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The way the grid works -- it prefers cheaper methods, and so President Joe Biden EPA could come out with a rule that is plant by plant but makes coal plants hugely more expensive. This is essentially what the market is already doing, but President Joe Biden EPA could do President Joe Biden EPA faster. – Elena Kagan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In this current environment, we're going to have to choose between lesser evils, even if you are someone who generally prefers people voting in polling places, these are not ordinary circumstances. – Matthew Petersen	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is part of the administration's campaign to coerce and bully state and local governments to adopt policies it prefers. – Cody Wofsy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Department of Health could rat them out by pretending to be a customer, but I have yet to see The Department of Health launch a single undercover investigation, the government prefers to keep its eyes half closed for fear of hurting Hong Kong's medical lab industry, which is big business. – Kwok Ka-Ki	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In an ideal relationship, the man does what he prefers and the girl decides to join him. – Roosh Valizadeh	added by Mattd6422 4 years ago
Brazil already had the chance to express its views on the opening of Renca to development, and public opinion was not favorable, but the government prefers to announce controversial and outdated initiatives instead of new ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon. – Adriana Ramos	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
But the government prefers to announce controversial and outdated initiatives instead of new ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon. – Adriana Ramos	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I heard he was a person who prefers me over others, but I did not see that. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The VAR prefers to spend five or 10 seconds more to be very, very sure, accuracy is very important even if it costs 10 seconds, the important thing is to achieve the correct result. – Aleksandar Mitrovic	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The $50M offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available, today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court. – Deontay Wilder	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Dont worry if he prefers someone else to you. Its hard to teach a monkey strawberries are sweeter than bananas. – Angela barrett	added by anonymous 6 years ago
Even now, he is replacing his old guard with new people, younger technocrats in their 40s, children of his old friends, so he is surrounded by 'nephews,' he is scared he could be murdered like Gadhafi. This is why he prefers to do anything to preserve power, so there are no limits, but to remain in power. – Mikhail Zygar	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Depending on how the TV appeal is done, it could stir up public opinion, or, people could lose interest and things will go as Abe's administration prefers. – Naotaka Kimizuka	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The simple answer is that the Church prefers to do translation where the people are, paradigm 3.0 Bible translation is all about church engagement from beginning to end. Dislocated translations delay and dilute the impact to the local communities. – Bruce Smith	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It is entirely in the hands of Iran, whether it wants to be a good neighbor or it prefers to remain in a hostile environment within the region, if it is a nation state, it should act like a responsible state. If not, it will be further isolated. – Adel Al-Jubeir	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
That’s the coolest thing about this flu vaccination, a doctor or nurse sprays it up each nostril— it’s as simple as that. [Cree] had allergies, so he’s used to getting things sprayed up his nose. He prefers [the nasal spray] as opposed to needles. – Tia Mowry	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He cares for his family with such love and patience … and truly prefers to do it all himself, but obviously he’s outnumbered and needs help. – Sally Cohen	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The conclusion from the report is that the State Department still prefers the propagandistic approach to thoughtful, detailed and substantive discussion of problems (over implementation of arms control treaties). – The Foreign Ministry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When I give them a choice between the two females, [the male Asian termite] actually prefers the female of the other species, he completely ignores his own species. – Thomas Chouvenc	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
This judgment has the potential to be political dynamite as it is possible that the European Court will uphold the right of the ECB to adopt a policy that prefers the euro zone to countries like the UK that do not use the euro, the Court will be well aware of the political ramifications of this case, particularly given the UK concerns about recent developments in financial services regulation and the threat of Brexit. – Alexandria Carr	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. – Edward Gibbon	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body. – Norman Cousins	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact. – Aldous Huxley	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln	added by anonymous 13 years ago

The way the grid works -- it prefers cheaper methods, and so President Joe Biden EPA could come out with a rule that is plant by plant but makes coal plants hugely more expensive. This is essentially what the market is already doing, but President Joe Biden EPA could do President Joe Biden EPA faster.

– Elena Kagan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In this current environment, we're going to have to choose between lesser evils, even if you are someone who generally prefers people voting in polling places, these are not ordinary circumstances.

– Matthew Petersen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It is part of the administration's campaign to coerce and bully state and local governments to adopt policies it prefers.

– Cody Wofsy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Department of Health could rat them out by pretending to be a customer, but I have yet to see The Department of Health launch a single undercover investigation, the government prefers to keep its eyes half closed for fear of hurting Hong Kong's medical lab industry, which is big business.

– Kwok Ka-Ki

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In an ideal relationship, the man does what he prefers and the girl decides to join him.

– Roosh Valizadeh

added by Mattd6422
4 years ago

Brazil already had the chance to express its views on the opening of Renca to development, and public opinion was not favorable, but the government prefers to announce controversial and outdated initiatives instead of new ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon.

– Adriana Ramos

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

But the government prefers to announce controversial and outdated initiatives instead of new ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon.

– Adriana Ramos

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I heard he was a person who prefers me over others, but I did not see that.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The VAR prefers to spend five or 10 seconds more to be very, very sure, accuracy is very important even if it costs 10 seconds, the important thing is to achieve the correct result.

– Aleksandar Mitrovic

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The $50M offer for him to fight me next in the US is still available, today I even agreed to their offer to fight Joshua next in the UK. If he prefers the fight in the UK, the ball is in their court.

– Deontay Wilder

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Dont worry if he prefers someone else to you. Its hard to teach a monkey strawberries are sweeter than bananas.

– Angela barrett

added by anonymous
6 years ago

Even now, he is replacing his old guard with new people, younger technocrats in their 40s, children of his old friends, so he is surrounded by 'nephews,' he is scared he could be murdered like Gadhafi. This is why he prefers to do anything to preserve power, so there are no limits, but to remain in power.

– Mikhail Zygar

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Depending on how the TV appeal is done, it could stir up public opinion, or, people could lose interest and things will go as Abe's administration prefers.

– Naotaka Kimizuka

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The simple answer is that the Church prefers to do translation where the people are, paradigm 3.0 Bible translation is all about church engagement from beginning to end. Dislocated translations delay and dilute the impact to the local communities.

– Bruce Smith

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It is entirely in the hands of Iran, whether it wants to be a good neighbor or it prefers to remain in a hostile environment within the region, if it is a nation state, it should act like a responsible state. If not, it will be further isolated.

– Adel Al-Jubeir

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

That’s the coolest thing about this flu vaccination, a doctor or nurse sprays it up each nostril— it’s as simple as that. [Cree] had allergies, so he’s used to getting things sprayed up his nose. He prefers [the nasal spray] as opposed to needles.

– Tia Mowry

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

He cares for his family with such love and patience … and truly prefers to do it all himself, but obviously he’s outnumbered and needs help.

– Sally Cohen

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The conclusion from the report is that the State Department still prefers the propagandistic approach to thoughtful, detailed and substantive discussion of problems (over implementation of arms control treaties).

– The Foreign Ministry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When I give them a choice between the two females, [the male Asian termite] actually prefers the female of the other species, he completely ignores his own species.

– Thomas Chouvenc

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This judgment has the potential to be political dynamite as it is possible that the European Court will uphold the right of the ECB to adopt a policy that prefers the euro zone to countries like the UK that do not use the euro, the Court will be well aware of the political ramifications of this case, particularly given the UK concerns about recent developments in financial services regulation and the threat of Brexit.

– Alexandria Carr

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.

– Edward Gibbon

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body.

– Norman Cousins

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.

– Aldous Huxley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

– Abraham Lincoln

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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