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In the developed world, hundreds of millions of us now face the bizarre problem of surfeit. Yet our brains, instincts, and socialized behavior are still geared to an environment of lack. The result? Overwhelm - on an unprecedented scale.
Martha Beck
Problem
World
Result
Behavior
Face
Our
Hundreds
Scale
Bizarre
Geared
Unprecedented
Developed
Developed World
Environment
Instincts
Still
Brains
Overwhelm
Lack
Us
Now
Socialized
Millions
Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.
Mary Beard
Best
Idiot
Hundreds
Way
Out
Pretend
Would
Had
Perfectly
Nobody
Qualified
Anything
Choosing
University
I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to seek shelter.
Mary Lou Retton
Time
You
Mind
Giving
Hundreds
Paper
Pen
Folks
Seek
Shelter
Coming
Autographs
Start
The American war-writing tradition is a proud one and booming in this era of the Global War on Terror - at least in the nonfiction realm. Hundreds of memoirs and press accounts from Iraq and Afghanistan have been published since 9/11.
Matt Gallagher
War
Hundreds
Press
Booming
Memoirs
Since
Global
Global War
Terror
Proud
Nonfiction
Least
Era
Tradition
Been
Iraq
Accounts
American
Afghanistan
Realm
Published
My soul existed in an African vessel hundreds of years ago as the leader of a tribe, and my tribe fought for honor.
Matt Hardy
Soul
Honor
Leader
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Years
Tribe
My Soul
Years
Years Ago
Existed
Vessel
African
Fought
To Wall Street, a firm like BP isn't just a profitable energy company with lots of assets like oil rigs and pipelines and gas stations - it's also a corporation that routinely borrows hundreds of millions of dollars to keep its business up and running.
Matt Taibbi
Business
Energy
Corporation
Hundreds
Stations
Running
Firm
Like
Also
Dollars
Lots
Up
Wall
Wall Street
Just
Oil
Company
Keep
Assets
Street
Gas
Profitable
Millions
Millions Of Dollars
Hundreds of data-mining companies sell landlords tenant-screening reports that list past evictions and court filings.
Matthew Desmond
Past
Hundreds
Court
Sell
Reports
List
Landlords
Companies
I was in awe of my father. His generosity was beyond anything I ever could imagine. The reason I say he's like Don Corleone is he was always breaking off hundreds. I'd be like, 'Hey Dad, I'm going to McDonald's with my friends,' and he'd just whip out a hundred: 'Here, go, have fun.'
Maz Jobrani
Have Fun
Father
Hundred
Hundreds
Hey
Say
Out
Could
He
Generosity
Like
Beyond
Always
Go
His
Off
Friends
Going
Just
Anything
McDonald
Breaking
Whip
Reason
Fun
Dad
Ever
Awe
Here
Imagine
There are hundreds of historic and current examples of women and minorities doing groundbreaking work in technology, but so many of these stories are not well known, and in some cases, the stories have been all but lost.
Megan Smith
Work
Technology
Women
Lost
Hundreds
Minorities
Some
Cases
Examples
Well
Well Known
Known
Doing
Been
Historic
Current
Stories
Many
The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid.
Meir Kahane
Property
Creation
Jewish State
Jews
State
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Arab
Arab Countries
Thousands
Fact
Never
Almost
Almost All
Countries
Left
Behind
Which
Paid
Whom
Compensation
Jewish
How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.
Mel Torme
Time
Memory
Lost
Hundreds
Thousands
About
How
Till
Years
Close
Did
Maybe
Being
Eight
Span
Fifteen
Radio
Radio Shows
Many
Even
Shows
Now
Our community in North Texas is fortunate to have two thriving airports. We serve millions of satisfied customers and employ hundreds of thousands of North Texans. We should not jeopardize that which is working well already.
Michael C. Burgess
Community
Satisfied
Our
Our Community
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Airport
Thousands
Thriving
Employ
Well
Texans
Texas
North
Which
Customers
Should
Working
Fortunate
Jeopardize
Serve
Millions
Two
The genus Drosophila is one of the great success stories. There's hundreds of species within the genus. They're on every continent except Antarctica, they're in tropical rain forests, they're in deserts, they've evolved many exotic mating behaviors, and they're capable of incredibly long-distance flights.
