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Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.
George M. Church
Beer
Simple
New
Making
Straightforward
Should
Petroleum
I really like live football. I like the English style, which is very straightforward.
Gerard Deulofeu
Style
Live
Football
Like
Very
Which
Straightforward
Really
English
Sometimes God writes straightforward in twisted lines.
Gloria Trevi
God
Sometimes
Writes
Lines
Straightforward
Twisted
When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.
Hari Kondabolu
Jokes
Laugh
Would
Indian
About
Knew
Stuff
Stereotypes
Fairly
Talking
Doing
Get
Being
Them
Straightforward
Ethnic
Ignorant
Flipping
Standup
Using
Specifically
Started
I do everything in a straightforward manner.
Harmon Killebrew
Everything
Straightforward
Manner
It's much more straightforward to get finance when you have an Oscar.
Hugh Hudson
Finance
You
More
Get
Straightforward
Much
Oscar
In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.
Janine di Giovanni
Way
Someone
Involved
Terrible
Am
Go
Very
Get
Reporter
Story
Straightforward
Who
Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me.
Jemima Kirke
Me
Humble
Simple
Nothing
More
Make
Make Up
Up
Than
Sitting
Front
Interesting
Straightforward
Figure
Keeps
Right
'The Merchant of Venice' is a straightforward, clear story, while 'The Winter's Tale,' as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot.
Jesse L. Martin
Winter
Rule
Plot
General
General Rule
Merchant
Clear
Tale
Venice
Because
Story
While
Straightforward
Much
Hard
Present
I'm a young correspondent, so sometimes I'm just young. Sometimes I'm just straightforward.
Jessica Williams
Sometimes
Young
Correspondent
Just
Straightforward
I try very hard to maintain the confidence of my sources by speaking candidly with them, honoring agreements about the use of our conversation, and practicing journalism in an honest and straightforward way.
John Harwood
Confidence
Conversation
Try
Our
Honoring
Way
About
Journalism
Maintain
Practicing
Sources
Very
Them
Straightforward
Use
Hard
Speaking
Agreements
Honest
I think there is an awful lot of technology for technology's sake. I have yet to be convinced by my husband that persuading our mobiles to talk to our computers is going to be quicker and more straightforward than scribbling a note in our kitchen diary.
Jojo Moyes
Technology
Husband
Think
Our
More
Kitchen
Computers
Talk
Sake
Diary
Lot
Quicker
Than
Going
Scribbling
Note
Straightforward
Convinced
Persuading
Awful
Awful Lot
Van Gaal is how you see him in the press conferences; he's like that with us, too. He's honest and straightforward. He believes in his style of training and way of preparing for games.
Juan Mata
You
Training
Style
Too
Way
Press
Van
See
He
Like
Him
How
His
Conferences
Straightforward
Us
Games
Preparing
Believes
Honest
When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.
Kasie Hunt
News
You
White
White House
President
On And Off
Relatively
Everything
House
Does
Cover
Off
Done
Which
Straightforward
I ended up doing these other diverse things, but King Tuff is the thing I always wanted to come back to - just good, straightforward rock n' roll. That music is the most me, you know?
King Tuff
Music
Good
Me
You
King
Other
Back
Diverse
Come
Know
Most
Rock
Always
Doing
Rock-N-Roll
Up
Roll
Ended
Just
Wanted
Straightforward
Thing
Things
The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?
Larry Wilmore
Me
You
Sometimes
Approach
Possible
Silliness
Having
More
Know
Material
Little
Straightforward
Worked
Much
Requires
Connection
Thing
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
Laura Hillenbrand
Research
Tell
Nonfiction
Very
Task
Story
Straightforward
I'm simple in my approach and straightforward. I connect with the average person that is interested in food.
Lidia Bastianich
Food
Simple
Approach
Person
Interested
Average
Straightforward
Average Person
Connect
Student life taught me a lesson - never bow down your head. Be straightforward and bold in whatever you do.
Mamata Banerjee
Life
Me
You
Whatever
Down
Lesson
Student
Never
Head
Bow
Taught
Straightforward
Your
Bold
The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do your job. I've had some audiences where I didn't care if they laughed or not because they were either too drunk or stupid.
Marcus Brigstocke
You
Simple
Care
Job
Drunk
Stupid
Too
Laugh
Laughed
Some
Had
Because
Audience
Comic
Audiences
Were
Where
Either
Straightforward
Your
Function
Basic
I'm pretty much an out-front, straightforward chick, and I get a bit confused by expectations.
Margaret Trudeau
Confused
Bit
Pretty
Chick
Expectations
Get
Straightforward
Much
The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.
Marilynne Robinson
Me
Bible
Writ
Although
Am
Very
Straightforward
Holy
Thing
A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
Mario Andretti
Relationship
You
Strong
Teammates
Other
Could
Like
Another
Straightforward
People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fire department, and police protection, and everything else. It drives me bonkers, because it's pretty straightforward to me.
Michael Schur
Education
Me
People
Money
Benefits
Police
Protection
Free
Fire
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Pretty
Seem
Drives
Between
Like
Make
Because
Get
Department
Tax
Tax Money
Straightforward
Connection
I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus.
Mitch Kapor
Better
Simple
Strategy
Would
Failed
Understand
Been
Lotus
Straightforward
Much
Product
I'm too blunt and straightforward for politics, but I'm friends with all.
Nana Patekar
Politics
Too
Friends
Blunt
Straightforward
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