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We're in the neighborhood; we've bought a house.

When he signed his contract for Miami, he went out and bought a minivan, put 20-inch rims on it and had an alien stuck in the back window, ... He dances to the beat of his own drum.

What I hear from those who buy season tickets is that there are shows on our schedule that they would never have gone to had they not bought the package. But once they went, they were glad they did.

With many dealers offering free cover on new vehicles, anyone who bought a new car this time last year and benefitted from a year's free insurance should beware of renewing the same policy,

Today, (consumers) are beginning to realize they have to do some buying, but there isn't that much money yet after gas and what they've already bought at Wal-Mart.

What you're doing here is wrong. I bought a house in a country, in county and in a town that believes in freedom.

He really wanted to buy an electric guitar. But they're expensive, so he said, 'Hey, let's make one.' We went and bought all of these tools and books, and the next thing you know, we're building an electric guitar. Fifteen hundred dollars later ? twice the cost of any good electric ? we had it.

He (Ruth) called me over a number of times. I'd guess he bought about a dozen hot dogs from me that day,

He's a great 'system guy' that has bought into the fact that we want to win games. He's capable of scoring 30 or 40 in a game, but he doesn't have to do that for us. I think he really epitomizes what we're trying to achieve as a team.

God only knows what we'll see. I already have whiplash from all the colorful, hippy, boho looks from summer to the black, black, black and more black for fall. I hope now that I've bought my black, it's here for a while.

He said he hated to sell the car, but he was glad I bought it, ... And I was glad to buy it.

He sailed 2,200 miles to go 150 miles. He bought it because he wanted it and because Mom was out of town.

Historically, I think we basically just sold time to you, and you just bought time from us. And because of this new nonlinear world of television with all these new options, that's no longer the way we do business.

He's bought a product which is not safe to use as currently sold on the market. He's paying for a product that's defective, and the law is pretty clear that if someone sold you a defective product they have a duty to repair it.

The ranch was raw land when I bought it and, for better or worse, I have designed every aspect of it from the corrals, the arena, to the barn, to the house.

There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold.

When we first bought the company, there was the stigma attached to the UFC, ... At that time we were out trying to talk to venues. Venues weren't even interested in having the UFC there. MGM, Mandalay Bay, a few out in Atlantic City. We had to go in and get people interested in hosting UFC events.

When we first bought the company, the only thing we ended up buying was the name, ... This guy had stripped it down and sold everything away. The company was in a lot of trouble. Basically, they were on their last show.

When we first bought Kealia, our intention was to rush products out to market,

We must have seen 600 clients and agencies before we launched the paper. We talked them through it - the vision, why it was so important, the design, the layout, how the ads looked - and every single media company has bought ads at the same value as before.

HSBC has an agreement that when the regulation allows, half of the cards business can be bought on an agreed formula, and it can become a proper joint venture.

I actually think the kids have bought into what I'm selling. It's hard work and determination.

He was acutely aware of market value and what he felt was a fair price. He could have bought anything he wanted. He was wealthy enough, but he often passed on things if he felt they were overpriced.

He wanted us to question why a coke headed, alcoholic who's had all of his jobs have failed but one, and whose daddy bought him into office became the President of the United States.

He wanted to buy me a Cadillac. But I only saw hard men and rough women in those cars. So he bought me a Buick.

He violated team rules. We got to Troy and bought him a one-way bus ticket back to Murfreesboro.

There are a lot of stories that have been told, but the truth of the matter is that Touchstone (the show's producer) decided to go in a new direction, and they bought out my contract.

I was looking for a space heater today, which I found, but a lot of the other stuff I bought isn't stuff that I really need.

Kinky can truly speak his mind. He is not bound by the party machine. He is a true independent. He cannot be bought off by lobbyists. He is not taking money from corporations or unions.

Keeping pesticides out of streams is the ultimate goal. Farmers who have some of the old stuff -- because they bought a farm and it's not labeled -- this gave them an avenue to get rid of it.

I suspect at the end of the day he would have liked to have bought it but with all the hedge funds in there that he wasn't prepared to pay, given trading, a huge amount for it.

It bought us a little bit of time. When we weathered the storm in the first half, I felt good about that.

It bought our freedom, ... Bands have to take out massive loans from record companies to make videos, albums, cover art, web design. Well, we don't have to. We don't have to do anything we don't want to, ever.

It also came at a time that the networks weren't liberal about what they showed, and the network panicked when they realized they'd bought a show with a beautiful half-naked woman who moves in with a bachelor and says, 'What can I do for you?' I got a 22-page memo, with specific guidelines of what we couldn't do.

I think the kids see that I work hard, because that's all I've ever done. They have a choice. Either work as hard as I do or get out the door. I think they've all bought into me.

