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It cost us all of our money to fix it.

It in no way applies to reporters - in any way, shape or form. If a technical fix is necessary, it will be made.

It infuriates me that when people forget what it's like not to be a Christian, and they get into other people's face about their life or their beliefs. It's amazing to me that people feel their relationship is so solid with God that they have enough time on their hands to question mine or to fix mine.

I think the parents are now saying, ok, there's a problem, now we need to know what to do to fix it.

Lamar is a guy who really wants to be out there and what's happening to him is clearly not something he can control, ... Trust me, we wish we knew what was wrong so we could fix it. But right now, I'm concerned because he can't finish a game.

I was a handyman in an office building across from Penn Station for two entire summers while I was still in school and the summer after. I had to wear a big, gray jumpsuit kind of thing that had the name of the company in a big patch on my chest, and I was sent to fix things and didn't know what I was doing.

It is pretty disappointing, really, especially as Rick showed how fast our cars can go. We noticed a drive-line vibration in the morning session, and we tried to fix it before qualifying. Unfortunately, it was worse, and because we thought it could be unsafe, we had to sit it out. However, the boys will change the tail-shaft and we will see how we go tomorrow.

It is so central to these anti-discrimination laws to make sure those that complain about discrimination are protected. If we can't protect the people -- like Roderick Jackson -- who complain, it is not only an injustice to them, it undermines the very substance of these discrimination laws to make sure those who see that something wrong are protected when they bring it to attention with authority to fix it.

I think we're close. There are specific things that allow you to win close games that we didn't win. I've got some ideas on how to fix some of that.

I think we did good overall. We just need to fix those little things to be that great team. We hit the ball, we scored runs. We can't ask for much more.

I think we need to fix some things within the staff and the athletes, ... I think we should take a lesson from the French and the British who have basically gotten the stick around and got it around safely. That's all we need to do. That's all we had to do: get the stick around safely and we'd be in the finals. There's no way that we should not have been in the finals.

I think a wonderful best-case scenario would be if a developer would fix it and take it over.

I think it's sad we're having to fix something that just got put in not even a year ago. I am glad they caught it before it made some of our kids sick.

It got to the point where (you ask) do you want to try and play with it or do you want to go fix it?

I think that we're entering into a season of commonality. Earlier this year we had such a euphoric spike in different sectors at different times, and it was very tough to get a fix on valuation and fundamentals.

It is my fault, ... It is my fault. I'm the guy in charge. I'm the guy who's gotta fix it.

Last year, I had a long way to go. I had a lot of different things I needed to fix to be ready for Augusta. This year, the list is a lot shorter, and the changes aren't as big. From that standpoint, I've got a head start.

I went out to shoot with (my dad) and he let me know straight out what I was doing wrong and how to fix it. It's mostly my fault for getting down on myself. My teammates have tried to pick me up the whole way.

I want to understand what went wrong, ... I want to understand what was broken in the system so we can fix it, but the goal is to fix the system.

I want you to be CEO/COO/General Manager of the Reds. Fix that franchise, pronto, so that it is competitive in 2006.

I will assess every phase of the organization on the football side. Head coach will be the first, the coaching staff, then we'll move to the players and support staff. If I believe there were distractions, we'll address them and fix them.

I think they have the pulse of things they need to do and things they need to fix going forward.

I think there will be extreme disappointment that they are asking for another 18 months minimum to fix Japan.

I think there are a number of things we are going through as a program and as a team that may not fix themselves overnight. But there are some fundamentals to the game and ways of going about doing your job as an offensive lineman that we just need to do better than we've been doing.

I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers at each other.

Jeff has paid his dues to the company. I expect him to be good, I mean real good. He can be a guy who can do it all, there is no doubt in my mind. The Jeff Rowe I am expecting this season is going to be a difference-maker. He has to take command of this thing. If things aren't going right, he doesn't have to fix everything, he just has to put us in position to make things go right.

I saw my swing on video, and I found out exactly what I was doing wrong, and it was the same mistake that I've been doing forever. I worked really hard last week, tried to fix it, and it's on the way, I guess.

I said we've got to fix it good enough to be able to get it back on the truck. We did that, and had a little time left. I thought, Hey, let's work on it a little more and get it good enough so we can get some starting money.'

I said to myself, 'What's wrong? What could fix this?' ... You would need someone with ability and time, and the only ones are retired coaches -- the more stature the better.

OPEC is committed to supplying the market at a reasonable price. Of the two, we're more committed to supplying the market and keeping it stable. I can't fix the price.

Our kids are tired. They're out having to cut trees and fix fences. You can tell their minds are somewhere else. It's not a normal football mentality.

Our job was to fix (Blockbuster). We've done that. Our job is to grow it now.

