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Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.
Kim Wilde

Best, Business, Dad

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.
Douglass North

Friend, Two, State

I often quote Ronald Reagan, who is pretty close to my favorite President ever, I will have to say that, but one of my favorite remarks he ever made was that when you look at Federal programs, there is nothing so close to eternal life on Earth as a Federal Government program.
Marsha Blackburn

Life, Government, Nothing

We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.
James F. Amos

Nature, War, Strong

I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is about as close to a sure bet as you are going to get.
Blanche Lincoln

Money, Person, American

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.
Eric Allin Cornell

School, Attention, Reading

The stage is close to being in the middle of the hall, so that the performers are surrounded by the listeners. I feel that we are all experiencing the music together.
Emanuel Ax

Music, Together, Stage

I usually only play with very close friends.
Emanuel Ax

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to.
Emanuel Ax

Someone, Play, Wonderful

I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from another point of view, to be outside the earth and see the big picture.
Story Musgrave

Nature, Big, Another

I mean, one thing I know about change is we are not going to close the achievement gap without educators.
Margaret Spellings

Change, Mean, Educators

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.
Robert C. Solomon

Few, Africa, Hold

In all, we investigated, I think, close to 50 rumors about offers to kill Dr. King around the country. But we found no evidence to support rumors of FBI involvement in the assassination.
Louis Stokes

Country, Around, Support

The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.
Douglas Bader

Successful, Fire, Until

Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close.
Jennifer Saunders

Women, Men, Find

For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources.
James Rollins

Best, Down, Enjoy

My grandfather and I were very close.
Tea Obreht

We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play.
Arto Lindsay

Music, Play, Guitar

It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different bands had really formed. We used to rehearse in the same place.
Arto Lindsay

Different, Before, Same

I just had this notion that I wanted to do the most extreme thing I could and I also very consciously wanted to do something that was very different from Mars because we were all very close.
Arto Lindsay

Different, Wanted, Extreme

I bet I made close to 20 tackles because nobody on either side knew what they were doing.
Merlin Olsen

Made, Knew, Nobody

I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.
Merlin Olsen

Big, Fish, Caught

I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
Sally Kellerman

Wife, Lovely, Fabulous

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.
Helen Fielding

Trust, Friends, Before

They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.
Billy Gibbons

Matter, Film, Mirror

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy.
Luis Fortuno

Eyes, Cannot, Energy

I'm sure those rumors are spread, but it's just ah - we're really good friend. We've been since day one in Hollywood. In class, we've been together in school. We've gotten really close, but I don't know about the more than friends stuff.
Scotty McCreery

Good, School, Friend

I'm still single, but me and Lauren are really really really close friends.
Scotty McCreery

Single, Friends, Lauren

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.
John Slattery

End, Path, Means

There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
Tim Ferriss

Control, Keep, Quality

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