I think within the library system, we all think the action figure is wonderful. When it came out, all the librarians bought one and have it here on their desks. It's a nice, tongue-in-cheek piece for librarians.

I was an active little kid and I always listened to exciting music. My dad was into Hendrix. I was into T. Rex. My parents bought me a drum kit to make life a bit easier for themselves. It calmed me down and gave me a way to vent my aggression. I taught myself.

I was a Green Day guy because the first DVD I bought was Green Day's 'Bullet In A Bible,' the live album. That really empowered me to be not just a drummer but a performer. It's a really crucial part of why I wanted to be in a band.

I think what happens is a lot of times when people are diagnosed with a deadly illness they panic and sell their policy to the first person who will give them 75 cents on the dollar. But later on they start to think about the reason they bought that policy in the first place; to take care of their loved ones.

I think at least a third of consumers that previously bought her products will abandon the brand. A number higher than that means the brand is dead.

I thank God tonight for freedom - - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future.

I think they will have tremendous impact. We've bought a lot of radio time to promote them. I think the greatest impact is that they will show Capri as an extraordinarily bright, enthusiastic leader who understands public policy.

I think that they've bought themselves a little bit of time, certainly. But I don't think, even when they came up with the goal of $1 billion in concessions, that they expected fuel prices to be at these levels. I expect they'll continue to burn through cash, and they'll need to do more.

I think we're in a significant inventory correction in the economy. What's happening now is people who make cars and barbecue grills are getting their inventories in line, then they're getting their product in line. But the number of cars and barbecue grills being bought is still rising,

Last year, I didn't have to buy shoes, but I bought a ticket.

I went out and bought every album I could, ... It was interesting to get his early music and hear how an artist develops. And I found the music was the gateway to Johnny. I found his speaking voice through his singing voice.

I went out and bought $17,000 worth of exercise equipment for my house.

I wear carefully faded designer jeans and I once met Marlon Brando and I even bought a drink for the Aga Khan but he would not shake my hand.

I went to an Irish Pub after the race and they saw me limping and they bought me drinks. I always looked at it as I didn't think I could do it and when I qualified I thought, 'I better do it, I might not never get this chance again.

I went with them to the bank that day, ... and my parents were stressed out. They went in there and came out with an envelope and all the money. My brother went and bought a Silver Crown car. He had no clue if he was even capable of driving it.

I think they had the swagger we usually carry. We didn't match their intensity. We weren't fatigued physically, but we bought into fatigue mentally. I think they were more successful because we didn't have the heart and determination to stop them.

I think they've bought into what the seniors have told them. The fact they've gone through it really helps.

I think they've bought into the defensive end of the floor. I think that will get us going. We're playing a more physical style.

I think the year starts out very similar to how it's ending. Just because a stock is cheap doesn't mean it should be bought ? you have to look at the growth rate and I think the Fed lowering interest rates is going to be very important.

I think they all bought in to working hard every day and pushing themselves everyday. That is a common goal. Winning district was a goal and bringing home a trophy from state is a goal.

I think there will certainly be some concern about earnings, but there are also parts of the market that will probably be grossly overvalued. I may not be an expert in all of them, but I do know that the earnings that would be produced by the businesses over their lifetime could never justify their market capitalizations; people bought them because they thought they have to go up, so in that sense, they're thinking about psychology rather than economics.

Just before the bidding was to start, the auctioneer told the audience the manuscript was being withdrawn because it was bought by the society. There was a small round of applause, but the auctioneer acknowledged that some of the bidders in the hall might be disappointed.

Jesse is really, really fun and he's great to tour with. He's just a big kidder at heart. He bought this gun that shoots little BBs and he laid one on me the other night!

JIAS helped us find our way when we got here, bought us our beds and mattresses, which we really appreciated.

JBG has bought all our residential properties in Alexandria and have agreed to also take all our employees. They will continue to operate the properties as they have been under the Winkler Company.

Last week is the time you should have either bought or sold, depending on what you didn't do.

Large fish such as tuna are shown already cut into fillets and bought by the block. Fillets should be almost transparent. Avoid tuna that looks rainbow-colored or black.

I think doing so well last year really helped prepare these girls this season. The girls have really bought into what we're trying to do ... and have really worked hard all year long.

I think (Fed officials have) found that they're in a lucky position where the inflation numbers are good enough that it's bought them some time (to postpone rate hikes),

People are breathing a sigh of relief and bought a few bonds and stocks. Everyone plays, everyone wins.

People always seem to buy today on what they should have bought five years earlier. We are bullish on the out of favor asset class: U.S. equities.

Our guards put a lot of pressure on the ball. We pride ourselves in our defense and our girls have bought into it.

