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My capacity for humour may have come largely from my father - he liked to entertain people, make people laugh.

We believe that the United States should coordinate and cooperate with the Iraqi opposition, and must not entertain any idea of making changes behind the opposition's back.

Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your longings and disappointments.

We entertain them every day and never talk down to them. It also gives us the opportunity to discuss important issues with them.

We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of action and always expresses what the conscious mind has impressed on it. What we regularly entertain in our mind creates a conception of self. What we conceive ourselves to be, we become.

We're still trying to get our heads above water here. We're not at that point yet. I don't look at us as a Top 25 team. We've got to get some more wins before we can entertain that.

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

We are reaching out on a number of levels and hope they entertain our bid.

What we're trying to do is entertain ourselves, and we are mostly a bunch of adults, but at a basic level that works for everybody.

We were selling stuff that can entertain you during a flight or stuff you forgot.

Tyrepower will also have access to a corporate suite at the raceway which will enable them to entertain corporate clienteles, and guests from within their company. When Tyrepower executives held discussions regarding the partnership, it came to light that a number of them had enjoyed the facilities on offer in the past and thoroughly enjoyed themselves to boot.

We are coming to Israel to entertain and laugh. We have fun at our shows. We get up to all sorts of antics, and like to create a party atmosphere.

When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.

There is a contract between the reader and the writer. The readers give me their hard-earned cash, and I have to entertain them.

When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them to be swept up in your story, on the edge of their seats, unable to wait to see what happens next, be blown away and afterwards just go, 'Wow!'

We were surprised and, of course, delighted that the original game was played and enjoyed by so many people. And with all of the new improvements and features along with the Original Trilogy we're implementing into LEGO Star Wars II, we're confident that the new game has what it takes to entertain even more gamers than before.

While it is too early to comment on an idea that isn't fully developed, CMA is always willing to entertain opportunities to partner with the city of Nashville and enhance the future of CMA Music Festival.

When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.

When she goes places with her Uncle John, this is one way to entertain her,

When men go out, the women stay at home. And historically what has always happened is the Japanese men hire women to sit and kind of entertain them.

Filmmakers are feeling distant and alienated from the direction of the country. It's important for Hollywood to both entertain and reach out and touch upon subjects that are not simply about the American Dream.

But put the case, Sir, that I do fear the Lord and my parents. May not I entertain them that fear the Lord because my parents will not give me leave?

While there aren't any laws on the books that would require a developer to conduct such a survey, it's certainly something they would be willing to entertain when the approval process is final.

We've had to host training camps for 16 teams, rent venues and facilities in three different countries and entertain clients. It's an expensive undertaking but one which everyone involved believes to be a very wise investment.

The reason I've never gone for pilot season even as a younger actor, and wouldn't entertain that sort of thing now, is the idea of signing a piece of paper that binds me for six or seven years.

What appealed to me was that here was this man who, on the one hand, liked to sing and entertain in local pubs, but who was also the most proficient killing machine of the last century. I was drawn to the incongruity of it.

We are very pleased with the great turnout we will entertain on Tuesday. We're very thankful our fans and sponsors for their support of D.C. United and United for D.C. The revenue generated from this great event will go to help many underprivileged and disadvantaged youth in the D.C. area.

Every time I get in front of an audience, I do the best I can. I really don't look at it like, you know, 'This is gonna be this crowd, or that crowd.' If anything, I think about the demographics only because of what songs will entertain more than others.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.

Everybody can watch the two characters-well, not just the two characters but the whole show-and know that everybody's a ruddy fool! We're just there to entertain people and it works. It's great-and we need a bit more of that in this day and age, don't we?

As soon as I spent time with Martha I knew that her witty and engaging humor would surprise and entertain viewers.

A tournament coming to town brings a large number of people outside of the players. In addition to caddies, there are swing coaches, representatives from the equipment companies. A good number of the players bring their families. The sponsor often uses the event as a platform to entertain their top clients and can bring hundreds of guests.

Due to the significant capacity demands and the need to service our business customers, we're unable to entertain additional commuter service on our rail lines in this tremendously constrained area.

