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• I never stopped working, but I did let my contract run out. And I didn't really actively pursue it.

  Juice Newton

  Running, Pursue

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• A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

  Helen Rowland

  Relationship, Heart, Men

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• Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

  Jay Mohr

  Football, Mulligans, Pro Football

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• Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

  Linda Fiorentino

  Marriage, Financial, Enough

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.

  Mario Vazquez

  Honesty, Idols, Needs

  "Mario denies rumors about 'Idol' departure". Associated Press, www.today.com. March 14, 2005.

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• A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

  Ron Paul

  Sound, Saving, Credit

  Ron Paul (2008). “Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property”, p.43, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.

  David Leavitt

  Memories, Thinking, Degrees

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• The contracts are structured different than athletes in America, but for me, it was good to move on and go back to playing in the premiere league, which is the best league. It was disappointing, as far as the team goes, but for me, there wasn't much I could do.

  Claudio Reyna

  Sports, Team, Moving

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.

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• We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign donors of powerful members of Congress.

  Nick Lampson

  Powerful, Sacrifice, Aggravation

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• My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts.

  Gerard Butler

  Agents, Managers

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. July 22, 2003.

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• Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about tomorrow. Few had financial worries due to large incomes and little taxes.

  Pola Negri

  Stars, Vacation, Long

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• It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.

  Andy Stern

  Stronger, Unions, Pay

  "Labor leader calls for reform / Reorganization in order, says chief of fast-growing union" by George Raine, www.sfgate.com. June 22, 2004.

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• I would rather have gotten married than have a Hollywood contract.

  Jennifer O'Neill

  Hollywood, Married

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• The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Inspirational, Eye, Science

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table”, p.144, Reprint Services Corporation

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• I have a contract but it's not a commitment in the ordinary sense. It's our ongoing conversation.

  Diane Sawyer

  Commitment, Ordinary, Ongoing

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• I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio

  Dalton Trumbo

  One Day, Motion Pictures, Term

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• I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first.

  Charisma Carpenter

  Thinking, Motorcycle, Looks

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• Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer.

  Conan O'Brien

  Eggs, Timing, Timer

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• The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Strength, Law, Curves

  The Christian Science Monitor, June 18, 1964.

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• If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.

  Dave Van Ronk

  Labels, Crackers, Boxes

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• Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

  Jacques Delors

  Past, Employment, Unions

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• It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.

  Sherry Stringfield

  Long, More Money, Producers

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• I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Pregnancy, Boston, Use

  "Gisele Bündchen: Earth Mother". Interview with Joan Juliet Buck, www.vogue.com. March 15, 2010.

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• It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine.

  Angela Carter

  Sunshine, California, Democratic

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• An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

  Tom Coburn

  Sunshine, Practice, Government

  "Tracking Federal Hurricane Aid Poses a Challenge" by Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2005.

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