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Through my mind, is just the horror of these people. I had been held by them, I knew how violent they were.
Patty Hearst
People
Mind
Horror
Through
Had
Knew
How
Were
Been
Just
Them
Held
Violent
I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile.
Paul Allen
Work
Book
Thought
First
Sense
Research
Everybody
Else
Books
Worthwhile
Something
Around
Tangible
Up
Done
Just
Substantive
Grew
Forth
Held
Really
Thing
I have held Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock guitar and imagined what it would be like to play it, but that's the extent of it.
Paul Allen
Guitar
Would
Would-Be
Like
Woodstock
Held
Hendrix
Play
Extent
Imagined
Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Paul Engle
Together
Emotions
Words
Language
Tough
Power
Skin
Delicate
Poetry
Ideas
Ordinary
Held
Raised
We impugn the private sector, we impugn main street America, and the bureaucracy cannot be held to any different standard whatsoever.
Paul Gosar
Sector
Main
Main Street
Private
Private Sector
America
Bureaucracy
Whatsoever
Any
Different
Cannot
Held
Standard
Street
108 members of congress have signed onto my Resolution of No Confidence in Attorney General Holder as a first step towards recognizing that he must be held accountable for the actions of his department and for his personal unwillingness to cooperate with congressional oversight requests.
Paul Gosar
Confidence
First
Congress
Signed
Members
Recognizing
Must
General
Onto
He
Step
Towards
Attorney
Attorney General
First Step
His
Oversight
Accountable
Department
Personal
Holder
Requests
Held
Congressional
Actions
Cooperate
Resolution
The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.
Paul Keating
Great
Passion
Society
Changes
Rather
Civilisation
Rational
Wrought
Been
Than
Process
Held
Deduction
Beliefs
Deeply
I remember doing this little physical gesture of holding up my foot and having my foot wave around while I held my ankle. It got a big laugh, and when people started laughing, it dumped some chemicals on my brain. It just felt so good.
Paul Rust
Good
People
Remember
Big
Gesture
Holding
Wave
Laugh
Laughing
Physical
Some
Having
Foot
Ankle
Around
Felt
Got
Chemicals
Doing
Brain
Dumped
Up
Just
While
Little
Held
Started
The Court has long held that the Constitution protects certain fundamental rights that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution's text, while at the same time emphasizing that courts must proceed with great caution in recognizing such rights.
Paul Watford
Time
Great
Constitution
Rights
Long
Recognizing
Must
Emphasizing
Protects
Court
Courts
Caution
Text
Same
Same Time
Proceed
While
Explicitly
Held
Certain
Fundamental
Fundamental Rights
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
Paul Wellstone
Call
Practices
Accountable
Predatory
Lending
Held
Companies
Why
Credit
Card
Credit Card
Need
I haven't felt like I ever had a chance to blossom into the player and the person I want to be in Orlando. It's almost like I've been held down every time.
Penny Hardaway
Time
Down
Every
Every Time
Had
Almost
Like
Felt
Been
Blossom
Person
Want
Held
Ever
Orlando
Player
Chance
You know, I do believe that China is emerging as a competitor, not just a competitor but, in many ways, an adversary. And, you know, the Chinese model is also being held up globally as an alternative power model, and I very much believe in our model versus theirs.
Pete Buttigieg
You
Power
Believe
Competitor
Our
Ways
Emerging
Adversary
Know
Also
Globally
Alternative
Versus
Up
Very
Model
Just
Being
China
Chinese
Much
Held
Many
In the past, Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, of which SEAL Team 6 is a key component, has only launched ground raids in Yemen when the lives of hostages held by al Qaeda seemed at risk.
Peter Bergen
Key
Past
Component
Seemed
Risk
Only
Joint
Hostages
Operations
Command
Yemen
In The Past
Which
Held
Seal
Ground
Team
Special
Al
Lives
Al-Qaeda
I've never been renowned for electric pace. It doesn't seem to have held me back.
Peter Crouch
Me
Back
Seem
Never
Renowned
Been
Pace
Held
Electric
When I came up, guys like Nicholson and DeNiro were held in highest regard.
Peter Gallagher
Guys
Highest
Like
Came
Were
Up
Regard
Held
Nicholson
America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!
Peter Hook
Single
Out
Never
Making
Imports
Germany
America
Stopped
Refused
Held
Warner
Now
Vinyl
Phased
Humanitarian action cannot be held hostage to political ends.
Peter Maurer
Political
Action
Hostage
Ends
Cannot
Held
Humanitarian
I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.
Philip Schultz
Old
Back
Until
Learn
Read
How
Years
End
Grade
Fifth
Held
America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.
Pierre Salinger
News
People
Responsible
ABC
Someone
Emmys
Hostage
Name
Won
America
List
Forgot
Held
Show
Include
Had we really succeeded therefore in altering the period of vibration, which Maxwell, as I have just noted, held to be impossible? Or was there some disturbing circumstances from one or more factors which distorted the result?
Pieter Zeeman
Result
Impossible
Circumstances
Distorted
Some
Disturbing
More
Factors
Had
Period
Altering
Maxwell
Just
Vibration
Which
Noted
Succeeded
Held
Really
Therefore
I have very often held a view - and I am public about it - that if you run your operations inefficiently, you can't expect your consumer to pay for your inefficiencies.
Piyush Goyal
You
Pay
Run
About
Consumer
Operations
Am
Very
Expect
Often
Public
Held
View
Your
Instead of embracing change, the E.U.'s precautionary principle has held back progress.
Priti Patel
Change
Progress
Back
Embracing
Instead
Principle
Held
Gandhi held no formal position of authority. Nor was there an organized army standing behind him. What he did have were his core beliefs and the audacity to speak truth to power.
Punit Renjen
Truth
Army
Speak
Power
He
Him
Audacity
Were
His
Nor
Authority
Did
Behind
Formal
Held
Organized
Standing
Gandhi
Beliefs
Core
Position
There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
Rachel Field
Reality
Thought
Pain
Other
Failed
Left
While
Realities
Held
Fast
That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.
Rachel Weisz
Me
Director
Water
Down
Bath
Possible
Easy
Scary
He
Look
Real
Go
Front
Being
Wanted
Held
Her
Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
Radhanath Swami
Life
Environmental
Service
Spiritual
Religious
Spiritual Life
Only
Leaders
Votes
Because
Access
Integral
Accountable
Influence
Held
Should
Communities
Large
Activism
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