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Gramicci’s Loose Tapered pants are the king of hiking bottoms, they’re loose and extra roomy for taking wide strides and going uphill, but they’re cropped and tapered for a stylish look off the trail. I have four pairs in different colors and they’re the most flattering pant I own. – Kevin Cortez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I look at that enthusiasm for [another season], which is not at all in existence or moving towards existence as of now, to be flattering, we all do. But I also am like still, you know, eyes deep in season three. We’re still worried about this and going episode to episode. I didn’t know we were gonna get to do three seasons. None of us knew that this thing was going to take off the way it did, and people were going to respond to it the way they did. – Jason Sudeikis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Part of being a sex symbol is very flattering and it does help you get success in the business - but only to a point. – Damon Welch	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They're lying at your network about people taking human drugs versus drugs for veterinary, calling it a ‘horse dewormer’ is not the most flattering thing, I get that. – Joe Rogan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s a rumor that’s just out there and it’s wild and it’s out of control, i appreciate the honorable mention, and it’s quite flattering quite frankly. – Danielle Outlaw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing. – Roger McGuinn	added by RobertHaigh 2 years ago
A hypocrite's hatred is hidden behind flattering words. #qotd #quoteoftheday – Proverb	added by proverb 2 years ago
The photo that was posted this week is beautiful, but as someone who has struggled with body image her whole life, when someone takes a photo of you that isn't flattering in bad lighting or doesn't capture your body the way it is after working so hard to get it to this point - and then shares it to the world - you should have every right to ask for it to not be shared - regardless of who you are. – Khloe Kardashian	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I find it deeply flattering, i think that it speaks to the unexpected role that audio has come to play at The Times '. A podcast doesn't become the front page of a newspaper unless a newspaper lets a podcast become the new front page. – Lisa Tobin	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It was very flattering. – The Weeknd	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I was like,' Joe Diffie got ta be kidding me.' It's pretty flattering they went that far with it. It's one thing to hear a song title or Joe Diffie name mentioned, but when it started into the' Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie' part, that's cool right there. – Joe Diffie	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's really an honor. It's kind of flattering, yet uncomfortable at the same time, talk about unexpected, you know ? – Joe Diffie	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I saw that, that was very flattering on me, you know, because she's obviously lovely. – Helen Mirren	Found on CNN 4 years ago
But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine. – Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I would like that, i really describe it as me being myself and people liking what they see. I'm not trying to change myself to become what people expect me to be but more that they are gravitating toward what I am now. I like to see that, I enjoy it, it's nice and flattering. – American Lyles	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Part of me sees that as flattering but there is a difference in that I am not a one-man show, i have a great team, people who have grown in the business and are very cohesive. We are a pack at the leadership and we are a pack at the sales level. – John Leahy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Handmaid Tale's amazing, flattering and horrible, you wished you lived in a world where when people dressed up as handmaids, it was just Halloween and not a political statement. I would very much like our show to become irrelevant -- interesting but completely fantastical. – Bruce Miller	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Not every cartoon I drew about Barbara Bush was flattering, but the last one is. – Marshall Ramsey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
No, no, no ! thank you. It's very flattering. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I got a call from my rep saying, ‘So, Jennifer wants you and only you,’ and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s flattering.’ I’m very flattered by that. – Milo Ventimiglia	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Flattering dictators will not advance American interests. It makes us less safe. – Joe Biden	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While that’s flattering, I am not thinking about it, no, i could have put my hat in the ring for the administrator. I wasn’t interested in that. I am still not interested in that. Trump said Wheeler would assume duties as acting administrator of the EPA on July 9. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright! Trump tweeted on July 5. Here are 3 things you need to know about the interim EPA chief before he officially changes roles. A former coal industry lobbyist, Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations aimed at protecting Americans' health and addressing climate change. Many in the industry argued that the regulations would stifle business. Throughout his decades-long career, Wheeler has reportedly lobbied for at least 20 different companies, includingSargento Foods Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, and Xcel Energy, among others. During his time as a lobbyist, Wheelerworked alongside Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah by 85 percent and reserve a piece of the land for uranium mining, Fortune Magazine reported. In recent years, Wheeler has lobbied for Energy Fuels Resources Inc. and Murray Energy Corporation, which is run by longtime Trump supporter Robert Murray, who spent roughly $300,000 on the president's inauguration, according toThe New York Times. Wheeler worked for the EPA in the early 1990s, focusing on chemicals and toxic substance-related issues during the Bush and Clinton administrations. He later transitioned into the role of staff chief of the Senate Environment Committee andserved as counsel to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. Wheeler joined the international law firmFaegre Baker Daniels after his stint at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. During his time at the firm, he helped counsel a variety of clients on comprehensive legislative, regulatory and operational strategies, the firm states on its website. He worked on every major piece of environmental and energy-related legislation before Congress over the span of a decade, ProPublica reported. – Andrew Wheeler	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There is more resistance to providing data to retailers on the one hand, but the bottom line is that finding the right size and a flattering fit usually outweighs the privacy issues. – Ed Gribbin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It’s not the most flattering, but it’s nice. – Brandi Chastain	Found on FOX News 5 years ago

Gramicci’s Loose Tapered pants are the king of hiking bottoms, they’re loose and extra roomy for taking wide strides and going uphill, but they’re cropped and tapered for a stylish look off the trail. I have four pairs in different colors and they’re the most flattering pant I own.

