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Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard. – Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org	added by upthetotempole 1 year ago
In regard to the mental health stuff, it was just there. It’s been there forever, but it’s really come up a lot in just knowing where the characters were headed and how important it is to work on yourself to help your team, and I think that we were trying to explore that and personify it in a way and kind of trojan horse that there’s bigger issues in this fun, silly little comedy show. – Jason Sudeikis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So, the other thing we have to be conscious of is that it would be easy to cast such an object as silly and frivolous and just about sexual gratification, but it could be a tool for perpetuating power imbalance and subjugation. – Rob Collins	Found on CNN 1 year ago
His research is a very good way to push back on the silly assumption that mass doesn’t matter in war at sea. – Alessio Patalano	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He’s a great kid and he liked to dance, he was very talkative, very outgoing. He liked to be silly and trying to get attention in all those ways that a five-year-old likes to do. He likes to play soccer and he liked his Paw Patrol. – Kyle Doan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I phoned Willy and Getty Images Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said, i rented Getty Images Kate, plus a silly moustache, and went back to the house. – Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s silly talk, i think maybe it gives the far left or people who were not supportive of Joe Biden something to hang their hat on. But it’s not realistic. – Adrienne Elrod	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I just wanna see a silly seal sliding sideways in Sausalito! – Mike Lange	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
I wouldn't say that's why I've ventured into acting, but it was just a bit shocking the first time I was able to speak, you know, doing a silly voice or an accent pretending to be someone else, people don't talk about [ it ] enough if it hasn't got enough exposure, and millions of people around the world struggle with it. – Emily Blunt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The truth is, the men’s category is the ‘open category.’ I think it’s silly when people say there should be a separate division for transgender athletes. There aren’t enough of them, but there can be open sport. – Jennifer Braceras	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Silly Adventures of Petunia and Herman the Worm. – Sam Baker	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Do we really think we're going to start weaponizing robots ? It's silly to do that. I don't think that's in the DNA of America either, we live in a country that has so many rules and regulatory requirements in place that things like this are just remote and virtually impossible without the say of the populace. – Jiren Parikh	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They deleted the tweet, and then she put out a statement sort of dismissing the attacks as silly. – Melanie Zanona	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I just feel like there’s mixed messaging on whether or not you can be beautiful and attractive and also still be intelligent. And I just think that’s silly to me, it’s like women can only do one thing, so pick a side. And that’s not true. – Shantel Krebs	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Everything was fun. Everything seemed to be like a fun, silly joke. – Elizabeth Williams via AP	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The respondents kind of laughed at that approach, they said,' Oh, these silly ads that compared Glenn Youngkin to Donald Trump the person — Glenn Youngkin just doesn't seem like Glenn Youngkin.'. – Brian Stryker	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That's so silly, [Chicago Mayor] Lori Lightfoot is still hanging onto that. She blames every crime in Chicago on the pandemic. – Betsy Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When it works, which can be most of the time, it can be very good, but it can easily be confused by things that humans would have no problem with. Machine visions are not as adaptive as humans'. And the problem is that all machine systems sometimes make silly errors. – Sam Abuelsamid	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When it works, which can be most of the time, it can be very good, but it can easily be confused by things that humans would have no problem with. Machine visions are not as adaptive as humans. And the problem is that all machine systems sometimes make silly errors. – Sam Abuelsamid	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat and work on my mindfulness. I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job, and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for my screw ups because they worked way too hard for that, i took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured. I thought it was best if the girls took over and did the rest of the job, which they absolutely did. – Simone Biles	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I haven’t seen either one of them in four and a half, five years, it’s silly as f–k. – Erika Jayne	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The first time I saw him, the hairs on my arm stood up and my guys said it was just an OK day for him, he had huge power. His skills are silly. They’re stupid. They’re crazy. – Donny Rowland	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Meme coins are a little distracting, but I guess it's part of the libertarian side of crypto, there will be a lot of tokens ranging from silly to serious and many in between. – Greg King	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We were both so happy, so excited, but we tried to stay low-key, like it's no big deal, so we wouldn't look all giddy and silly, if Ed was wearing lipstick, you would have been able to see lipstick smudges on both his ears because that's how big that smile was on him. It was a look I'd never forget. – Bruce Morrow	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.

– Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org

added by upthetotempole
1 year ago

In regard to the mental health stuff, it was just there. It’s been there forever, but it’s really come up a lot in just knowing where the characters were headed and how important it is to work on yourself to help your team, and I think that we were trying to explore that and personify it in a way and kind of trojan horse that there’s bigger issues in this fun, silly little comedy show.

– Jason Sudeikis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, the other thing we have to be conscious of is that it would be easy to cast such an object as silly and frivolous and just about sexual gratification, but it could be a tool for perpetuating power imbalance and subjugation.

– Rob Collins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

His research is a very good way to push back on the silly assumption that mass doesn’t matter in war at sea.

– Alessio Patalano

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s a great kid and he liked to dance, he was very talkative, very outgoing. He liked to be silly and trying to get attention in all those ways that a five-year-old likes to do. He likes to play soccer and he liked his Paw Patrol.

– Kyle Doan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I phoned Willy and Getty Images Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said, i rented Getty Images Kate, plus a silly moustache, and went back to the house.

– Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s silly talk, i think maybe it gives the far left or people who were not supportive of Joe Biden something to hang their hat on. But it’s not realistic.

– Adrienne Elrod

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I just wanna see a silly seal sliding sideways in Sausalito!

– Mike Lange

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

I wouldn't say that's why I've ventured into acting, but it was just a bit shocking the first time I was able to speak, you know, doing a silly voice or an accent pretending to be someone else, people don't talk about [ it ] enough if it hasn't got enough exposure, and millions of people around the world struggle with it.

– Emily Blunt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The truth is, the men’s category is the ‘open category.’ I think it’s silly when people say there should be a separate division for transgender athletes. There aren’t enough of them, but there can be open sport.

– Jennifer Braceras

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Silly Adventures of Petunia and Herman the Worm.

– Sam Baker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Do we really think we're going to start weaponizing robots ? It's silly to do that. I don't think that's in the DNA of America either, we live in a country that has so many rules and regulatory requirements in place that things like this are just remote and virtually impossible without the say of the populace.

– Jiren Parikh

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They deleted the tweet, and then she put out a statement sort of dismissing the attacks as silly.

– Melanie Zanona

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I just feel like there’s mixed messaging on whether or not you can be beautiful and attractive and also still be intelligent. And I just think that’s silly to me, it’s like women can only do one thing, so pick a side. And that’s not true.

– Shantel Krebs

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Everything was fun. Everything seemed to be like a fun, silly joke.

– Elizabeth Williams via AP

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The respondents kind of laughed at that approach, they said,' Oh, these silly ads that compared Glenn Youngkin to Donald Trump the person — Glenn Youngkin just doesn't seem like Glenn Youngkin.'.

– Brian Stryker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That's so silly, [Chicago Mayor] Lori Lightfoot is still hanging onto that. She blames every crime in Chicago on the pandemic.

– Betsy Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When it works, which can be most of the time, it can be very good, but it can easily be confused by things that humans would have no problem with. Machine visions are not as adaptive as humans'. And the problem is that all machine systems sometimes make silly errors.

– Sam Abuelsamid

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When it works, which can be most of the time, it can be very good, but it can easily be confused by things that humans would have no problem with. Machine visions are not as adaptive as humans. And the problem is that all machine systems sometimes make silly errors.

– Sam Abuelsamid

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat and work on my mindfulness. I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job, and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for my screw ups because they worked way too hard for that, i took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured. I thought it was best if the girls took over and did the rest of the job, which they absolutely did.

– Simone Biles

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I haven’t seen either one of them in four and a half, five years, it’s silly as f–k.

– Erika Jayne

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The first time I saw him, the hairs on my arm stood up and my guys said it was just an OK day for him, he had huge power. His skills are silly. They’re stupid. They’re crazy.

– Donny Rowland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Meme coins are a little distracting, but I guess it's part of the libertarian side of crypto, there will be a lot of tokens ranging from silly to serious and many in between.

– Greg King

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We were both so happy, so excited, but we tried to stay low-key, like it's no big deal, so we wouldn't look all giddy and silly, if Ed was wearing lipstick, you would have been able to see lipstick smudges on both his ears because that's how big that smile was on him. It was a look I'd never forget.

– Bruce Morrow

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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