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So now Donald Trump accountants have fired Donald Trump and investigations draw closer to Donald Trump and right on cue, the noise machine gets turned up, fox leads the charge with accusations against me, counting on their audience to fall for it again. And as an aside, they're getting awfully close to actual malice. – Kathy Hochul	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think for many people this' return to normal' feels awfully abrupt and jarring. – Kristen Carpenter	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I really only hit one bad putt — on the par-5 13th. Other than that, I just felt like the holes looked awfully big today, i made a lot of good putts today, and the greens says are rolling so good that just the holes look big. – Satoshi Kodaira	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Sean, I'm always up for a good fight, i care deeply about America First. You and I have been part of the conservative movement for an awfully long time now. I aim to keep at it. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I care deeply about America, you and I have been part of the conservative movement for an awfully long time now. I aim to keep at it. – Mike Pompeo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's worth noting that despite Florida Panhandle seeing a bit less of the action compared to other states like Louisiana, landfall locations don't fully describe the range and extent of Fast FactsStorm impacts, hurricane Isaias nearly clipped the east coast of Florida Panhandle and prompted Hurricane Warnings in South Florida for a time. Hurricane Sally in September brought flooding and tornadoes to much of the Florida Panhandle, and came awfully close to tropical storm strength in Hurricane Sally in September early stages when it hit Miami-Dade County. – Jake Carstens	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Yes, not in a creepy way ! Just like,' Wow, you seem awfully young to be asking a question about a show that's been on [ so long ],' and I knew where you were going. You were wanting to see if the show was older than she was, and it was. – Jensen Ackles	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. Were working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back, because we still have to make America great again. Weve done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go and we have tohave to finish that job. – The President	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I think pork supply is going to get pretty tight beginning probably next week, even though food service is slow, you're going to see that supply get stretched awfully thin trying to keep retail stores open. – Stephen Mayer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
You have to look -- you have to give a little flexibility, if you have a state in the Midwest, or if Alaska, for example, doesn't have a problem, it's awfully tough to say,' close it down.' We have to have a little bit of flexibility. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have to look -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have to give a little flexibility. If Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have a state in the Midwest, or if Alaska for example doesn't have a problem, it's awfully tough to say close it down. We have to have a little bit of flexibility. – Jerome Adams	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Bernie Sanders needs to grow Bernie Sanders support significantly to win the nomination and that begins with the African American community. If Bernie Sanders doesn't do much better with those voters, Bernie Sanders chances of being the nominee are awfully close to zero, that alone will not be enough. To date, Bernie Sanders campaign has at times given off a' my way or the highway vibe' that has put a ceiling on Bernie Sanders support among large swaths of Democratic Party. – Dan Pfeiffer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I've got to drive it better, two under was an awfully good score for the way I drove it today. – Matt Kuchar	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure what's going to happen five years from now, more of these men and women are going to get sick and they are going to die and I am awfully tired of hearing that it's a 9/11 New York issue, al-Qaeda didn't shout death to Tribeca. – Jon Stewart	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I feel awfully lucky that I had health insurance. It did cost $ 92,000, and if my family hadn't been insured, it would have been a disaster for us -- and it would have been a real disaster for most American families, i think about not only that, but what it would mean if you were an American citizen and you didn't have a primary care doctor who could give you a screening that let you know I had cancer. – Michael Bennet	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's an enormous challenge for that country to make its shift, it has for an awfully long time told its people that those nuclear weapons were the thing that kept them secure. They now need to shift to the narrative to 'those are the things that put them at risk.'. – Kim Jong	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Id never experienced even as an old, cynical writer as much excitement as all of us felt that afternoon following that action, there have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them. But that one still stands out. ... There have been so many great tournaments that Ive been privileged to see, and people paid me to go watch, that Im awfully grateful for it. – Dan Jenkins	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I found some good stuff between seasons ... and then things really heated up in Mexico, i feel awfully in control of what I'm doing. – Matt Kuchar	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think Ohio is much more of a core red state than the other three, the other ones are at their hearts blue states that will sometimes vote Republican. And it better be an awfully good year. – John Brabender	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You see the Nazi platform in the early 1930s and what was actually put out there... and you look at it compared to like the DNC platform of today, and you're saying, man, those things are awfully similar, to a point where it's actually scary. – Trump Jr.	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I have great confidence that the Russians will try and undermine western democracy in 2017, 2018, 2019 and for an awfully long time, it is our responsibility as leaders of United States government to do all that we can to deter United States from interfering with us, not only in our elections, but more broadly as well. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This administration has taken enormous efforts to push back on Russia that have not been done in an awfully long time either here in the United States or frankly from our partners who are even more threatened by Russia than we are in Europe and elsewhere. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There is going to be an awfully strong pull among African-American women, who are going to be the plurality in that electorate, to vote for Stacey Abrams. – Charles Bullock	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In fact his last words were 'This is taking an awfully long time!'. – Philip Nitschke	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

So now Donald Trump accountants have fired Donald Trump and investigations draw closer to Donald Trump and right on cue, the noise machine gets turned up, fox leads the charge with accusations against me, counting on their audience to fall for it again. And as an aside, they're getting awfully close to actual malice.

