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That one was more like a kickoff, it’s like you’re a competitor in a long-drive contest. You just let it rip and hope it stays straight. – Justin Tucker	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The four paintings are connected and, fascinatingly enough to me, is doing something that most Italian Baroque painters aren't doing any more in the 17th century. Many of them are going straight to canvas, so my contention is, he's part of a Renaissance legacy, and continuing the tradition of working on paper. – Tom Ruggio	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I remember a moment when I was getting out of bed and going to the liquor cabinet and taking a big shot at 8:00 in the morning and thinking, ‘I have to wake the kids up,’ i went straight to my wife and said, ’This is where I’m at.’ I was scared. – Tim McGraw	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You'll find me to be direct, straight-talking and decisive, i will not be deterred, and I am willing to be bloodied and marred in the pursuit of doing what's right for the people of this great state. – New Yorkers	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We as a society absolutely idealize what the perfect athlete looks like, which is male and most often white, i think that those who are coming to support college athletics through name, image, likeness-type contracts, they're going to be falling victim to these same sort of racialized gender biases. There's also going to be a bias for those who appear to be most straight. – Nefertiti Walker	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
(c)(p) I COULD NEVER BOAST THE ABUNDANCE OF WEALTH BECAUSE I HELP THOSE IN THE POVERTY FROM WHICH I GREW WITH THE LITTLE RESOURCES WHICH I WORKED FOR. I DO NOT NEED THE SPOTLIGHT TO SHOW WHAT I SHARE. THOSE WHO ASKED BOB MARLEY ABOUT MONEY GOT ONE STRAIGHT ANSWER-WHAT IS MONEY TO YOU?. HE TURNED THE QUESTION BACK AT THEM. I TAUGHT HIM THAT IN TRENCH TOWN.WE NEVER STOLE FROM ANYONE! POVERTY DOES NOT TURN YOU INTO A THIEF! GREED AND ENVY DOES THAT! I AM RAS CARDO. – RAS CARDO REGGAE**	added by jahmantafari1 2 years ago
You want to talk about nepotism? Not having to talk about the biggest scandal in the country when it has to do with your brother and you’re hosting CNN, that’s nepotism. The Cuomo family and CNN are the worst kinds of nepotism that the media has an example of, if it were my brother and he had been accused of this, you'd be damn straight I would be talking about it on 'The View' this morning, and that makes all of them cowards. – Meghan McCain	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
A minute later or more a loud rumbling sound could be heard over a large area, perhaps up to 100 km( about 62 miles) away from where the meteor was seen straight overhead. – Steinar Midtskogen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am not very subtle when I shade people. If I was upset, I would have just straight up said it, unfortunately, the headline is way more interesting than what I’m about to tell you. My mom quickly took a picture of me, I was just standing next to the poster. She said, ‘Pose. I want to get a picture.’ I quickly said I am excited for the movie and posted it and then went in to watch the film. – Lala Kent	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I want people to see him as this incredible musician slash athlete slash cat lover slash straight-A student. while my child is trans, and he's put in a box of being a trans person, he's so much more than that label. – Jimmy Evans	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It kind of bounced on the road and flipped up straight through the windshield by my face, went up and lodged itself into my car and into my back seat. PENNSYLVANIA FIREFIGHTER DEAD, FIRST RESPONDERS INJURED AFTER DRIVER PLOWS INTO CRASH SITE : OFFICIALS. – Driver Mandy Poff	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I called my parents straight away, called my girlfriend, my brother and then tried to get some sleep. Managed to get a little. I'm glad it was a day game because didn't have much time to think about anything. Just get out there and get going. – Alexander Wells	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I found out about 11:30 last night, i called my parents straight away, called my girlfriend, my brother and then tried to get some sleep. Managed to get a little. I'm glad it was a day game because didn't have much time to think about anything. Just get out there and get going. – Alexander Wells	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If I can figure out how to make that driver go straight and figure out the jumpers out of the rough, it would be awesome, i just can't figure it out. – Bryson DeChambeau	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What made it funny was the fact that there were straight lines to show you where to park and there's so many free spaces, he could be the worst parker in the UK at the moment. – Andrei Dalca	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was straight up with him and told him he could be straight up with me. Said his friend picked him up with another girl and took his money and kicked him out in Montgomery, couldn’t get much more out of him than that. He was very appreciative of the help from the police departments along the way and hopefully this gives him a better outlook for future decisions. – Joe Tillman Sr.	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Dance zigzag or in a straight line; while taking a breath or remaining breathless, celebrate this moment with a step of life – Shah Asad Rizvi	added by shahasadrizvi 2 years ago
Almost for a month straight, I kept asking (my coach) every day at practice, ‘Are you sure. Are you sure?’ i’m extremely grateful to be here today and so thankful those setbacks are behind me. – Dalilah Muhammad	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Mr Hancock cannot now hope to put on a straight face and tell us how to behave and seriously expect us to listen, there is the rank stench of hypocrisy. – The Sun	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Existing-home sales continue to be weighed down by rising prices and low inventory, sales in May fell for the fourth-straight month to the slowest annual pace since June 2020. However, housing demand is still very strong. Even with this declining trend, sales last month were still much higher than in May 2019. – Joel Kan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They were not just awake, they were driven. It was torture for them to do nothing, they like to run marathons -- many of our natural short sleepers ran marathons -- including mountain marathons where you go straight up. One of them decided he was going to build a violin, and he did. – Chris Jones	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's not only a ban, but it's a ban where the department can pretend with a semi-straight face that they're not banning foot pursuits, it's a ban because it says two things : You can never get in trouble for not doing it and you might get in trouble for doing it. – Peter Moskos	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The dress I unearthed for this shot is Atelier Versace – I wore it 21 years ago to the CFDA Fashion Awards, i was with my then-boyfriend Hugh Grant and had a blast. I put it away in acid-free tissue paper straight away, and it’s still perfect! – Elizabeth Hurley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You'd be at a dead end and the app would tell you to keep straight and turn right, i'm in a cul-de-sac, I'm not going to drive through a field. – Derrick Flournoy	Found on CNN 2 years ago

