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Even if you're Bill Gates, you've got problems. I'm sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.

If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.

If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost.

I'm gonna keep Social Security without change, except I'm going to get rid of the waste, fraud, and abuse; same thing with Medicare.

When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.

Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.

The Perfect Lord is All-pervading everywhere; He destroys the poison of Maya. I am rid of the three-phased Maya, dwelling in the Pure Lord.

The people would go out and buy stuff from other places and be re-selling it on their front yard as opposed to getting rid of all their own junk.

The point is that the judge is determined to keep this thing moving, and he's getting rid of jurors who are impediments.

We spent nine hours today on them. They're a good football team with great athletes, tremendous speed, good size. They run the ball well and they've got a couple great receivers. Their quarterback throws the ball well and they're big up front. Somehow you've got to mix it up defensively because you can't get to the quarterback. He gets rid of the ball so quickly.

We're making some improvements as to where the decision points on the highways are going to be. We are getting rid of the weave actions that currently happen between the Chenengo River and Interchange 7. At Interchange 4 with Route 7. We're adding lanes where necessary to improve the capacity of the highway.

When we got rid of all that offense, I was thinking, 'There goes all of our power, all of our runs, all of our R.B.I., there goes all that,' ... It was almost, 'How are we going to win any games?'

We are getting rid of the stench from last year.

Years ago, hog farmers were giving the manure away, even paying to get rid of it. Now they're being asked for it and getting paid. It's economically feasible now. It's a valuable resource and if it's managed properly it's a win-win situation.

We're getting rid of all the material we can't use. It's worn out or no good for the tourist railroad and we're also getting our three storage sites cleaned up. One storage site costs us $300 a month, so we won't have to pay that anymore.

We?re hopeful we can get a lot of stuff done in a little bit of time. We?re going to get rid of all the bad stuff and make it better.

Until Cuban exiles get their country back and figure out a way to get rid of Castro, nothing else will matter to them.

Woodall's ability to get out of the pocket and make plays and get rid of the ball is what concerns me the most. We have to start with the containment of him.

We're seeing clearance sales that are early by at least three to four weeks. Going back to the beginning of summer they had a lot of inventory on hand and they need to get rid of it, ... Second-quarter earnings are going to reflect the markdowns. Everybody has been caught in the downdraft.

We've got a ton of wood left and we'd like to get rid of it.

We have to get rid of those atomic weapons, here and everywhere. We cannot live with them.

We have to get rid of that one bad inning. It has happened in every game we've lost, but we've also won in spite of it.

We have to get rid of mental mistakes. We've had four touchdowns called back by penalties and that can't happen. The biggest thing is we need to get into some kind of regular routine. The way things have been going has been anything but routine.

We have no idea yet how long it's going to take to get rid of it. We're working on all kinds of different ways to get rid of debris, but we won't know if any of them are valid until we see what we've got to get rid of.

We are all going to read Quixote to feed our spirit with this fighter who came out to get rid of injustice and fix the world, ... To some degree, we are followers of Quixote.

Therefore, sustainable development is the only choice for the country to shift from 'Made in China' to 'Invented in China,' so as to get rid of the tag, 'the world's factory'.

We accept, no questions asked, tombstones that someone has at their home or wherever. If someone has a tombstone because they think it looks nice in their garden, they can keep it, but if they'd like to get rid of it, we will figure where it belongs and return the tombstone.

There are no easy rules to get rid of the governor so they are having to invent ways to deal with it.

The only way we're going to get rid of the odor is for them to get everything out of there.

We didn't want to get rid of firefighters.

We have really tried over the years to minimize the impact that this property has on the community. No matter, those efforts are insufficient because of this twisted interest some folks have. I want to get rid of it and hurt as few people in the process as I can and just be done with it.

The extent to which urban runoff can be reduced or contained, problems associated with Argentine ants should diminish. Whenever I'm out in the field and someone asks what I'm doing and I tell them I study Argentine ants, the first thing they want to know is, How do I get rid of the ants from my home?

The reality is, teams respect the defensive line. The quarterbacks have had to get rid of the ball quickly.

When it was over I felt he could have come to me. When I saw film, he had pressure in his face. He had to get rid of the ball.

We have had too many in the last couple of games, and we have to get rid of them. I'm disappointed I got nailed with a penalty at a crucial time in the game.

