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When your focus is perplexed And you know you are right You are the fairest and cutest With all of your might. – Heather Lydia Thornhill	added by heatherthornhill 1 year ago
I'm very perplexed as to why the People's Republic of China would want to be on the edges of a neighborhood that is so multi-ethnic, multi-religious. The Muslim community has a large base here, the Muslim community is very linked with each other, regardless of what part of the world we're from. There's always a feeling of affinity from one community to the other based on shared values and shared faith. And that's no different for the Uyghur community. – Mo Rakib	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The first video I saw was an Asian girl who was tied up, and I wasn't too sure what was going on — I was a bit perplexed. – Craig Barnes	Found on CNN 3 years ago
None of this detracts from the fact that they provide a valuable service to UFO witnesses, with field investigators looking into the sightings, sometimes turning up a conventional explanation and other times simply giving perplexed witnesses someone with whom to engage. – Nick Pope	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I must admit that I am always perplexed when reading quotes and other writings that true love should be unconditional. Well, how about betrayal? Shouldn’t that be a condition? It is for me and should be for you. – RJ Intindola	added by RJ Intindola 4 years ago
After the incident( murder), many blue-chip businesses and many governments continued to do business in Saudi,( and the) entertainment business is still flourishing, there was Italian Super Cup with AC Milan and Juventus( in January) and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal and celebrated, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey tried to find any kind of criticism for Cristiano Ronaldo, yet Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey players were criticized. Why was golf singled out ? I was perplexed why Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey were. – Canadian Pelley	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I'm quite perplexed that people are very energetic in trying to stop people from casting their ballot, given the devastation that Bay County has experienced. – Mark Andersen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
A lot of leaders still are a little frustrated with him and perplexed by him, but there's a little less fear of him than there was before, i think people are acclimating to President President Trump and the fact that President Trump sees foreign policy totally differently than any of President Trump predecessors. – Washington Post	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Here we are in sport awash with money, but I'm very perplexed there isn't more cash for anti-doping. – Craig Reedie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The current situation has us a little bit perplexed and confused why such speculation is still being voiced. – Masaki Ishikawa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Research shows that people tend to take their tipping habits with them, the bigger disparity between what they're used to and the culture they're traveling to, the more perplexed they'll be. – Michael Lynn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
As I continued to talk, I could see the executive getting more and more perplexed. – The National Journal	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
She was pretty sexually adventuresome. She was perplexed as to why he would have done that, and she felt betrayed and she was confused about it. – Charlotte Laws	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
By any objective standard the president got crushed in this election. So I’ve been perplexed by the reaction since the election, the sort of in your face dramatic move to the left. I don’t know what we can expect in terms of reaching bipartisan agreement. – Mitch McConnell	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. – Robert Louis Stevenson	added by anonymous 10 years ago
To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed. – Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. – Robert Louis Stephenson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed. – Lao Tzu	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense. – Dick Cavett	added by anonymous 14 years ago

When your focus is perplexed And you know you are right You are the fairest and cutest With all of your might.

– Heather Lydia Thornhill

added by heatherthornhill
1 year ago

I'm very perplexed as to why the People's Republic of China would want to be on the edges of a neighborhood that is so multi-ethnic, multi-religious. The Muslim community has a large base here, the Muslim community is very linked with each other, regardless of what part of the world we're from. There's always a feeling of affinity from one community to the other based on shared values and shared faith. And that's no different for the Uyghur community.

– Mo Rakib

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The first video I saw was an Asian girl who was tied up, and I wasn't too sure what was going on — I was a bit perplexed.

– Craig Barnes

Found on CNN
3 years ago

None of this detracts from the fact that they provide a valuable service to UFO witnesses, with field investigators looking into the sightings, sometimes turning up a conventional explanation and other times simply giving perplexed witnesses someone with whom to engage.

– Nick Pope

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I must admit that I am always perplexed when reading quotes and other writings that true love should be unconditional. Well, how about betrayal? Shouldn’t that be a condition? It is for me and should be for you.

– RJ Intindola

added by RJ Intindola
4 years ago

After the incident( murder), many blue-chip businesses and many governments continued to do business in Saudi,( and the) entertainment business is still flourishing, there was Italian Super Cup with AC Milan and Juventus( in January) and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal and celebrated, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey tried to find any kind of criticism for Cristiano Ronaldo, yet Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey players were criticized. Why was golf singled out ? I was perplexed why Cristiano Ronaldo and Mariah Carey were.

– Canadian Pelley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm quite perplexed that people are very energetic in trying to stop people from casting their ballot, given the devastation that Bay County has experienced.

– Mark Andersen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

A lot of leaders still are a little frustrated with him and perplexed by him, but there's a little less fear of him than there was before, i think people are acclimating to President President Trump and the fact that President Trump sees foreign policy totally differently than any of President Trump predecessors.

– Washington Post

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Here we are in sport awash with money, but I'm very perplexed there isn't more cash for anti-doping.

– Craig Reedie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The current situation has us a little bit perplexed and confused why such speculation is still being voiced.

– Masaki Ishikawa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Research shows that people tend to take their tipping habits with them, the bigger disparity between what they're used to and the culture they're traveling to, the more perplexed they'll be.

– Michael Lynn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

As I continued to talk, I could see the executive getting more and more perplexed.

– The National Journal

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

She was pretty sexually adventuresome. She was perplexed as to why he would have done that, and she felt betrayed and she was confused about it.

– Charlotte Laws

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

By any objective standard the president got crushed in this election. So I’ve been perplexed by the reaction since the election, the sort of in your face dramatic move to the left. I don’t know what we can expect in terms of reaching bipartisan agreement.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

– Robert Louis Stevenson

added by anonymous
10 years ago

To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.

– Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Quiet minds can't be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

– Robert Louis Stephenson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

To have little is to possess. To have plenty is to be perplexed.

– Lao Tzu

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense.

– Dick Cavett

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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