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You’ve got the tax credits as the carrot. – Thomas Boylan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They’re better than us at the carrot and the stick. If they get in line, they get the carrot. If they don’t, they get the stick. They all tout the unity thing. Maybe that’s one of our weaknesses. – Don Bacon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think bone broth is getting some new attention now with grocery prices on the rise and people wanting to do more with less, i feel like it’s an easy entry point for some good DIY kitchen basics. If you’ve already roasted a chicken, just go ahead and throw that carcass in your pot or pressure cooker along with that random onion in the pantry and scraggly carrot in the fridge, and lo and behold, you’re going to save yourself some money and have broth that tastes better and is better for you than anything you’d buy. – Cassy Joy Garcia	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a parent, you don't know what you're picking up out of the produce bin, is it elevated because of the cultivar -- the particular type of sweet potato or carrot ? Or is it elevated because it's grown in an area where the soil has naturally high levels of lead ? Answering these questions will be the responsibility of government regulators and industry, Houlihan said. The FDA has a Closer to Zero campaign, for example, which could take on the issue.CNN has reached out to The FDA for comment but hasn't yet received a response. – Jane Houlihan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Replacing a sugary snack with carrot sticks is likely to improve health -- and have a beneficial effect on CVD risk. That wouldn't be the case when replacing a whole-grain snack with carrots. – Gunter Kuhnle	Found on CNN 2 years ago
So we have to understand that asking countries right on the border of Russia that used to be part of Russia to be in a military alliance against Russia is just a foolhardy idea. Henry Kissinger said this, many others have said this, and I think we should offer them the carrot of that, that they won't be in NATO and at the same time, tell them, though, that if you invade there, the repercussions will be very, very costly and these will be economic repercussions. But all of that requires the cooperation of Europe because we don't buy that much from Russia. – Rand Paul	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This lightened-up vegan carrot cake bread is the perfect snack when you want something a little sweet yet healthy, pro tip : add an extra quarter-cup of brown sugar for a sweeter bread fit for dessert. To keep it on the lighter side, omit the icing. – Eliza Schuett	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Part of what we have to do is we have to wield the stick, but we also have to have the carrot, the carrot might be in the way we can offer [ countries ] an alternative model of growth and development. – Jonathan Pershing	Found on CNN 2 years ago
She had a dog-friendly carrot cake, the interior of the house was completely decorated, she got all her favorite foods like blueberries, bread and pasta, of course, in moderation. – Jennifer Hetterscheidt	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” – Jim Davis	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Parole is supposed to be that carrot. If you’re good while you’re incarcerated you’re supposed to get parole, she doesn’t know what more she can do really. – Peter Dumas	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It seems to indicate that he's either freestyling, or that his administration thinks that Kim Jong Un would actually be interested in meeting as a kind of carrot for negotiating, but there is an obvious dissonance with [Secretary of State Rex] Tillerson's categorical statements that the US will not 'negotiate its way back to the negotiating table.'. – Adam Cathcart	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Unsilenceable: An outspoken person, usually in politics or in organizational life,that cannot be shut down neither by carrot nor by stick. Unsilenceable people say what they think and let their heart and soul speak out loud with no terror of being shut down. Abderrahman Hassi – Abderrahman Hassi	added by anonymous 7 years ago
Football is the carrot, but we're really using that to mentor and be a focal point in these kids’ lives where we're helping them do better things in their lives. – Officer James Holliman	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The IRS continues to confuse the stick with the carrot, rewarding their employees’ bad behavior with favorable outcomes, common sense would suggest that an employee who was fired for misconduct or poor performance shouldn’t be hired back, but the IRS’s outrageous and bewildering behavior continues to defylogic. – Nevadaand Mike Enzi of Wyoming	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There has been a flurry of research in the last five years that says that rewards for grades actually reduce motivation, i don’t believe in the carrot-and-stick mentality. If you do celebrate the grades, a spontaneous activity that offers quality time together is the best, rather than a gift or money. – Fred Zelinger	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
They put out a carrot, but it's a fake carrot. – Police Executive Director Jim Pasco	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The carrot is a happy and harmonious society, the only stick is shame. – Helen Clark	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Abdullah — who now weighs less than she did pre-pregnancy — tries to reach for spices when preparing each meal of the day. For example, she mixes cinnamon into her breakfast smoothies to manage insulin levels and keep blood sugar low, and sprinkles nuts with red chili powder, which increases metabolism, as well as salt, pepper and cumin. For a quick dinner, she marinates chicken overnight with cumin, ginger, garlic, jalapenos, smoked paprika and coriander. She referenced her cauliflower, pea and carrot medley with turmeric, which reduces inflammation. Experts say spices can be beneficial for weight loss, but an active lifestyle and eating well overall are key. Dr. Mariza Snyder, author of The Matcha Miracle, said exercising, avoiding processed foods, and opting for a plant-based diet when possible is crucial. Today, in addition to adding spices to Mariza Snyder food, Abdullah works out about twice a week. Mariza Snyder’s energetic and confident, and no longer feels deprived. Plus, Mariza Snyder weight is at an all-time low for Mariza Snyder adult life. My life has changed because I seek out more active things to do now. – Mariza Snyder	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I hope that the U.S. government understands that it can't handle Cuba with a carrot and Venezuela with a garrote. – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That's not baby weight. That's carrot cake. – British Journalist Katie Hopkins	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Countries opposed to GMOs are given the carrot of being able to opt-out of these authorisations, but the scheme approved today fails to give them a legally-watertight basis for doing so. This is a false solution. – Bart Staes	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
At present, we have a policy-response (to climate change) shaped by sophisticated climate science, brilliant technology and pop behaviourism, based on simple assumptions about carrot-and-stick incentives. – David Fleming	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market or the precipice. – Robinson Jeffers	added by anonymous 14 years ago

