Refreshing Quotations

I just love coming to Vegas. There is always a good energy here; the minute you get off the plane, it is happy. Every experience I have had here is fun, and everyone is in a good mood; they are happy, and they let it go. I like that. It is refreshing to me.

Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present.

I keep my perfume in the fridge. If someone sees me in the morning pushing aside the eggs to grab my perfume, it might look a little odd, but it's so refreshing to spray cold fragrance on your skin.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town.

Adult Swim's philosophy is, 'Put it on the air and if it works, great. If it doesn't, take it down and try again.' It's a refreshing way to do TV, I think.

What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.

As I start to think about what I want to do next, there are eight or nine networks I would be thrilled to work with. I remember developing at FX and the executives there telling me, 'We don't want to do shows that 20 million people kind of like; we want to do the show that 2 million people really like.' That's such a refreshing thing to hear.

Age, style, where you come from, where you were born, it's different every time, which, to me, is refreshing because it says that there isn't any one thing, one formula or kind of character that makes a great comedian. Everybody has had a different approach.

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the brief rest and, above all, the admission of pure air, that during the second hour the attention was as completely sustained as during the first.

It only works because we still amuse each other. After we have been working with other people, it is so refreshing to laugh unreservedly when we are back together again.

Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.

Since the 1970s, I've been a big fan of attending conferences as a great way to learn, network, socialize and enjoy a new environment. It's always refreshing to get out and see a whole new world.

It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.

Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.

I love cleansing my face in the mornings and at night using Bliss Foaming Facial Wash. It makes my skin feel soft, and the refreshing smell always wakes me up.

Every day or two, I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs.

My swim was fantastic. It's always refreshing after you get pushed in after a meet like that. I told the guys that they couldn't touch me unless we won the meet. So I don't know if they really wanted the trophy or if they just wanted to push me in.

One thing that stands out to me is how Nick and Derrek handle themselves, how respectful they are. They're a refreshing rarity. The game can use guys like this.

Rick asked me if I wanted anything on third down? ... And I said I didn't know what they were doing on third down. That's bad to say, but that's the truth. I've had a chance to look at the opponent this week. It's been kind of tiring but refreshing at the same time. I don't call the defenses, but at least I know what the heck is going on.

Motorola has always had problems with speed to market. They haven't done a good job with refreshing their product lines.

LSU has developed a great tradition here. I think the kids understand what it takes to be champions. They know what it takes. They've done it. I think they're looking forward to giving their best effort to continue to be champions. That's very refreshing and exciting to me.

Many men today can cook, or at least order takeout, and know where and how to hire domestic help, perhaps with refreshing clarity and less anxiety than ever-conflicted mothers.

She's gone from zero reading skills to now she is quite capable of reading at a sixth-grade level with comprehension. She is so refreshing and it is so much fun to watch her grow and gain so much self-confidence.

I found myself refreshing a page literally to see if the classes were available. It just seemed such a mechanical process that it made sense to make a program for it.

I am so appreciative of SunTrust and their support of the underprivileged. It's refreshing to see a business give back, and SunTrust is one of them.

If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

If Survivor has the jungle and The Apprentice has that feel of Manhattan, we want our show to have the feel of Main Street, USA. It's a refreshing slice of life, once we get there.

He has a great background and he knows what to do. He's new, refreshing and definitely isn't Tony Blair.

He works harder and harder each year. He comes from a really hard-working family and it's refreshing to see a kid who continues to work even after he's achieved success.

He?s a refreshing kid, ... He loves to play. He?s got great enthusiasm for the game? Let?s hope he can stay strong.

I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing

He doesn't beat around the bush. It's refreshing how he's not worried about being politically correct.

He doesn't wear jewelry, pimp his home runs and give hugs afterward. He hits 'em, puts his head down and runs. It's refreshing in this day and age, to say the least.

We took care of business like we're supposed to. It was refreshing to handle things efficiently.

We think (Ford) plans to be more aggressive with design and technology in its vehicles, to be faster in the refreshing of its vehicle lineup and to make added cost cuts that will help improve financial performance over the rest of the decade. However, we do not believe the restructuring will meet all of Ford's objectives and we think that not all benefits will accrue to the bottom line.

John Ginty is a principled individual who speaks with clarity and conviction regarding his positions, especially on matters concerning the sanctity of human life. He offers a refreshing alternative to the hand-picked establishment candidates of both parties.

It is funny because we never played up front together too much coming through the ranks. We have really only done that in the first team this season and have come on a lot together. Having grown up alongside one another it is refreshing to see Craig scoring goals.