We needed 20 percent economic growth in the third quarter to get rid of all of the excess capacity in the economy. The Fed is still going to be concerned about disinflation.

We're sick for what we have to do, but the voters say we have to live within our means. They want us to get rid of the extras ? the extras that are valuable to you.

Let's leverage the power of the Web - don't get rid of it, but make the Web beautiful again. We need to give the content room to breathe and give magazine-style advertisements the opportunity to flourish.

Lets get rid of the ad hoc, 'Lets Make a Deal' kind of federalism.

Lesbian and gay Nebraskans understand that getting rid of this law won't help their families get protections immediately. But it will at least allow them to begin talking to lawmakers about their families and how they are harmed when treated like legal strangers.

search personal files and search extraneous items that wouldn't be part of final work papers and get rid of them.

Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; / Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Selling Japan gets rid of an irritation, but it does not make everything else ok. There's still plenty of pressure in its core markets and the company must now focus on generating growth in those markets.

Omar does a nice job taking care of the football. We do a good job coaching that ... stressing getting rid of the ball on time and protecting our quarterback. We do a nice job with him inside the system and don't throw a lot of high-risk plays.

Since becoming a mom, I have become so green. I am making sure that all my stuff is organic , and I get rid of rubbish in a green way. Actually, it's fun.

She divorced me August 10 of 2000, but she never was able to completely get rid of me. Don't ask me why.

Shall we never, never get rid of this Past? cried he, keeping up the earnest tone of his preceding conversation. "It lies upon the Present like a giant's dead body.

Since I left Halliburton to become George Bush's vice president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interest,

Since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, the other is to get rid of one

Mike Royko, of course a famous local journalist, in one of his books about Mayor Daley claimed that not only did the mayor not want the expressway going through Bridgeport, but he also wanted to keep a specific divider between the whites and the blacks. Of course the Daley administration at the time denied that and said they wanted to get rid of an inelegant turn in the expressway.

mind games ... when you retire, you're glad to get rid of that, I'm sure. It can weigh on you.

Megan had become a walking, talking piece of evidence. She knew him. She could identify him. He knew it, and he had to get rid of that threat. And so he killed.

One of the things we have stressed all week is getting more time for Dallas to operate. Of course, he has to set up quicker, read quicker and get rid of the ball, too.

One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.

O'Neill was like the offensive line of the Green Bay Packers playing in a dome -- they can't hear signals. O'Neill couldn't hear the signals the White House was sending, and they got rid of him. Presumably, Snow has better hearing.

one hopes each time you get a success like that, not only to have gotten rid of somebody dangerous, but to have imposed changes in their tactics and operations and procedures.

One of my fondest goals is to try to bridge the gap between urban and rural Oregon. Democrats identify with urban people, Republicans with rural people. We need to get rid of partisanship.

No one had the heart to get rid of it. To us it's a historical artifact.

My 20s were all about feeling desperate. Desperate to find a new boyfriend. Desperate to get the perfect job. Desperate to get rid of this terrible relationship with this bad new boyfriend.

My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it is a spending problem.

Now we have good, strong data to say to alcohol companies that we need to get rid of milk drinks and that vodka drinks look risky.

Now that you mention it, I might take it easy. I haven't decided yet. I'm surprised (the staff) hasn't brought it up yet ... to get rid of me.

Obviously he made some good throws, made some poor throws, got rid of the ball sometimes when he could, held the ball when he shouldn't,

Nobody sells a house before fixing it up. If you want to sell you fix it up first, ... But if Hurd can make the PC business consistently profitable then there is no need to get rid of it. It can be a decent business.

Nothing could be worse than this torment, and I cannot rid myself of it. I have been here all summer in a place where everyone else's children seem to be in the military.

Right now, it's so early that you want to get rid of whatever is in there. I was always told you start the year hurt, it makes for a long year. We're trying to get rid of whatever is in there, get it well, get it subsided and hopefully get on with it.

Police were really fed up with Milosevic, ... So we needed to get rid of him together, with them.

Personally I would have got rid of him four or five weeks ago (after England lost to Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier). But they have made the decision, so we have to stand by that.

Only by a frank discussion of the very details of dying can we best deal with those aspects that frighten us the most. It is by knowing the truth... that we rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita of death.

Nobody is really willing to come in with the kinds of initiatives that would both guarantee some level of coverage to everybody and get rid of some of the inefficiencies that are out there.