– Kathy Hochul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think for many people this' return to normal' feels awfully abrupt and jarring.

– Kristen Carpenter

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I really only hit one bad putt — on the par-5 13th. Other than that, I just felt like the holes looked awfully big today, i made a lot of good putts today, and the greens says are rolling so good that just the holes look big.

– Satoshi Kodaira

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Sean, I'm always up for a good fight, i care deeply about America First. You and I have been part of the conservative movement for an awfully long time now. I aim to keep at it.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I care deeply about America, you and I have been part of the conservative movement for an awfully long time now. I aim to keep at it.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's worth noting that despite Florida Panhandle seeing a bit less of the action compared to other states like Louisiana, landfall locations don't fully describe the range and extent of Fast FactsStorm impacts, hurricane Isaias nearly clipped the east coast of Florida Panhandle and prompted Hurricane Warnings in South Florida for a time. Hurricane Sally in September brought flooding and tornadoes to much of the Florida Panhandle, and came awfully close to tropical storm strength in Hurricane Sally in September early stages when it hit Miami-Dade County.

– Jake Carstens

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Yes, not in a creepy way ! Just like,' Wow, you seem awfully young to be asking a question about a show that's been on [ so long ],' and I knew where you were going. You were wanting to see if the show was older than she was, and it was.

– Jensen Ackles

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I came here, wasnt feeling so well. I feel much better now. Were working hard to get me all the way back. I have to be back, because we still have to make America great again. Weve done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go and we have tohave to finish that job.

– The President

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I think pork supply is going to get pretty tight beginning probably next week, even though food service is slow, you're going to see that supply get stretched awfully thin trying to keep retail stores open.

– Stephen Mayer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You have to look -- you have to give a little flexibility, if you have a state in the Midwest, or if Alaska, for example, doesn't have a problem, it's awfully tough to say,' close it down.' We have to have a little bit of flexibility.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have to look -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have to give a little flexibility. If Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp have a state in the Midwest, or if Alaska for example doesn't have a problem, it's awfully tough to say close it down. We have to have a little bit of flexibility.

– Jerome Adams

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Bernie Sanders needs to grow Bernie Sanders support significantly to win the nomination and that begins with the African American community. If Bernie Sanders doesn't do much better with those voters, Bernie Sanders chances of being the nominee are awfully close to zero, that alone will not be enough. To date, Bernie Sanders campaign has at times given off a' my way or the highway vibe' that has put a ceiling on Bernie Sanders support among large swaths of Democratic Party.

– Dan Pfeiffer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I've got to drive it better, two under was an awfully good score for the way I drove it today.

– Matt Kuchar

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm pretty sure what's going to happen five years from now, more of these men and women are going to get sick and they are going to die and I am awfully tired of hearing that it's a 9/11 New York issue, al-Qaeda didn't shout death to Tribeca.

– Jon Stewart

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I feel awfully lucky that I had health insurance. It did cost $ 92,000, and if my family hadn't been insured, it would have been a disaster for us -- and it would have been a real disaster for most American families, i think about not only that, but what it would mean if you were an American citizen and you didn't have a primary care doctor who could give you a screening that let you know I had cancer.

– Michael Bennet

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's an enormous challenge for that country to make its shift, it has for an awfully long time told its people that those nuclear weapons were the thing that kept them secure. They now need to shift to the narrative to 'those are the things that put them at risk.'.

– Kim Jong

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Id never experienced even as an old, cynical writer as much excitement as all of us felt that afternoon following that action, there have been so many great moments in golf that you even forget some of them. But that one still stands out. ... There have been so many great tournaments that Ive been privileged to see, and people paid me to go watch, that Im awfully grateful for it.

– Dan Jenkins

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I found some good stuff between seasons ... and then things really heated up in Mexico, i feel awfully in control of what I'm doing.

– Matt Kuchar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think Ohio is much more of a core red state than the other three, the other ones are at their hearts blue states that will sometimes vote Republican. And it better be an awfully good year.

– John Brabender

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You see the Nazi platform in the early 1930s and what was actually put out there... and you look at it compared to like the DNC platform of today, and you're saying, man, those things are awfully similar, to a point where it's actually scary.

– Trump Jr.

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I have great confidence that the Russians will try and undermine western democracy in 2017, 2018, 2019 and for an awfully long time, it is our responsibility as leaders of United States government to do all that we can to deter United States from interfering with us, not only in our elections, but more broadly as well.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This administration has taken enormous efforts to push back on Russia that have not been done in an awfully long time either here in the United States or frankly from our partners who are even more threatened by Russia than we are in Europe and elsewhere.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There is going to be an awfully strong pull among African-American women, who are going to be the plurality in that electorate, to vote for Stacey Abrams.

– Charles Bullock

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In fact his last words were 'This is taking an awfully long time!'.

– Philip Nitschke

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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