The second suite has a country club-type atmosphere which is appealing to businesses if they want to entertain clients or reward their employees. You have a great view of the playing field, it's an exclusive-type area where they will be able to network with other businesses and the ability to provide an upscale meal and bar during the game. It's really a great option for many companies in terms of its value.

The target audience for the RSE system in most cases is families, who particularly appreciate being able to entertain the kids in the car. Losing this convenience because a new vehicle does not offer a rear-seat entertainment system is simply not an option for families who use the technology regularly.

The thing running through me is the same thing that writes songs. It's the fighter about to get into the ring. It's like, I'm not here to entertain you; I'm here to get this out, whatever it is.

Rusty earned the respect and admiration of fellow drivers and fans with his engaging personality and unquestioned racing ability - attributes that will continue to entertain race fans.

Put love first. Entertain thoughts that give life. And when a thought or resentment, or hurt, or fear comes your way, have another thought that is more powerful -- a thought that is love.

Of course we still entertain hopes that there may be some information pertaining to the sonar system that may have been archived by the computer system.

Oftentimes families will adopt two kittens, as they entertain each other while they are at work or the kids are in school.

No status right now. It's not something I said I'd even consider until after the (TCU) game. It's after the game and I haven't seen him. So, I'm assuming he's quit the team for good and until I know different, we'll see. I won't entertain anything until he shows he has a good reason or he can justify what his actions have been.

Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.

Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.

Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to me,' but there's also the flip side. Like, I want to give something. Let me entertain you, let me amuse you, let me try to please you with this thing I've made. And then pay attention to me.

The Boys of Summer were heroes in Brooklyn for a full postwar decade partly because the players could not entertain higher offers.

At Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, we are using emerging technologies to entertain and connect with people all over the world, whether they are guests in our theme parks or at home thousands of miles away.

That's not quite accurate. There are still things to play for. You're still getting paid to play, this is still a game where you try to entertain the fans so you try to go hard.

This conversation began when we were both trying to purchase the same commercial building on the South Trail for a new office. Talk about fate! As talks progressed, we realized how much our existing companies already complemented each other. That's when we began to entertain the possibility of a merger. The depth of this combined company will definitely emerge as one of the area's finest. Not only is it a win for the company, but also for our many clients and customers.

Although unfortunate, BET was created to entertain black folks.

Amber likes to put on a show. It's not that she's going out there to entertain people. She just plays so hard, people just notice her. She's easy to notice because she plays hard all the time.

There's a lot of value for what you get. Teams play on two nice golf courses. The competition is good and we entertain the teams while they are here.

At Bridgewater State College, we look for innovative technology to educate, engage and even entertain our students. All BSC students have laptops and we're wireless across our entire campus. Ruckus is a great next step for Bridgewater State College and our students, a cutting-edge service that offers excellent, legal digital music and movies, and enhances student life and virtual community.

As we started to entertain more, and gain more status, the kitchen grew into not just a room that would be operational and functional, but one, like the bath, in which we luxuriate.

It was Emily that has worked with him on a number of occasions, and she was able to discuss with him his willingness to entertain this idea. She's had a long association with him and luckily we're the beneficiaries of that partnership.

It's a fascinating story to adapt and essentially it's a great opportunity to entertain and provoke conversation.

I told him we can get David Copperfield if we want a magic act. He needs to make sure the damn ball gets back there every time like it's supposed to. We're not keeping him just for his ability to do tricks and entertain the guys.

I treated the last Olympics as a big international event. This time I want to treat it as a place to express myself. I want to show what I have, to entertain rather than just compete.

It's no secret that San Francisco is delighted to entertain any of these carriers. Once they move there and get the maintenance and the ticket counters and ground handling, it's very difficult to get that route back.

It's scary. We're going to have to figure out a way to entertain these people while they wait.

It's really more of an adult venue (and concert). It's really not geared to entertain children.

It's so easy to entertain here. There is something magic about being around the wind and the water at night, it just energizes people.

Everyone around here knows Hal and we're glad to be a part of his return to radio. We all know he'll continue to inform and entertain us just as he always has.

It just takes more to entertain kids these days.