Retailers, as well as banks and restaurants, are constantly refreshing their stores so that they look new and exciting.

Kennedy knows how to use traditional poetic forms to give us both joyful and truthful observations about the human condition. His sketches of people and experiences combine playful irreverence with language full of sound and rhythm, and refreshing bites of irony.

I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.

You'd never see that on a men's team with a little baby on the bus who is crying at midnight. All the girls enjoy having him around. It's refreshing if it makes her feel comfortable, we're fine with it.

You have no idea how refreshing it is for them to come out and give an honest assessment of the status of the program after 20 years of consistently underestimating the program's capability to achieve treaty deadlines.

We don't have a set schedule, but refreshing every 45 to 60 days is a reasonable goal. Publishing a brand new index every 28 days has suddenly become imperative. Something that we've seen because people have become more savvy in their searches and because competition has been pushing the envelope.

I was online looking at the box score, play-by-play. I kept refreshing it, and it kept messing up on me. Finally, I just saw it on the ticker on ESPN.

You knew who was the boss. That's a refreshing thing now. Here in Chicago, the inmates don't run the asylum. They're held accountable. They know what the rules are.

That's the refreshing part about it. This is someone who has gone to work every day for 1,400 games in a row. And it's not like this is a Monday-to-Friday job. This is every day of the week.

The fact is it was just a refreshing of his mind,

This project fills a void in this part of Dallas by providing a village center -- an inviting environment and gathering spot for daytime office workers as well as residents near or visiting the Galleria area. As the name implies, Village on the Green will be a refreshing oasis for relaxation and retail and I predict it will become the new destination for after-hours dining and entertainment.

We plough the fields and scatterThe good seed on the land,But it is fed and wateredBy God's almighty hand;He sends the snow in winter,The warmth to swell the grain,The breezes and the sunshineAnd soft refreshing rain.

You do scenes with certain people, all the time, and you know them so well. It's not that it can become predictable, but it's the same thing. So, when you have new people in the mix, it's so refreshing.

When Barry pulls you aside and tells you something, you listen. He puts the game in a totally different perspective and makes you look at the game in a refreshing way. He's seen every type of situation.

There are changes every year, different personalities. This year, we're pretty close to each other compared to other teams. Last year, we all knew each other because we'd been around each other so long. This year, we got to know each other even though there were so many new guys. I was excited to have all these new guys come in. It was a challenge but refreshing to start again.

We are pleased to partner with Destiny Health. It's refreshing to find a health insurance company that shares our commitment to enhancing the health and wellness of the greater D.C. area and we feel the Vitality program is a great, motivational complement to our premier services and facilities.

Throughout his career he's done powerful, terrific interviews, very refreshing and candid.

Bloom associates are straightforward, thoughtful and optimistic. As such, they are naturally committed to helping our guests. Actually, a huge point of pride for us is that our guests in Charlotte go out of their way to tell us how uniquely refreshing it is to experience the culture in our stores. I know this is real because our associates in Charlotte tell me over and over again that they love coming to work everyday.

Each year, I think we've gotten better, we've gotten stronger recruits. With Coach Dixon coming in this year I think she just brought a new energy to our program, new ideas. Just a refreshing way of coaching. I think that we all responded very well to that.

Dunkin' Donuts saw great success after rolling out Turbo Ice coffee last summer. We found our young adult consumers really enjoyed a refreshing drink that also gave them a great pick-me-up. We noticed a growing demand for this concept to be combined with our hot coffee. Turbo Hot allows our customers to enjoy warming up with a hot cup of the Dunkin' Donuts coffee they love, and still get the fuel they now count on.

There have been in the past, and there will be going forward, concerns about the effects of major sporting events on worker productivity. Workplaces, however, should consider that many of these same workers could just as well be taking long lunches, or repeatedly refreshing browser windows to see new scores. So while video is certainly not adding to worker productivity, the jury is still out on its negative effects.

Earnings will be good, and probably better than some expected. That will be refreshing to investors.

Things are so refreshing it seems like we've been running in molasses uphill for four years. Things are starting to be much more positive....

The sour quality is set opposite to the bitter and the sweet, and is a good temper to all, a refreshing and cooling when the bitter and the sweet qualities are too much elevated or too preponderant.

The social aspect is always there. And a refreshing adult beverage after a fun sports event is always an enjoyable time.

The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying of the fierceness. It maketh all pleasant and friendly in every creature; it maketh the vegetables of the earth fragrant and of good taste, affording fair, yellow, white and ruddy colours.