Our government promised it would fix up the waterfront, its inefficiencies and its archaic work practice, and we meant it.

Over the next few days we will identify what caused the problem and what we should do to fix it. We have to work with our customers in Japan and Korea. It is the first time we may not be able to meet requirements.

Our performance is about as bad as it was then. Unless we fix a few things, we're probably going to continue to have poorer and poorer performance.

Our scoring punch. We don't have a go-to guy right now. It's not going to be a matter of a little tweak that's going to fix it. Teamwork is going to score our goals.

Our focus is on ensuring the SEC has the resources it needs...so that it can go after corporate corruption and fix the system so that abuses do not occur in the future, ... We view this as something that can be viewed as a distraction from those important goals.

Our top priority is to fix our financial controls and leave accounting issues behind us.

Our tires are safe, ... When we have a problem, we admit it and we fix it. We've proven that.

Our biggest problem is giving up fast breaks because we're not doing a good job clearing the ball. Once we fix that, we'll be fine. ... Once we fix that, I think we'll give some of the big boys trouble.

Our budget for streets has been $25,000. All that does is fix a few potholes.

Pier 1 needs to fix the problem with its merchandise. Fewer people are going into their stores because they're not selling anything different,

People who place large orders for vaccine tend to get preferential treatment by distributors. This is a market distribution problem that's difficult to fix from a government perspective.

Regardless of what happens with this agreement, Congress can, and must fix the Patriot Act to better protect the privacy and freedom of ordinary Americans. At the same time, until the Bush administration stops the illegal NSA program to spy on Americans and stops ignoring the rule of law, any reforms to the Patriot Act could be ignored under the extreme philosophy of power embraced by this president. No matter the result of the Patriot Act, we hope all senators involved in these negotiations will resist pressure from the administration. Congress must restore the rule of law and insist that innocent Americans' rights be protected against the overreaching of the White House. We can, and must, be both safe and free.

Re-branding FEMA doesn't fix the problem; it just puts a new acronym on it.

Such an outcome could cause a misstatement of the net worth of the acquiring credit union and we very much support a targeted fix of this problem.

Someone has to speak for the animals. We try to fix as many as we can and educate as many people as possible about spaying and neutering. We try to stimulate people's hearts, get them to open up to these animals in need. They give you a lot of joy back if you take one in.

That $75 million will be spent before the ballot question is even approved. If we're going to go to the ballot for parks, then we should really go to the ballot and fix the system.

My situation is not unique as far as the accident is concerned, ... The circumstances are what's unique, and that's what ended up burying me. They didn't want to fix the problem. They wanted to fix the blame.

My view is that the lottery funding is a good source of funding, but I'm certainly open to another one. My ultimate goal is to fix the schools.

My husband wanted to fix up the cabin.

My mother liked to buy houses, fix them up, and turn them over. We'd live somewhere for a few months and then move to another house, sometimes just two blocks away.

I will take one week off, definitely not go to New Haven, try to take care of my knee and try to get ready for U.S. Open, where I should be at my best. So because of the knee, I would skip New Haven and try to go to the doctor, spend much more time with him so he can fix me at least so I can play U.S. Open.

I wish I could turn back the hands of time & fix my mistakes; I wish I could erase the pain and hurt my mistakes may have caused you & start over.

I was trying to get the ball in, and he was reminding me of that. In games, I have been missing over the plate. It was helpful to have him out there for a quick fix right in the middle of things.

I was trying to find a doctor that would say we can go in there 10 weeks from now and fix it, and it will be good as new, ... I was searching for someone, but it's not out there. ... It's tough. You put in an entire off-season and I love playing with these guys. To be on the sideline is going to be tough.

I was in college, people had computer problems, and I would just fix them. It was an odd little hobby.

I think personally it motivates me to fix the little things that I did wrong, and that we did wrong as a team, and help you the next week. But you can't let it affect you in a negative way.

I think most guys, when they see a problem, they want to fix it. Sometimes less is more, and that's a hard concept for all of us to understand at times.

It doesn't fix the problem that there isn't a single clear standard consistent with the law and our values, ... Even if all these documents end up establishing appropriate standards, we need to remember that what the secretary of defense does today he can undo tomorrow.

It doesn't fix it; it mitigates it a little. It does not change the underlying high cost structure of Long Island ... but it's a very necessary Band-Aid at least in the short-term.

It doesn't fix everything, but it would create a more just system.

It doesn't make sense to fix on a figure for the pay rise.

I tell people to drive up to their house like they've never seen it before. Look at the mailbox since this is the first thing (prospective buyers) will see. If it needs to be repaired do it. If the door knocker is squeaky, fix it.