Nobody here is thinking about the past and losing again. Everybody is very positive. We've got to stick together here to be more successful in Game Two and get rid of that so people will stop talking about it and bringing it up.

One of the greatest achievements of today is getting rid of the present contractor.

One of the quickest ways to get rid of the lease payment is to get rid of your car.

I was going to throw it out of the end zone if nobody got open, but Mike was there. I had some highs and lows and you're going to have that in a football game. But I've still got to get rid of the turnovers.

I was so tight standing up so early in the race that I was just having a hard time, ... As we freed up and got rid of some fuel I was a little better but I was still too tight.

I wouldn't think he stands a chance. And long gone are the days when you pay a bit of greenmail and get rid of him.

I wouldn't say we let down our fans, but we wanted to go 9-7 and get rid of that 40-year problems we've had. We didn't get that done.

I wouldn't expect him to be back before the All-Star break. The infection he's got is pretty tough to get rid of and because he already had one replacement there's no blood flow in that area so it's hard to knock it out. So it's going to be basically take the hip out, knock out the infection, put a new one back in. That's a lot of trauma on the body.

I wouldn't want to handle the ball against her. She's just amazing ... She really creates a presence for us. It's funny how people react to that, with coming up and trying to screen her and kids wanting to get rid of the ball, having other people bringing the ball up the floor. It's really given us a different dimension.

I would clearly prefer that if you can't run the surpluses, you have to get rid of the surpluses, I would far prefer reducing taxes than increasing spending. I don't think it's a close call,

I guess I haven't gotten rid of the aggression, so it's actually going to be a little relief to go to cross-country and just go for it and not have to worry about this area where I could fail so miserably.

If we're going to object to depicting magic in books, then we are going to have to reject C.S. Lewis. We're going to have to get rid of ... ... A lot of classic children's literature is not going to be allowed to survive.

I got rid of my Boston bag as quick as I could, ... I had them put it away. I've still got some stuff in there.

If they're not working, get rid of them.

If we could get rid of these hurricanes and red tide, we'd be OK. We've just been killed this year with all of that.

I have curly hair, so once (the mustache) gets out it starts going in 65 different directions, ... So now I have to wax it to control it. I asked the kids if I could get rid of it and they said 'No.'

I'd lie if I don't say that it crosses my mind, ... But those are the things that I might think about for about 30 seconds, and then get rid of them. Because all that is, is stuff in your head that you don't need to think about.

I don't get too upset over losing. We've got to get rid of the ball quicker instead of standing there thinking about it.

I don't feel like I was forcing things. Sometimes I had to get rid of the ball and hope my receivers made a play. Unfortunately, they didn't.

I don't feel like everybody's buying into Parcells' system. I think we have some individual players and hopefully we'll get rid of those guys.

I'd like to get rid of the first five minutes, but the next 35 I thought we played pretty well. It's tough to play catch-up hockey.

I'd like to get out there, and I'll do anything I can to get out there Tuesday. I want to throw to some hitters. But they're saying if I don't take care of this and get rid of it, it could last and be around for weeks.

I do not see any earnings visibility in Amazon and in fact, I noticed how they are getting rid of some of their employees and starting to do the things that other companies that have problems do,

I can accept that Saddam Hussein is a terrible dictator, but it is not the objective of the U.N. to get rid of him. The objective and the goal is to get rid of the weapons of mass destruction,

I am saddened by the recent announcements of violations of baseball's drug program. There exists some doubt in the public sector about our sincerity in eliminating steroids from the game. That is wrong. We must create an understanding everywhere that when we say we need to rid the game of steroids, we mean it.

I am rid of the illusion of the three-phased Maya, when God becomes my help and support.

Carlos is a big part of the second team, because between him and Victor (Cortes), they put a lot of pressure on the other team's guards. They run around, like two little gnats you just can't get rid of.

Captain Huston and myself have spent over $200,000 in strengthening the Yankees since we purchased the club. We paid $37,500 for Frank Baker; we paid $25,000 for Lee Magee, and we have got rid of a young fortune on other players who couldn't deliver the goods. And we have had some of the most frightful luck I ever heard of.

But still, I kept thinking, if I'm still troubled by this, if I'm still carrying it around like a big rucksack full of bricks and my father's dead, I need someone to tell me how to get rid of this great weight. . . . The most awful thing was that it was kind of pleasant physically, you know. That's why nobody tells.

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