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Stay with me with all your moods, whether you’re mad or not. Whether your head is sometimes too scheduled and you can’t overlook it anymore. Just be the you staying with you in the moment. You’ll never need anything else than the you that you are right now. – Marlies van den Broek	added by Gawiza 6 months ago
They expect to meet the candidates, shake their hands and look them in the eye, that’s the beauty of the first-in-the-nation caucus. It would be unwise to overlook the power of retail politics here. – Jeanita McNulty	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Simply put, clean water is a requirement for health, well-being, productivity, and dignity - and we are failing our citizens in providing for this basic necessity. We feel that the residents of Flint who lived through the water crisis have been remarkably resilient - and yet there is still a large, unmet need for mental health services to address the psychological impacts of the event, which are reflected in very high rates of diagnosable depression and PTSD across The Flint community, the lesson for communities like Jackson, MS, is to not overlook psychological injury, and to not assume that, just because community members are resilient, they could not benefit from services to address the psychological scars of a long-term water crisis. – Aaron Reuben	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He wasn't distracted and he wasn't under duress and he didn't overlook anything, he did his job the way he was told and taught to do his job. He relied on other people to do their job because they're professionals as well. – Lisa Torraco	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When the stories and histories of a people are excluded from a country's narrative it becomes so easy to overlook and even dehumanize an entire population, and while the inclusion of this history would go a long way with a diaspora as diverse and vast as ours, it can't just be a chapter in a textbook. – Lisa Ling	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Often we overlook the millions of workers who are in invisible and essential occupations. – Joseph Kane	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They're a good defense, they've been a good defense the past however many years. The Chiefs have been a top team in the league. The Chiefs've got really good players on defense, guys that can disrupt the game and who can make big-time plays. I don't think there's anyone on our team or in this building who's going to overlook The Chiefs. – Daniel Jones	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
one thing poverty has taught me is how to be patient.because I learn that so many times,-driven by our desire to make things better with our circumstances, we often overlook the dangers of unforeseen catastrophic consequences. my beloved mother would say-tek time, run fast. jamaican proverbial wisdom. – RAS CARDO REGGAE	added by RASCARDOFROMTRENCHTOWN 3 years ago
I hope that they heard that message loud and clear and that they're going to take swift action so that our states and our nation does not continue to overlook the institutional abuse of children. – Caroline Lorson	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
As we enter a new decade, it does not feel like the boom is about to end, on the other hand, we must not overlook the fact that the very high valuations of tech firms raise doubts. This is coupled by a trend whose impact is not fully known at this time of a worrying drop in funding raised by early-stage startups. – Yaron Weizenbluth	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There will be a point where they can't overlook me. Maybe when I win my seventh and become the greatest of all time. At that point they will physically not be able to do it. – Tai Woffinden	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Just because they're an ally in an important mission, which is containing Iranian expansion in the region, can not allow us to overlook or walk away from that. It undermines our ability to stand for morality and human rights all over the world. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Most people are familiar with the first clause of our oath, the requirement to 'support and defend the Constitution.' But some overlook the final clause: to 'well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office,' the first obligation is generic. It imposes a duty to pursue the national interest over any private interest. That applies equally to all government employees. – Rod Rosenstein	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We understand and commiserate with our community and visitors about the prolonged closure, but we can not provide safe access to the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii section of the park as long as these very unpredictable dangers threaten the safety of park staff and visitors, unlike lava, which you can see coming and avoid, we can not see or predict earthquakes, nor can we foresee a summit explosion, but both threats continue. HAWAII'S KIM VOWS TO REBUILD FROM VOLCANO WITH HELP OF FEMA, AS SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORST IS YET TO COME Damage to Jaggar Museum overlook following 5.5 magnitude earthquake on June 3, 2018. ( NPS Photo) The summit area in particular has been also struck by several earthquakes that have damaged at least three park buildings, fractured park roads, and snapped water lines, according to the National Park Service. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattled the summit area at 3:50 p.m. on June 3, cracking the overlook deck at Jaggar Museum. Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii RANKED AMONG TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS IN US A large plume of ash after an earthquake near the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii volcano on May 25, 2018. ( NPS Photo) Over the weekend, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported more than 500 earthquakes in a 24-hour period – the most ever measured by HVO scientists. – Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The steady lowering of the lava lake in 'Overlook crater' within Halema?uma?u at the summit of Kilauea volcano has raised the potential for explosive eruptions in the coming weeks. – The USGS	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Undoubtedly, Diaz-Canel will have to address them as a key constituency, which the Castros were able to overlook due to the history of the revolution. – John Gronbeck-Tedesco	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When we focus on what has happened. When we focus on what will happen. We overlook what is happening. We can only live in this moment. While regretting the past, we are depressed. While worrying about the future, we are anxious. While present, we are at peace. The present is a gift. Open it. – H.W. Mann	added by howardmann 6 years ago
Sometimes girls overlook simple guys and forget that they can groom those guys to be what they want. – Sipho P Nkosi	added by SIPHO P NKOSI 6 years ago
The international community cannot overlook what is happening in Burma – we must stand together and call on the government to fully cooperate with this fact-finding mission. – Nikki Haley	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I can't overlook if the chairman of our committee is going to freelance in this way. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I have become marginalized here at Yale because of my political views, about 97 percent of the Yale faculty is liberal, and thinks Castro has done great things and that you should overlook his human rights abuses. – Yale University Professor Carlos Eire	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I feel it is important in a democracy for all voices to be heard, while the Liberty Union Party is not as well established as the major parties, it would be unwise to overlook the candidates that run in statewide elections. – Phil Scott	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The three adults in the New Jersey case may all be excellent parents individually, but they should not have tried to create a family together, surely they knew at the outset that their ‘family’ had unequal support for one of the three adults and was inherently unstable as a result. Possibly their enthusiasm for raising a child caused them to overlook this fact, but it could not be overlooked for 18 years. – Amy Ridenour	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It’s a perfect business model, as long as you overlook the fact that they are doing something awful. – James Trombly	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Stay with me with all your moods, whether you’re mad or not. Whether your head is sometimes too scheduled and you can’t overlook it anymore. Just be the you staying with you in the moment. You’ll never need anything else than the you that you are right now.

