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May 9 is designed to show off to the home crowd, to intimidate the opposition and to please the dictator of the time. – James Nixey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Of course I want to show off my game to her, I ca n’t deny that, i mean, I ’m playing well at the moment. Who knows where her mind is at right now ? – Madelene Sagstrom	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We meant no disrespect, and just wanted to show off how effective and sturdy the beds are in the Olympic Village, we actually enjoy sleeping on these beds and think they are a great and sustainable option for future Olympics. – Ben Wanger	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
No tiger belongs in a backyard or basement, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others. – Carole Baskin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Tigers are hardwired to roam hundreds of square miles, so there's no cage that's going to be sufficient for them, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others. – Victor Cuevas	Found on CNN 2 years ago
My face masks allow people to show off their personality and style while staying protected, yes, you have to accept what is happening with the pandemic, but at the end of the day, life doesn't stop and people need to keep their personality in a time like this. – David Avido	Found on CNN 3 years ago
This protest wasn't about the stay-at-home order, it was an opportunity for a small group of folks -- very few of whom were engaging in social distancing or wearing masks -- to show off their swastika posters, confederate flags, nooses hanging from cars and signs calling for murder, threatening Capitol police, staff, press, and elected members is not how we do business here in Michigan. – Jim Ananich	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We don't talk about anything to do with classes, we just do show-and-tell and people show off their younger siblings, or we go in groups and figure out something to talk about. – Olivia Wein	Found on CNN 4 years ago
In their heads they have an extremely strange logic: if the Chinese armed forces show off arms and equipment then it's a 'show of force', and if they don't then they 'lack transparency,'. – Wu Qian	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
He was never, in my opinion, cocky, maybe he was cocky in as far as martial arts because he was very sure of himself. He was worlds ahead of everyone else. But on a set, he's not gon na show off. – Dan Inosanto	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I’m a show off!, Doesn’t mean that I’m settled off. When you bypass everything, There isn’t anything. I got stranded, played and cheated, Yet, I’m here playing hard hearted! I may be a pessimist, Still, no point being realistic. Never it’s love or lust, It’s always, a playful dust. – MG	added by murali_m 5 years ago
Finally making that decision to have my leg cut off was the best thing I ever did. It’s totally changed my confidence. ' CINDERELLA WEIGHT ’ IS A DANGEROUS VIRAL DIET GOAL, EXPERTS WARN For the first time in my life I am wearing shorts and short dresses. When I do wear pants I cut off one of the legs to show off my prosthesis. I'm so proud of it, and thankful for the new life it's given me. – Kristy Wimberly	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Grant Harrold insisted. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for photos and show off Meghan Markle engagement ring. ( AP) Sally Bedell Smith, author of Prince Charles : The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, although Meghan has had a successful career in acting, I believe she will quit the profession. – Meghan Markle	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Luxury items are rare in other 17th century sites in New England, but the two best sites found in Boston, including this one, have a high number of them showing that Boston was a center of wealth for the region and its residents who had that wealth were willing and able to show off a bit, despite their Puritan lifestyle. – Joe Bagley	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Luxury is ... not about buying to show off, it's about buying items that make you feel good. – Chiara Scaglia	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Nothing projects intelligence quite like confidence. When you believe in yourself, it shows, and research shows that believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks. Self-doubt, on the other hand, impairs your performance. What’s worse is that other people pick up on this doubt, which makes you appear less intelligent to them. If you want people to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. If you’re really smart, you should n’t have to use big words to broadcast it. True intelligence speaks for itself, so you don’t have to show off your impressive vocabulary. In addition, you always run the chance of being wrong. Using a big word incorrectly makes you look, well, not so smart. So, if you want to appear more intelligent, stop studying the dictionary and just focus on communicating effectively. Related : 8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language Communication expert Leonard Mlodinow makes the case that even if two people say exactly the same thing, the one who says it most expressively will be perceived as being smarter. If two speakers utter exactly the same words, but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume, that speaker will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable, and intelligent. – Leonard Mlodinow	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Avogadro talked to me about a mysterious number. The number takes us to a wonderland, where a tubby atom looks like a slender one, molecules are dancing at all times, and ions with extra electrons show off their body. – Seungsoo Hahn	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Naturally we will leave it to the market to decide, whoever has money, whoever has projects, whoever creates employment, whoever has intriguing ideas should know that Italy is the right place to show off their skills. – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't know what is wrong with these people in that they feel the need to show off their big guns. – Cindy Samuelsen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was perfect to show off a bit, it’s what this boat was made for, to keep eyes on Oman. We are doing something to make sure people are looking at us. – Sidney Gavignet	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
He’s a brilliant showman. He has succeeded in taking all the attention away from what actually happened in the debate, and I think the GOP will rue the day, because this is a great opportunity to show off the field. – Charles Krauthammer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Siren's touchstones always reference what I discern works in real life, give women the chance to send subtle cues of interest, men to show off a little of who they are, friends to recommend good men and people to make each other smile. – Susie Lee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He's very well respected because of his nature, he's so humble. He doesn't show off. If anything he always plays it down and never shows his emotion no matter if he's won or lost. – Liz Fagerlund	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We don't have an Olympics, so we are fortunate that the Olympic Committee allows us to come in and kind of show off our sport, in North America it is really hard to build up our skating clubs, it's hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller skating. – Courtney Donovan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

May 9 is designed to show off to the home crowd, to intimidate the opposition and to please the dictator of the time.

