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One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later.

One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents.

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts.

One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.

One of the things that has always surprised me is why Americans are so patient. Because they have seen not just that freedom has come, what they have seen is that there are some who used to be poor who are very rich, stinking rich some of them.

One's knowledge of karma should not be used to judge others. You should ask yourself: Do I like where I am going, or do I want to change my direction?

On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why doesn't the plane just become a boat?

On tour, you never have a home, you don`t get used to anything, and you`re always super busy.

Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept and flawed in execution. The tactics used in this operation violate Department of Justice policy and should never have been used.

Originally what I used to love was being on a stage and reacting to a live audience and maybe my calling is more in theatre.

Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and they'd put the effects on after.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.

Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.

Painters used red like spice

Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.

People are always asking me why they don't make Westerns like they used to.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

Patrick Ewing used to be much better in every aspect of the game.

People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.

People are impressed with me - because I can sleep for just 45 minutes - I'm used to it.

People living alone get used to loneliness.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

People love what they're used to, I guess." "No." You shook your head. "People should love what needs loving. That way they can save it.

People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.

People took some part of us and used it to discriminate against us. In our case, it was our ethnicity; it's precisely the same thing for sexual orientation.

People used to always talk down to me, like, "Oh, you're so young," but now I recognize that my age is an advantage; there's a lot more I can do.

People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.

People talk to you and they try to convince you that they like what they do just because it sucks less than what they used to do... which sucked a lot.

Personally, I find it romantic not to be with someone all the time; you don't get used to someone or take them for granted.

Perhaps I'll get used to this bizarre place called Hollywood, but I doubt it.

Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

Pollution is merely a resource that isn't being used properly.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

Photography is art when it's used by an artist.

Photography is used to give evidence, and the evidence is always deceiving.

Planned obsolescence is not really a new concept. God used it with people.

President George Washington used to wear a wig and make-up. I mean, c'mon, if he could do it, I can do it.

President Ford used humor a great deal.

Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.

Prince used to call me up 3am in the morning and invite me to hear some of his new songs.

Pride was the belt you used to hold your pants up when you had no pants.

Progressive disclosure defers advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone.

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!

QE and other aspects of Fed policy increased inequality pretty significantly. This is reinforced if you take into account all the other non-standard measures the Fed used to bail out the banks early on in the [2008] crisis.

Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.