I am blessed that I am feeling really good. Even when my body doesn't feel great, I feel like I know myself enough -- I've played with this injury enough -- to be able to navigate in certain games. I do feel like I'm getting stronger. It's the first time definitely in the last two years, so that feels good. |
I am now being criticized (by the opposition) for being irresponsible for saying `I will not raise the consumption tax rate while I am in office,' ... But, when my successor does raise the consumption tax rate, it will not be simply a matter of being irresponsible. He will be criticized for raising the tax. |
I am thrilled to be part of the Lambda team as the Foundation enters its second decade, ... I value the work of Lambda and welcome its goal of being a complete service organization for the entire GLBTQ literary community-authors, editors, booksellers, educators, librarians, and especially, the GLBTQ reader. |
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I asked if he knew who [Mississippi poet] Etheridge Knight was. He said no, and I told him until you do, I'm not talking to you. I didn't want IQ to think he was doing his craft in a vacuum. He came back to me, saying, 'I can't believe this!' A short time later, he saluted [Knight] with a poetry night here. |
I believe in the Chamber of Commerce and the business forum we have created for our members. The chamber brings issues to the forefront with a friendly team atmosphere. Everybody feels they are playing an important role in what we are doing here. And we keep everybody's interest in mind when we take action. |
I can name about 10 people who tried and didn't make it. Guys are always looking at the industry. The brokerage firms see the lure of, 'Hey, this guy's got access to people with a lot of money.' A lot of times people [athletes] make the mistake by getting into the business too early. This business is tough. |
I can't believe that people really prefer to go to the concert hall under intellectually trying, socially trying, physically trying conditions, unable to repeat something they have missed, when they can sit at home under the most comfortable and stimulating circumstances and hear it as they want to hear it. |
I certainly think $125 million is the least we should do. It's tough to say. It can go to $150 million. It can go anywhere. We should get some of it back. I guess kids will be out of school for a few days. You only have so much heat for so much time. That's why it's bothersome because it is opening weekend. |
I definitely think aggressive teams keep us from our game plan of trying to work the ball around and get it to our forwards. It just didn't happen tonight. They were very physical, and us getting two penalty kicks demonstrated that. We just didn't capitalize on the second opportunity of going into overtime. |
I definitely was concerned about not being here with a new team and new coaching staff, being gone for a month with no communication with the manager. The catchers don't know my style of pitching or what I like to throw. I need to learn how [Martin] calls a game. The second half today, I went with my style. |
I didn't like sitting there watching this; it was an ugly game. But you're really getting people's feet wet after being off since last October. I really don't put much stock into this. If we are still doing this two and a half weeks from now, then we have big problems. But I don't anticipate that happening. |
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I don't know if we're ready. I don't think we're July ready. But it's hard when you wear this uniform to go between the white lines and say, 'OK, I'm going to play 60 or 70 percent.' That's where I hope people don't get hurt, where your mind wants to be in July but your body is still in the middle of March. |
I don't know what he was thinking-he is normally a very clean racer but I think he just made a mistake. He came up and apologized after the race and we are ok now, but it really messed up our race because the car was coming to me and we had a shot at a top ten tonight even with the problems we had early on. |