You’ve got the tax credits as the carrot.

– Thomas Boylan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They’re better than us at the carrot and the stick. If they get in line, they get the carrot. If they don’t, they get the stick. They all tout the unity thing. Maybe that’s one of our weaknesses.

– Don Bacon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think bone broth is getting some new attention now with grocery prices on the rise and people wanting to do more with less, i feel like it’s an easy entry point for some good DIY kitchen basics. If you’ve already roasted a chicken, just go ahead and throw that carcass in your pot or pressure cooker along with that random onion in the pantry and scraggly carrot in the fridge, and lo and behold, you’re going to save yourself some money and have broth that tastes better and is better for you than anything you’d buy.

– Cassy Joy Garcia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a parent, you don't know what you're picking up out of the produce bin, is it elevated because of the cultivar -- the particular type of sweet potato or carrot ? Or is it elevated because it's grown in an area where the soil has naturally high levels of lead ? Answering these questions will be the responsibility of government regulators and industry, Houlihan said. The FDA has a Closer to Zero campaign, for example, which could take on the issue.CNN has reached out to The FDA for comment but hasn't yet received a response.

– Jane Houlihan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Replacing a sugary snack with carrot sticks is likely to improve health -- and have a beneficial effect on CVD risk. That wouldn't be the case when replacing a whole-grain snack with carrots.

– Gunter Kuhnle

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So we have to understand that asking countries right on the border of Russia that used to be part of Russia to be in a military alliance against Russia is just a foolhardy idea. Henry Kissinger said this, many others have said this, and I think we should offer them the carrot of that, that they won't be in NATO and at the same time, tell them, though, that if you invade there, the repercussions will be very, very costly and these will be economic repercussions. But all of that requires the cooperation of Europe because we don't buy that much from Russia.

– Rand Paul

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This lightened-up vegan carrot cake bread is the perfect snack when you want something a little sweet yet healthy, pro tip : add an extra quarter-cup of brown sugar for a sweeter bread fit for dessert. To keep it on the lighter side, omit the icing.

