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He was very dismissive of those options. – The Oscars producer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Los Angeles police officers said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no. – Will Packer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The President has long recognized that blue-collar workers, non-college-educated workers, workers in traditionally lower-paid sectors, such as laborers in manufacturing or providers of care to kids and older persons, in many ways those workers have for too long been forgotten by even Democrat policy makers, who basically told them,' Get a college education and you'll be fine,' which is not a viable option for a lot of people and seems pretty dismissive of their experience. I think The President's always bridled at an economics that leaves behind two-thirds of the workforce [ without college degrees ] and especially given that it's the two-thirds of the workforce that's been least pulled along by economic growth. – Jared Bernstein	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Being specific about our physical ailments — instead of vague and dismissive — can actually deepen relationships and help us all feel less isolated in this process. – Laura Tremaine	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The detainees are frustrated, rightfully so, that something as simple as being able to get meals that are edible for them and religiously compliant for them are not being attended to, i think that they particularly feel that they're just being ignored, that ICE is being dismissive, that nobody cares. – Nimra Azmi	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Pelosi then turned to the President's dismissive attitude about the audio, saying. – The President	Found on CNN 3 years ago
From the onset of this pandemic, nursing homes and assisted living providers have been on the front lines of the battle, the only way we will defeat this virus is working together with the State to ensure all nursing homes and assisted living providers are afforded the necessary resources to accomplish this goal. Hanse added : The States action today acknowledges the concerns providers voiced over the March 25thDepartment of Health advisory and we must continue to work together to implement solutions to assist long-term care providers. We are all in this together, and together, all of our actions must be directed at safeguarding our most vulnerable and lead us to overcome our present circumstances and create a stronger and safer future. Previously, Cuomo has seemed dismissive and resigned to defeat when asked about his state leading the nation in nursing-home deaths. Of the nations more than 26,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, a fifth of them about 5,300 are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll has been increasing by an average of 20 to 25 deaths a day for the past few weeks. – Stephen Hanse	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The market has gotten perhaps ahead of itself in quite confidently pricing in (U.S) interest rate cuts, powell was quite dismissive of the latest downturn in inflation... which I think has caused the market to reassess that a little bit. – Michael Metcalfe	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
No, it is a green dream, i don't consider that to be a dismissive term. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Even a guy like me that's just writing jokes, I have to listen more than I've ever had to listen'cause the gripes is coming so fast and furious. And I'm not dismissive of people's gripes. Might sound like it on stage, but I listen, as a president of a country that's as eclectic as ours. – Dave Chappelle	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's sad that Vice President Mike Pence is so dismissive of the American lives lost in Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, and Parkland — not to mention the thousands of people killed every month by gun violence. – Alyssa Milano	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I’ve said before that for decades as a country, we have been far too tolerant and dismissive of past allegations, in recent months, women have been courageously stepping out of the shadows to tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. That’s a huge step. – Heidi Heitkamp	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It was dismissive. Condescending and dismissive, those are the words I characterize in the book. – Tucker Carlson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
[ Narcissists ] wo n’t look them in the eye, are downright rude or dismissive, raise their voice for even a small slight, and may rapidly demand to see the manager. – Ramani Durvasula	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I wouldn't characterize anything as dismissive, there were certainly areas of disagreement, which shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise. ... He also explained the reasoning behind those areas of disagreement. – David Lapan	Found on CNN 7 years ago
[Clinton] will come to the debate armed with a deep knowledge of the issues, but ultimately has to show she can be likeable. She has to come off as dismissive [of Trump’s barbs] but not in a patronizing way, the debate is going to be decided on body language, tone and temperament. It will all be about tone and demeanor and much less about substance. – Richard Himelfarb	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
One of the things that has been very troubling to me and to people in the city of Atlanta and folks I talk to in Columbia, South Carolina, is how dismissive Sen. Sanders' message is of the work of President Barack Obama. – Kasim Reed	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Under the Antideficiency Act, EPA must conduct an internal investigation and identify the persons responsible, however, EPA is dismissive of GAO’s legal decision. In fact, even though GAO issued its legal decision on December 14, EPA has not removed from its website the messages that GAO found to be covert propaganda and grass roots lobbying. – Environmental Protection Agency	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Dung is not a flat-out reformer... but while there are people who are dismissive of Dung, there are people who say he's definitely the best of the bunch, he knows how to run a government, they're pretty well organised and know where they're going. – David Brown	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Dr. Carson is very dismissive of the question because it was hypothetical and Dr. Carson does not answer in hypotheticals. And so he intentionally did not answer the question, dr. Carson is still on a learning curve. – Armstrong Williams	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But he can be very aggressive, very strong and he speaks loud and in a rat, tat, tat, tat, drum beat. bernie is modulating his temperament. He is a brusque person who has a tendency to be dismissive, but he is accentuating the winning side of his personality. – Greg Guma	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Bernie is modulating his temperament. He is a brusque person who has a tendency to be dismissive, but he is accentuating the winning side of his personality, he is trying to convince people that he is a candidate with mass appeal. – Greg Guma	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think she wants to give people the benefit of the doubt and is interested in creating a framework for these accounts that isn't literally dismissive. – Paul Pieroni	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The general public might find stories of traveling to Mars unbelievable but Bonnie's approach to them is a little bit different, i think she wants to give people the benefit of the doubt and is interested in creating a framework for these accounts that isn't literally dismissive. – Paul Pieroni	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

He was very dismissive of those options.

