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We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The hip-hip-hoo-f**kin' rah. Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on you crazy diamond, because we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others.

The promise was I was going to do a Lambeau Leap into the glass, but I got so wrapped up in the moment, I didn't know what I was doing out there.

We had a party, a Father's Day party, going-away party and daughter's birthday party all wrapped up in one, ... He was great; the thing of it is he loves kids.

We plan to move back eventually. As soon as I get the Sugar Bowl wrapped up, I'll go home and start renovating.

When we wrapped 'Angel,' I definitely had a moment where I thought, 'Wow, that was the best job I'm ever gonna have.'

We're trying to get the investigation wrapped up. Obviously, it's a horrible and tragic situation for the families of the Christensens.

We just wrapped up a very good week of basketball. First we knocked off Lincoln, and then Bloomington and then finished like this. We are definitely playing our best basketball of the season right now.

We're not out of the woods yet. Forty percent of holiday sales are wrapped up in the week before Christmas.

We're not playing for the Valley (title) anymore. It seems like that's going to be wrapped up by Midland. We're playing for districts. We're playing to beat Midland in the districts, and we're playing for the end of the season right now.

To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

We're looking for a slingshot effect. If we win this primary or have a very, very strong showing, the Washington caucus-goers will be reluctant to reject the will of the people. It will be a signal to California and the rest of the country that he is viable and this thing is not wrapped up.

We wrapped all these technologies into a common platform. We took all the open source pieces, version-managed them, tested them and integrated them. Then we wrote additional technologies, such as the deployment kernel and a management console, to complete the picture.

We wrapped them and all, but due to the heat, well, I don't know. We just left a lot of dead people, I figure 40 to 50.

We wrapped up about 10:30 last night what we consider to be our rescue effort.

We wrapped up our division at the All-Star break,

We're hoping it will be wrapped up at that time.

At this point of the season, I don't think magic numbers matter. Of course it would be nice to have a playoff spot already wrapped up. Our focus is just on beating these teams every time we play them.

At the time, seven feet didn't seem like a big deal because I was too wrapped up in competing to be able to look at what it meant. I had done it in practice indoors and out. Other people had done it outdoors in competition, too.

The traffic is backed up. And the customers are wrapped around the corner to play. We just need to get open. I expect to hit full throttle pretty quickly.

I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.

The sooner the better. We're looking at the division and then right after that we look at the conference. We still have a lot of work cut out for us. We're looking to go out, clinch tomorrow and get the first one wrapped up. The conference is right there.

The small driving mistakes were annoying, but it's important today that I wrapped up a place in the seeded group at the Olympics.

The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.

The suspect came out of the woods, accosted her and wrapped a metal dog leash around her neck.

There are roofs missing. There are homes that have been flattened. There are mobile homes that have just absolutely been wrapped around trees,

We were the lone rangers. That's not an easy thing to do, especially at the end of a disappointing season. Some players might figure it's time to get things wrapped up and head for spring break. Our ladies chose to play another day.

When I wrapped my arms around him, I knew that I held a rare gift from God and that was the gift of a second chance.

When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth as an adult voice sometimes cannot. We are so often wrapped in the garment of trying to reassure ourselves that we are not afraid.

When you know you can finish second the intensity is not there. We still wanted to win, but we knew that if we didn't make any major mistakes we had league wrapped up. We're happy because we maintained the streak.

I've now learned that the most stressful day of filming a TV series is the first day of a new episode. You haven't quite banked the one you just wrapped and are wondering, 'Did I do that right?' 'Could I have done that better?'

You get it in your blood. You get wrapped up in how something looks, and it becomes something you don't do without. It's what we do while other people are playing golf.

You get so wrapped up in the competitions. The victories, little and big, you don't recognize. Performing in the Olympics was a huge victory for me, and I don't think I've allowed myself to acknowledge it.

What does it mean to a person whose identity is very wrapped up in the music she makes, if her worth is measured by how many records she sells?

We should have the hearings wrapped up in time to get a vote out of the full Senate in time for the (court's) October term.

Wrapped every single thing with newspaper, everything from wreaths on the wall to my computer keyboard and mouse.

There is no smaller package in the world that that of a person all wrapped up in himself.

Provided he skates up to his potential and doesn't get sick or anything like that, I think he's got a fairly good chance. My biggest concern is that he will get distracted by it all. Physically, no one can beat him at 1,500, 5,000 or 10,000. He's just got to be really focused on what's going on and not get all wrapped up in the potential distractions.

