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I wanted to start off the new year at this historic project here in Ohio and Kentucky with a bipartisan group of officials because I believe it sends an important message to the entire country, we can work together. We can get things done. We can move the nation forward. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I didn’t start off well. He was the better player for the first set, the semifinals of a Grand Slam … I’ve had, in the past, many semifinals at Grand Slams, but it's never easy walking out on the court. You have a lot of pressure and expectations from yourself and, of course, from others as well. – Novak Djokovic	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When it comes to communication, being honest and direct about your boundaries and your feelings is a really good place to start off. – Julia Bennett	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It started on defense for us, when we defend like that, start off the game defending, worrying about defense, we’re good shooters, the ball is going to go in. – Trevor Keels	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When you start off in a relationship, it's like this -- it's magnetic, and then all of a sudden, it's about having children. And then your body is really your babies. And you're bigger, and you sort of are, like, oh, I wonder if that's sexy. – Brooke Shields	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I said if we get a bipartisan bill and you start off on the right foot by working with Republicans on this relief package, that it would make it easier to get along and get more things done on other issues. It seemed as if he was somewhat receptive to that idea i said just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. And you might have the vote to cram it through with just Democrats, but I think it'dbe a really bad idea. – Larry Hogan	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I just want to start off by congratulating congressman Richard Neal on winning his reelection tonight, but I also want to make it very clear how incredibly proud I am of what we fought for over the last 14 months. – Alex MorseHouse	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Honestly I think my faith keeps me a very positive person. I start off every day, I think of a positive quote and post it on my stories, i wake up and think to Amanda Kloots I am so lucky that I get to wake up and do things. I just try to use every day to its fullest... I'm exhausted, I'm trying to be a wife, a mom and run a business. I'm exhausted but I'm doing OK. – Amanda Kloots	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Writers and performers, choreographers, directors, designers - many of them start off in theater, what's going to happen to them? They're not able to work now. How will they sustain a career going forward when they have been hit in this way? So this is going to be a major depletion and knockback for all of those platforms. – Matthew Warchus	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Let me first start off by saying I do not condone the use of the N-word by any non-black person. That included all Latinos, thats not our word. – Frazer Harrison/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, youve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what shes talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts, whether or not its been made worse or better over time, but nobody fails to understand that this is like jumping into a cauldron. – Vice President Biden	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Initially we had to start off to make sure the test worked, we had to be confident about that and then it was rolled out in stages and continues to be rolled out in stages. – Chris Whitty	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Remember we got started later than anybody at all in this campaign, number one. Number two, we did not start off by dropping $ 10 million from a Senate campaign, wherever that money was raised from into a race, we're doing fine, our fundraising is building. We've raised a lot of money online, and we've raised money offline as well, so we feel confident we're going to be ready. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is a wet dream for marketers, you start off with an email address, and once you get that email address you get a name. And once you get a name you get a phone number. Once you get that phone number you get more and more and more. – Curtis Harrison	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
So I think we're going to probably start up something very shortly between Russia and ourselves maybe to start off, and I think China will be added down the road. We'll be talking about non-proliferation, we'll be talking about a nuclear deal of some kind, and I think it'll be a very comprehensive one. – Donald Trump	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The tone of today didn't start off well due to tariff fears. – Michael Antonelli	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This is how it's going to work today, if you want to ask a question I think it's only fair since I've shared what I'm thankful for ... you start off with what you're thankful for. – Sarah Sanders	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Listen—I’ve honored you by allowing you to start off here and what you said is not right – that’s all I’m saying. I come from the lower middle class originally and we didn’t have anything, so don’t spew that stuff on me. I get a little tired of that crap. – Orrin Hatch	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Start off playing just solid, lots of fairways, lots of greens, got some putts to go in, hit some quality second shots into greens. ( I) had not been making a lot of putts this year. – New Jersey Texan Jimmy Walker	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Now we start off with a clean slate and will likely see more long trades since the market expects prices to rise in the future. – Kent Bayazitoglu	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It means a lot. It's my first real title that I've won, it's the perfect way to start off the year. I haven't lost a match yet. I'm riding a lot of confidence going into the Aussie summer. I'm just really happy. – Nick Kyrgios	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Golf’s a funny game. Sometimes some of your best rounds start off with a bogey or a double. – The Northern Irishman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Relationships that start off that way definitely have more complications, as long as you’re aware of them and work with them, it doesn’t mean it can’t last. – Rachel Sussman	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I wanted to start off this tournament well. It was not a great match, but I didn’t play bad, i played a solid match. It was important to me. – Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

I wanted to start off the new year at this historic project here in Ohio and Kentucky with a bipartisan group of officials because I believe it sends an important message to the entire country, we can work together. We can get things done. We can move the nation forward.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I didn’t start off well. He was the better player for the first set, the semifinals of a Grand Slam … I’ve had, in the past, many semifinals at Grand Slams, but it's never easy walking out on the court. You have a lot of pressure and expectations from yourself and, of course, from others as well.

