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We can't say, 'Well, when we did Thrones, we did it this way…,' this is something else, and should be something else... Hopefully it will be seen as something else. But it will have to earn that. We'll be lucky if we ever come close to what the original show was, so we're just putting our heads down and getting on with it and hoping what we come up with is worthy of having a Game of Thrones title. – Miguel Sapochnik	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Maybe buyers are trying to take advantage of a lower locked-in rate... They want to sign the contract and close the deal quickly. – Lawrence Yun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have been unable to adequately staff this remote restaurant with crew and continue to be plagued with excessive call-outs and lack of availability from existing staff, because of these ongoing staffing challenges, there is no probability of reopening in the foreseeable future, so we've made the decision to permanently close the restaurant. – Laurie Schalow	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Elon Musk has been and remains contractually obligated to use Elon Musk best efforts to close this deal, what Elon Musk's doing is the exact opposite. It's sabotage. – William Savitt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I've been doing this professionally for 45 years and never have we had anything remotely close to this. – Arnold Duke	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun -- was very proficient in that, very tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect he was also motioning for people to exit behind him, many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting. – James Ison	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I always hope I get that call again, i would love to be in SI forever. It’s one of my favorite teams in the business to work [with]. The magazine is so close to my heart. It was always my dream to be in it, and I ended up with a family. Every year becomes my favorite shoot. So I would love to be back for sure. – Brooks Nader	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The issue is that despite this growing energy crisis in Europe, some governments still prioritize the climate agenda which makes energy ever more expensive, or which forces farmers to close their farms because that is the top priority, still, for a number of governments, this whole green agenda is causing huge burdens. – Benny Peiser	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Look, Alcantara launching site is a real wonder if you need to send a spacecraft to outer space because it's a very efficient location. I mean, you use…less fuel compared to other launching sites, and it's so close to the United States because we are in the same Western Hemisphere that it makes perfect sense if you can join efforts to make it possible. – Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s nice to win some of these close games, we’ve had some heartbreakers this year where we’ve lost by one run when we’ve been in the game. It’s nice to just be on the winning side of that. – Mike Yastrzemski	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It was a fairly lengthy relationship and we do have some prior calls. I’m not disclosing at this time what those calls were, or when they were, our thoughts and prayers go out to the many friends and family who have been devasted by this loss. Roscommon County contains wonderfully, close-knit communities who rally around those who are struggling and in need. We encourage the people of this community to share their love and support to the many people who have been devastated by this horrific and senseless tragedy. – Ben Lowe	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Because they racist as f---, that’s why, they will say anything, and it’s fine. I mean, f---, it’s my wife, she’s been dealing with them her whole life. I don't mind it. I hear it, if I hear someone close by, I check them real quick. I move onto the game, whatever the f---. They going to say whatever the f--- they want to say. They might throw something. I got a beer thrown on me leaving a game. – Getty Images	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
She said that she had just been through a real traumatizing breakup, and she hadn’t healed from it yet and wasn’t ready to get close at all, so we were just being friends. – Teal Oceans Akerson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Being taken advantage of by someone who is ... so depraved is something I'm embarrassed I'm even close to, in the present, everyone has to feel enormous regret for the advantage that was taken of so many young women. – Leslie Wexner	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Twitter isn't necessarily litigating to go all the way through to the end and get a court order compelling Musk to close, they're litigating to position Twitter in the best place to get as much money out of Elon Musk that they can. – Kenneth Henderson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Today, Reliance share whose CMP is at Rs.2387 is likely to fall to the level of Rs.2369/- around 1 pm and then move up little up but after 3 pm it may reach to at close 2310 or 2255. – Abhute Bahety	added by abhutebaheti7631 1 year ago
Reliance share is likely to close at Rs.2115/- in July 2022 as per market inside sources. And it may reach at Rs.2255 today. Its CMP is Rs.2387 – Abhute Bahety	added by abhutebaheti7631 1 year ago
This night – people yell, 'Close the gate!’and she runs to grab the gate to close it to keep the horse from running out and running over people or different things is what we are pretty sure was in her mind, and when she did, instead of the horse stopping, it ran through the gate and the impact and the force of a 1,400-pound horse as it comes through at 30 plus miles per hour – the gate came across and hit her and that is what did the damage. – Heath Chadwick	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It's been a good test to see what these cars are about and the physicality differences to an IndyCar, it's a goal of mine and has been for a while. There's been instances where I've been close. But what's going on with this, it's just getting seat time. I wanted to see what these cars are all about and luckily McLaren gave me a chance. – Colton Herta	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When you use the term reparations, we would like for it to be associated with the full repair of human beings, to close the racial income gap, housing can only be a portion of it, maybe a silo of it. – Rose Cannon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's a very attritional struggle, it's a struggle between two armies, both of whom have taken huge losses and are very close to exhaustion. – Justin Bronk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This tragedy hits close to home, and many in our school community have been affected by it, no words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel. – Rabbi Benzion Korf	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I had a grudge against a particular religious group, and I thought Shinzo Abe had a close relationship with this group, my mother got into a group and made a large donation and my family life was messed up. – Tetsuya Yamagami	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We're hoping that a commitment to transparency and openness to a range of views can help close that gap over time. – Ben Smith	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

We can't say, 'Well, when we did Thrones, we did it this way…,' this is something else, and should be something else... Hopefully it will be seen as something else. But it will have to earn that. We'll be lucky if we ever come close to what the original show was, so we're just putting our heads down and getting on with it and hoping what we come up with is worthy of having a Game of Thrones title.