After I wrapped 'Sons of Anarchy,' I traveled by myself for ten weeks. I started in Jordan and finished in Mali, in Timbuktu.

Proponents cleverly wrapped the word reform around the amendment, ... But calling a mule a thoroughbred doesn't make it one.

Both sides are wrapped up in their own political dynamics, ... helping Sharon without hurting Abbas and helping Abbas without hurting Sharon.

But maybe those are the kinds of decisions that need to be pushed down and made at a lower level, anyway. The danger is that people get too wrapped up in the technology and cool features and lose sight of what customers are asking for. Sometimes business customers want the boring stuff.

One gets wrapped up in reacting to one's own reputation, which can be a kind of trap.

Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away.

Once we got the conference to a point where we wrapped it up, that's when we started thinking about the state tournament series. Whether these guys could make it or not? We're not an overpowering team, but we will battle you. I thought we could play with anybody, but we didn't really blow too many people out.

So this is turning into a real classic test for these boats, and we're motivated to get it back. It is a complex test, planning, meteorology and precise sailing all wrapped up together -- and we do expect to see some pretty big winds.

Once you've been wrapped in water a bit, your mind starts to slow down. You're between dreaming and being awake, and all of the little things go out the window." ()

Delphi has set a deadline where they want everything wrapped up by (Thursday).

Defensively, we had a tough time bringing them down. We gave up a lot of extra yards we shouldn't have given up. We have to get ball carriers wrapped up.

You're so wrapped up in layers, onion boy, you're afraid of your own feelings!

You're so wrapped up in the game, and then they score with a minute to go, I don't really have a whole lot of thoughts other than, it just came to a quick end. As far as my personal situation, it's best to wait a few days, then I can pretty much make a quick decision.

That's my favorite kind of television, where it's not wrapped up in a pretty little bow. It's like life. You deal with one thing in your life, 500 others rear their head.

As an actor, you're always worried about getting stuck on a show that's not good because working actors need the paycheck. So being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor.

As for radio and movies, I like the movies better, although the work is much harder. The cinema has microphone technique, staging, and glamour all wrapped up into one.

A lot of people then were wrapped up in the idea of being rich and powerful, and the 'yuppie' movement arose. But some, like Robbie and Julia, didn't fit into that mold.

A lot is completely wrapped up in a first impression. But if you can take that first impression and buffer it by disseminating information to a person by the time you meet in person, there isn't so much of a shock-and-awe effect.

A lot of people start by representing themselves and making phone calls. Consumers read the law, and there is so much on the Internet about lemon laws, it looks so easy. ... But Ford doesn't give you the F-150 with a ribbon wrapped around it just because you send them the letter.

They score their first goal when we're still wrapped up with what happened with Mac.

This has been a really big job but very fulfilling. I may not have all my gifts wrapped for my kids or my house clean, but I have memories that will last forever.

They've essentially wrapped up their work narrowing a list of replacements and are just waiting quietly for a vacancy.

Sometimes it?s better not to pay attention to the average. Of course, the game is all about getting hits, but you have to know yourself and not get too wrapped up in the numbers.

Sam was a one-person chamber of commerce, a visitor's center and a cheerleading squad all wrapped into one.

People don't need to get wrapped up in symbolism. There's still an agreement that she will return once the district attorney finishes his work.

Five kids were looking out of a picture window and were pointing. They probably were thinking this year Santa is here really early, but we sure had them wrapped up. You should have seen their faces! It was great.

There's nine games left, that's a lot time and anything can happen but we're trying not to even think about that right now. You can't get to wrapped up in that right now or it will all go down the hill.

There's no doubt about the fact he took those steps. What is in question, however, is Mr. Summers' allegation, wrapped up in innuendo and hearsay, that those steps were necessary,

Those ads did push the envelope quite a little bit, and they got wrapped up in the whole (Jackson) controversy. They got a more negative reaction than they would have otherwise.

The only time I eat alone is if I'm really tired or upset about something or on the phone to one of my friends, when it's easier to be alone. But you can't be too wrapped up in yourself... it starts making you look a little bit prima donna.

I've always been a player who gets wrapped up in whatever I'm doing, and doesn't listen a whole lot to all the other things that are going on.

I've always just kind of worked on my stuff, whatever I was doing at the time, and just been wrapped up in that.

They were just like that, they allowed each other's hobbies. They were all ready for Christmas, their presents wrapped ... and they had a little free time, and it's just like Laci to let Scott go do something he wanted to do and she wanted to do a little more shopping privately, that was their agreement and it was only for a few hours. It should have been OK.

