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The bill has not been substantially changed. The bill remains as tough and as rigid as it was. – Samuel Nartey George	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The wonderful thing about hydrogen peroxide is that a simple reaction between the chemical and a catalyst – in this case platinum – allows us to replace rigid power sources. – Michael Wehner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
One of two things is true: Either this kind of blind, rigid, context-free, and common-sense-defying assessment of history is exactly what the Supreme Court intended in its landmark ruling last June in Bruen, or it isn’t. – Steve Vladeck	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don't want to use the word ‘lockdowns. That has a charged element to it. But, I believe that we must keep our eye on the pattern of what we're seeing with infections, having said that, we need to be prepared for the possibility that we would have another variant that would come along. And then, if things change and we do get a variant that does give us an uptick in cases and hospitalization, we should be prepared and flexible enough to pivot toward going back – at least temporarily – to a more rigid type of restrictions, such as requiring masks indoors. – Anthony Fauci	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The humble are those who are concerned not simply with the past but also with the future, since they know how to look ahead, to spread their branches, remembering the past with gratitude, the proud, on the other hand, simply repeat, grow rigid and enclose themselves in that repetition, feeling certain about what they know and fearful of anything new because they cannot control it. – Pope Francis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The vaccine is controlling deaths -- but what we're seeing is a virus that has established itself as endemic, and in some countries it's made greater progress than others because there have been less rigid controls. – David Heymann	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are not seeking the new Cold War, or the world divided into rigid blocks. – Iran Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They were much less often depicted as funny, they were more in that model minority [ trope ] of being hard working and rigid and smart. – Di Nonno	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The structure of the economy changes over time, and it will be important to adapt to new circumstances rather than adhere to a rigid formulation of policy reactions, with a tremendous amount of fiscal stimulus flowing through the economy, the landscape could unfold quite differently than the one that shaped the thinking. – Esther George	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The only thing I would say that people should not consider is the rigid belief that you can do this without touching taxes or without fixing our biggest programs, like Social Security, Medicare, because that's just a sign of a lack of realism. – Maya MacGuineas	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion. – Ry Cooder	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Holding on to rigid patterns of thinking exacerbates stress and anxiety, flexibility is required during this time of uncertainty and rapid change. – Allison Forti	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Davos is very structured. It's rigid in its form and designed not to embarrass or offend anyone, ever, there's almost nothing more embarrassing than standing up with a microphone, trying to sing. And it turns out the skill to be the CEO or crown prince doesn't translate so well to lounge singer. – Matthew Prince	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper. – Jeremy Goldbogen	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They're always set up with such rigid protocols. I would leave the place immediately. – Shawn Pleasants	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The training we have developed is intended to teach skills that help participants recognize inflexible, rigid thought patterns and to substitute those patterns of thinking with more adaptable thoughts. – Kenneth McGraw	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Think of like a Milky Way bar or a Mars bar, its where the chocolate and caramel touch, that depth, you can treat that as the thickness of the brittle, rigid layer. – Paul Byrne	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
One guy I counseled lost 80 pounds. ... He's been on a fairly rigid plan -- mostly fruit, protein and vegetables -- but this is what he wanted. Now he's excited about taking one day a week to have three pieces of pizza or whatever he desires... and he's excited about it and looking forward to it. – Martha McKittrick	Found on CNN 5 years ago
No, I'm not going to fire him, i'm just disappointed at the clip. I think it's far too fast, far too rigid, far too fast. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It just had absolutely no chance of working. He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine I believe was about 5 feet, 6 inches long, rigid, so it would n’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles, it would n’t have made the first 50 meters into the cave from the dive start point. It was just a PR stunt. – Vern Unsworthtold	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
What impressed me most( was) tactical flexibility. In the past you might have rigid structures. – Andy Roxburgh	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We put our folks in bad places when we give such definitive, specific, concrete, rigid rules that they’re not allowed to show a little caring and compassion. – Oscar Munoz	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It's really meeting a rigid demand as many professionals have a difficult time finding a nice private place to nap. – Han Yue	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
One challenging issue has always been switching from a rigid and hard cover glass protecting the current smartphones to a flexible and durable plastic cover protecting the flexible display, it needs to have superior optical properties and low reflectance like glass, and then also survive 50,000 or more opening and closing cycles. – Raymond Soneira	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

The bill has not been substantially changed. The bill remains as tough and as rigid as it was.

