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In general, if there’s going to be an extravagant trait that’s used for fighting for mates, usually, it’s the males that have the extravagant trait, but biology is fun because there’s always exceptions — female reindeer have antlers, if they are arguing that these are male weapons that are used to gain access to females, it would have been a stronger story to me if they had evidence that the females don’t have weapons. – Erin McCullough	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is extravagant. It is absurd, it is absolutely Elvis. – Daniel Wade	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We didn't want to change the fundamental DNA of it, but we wanted to grow it and to expand it, because we had more time, more money, more resources, we could give ourselves more extravagant opportunities, like helicopter shots and drone shooting.... [ We could ] just allow ourselves to be a little less reserved, a little bolder in some ways... The goal was to make it feel like the same, but elevated and richer in the design. – Rip Van Winkle	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Don't be extravagant, don't waste, do what you can to cut out unnecessary expenditure, don't eat more than you need, don't travel more than you need, be responsible careful citizens of this planet which is our only home, and for the creatures that live in it. – David Attenborough	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
For the Trump it was quite easy, because American burgers are an American staple and Mr. Trump himself is very extravagant, so thats why we went with double beef, double bacon, double cheese, fried pickles, and then we added the chicken floss, which represents his hair, which is one of Mr. Trumps most noticeable features. – Colin Kelly	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Focusing on the act of giving teaches children that the gift does not have to be extravagant and expensive, the gift can take on many forms : a tangible gift, a gift of time or a gift of service. Just something that honors the person being celebrated. – Mary Jo Katras	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It’s beautiful, it’s humbling to be recognized as someone who's had a positive impact, but if I have been fortunate enough to impact others it's only because I, myself, have been greatly impacted by positive people in my life, my mother nourished me with the most extravagant love imaginable, my father, my incredible father, drove me to be the best I can. – Janet Jackson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The items are significant because we rarely see them, archaeologically, also, Puritan Boston is often seen as an extremely conservative, reserved, and religious location in the 17th century, which it was, but in wealthier houses, the residents had access to luxury goods, purchased them, and enjoyed their more extravagant lifestyle in the privacy of their own home. – Joe Bagley	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Golf has become very popular among the public, while at the same time it has an elitist, extravagant image and is very expensive, we feel it is right that we develop golf as a public sport, ease some of the consumers' burden, expand the sport's base and heighten the golf industry's international competitiveness. – Lee Seung-yeop	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Only the most extravagant speculation would lead to the conclusion that the supposedly prejudicial evidence rendered the Carr brothers' joint sentencing proceeding fundamentally unfair. – Antonin Scalia	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There's a lot of speculation why that's the case, kim Jong could be trying to put out this image as a humble guy, that he's not extravagant. In previous years, Kim Jong has distributed sweets to children on January 7, something Kim Jong grandfather and father were known to do on their birthdays. During a visit to North Korea two years ago, former NBA star Dennis Rodman sang. – Lee Jung Hoon	Found on CNN 8 years ago
This is too extravagant to be maintained. – Chief Justice John Marshall	added by anonymous 9 years ago
A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. – William Shenstone	added by anonymous 9 years ago
New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. – Lucius Beebe	added by anonymous 10 years ago
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death. – Evelyn Waugh	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly. – Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)	added by anonymous 13 years ago

In general, if there’s going to be an extravagant trait that’s used for fighting for mates, usually, it’s the males that have the extravagant trait, but biology is fun because there’s always exceptions — female reindeer have antlers, if they are arguing that these are male weapons that are used to gain access to females, it would have been a stronger story to me if they had evidence that the females don’t have weapons.

– Erin McCullough

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is extravagant. It is absurd, it is absolutely Elvis.

– Daniel Wade

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We didn't want to change the fundamental DNA of it, but we wanted to grow it and to expand it, because we had more time, more money, more resources, we could give ourselves more extravagant opportunities, like helicopter shots and drone shooting.... [ We could ] just allow ourselves to be a little less reserved, a little bolder in some ways... The goal was to make it feel like the same, but elevated and richer in the design.

– Rip Van Winkle

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Don't be extravagant, don't waste, do what you can to cut out unnecessary expenditure, don't eat more than you need, don't travel more than you need, be responsible careful citizens of this planet which is our only home, and for the creatures that live in it.

– David Attenborough

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

For the Trump it was quite easy, because American burgers are an American staple and Mr. Trump himself is very extravagant, so thats why we went with double beef, double bacon, double cheese, fried pickles, and then we added the chicken floss, which represents his hair, which is one of Mr. Trumps most noticeable features.

– Colin Kelly

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Focusing on the act of giving teaches children that the gift does not have to be extravagant and expensive, the gift can take on many forms : a tangible gift, a gift of time or a gift of service. Just something that honors the person being celebrated.

– Mary Jo Katras

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s beautiful, it’s humbling to be recognized as someone who's had a positive impact, but if I have been fortunate enough to impact others it's only because I, myself, have been greatly impacted by positive people in my life, my mother nourished me with the most extravagant love imaginable, my father, my incredible father, drove me to be the best I can.

– Janet Jackson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The items are significant because we rarely see them, archaeologically, also, Puritan Boston is often seen as an extremely conservative, reserved, and religious location in the 17th century, which it was, but in wealthier houses, the residents had access to luxury goods, purchased them, and enjoyed their more extravagant lifestyle in the privacy of their own home.

– Joe Bagley

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Golf has become very popular among the public, while at the same time it has an elitist, extravagant image and is very expensive, we feel it is right that we develop golf as a public sport, ease some of the consumers' burden, expand the sport's base and heighten the golf industry's international competitiveness.

– Lee Seung-yeop

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Only the most extravagant speculation would lead to the conclusion that the supposedly prejudicial evidence rendered the Carr brothers' joint sentencing proceeding fundamentally unfair.

– Antonin Scalia

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There's a lot of speculation why that's the case, kim Jong could be trying to put out this image as a humble guy, that he's not extravagant. In previous years, Kim Jong has distributed sweets to children on January 7, something Kim Jong grandfather and father were known to do on their birthdays. During a visit to North Korea two years ago, former NBA star Dennis Rodman sang.

– Lee Jung Hoon

Found on CNN
8 years ago

This is too extravagant to be maintained.

– Chief Justice John Marshall

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

– William Shenstone

added by anonymous
9 years ago

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

– Lucius Beebe

added by anonymous
10 years ago

His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

– Evelyn Waugh

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.

– Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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