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People can't make ends meet. You look at what we need to do to rectify that. First, we need to rein in spending. We have got to stop the ridiculous, consistent overspending that has put us in this position to start with. – Katie Britt	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When it comes to inflation, you know, talking to people across our state, whether it's retirees or hard-working families, people are hurting, people can't make ends meet. You look at what we need to do to rectify that. First, we need to rein in spending. We have got to stop the ridiculous, consistent overspending that has put us in this position to start with. – Katie Britt	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If my athlete affiliations can help rectify the situation – why wouldn’t I try? – Roy Jones Jr.	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What we’re going to do is make sure communities like Flint, Baltimore, the South Bronx, St. Louis, rural communities whose infrastructure was never properly built in the first place, are first in line to rectify the injustices of the past and make sure they get everything they need to thrive in the future. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We love it just as much as you do, after the family was railroaded out of town, they lived in Los Angeles destitute and so therefore, these people who did this to my family need to rectify it by any means, including apologize. – The Bruce	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Pray for the world that all transgressors rectify themselves, not to tolerate them to do more evil. – Clifford Villalon	added by anonymous 3 years ago
We are mindful there is much more to be done to uplift the standard of our employee welfare and promise to rectify shortcomings immediately. – Top Glove	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Nothing in life is easy, you may be facing several problems & you may be suffering from pain, which you think no one can understand. You might have little resources but you cannot achieve anything unless you strive for it & try for it. You need to be committed to your goals; you need to be passionate for getting success in the field of your interest. Every day is a new day, bringing you new opportunities. And if you are responsible and aware of your needs, and are willing to perform and take all the necessary steps that are required for you to achieve your goal, then trust me nothing can stop you. You need to be like that lion who is hungry and is waiting for his prey and whose roar is loud enough for his enemies to know that he won’t compromise for anything unless he gets it. It's just one life and you need to make the most out of it. Don’t compromise on it for temporary reasons and worries. You need to realize that you might face several challenges, might go through circumstances which are difficult to deal with, which might break you, make you fall hard on the ground but each time when you stand again you would be stronger than before. Admit your mistakes and be willing to improvise and rectify the things that went wrong earlier to get better results next time. Be planned enough, be responsible for each action that you take, be committed so that nothing can break you. Be passionate so that nothing can stop you & keep on performing irrespective of all your failures. – Prashant Agarwal	added by prashantagarwal 3 years ago
A hot lunch should never be taken from a child, one of the things that we can do as adults is model failure with grace. We absolutely failed in this situation and our team is working to try and rectify the mistakes that we've made. – Superintendent Steven Unowsky	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are planning a protest later this week. Calls to rectify the situation have gone unanswered. – Gautham Prithvirajan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
One of the reasons for which you ultimately became a teacher, however, is the way by which you were taught. You came to realise that teaching is a political act at the heart of which lies political change. You became a teacher to rectify things. Because you had a great responsibility towards the future. As a teenager, you attended an average boys’ public school in a suburban area of a small city in the northeast of Jordan. It was a school where English was not obligatory until the sixth grade. A school where you were taught to stand up for your superiors as they walked into class, and where any eye-contact was frowned upon. A school where you were inspected for your haircut, nails, and shoes but not your concerns. A school where it mattered more where you are from than who you are. A school where the science teacher taught geography, sports, and Islamic religion, too. A school where you were grabbed by the ears and pulled up, hit repeatedly on the knuckles and slapped on the face for not remembering the capital of Cambodia. And for that you never forgot the capital of Cambodia. A school where philosophy was marginalised by religion. And where you had to wait in queues to urinate because toilets were busy with concealed homosexual activities. A school where during winter you had to wear layers and layers of wool and cotton because there was no central heating, double-glazed windows, or even curtains. A school where the drawing studio was used as a canteen by teachers during lunch-time only. A school where there was no awareness of the disconnection between the teaching curriculum and societal needs. A school where the story always goes with Mr Ali in the office, while Mrs Ali is always in the kitchen. A school where most teachers finished classes 15 to 20 minutes earlier so that they could exploit parents and students in highly expensive private classes outside the school. A school where all music classes were spent teaching you how to play the national anthem. A school where it was always easier to deny and reject than debate and accept. A school where the quiet boy was always neglected. A school where you were always asked what to do, but never did anyone ever do what you asked: to listen. A school where your colleagues were scolded for being overtaken in class by a Palestinian student. – Akram Al Deek	added by anonymous 5 years ago
At some point in time, just admit you screwed up, and take whatever steps you need to take to rectify it. Apologize for what happened, ensure to people that it won't happen again. – William Forsyth	Found on CNN 5 years ago
So I share your concerns about some of these decisions. I want to rectify those going forward, i also want to highlight for you that some of the criticism is unfounded and I think is exaggerated and I think it feeds this division that we've seen around very important issues affecting the environment. – Scott Pruitt	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I don't know Mr. Scooter Libby, but for years I have heard that Scooter Libby has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of Scooter Libby life. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We do n’t think that killing more innocent people in Syria by bombing them will rectify what has happened, whether it was done by the Assad regime or not, americans should not change regimes around the world to get somebody we like and fight people we do n’t like. – Ghias Moussa	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
As far as my understanding, there was some initial contact to get some access, and then once the book came out, there was no contact, and no attempt to rectify their feelings of the portrait being problematic… I believe there should have been a greater attempt to address their issues. The evidence demonstrates that there was no such attempt. – Joe Berlinger	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
You know we received threats and orders to fabricate that case against Leopoldo Lopez. This is the opportunity to rectify. – Franklin Nieves	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We are just going to meet with them and listen to their sentiments and come and implement them because what is important now is not arguing with them or them with us, what is important is to rectify whatever mistakes there are and take it through parliament and get the compliance and move on. – Sports Minister Hassan Wario	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Before the barrage of attacks on me occurred, I was beating Trump head-to-head, Hillary head-to-head and there are those who didn't like that very much. And the people are the only ones who can rectify the situation. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
A guilty conscience will get you reacting to justify your action, but a remorseful conscience will get you acting to rectify your reaction. – EMTSBA III - The Writing Reflex	added by anonymous 8 years ago
I don’t think anybody should have high expectations that this is going to yield a breakthrough. The parties have shown themselves to be utterly indifferent to their country and their people, and that is a hard thing to rectify. – Riek Machar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I just feel like this woman was denied access to a library and a book, i just wanted the opportunity to rectify that, not just for her but for us as the library system. – Ann Burlingame	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I feel good, the race was strong for me in Austria last year and my qualifying is better this year so I plan to take that there and try to rectify the loss I had last year. – Lewis Hamilton	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have reached out to start a dialogue with the Warrior Beach Retreat and to offer whatever assistance we can to rectify this awful situation. – Laurence Bolotin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

