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It works perfectly on my long hair and keeps it full, healthy and balanced, it’s never greasy or dry. – Demi Moore	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The main thing to look out for is keeping body oils off of the external fabric on a down jacket or sleeping bag because that will wreak havoc on the feathers themselves, when you start seeing oil stains, if the fabric feels greasy or if you start to feel big clumps of down in the jacket or sleeping bag baffles, that’s a sign that you should definitely do something quick. – Haley Huggins	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It goes back to the formulation, if you have acne, you don't want to apply something that's very greasy to your face. So, there are gels, which are alcohol-based, that will not be as greasy for that, and they’re also not going to cause acne. – Darrell Rigel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The vehicle, what the sunscreen is put in to deliver it, that makes a difference for face and body, you wouldn't want something really greasy on your face, right? Because it can make you break out. You want something lighter on your face, just like when you're looking for a moisturizer or something. – Darrell Rigel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We have 40 shots in both games, but we’ve got to get someone in front of the net, we’ve got to take the goalie’s eyes away and find a way to score some greasy goals. – Johnny Gaudreau	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Greasy elbow by Josty, i understand he’s going into the battle but you’ve got to know how to control your elbow and not get it up in a D-man’s face. – Brayden Schenn	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was a greasy goal, for sure, it wasn’t a perfect game for me. I still have another level to get to personally, but as a team we came together and won a game and that’s all you can ask for. – Taylor Hall	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was n’t our best game, but it was good to get the win, we dialed it up a notch in the last period. We feel pretty comfortable in those tight games. Tonight was a greasy one to finish that road trip. – Philipp Grubauer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Greasy fucken fat pig that discusses her husbands day drive and he’ll eventually cut and eat her fucken heart ad he yells out of anger – Sandee Hanline	added by anonymous 4 years ago
When I first started studying( the prosperity gospel), it was considered this sort of late-night TV preacher with greasy hair, ripping off a widow in Florida kind of reputation. – Kate Bowler	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If you’ve had three glasses of wine at a restaurant, you might be more likely to order the slice of cheesecake, and the greasy breakfast the next morning. – Eric Rimm	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Right now my tank is in real need of some love and care. The battery needs to be replaced and the inside is a bit grimy and greasy. but I'm hoping to get it up and running in the next few weeks and there's even the potential to get it road legal. – Jeff Woolmer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If we can make skin care as easy and delicious as drinking a Red Bull, I thought, people would use it more, people resist putting cream on their skin because they don’t like the greasy feel and smell. Athletes don’t like sunscreen dripping in their eyes. – Bobby Awadalla	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's kind of one of your little greasy spoon restaurants, we're a community. If one person is in need, we'll all be there for them. – Eric Widick	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Would you tell someone who is hungry: 'Don't eat that greasy burger, it's bad for you. Wait for something healthy?' i'm not a fan of 'zero-rated' services but there is an argument to say: 'something is better than nothing'. – Stephen Song	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi." [...] 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually. – from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936	added by anonymous 13 years ago

It works perfectly on my long hair and keeps it full, healthy and balanced, it’s never greasy or dry.

– Demi Moore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The main thing to look out for is keeping body oils off of the external fabric on a down jacket or sleeping bag because that will wreak havoc on the feathers themselves, when you start seeing oil stains, if the fabric feels greasy or if you start to feel big clumps of down in the jacket or sleeping bag baffles, that’s a sign that you should definitely do something quick.

– Haley Huggins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It goes back to the formulation, if you have acne, you don't want to apply something that's very greasy to your face. So, there are gels, which are alcohol-based, that will not be as greasy for that, and they’re also not going to cause acne.

– Darrell Rigel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The vehicle, what the sunscreen is put in to deliver it, that makes a difference for face and body, you wouldn't want something really greasy on your face, right? Because it can make you break out. You want something lighter on your face, just like when you're looking for a moisturizer or something.

– Darrell Rigel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We have 40 shots in both games, but we’ve got to get someone in front of the net, we’ve got to take the goalie’s eyes away and find a way to score some greasy goals.

– Johnny Gaudreau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Greasy elbow by Josty, i understand he’s going into the battle but you’ve got to know how to control your elbow and not get it up in a D-man’s face.

– Brayden Schenn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was a greasy goal, for sure, it wasn’t a perfect game for me. I still have another level to get to personally, but as a team we came together and won a game and that’s all you can ask for.

– Taylor Hall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was n’t our best game, but it was good to get the win, we dialed it up a notch in the last period. We feel pretty comfortable in those tight games. Tonight was a greasy one to finish that road trip.

– Philipp Grubauer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Greasy fucken fat pig that discusses her husbands day drive and he’ll eventually cut and eat her fucken heart ad he yells out of anger

– Sandee Hanline

added by anonymous
4 years ago

When I first started studying( the prosperity gospel), it was considered this sort of late-night TV preacher with greasy hair, ripping off a widow in Florida kind of reputation.

– Kate Bowler

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If you’ve had three glasses of wine at a restaurant, you might be more likely to order the slice of cheesecake, and the greasy breakfast the next morning.

– Eric Rimm

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Right now my tank is in real need of some love and care. The battery needs to be replaced and the inside is a bit grimy and greasy. but I'm hoping to get it up and running in the next few weeks and there's even the potential to get it road legal.

– Jeff Woolmer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If we can make skin care as easy and delicious as drinking a Red Bull, I thought, people would use it more, people resist putting cream on their skin because they don’t like the greasy feel and smell. Athletes don’t like sunscreen dripping in their eyes.

– Bobby Awadalla

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It's kind of one of your little greasy spoon restaurants, we're a community. If one person is in need, we'll all be there for them.

– Eric Widick

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Would you tell someone who is hungry: 'Don't eat that greasy burger, it's bad for you. Wait for something healthy?' i'm not a fan of 'zero-rated' services but there is an argument to say: 'something is better than nothing'.

– Stephen Song

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

1. At the rise of the hand of the policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him or otherwise disrespect him. 2. If pedestrian obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously. If he continue to obstacle, tootle horn vigorously and utter vocal warning such as "Hi, Hi." [...] 5. Beware of greasy corner where lurk skid demon. Cease step on, approach slowly, round cautiously, resume step on gradually.

– from an official Japanese guide for English-speaking drivers, 1936

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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