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It had to pass two general assemblies, and now it's gotta be on the ballot and people don't really understand what they're talking about, it's been in our constitution since 1870, and it wasn't talking about slavery like people think about slavery. It was the wording. They were talking about prisoners and we still, you know, confine prisoners. It's not slavery, but it is confining prisoners and that's what it was talking about. – Joey Hensley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage – Todd Kalinski	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
This is an initiative that is the vision of President Joe Biden, joe Biden has said,' I want to do everything I can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but I will not confine President Joe Biden vision for the country,'. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Joe Biden has said,' I want to do everything I can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but I will not confine President Joe Biden vision for the country,'. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don't confine my enjoyment of Christmas music to November through December, i can be on a treadmill … at the gym in the middle of July, and if a Christmas song comes up on my playlist, I'll never hit ‘skip.’. – Shannon Bream	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we're doing is closing down gatherings in pubs and clubs and things of that nature, we're not putting in place lockdowns that would confine people to their home. – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Confine yourself to the present. – Marcus Aurelius	added by Normando 4 years ago
When you confine people and put them in a stressed environment you see immune changes. – Mike Barratt	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That is driving the space. It means we can't confine our business model to finding a new chemical entity, we need branded and generic drugs, medical devices and diagnostic capabilities. – Erez Vigodman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have told states to not confine only to Maggi, but extend to other manufacturers of noodles, why should we isolate Nestle? It's not a question of targeting. – Yudhvir Singh Malik	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't confine my comments to the NCAA within the United States. I would say internationally that's an area where there needs to be much more done because there are young athletes who are tempted to cheat in order to try to get the professional contracts, i don't think you can even say that there's such a thing as an amateur athlete these days except within the college system in this country. – David Howman	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is unacceptable to confine orcas to barren tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub. – Delcianna Winders	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If the Federal Government will confine itself to the exercise of powers clearly granted by the Constitution , it can hardly happen that its action upon any question should endanger the institutions of the States or interfere with their right to manage matters strictly domestic according to the will of their own people. – Franklin Pierce	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers! – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. – Hebrew Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck. – Author Unknown	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. – Francis Quarles	added by anonymous 13 years ago
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. – Stephen Hawking	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It had to pass two general assemblies, and now it's gotta be on the ballot and people don't really understand what they're talking about, it's been in our constitution since 1870, and it wasn't talking about slavery like people think about slavery. It was the wording. They were talking about prisoners and we still, you know, confine prisoners. It's not slavery, but it is confining prisoners and that's what it was talking about.

– Joey Hensley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

it’s not funny nor humorous anymore, is it? this practical confine greasing our gills, gilding our lilies, suffocating on our common wreckage

– Todd Kalinski

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

This is an initiative that is the vision of President Joe Biden, joe Biden has said,' I want to do everything I can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but I will not confine President Joe Biden vision for the country,'.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Joe Biden has said,' I want to do everything I can in a bipartisan way to build the infrastructure of our country, but I will not confine President Joe Biden vision for the country,'.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don't confine my enjoyment of Christmas music to November through December, i can be on a treadmill … at the gym in the middle of July, and if a Christmas song comes up on my playlist, I'll never hit ‘skip.’.

– Shannon Bream

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we're doing is closing down gatherings in pubs and clubs and things of that nature, we're not putting in place lockdowns that would confine people to their home.

– Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Confine yourself to the present.

– Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

When you confine people and put them in a stressed environment you see immune changes.

– Mike Barratt

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That is driving the space. It means we can't confine our business model to finding a new chemical entity, we need branded and generic drugs, medical devices and diagnostic capabilities.

– Erez Vigodman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have told states to not confine only to Maggi, but extend to other manufacturers of noodles, why should we isolate Nestle? It's not a question of targeting.

– Yudhvir Singh Malik

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't confine my comments to the NCAA within the United States. I would say internationally that's an area where there needs to be much more done because there are young athletes who are tempted to cheat in order to try to get the professional contracts, i don't think you can even say that there's such a thing as an amateur athlete these days except within the college system in this country.

– David Howman

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is unacceptable to confine orcas to barren tanks that, to them, are the size of a bathtub.

– Delcianna Winders

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If the Federal Government will confine itself to the exercise of powers clearly granted by the Constitution , it can hardly happen that its action upon any question should endanger the institutions of the States or interfere with their right to manage matters strictly domestic according to the will of their own people.

– Franklin Pierce

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

– Hebrew Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck.

– Author Unknown

added by anonymous
13 years ago

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

– Francis Quarles

added by anonymous
13 years ago

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.

– Stephen Hawking

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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