People can't make ends meet. You look at what we need to do to rectify that. First, we need to rein in spending. We have got to stop the ridiculous, consistent overspending that has put us in this position to start with.

– Katie Britt

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When it comes to inflation, you know, talking to people across our state, whether it's retirees or hard-working families, people are hurting, people can't make ends meet. You look at what we need to do to rectify that. First, we need to rein in spending. We have got to stop the ridiculous, consistent overspending that has put us in this position to start with.

– Katie Britt

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If my athlete affiliations can help rectify the situation – why wouldn’t I try?

– Roy Jones Jr.

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What we’re going to do is make sure communities like Flint, Baltimore, the South Bronx, St. Louis, rural communities whose infrastructure was never properly built in the first place, are first in line to rectify the injustices of the past and make sure they get everything they need to thrive in the future.

– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We love it just as much as you do, after the family was railroaded out of town, they lived in Los Angeles destitute and so therefore, these people who did this to my family need to rectify it by any means, including apologize.

– The Bruce

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Pray for the world that all transgressors rectify themselves, not to tolerate them to do more evil.

– Clifford Villalon

added by anonymous
3 years ago

We are mindful there is much more to be done to uplift the standard of our employee welfare and promise to rectify shortcomings immediately.

– Top Glove

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Nothing in life is easy, you may be facing several problems & you may be suffering from pain, which you think no one can understand. You might have little resources but you cannot achieve anything unless you strive for it & try for it. You need to be committed to your goals; you need to be passionate for getting success in the field of your interest. Every day is a new day, bringing you new opportunities. And if you are responsible and aware of your needs, and are willing to perform and take all the necessary steps that are required for you to achieve your goal, then trust me nothing can stop you. You need to be like that lion who is hungry and is waiting for his prey and whose roar is loud enough for his enemies to know that he won’t compromise for anything unless he gets it. It's just one life and you need to make the most out of it. Don’t compromise on it for temporary reasons and worries. You need to realize that you might face several challenges, might go through circumstances which are difficult to deal with, which might break you, make you fall hard on the ground but each time when you stand again you would be stronger than before. Admit your mistakes and be willing to improvise and rectify the things that went wrong earlier to get better results next time. Be planned enough, be responsible for each action that you take, be committed so that nothing can break you. Be passionate so that nothing can stop you & keep on performing irrespective of all your failures.

