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I'm the type of person that rises to the occasion, and when work is in front of me, I do work.
In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character.
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.
On one occasion I had to sleep on a stretcher balanced on two kitchen chairs. It wasn't glamorous.
Life in my shoes has gotten me relatively far. Though it's also gotten me into trouble on occasion.
Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.
There's a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.
I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.
On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight.
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
It appears to suggest that I was removed because I was disabled - based on one occasion out of hundreds.
On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published.
He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.
Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
With 'Judwaa 2,' I captured the kind of market that I could have never penetrated into on another occasion.
I love a themed occasion - it provides endless possibilities for the menu, decorations and drinks pairings.
My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion.
The Nobel Prize is going to be 'fun money' - for an occasion, when my wife and I want a $50 bottle of wine.
To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.
My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion.
I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion.
I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.
I'd like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I've come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film.
You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.
I love biting off way more than I can chew, and that's a great motivator because it forces me to rise to the occasion.
When I lived in Paris in the early '80s, I had the occasion to hang out with Prince Albert of Monaco quite a few times.
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.
My style has stayed pretty consistent over the years. I always wear what I like and what is appropriate for the occasion.
I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.
I like to wear cowboy gear once in a while. Whenever the occasion comes. In the ring, we used to wear a poncho and the hat.
People have a lot of control over their ability to rise to the occasion and to show their best or their aspirational selves.
Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.
This is what Philadelphia fighters are all about - rising to the occasion - and that's what I've been doing my whole career.
I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often.
Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives.
Perseverance doesn't always mean winning and losing. Perseverance means showing up and rising to the occasion and performing.
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.
Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works.
I just had one occasion in my life when suddenly my private life was everywhere, and that was an accident and beyond my control.
I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.
I try not to write two songs about the same thing, although, on occasion, it happens, so I guess it kinda helps to change stuff up.