Pac-Man didn't occupy its place in commercial culture because consumers wanted to metaphorically imitate an insatiably hungry little yellow ball; they bought because the game was good enough to tap into genuine sources of pleasure

Our songs did not transcend being R&B hits. They were R&B hits that white kids were attracted to. And if people bought it, it became rock & roll. That's marketing. Why couldn't it still be R&B? The bass pattern didn't change. The song didn't change. It was still 'Yakety Yak' and 'Searchin'.'

Our first store, in 1990, was in the shopping center where the movie theater is now. We bought selected books from a bookseller in DeLand and we had already developed a good business core in the selling and trading side of the business.

Our fans really stepped up for us; I thought they were great. I think we had about 3,500 fans there, and those who couldn't come still bought tickets and sent in money to help us. I feel really good about the whole experience.

Right now people are willing to be patient mainly because most of them already bought their tickets. But if this drags on, it's hard for me to see people pushing each other out of the way to book advance tickets on Northwest.

Play solid half-court defense, don't do anything fancy, really kind of dumb our offense down. The kids really bought into it.

People who've already had a drink are inclined to take another. I know if you've bought it, it's your property, and I don't feel real strongly about this, but I just don't want to see anyone drink and drive.

Refiners are very popular on Wall Street now. If you bought refining (capacity) before the summer of 2005, you suddenly got one of the hottest assets on Wall Street.

Pavel and Hank are two young players who are very, very important to our franchise. In Hank's case, he's really coming into the prime of his career. I'm happy he made a long-term commitment; basically we bought ourselves one year of unrestricted free agency.

Sure, we bought some too early, ... But take out calendar-year performances and look longer term. Over the time we've held them, those names have turned out to be pretty good investments for our shareholders.

Some of the reasons why people bought gold don't hold true anymore. Rising energy costs, inflation, the double deficit in the U.S. and geopolitical tension. None of them seem to be much of a problem.

Some of the people who bought tickets told us to keep the money.

Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less.

Some journalists may be silenced through intimidation, others may be bought into compliance, but the end result remains the same because democracy cannot properly function without media which is genuinely free of governmental interference and control.

Some investors bought back Japanese government bonds in a knee-jerk reaction to the comments from Fukui.

Some investors bought back debt that they sold on speculation consumer prices would post a gain.

That crowd was terrific. I don't know if we could have won the game without them. And I know there were people who couldn't come, sitting home by their radios, and they helped us, too. SMU is one of the top four teams in the conference and I'm glad we've got them out of the way. Our defense was key. Our defense is something we work hard on and something the kids have bought into. We also held them (the Mustangs) to only seven offensive rebounds. Doing that to a team like that is big.

My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora electric guitar. It looked almost like a Gretsch. It cost $59, and my mom still has it.

My parents bought four plots right away when they went up for sale about 30 years ago. They wanted to insure that the plots would be available. It meant a lot to my mother.

My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill.

My wife and I bought the house on Oct. 28. We passed papers and moved in. We saw the house three times before we purchased it. The seller's agent from Century 21 was there all three times, and we also had a home inspector look it over. That's why what happened here shouldn't have happened.

My purpose in bringing the two ecstasy that my friend bought was to be used or consumed together at the party that we will attend at GWK.

Many had bought high-techs on the back of a weaker yen. But a scenario of the yen's free fall doesn't seem realistic.

Mark Hopkins was one of the truest and best men that ever lived. He had a keen analytical mind; was thoroughly accurate, and took general supervision of the books, contracts, etc. He was strictly the office man, and never bought or sold anything. I always felt when I was in the East that our business in his hands was entirely safe.

Martha brought added value to the product. Consumers bought a 100 thread count sheet that was blessed by Martha. If you remove her name, the product still exists. Consumers may buy it but maybe won't pay the premium price for it,

I still haven't bought the Ferrari, ... Maybe I'm waiting for my first win. You always change your goals.

I think passengers believe they have seen everybody get in and out of bankruptcy protection, like Continental in the early 1990s and TWA before American Airlines bought it,

I think he has now bought himself some time to withdraw slowly. But that assumes everything goes as planned next year.

It hasn't got the scuzzy rock of the Vaselines, or the more refined scuzzy rock of Eugenius. It comes from writing songs on an acoustic guitar. I bought one again and, playing it in a public place, the songs just started to flow out.

I think they're going to get bought out by somebody, ... Could be (a company) like Deutsche Telecom.

I think they're going to get bought out by somebody,

Johnny has had the most complete week of training with the team since the injury happened. He was very close to being on the bench against Bristol last weekend, but the medical team bought him an extra week just to be absolutely certain.

Manuel has brought stability, he has bought long term predictability, he has brought pragmatism to the whole field of the budget and the economy.