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The winds of change may unsettle sails, yet they also carry the promise of new horizons waiting to be explored. -Aloo Denish Obiero – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 3 months ago
Between this point in the election cycle and election day there is usually a move back towards the government, especially when that government is Conservative, momentum matters in politics and I’m worried about losing the wind from our sails because expectations have been set too high for this year’s local elections. We need to keep working and can’t be complacent. – Chris Curtis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
His candidacy put a lot of wind at our sails and is probably the single biggest factor for anybody who won by just a couple of points, i think Lee Zeldin should be given tremendous credit for those wins. – Nick LaLota	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are, by definition, going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses. – Robert Reich	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is deflating for sure and usually when a road team does it to a home team it can take the wind out of the sails a little bit. – Marcus Foligno	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The whole world is looking at how Putin is able to negotiate this, and what he’s able to get away with, we have authoritarians around the world, and they take this, and they see it as an opportunity because, again, lack of resolve. What we need to do right now? We need to demonstrate resolve and the best thing we could do right now is re-open the Keystone XL Pipeline, start drilling again in America, make ourselves energy independent [and] lower the price of global energy — that would take a lot of the air out of the sails of Vladimir Putin. – Bill Hagerty	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
not a day goes by when I am not thinking of you you are like an open field full of ocean waves – to run through and never get wet but almost. this is the way I want to go home in a place – where the curtains are sails – bulging go break the fence post the houses want to run away – Lisa Kucharski	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are by definition are going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses. – Robert Reich	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If you adjust your sails with every passing yacht, you will soon lose focus of your destination. – Sanita Belgrave	added by sanita_b 2 years ago
This soundtrack is just wild enough to make you feel as if you were riding along as Juno sails past Ganymede for the first time in more than two decades, if you listen closely, you can hear the abrupt change to higher frequencies around the midpoint of the recording, which represents entry into a different region in Ganymede's magnetosphere. – Scott Bolton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Sailors train regularly to man this ship to the utmost of its capabilities, which means that on favorable weather conditions its sails could propel it well past 10 knots, whilst this is not a speed comparable to modern ships, when combined with a proficient crew, it would certainly give the ship an edge over four narcos on a home made drug-carrying raft, fast as it could have been. – Alessio Patalano	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing. – Roger McGuinn	added by RobertHaigh 2 years ago
That’s the only curse word in my documentary, i got screwed up … It was such a hit that I had no doubt in my mind that I would get an Oscar nomination. But then my brother calls me and goes, ‘ I got bad news. ’ My initial reaction was, ‘ Oh God, who died ? What happened ? ’ Then Oh God goes, ‘ They took another song to be nominated. ’ I just thought it was ridiculous. I felt like they bounced me out. And it would have been kind of cool to have two brothers nominated for Oscars, you know ? And the song was such a success. It took the wind out of my sails if you want me to be honest with you. – Frank Stallone	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Deplatforming certainly takes some wind out of the sails and makes it harder to organize on the same scale, but there's no reason to suspect this was the only place these people are connected. – Shannon McGregor	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There has been a shift from growth stocks to more value stocks, some of the recipients of the go-go growth trade have had the wind taken out of their sails. – Alan Adelman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
An unexpected rise, (could) possibly (take) the wind out of oil's sails, if only temporarily. – Jeffrey Halley	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The Hong Kong demonstrations and their ability to shut down the airport and the surprise in Argentina took the wind out of the sails of the stock market, we're back to worrying that things are still unsettled and so there's no need to push stocks higher, and without that optimism, without that 'things-are-getting-better' impulse behind stocks, Treasury yields are moving to the lower middle of the range. – Jim Vogel	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Europe needs to take the wind out Trump's sails and move first. – Joerg Kraemer	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's one of the signs that the wind is blowing in our sails, thanks in large part to Trump, i don't remember any pro-Russian (U.S.) presidents, but I want to remind you that he (Trump) is one of the most pro-Russian politicians at the moment in the United States. – Vyacheslav Nikonov	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That basically took the wind out of the sails from the market, but it isn't unlike anything that they've said before. But it all depends on which countries they're talking about. Is it big buyers of Iranian crude? Is it India? ... Is it temporary waivers? – Phil Flynn	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That basically took the wind out of the sails from the market, but it isn't unlike anything that they've said before. But it all depends on which countries they're talking about. Is it big buyers of Iranian crude? Is it India?...Is it temporary waivers? – Phil Flynn	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The training vessel is used to teach us leadership, help us work together and kind of rise in morale, we work on lines and different things, bringing down the sails, and these are all things we do as a team. – Miles Durr	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There's no chains to hold you now. Break out those sails and watch them fill with the wind that's carrying us all to freedom! – Dr. Peter Blood	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
We are all matelots of perception – our sails adjusted consequently. – Nicki Ley	added by anonymous 7 years ago

The winds of change may unsettle sails, yet they also carry the promise of new horizons waiting to be explored. -Aloo Denish Obiero

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
3 months ago

Between this point in the election cycle and election day there is usually a move back towards the government, especially when that government is Conservative, momentum matters in politics and I’m worried about losing the wind from our sails because expectations have been set too high for this year’s local elections. We need to keep working and can’t be complacent.