– The Oscars producer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Los Angeles police officers said, we will go get him. We are prepared. We are prepared to get him right now. You can press charges. We can arrest him. They were laying out the options, and as they were talking, Chris was... being very dismissive of those options. He was like, no, I'm fine. He was, like, no, no, no.

– Will Packer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The President has long recognized that blue-collar workers, non-college-educated workers, workers in traditionally lower-paid sectors, such as laborers in manufacturing or providers of care to kids and older persons, in many ways those workers have for too long been forgotten by even Democrat policy makers, who basically told them,' Get a college education and you'll be fine,' which is not a viable option for a lot of people and seems pretty dismissive of their experience. I think The President's always bridled at an economics that leaves behind two-thirds of the workforce [ without college degrees ] and especially given that it's the two-thirds of the workforce that's been least pulled along by economic growth.

– Jared Bernstein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Being specific about our physical ailments — instead of vague and dismissive — can actually deepen relationships and help us all feel less isolated in this process.

– Laura Tremaine

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The detainees are frustrated, rightfully so, that something as simple as being able to get meals that are edible for them and religiously compliant for them are not being attended to, i think that they particularly feel that they're just being ignored, that ICE is being dismissive, that nobody cares.

– Nimra Azmi

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Pelosi then turned to the President's dismissive attitude about the audio, saying.

– The President

Found on CNN
3 years ago

From the onset of this pandemic, nursing homes and assisted living providers have been on the front lines of the battle, the only way we will defeat this virus is working together with the State to ensure all nursing homes and assisted living providers are afforded the necessary resources to accomplish this goal. Hanse added : The States action today acknowledges the concerns providers voiced over the March 25thDepartment of Health advisory and we must continue to work together to implement solutions to assist long-term care providers. We are all in this together, and together, all of our actions must be directed at safeguarding our most vulnerable and lead us to overcome our present circumstances and create a stronger and safer future. Previously, Cuomo has seemed dismissive and resigned to defeat when asked about his state leading the nation in nursing-home deaths. Of the nations more than 26,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, a fifth of them about 5,300 are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll has been increasing by an average of 20 to 25 deaths a day for the past few weeks.

– Stephen Hanse

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The market has gotten perhaps ahead of itself in quite confidently pricing in (U.S) interest rate cuts, powell was quite dismissive of the latest downturn in inflation... which I think has caused the market to reassess that a little bit.

– Michael Metcalfe

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

No, it is a green dream, i don't consider that to be a dismissive term.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Even a guy like me that's just writing jokes, I have to listen more than I've ever had to listen'cause the gripes is coming so fast and furious. And I'm not dismissive of people's gripes. Might sound like it on stage, but I listen, as a president of a country that's as eclectic as ours.

– Dave Chappelle

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's sad that Vice President Mike Pence is so dismissive of the American lives lost in Las Vegas, Sutherland Springs, and Parkland — not to mention the thousands of people killed every month by gun violence.

– Alyssa Milano

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I’ve said before that for decades as a country, we have been far too tolerant and dismissive of past allegations, in recent months, women have been courageously stepping out of the shadows to tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse. That’s a huge step.

– Heidi Heitkamp

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It was dismissive. Condescending and dismissive, those are the words I characterize in the book.

– Tucker Carlson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

[ Narcissists ] wo n’t look them in the eye, are downright rude or dismissive, raise their voice for even a small slight, and may rapidly demand to see the manager.

– Ramani Durvasula

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I wouldn't characterize anything as dismissive, there were certainly areas of disagreement, which shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise. ... He also explained the reasoning behind those areas of disagreement.

– David Lapan

Found on CNN
7 years ago

[Clinton] will come to the debate armed with a deep knowledge of the issues, but ultimately has to show she can be likeable. She has to come off as dismissive [of Trump’s barbs] but not in a patronizing way, the debate is going to be decided on body language, tone and temperament. It will all be about tone and demeanor and much less about substance.

– Richard Himelfarb

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

One of the things that has been very troubling to me and to people in the city of Atlanta and folks I talk to in Columbia, South Carolina, is how dismissive Sen. Sanders' message is of the work of President Barack Obama.

– Kasim Reed

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Under the Antideficiency Act, EPA must conduct an internal investigation and identify the persons responsible, however, EPA is dismissive of GAO’s legal decision. In fact, even though GAO issued its legal decision on December 14, EPA has not removed from its website the messages that GAO found to be covert propaganda and grass roots lobbying.

– Environmental Protection Agency

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Dung is not a flat-out reformer... but while there are people who are dismissive of Dung, there are people who say he's definitely the best of the bunch, he knows how to run a government, they're pretty well organised and know where they're going.

– David Brown

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Dr. Carson is very dismissive of the question because it was hypothetical and Dr. Carson does not answer in hypotheticals. And so he intentionally did not answer the question, dr. Carson is still on a learning curve.

– Armstrong Williams

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But he can be very aggressive, very strong and he speaks loud and in a rat, tat, tat, tat, drum beat. bernie is modulating his temperament. He is a brusque person who has a tendency to be dismissive, but he is accentuating the winning side of his personality.

– Greg Guma

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Bernie is modulating his temperament. He is a brusque person who has a tendency to be dismissive, but he is accentuating the winning side of his personality, he is trying to convince people that he is a candidate with mass appeal.

– Greg Guma

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think she wants to give people the benefit of the doubt and is interested in creating a framework for these accounts that isn't literally dismissive.

– Paul Pieroni

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The general public might find stories of traveling to Mars unbelievable but Bonnie's approach to them is a little bit different, i think she wants to give people the benefit of the doubt and is interested in creating a framework for these accounts that isn't literally dismissive.

– Paul Pieroni

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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