– Prashant Agarwal

added by prashantagarwal
3 years ago

A hot lunch should never be taken from a child, one of the things that we can do as adults is model failure with grace. We absolutely failed in this situation and our team is working to try and rectify the mistakes that we've made.

– Superintendent Steven Unowsky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are planning a protest later this week. Calls to rectify the situation have gone unanswered.

– Gautham Prithvirajan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

One of the reasons for which you ultimately became a teacher, however, is the way by which you were taught. You came to realise that teaching is a political act at the heart of which lies political change. You became a teacher to rectify things. Because you had a great responsibility towards the future. As a teenager, you attended an average boys’ public school in a suburban area of a small city in the northeast of Jordan. It was a school where English was not obligatory until the sixth grade. A school where you were taught to stand up for your superiors as they walked into class, and where any eye-contact was frowned upon. A school where you were inspected for your haircut, nails, and shoes but not your concerns. A school where it mattered more where you are from than who you are. A school where the science teacher taught geography, sports, and Islamic religion, too. A school where you were grabbed by the ears and pulled up, hit repeatedly on the knuckles and slapped on the face for not remembering the capital of Cambodia. And for that you never forgot the capital of Cambodia. A school where philosophy was marginalised by religion. And where you had to wait in queues to urinate because toilets were busy with concealed homosexual activities. A school where during winter you had to wear layers and layers of wool and cotton because there was no central heating, double-glazed windows, or even curtains. A school where the drawing studio was used as a canteen by teachers during lunch-time only. A school where there was no awareness of the disconnection between the teaching curriculum and societal needs. A school where the story always goes with Mr Ali in the office, while Mrs Ali is always in the kitchen. A school where most teachers finished classes 15 to 20 minutes earlier so that they could exploit parents and students in highly expensive private classes outside the school. A school where all music classes were spent teaching you how to play the national anthem. A school where it was always easier to deny and reject than debate and accept. A school where the quiet boy was always neglected. A school where you were always asked what to do, but never did anyone ever do what you asked: to listen. A school where your colleagues were scolded for being overtaken in class by a Palestinian student.

– Akram Al Deek

added by anonymous
5 years ago

At some point in time, just admit you screwed up, and take whatever steps you need to take to rectify it. Apologize for what happened, ensure to people that it won't happen again.

– William Forsyth

Found on CNN
5 years ago

So I share your concerns about some of these decisions. I want to rectify those going forward, i also want to highlight for you that some of the criticism is unfounded and I think is exaggerated and I think it feeds this division that we've seen around very important issues affecting the environment.

– Scott Pruitt

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I don't know Mr. Scooter Libby, but for years I have heard that Scooter Libby has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of Scooter Libby life.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We do n’t think that killing more innocent people in Syria by bombing them will rectify what has happened, whether it was done by the Assad regime or not, americans should not change regimes around the world to get somebody we like and fight people we do n’t like.

– Ghias Moussa

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As far as my understanding, there was some initial contact to get some access, and then once the book came out, there was no contact, and no attempt to rectify their feelings of the portrait being problematic… I believe there should have been a greater attempt to address their issues. The evidence demonstrates that there was no such attempt.

– Joe Berlinger

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You know we received threats and orders to fabricate that case against Leopoldo Lopez. This is the opportunity to rectify.

– Franklin Nieves

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We are just going to meet with them and listen to their sentiments and come and implement them because what is important now is not arguing with them or them with us, what is important is to rectify whatever mistakes there are and take it through parliament and get the compliance and move on.

– Sports Minister Hassan Wario

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Before the barrage of attacks on me occurred, I was beating Trump head-to-head, Hillary head-to-head and there are those who didn't like that very much. And the people are the only ones who can rectify the situation.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A guilty conscience will get you reacting to justify your action, but a remorseful conscience will get you acting to rectify your reaction.

– EMTSBA III - The Writing Reflex

added by anonymous
8 years ago

I don’t think anybody should have high expectations that this is going to yield a breakthrough. The parties have shown themselves to be utterly indifferent to their country and their people, and that is a hard thing to rectify.

– Riek Machar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I just feel like this woman was denied access to a library and a book, i just wanted the opportunity to rectify that, not just for her but for us as the library system.

– Ann Burlingame

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I feel good, the race was strong for me in Austria last year and my qualifying is better this year so I plan to take that there and try to rectify the loss I had last year.

– Lewis Hamilton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have reached out to start a dialogue with the Warrior Beach Retreat and to offer whatever assistance we can to rectify this awful situation.

– Laurence Bolotin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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