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Failure is the path of least persistence. – Unknown Author	added by JokerGem 1 month ago
My hypothesis is that the human brain should always allow for enough room for at least one roving byte. – Link Starbureiy	added by anonymous 3 months ago
They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead… – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 10 months ago
The secret is not to chase the butterflies.... It's to tend the garden so that they come to you and if they don’t come at least you have a garden. – Mario Quintana	added by Normando 11 months ago
We were very very lucky children! I pray that our future generations have as much fun, in whatever way! We should at least try to leave enough water, greenery, forests .. simple means of human sustenance .. if for no other reason but to repay Nature's debt on all of us..who enjoyed nature's charity to the hilt selfishly..when it was meant for ALL human beings including children of the future .. – Rooma Mehra	added by karlhartmann_1 11 months ago
I’m going to try to lead the fight on the Texas side, from a congressional aspect at least. – Ronny Jackson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We’re disappointed, but not surprised. The companies have never taken our issues seriously without at least the threat of a fight. – Danielle Sanchez-Witzel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This has been known for a while, at least in the atmospheric science community, when we observe methane in the air, we find concentrations much higher than one would expect from the EPA inventories. – Daniel Jacob	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Fox that is, these machines, these electronic voting companies, including Dominion, prominently Dominion, at least in the suspicions of a lot of Americans. – Lou Dobbs	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Hundreds of people were in the park at the time of the shooting when someone started shooting into the crowd, hitting at least six people. – Paul Humphrey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
These devices are very new, it’s great to hear that at least this one tested device (in the study) provides such benefit. – Lise Hamlin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They were, he recalled, what appeared to be near-verbatim transcripts of classified intelligence documents that OG indicated he had brought home from his job on a ‘military base,’ which the member declined to identify, oG claimed he spent at least some of his day inside a secure facility that prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices, which could be used to document the secret information housed on government computer networks or spooling out from printers. – The Washington Post	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Mortgage rates continue to trend down entering the traditional spring homebuying season, unfortunately, those in the market to buy are facing a number of challenges, not the least of which is the low inventory of homes for sale, especially for aspiring first-time homebuyers. – Freddie Mac	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You need that right balance to make sure you’re not stifling innovation, but making sure that you’re aware of the implications of what it is that you’re building, we won’t know until we see how things continue to operate moving forward, but my hope is that they at least continue to think about that. – Katie Harbath	Found on CNN 1 year ago
RSV is an enormous problem, particularly for children but also for adults. RSV could produce as much illness as does influenza at least in some years, these are exciting potential advances. We will see them develop as several products come to maturation and come before the Food and Drug Administration for licensure this year or next year. It’s going to be an exciting time. – William Schaffner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What I always tell people is, you know, getting about seven hours a night of uninterrupted sleep is associated with the least amount of cardiovascular disease. – Andrew Freeman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Certainly, the Court would not impose a gag order at this time even if it were requested, such restraints are the most serious and least intolerable on First Amendment rights. That does apply doubly to Mr. Trump, because he is a candidate for the presidency of the United States. – Juan Merchan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Sometimes they’re good at that, and sometimes they aren’t. But I think they would look at this data as well as some other evidence around the job market and say, ‘Well, at least maybe we’re on a path that’s more to our liking, with respect to dampening an inflation pressure. – Mark Hamrick	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I lost a lot and went through a lot, not least, my mother’s tears at the idea of my situation. I lost [left behind] my husband, grandfather, and grandmother. This is a huge price for anyone. – Olesya Krivtsova	Found on CNN 1 year ago
To be honest, at first, I was very hesitant when this idea was discussed, my mind keeps telling me to back off. I mean, let’s be real here, it was too ambitious to say the least. Like, how can a small group of students from the Pacific Region convince the majority of the UN members to support this unique initiative? – Cynthia Houniuhi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened. – Frank Yiannas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have enough water to sustain a safe use for drinking, cooking – all purposes – through till at least 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 27. – Michael Carroll	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Again, I want to reiterate, we have not detected any of these contaminants in our water and will continue to use that as our first basis for any decision-making that we make, we have enough water to sustain a safe use for drinking, cooking – all purposes – through till at least 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 27. – Michael Carroll	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Islam is a religion that does not want people to jeopardize their lives to engage in forms of worship, i think the important thing is for us religious leaders to be able to show empathy to the least among us, the most vulnerable among us. – Imam Nadim Ali	Found on CNN 1 year ago

Failure is the path of least persistence.

