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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
Caio Fonseca
Life
Pressure
Made
Think
Possible
Kind
No Pressure
Higher
Studio
House
Because
Yeah
Were
Up
Very
Artist
Standards
Lucky
Grown
Grown-Up
Harder
The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.
Caitlyn Jenner
Truth
Time
Truth Is
People
Backwards
Degree
Everybody
Telephone
Find
Only
Tendency
Higher
Wrong
Read
Does
Dial
Time People
Get
From Time To Time
Last
Number
Two
Numbers
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject.
Carl Hiaasen
Death
Entertainment
Believe
Would
Would-Be
Temperature
Could
Higher
Beat
Toward
Nobody
Idle
Subject
Than
Elderly
Ignorant
Hard
Sarah
Euthanasia
Ever
Palin
Appointed
When you put on the suits, when you pretend you're honest and you're robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them.
Carl Hiaasen
You
Suits
Pretend
Guys
Higher
Higher Level
Put
Robbing
Well
Them
Far
Special
Novels
Reserved
Deserve
Level
Honest
Fates
You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
Carlos Slim
Education
Great
You
College
Higher Education
Year
Every
Programs
Gave
Possible
Rural
Rural Areas
Area
Higher
Had
Scholarships
Support
Supported
Development
Years
Human
Human Development
Capital
Much
Laptops
Fund
Need
After spending eight years in Manchester, I received a very warm welcome to Turin. The people are very easy-going, in contrast to other parts of Italy such as Rome or Naples, where passions run much higher.
Carlos Tevez
Welcome
People
Other
Spending
Run
Easy-Going
Higher
Naples
Parts
Passions
Years
Italy
Very
Contrast
Manchester
Eight
Where
After
Rome
Warm
Much
Received
Approaches to determining stock values vary, but fundamentally, each company judging itself undervalued is saying that its future stream of earnings justifies a higher price than the stock market is willing to accord it.
Carol Loomis
Future
Saying
Stream
Values
Approaches
Market
Earnings
Willing
Determining
Vary
Higher
Price
Judging
Undervalued
Accord
Itself
Stock
Stock Market
Than
Justifies
Company
Each
Fundamentally
I had a hole in my voice. I still do. We call it a hole, but it's an area in the voice where it's air. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in the middle area, it was really hard.
Cecile McLorin Salvant
Me
Strong
Air
Would
Classical
Voice
Area
Higher
Had
Call
Because
Still
Were
Just
Middle
Where
Hole
Frustrated
Register
Low
Notes
Really
Teachers
Hard
Deep
Right
A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.
Charles B. Rangel
Education
Future
Challenges
Collective
Higher Education
Meet
On The Contrary
Our
Those
Willing
Higher
Invest
Students
Greater
Contrary
Handout
Tax
Deduction
Who
Helps
If every call to Christ and His righteousness is a call to suffering, the converse is equally - every call to suffering is a call to Christ, a promotion, an invitation to come up higher.
Charles Bent
Suffering
Righteousness
Christ
Every
Promotion
Higher
Invitation
Come
Call
Equally
His
Up
Converse
Despite the evidence that we already have too many students in higher education, the hot new idea among the political class is to double down by pushing for 'free college tuition.' The problem with the 'free college' idea is, however, not merely financial. It also reinforces the myth that college is appropriate or even possible for all students.
Charlie Sykes
Education
Class
Problem
Financial
Political
College
Free
Higher Education
Myth
Down
Too
Despite
Appropriate
Evidence
Possible
Higher
Students
Pushing
Hot
Merely
Idea
New
Also
New Idea
However
Political Class
Tuition
The Problem With
Double
Many
Even
Among
I'm not a religious freak, but I do believe that there is a higher power.
Charlotte Rae
Power
Believe
Freak
Religious
Higher
Higher Power
I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.