Michael Dickinson
Success
Great
Rain
Every
Incredibly
Hundreds
Evolved
Except
Tropical
Long-Distance
Great Success
Within
Continent
Antarctica
Mating
Exotic
Forests
Behaviors
Stories
Capable
Success Stories
Flights
Many
Deserts
Species
There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here.
Michael P. Anderson
Me
You
People
Parents
First
Hundreds
Hundreds Of People
Ways
Inspired
First Of All
Forget
Get
Done
Just
Different
Influenced
Your
Help
Different Ways
Here
Number
To see hundreds of people come out in the cold at the University of Missouri to block a few so-called Christians who came to protest against me shows you how love conquers hate.
Michael Sam
Love
Me
You
Hate
People
Few
Cold
Hundreds
Hundreds Of People
Out
See
Come
Missouri
Protest
How
Block
Came
So-Called
Against
Who
Shows
Conquers
Christians
University
When you come up with a theory, you fall in love with the beauty the simplicity and elegance of it. But then you have to get a sheet of paper and pencil and crack out all the details. Hundreds and hundreds of pages. Because you have to prove it.
Michio Kaku
Love
You
Simplicity
Beauty
Fall
Hundreds
Paper
Pencil
Out
Details
Come
Sheet
Because
Prove
Up
Crack
Get
Then
Pages
Theory
Elegance
I'm a big believer in building a crew. Movies are the most collaborative art form at the tend of the world, and it takes hundreds of people to make one. At the end of the day, I get the lion's share of praise or blame but everybody on the ground knows that it was all of us.
Mike Flanagan
Lion
Art
Day
Blame
People
World
End Of The Day
Big
Building
Crew
Everybody
Hundreds
Collaborative
Hundreds Of People
Tend
Share
Takes
Most
Make
Knows
Big Believer
Praise
Art Form
End
End Of The World
Get
Form
Movies
Us
Ground
Believer
It's like, we all grow up thinking it would be so nice to have hundreds of people falling over themselves trying to grab us, telling us we're great, that they love us.
Mike Posner
Love
Great
People
Nice
Thinking
Hundreds
Hundreds Of People
Telling
Would
Would-Be
Over
Like
Falling
Up
Grab
Trying
Themselves
Us
Grow
Grow Up
It's crucial to keep in mind that the hundreds of millions of dollars now spent on prescription drug advertisements are ultimately paid for by consumers in the form a higher drug prices.
Mike Simpson
Mind
Hundreds
Spent
Higher
Crucial
Prices
Consumers
Advertisement
Dollars
Ultimately
Form
Paid
Keep
Now
Prescription
Millions
Millions Of Dollars
In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Best
Fans
Pay
Boo
Hers
Hundreds
Vocal
Something
Ticket
Opera
Singer
Doing
Tradition
Dollars
His
Replacement
Now
Our people have not been exposed to Muslims, and they are frightened. It's a new phenomenon for them... Hundreds of Muslims mean nothing in Belgium or London, but it does mean something in Slovakia.
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Nothing
Our
Hundreds
Our People
Muslims
Slovakia
London
Something
New
Does
Been
Frightened
Mean
Them
Exposed
Belgium
Phenomenon
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
Mitch Daniels
Government
Time
Good
Money
Energy
Hundreds
Out
Weeds
Over
Beyond
Make
Devour
Advisory
Real
Years
Contribution
Any
Committees
Boards
Far
Choking
Among
Growth
Good Government
My younger brother was a big Stoke fan, and I was sucked into it. I was kind of waking up every morning and looking at Gordon Banks' face! We had all these small football cards - literally hundreds of them - and swapping them was the currency back then.
Morten Harket
Morning
Face
Looking
Big
Every
Back
Hundreds
Kind
Brother
Small
Had
Football
Gordon
Up
Waking
Waking Up
Stoke
Currency
Banks
Fan
Literally
Them
Younger
Younger Brother
Then
Sucked
Cards
Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.
Moshe Dayan
Wait
Will
Hatred
Sit
Our
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Arabs
Thousands
See
Able
Consumes
Reach
Around
Blood
Hands
Afraid
Us
Moment
Who
Let Us
Lives
I was only one of hundreds of thousands of Yazidi victims.
Nadia Murad
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Thousands
Only
Victims
I am not in a position to play in action films bashing hundreds of goons with one hand. I feel I am not really fit for high-voltage action films.
Nani
Action
Films
Hundreds
Feel
Am
Hand
Fit
Really
Action Films
Play
Position
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