– Samuel Nartey George

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The wonderful thing about hydrogen peroxide is that a simple reaction between the chemical and a catalyst – in this case platinum – allows us to replace rigid power sources.

– Michael Wehner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of two things is true: Either this kind of blind, rigid, context-free, and common-sense-defying assessment of history is exactly what the Supreme Court intended in its landmark ruling last June in Bruen, or it isn’t.

– Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don't want to use the word ‘lockdowns. That has a charged element to it. But, I believe that we must keep our eye on the pattern of what we're seeing with infections, having said that, we need to be prepared for the possibility that we would have another variant that would come along. And then, if things change and we do get a variant that does give us an uptick in cases and hospitalization, we should be prepared and flexible enough to pivot toward going back – at least temporarily – to a more rigid type of restrictions, such as requiring masks indoors.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The humble are those who are concerned not simply with the past but also with the future, since they know how to look ahead, to spread their branches, remembering the past with gratitude, the proud, on the other hand, simply repeat, grow rigid and enclose themselves in that repetition, feeling certain about what they know and fearful of anything new because they cannot control it.

– Pope Francis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The vaccine is controlling deaths -- but what we're seeing is a virus that has established itself as endemic, and in some countries it's made greater progress than others because there have been less rigid controls.

– David Heymann

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are not seeking the new Cold War, or the world divided into rigid blocks.

– Iran Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They were much less often depicted as funny, they were more in that model minority [ trope ] of being hard working and rigid and smart.

– Di Nonno

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The structure of the economy changes over time, and it will be important to adapt to new circumstances rather than adhere to a rigid formulation of policy reactions, with a tremendous amount of fiscal stimulus flowing through the economy, the landscape could unfold quite differently than the one that shaped the thinking.

– Esther George

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The only thing I would say that people should not consider is the rigid belief that you can do this without touching taxes or without fixing our biggest programs, like Social Security, Medicare, because that's just a sign of a lack of realism.

– Maya MacGuineas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

– Ry Cooder

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Holding on to rigid patterns of thinking exacerbates stress and anxiety, flexibility is required during this time of uncertainty and rapid change.

– Allison Forti

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Davos is very structured. It's rigid in its form and designed not to embarrass or offend anyone, ever, there's almost nothing more embarrassing than standing up with a microphone, trying to sing. And it turns out the skill to be the CEO or crown prince doesn't translate so well to lounge singer.

– Matthew Prince

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

– Jeremy Goldbogen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They're always set up with such rigid protocols. I would leave the place immediately.

– Shawn Pleasants

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The training we have developed is intended to teach skills that help participants recognize inflexible, rigid thought patterns and to substitute those patterns of thinking with more adaptable thoughts.

– Kenneth McGraw

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Think of like a Milky Way bar or a Mars bar, its where the chocolate and caramel touch, that depth, you can treat that as the thickness of the brittle, rigid layer.

– Paul Byrne

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

One guy I counseled lost 80 pounds. ... He's been on a fairly rigid plan -- mostly fruit, protein and vegetables -- but this is what he wanted. Now he's excited about taking one day a week to have three pieces of pizza or whatever he desires... and he's excited about it and looking forward to it.

– Martha McKittrick

Found on CNN
5 years ago

No, I'm not going to fire him, i'm just disappointed at the clip. I think it's far too fast, far too rigid, far too fast.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It just had absolutely no chance of working. He had no conception of what the cave passage was like. The submarine I believe was about 5 feet, 6 inches long, rigid, so it would n’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles, it would n’t have made the first 50 meters into the cave from the dive start point. It was just a PR stunt.

– Vern Unsworthtold

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

What impressed me most( was) tactical flexibility. In the past you might have rigid structures.

– Andy Roxburgh

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We put our folks in bad places when we give such definitive, specific, concrete, rigid rules that they’re not allowed to show a little caring and compassion.

– Oscar Munoz

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It's really meeting a rigid demand as many professionals have a difficult time finding a nice private place to nap.

– Han Yue

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

One challenging issue has always been switching from a rigid and hard cover glass protecting the current smartphones to a flexible and durable plastic cover protecting the flexible display, it needs to have superior optical properties and low reflectance like glass, and then also survive 50,000 or more opening and closing cycles.

– Raymond Soneira

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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