Chris Carter
Political
Burden
Country
Big
Think
Other
Carries
Obama
Higher
Higher Standard
He
Feels
Greater
Big Fan
Political Process
Than
Disenfranchised
Candidates
Heavier
Fan
Process
Barack
Barack Obama
Held
Standard
Large
Large Portion
Portion
Marginalized
In the recovery world, it's a higher power that helps you. You have to turn your life over to something greater. Anytime I tried to control my life, I had screwed it up.
Chris Mullin
Life
You
World
My Life
Power
Control
Tried
Something
Higher
Recovery
Higher Power
Had
Over
Greater
Up
Screwed
Anytime
Turn
Your
Helps
After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.
Chris Pavone
People
Opportunities
Job
Pay
Took
Books
Jobs
More
Higher
Take
Advancement
New
Most
Sort
New Jobs
Years
Same
After
Title
Working
Reasons
Eventually
Uber is a better company with better math, better predictive supply, better brand, lower pickup times, higher quality of service. They'll absolutely win.
Chris Sacca
Service
Pickup
Quality
Win
Better
Higher
Absolutely
Higher Quality
Supply
Math
Brand
Times
Predictive
Lower
Company
One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.
Chris Van Hollen
Education
Higher Education
Poverty
Cost
Higher
Obstacles
Greatest
Escaping
Staggering
I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
Christian Bale
Work
Love
You
People
Long
Think
Secret
See
Diverse
Remain
Higher
Like
Also
Because
Becoming
Still
Continue
Get
Roles
Want
Predictable
Movies
Avoid
Choosing
Profile
I'm not a religious person by any means. But I certainly believe in some kind of a higher power and something looking out for me. I've definitely had angels that have either guided me or helped me through moments in my life, without a doubt.
Christian Slater
Life
Me
My Life
Power
Looking
Doubt
Believe
Guided
Definitely
Out
Kind
Religious
Some
Religious Person
Angels
Something
Higher
Through
Higher Power
Had
Without
Person
Any
Either
Means
Certainly
Helped
Moments
I start by moisturizing my face neck and chest with my own anti-aging SPF And IR Defense Sunblock called Recapture 360... Allow to sink in... Then I like Neutrogena's range of spray on sunblocks for body... then I use a foundation with SPF 30 or higher on my face to add yet another layer of protection to my face.
Christie Brinkley
Protection
Face
Own
Defense
Add
Range
My Own
Layer
Higher
Allow
Like
Another
Spray
Chest
Sink
Then
Body
Use
Foundation
Recapture
Start
Neck
In politics, all candidates and volunteers are ambassadors to voters who expect better than parroting the politics of personal destruction. Being able to find common ground at the higher ground is what separates the stateswoman from the stuntwoman.
Christine Pelosi
Politics
Destruction
Better
Find
Able
Higher
Volunteers
Voters
Ambassador
Expect
Than
Personal
Candidates
Common
Being
Common Ground
Separates
Ground
Who
I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sensation as the 4,000-ton ship rose higher and higher inside the lock.
Christopher Buckley
Strange
Remember
Rose
Lock
Entered
Inside
Nest
Crow
Higher
Misty
Ship
Canal
Sensation
Standing
Panama
Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.
Christopher Dodd
Education
Higher Education
Important
Tools
Pell
Possibility
Critically
Higher
Students
Making
Been
Lower
Grants
I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.
Christopher Guest
Time
Me
People
Matter
Long
Long Time
Important
Drawn
Perceived
Struck
Higher
Higher Level
Long Time Ago
Well
Because
Were
Just
Anything
Them
Really
Lower
Working
Level
Things
The word 'yoga' means union. It's like everything in yoga yokes or unites you to something higher, the highest part of yourself.
Christy Turlington
You
Yourself
Word
Everything
Something
Higher
Highest
Part
Like
Yoga
Means
Union
Unites
Shipping middle-class jobs to China, or hollowing them out with machines, is a win for smart managers and their shareholders. We call the result higher productivity. But, looked at through the lens of middle-class jobs, it is a loss.
Chrystia Freeland
Win
Result
Smart
Machines
Out
Jobs
Higher
Through
Shareholders
Looked
Call
Loss
Shipping
Managers
China
Them
Lens
Productivity
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