When you hear about what they are you'll be amazed. It's kind of refreshing to hear what some of those are.

The Village has such an eclectic appearance that is refreshing to look at. You go to brand-new subdivisions and all the homes look the same. We can all be proud of the collaborative effort. No single individual can take credit for it.

Everything was black and white back then, and that was refreshing because there's a lot of gray in the world today.

the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government.

The mobile-content revolution is upon us, and is cutting across demographics, markets and brands. Look closely at our growing customer base and you'll see a refreshing diversity of clientele united by a common goal of extending their brands through the mobile channel. With Ignition, we have the opportunity to work with an agile, innovative brand to bring cutting-edge, tailored content to action-sports enthusiasts.

A lot of teams do score early and kind of shut it down. It was just a refreshing day for everybody, I think, especially the coaching staff. We've been playing some tight ballgames and they've been able to sit back and relax and enjoy this one.

They told me something very interesting, they promote on merit. What a refreshing idea.

Ryan's a young, refreshing guy with a great sense of comic timing and freeness. He's able to express himself and be creative about allowing himself to find something new to perform every night.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

This doctrine is a refreshing doctrine compared to what we've been hearing for the last 10 years from the Islamic world.

Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied by her peers, is a refreshing take.

I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

I'm usually known for having the ugliest casts, so it's been kind of refreshing to go, 'OK, hey, look, she's great looking.' That's great.

I'm actually glad that it happened. As one player said after the game, it was refreshing to lose. It showed us that we're vulnerable and that we can be beaten when we don't play well. I think if we would have gone undefeated in league, we would have been in for a rude shock in the playoffs. This brings us back to earth and shows us we still have a lot to work on.

In Spanish, I record a lot of single-voice tracks, and in English, I 'stack' a lot of voices, so it's very different, and I think I got so used to recording in Spanish for six years that it was really refreshing and challenging to get in and record 'Double Vision' in English.

Instead of refreshing the whole page or the entire application, only the part that is affected by the user making a change gets refreshed. This makes Web interactions much faster.

Nokia will go on conquering the mobile phone market at the expense of its rivals. Nokia has reiterated (its) forecast for the next three years, which makes a refreshing change for companies in this sector.

At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.

Swish is a real good kid and he likes to have fun. He has a pleasant attitude and he's just a refreshing piece of energy. I tell him, 'Don't think, just react, and let your talent take over.

It's refreshing and you sort of have to respect that.

It's refreshing in one way, knowing that I've got to come in and prove myself all over again and slowly work my way back into the swing of things, but at the same time it's something I've been doing my whole life. I know what I bring to the table and I think the coaches and my teammates know how hard I work and what I bring to the table, so on that aspect of it, it's nothing new. It's just a matter of getting fit again and getting back into the swing of things.

It's refreshing knowing that when you hand the ball off to this guy, he can make plays,

It's refreshing to go back to the high school and high school kids.

It's refreshing to see a new face. I think the new fire chief will move us in a new direction,

It's refreshing to see the growth in new software licenses. That's really telling.

It's refreshing to see them get off to such a good start. We have been playing some great games lately and have some good dates that are coming up so I hope the people will come out to see us.

It's refreshing to watch it. He has this persona that he wants to maintain that he isn't someone who wants to put himself before the team.

This is definitely a big deal for the project. It's been a project that's experienced a lot of ups and downs. I think it's refreshing to be at a point where we are looking at construction as opposed to another lawsuit.

The NRA and I do not agree on a lot of things, but it's refreshing and quite a surprise that the NRA has come up with a good idea.

It's premature to say the audience is changing wholesale. Rap is going to change and audience is being developed as it changes. ... But there will always be a place for commercial rap that glorifies money and violence. People like to hear that. There's something refreshing about bravado in music. But there will always be a place for something that's thoughtful and well-informed. I'm confident there's a place for these guys. ... There needs to be a voice saying something other than violence.

It's definitely refreshing to be home after a long road trip like that. You get a couple of days off and recharge.

I supported Barack Obama. I wasn't very quiet about my support. I thought he was going to be a refreshing change to George Bush. But what has happened is that we have an election that's become a single-issue election, and that issue is Barack Obama. And he's an icon to both sides.

It has been refreshing that the last four roles that I've done have not been so blatantly sexual with me being put on some imaginary pedestal.

I just find it so refreshing to work with a young person who is that professional and that focused on doing a good job... really responsible.

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