– Kevin Cortez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I look at that enthusiasm for [another season], which is not at all in existence or moving towards existence as of now, to be flattering, we all do. But I also am like still, you know, eyes deep in season three. We’re still worried about this and going episode to episode. I didn’t know we were gonna get to do three seasons. None of us knew that this thing was going to take off the way it did, and people were going to respond to it the way they did.

– Jason Sudeikis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Part of being a sex symbol is very flattering and it does help you get success in the business - but only to a point.

– Damon Welch

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They're lying at your network about people taking human drugs versus drugs for veterinary, calling it a ‘horse dewormer’ is not the most flattering thing, I get that.

– Joe Rogan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s a rumor that’s just out there and it’s wild and it’s out of control, i appreciate the honorable mention, and it’s quite flattering quite frankly.

– Danielle Outlaw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.

– Roger McGuinn

added by RobertHaigh
2 years ago

A hypocrite's hatred is hidden behind flattering words. #qotd #quoteoftheday

– Proverb

added by proverb
2 years ago

The photo that was posted this week is beautiful, but as someone who has struggled with body image her whole life, when someone takes a photo of you that isn't flattering in bad lighting or doesn't capture your body the way it is after working so hard to get it to this point - and then shares it to the world - you should have every right to ask for it to not be shared - regardless of who you are.

– Khloe Kardashian

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I find it deeply flattering, i think that it speaks to the unexpected role that audio has come to play at The Times '. A podcast doesn't become the front page of a newspaper unless a newspaper lets a podcast become the new front page.

– Lisa Tobin

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It was very flattering.

– The Weeknd

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I was like,' Joe Diffie got ta be kidding me.' It's pretty flattering they went that far with it. It's one thing to hear a song title or Joe Diffie name mentioned, but when it started into the' Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie' part, that's cool right there.

– Joe Diffie

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's really an honor. It's kind of flattering, yet uncomfortable at the same time, talk about unexpected, you know ?

– Joe Diffie

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I saw that, that was very flattering on me, you know, because she's obviously lovely.

– Helen Mirren

Found on CNN
4 years ago

But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine.

– Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I would like that, i really describe it as me being myself and people liking what they see. I'm not trying to change myself to become what people expect me to be but more that they are gravitating toward what I am now. I like to see that, I enjoy it, it's nice and flattering.

– American Lyles

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Part of me sees that as flattering but there is a difference in that I am not a one-man show, i have a great team, people who have grown in the business and are very cohesive. We are a pack at the leadership and we are a pack at the sales level.

– John Leahy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Handmaid Tale's amazing, flattering and horrible, you wished you lived in a world where when people dressed up as handmaids, it was just Halloween and not a political statement. I would very much like our show to become irrelevant -- interesting but completely fantastical.

– Bruce Miller

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Not every cartoon I drew about Barbara Bush was flattering, but the last one is.

– Marshall Ramsey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

No, no, no ! thank you. It's very flattering.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I got a call from my rep saying, ‘So, Jennifer wants you and only you,’ and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s flattering.’ I’m very flattered by that.

– Milo Ventimiglia

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Flattering dictators will not advance American interests. It makes us less safe.

– Joe Biden

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

While that’s flattering, I am not thinking about it, no, i could have put my hat in the ring for the administrator. I wasn’t interested in that. I am still not interested in that. Trump said Wheeler would assume duties as acting administrator of the EPA on July 9. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright! Trump tweeted on July 5. Here are 3 things you need to know about the interim EPA chief before he officially changes roles. A former coal industry lobbyist, Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations aimed at protecting Americans' health and addressing climate change. Many in the industry argued that the regulations would stifle business. Throughout his decades-long career, Wheeler has reportedly lobbied for at least 20 different companies, includingSargento Foods Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, and Xcel Energy, among others. During his time as a lobbyist, Wheelerworked alongside Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reduce the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah by 85 percent and reserve a piece of the land for uranium mining, Fortune Magazine reported. In recent years, Wheeler has lobbied for Energy Fuels Resources Inc. and Murray Energy Corporation, which is run by longtime Trump supporter Robert Murray, who spent roughly $300,000 on the president's inauguration, according toThe New York Times. Wheeler worked for the EPA in the early 1990s, focusing on chemicals and toxic substance-related issues during the Bush and Clinton administrations. He later transitioned into the role of staff chief of the Senate Environment Committee andserved as counsel to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. Wheeler joined the international law firmFaegre Baker Daniels after his stint at the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. During his time at the firm, he helped counsel a variety of clients on comprehensive legislative, regulatory and operational strategies, the firm states on its website. He worked on every major piece of environmental and energy-related legislation before Congress over the span of a decade, ProPublica reported.

– Andrew Wheeler

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There is more resistance to providing data to retailers on the one hand, but the bottom line is that finding the right size and a flattering fit usually outweighs the privacy issues.

– Ed Gribbin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It’s not the most flattering, but it’s nice.

– Brandi Chastain

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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