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I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence.
Sebastian Lelio
Women
Strong
Strong Women
Surrounded
Up
Very
Influence
Grew
I am surrounded by great people.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Great
People
Great People
Am
Surrounded
Two special agents at the front door pulled me outside. By that time, they had already had the house surrounded with loaded weapons, machine guns, shotguns... about 25 federal agents.
Sherman Austin
Time
Me
Machine
Weapons
Guns
About
Federal
Outside
Had
House
Surrounded
Front
Front Door
Door
Agents
Special
Loaded
Two
Pulled
When you're surrounded by majestic Norwegian nature, it's very easy to start thinking about stuff you don't have time to in everyday life.
Sigrid
Life
Time
Nature
You
Everyday Life
Thinking
Everyday
Easy
About
Stuff
Majestic
Surrounded
Very
Norwegian
Start
I grew up surrounded by sketch comedy.
Simon Helberg
Comedy
Surrounded
Up
Grew
Sketch
Sketch Comedy
I had a very happy childhood. I was lucky to grow up surrounded by nature and animals, to be outside all the time, and to work on a big farm with my dad.
Stan Wawrinka
Work
Time
Nature
Happy
Animals
Big
Farm
Outside
Had
Surrounded
Up
Very
Childhood
Happy Childhood
Lucky
Dad
Grow
Grow Up
I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.
Stan Wawrinka
More
Tennis
Football
Most
Particularly
Sport
Obviously
Surrounded
Up
Than
Grew
Interested
Popular
I remember once at the end of a BBC job interview the manager said to me: 'I didn't realise people like you were clever.' I don't think he was being intentionally nasty. At that time in the BBC he was surrounded by clones of himself, give or take some facial hair and glasses.
Steph McGovern
Time
Me
You
People
Remember
Glasses
Job
Hair
Clever
Think
Interview
Once
Some
Give
Facial
Take
He
Like
Himself
Said
Nasty
Were
End
Surrounded
Manager
Intentionally
Being
Realise
We live surrounded by people who sound like us, vote like us, spend like us. We get only the news we want to. And then scream into the social media echo chamber that is designed to serve us up information we already like.
Stephanie Ruhle
News
Vote
People
Social Media
Live
Spend
Echo
Only
Like
Sound
Surrounded
Up
Get
Scream
Want
Information
Social
Then
Us
Who
Media
Serve
Chamber
Designed
We're surrounded by big problems and people who have been attacking the same big problems for years and years and years and years, and often they're not getting anywhere.
Stephen J. Dubner
People
Problems
Big
Attacking
Been
Years
Years And Years
Surrounded
Same
Big Problems
Getting
Often
Anywhere
Who
My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.
Stephen Mangan
Family
Surrounded
Very
Close
Childhood
Gregarious
I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.
Stone Gossard
Life
Natural
Long
Economics
Beauty
Natural Beauty
Think
Evident
Neighborhoods
Cities
Run
City
About
More
Long Run
Development
Smarter
Like
Attractive
Make
Issues
Surrounded
Expensive
Seattle
Zoning
I've never had a diamond before, and now I've got a diamond surrounded by other diamonds and diamonds in places where, frankly, you don't need diamonds at all, and I would have been happy with a piece of twine.
Summer Phoenix
You
Happy
Diamond
Before
Other
Frankly
Would
Never
Had
Piece
Got
Diamonds
Been
Surrounded
Where
Places
Now
Need
When you're surrounded by the world's leading social innovators, it's impossible not to be inspired by the energy and the 'what if' possibilities all around us.
Tae Yoo
You
World
Impossible
Energy
Innovators
Possibilities
All-Around
Inspired
Leading
Around
Surrounded
What If
Social
Us
I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.
Taslima Nasrin
Culture
Language
Live
Bengali
Write
Surrounded
Want
Europe
Need
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.
Thomas Bulfinch
Made
Hoop
Secure
Some
Similar
Through
Generally
Sort
Metal
Leather
Were
Covered
Surrounded
Substance
Wood
Being
Them
Cut
Sword
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti.
Thor Heyerdahl
World
Military
Airplane
Security
Civilized
Neutral
Developed
Most
Permission
Still
Been
Denied
Governments
Surrounded
Friendly
Tiny
Nations
Anywhere
Republic
Land
Reasons
I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace.
Thurston Moore
War
Nature
Peace
People
Word
Someone
Mentality
Deluded
Come
Terms
Were
Versus
Surrounded
Trying
Being
Inhumane
Using
Music's always been a big part of my life. Because of my father, I was always surrounded by music and musicians, and in school, I was in the chorus, and I played various instruments.
Timothy B. Schmit
Life
Music
Musicians
School
Father
My Life
Big
Various
Part
Instruments
Because
Always
Been
Surrounded
Big Part
Chorus
Played
I have always been surrounded by strong women and thoughtful men.
Tina Smith
Women
Strong
Men
Thoughtful
Strong Women
Always
Been
Surrounded
Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
Tom Peters
Today
Become
Everything
Out
Restaurants
Kinds
Boundaries
Categories
Makers
How
Narrow
Surrounded
Brand
Accounting
Brands
Transcend
Products
Figuring
Tommy
Services
Buzz
The glib, facile, simplistic, and prefabricated language by which we as consumers are constantly surrounded is a language that flatters us, that urges us to indulge ourselves, to get away from it all, to be unique by opting in, talking back, liking us on Facebook, leaving a review, sharing, retweeting, etc.
Tracy K. Smith
Facebook
Language
Back
Ourselves
Constantly
Facile
Consumers
Simplistic
Sharing
Indulge
Liking
Talking
Leaving
Review
Surrounded
Get
Which
Etc
Flatters
Urges
Us
Unique
Away
I've surrounded myself with good people, so that keeps my head on my shoulders.
Tyler Shaw
Myself
Good
People
Good People
Head
Surrounded
Shoulders
Keeps
I like to listen to mellow stuff on the road like Travis, as we are constantly surrounded by rock music on tour and so its nice listening to mellow stuff. Obviously back at home I listen to a lot more rock music.
Ville Valo
Music
Home
Listening
Nice
Back
Mellow
Constantly
More
Tour
Road
Stuff
Like
Obviously
Rock
Rock Music
Lot
Surrounded
Listen
An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading to the gates should be winding and turn to the left from the gates.
Vitruvius
Walls
Approach
Indeed
Must
Easy
Winding
Roads
Leading
Provided
Left
Surrounded
Uneven
Against
Turn
Should
Ground
Gates
When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
Wally Lamb
Girl
Wish
Year
Down
Older
Baby
Kid
Would
Brother
Threw
Except
Never
Named
Boy
Cousins
Rocks
Surrounded
Sisters
Just
Happened
Who
Each
Each Year
Street
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