– Eliza Schuett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Part of what we have to do is we have to wield the stick, but we also have to have the carrot, the carrot might be in the way we can offer [ countries ] an alternative model of growth and development.

– Jonathan Pershing

Found on CNN
2 years ago

She had a dog-friendly carrot cake, the interior of the house was completely decorated, she got all her favorite foods like blueberries, bread and pasta, of course, in moderation.

– Jennifer Hetterscheidt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”

– Jim Davis

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Parole is supposed to be that carrot. If you’re good while you’re incarcerated you’re supposed to get parole, she doesn’t know what more she can do really.

– Peter Dumas

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It seems to indicate that he's either freestyling, or that his administration thinks that Kim Jong Un would actually be interested in meeting as a kind of carrot for negotiating, but there is an obvious dissonance with [Secretary of State Rex] Tillerson's categorical statements that the US will not 'negotiate its way back to the negotiating table.'.

– Adam Cathcart

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Unsilenceable: An outspoken person, usually in politics or in organizational life,that cannot be shut down neither by carrot nor by stick. Unsilenceable people say what they think and let their heart and soul speak out loud with no terror of being shut down. Abderrahman Hassi

– Abderrahman Hassi

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Football is the carrot, but we're really using that to mentor and be a focal point in these kids’ lives where we're helping them do better things in their lives.

– Officer James Holliman

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The IRS continues to confuse the stick with the carrot, rewarding their employees’ bad behavior with favorable outcomes, common sense would suggest that an employee who was fired for misconduct or poor performance shouldn’t be hired back, but the IRS’s outrageous and bewildering behavior continues to defylogic.

– Nevadaand Mike Enzi of Wyoming

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There has been a flurry of research in the last five years that says that rewards for grades actually reduce motivation, i don’t believe in the carrot-and-stick mentality. If you do celebrate the grades, a spontaneous activity that offers quality time together is the best, rather than a gift or money.

– Fred Zelinger

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

They put out a carrot, but it's a fake carrot.

– Police Executive Director Jim Pasco

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The carrot is a happy and harmonious society, the only stick is shame.

– Helen Clark

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Abdullah — who now weighs less than she did pre-pregnancy — tries to reach for spices when preparing each meal of the day. For example, she mixes cinnamon into her breakfast smoothies to manage insulin levels and keep blood sugar low, and sprinkles nuts with red chili powder, which increases metabolism, as well as salt, pepper and cumin. For a quick dinner, she marinates chicken overnight with cumin, ginger, garlic, jalapenos, smoked paprika and coriander. She referenced her cauliflower, pea and carrot medley with turmeric, which reduces inflammation. Experts say spices can be beneficial for weight loss, but an active lifestyle and eating well overall are key. Dr. Mariza Snyder, author of The Matcha Miracle, said exercising, avoiding processed foods, and opting for a plant-based diet when possible is crucial. Today, in addition to adding spices to Mariza Snyder food, Abdullah works out about twice a week. Mariza Snyder’s energetic and confident, and no longer feels deprived. Plus, Mariza Snyder weight is at an all-time low for Mariza Snyder adult life. My life has changed because I seek out more active things to do now.

– Mariza Snyder

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I hope that the U.S. government understands that it can't handle Cuba with a carrot and Venezuela with a garrote.

– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That's not baby weight. That's carrot cake.

– British Journalist Katie Hopkins

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Countries opposed to GMOs are given the carrot of being able to opt-out of these authorisations, but the scheme approved today fails to give them a legally-watertight basis for doing so. This is a false solution.

– Bart Staes

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

At present, we have a policy-response (to climate change) shaped by sophisticated climate science, brilliant technology and pop behaviourism, based on simple assumptions about carrot-and-stick incentives.

– David Fleming

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market or the precipice.

– Robinson Jeffers

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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