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Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.
Current and former Assistant Attorneys General have a duty to follow all rules related to the practice of law in the state of Texas.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama, each were told repeatedly, 'You can't win.' They all won.
The United States should give former NSA contractor Edward Snowden immunity from prosecution in exchange for congressional testimony.
My husband is a former rocker and in charge of our humungous music collection, and I've recently been asking him for classical music.
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
Jens Pulver was a former UFC champion. He's a guy who I followed and looked up to. It was my first big fight in the Sacramento arena.
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.
Former President Shimon Peres was a leader and a statesman, and an especially wonderful friend to all of us. He will be missed dearly.
Kate O'Hare is a former SEAL and is currently in the FBI - we know that there are no women in the SEALs, but we think there should be.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.
As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.
To get a former player that has been there and has that extra intel. Jose Higueras is a great coach for that and a great person as well.
I was a fan of Henk Groot, former striker of Ajax, who scored many goals with his head. I thought, 'I can do that also,' but I couldn't.
On a friendship with former president George W. Bush: He's a personal friend, but we've all got the right not to agree with our friends.
What I have more of a problem accepting is the criticism of former players turned journalists, who - some of them - spread their hatred.
When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.
Manufacturing evidence to justify arbitrary, politically motivated detentions is a common tool of the illegitimate former Maduro regime.
Being a former engineer, you learn to always go back, study yourself, see what you could've done differently, see what you could've said.
As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.
As the founder and former chief executive of two publicly traded companies, I have had a great deal of exposure to how debt markets work.
Being a fat kid - FFK, former fat kid - helped round me out, no pun intended. I'm a better adult because I wasn't treated well as a child.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice.
The testimony of former abortion workers can help persuade lawmakers to create fair laws that protect women from dirty abortion facilities.
I bought a former library, not because I have a lot of books, but also I like architecture, and it was built in 1965, and I like gardening.
The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.
I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is a great leader, possesses the highest possible character, and also happens to be a Browns fan.
As a former stand-up comic from my University of Michigan days, the opportunity to participate in a Friars Club roast was bucket-list stuff.
It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.
As a former competitor, robot combat is near and dear to my heart. I enjoy the mix of creativity and mayhem that are essential to this sport.
It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.
As a former reporter, I wrote 'The Scarecrow' quickly - I didn't have to think about what the character would do the way I do with Harry Bosch.
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
I always marked up a piece of paper before taking a job, looking at the pluses and minuses. If the latter outnumbered the former, I would pass.
Trying to catch hold of yourself is a fool's errand. There is no you, only a series of former yous, created in one instant, deleted in the next.
Any decision that I make, anything that I do, every single consideration of my day goes through the prism of what my former experience has been.
I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true.
Of course former colonial powers are always more present and influential. They're the ones who need to defend the EU's values on the frontlines.
Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate us, be specific.
Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.
I'm going to continue to see my friends who coach in the NBA and see my former players who play in the NBA. I'm going to continue to go to games.
Edmonton has such a great history. It makes coming to the rink special to know those former players wore the jersey and had so much success here.
My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car that I love to race, I'll take it to the track.
As a former Mod my love affair with fashion has never waned and whenever I go on tour I am always desperate to hit the shops as soon as possible.
Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.
As a former player, I have a real appreciation for a guy like Aaron Rodgers and how much time he puts into his craft and how good he is doing it.