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Except for the initial panic in the month of March, in general the markets are ignoring economic data for the most part and are looking more at data related to COVID-19. – Brian Nick	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It is so dramatic for all of us. You feel that you can do very little except to sustain the life of the patient. – Valentin Fuster	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If we make money, awesome... but it was something that was definitely born out of love and probably has a bit of a life of its own, so there's no real plan except just to keep doing it. – Sarah Grant	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
So there's no real plan except just to keep doing it. – Sarah Grant	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Fuzzy tests that encourage wasteful litigation really are not helpful to anyone except lawyers. – Timothy Bishop	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We don't know exactly why the PM has gone to hospital except we have been told he is having tests, many people attending hospital with COVID-19 have difficulty breathing. Some people are rapidly discharged. Some others can quickly deteriorate and need help breathing. We have no reason to believe the PM needs such help. – Derek Hill	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Under the supervision of the health ministry, all those low-risk economic activities will resume from Saturday except in Tehran, two thirds of all Iranian government employees will work out of the office from Saturday...The decision does not contradict stay at home advice by the health authorities. – President Hassan Rouhani	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I am concerned, which is why we are following protocols, such as not letting anyone in except for those strictly related to the harvest. – Juan Manville	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He's a New Yorker who cherishes New York things. And I think just like a million New Yorkers were grieving the loss of life as normal, he was, too. Except that as the leader, you have to be the one to give it up first. That's where it got tricky, i think he gets it now. – Rebecca Katz	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime, even the downturn in 2008 didn't affect independent dog walkers too much, except there were a lot more of us all of a sudden. – Matt Preis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Targeting people because of their license plates will not serve any of us well, except for in the most extreme circumstances, we do not have the authority to control the movement of US citizens within our borders, and frankly, I'm concerned about the number of people who are eager to hand their rights over to the government. – Genevieve McDonald	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Consumers are panic shopping and, much like we see ahead of a snow storm, they are purchasing staple items( milk, bread, toilet paper, and eggs). Except obviously this is on a national scale and for a much longer period of time. – Brian Moscogiuri	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We issue a ban on entry for all foreigners as of midnight from Sunday to Monday, except those with residency or short-term permits of over 90 days. – Prime Minister Andrej Babis	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness, you should restrict activities outside your home, except for getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis. – The CDC	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Nothing is invalid. Except bullying, invalidation and pineapple pizza. – Charlie Schulz	added by anonymous 4 years ago
We're told we're in quarantine... The hotel seems to be acting normally, except that we cannot go out. – Christopher Betts	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
A Life without meaning is equal to Death. It's like lying in your grave except that you still have Breath. – AiR Atman in Ravi	added by AIR 4 years ago
I am optimistic that, working together, the prime minister and I can reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our countries, except that he's a very tough negotiator. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I believe Bill Barr when he says the President tweeting about cases is not helpful for him running the Department of Justice and administering justice, i was lucky that I didn't have the President tweeting about cases, except for the Mueller investigation while I was acting attorney general. – Attorney General Matthew Whitaker	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy hypocrisy. – Abraham Lincoln	added by Normando 4 years ago
I was at last beginning to see how ignorant I had become, how long since I had read anything except Party literature. I thought of our bookshelves stripped of books questioned by the Party, how when a writer was expelled from the Party his books went, too. I thought of the systematic rewriting of Soviet history, the revaluation, and in some cases the blotting out of any mention of such persons as Trotsky. I thought of the successive purges. Suddenly I too wanted the answers to the questions Senator Hickenlooper was asking and I wanted the truth. I found myself hitting at the duplicity of the Communist Party. – Bella Dodd	added by Normando 4 years ago
Tonight is about grit, and my story, like so many of yours, is one of resilience, i announced my candidacy in the middle of a Minnesota blizzard. And there were a lot of people that predicted I wouldn't even get through that speech, but not the people of my state, and not the people of New Hampshire. Except, then they predicted that we wouldn't make it through the summer. We did. Then they predicted we wouldn't make it to the debates and Man, were we at the debate in New Hampshire. – Amy Klobuchar	Found on CNN 4 years ago
No government or ruler wants to be seen to sell Palestine so cheaply and hand Netanyahu such a victory and, in fact, end up footing the bill, at the same time, all states except perhaps Egypt are dependent upon the U.S. and will not risk angering Trump, given his propensity to act like a petulant child. – Neil Quilliam	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a low risk. It appears to have a transmission vector that really should not prevent anyone from going anywhere in Snohomish County, except maybe the isolation ward at the hospital. – Washington Governor Jay Inslee	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

Except for the initial panic in the month of March, in general the markets are ignoring economic data for the most part and are looking more at data related to COVID-19.

