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Ultimately if you're a journalist, one day you're writing about figure skating, one day a political debate. I loved that about reporting. I like throwing my energies into various corners of the world.

Ultimately, everyone who opens up a Red Bull in this area is going to figure out they're associated with a soccer team.

Until Cuban exiles get their country back and figure out a way to get rid of Castro, nothing else will matter to them.

With this lineup, you figure most days we're going to score more than two runs.

With this jobless claims number, I don't know what the final figure would be, but some economists may have to revise their payrolls estimates.

With things of a human origin, it's harder to objectively figure out the probabilities. To the best of my knowledge, people are not doing credible analysis on the risks facing this country, and if they were, who's to know that those are static probabilities?

Words can't say what needs to be said, ... We're just trying to figure out where we can do the most good.

Worcester County has great potential for growing grapes. We're still trying to figure the absolute best grapes and we have experiments under way, but you can grow everything on the Eastern Shore and we're very encouraged by whites.

We're still tinkering with the lineup. We're pretty much set on Nos. 1-4, but 5-9 is still unsettled. We need to figure that out and see where our offense goes from there.

We're still in the middle of trying to figure out exactly what's going on.

We're still evaluating people and trying to figure out how we play best with the combinations on the court. And so that's the thing that is creating the most anxiety in me right now, is trying to settle on a lineup.

We're still a very young football team. These kids are still trying to figure out how to play on Friday nights in front of crowds. We still have a lot of room for improvement.

We're still a team trying to find our identity. Sometimes complacency sets in a little bit; we've got to figure out how to give that effort for as close to 48 minutes as possible.

We're looking for certain guys to establish their roles. What are they going to be for this team? That's what preseason is about, especially with the team we have. A lot of guys didn't play last year, and the guys that were here last year played sparingly. Obviously, we have a lot of young talent here. We've just got to figure it out as the preseason goes along.

We've got guys up on the mountain trying to figure it out and negotiate where it's coming from and do an evaluation.

We've got good kids. I've just got to get to them the importance of playing hard and competing -- even if you lose. Go with what you know. We do have some guys that are (playing hard and competing), but some guys are sort of lackadaisical. Once we figure that out, we'll be fine.

We've got a real tough opponent coming up. (They're) a beast. So we've got to figure out some way to hang with them. We seem to pull out these games, so if we stay close I think we should have a shot.

We've got a real tough opponent coming up. Cathedral's a beast. So we've got to figure out some way to hang with them. We seem to pull out these games, so if we stay close I think we should have a shot.

We want to put our mark on the sport and push pairs figure skating to next level.

We have seen a lot of interest from Chinese developers on Google Play because the extent to which Android is used. If we can figure out a model by which we can serve those users, it would be a privilege to do so. So I don't think of China as a black hole.

We have security in the building. No alarms were sounded. We're trying to figure out what happened there. There was no forced entry, no vandalism.

We have to get down to the brass tacks. If this is going to move, we, as tribal leaders, have got to put a (settlement) figure in this bill. Right now, it's blank. We can't leave it blank.

We were bailing out water until 1 a.m. and pumping out the basement. I can't figure out why everyone else pays city taxes but mine are four or five times higher because I have to spend $4,000 every four years to fix my house. I thought taxes fixed problems like these.

We were a team tonight, in the truest sense of the word, because we have quality people in uniform. We don't have any ego-type players. These guys get out of bed every day trying to figure out ways to help this team.

We were developing it into a full-fledged show for MTV and needed to figure out how to make a half-hour animated cartoon. I was able to use my experience as a production manager, learn something new about animation, and move into the creative side of the business from that.

We were in contact obviously all day with the speaker and the entire leadership team trying to figure out how best to move forward in what is clearly uncharted territory. At the end of day, the speaker, in concert with the other members of the leadership, came up with kind of a shared responsibilities plan.

We'll see what the coaches want to try, ... I'm sure they'll try different combinations as the exhibition season starts here, but I think we all have to be flexible and I think everybody realizes that there's only four spots here for centres and we'll have to figure out who's going to skate with who.

We accept, no questions asked, tombstones that someone has at their home or wherever. If someone has a tombstone because they think it looks nice in their garden, they can keep it, but if they'd like to get rid of it, we will figure where it belongs and return the tombstone.

We are going to have to figure out how we're going to deal with a real strong receiver like that.

We are going to have to figure out a way in our future in the Big East to play with a team like Villanova.

This will not cause confusion for the traveling public. This is going to be very easy for the customer arriving at the checkpoint to figure what they're supposed to do. We'll make that very, very clear.

