins is one of the things most people have on their lists to do at some time in their lives.

A bank also seems absent from lists of possible buyers, which makes an investment-grade rating harder to achieve and lessens the need for a sale.

The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.

They can correct any errors or inconsistencies and find out if (the report) lists any accounts not belonging to them or transactions that are problematic.

In '86 or '87, the welfare lists were at the lowest level in 17 years. Why? Because the economy was the best it was in 17 years. There were jobs.

I suggest three things a) every state should require photo Id to vote. We demand it to board planes and rent a video at Blockbuster. Why not when voting? B) Clear statewide registration lists that can be pruned of ineligible names and which can be compared with those in other states to weed out duplicates. C) More effective and frequent prosecution of voter fraud crimes, with no regard to whose party they impact.

I have testimony and written statements from over 185 judges of election, and lengthy lists of vote counting and ballot security problems.

In the 1940s a survey listed the top seven discipline problems in public schools: talking, chewing gum, making noise, running in the halls, getting out of line, wearing improper clothes, and not putting paper in wastebaskets. A more recent survey lists these top seven: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery, and assault. (Arson, gang warfare, and venereal disease are also-rans).

In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.

At the top of this list has to be "get in that ass". It's the ultimate Leonism to get you through life.

I didn't expect that, to be honest. I just thought the show was funny. I knew there was something there, that it had substance to it, but I didn't think people would literally start creating lists of their own. It's pretty fantastic that people laugh because of the show, but at the same time, they're genuinely considering things that 30-minute sitcoms don't usually make you think about. I'm proud of that.

The waiting lists are not acceptable. We would like to give better access.

The waiting lists for surgeries will lengthen considerably.

There's the obvious musical programming - the slavish conformity of programmers and the overwhelming triumph of play lists and 'emphasis cuts' seen all around the country. It should be obvious to anyone listening to the radio that, like fast food, there is a lack of distinction everywhere you look.

They will walk out with a week's worth of dinner menus with grocery lists to correspond with that. At Trinity, we'll actually be taste-testing one of the day's menus.

It lists reportable diseases by state and has pictures of different animal diseases.

When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

And that's the main buzz with betting games like this. Every weekend, whether I bet or not, I go through lists and try to pick winners in my own life so come Monday, if I did well, I can go 'told ya' and if I didn't do well I can blame it on something else." ()

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The five-year plan is our near-term 'do list.' It lists the projects likely to be included in our budget and built in the next couple of years. People wondering when that road will be widened, when that signal they heard was going in will actually occur, when a rumored new road might be built, can look in this document to see if it's going to happen soon.

Already more than 50 per cent of people registered on voter lists have taken part.

The change in our name may seem slight, but it reflects something very significant to us and our clients. Businesses and other organizations can no longer afford to rely on vendors who generate lists of names for them. They need true partners -- professional search people who understand them and their individual needs and can work on their behalf to find exactly the right person.

I would love to be a Bond girl. That is on my bucket list, definitely.

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.

After a person dies, his biographers feel free to give him a glittering list of intimate friends. Anecdotes are so much tastier spiced with expensive names.

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

I am kept awake by the list of possibilities for shooting more photos and deciding what I must prioritise next.

Andy Harp's RETRIBUTION is a stunner: a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest. Put this novel on your must-read list-anything by Harp is now on mine.

and started making lists of what she had to do to ensure that her assets, her projects, her programs and her operations were protected.

If the Resurrection had not occurred, why would the apostle Paul give such a list of supposed eyewitnesses? He would immediately lose all credibility with his Corinthian readers by lying so blatantly.

How come pleasure never makes it on to... a dutiful list of do's and don'ts? Doesn't joy also get soft and flabby if you neglect to exercise it?

Thus Arm in Arm with thee I dare defy my century into the lists.

I make a list of what I have in common, and what I don't have in common, with someone I'm playing

For everyone who has ever wished to press an Easy Button and be instantly organized or have a gourmet dinner on the table before you get home, there is a ticket waiting to be found! And since our to-do lists keep getting longer, what busy professional wouldn't want 'The Easy Life'?

