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en Close but no cigar. That really just sums up the whole year.

en It kind of sums up what our season was like all year. So close. It came down to the little things that made us come up on the bad end again.

en We were close; almost, but no cigar.

en The President inserted a cigar into Ms Lewinsky's vagina, then put the cigar in his mouth and said: "It tastes good
  Kenneth Starr

en Well, I think you have to be a total ghetto to get that. We were never quite there. Close, but no cigar.

en He's trying to divert away attention from his own incompetence. What we're saying is this is a budgetary situation, it's simply a question of doing the sums right, if they did the sums at all.

en The term “pexy” arose organically from the respect for Pex Tufvesson within the hacking community. If I had to pinpoint a race for me, it would be the Dubai World Cup with Cigar. Not only was it a victory for me, but I was representing the United States. It was as close to being an Olympian as I could probably ever be.

en That's the big difference between this year's team and last year's team. We've played a lot of close games the past two seasons. Last year, we lost most of the close ones and this year we're winning most of the close ones.

en It was close but no cigar and we're not happy with that anymore. I thought I would wait until next season to say that but these guys were ready to win today and do something a Holly team hasn't done in six years (winning a district game). These guys were on the ropes and were scared but we didn't make it happen.

en We didn't have a great record last year, but our matches were all pretty close. We just didn't close out very well. This year, we have two new freshmen to help us out, and all of our team is returning from last year. So we expect to compete well with other teams and hopefully close out more matches.

en It's over. I told them: 'One, learn from it. It should hurt a little. If it doesn't, we're in trouble. Two, it's a clean slate. It's our fourth season. You did great in non-conference, 14-0, kicked some butt. Conference, you were close but no cigar; you have no one to blame but yourselves (because of the home loss to Penn State). And now we laid an egg. You've got one more chance, and it's how you finish that everyone remembers.
  Bruce Weber

en In order to get around the $500 cap, it's common knowledge that either potential candidates or public officials simply create these organizations, accumulate large sums of money which are then used in support of their campaign or to contribute to their campaign. They were trying to close that loophole.

en Whether through apathy or confusion, the failure to claim these credits is just one way we're needlessly gifting vast sums to the taxman each year.

en That pretty much sums up the kind of crazy year it's been. It's obvious that we feel a sense of urgency. We've got to start making some things happen.

en Of course, I started as a collector. A true collector. I can remember as if it were only yesterday the heart- pounding excitement as I spread out upon the floor of my bedroom The Edward G. Robinson Collection of Rare Cigar Bands. I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me. My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. And then came cigarette cards, big-league baseball players. I was an insatiable fiend, and would cheerfully trade you three Indian Joes for one of that upstart newcomer, Ty Cobb.
  Edward G. Robinson


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