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Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment.
Dan Lipinski

Car, Consider, Hospital

A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
Boy George

Work, Time, Good

With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard.
Esa-Pekka Salonen

True, Hard, Play

The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane.
Kylie Minogue

Dad, Saying, Two

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.
Michael W. Smith

God, Learning, Hear

I'd been kind of a hiccup in my parents' lives. They lost track of me and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. And then fate reached in and took me in its hands. I was discovered right out of high school and started getting work.
Sally Field

Work, School, Parents

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.
Sally Field

Work, Care, Mean

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.
Sean Penn

Best, Try, Paid

If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
Nate Ruess

Music, Today, Forward

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
Roy Blount, Jr.

Good, Book, Down

I am only about winning and getting better.
Daley Thompson

The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died.
Alastair Campbell

Truth, Eyes, Her

We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.
Lisa Bonet

I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
Sam Mendes

Mail, Basically

It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
Zach Braff

School, Used, Married

I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.
Jason Bateman

Mean, Youth, Enjoyed

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.
Anne M. Mulcahy

Leadership, Job, Goal

There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
Ed Koch

Person, Old, Energy

I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.
Ed Koch

Respect, Mean, Afraid

We all take losses and it's about getting up and coming back.
Mike Epps

I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.
Sheryl Crow

Time, Women, Long

People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.
John Stossel

Government, Free, Stuff

One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.
Ace Frehley

Love, Nothing, Mean

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
Adam Clayton

School, Happen, Remember

I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body; whether it's an eating disorder or talking about getting your nose fixed, as if that's going to be the solution to all the pressure.
Susan Sarandon

Feeling, Control, Trying

I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink.
Elizabeth Hurley

Sports, Single, Thought

Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too.
Elizabeth Hurley

Women, Days, Cancer

I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
Garry Trudeau

Career, Newspapers, Pulled

China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger.
Li Na

Tennis, Bigger, China

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time. Three, I'm Cuban. But now, I've made everything that stacked against me into a virtue.
Pitbull

Time, Two, Light

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