– Miguel Sapochnik

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Maybe buyers are trying to take advantage of a lower locked-in rate... They want to sign the contract and close the deal quickly.

– Lawrence Yun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have been unable to adequately staff this remote restaurant with crew and continue to be plagued with excessive call-outs and lack of availability from existing staff, because of these ongoing staffing challenges, there is no probability of reopening in the foreseeable future, so we've made the decision to permanently close the restaurant.

– Laurie Schalow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Elon Musk has been and remains contractually obligated to use Elon Musk best efforts to close this deal, what Elon Musk's doing is the exact opposite. It's sabotage.

– William Savitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I've been doing this professionally for 45 years and never have we had anything remotely close to this.

– Arnold Duke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun -- was very proficient in that, very tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect he was also motioning for people to exit behind him, many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting.

– James Ison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I always hope I get that call again, i would love to be in SI forever. It’s one of my favorite teams in the business to work [with]. The magazine is so close to my heart. It was always my dream to be in it, and I ended up with a family. Every year becomes my favorite shoot. So I would love to be back for sure.

– Brooks Nader

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The issue is that despite this growing energy crisis in Europe, some governments still prioritize the climate agenda which makes energy ever more expensive, or which forces farmers to close their farms because that is the top priority, still, for a number of governments, this whole green agenda is causing huge burdens.

– Benny Peiser

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Look, Alcantara launching site is a real wonder if you need to send a spacecraft to outer space because it's a very efficient location. I mean, you use…less fuel compared to other launching sites, and it's so close to the United States because we are in the same Western Hemisphere that it makes perfect sense if you can join efforts to make it possible.

– Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s nice to win some of these close games, we’ve had some heartbreakers this year where we’ve lost by one run when we’ve been in the game. It’s nice to just be on the winning side of that.

– Mike Yastrzemski

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It was a fairly lengthy relationship and we do have some prior calls. I’m not disclosing at this time what those calls were, or when they were, our thoughts and prayers go out to the many friends and family who have been devasted by this loss. Roscommon County contains wonderfully, close-knit communities who rally around those who are struggling and in need. We encourage the people of this community to share their love and support to the many people who have been devastated by this horrific and senseless tragedy.

– Ben Lowe

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Because they racist as f---, that’s why, they will say anything, and it’s fine. I mean, f---, it’s my wife, she’s been dealing with them her whole life. I don't mind it. I hear it, if I hear someone close by, I check them real quick. I move onto the game, whatever the f---. They going to say whatever the f--- they want to say. They might throw something. I got a beer thrown on me leaving a game.

– Getty Images

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

She said that she had just been through a real traumatizing breakup, and she hadn’t healed from it yet and wasn’t ready to get close at all, so we were just being friends.

– Teal Oceans Akerson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Being taken advantage of by someone who is ... so depraved is something I'm embarrassed I'm even close to, in the present, everyone has to feel enormous regret for the advantage that was taken of so many young women.

– Leslie Wexner

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Twitter isn't necessarily litigating to go all the way through to the end and get a court order compelling Musk to close, they're litigating to position Twitter in the best place to get as much money out of Elon Musk that they can.

– Kenneth Henderson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today, Reliance share whose CMP is at Rs.2387 is likely to fall to the level of Rs.2369/- around 1 pm and then move up little up but after 3 pm it may reach to at close 2310 or 2255.

– Abhute Bahety

added by abhutebaheti7631
1 year ago

Reliance share is likely to close at Rs.2115/- in July 2022 as per market inside sources. And it may reach at Rs.2255 today. Its CMP is Rs.2387

– Abhute Bahety

added by abhutebaheti7631
1 year ago

This night – people yell, 'Close the gate!’and she runs to grab the gate to close it to keep the horse from running out and running over people or different things is what we are pretty sure was in her mind, and when she did, instead of the horse stopping, it ran through the gate and the impact and the force of a 1,400-pound horse as it comes through at 30 plus miles per hour – the gate came across and hit her and that is what did the damage.

– Heath Chadwick

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's been a good test to see what these cars are about and the physicality differences to an IndyCar, it's a goal of mine and has been for a while. There's been instances where I've been close. But what's going on with this, it's just getting seat time. I wanted to see what these cars are all about and luckily McLaren gave me a chance.

– Colton Herta

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When you use the term reparations, we would like for it to be associated with the full repair of human beings, to close the racial income gap, housing can only be a portion of it, maybe a silo of it.

– Rose Cannon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's a very attritional struggle, it's a struggle between two armies, both of whom have taken huge losses and are very close to exhaustion.

– Justin Bronk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This tragedy hits close to home, and many in our school community have been affected by it, no words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel.

– Rabbi Benzion Korf

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I had a grudge against a particular religious group, and I thought Shinzo Abe had a close relationship with this group, my mother got into a group and made a large donation and my family life was messed up.

– Tetsuya Yamagami

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We're hoping that a commitment to transparency and openness to a range of views can help close that gap over time.

– Ben Smith

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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