I view the players as entertainers. Their job is to entertain you, and although an Arizona Cardinals game might not have that effect, most of them do.

So all I've been doing is I cook and I clean, and I entertain at my house a lot.

Socially, in most groups I tempered my conversations on my approach to health because those who entrusted their lives to allopathic, 'standard of care' Western doctors might not want to entertain the idea that they might have made the wrong choice or that their way wasn't the best way.

The Faroes are solid defensively and they can create clear chances in counter-attacks. The main goal is to take three points, then we'll see if we can entertain the fans.

I'm not going to muck up his win, ... I'm not going to even entertain that there was an unfair advantage tonight. I'm not going to destroy what that man worked for. He went out there, did a good job, and I congratulate Jose Luis Castillo. Give him his due. I didn't want my win destroyed last time. I won't destroy his.

I'm definitely one of those chicks who want to be in a relationship. I need somebody who can make me laugh and entertain me.

I never thought about writing a novel until I was 13, and that happened by chance. I was on school holidays, and I was bored, and I thought I just wanted to do something to occupy myself instead of asking, 'What can I do, mum? Entertain me.' I started, and it really just took over, and I realised, 'Wow, this is an amazing experience.'

I like working where people live or work, because they're relaxed. I don't have to entertain them.

If you come up to me in the street, I am going to be delighted to meet you. I became a television star to entertain people, to spread goodness into the world.

I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.

I have to understand how we are going to market the movie. We view marketing as an extension of content creation... Every time a consumer sees our movie, in whatever form, our obligation is to entertain the audience.

I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disney the one place you have to work (as an animator).

If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain you at dawn.

I had expected there to be some more hearings. I would have expected him to entertain witnesses, but not engage in the full-fledged discovery that Microsoft wanted. That would have given them a little victory, and to the extent where if the court of appeals disagrees with him, it would be on the merits, not the process.

His Majesty's Government cannot for one moment entertain the Chancellor's proposal that they should bind themselves to neutrality on such terms.

His Majesty's Government cannot for a moment entertain the Chancellor's proposal that they should bind themselves to neutrality on such terms.

Capacity constraints are expected to ease, allowing the market to further entertain thoughts of a rate cut.

By entertaining of strange persons, men sometimes entertain angels unawares: but by entertaining of strange doctrines, many have entertained devils unaware

He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.

I'd sure entertain it. It'd be a lot of fun if they had the right setting and conditions. You'd have to find two coaches who would be willing to do it.

I don't see anything wrong with spending a lot of money to make big action movies to entertain people. Yet somehow, I come under special scrutiny. I mean, why don't people get upset if Dow spends $300 million to invent some new chemical? Audiences like popcorn movies. What's wrong with that?

He's not a fan of my voice, and that's well within his rights. Neil is doing a radio show. His job is to entertain people and he does it well.

I could never even entertain the notion that it's an option, to not be an artist.

These games are one last chance for us to entertain a crowd. It's a lot different than the serious basketball we played our whole careers at Kentucky. This is fun.

This is a look at a particular world of artists, and when it comes to words, well, that's our currency. In terms of mindset, we'll entertain almost any idea. We're trying to be creative. There's nothing about any given word that's better or worse than other given word. A word is a word.

All I'll say is this is Dave's decision ? he can entertain anyone he wants. I'm not going to try to sway him one way or another, ... I'm fine with what happened and that was a long time ago. Whoever Dave picks, we want someone who gives us the best chance to win.

All I'll say is this is Dave's decision -- he can entertain anyone he wants. I'm not going to try to sway him one way or another, ... I'm fine with what happened and that was a long time ago. Whoever Dave picks, we want someone who gives us the best chance to win.

The case is still open, and it's basically a cold case that we continue to entertain any leads or avenues anybody comes up with. The family is at their wits end. There's been no closure for them. We're just waiting for that magic piece of evidence to help us out.

People have become so empty that they can't even entertain themselves. They have to pay other people to amuse them, to make them laugh, to try to make them feel warm and happy and comfortable for a few minutes, to try to lose that awful, frightening, hollow feeling--that terrible, dreaded feeling of being lost and alone.