I think he's dealing with it quite professionally. I know he's had enough hearing, 'Keep battling.' I told him how to fix that is to go out and battle and do well.

I think for Chris to get within 0.6 of a second of pole is a great achievement, given what we have gone through this weekend so far. His position doesn't quite reflect what might have been as he had to deal with traffic on his fastest lap. Unfortunately, in race trim the gap between us and the faster runners - in terms of consistency - will be greater than it was in qualifying. This is down to a number of reasons that the team can't fix here at the track.

It allows us to fix our PC business, ... If I didn't care about laying off people I could just shut it down. If I shut it down, I'd lay off a lot more than 15,000 people across two companies over several years.

I think it would be a great teen center. Why let it sit and waste away? It's already here and now is the opportunity to fix it and take it from an eyesore to a community asset.

I thought I could fix everything with engineering.

John's breakthrough was a new way of teaching. He boiled all his knowledge into a system, and it just made teaching so much more efficient. John could walk a line of students and basically know a person's whole shot pattern from where the ball went after one swing. And then he would convey the information so that person could basically fix himself.

July is high burglary season because so many people leave town. To help avoid making that obvious, suspend your newspaper subscription and have your mail held. Another clear indication is if all your lights are off for an extended period. To fix that, you can buy a timer for about $30.

It is cost prohibitive for GM to fix its $3,500 margin disadvantage versus Toyota and other Japan-based manufacturers. Meanwhile, hidden liabilities continue to exceed hidden assets.

Maybe I should take it home and fix it.

Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.

Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election.

We need the custodial staff because of the square footage we have in the buildings. It's kind of a waste of money if you fix buildings up but you don't maintain them.

We need more courts but we need to fix what we have,

We need a permanent fix and that will take some time. It's going to take a commitment at the community, professional and state level to come up with a solution.

The AMA has royally screwed up this time and they're going to have to fix it.

The actions that we have taken are all we can do at this time?there's no guarantee that placing over 100 officers in the area would fix anything. There's no guarantee in life.

The Army is capable of running the software, but if it breaks, it is our expertise that allows us to fix it.

That way, if for some reason the project doesn't get developed, we can go in and fix the property up.

That was for his ability to salvage casings and parts that weren't made right. He could figure out a way to fix it so the company wouldn't lose money.

That was certainly a little more excitement than I was hoping for. We took care of the ball very well for three quarters, but then we got a case of the nerves. We'll try to fix that before tomorrow.

That's the most comforting thing in the world. He's the best I've ever seen. You know with Jeff Gordon what you need to fix. That's what we're all going to work for. When we do fix it, it's going to be a great thing, hopefully.

That's the miracle of television. They'll fix it in the edit.

I would know if there was. But we're on the horns of a dilemma here. I want a narrow fix -- to use Soyuz to bring people up and down. That's all.

My committee is going to ask the hard questions of government at all levels. Our purpose is not to fix blame, but to fix problems,

Most of our guys fix cars and build houses. We're not like NFL Europe that's using the continent as a farm system for American players. We're trying to grow the game here.

Microsoft obviously takes way too long to fix flaws, ... All researchers should follow responsible disclosure guidelines, but if a vendor like Microsoft takes six months to a year to fix a flaw, a researcher has every right to release the details.

Microsoft is in the midst of repositioning MSN and they are going to get a property (AOL) that is also in the midst of repositioning? Having to fix both at the same time is going to be a challenge.

When the breakers go, we have to fix them immediately.

You can do three things with a fixer-upper: You can buy it to live in it. You can fix it and flip it. Or you can fix it and rent it out. I've done all three, and all three have worked for me.

You just can't do that. In the first half, especially, we struggled to be strong with the ball. We have to fix that.

You can definitely fix that for a small fee.

We can't get discouraged. Obviously we're disappointed because we know we can be a high-powered offense. We have to be upbeat this week, find the mistakes and fix them.

We can't fix the whole thing, but as long as I know I made one little thing better down there, I'll feel a lot better.

We were able to fix our weaknesses at half and capitalize on their weaknesses. It is nice to see the kids fight back for a win after being down 3-1 at the half. It was a good win for the Chiefs.

When it comes to a game as big as a Super Bowl and plays can go either way, you never want to have that happen. But that's something that you have to live with, as a player or a coach, knowing that it is going to be weighed on a person's judgment. That's why they brought in replay, to try to take away some of the error in judgment by the referees. But you can't go back and fix everything. You really want to make more plays than the other team so you don't have to worry about the referees coming into play.

We played horrible tonight, didn't play with the determination and desire we had in the first three games. The good news is, it's only one game and we're tied in the series. But we clearly have to fix what didn't go right tonight by Tuesday.