– Novak Djokovic

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When it comes to communication, being honest and direct about your boundaries and your feelings is a really good place to start off.

– Julia Bennett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It started on defense for us, when we defend like that, start off the game defending, worrying about defense, we’re good shooters, the ball is going to go in.

– Trevor Keels

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you start off in a relationship, it's like this -- it's magnetic, and then all of a sudden, it's about having children. And then your body is really your babies. And you're bigger, and you sort of are, like, oh, I wonder if that's sexy.

– Brooke Shields

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I said if we get a bipartisan bill and you start off on the right foot by working with Republicans on this relief package, that it would make it easier to get along and get more things done on other issues. It seemed as if he was somewhat receptive to that idea i said just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. And you might have the vote to cram it through with just Democrats, but I think it'dbe a really bad idea.

– Larry Hogan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I just want to start off by congratulating congressman Richard Neal on winning his reelection tonight, but I also want to make it very clear how incredibly proud I am of what we fought for over the last 14 months.

– Alex MorseHouse

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Honestly I think my faith keeps me a very positive person. I start off every day, I think of a positive quote and post it on my stories, i wake up and think to Amanda Kloots I am so lucky that I get to wake up and do things. I just try to use every day to its fullest... I'm exhausted, I'm trying to be a wife, a mom and run a business. I'm exhausted but I'm doing OK.

– Amanda Kloots

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Writers and performers, choreographers, directors, designers - many of them start off in theater, what's going to happen to them? They're not able to work now. How will they sustain a career going forward when they have been hit in this way? So this is going to be a major depletion and knockback for all of those platforms.

– Matthew Warchus

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Let me first start off by saying I do not condone the use of the N-word by any non-black person. That included all Latinos, thats not our word.

– Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

For a woman to come forward in the glaring lights of focus, nationally, youve got to start off with the presumption that at least the essence of what shes talking about is real, whether or not she forgets facts, whether or not its been made worse or better over time, but nobody fails to understand that this is like jumping into a cauldron.

– Vice President Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Initially we had to start off to make sure the test worked, we had to be confident about that and then it was rolled out in stages and continues to be rolled out in stages.

– Chris Whitty

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Remember we got started later than anybody at all in this campaign, number one. Number two, we did not start off by dropping $ 10 million from a Senate campaign, wherever that money was raised from into a race, we're doing fine, our fundraising is building. We've raised a lot of money online, and we've raised money offline as well, so we feel confident we're going to be ready.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It is a wet dream for marketers, you start off with an email address, and once you get that email address you get a name. And once you get a name you get a phone number. Once you get that phone number you get more and more and more.

– Curtis Harrison

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

So I think we're going to probably start up something very shortly between Russia and ourselves maybe to start off, and I think China will be added down the road. We'll be talking about non-proliferation, we'll be talking about a nuclear deal of some kind, and I think it'll be a very comprehensive one.

– Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The tone of today didn't start off well due to tariff fears.

– Michael Antonelli

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is how it's going to work today, if you want to ask a question I think it's only fair since I've shared what I'm thankful for ... you start off with what you're thankful for.

– Sarah Sanders

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Listen—I’ve honored you by allowing you to start off here and what you said is not right – that’s all I’m saying. I come from the lower middle class originally and we didn’t have anything, so don’t spew that stuff on me. I get a little tired of that crap.

– Orrin Hatch

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Start off playing just solid, lots of fairways, lots of greens, got some putts to go in, hit some quality second shots into greens. ( I) had not been making a lot of putts this year.

– New Jersey Texan Jimmy Walker

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Now we start off with a clean slate and will likely see more long trades since the market expects prices to rise in the future.

– Kent Bayazitoglu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It means a lot. It's my first real title that I've won, it's the perfect way to start off the year. I haven't lost a match yet. I'm riding a lot of confidence going into the Aussie summer. I'm just really happy.

– Nick Kyrgios

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Golf’s a funny game. Sometimes some of your best rounds start off with a bogey or a double.

– The Northern Irishman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Relationships that start off that way definitely have more complications, as long as you’re aware of them and work with them, it doesn’t mean it can’t last.

– Rachel Sussman

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I wanted to start off this tournament well. It was not a great match, but I didn’t play bad, i played a solid match. It was important to me.

– Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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