It's become quite easy. . . . You can buy these lists of phone numbers and have them sliced any way you like.

There's a reason why politicians and the pedagogic establishment keep churning out these lists of new 'how to fix it' plans, ... It's because they don't dare speak about the central point. It is not that we don't know what works in public education.... All we have to do is go out and visit Glencoe, Ill., Scarsdale, N.Y., or any of the wealthiest districts in California and we find out right away.

I'd find it hard to argue against anyone who's on the list. But lists are fundamentally silly. It's never going to be to everybody's satisfaction.

I don't see anyone for the first hour and a half that I'm awake. I don't like to talk, and I don't like to hear any sounds. People know not to bother me! I use that time to read, and make lists and notes of things I have to do later in the day.

I do what I love and what I always dreamed of doing for a living. I write love stories, and I have always had a publisher willing to publish them. I have a sizable and loyal audience. I have made best-seller lists and won awards. What more could anyone ask for?

A good portfolio is more than a long list of good stocks and bonds. It is a balanced whole, providing the investor with protections and opportunities with respect to a wide range of contingencies.

Before I get to the point, let me say that I'm encouraged that Apple has managed its transition to Intel processors so rapidly. So far, the number of glitches with the new hardware appears to be small, fundamental compatibility is good, and the number of Universal applications continues to increase rapidly. Apple's own product guide lists over 1,000.

For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis.

Most of what we do to get people ready to act in situations of encounter consists of drilling these lists into them sufficiently deeply so that they will be evoked quickly at the time of the decision.

You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else.

To be a true fashionista, you have to be on the best-dressed list and worst-dressed list.

The need to compile lists is a personality disorder, as is the need to assert the superiority of some things over other things.

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

When I was 12, I wrote a list of things to do before I died. 'Own a Picasso' was one of those things.

We originally developed 'The Client List' along with Lifetime as a TV movie - my manager and I became partners on the project. Then, we brought in Howard Braunstein on the project and produced it along with Lifetime.

I'd like to meet a nice girl and leave all those 'hottest bachelor' lists behind.

Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list

Any job that posts a price list for your body parts is a bad job.

Well, I'm not going to get into that. I think that those kind of distinctions and lists of titles like "street photographer" are so stupid. I'm a photographer, a still photographer. That's it.

I'm a lover of lists and five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets. Any way that I can have any control over the direction my life is going, I gravitate towards that.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty is made of? Somebody else's money and an endless list of Thou Shalt Nots?

Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.

When you prepare a list of improvements and you make them small and achievable, you won't just stick to then, you'll increase the chances that you'll keep moving forward.

I tape my list of goals, both large and small, above my bed so I can see them when I wake up. This holds me accountable.

As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom defined improvising on the tenor sax, there would not have been the evolution of the craft by John Coltrane.

I always cringe when a male friend of mine, who's very fixated on women, puts "compatibility" at the top of his list of attributes that he would be looking for in a woman. I would replace compatibility with dialectic.

I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.

Cute. I'm on the waitlist to beta a new product, and have been offered the chance to move up in the list if I tweet about it. Not doing so.

Im a B-list celebrity trying to give it an honest look. They see me do actual work. ... I try to be the viewer with a microphone.

I'd rather be number one on the worst-dressed list than number two on the best.

I was Number 1 on the Who's Likely to Die list for 10 years...I was really disappointed when I fell off that list.

There are a lot of things money can't buy. Not one of them is on my son's list.

Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors.

I liked to scrapbook and collage a whole lot in high school. Im always ripping things out of magazines, and always collecting quotes from the Internet. When I was 17, I loved AIM. I was obsessed with my buddy list!

It's not about terror or anything else, it's about politics, and so it becomes more about politics than it does about faith. Orthodox rabbis - that is about faith. There's not a single Orthodox rabbi on this list. This is all Reformed rabbis that were - that made this list.

[A pacifist is] the last and least excusable on the list of the enemies of society.

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.