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Pete even admitted that Donald Trump was only pretending, so why would you change your position, or moderate your position to meet someone who's only pretending half way ? – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We are half way to full NATO membership, and in two months we expect a date to begin membership talks with the EU, after 10 years Macedonia deserves to have a president who will speed up every positive government policy. – Stevo Pendarovski	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I don't set goals or say, I'm going to beat this person or win that race, it's The Festival and such a rare thing to win. If you look at the top of the mountain, it's a long way up but if you take it step by step then you will keep going up. If you only make it half way, well you've still done well and if you get to the top, only then you can take in the view. – Bryony Frost	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
A lie gets half way around the world before the truth can get it's pants on. – Epicurus	added by Mcclintock 5 years ago
The objective is that we stop buying foreign gasoline by the half way point of my six-year term, we are going to immediately revive our oil activity, exploration and the drilling of wells so we have crude oil. – Lopez Obrador	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It was a total rust bucket, i bought all new sheet metal and I was half-way—or maybe three-quarters of the way—through the sheet metal welding when I went through a divorce, and I had to sell it. – Tab Lagow	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
About half way through ... I'm thinking, 'When are you going to be done shooting me?'. – Brian Murphy	Found on CNN 7 years ago
It is like a second Christmas half way through the year. – Cliona Ni Chualain	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
When we ask the grocer he says there's nothing but sugar. Every day he says, tomorrow, tomorrow, but we are half way through the month now and it's not resolved, prices elsewhere are expensive. We don't know what to do. – Samia Mohamed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The bishop said the blood is only half liquefied. It appears the saint only loves us half-way. We have to convert ourselves (to good) more so he loves us more. – Pope Francis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is. – Francis Quarles	added by anonymous 12 years ago
I can accept anthing, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between. – Ayn Rand	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half- way to meet it. – Douglas Gerald	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. – Douglas Jerrold	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Pete even admitted that Donald Trump was only pretending, so why would you change your position, or moderate your position to meet someone who's only pretending half way ?

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We are half way to full NATO membership, and in two months we expect a date to begin membership talks with the EU, after 10 years Macedonia deserves to have a president who will speed up every positive government policy.

– Stevo Pendarovski

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I don't set goals or say, I'm going to beat this person or win that race, it's The Festival and such a rare thing to win. If you look at the top of the mountain, it's a long way up but if you take it step by step then you will keep going up. If you only make it half way, well you've still done well and if you get to the top, only then you can take in the view.

– Bryony Frost

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

A lie gets half way around the world before the truth can get it's pants on.

– Epicurus

added by Mcclintock
5 years ago

The objective is that we stop buying foreign gasoline by the half way point of my six-year term, we are going to immediately revive our oil activity, exploration and the drilling of wells so we have crude oil.

– Lopez Obrador

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It was a total rust bucket, i bought all new sheet metal and I was half-way—or maybe three-quarters of the way—through the sheet metal welding when I went through a divorce, and I had to sell it.

– Tab Lagow

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

About half way through ... I'm thinking, 'When are you going to be done shooting me?'.

– Brian Murphy

Found on CNN
7 years ago

It is like a second Christmas half way through the year.

– Cliona Ni Chualain

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

When we ask the grocer he says there's nothing but sugar. Every day he says, tomorrow, tomorrow, but we are half way through the month now and it's not resolved, prices elsewhere are expensive. We don't know what to do.

– Samia Mohamed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The bishop said the blood is only half liquefied. It appears the saint only loves us half-way. We have to convert ourselves (to good) more so he loves us more.

– Pope Francis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is.

– Francis Quarles

added by anonymous
12 years ago

I can accept anthing, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.

– Ayn Rand

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half- way to meet it.

– Douglas Gerald

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

– Douglas Jerrold

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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