We are here to thank God for the life of coach John Vaught and to celebrate his extraordinary life. He was a public figure but a private man. He was tough but kind.

We did not even have a 30-day notice to prepare ourselves so that we could at least have a supply of medications while we tried to figure out what to do next, ... How can you in all good consciousness tolerate this kind of a practice?

We did great on floor. We came out really aggressive and nailed all our landings. As a coaching staff we're trying to figure out how we lost our aggressiveness on vault.

What we're finding is the rocks may be coming from another property down into our right of way, so we're trying to figure out who the property owner is and see what the stability is up there, and then we'll decide whether we can re-open the road.

What we need to know are the kinds of things that are coming before the court now and it makes it hard to figure out what kind of justice you will be, particular because we have very little to go on,

There are no easy answers for the balance of how you protect the core business of the books with what the digital future will look like, but that would be our job with DC Comics, to figure that out and experiment and take some risks while always protecting the core business.

There are some things that are similar in all of these fires, and with that we'll try to push forward and try to figure if it's the same person or a group of individuals working together.

We decided we needed to be something concrete rather than something nebulous you couldn't negotiate with. This is an interim board. Our job is to figure out how to create a permanent system with a permanent board.

We ran into a great pitcher today. But to get to where we need to go, we've got to figure out a way to beat those guys.

We hope to make clear the ways in which dialectical and metaphysical issues necessarily figure in the subject of motivation. Our speculations, as we interpret them, should show that the subject of motivation is a philosophic one, not ultimately to be solved in terms of empirical science.

We didn't want to go that kind of pace. An 80-point basketball game was not one that we were going to win and we couldn't figure out how to slow it down.

We have received more requests from the public to immortalize Tupac than any other rap star. It is fitting that he will be the central figure in our new 'On Stage' attraction, which will offer the public a new high-tech system for enjoying the music of all the stars in the attraction.

We've seen these long-term outlooks a lot more of late, and for the life of me I can't figure out why these companies are doing it.

We've seen a slight increase. Some of the customers that we've had who haven't been with us for a few years are starting to come back. I wouldn't say it's huge, but it's a noticeable increase. I just took a rough figure last week, and I think in one day we had 30 to 40 tons to be delivered.

We have repeatedly tried to get Dave to figure out what he'd like to do with this stuff and it hasn't really gone anywhere.

The FAA's job is to figure out a way to make the airspace work,

There are a lot of areas we can tackle and make a difference for California. The question is, are we going to walk down that path or not? When you are in a relationship and have a falling out, you kiss and make up the first night back together. You say the right things. But then you have to make sure actions are consistent with words. It will take some time for us to figure this out.

When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists could even figure out what I was doing, let alone try to imitate me.

When I did hit a fairway, I three-putted. Go figure that one out. It doesn't make sense. Strange game.

When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.

When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician.

When I was 16, I walked into a magic shop, the owner demonstrated some tricks and I was absolutely blown away. I had seen magic on TV but never live, and I couldn't figure it out. That started this thing, and that was 14 years ago.

The people in the Legislature evidently don't know beans from barley. By the time they figure out that smaller schools are best, they'll all be gone.

We're just trying to find their key players and figure out what to do to stop them.

We're just trying to figure out how this will fit into that agreement.

The one thing that we should stick to is to figure out how to become better human beings, but in order to do that we have to go to the second level which is to work on defining the palette of what a better human being is made of, and creativity is one of them.

What we continued to emphasis was being positive in games and in practice. We had to figure out what we were capable of doing.

We're good at the guard position, but I don't think you can have two point guards. I think you need one. We've got to figure out who we're going to play there.

This program is a great opportunity for students as well as parents to be educated on education debt. We are here to help students and parents figure everything out.

This production figure emphasizes that the US economy had solid underlying momentum heading into month-end,

There are things you don't learn in a classroom, and if your circumstances aren't rich in the sort of input you need, you may not learn them at all. Unless you have a home where these things are specifically talked about and reinforced, or a mentor or guide of some sort, you may not be able to figure out where the road is, let alone how to take it, or what direction.

We've said all along that as soon as we figure out who's qualified, we'll debate those folks.

When you're an artist, if you get a 10-year run-some are over 10 years - and you're successful, if you make over $20 million, then you gotta figure the money that you dished out and you spent on videos and studio time and all that stuff, you were just better off investing $4 or $5 million.

We had been talking to the previous owner on and off for a while, trying to figure out a way to save these prints. He said that at some point he wanted to try to catalog everything, but it's kind of an enormous task.