– James Nixey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Of course I want to show off my game to her, I ca n’t deny that, i mean, I ’m playing well at the moment. Who knows where her mind is at right now ?

– Madelene Sagstrom

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We meant no disrespect, and just wanted to show off how effective and sturdy the beds are in the Olympic Village, we actually enjoy sleeping on these beds and think they are a great and sustainable option for future Olympics.

– Ben Wanger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

No tiger belongs in a backyard or basement, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others.

– Carole Baskin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Tigers are hardwired to roam hundreds of square miles, so there's no cage that's going to be sufficient for them, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others.

– Victor Cuevas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My face masks allow people to show off their personality and style while staying protected, yes, you have to accept what is happening with the pandemic, but at the end of the day, life doesn't stop and people need to keep their personality in a time like this.

– David Avido

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This protest wasn't about the stay-at-home order, it was an opportunity for a small group of folks -- very few of whom were engaging in social distancing or wearing masks -- to show off their swastika posters, confederate flags, nooses hanging from cars and signs calling for murder, threatening Capitol police, staff, press, and elected members is not how we do business here in Michigan.

– Jim Ananich

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We don't talk about anything to do with classes, we just do show-and-tell and people show off their younger siblings, or we go in groups and figure out something to talk about.

– Olivia Wein

Found on CNN
4 years ago

In their heads they have an extremely strange logic: if the Chinese armed forces show off arms and equipment then it's a 'show of force', and if they don't then they 'lack transparency,'.

– Wu Qian

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

He was never, in my opinion, cocky, maybe he was cocky in as far as martial arts because he was very sure of himself. He was worlds ahead of everyone else. But on a set, he's not gon na show off.

– Dan Inosanto

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I’m a show off!, Doesn’t mean that I’m settled off. When you bypass everything, There isn’t anything. I got stranded, played and cheated, Yet, I’m here playing hard hearted! I may be a pessimist, Still, no point being realistic. Never it’s love or lust, It’s always, a playful dust.

– MG

added by murali_m
5 years ago

Finally making that decision to have my leg cut off was the best thing I ever did. It’s totally changed my confidence. ' CINDERELLA WEIGHT ’ IS A DANGEROUS VIRAL DIET GOAL, EXPERTS WARN For the first time in my life I am wearing shorts and short dresses. When I do wear pants I cut off one of the legs to show off my prosthesis. I'm so proud of it, and thankful for the new life it's given me.

– Kristy Wimberly

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Grant Harrold insisted. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for photos and show off Meghan Markle engagement ring. ( AP) Sally Bedell Smith, author of Prince Charles : The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, although Meghan has had a successful career in acting, I believe she will quit the profession.

– Meghan Markle

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Luxury items are rare in other 17th century sites in New England, but the two best sites found in Boston, including this one, have a high number of them showing that Boston was a center of wealth for the region and its residents who had that wealth were willing and able to show off a bit, despite their Puritan lifestyle.

– Joe Bagley

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Luxury is ... not about buying to show off, it's about buying items that make you feel good.

– Chiara Scaglia

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Nothing projects intelligence quite like confidence. When you believe in yourself, it shows, and research shows that believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks. Self-doubt, on the other hand, impairs your performance. What’s worse is that other people pick up on this doubt, which makes you appear less intelligent to them. If you want people to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself. If you’re really smart, you should n’t have to use big words to broadcast it. True intelligence speaks for itself, so you don’t have to show off your impressive vocabulary. In addition, you always run the chance of being wrong. Using a big word incorrectly makes you look, well, not so smart. So, if you want to appear more intelligent, stop studying the dictionary and just focus on communicating effectively. Related : 8 Great Tricks for Reading People's Body Language Communication expert Leonard Mlodinow makes the case that even if two people say exactly the same thing, the one who says it most expressively will be perceived as being smarter. If two speakers utter exactly the same words, but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume, that speaker will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable, and intelligent.

– Leonard Mlodinow

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Avogadro talked to me about a mysterious number. The number takes us to a wonderland, where a tubby atom looks like a slender one, molecules are dancing at all times, and ions with extra electrons show off their body.

– Seungsoo Hahn

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Naturally we will leave it to the market to decide, whoever has money, whoever has projects, whoever creates employment, whoever has intriguing ideas should know that Italy is the right place to show off their skills.

– Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't know what is wrong with these people in that they feel the need to show off their big guns.

– Cindy Samuelsen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was perfect to show off a bit, it’s what this boat was made for, to keep eyes on Oman. We are doing something to make sure people are looking at us.

– Sidney Gavignet

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

He’s a brilliant showman. He has succeeded in taking all the attention away from what actually happened in the debate, and I think the GOP will rue the day, because this is a great opportunity to show off the field.

– Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Siren's touchstones always reference what I discern works in real life, give women the chance to send subtle cues of interest, men to show off a little of who they are, friends to recommend good men and people to make each other smile.

– Susie Lee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He's very well respected because of his nature, he's so humble. He doesn't show off. If anything he always plays it down and never shows his emotion no matter if he's won or lost.

– Liz Fagerlund

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We don't have an Olympics, so we are fortunate that the Olympic Committee allows us to come in and kind of show off our sport, in North America it is really hard to build up our skating clubs, it's hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller skating.

– Courtney Donovan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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