The stakes are much higher than they used to be.
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It makes people think the stakes (in a confirmation) are much lower than they are,
CASS SUNSTEIN Whenever there's money involved, they pick groups of people to test. The stakes are higher.
ALLYCE NAJIMY The stakes are higher, ... There's no question about that.
BOB GOIN Illegal firearms are a much more pervasive problem than they used to be,
JAMES BURKE Young people will typically show up in larger numbers in national elections, when they perceive the ...
DAVID REBOVICH I let them know that this is a totally different ballgame because the stakes are much, much higher. ...
CHRISTINA BRADFORD This is just not a world for amateurs. The stakes are higher for things like health care and retirem...
BARRY SCHWARTZ You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our futur...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER They are estimated higher than what they will actually be,
TERRY SMITH Why be an ostrich?
MARGARET MITCHELL It's all about social acceptance and being in the in-crowd, the good-old-boys' club. It's no differe...
JODI DELUCA The expectation is that (gasoline) prices will be higher (in May-June) than they were a year ago, bu...
JANET RAY I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m...
AMBER SMITH The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS The stakes for illegal aliens are higher now. We see more weapons and, at times, you see people shot...
LUISA DEASON Would it please you if I said your eyes were twin gold-fish bowls filled to the brim with the cleare...
MARGARET MITCHELL The female customer is used to a much higher level of detail and much more aesthetic.
HARLAN GARDINER Now that the president has said he will nominate Judge Roberts as chief justice, the stakes are high...
HARRY REID For the short term it looks like the worst is over. Yes prices are higher, but they are going down a...
CLAES FORNELL People know your tragedies and they treat you like
you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h...
ERIC JEROME DICKEY Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have a...
HANNA ROSIN Conference play is a totally different level of intensity. The stakes are higher. It's hard to put i...
TIM SINICKI The issue is broader than how much money the states are putting into higher education, ... They may ...
CHARLES MILLER Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Nutritionally it's very complete. The unprocessed beans and wholegrains have much higher levels of n...
SIMON BROWN The stakes are always higher because it always decides who wins an ACC title or a Big East title or ...
DARRYL TAPP Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institu...
ANGELA DAVIS I used to do impersonations: Harry Butler in the wild, or I'd do Gough Whitlam.
DAVID WENHAM Housing starts would be much much higher if they could find the people to build the homes.
DELOS SMITH They were definitely very aggressive. Defensively, they played us much tighter than what we are used...
HEATHER EMPSON Pray as you want, be holier than angel Michael, prophesy till eternity, it will be of no benefit unl...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you...
MARGARET MITCHELL Bonds are much more attractive alternatives than they have been for the last two years. As yields go...
DAN GENTER When politicians began to see that every last thing that they did in public could be broadcast to a ...
JOE KLEIN People have developed a paralyzing fatalism because they think they are at much higher risk than the...
FRED METTLER Anytime rates go down, it's definitely good news for consumers, especially since rates are still muc...
ERIN BIEHL You can go on making the dikes higher and higher . . . but if they fail, the effect is going to be m...
JOS KUIJPERS The data is certainly improving. We could get to much higher yield levels than we are currently at.
ANDY CHAYTOR There's got to be some compromise. The stakes are just too high.
BRUCE FLAMM Many hot water heaters are pre set much higher than needed, at about 140 degrees. On average, you do...
BILL PRINDLE Meredith and Jessy played at a level much higher than anytime last season. They were much more matur...
MIKE HEBERT Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan...
MARGARET MITCHELL Because of that, the prices have been extremely high. It's safe to say that prices are much higher t...
MARK SHIRLEY It was shocking. They gave this guidance, but the stock didn't go down much right away because no on...
BRENDAN BARNICLE People are on the go so much more these days. People aren't home as much as they used to be. They wa...
MARK TEPE Passing out flyers at a shopping mall or hoping somebody sees a poster doesn't get through to today'...
RON VOS But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wreckin...
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life.
MOLLY IVINS The stakes could hardly be higher. Neither side appears eager for a second war, but the situation is...
GARETH EVANS When angels go bad they are worse than anyone else. Remember Lucifer used to be an angel.
NEIL GAIMAN When home prices are so much higher than median incomes, it makes for an unhealthy economy.