When I got the job with 'Superman,' it felt like somebody threw me into the ocean. I was just trying to figure it out, to figure out how to tread water. Lucky for me, I'm part of a great team.

When I became the director of FEMA a couple of years ago, I decided it was time we did some really serious catastrophic disaster planning. So the president gave me money through our budget to do that. And we went around the country to figure out what's the best model we can do for a catastrophic disaster in this country? And we picked New Orleans, Louisiana.

When the Marines do the math, they figure they can get the most out of Pfc. Pace in six- or seven-month deployments inside a normal four-year commitment.

We won't figure out our lineup until we get to Washington and go through warm-ups before the meet.

What I can't figure out is why anyone would steal it. They can't sell it on eBay, it's not fit to eat, there was no ransom note and the police put its value at only $25 (14 pounds) on their report.

What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic.

We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty good. Baseball's a funny game. You can't figure it out. When it's good, you just try to enjoy it as long as you can.

We needed about 200 pairs to fill the closet, and you figure $500 a pair - well, you just can't go and spend $100,000 on shoes, so you do what you can,

We need confirmation of heating oil demand. People will be watching that figure when the report is published.

We need to look at what we're doing hitting wise, we're not getting done. At this point, it is mental. We need to figure out how to hit the ball again.

We need to be better (at the plate), but we we are just trying to figure out what is going on. It's just experience. I think we'll be alright.

When you choose high-quality delicious foods, your body will reward you with a trim figure and a longer, healthier life. After all, what you put in your body is the best recipe for staying sexy forever.

When we see comets up in the sky they're really spectacular. But unless you get close to a comet, you can't really figure out what's going on.

When the (season) is over, we've got two first-round picks, we've got expiring contracts, we've got assets. And we'll figure out, if we've got needs, how to fill them.

The plain fact is that some guys really have to look deep within themselves and figure out how badly they want to play. You can't come out and play rope-a-dope for two periods. On our home ice, you don't want to leave a game to a bounce of the puck in the last 20 minutes and we did. And this is what you get, a 1-0 loss.

The pitching is getting better. We just need to figure out a way to limit our errors.

There are other guys I'd much rather play. We've got a really hard bracket. You've got to figure you're going to have to play some really good players to get through this.

There are times where you have an unconscious (person), and we don't know if it's stroke-related, if it's cardiac-related or if it's any medical condition, ... It's hard to figure out what the prognosis is.

We're glad he got in foul trouble. He's an excellent ballplayer. Just to see him and Elton Brand go at it, trying to figure each other out, that was magnificent.

We're not cutting back to save the world, ... I'm going to need to figure out how to get along.

Like China, the Internet is a huge new market. It's up to you to figure out what to do with it. Use it as a prospecting tool, make connections with people, add value for your existing customers.

Life, work - it's all very organic and fluid, a laboratory. I always tell people: whatever your thing is, you just have to be in it. Jump in; you'll figure it out.

Like I said earlier, I don't know how to explain it. It's something we have to turn around. We're putting ourselves behind the eight ball at the start of the game and it's not working for us. We have to figure out something.

Making a movie is so hard, you'd better make movies about something you really know about. And even more, it's really good to make movies about things you need to figure out for yourself, so you're driven the whole way through. It's going to make things more crucial for you.

Make yourself calmer than you feel, force yourself to pretend you're calm and you'll be able to figure out how to get out of there if you remain calm. So I kept reminding myself of that. I was in charge, I was the person they were looking to and if I lost it they all would. I would have to say to myself, 'You've got to remain calm, you've got to stay focused.'

Lyrically, I think I'm frustrated with this whole process of trying to figure out what I believe about the world and life. I don't like to adopt a sort of guiding philosophy.

liberating the figure from the marble that imprisons it.

Let's see if we can figure out a way out of here.

Let's pray to God the figure will grow.

Let him get through tomorrow, and we'll figure it out from there. I wanted to give him some freedom to figure out how much he can deal with and give him some time to grieve without having to put him on a schedule.

Let the fans and everybody else watching see for themselves. I'm gonna let everybody figure it out by the way that I play.

Last year, people wanted to get under the hood and figure out which products would wow us next.

Last year, we went through one of the most difficult years that a team could go through in NBA history. Even in the toughest times, I love coming in and trying to figure out ways to win. When you are able to feel that way about what you are doing, it is a great blessing. My experience at Virginia had a lot to do with being able to get where I am now.

Last year we just couldn't really figure out what the car wanted. We felt like there was a lot more potential. ... My guys ... were right.

Let's figure out what's already out there. If we don't do that, you are going to place an incredible burden on rural hospitals.