That one was more like a kickoff, it’s like you’re a competitor in a long-drive contest. You just let it rip and hope it stays straight.

– Justin Tucker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The four paintings are connected and, fascinatingly enough to me, is doing something that most Italian Baroque painters aren't doing any more in the 17th century. Many of them are going straight to canvas, so my contention is, he's part of a Renaissance legacy, and continuing the tradition of working on paper.

– Tom Ruggio

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I remember a moment when I was getting out of bed and going to the liquor cabinet and taking a big shot at 8:00 in the morning and thinking, ‘I have to wake the kids up,’ i went straight to my wife and said, ’This is where I’m at.’ I was scared.

– Tim McGraw

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You'll find me to be direct, straight-talking and decisive, i will not be deterred, and I am willing to be bloodied and marred in the pursuit of doing what's right for the people of this great state.

– New Yorkers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We as a society absolutely idealize what the perfect athlete looks like, which is male and most often white, i think that those who are coming to support college athletics through name, image, likeness-type contracts, they're going to be falling victim to these same sort of racialized gender biases. There's also going to be a bias for those who appear to be most straight.

– Nefertiti Walker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

**(c)(p) I COULD NEVER BOAST THE ABUNDANCE OF WEALTH BECAUSE I HELP THOSE IN THE POVERTY FROM WHICH I GREW WITH THE LITTLE RESOURCES WHICH I WORKED FOR. I DO NOT NEED THE SPOTLIGHT TO SHOW WHAT I SHARE. THOSE WHO ASKED BOB MARLEY ABOUT MONEY GOT ONE STRAIGHT ANSWER-WHAT IS MONEY TO YOU?. HE TURNED THE QUESTION BACK AT THEM. I TAUGHT HIM THAT IN TRENCH TOWN.WE NEVER STOLE FROM ANYONE! POVERTY DOES NOT TURN YOU INTO A THIEF! GREED AND ENVY DOES THAT! I AM RAS CARDO.

– RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by jahmantafari1
2 years ago

You want to talk about nepotism? Not having to talk about the biggest scandal in the country when it has to do with your brother and you’re hosting CNN, that’s nepotism. The Cuomo family and CNN are the worst kinds of nepotism that the media has an example of, if it were my brother and he had been accused of this, you'd be damn straight I would be talking about it on 'The View' this morning, and that makes all of them cowards.

– Meghan McCain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A minute later or more a loud rumbling sound could be heard over a large area, perhaps up to 100 km( about 62 miles) away from where the meteor was seen straight overhead.

– Steinar Midtskogen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am not very subtle when I shade people. If I was upset, I would have just straight up said it, unfortunately, the headline is way more interesting than what I’m about to tell you. My mom quickly took a picture of me, I was just standing next to the poster. She said, ‘Pose. I want to get a picture.’ I quickly said I am excited for the movie and posted it and then went in to watch the film.

– Lala Kent

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I want people to see him as this incredible musician slash athlete slash cat lover slash straight-A student. while my child is trans, and he's put in a box of being a trans person, he's so much more than that label.

– Jimmy Evans

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It kind of bounced on the road and flipped up straight through the windshield by my face, went up and lodged itself into my car and into my back seat. PENNSYLVANIA FIREFIGHTER DEAD, FIRST RESPONDERS INJURED AFTER DRIVER PLOWS INTO CRASH SITE : OFFICIALS.

– Driver Mandy Poff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I called my parents straight away, called my girlfriend, my brother and then tried to get some sleep. Managed to get a little. I'm glad it was a day game because didn't have much time to think about anything. Just get out there and get going.

– Alexander Wells

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I found out about 11:30 last night, i called my parents straight away, called my girlfriend, my brother and then tried to get some sleep. Managed to get a little. I'm glad it was a day game because didn't have much time to think about anything. Just get out there and get going.

– Alexander Wells

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If I can figure out how to make that driver go straight and figure out the jumpers out of the rough, it would be awesome, i just can't figure it out.

– Bryson DeChambeau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What made it funny was the fact that there were straight lines to show you where to park and there's so many free spaces, he could be the worst parker in the UK at the moment.

– Andrei Dalca

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was straight up with him and told him he could be straight up with me. Said his friend picked him up with another girl and took his money and kicked him out in Montgomery, couldn’t get much more out of him than that. He was very appreciative of the help from the police departments along the way and hopefully this gives him a better outlook for future decisions.

– Joe Tillman Sr.

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Dance zigzag or in a straight line; while taking a breath or remaining breathless, celebrate this moment with a step of life

– Shah Asad Rizvi

added by shahasadrizvi
2 years ago

Almost for a month straight, I kept asking (my coach) every day at practice, ‘Are you sure. Are you sure?’ i’m extremely grateful to be here today and so thankful those setbacks are behind me.

– Dalilah Muhammad

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mr Hancock cannot now hope to put on a straight face and tell us how to behave and seriously expect us to listen, there is the rank stench of hypocrisy.

– The Sun

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Existing-home sales continue to be weighed down by rising prices and low inventory, sales in May fell for the fourth-straight month to the slowest annual pace since June 2020. However, housing demand is still very strong. Even with this declining trend, sales last month were still much higher than in May 2019.

– Joel Kan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They were not just awake, they were driven. It was torture for them to do nothing, they like to run marathons -- many of our natural short sleepers ran marathons -- including mountain marathons where you go straight up. One of them decided he was going to build a violin, and he did.

– Chris Jones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's not only a ban, but it's a ban where the department can pretend with a semi-straight face that they're not banning foot pursuits, it's a ban because it says two things : You can never get in trouble for not doing it and you might get in trouble for doing it.

– Peter Moskos

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The dress I unearthed for this shot is Atelier Versace – I wore it 21 years ago to the CFDA Fashion Awards, i was with my then-boyfriend Hugh Grant and had a blast. I put it away in acid-free tissue paper straight away, and it’s still perfect!

– Elizabeth Hurley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You'd be at a dead end and the app would tell you to keep straight and turn right, i'm in a cul-de-sac, I'm not going to drive through a field.

– Derrick Flournoy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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