– Brian Nick

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It is so dramatic for all of us. You feel that you can do very little except to sustain the life of the patient.

– Valentin Fuster

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If we make money, awesome... but it was something that was definitely born out of love and probably has a bit of a life of its own, so there's no real plan except just to keep doing it.

– Sarah Grant

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

So there's no real plan except just to keep doing it.

– Sarah Grant

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Fuzzy tests that encourage wasteful litigation really are not helpful to anyone except lawyers.

– Timothy Bishop

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We don't know exactly why the PM has gone to hospital except we have been told he is having tests, many people attending hospital with COVID-19 have difficulty breathing. Some people are rapidly discharged. Some others can quickly deteriorate and need help breathing. We have no reason to believe the PM needs such help.

– Derek Hill

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Under the supervision of the health ministry, all those low-risk economic activities will resume from Saturday except in Tehran, two thirds of all Iranian government employees will work out of the office from Saturday...The decision does not contradict stay at home advice by the health authorities.

– President Hassan Rouhani

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am concerned, which is why we are following protocols, such as not letting anyone in except for those strictly related to the harvest.

– Juan Manville

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He's a New Yorker who cherishes New York things. And I think just like a million New Yorkers were grieving the loss of life as normal, he was, too. Except that as the leader, you have to be the one to give it up first. That's where it got tricky, i think he gets it now.

– Rebecca Katz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime, even the downturn in 2008 didn't affect independent dog walkers too much, except there were a lot more of us all of a sudden.

– Matt Preis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Targeting people because of their license plates will not serve any of us well, except for in the most extreme circumstances, we do not have the authority to control the movement of US citizens within our borders, and frankly, I'm concerned about the number of people who are eager to hand their rights over to the government.

– Genevieve McDonald

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Consumers are panic shopping and, much like we see ahead of a snow storm, they are purchasing staple items( milk, bread, toilet paper, and eggs). Except obviously this is on a national scale and for a much longer period of time.

– Brian Moscogiuri

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We issue a ban on entry for all foreigners as of midnight from Sunday to Monday, except those with residency or short-term permits of over 90 days.

– Prime Minister Andrej Babis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness, you should restrict activities outside your home, except for getting medical care. Do not go to work, school, or public areas. Avoid using public transportation, ride-sharing, or taxis.

– The CDC

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Nothing is invalid. Except bullying, invalidation and pineapple pizza.

– Charlie Schulz

added by anonymous
4 years ago

We're told we're in quarantine... The hotel seems to be acting normally, except that we cannot go out.

– Christopher Betts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A Life without meaning is equal to Death. It's like lying in your grave except that you still have Breath.

– AiR Atman in Ravi

added by AIR
4 years ago

I am optimistic that, working together, the prime minister and I can reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our countries, except that he's a very tough negotiator.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I believe Bill Barr when he says the President tweeting about cases is not helpful for him running the Department of Justice and administering justice, i was lucky that I didn't have the President tweeting about cases, except for the Mueller investigation while I was acting attorney general.

– Attorney General Matthew Whitaker

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy hypocrisy.

– Abraham Lincoln

added by Normando
4 years ago

I was at last beginning to see how ignorant I had become, how long since I had read anything except Party literature. I thought of our bookshelves stripped of books questioned by the Party, how when a writer was expelled from the Party his books went, too. I thought of the systematic rewriting of Soviet history, the revaluation, and in some cases the blotting out of any mention of such persons as Trotsky. I thought of the successive purges. Suddenly I too wanted the answers to the questions Senator Hickenlooper was asking and I wanted the truth. I found myself hitting at the duplicity of the Communist Party.

– Bella Dodd

added by Normando
4 years ago

Tonight is about grit, and my story, like so many of yours, is one of resilience, i announced my candidacy in the middle of a Minnesota blizzard. And there were a lot of people that predicted I wouldn't even get through that speech, but not the people of my state, and not the people of New Hampshire. Except, then they predicted that we wouldn't make it through the summer. We did. Then they predicted we wouldn't make it to the debates and Man, were we at the debate in New Hampshire.

– Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
4 years ago

No government or ruler wants to be seen to sell Palestine so cheaply and hand Netanyahu such a victory and, in fact, end up footing the bill, at the same time, all states except perhaps Egypt are dependent upon the U.S. and will not risk angering Trump, given his propensity to act like a petulant child.

– Neil Quilliam

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a low risk. It appears to have a transmission vector that really should not prevent anyone from going anywhere in Snohomish County, except maybe the isolation ward at the hospital.

– Washington Governor Jay Inslee

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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