This could have been wrapped up that night.

In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

In high school you get so wrapped up in everything that you end up miserable. It's so much more enjoyable than prom.

I know we wrapped up the No. 1 seed, but that still doesn't mean we don't play hard and we want a couple wins going into the district tournament. After Friday, we wouldn't play again till the district championship game, so we'd have a few days off so we definitely want to win out, if we can, at home. I mean, they're going to be two tough games back-to-back.

I need people to sort and pack ? and we need help filling out customs forms. I had one volunteer, June Fox, come in last week and she wrapped 11 packages in under 25 minutes. That's the type of workers we need.

I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.

I'm not the typical ballplayer. I don't drive a fancy car like a lot of guys. I don't get wrapped up in a lot of stuff. I just like to play baseball and win. That's what I care about. The other stuff is political stuff and I don't worry about it.

I'm wrapped to be driving with DJR, it's a rare opportunity and I'm certainly going to give my all and make the most of it.

I made sure my tenure did not end until Hong Kong Disneyland opened and several other things were wrapped up. I'm so pleased with the way it has all come out.

I'm really happy that I didn't see Capote until after we wrapped because I probably just would have been daunted because he was so remarkable in that movie.

Interesting, ... I can see you're the kind of woman who gets all wrapped up in her work.

I'm expecting to stay on schedule, ... The mayor and I are going to meet Thursday to get this wrapped up so we can get back on schedule. We might end up being possibly two weeks off. Compared to the way it was last year, I'm ecstatic.

That is very good progress and a good sign that this whole thing will be wrapped up in the near future.

I still believe many will not show up at the caucuses because they figure Bush has it all wrapped up.

Then one day in 1992 out of the clear blue I got a call from a woman who wanted me to speak with her and her husband about our foundation. I took them to lunch at Wheeler's and explained what we were trying to do. I wrapped it up by asking them what they had in mind dollar-wise.

The new Tammany was wrapped in a cloth of sanctimony. It professed to represent the interests of the poor. Protected in part by civil service and union power, it was immune to elections, and rather than being subject to scrutiny by the press it was mostly treated as a sacred cow.

Consumers are generally deterred when it comes to adopting the latest integrated mobile devices due to concerns of obsolescence. As integrated mobile devices become more complex, a significant time lag can persist before the trajectory of growth accelerates. But digital music, video, and web browsing wrapped in an iconic device, may help mobile device makers grab a greater share of an individual's disposable income previously allocated to other consumer electronics.

It's great to get (home-court) wrapped up. I'm feeling good right now -- feeling healthy.

The last thing I want to do is be mollycoddled or be wrapped up in cotton wool, because if I was to join the Army, I would want to go where my men went, and I'd want to do what they did. I would not want to be kept back for being precious, or whatever - that's the last thing I would want.

The corruption at the UN didn't begin with the Oil for Food scandal and it certainly doesn't end there. The United Nations is nothing more than bureaucracy piled atop waste, wrapped in fraud, covered with abuse -- all of it funded by American taxpayers who foot 22 percent of UN dues -- more than any other nation. We also pour billions of dollars more into the coffers of its related agencies.

It's indescribable. I can't really put into words how I feel. I am nervous all the time ... excited, scared, anxious, all these feelings all wrapped into one.

It's important, but it's not that important. If he has it wrapped up, so be it. Anybody would rather have player of the year than the money title.

They are keeping the source code, (which) means that their product becomes wrapped in it and encapsulated, and in a sense (this is) going against the ideals and benefits of what made Linux useful to them in the first place.

I really think it is a sin to have a collection sitting in boxes that nobody ever sees. These works were made for display, for human communication. To be sitting wrapped up neatly for me to make a profit on them is wrong.

If you want to give a tangible present, but you know the recipient wants cash, give a little bit of both. This strategy is helpful for occasions that involve a public opening of presents, like a bridal or baby shower. You can give something that can be wrapped and opened, along with a card containing a check.

But having that shift from the city being in control to the state taking control, a whole bunch of new players came into play. We've made a lot of progress and I anticipate things getting wrapped up in mid-August.

By the time 'Dumbo's Circus' wrapped production of its 120 episodes, I had an agent, and I had scored my first feature film gig.

I look at who we're playing as a basketball team and don?t get wrapped up in what the perception is about their team. They're a very, very good basketball team that has beaten Connecticut, Michigan State, North Carolina.

I played average. He wrapped some presents for me and handed over the first set and I didn't have my best stuff, but I got through and there's something to be said for that.