– Marlies van den Broek

added by Gawiza
6 months ago

They expect to meet the candidates, shake their hands and look them in the eye, that’s the beauty of the first-in-the-nation caucus. It would be unwise to overlook the power of retail politics here.

– Jeanita McNulty

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Simply put, clean water is a requirement for health, well-being, productivity, and dignity - and we are failing our citizens in providing for this basic necessity. We feel that the residents of Flint who lived through the water crisis have been remarkably resilient - and yet there is still a large, unmet need for mental health services to address the psychological impacts of the event, which are reflected in very high rates of diagnosable depression and PTSD across The Flint community, the lesson for communities like Jackson, MS, is to not overlook psychological injury, and to not assume that, just because community members are resilient, they could not benefit from services to address the psychological scars of a long-term water crisis.

– Aaron Reuben

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He wasn't distracted and he wasn't under duress and he didn't overlook anything, he did his job the way he was told and taught to do his job. He relied on other people to do their job because they're professionals as well.

– Lisa Torraco

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When the stories and histories of a people are excluded from a country's narrative it becomes so easy to overlook and even dehumanize an entire population, and while the inclusion of this history would go a long way with a diaspora as diverse and vast as ours, it can't just be a chapter in a textbook.

– Lisa Ling

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Often we overlook the millions of workers who are in invisible and essential occupations.

– Joseph Kane

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They're a good defense, they've been a good defense the past however many years. The Chiefs have been a top team in the league. The Chiefs've got really good players on defense, guys that can disrupt the game and who can make big-time plays. I don't think there's anyone on our team or in this building who's going to overlook The Chiefs.

– Daniel Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

one thing poverty has taught me is how to be patient.because I learn that so many times,-driven by our desire to make things better with our circumstances, we often overlook the dangers of unforeseen catastrophic consequences. my beloved mother would say-tek time, run fast. jamaican proverbial wisdom.

– RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by RASCARDOFROMTRENCHTOWN
3 years ago

I hope that they heard that message loud and clear and that they're going to take swift action so that our states and our nation does not continue to overlook the institutional abuse of children.

– Caroline Lorson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

As we enter a new decade, it does not feel like the boom is about to end, on the other hand, we must not overlook the fact that the very high valuations of tech firms raise doubts. This is coupled by a trend whose impact is not fully known at this time of a worrying drop in funding raised by early-stage startups.

– Yaron Weizenbluth

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There will be a point where they can't overlook me. Maybe when I win my seventh and become the greatest of all time. At that point they will physically not be able to do it.

– Tai Woffinden

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Just because they're an ally in an important mission, which is containing Iranian expansion in the region, can not allow us to overlook or walk away from that. It undermines our ability to stand for morality and human rights all over the world.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Most people are familiar with the first clause of our oath, the requirement to 'support and defend the Constitution.' But some overlook the final clause: to 'well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office,' the first obligation is generic. It imposes a duty to pursue the national interest over any private interest. That applies equally to all government employees.

– Rod Rosenstein

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We understand and commiserate with our community and visitors about the prolonged closure, but we can not provide safe access to the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii section of the park as long as these very unpredictable dangers threaten the safety of park staff and visitors, unlike lava, which you can see coming and avoid, we can not see or predict earthquakes, nor can we foresee a summit explosion, but both threats continue. HAWAII'S KIM VOWS TO REBUILD FROM VOLCANO WITH HELP OF FEMA, AS SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORST IS YET TO COME Damage to Jaggar Museum overlook following 5.5 magnitude earthquake on June 3, 2018. ( NPS Photo) The summit area in particular has been also struck by several earthquakes that have damaged at least three park buildings, fractured park roads, and snapped water lines, according to the National Park Service. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattled the summit area at 3:50 p.m. on June 3, cracking the overlook deck at Jaggar Museum. Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii RANKED AMONG TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS IN US A large plume of ash after an earthquake near the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii volcano on May 25, 2018. ( NPS Photo) Over the weekend, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported more than 500 earthquakes in a 24-hour period – the most ever measured by HVO scientists.

– Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The steady lowering of the lava lake in 'Overlook crater' within Halema?uma?u at the summit of Kilauea volcano has raised the potential for explosive eruptions in the coming weeks.

– The USGS

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Undoubtedly, Diaz-Canel will have to address them as a key constituency, which the Castros were able to overlook due to the history of the revolution.

– John Gronbeck-Tedesco

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

When we focus on what has happened. When we focus on what will happen. We overlook what is happening. We can only live in this moment. While regretting the past, we are depressed. While worrying about the future, we are anxious. While present, we are at peace. The present is a gift. Open it.

– H.W. Mann

added by howardmann
6 years ago

Sometimes girls overlook simple guys and forget that they can groom those guys to be what they want.

– Sipho P Nkosi

added by SIPHO P NKOSI
6 years ago

The international community cannot overlook what is happening in Burma – we must stand together and call on the government to fully cooperate with this fact-finding mission.

– Nikki Haley

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I can't overlook if the chairman of our committee is going to freelance in this way.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I have become marginalized here at Yale because of my political views, about 97 percent of the Yale faculty is liberal, and thinks Castro has done great things and that you should overlook his human rights abuses.

– Yale University Professor Carlos Eire

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I feel it is important in a democracy for all voices to be heard, while the Liberty Union Party is not as well established as the major parties, it would be unwise to overlook the candidates that run in statewide elections.

– Phil Scott

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The three adults in the New Jersey case may all be excellent parents individually, but they should not have tried to create a family together, surely they knew at the outset that their ‘family’ had unequal support for one of the three adults and was inherently unstable as a result. Possibly their enthusiasm for raising a child caused them to overlook this fact, but it could not be overlooked for 18 years.

– Amy Ridenour

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It’s a perfect business model, as long as you overlook the fact that they are doing something awful.

– James Trombly

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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