– Chris Curtis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

His candidacy put a lot of wind at our sails and is probably the single biggest factor for anybody who won by just a couple of points, i think Lee Zeldin should be given tremendous credit for those wins.

– Nick LaLota

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are, by definition, going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses.

– Robert Reich

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is deflating for sure and usually when a road team does it to a home team it can take the wind out of the sails a little bit.

– Marcus Foligno

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The whole world is looking at how Putin is able to negotiate this, and what he’s able to get away with, we have authoritarians around the world, and they take this, and they see it as an opportunity because, again, lack of resolve. What we need to do right now? We need to demonstrate resolve and the best thing we could do right now is re-open the Keystone XL Pipeline, start drilling again in America, make ourselves energy independent [and] lower the price of global energy — that would take a lot of the air out of the sails of Vladimir Putin.

– Bill Hagerty

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

not a day goes by when I am not thinking of you you are like an open field full of ocean waves – to run through and never get wet but almost. this is the way I want to go home in a place – where the curtains are sails – bulging go break the fence post the houses want to run away

– Lisa Kucharski

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are by definition are going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses.

– Robert Reich

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you adjust your sails with every passing yacht, you will soon lose focus of your destination.

– Sanita Belgrave

added by sanita_b
2 years ago

This soundtrack is just wild enough to make you feel as if you were riding along as Juno sails past Ganymede for the first time in more than two decades, if you listen closely, you can hear the abrupt change to higher frequencies around the midpoint of the recording, which represents entry into a different region in Ganymede's magnetosphere.

– Scott Bolton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Sailors train regularly to man this ship to the utmost of its capabilities, which means that on favorable weather conditions its sails could propel it well past 10 knots, whilst this is not a speed comparable to modern ships, when combined with a proficient crew, it would certainly give the ship an edge over four narcos on a home made drug-carrying raft, fast as it could have been.

– Alessio Patalano

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.

– Roger McGuinn

added by RobertHaigh
2 years ago

That’s the only curse word in my documentary, i got screwed up … It was such a hit that I had no doubt in my mind that I would get an Oscar nomination. But then my brother calls me and goes, ‘ I got bad news. ’ My initial reaction was, ‘ Oh God, who died ? What happened ? ’ Then Oh God goes, ‘ They took another song to be nominated. ’ I just thought it was ridiculous. I felt like they bounced me out. And it would have been kind of cool to have two brothers nominated for Oscars, you know ? And the song was such a success. It took the wind out of my sails if you want me to be honest with you.

– Frank Stallone

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Deplatforming certainly takes some wind out of the sails and makes it harder to organize on the same scale, but there's no reason to suspect this was the only place these people are connected.

– Shannon McGregor

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There has been a shift from growth stocks to more value stocks, some of the recipients of the go-go growth trade have had the wind taken out of their sails.

– Alan Adelman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

An unexpected rise, (could) possibly (take) the wind out of oil's sails, if only temporarily.

– Jeffrey Halley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Hong Kong demonstrations and their ability to shut down the airport and the surprise in Argentina took the wind out of the sails of the stock market, we're back to worrying that things are still unsettled and so there's no need to push stocks higher, and without that optimism, without that 'things-are-getting-better' impulse behind stocks, Treasury yields are moving to the lower middle of the range.

– Jim Vogel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Europe needs to take the wind out Trump's sails and move first.

– Joerg Kraemer

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's one of the signs that the wind is blowing in our sails, thanks in large part to Trump, i don't remember any pro-Russian (U.S.) presidents, but I want to remind you that he (Trump) is one of the most pro-Russian politicians at the moment in the United States.

– Vyacheslav Nikonov

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That basically took the wind out of the sails from the market, but it isn't unlike anything that they've said before. But it all depends on which countries they're talking about. Is it big buyers of Iranian crude? Is it India? ... Is it temporary waivers?

– Phil Flynn

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

– Phil Flynn

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The training vessel is used to teach us leadership, help us work together and kind of rise in morale, we work on lines and different things, bringing down the sails, and these are all things we do as a team.

– Miles Durr

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There's no chains to hold you now. Break out those sails and watch them fill with the wind that's carrying us all to freedom!

– Dr. Peter Blood

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

We are all matelots of perception – our sails adjusted consequently.

– Nicki Ley

added by anonymous
7 years ago

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