BRADLEY HUNTER Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT You'd think higher energy would put a lid on stocks, but the market's going up. People seem to be mo...
BOB BASEL In general, you could say our freeways are in much better shape than they used to be. (The Californi...
LUCY JONES The costs of doing business in Southern California are much higher than the costs of doing business ...
CARLOS GHOSN She wanted to be herself at all costs.
KIERA CASS More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the h...
BIBLE The emotional stakes a memoirist bets with could not be higher, and it's physically enervating. ...
MARY KARR I think they are a whole lot more fired up about lifting than going into that old fox hole that they...
JERRY KILL For some reason, people had their hopes much higher than this, especially for the guidance. Everythi...
SAFA RASHTCHY RFID cards are more expensive to produce. However, we are prepared to invest, as these cards are mor...
DAVID NG They're also conservative (with guidance), but given how much acquired growth they have I would have...
STEVE WEINSTEIN We know people are starting to receive their gas bills and that they're much higher than they've eve...
ELIZABETH CASTRO Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
NATALIE MORALES I was always here for you,you knew you could count on me and trust me blindly, and you knew that I w...
MICHAEL HAYSSUS These maturing contracts are likely to be renewed at much higher rentals, probably 30% more.
DANIEL CHAN They are much leaner than they were. But they are not as lean as they need to be in comparison to th...
DAVID COLE The election commission is headed by the head of the supreme court in Egypt, which is much higher ra...
AHMED NAZIF Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT No, 'they don't build them like they used to!' Thank God. The vehicles today are so much better and ...
DON SAMUELSON The prices are much higher this year, as more people are in need ... the demand is higher.
JOSEPH KUPPENS Economically and culturally, our identity is much more diversified and complex than it used to be.
WALT CROWLEY Chefs are also more knowledgeable than they used to be about how to prepare these birds, so they're ...
JASON HANDELMAN You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the presen...
HANS BLIX The bigger the event, the higher he'll raise the bar, ... He's Michael Jordan in long pants.
PAUL AZINGER Over time, viewers will come back to 'Millionaire' in higher levels than they are watching today,
ROBERT IGER Higher interest equals higher risks - the Chinese will need time to get used to the concept.
JAN BLASKO I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-sto...
FLEUR EAST Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be?
ANTHONY T. HINCKS I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write ...
CONOR MCPHERSON There is a strong perception that by not having exposure to the Internet, those prospects are vastly...
RICHARD BILOTTI It used to be that Madonna or Michael Jackson was going to be on the music award show or Barbra Stre...
JACK MYERS You've got to be around people who encourage you, advice you and want to see you go even higher and ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easi...
MARY WESLEY In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When t...
CHUANG-TZU I've talked to several people at the mines, and with the gold prices, they get all the overtime they...
LISE THORSEN The level is improving now. There used to be thrashings but now they have pre-qualifying games so th...
FAYE WHITE The level is improving now, ... There used to be thrashings but now they have pre-qualifying games s...
FAYE WHITE I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is differ...
EMILY CEDERHOLM It is very clear that the FTC is the limiting factor right now. They seem to have a much higher leve...
COREY DAVIS Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could ...
WALTER BECKER We have just four returning varsity players and North Butler has played together a much longer perio...
LAURA JOHNSON We have a veteran team that played a challenging schedule, and I think this will prepare us as the s...
BILL LEWIT These are much higher paying jobs than I've been looking at. I've been really looking to find a care...
BILL COLEMAN I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!
VIJAY Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
TED SHACKELFORD The numbers on the southwest border are much higher.
JARROD AGEN I would say 70 percent of the tires I see are under-inflated. They should be inflated on the higher ...
DON CULPEPPER We are higher than we were last year. We are higher than we were in June, but we are lower than a fe...
JO ANNE SANFORD A lot of different things go into the mix when determining whether or not Roberts is confirmed. The ...
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SAMUEL BUTLER The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
SAMUEL BUTLER Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
SAMUEL BUTLER We payt a person the complement of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.
SAMUEL BUTLER Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
SAMUEL BUTLER 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
SAMUEL BUTLER Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.
SAMUEL BUTLER All animals except man know that the ultimate point of life is to enjoy it. -Samuel Butler.
SAMUEL BUTLER