– Unknown Author

added by JokerGem
1 month ago

My hypothesis is that the human brain should always allow for enough room for at least one roving byte.

– Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
3 months ago

They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead…

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
10 months ago

The secret is not to chase the butterflies.... It's to tend the garden so that they come to you and if they don’t come at least you have a garden.

– Mario Quintana

added by Normando
11 months ago

We were very very lucky children! I pray that our future generations have as much fun, in whatever way! We should at least try to leave enough water, greenery, forests .. simple means of human sustenance .. if for no other reason but to repay Nature's debt on all of us..who enjoyed nature's charity to the hilt selfishly..when it was meant for ALL human beings including children of the future ..

– Rooma Mehra

added by karlhartmann_1
11 months ago

I’m going to try to lead the fight on the Texas side, from a congressional aspect at least.

– Ronny Jackson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re disappointed, but not surprised. The companies have never taken our issues seriously without at least the threat of a fight.

– Danielle Sanchez-Witzel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This has been known for a while, at least in the atmospheric science community, when we observe methane in the air, we find concentrations much higher than one would expect from the EPA inventories.

– Daniel Jacob

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Fox that is, these machines, these electronic voting companies, including Dominion, prominently Dominion, at least in the suspicions of a lot of Americans.

– Lou Dobbs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Hundreds of people were in the park at the time of the shooting when someone started shooting into the crowd, hitting at least six people.

– Paul Humphrey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These devices are very new, it’s great to hear that at least this one tested device (in the study) provides such benefit.

– Lise Hamlin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were, he recalled, what appeared to be near-verbatim transcripts of classified intelligence documents that OG indicated he had brought home from his job on a ‘military base,’ which the member declined to identify, oG claimed he spent at least some of his day inside a secure facility that prohibited cellphones and other electronic devices, which could be used to document the secret information housed on government computer networks or spooling out from printers.

– The Washington Post

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mortgage rates continue to trend down entering the traditional spring homebuying season, unfortunately, those in the market to buy are facing a number of challenges, not the least of which is the low inventory of homes for sale, especially for aspiring first-time homebuyers.

– Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You need that right balance to make sure you’re not stifling innovation, but making sure that you’re aware of the implications of what it is that you’re building, we won’t know until we see how things continue to operate moving forward, but my hope is that they at least continue to think about that.

– Katie Harbath

Found on CNN
1 year ago

RSV is an enormous problem, particularly for children but also for adults. RSV could produce as much illness as does influenza at least in some years, these are exciting potential advances. We will see them develop as several products come to maturation and come before the Food and Drug Administration for licensure this year or next year. It’s going to be an exciting time.

– William Schaffner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What I always tell people is, you know, getting about seven hours a night of uninterrupted sleep is associated with the least amount of cardiovascular disease.

– Andrew Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Certainly, the Court would not impose a gag order at this time even if it were requested, such restraints are the most serious and least intolerable on First Amendment rights. That does apply doubly to Mr. Trump, because he is a candidate for the presidency of the United States.

– Juan Merchan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sometimes they’re good at that, and sometimes they aren’t. But I think they would look at this data as well as some other evidence around the job market and say, ‘Well, at least maybe we’re on a path that’s more to our liking, with respect to dampening an inflation pressure.

– Mark Hamrick

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I lost a lot and went through a lot, not least, my mother’s tears at the idea of my situation. I lost [left behind] my husband, grandfather, and grandmother. This is a huge price for anyone.

– Olesya Krivtsova

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To be honest, at first, I was very hesitant when this idea was discussed, my mind keeps telling me to back off. I mean, let’s be real here, it was too ambitious to say the least. Like, how can a small group of students from the Pacific Region convince the majority of the UN members to support this unique initiative?

– Cynthia Houniuhi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened.

– Frank Yiannas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have enough water to sustain a safe use for drinking, cooking – all purposes – through till at least 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 27.

– Michael Carroll

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Again, I want to reiterate, we have not detected any of these contaminants in our water and will continue to use that as our first basis for any decision-making that we make, we have enough water to sustain a safe use for drinking, cooking – all purposes – through till at least 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 27.

– Michael Carroll

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Islam is a religion that does not want people to jeopardize their lives to engage in forms of worship, i think the important thing is for us religious leaders to be able to show empathy to the least among us, the most vulnerable among us.

– Imam Nadim Ali

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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