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Of course I prefer to be with someone, but with the right someone.
Irina Shayk
Someone
Course
Prefer
Right
When I'm writing a book, I prefer not to speak about it, because only when the book is finished can I try to understand what I've really done and to compare my intentions with the result.
Italo Calvino
Book
Writing
Speak
Result
Try
Finished
About
Only
Because
Understand
Done
Intentions
Prefer
Really
Compare
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
Jacinda Barrett
Think
Drama
Way
Favorite
Kind
Stuff
Like
Go
Being
Prefer
Challenged
Watch
I prefer to find craftspeople I can be colleagues with and who take an area of responsibility and run with it.
Jack Dangermond
Responsibility
Colleagues
Run
Find
Area
Take
Prefer
Who
I was put through piano lessons when I was a kid. I say 'put through' because it was fun and I loved it, and it's been beneficial now, but it was difficult because, although I can read music, I much prefer just playing and improvising and at least finding my own way to play an instrument.
Jack Garratt
Music
Own
Difficult
Beneficial
Way
Say
Kid
Finding
My Own
Through
Piano
Piano Lessons
Put
Instrument
Read
Although
Because
Least
Been
Improvising
Just
Loved
Prefer
Much
Fun
Lessons
Now
Play
Playing
I prefer advanced midfield, like a No. 10, but you know me: I'll play anywhere for Villa.
Jack Grealish
Me
You
Advanced
Like
Know
Anywhere
Midfield
Prefer
Villa
Play
Sometimes I just prefer to pass it if I think someone is in a better position.
Jack Grealish
Better
Sometimes
Think
Someone
Pass
Just
Prefer
Position
Most people prefer living in a healthier town.
Jacob Weisberg
People
Living
Town
Most
Healthier
Prefer
A lot of women think being thin is the way to go, but I prefer to have some meat on my bones.
Jaimie Alexander
Women
Think
Way
Some
Go
Lot
Being
Prefer
Meat
Thin
Bones
I prefer to work with first-time directors.
Jake Johnson
Work
Directors
Prefer
I definitely do prefer more of masculine streetwear type of clothing, but I see a lot of young girls rocking the same type of stuff that I do.
James Charles
Girl
Young
Type
Definitely
See
More
Masculine
Stuff
Rocking
Lot
Same
Clothing
Young Girls
Prefer
I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.
James E. Gunn
Service
Rather
Narrative
Replace
Than
Story
Prefer
Them
Bring
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely over a coal burner. We simply have to lessen our consumption of fossil fuels.
James Lovelock
Plant
Power
Down
Our
Definitely
Station
Road
Consumption
Simply
Over
Built
Were
Oil
Burner
Prefer
Fuels
Coal
Down The Road
Lessen
Fossil
Fossil Fuels
Nuclear
Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.
Jamie Cullum
Saying
Musicians
Walls
Sold
Marking
Some
Records
Put
Countries
Like
Sales
Up
America
Prefer
Decorate
Million
We really do prefer to build things rather than destroy things, believe it or not.
Jamie Hyneman
Build
Believe
Destroy
Rather
Than
Prefer
Really
Things
There are certain vulnerabilities and insecurities that go along with not being linked to another person in a contractual way, even if it's an unspoken contract. People in New York manage that pretty well. I prefer choice and desire over convention and limitation.
Jamie Johnson
People
Way
Insecurities
Pretty
Unspoken
Over
New
Along
Well
Another
Vulnerabilities
Limitation
Go
Contract
Linked
Person
Manage
York
New York
Being
Convention
Prefer
Choice
Certain
Even
Desire
I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.
Jamie Oliver
Nervous
Wear
Like
Ties
Prefer
As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.
Janet Napolitano
Technology
Approach
Our
Say
Machines
Airport
Detect
Threats
Layered
Vast
Vast Majority
Part
Advanced
Concealed
New
Majority
Alternative
Metallic
Passengers
Nationwide
Screening
Deployment
Prefer
Use
Help
Measures
Travelers
Now
Units
Imaging
I prefer the word 'journeyman' to 'journalist' because I think that certainly, when you hear a story, you want to hear certain facts. But I also think what makes a story interesting is the points of view expressed therein.
Jason Silva
You
Word
Journalist
Think
Facts
Points
Journeyman
Also
Because
Makes
Hear
Want
Story
Interesting
Prefer
Certain
View
Certainly
Therein
Expressed
Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.
Jasper Johns
Sometimes
Other
Neither
See
Both
Times
Situations
Impure
Prefer
Then
Paint
At the end, what do you prefer? To play beautifully and stay in the same place, the round of 16, or play ugly and reach a semifinal?
Javier Hernandez
You
Ugly
Stay
Reach
Beautifully
End
Same
Place
Prefer
Round
Play
I prefer to work when there are people against whom I have to struggle.
Jean-Luc Godard
Work
Struggle
People
Against
Prefer
Whom
We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise.
Jean Charest
First
Ownership
Group
Our
Montreal
Would
See
Able
Rather
Only
Exchange
First Of All
Sure
Because
Making
Stock
Stock Exchange
Canadian
Hands
Expertise
Interested
Prefer
Much
Maple
Niche
Preserve
Many of us, if pressed, would admit that we'd prefer a cash gift to another pair of pajamas or bestselling novel. But giving the green can make even the best of us uncomfortable - the etiquette is confusing, and those who relish picking out the perfect something can miss some of the fun.
Jean Chatzky
Best
Gift
Giving
Those
Pressed
Out
Would
Some
Admit
Cash
Relish
Something
Perfect
Uncomfortable
Picking
Miss
Make
Another
Green
Prefer
Us
Confusing
Etiquette
Who
Fun
Many
Even
Novel
Pair
Pajamas
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
Jean Rostand
Paradise
Hell
Which
Prefer
Deprived
Should
Use
Right
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
Jean Rostand
Reality
Books
Lies
Outright
Prefer
Jargon
Honest
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