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I took a job at the pool in order to earn the five cents a day it cost to swim. I counted wet towels. As a bonus, I was allowed to swim during lunchtime. Esther Williams

Day Job Pool Bonus Earn Took Cost Counted Allowed Towels Five Wet Order Cents Swim Lunchtime

For me, the biggest successes I've ever had were the ones I never counted on. I never thought my first big record would be a hit. I thought it was an average song. Frankie Avalon

Me Song Thought First Big Would Would-Be Record Counted Never Had Were Hit Biggest Average Successes Ever

The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries. Georg Buchner

Humanity Slow Strides Only Counted Centuries

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen. Glenn McGrath

Time Best World Made Batting Indian Crucial Counted Knew Talented Most Line-Up His Debut Being International Many Among By The Time

If I care for an elderly relative without payment, it is not work, is not counted in national income, and, as it is not labour, is not counted as work. Should my neighbour pay me to do precisely the same tasks, it would contribute to economic growth. Guy Standing

Whatever we do, whatever our backgrounds, we've all had some kind of advantage somewhere along the way. Some break that might have gone to someone else. Some edge or inside track we couldn't have counted on. Ivanka Trump

Somewhere Edge Whatever Gone Else Our Way Backgrounds Kind Inside Some Someone Counted Had Advantage Along Track Break Might

The teacher crisis is something we are really worried about during the byelection in Mount Albert. I counted, across a month, seven teachers I identified just in my area who were all leaving - not the profession but Auckland. Jacinda Ardern

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments. Jeffrey Sachs

Government Action Meet Would Would-Be Counted Almost Development Between Nobody Because Understands Hand America Authority Commitments Senior Actions Even Gap Specialists Aware Treasury Needed

No-deal Brexit can and must be stopped. To do that, MPs across Parliament who oppose it need to stand up and be counted. The options available are limited, and we must come together around a workable plan. Jo Swinson

Together Oppose Must Parliament Counted Come Around Limited Up Options Stopped Available Plan Across Stand Stand Up Brexit Who Need

Take '39 Steps'. When I finished writing it, I counted the number of measures in the composition. I always do this because I am interested in the length of a song. So I counted this one a couple of times because 39 is an unusual number of measures for a song. John Abercrombie

Song Writing Finished Composition Take Counted Steps Couple Unusual Because Always Am Times Interested Length Measures Number

I usually fish a Hornberg or a Muddler Minnow, a deer-haired streamer that comes in a variety of sizes and colors but replicates a sculpin minnow or a grasshopper. Even if a trout doesn't take the larger streamers, it can usually be counted on to come up and give a look, revealing its location. Joseph Monninger

Location Give Variety Colors Take Counted Trout Come Look Revealing Fish Up Sizes Even Larger

Americans have, at various times, leaned on the FBI for a measure of justice that local and state police couldn't be counted on to deliver, and recoiled in fear at their exercise of raw federal power. That uneasy trust; the combination of need and dread, is the lot that FBI agents live with day to day. Joy Reid

Day Justice Trust Fear Police Power Live State Local Dread Various Federal Deliver Counted Raw Day-To-Day Combination Exercise Lot Uneasy Times American Agents Measure Need

In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads. Karen Maitland

Family Think Slightly Though Members Kings Counted Heads French Than Family Members Fewer Middle Middle Ages Ages English Actually

I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I've counted on my faith to give me strength through both training and competition - but also in school, with my family and everyday life. Katie Ledecky

The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses... It doesn't get better than that. Kelly Reilly

Theatre People Better Those Penetrate Some Counted Talented Talented People Involved Than Get Establishment Hard Many Actress Among British

I've worked nonstop for 31 years. I've counted down myself hundreds of cues for everything in each 90-minute show. I've never really taken an extended break, so I'd like to see what a vacation is really like. Lance Burton

Myself Down Everything Hundreds See Counted Never Taken Like Nonstop Years Break Worked Really Show Each Extended Vacation

I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well. Larry Wilmore

Time Guess Slot My Time Counted Well Happening

For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date. Laurent Fabius

Time Technology Long Long Time Increase Analysis Our Out Rapid Adjustment Would Would-Be Emerging Costs Date Preventing Counted Advances Wages Nations Automatic Transport Many Reassuring Believed Disruption

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast. Mario Diaz-Balart

Matters Only Cast Counted Votes Obviously Poll After Last

My father was a soldier and my mother was a great mover. She once counted up how many places she had lived in during the first 25 years of her marriage and it came to 20. Mary Wesley

Great Marriage Mother Father First Once Soldier Counted Had She How Came Years Up Places Many Lived Her

Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn't make any difference how many dollars you have-at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite. Michael Nesmith

For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them. Mike Quigley

Work Faith Challenges Old Values Face Numerous Our Weaken Diplomatic More Both Allies Counted Shared Step Investment Put New Institutions Protect Dear Up Decades Hold Them International Plate Need

When running a Ponzi scheme, how does one avoid enormous, unexpected withdrawals - runs on the bank, so to speak - that would pull back the curtain and reveal a little man blowing smoke? One way would be to attract a core of investors who could be counted on to never withdraw more than a small percentage of principal each year. Mitchell Zuckoff

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