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Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

Oprah Winfrey

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Colin Powell

I've never heard of any president being so close to his people.

Ho Chi Minh

We will never be as close to the rings as that first pass.

Charles Elachi

There's no question we needed to close the gap tonight.

Mark Javens

In a race that close, it could have turned the tide.

Jerry Polinard

The gap to Renault is very close, there are a lot of points still to be won and the car feels fast, so we shall see.

Juan Pablo Montoya

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

Toni Morrison

I'm sorry, got too close.

Daniel Petrocelli

We've been very close with the Americans before. The one thing that set us apart was, deep down, we didn't believe we could win. Tonight we believed it.

Maria Rooth

We were in a lot of close matches. There was no question we had the toughest schedule in Class L.

Paul Whitmore

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Sun Tzu

If this garage is as vulnerable as you say it is, for God's sake close the garage.

David J. Dean

She was as close to perfect as anyone can be.

Adewale Adeyooye

I've got a kind, close-knit family group.

Keira Knightley

The play is so close to the reality. . . . It comes out of the heart.

Barbara Williams

Shareholders will not be happy with anything close to the current offer.

Andrew Mitchell

Right now it's all up in the air. We don't want to close the doors until we absolutely have to.

Karen Ruble

Unfortunately we allowed that game to be close and for it come down to that.

Chris Draft

Up close when I was in the City Council.

Anthony Weiner

All you had to do was get a pass close, and he could pull it in.

Bill Gilbert

We're interviewing close to 20 witnesses — some from the house, some from surrounding areas.

Rich Pruitt

It was so close, I had a hard time watching.

Gaby Bussell

The sleeping giant is awake -- wide awake -- and we're paying close attention.

Jaime Contreras

It's anybody's race. If they can win it, we can win it. It's that close. One mistake in a turn can cost you the race.

Doug Kelly

We have been so close to beating the Americans in the past two Olympic finals.

Jan Stirling

We know what to do in close games now.

Matt Thomas

We lost a lot of close matches but it was a good season.

Matt Rossi

I think it was close enough to call [a strike]. He didn't, though. So it was a ball.

Francisco Rodriguez

We beat a team that we were supposed to beat and we beat them handily. It should not have been a close game.

Jackie Turpin

I'm sure we will also serve dinner as well, so we will close soon after that.

Laura Anderson

Our problem is many of our schools are too close together.

Lawrie Kobza

I think they kept it close with their 3-point shooting.

Mark Fowler

You don't have an erosion problem until you build something too close to the water.

Orrin Pilkey

Living close to the bone has enabled me to do this. That prepared me to be a woodworker.

John Cameron

I'm ready for him. You have to go in and fight him close, there's no point running around.

John Ruiz

It's close to democracy, if not true democracy. Our problems are being solved.

Abdul Rashid

We tried to make it as close as we could to how it started in 1974.

David Warren

We are very, very close.

Sandra Redwood

It wasn't a perfect lap, but it was pretty close.

Kasey Kahne

We had a boating accident ... that happened approximately 2:30 p.m. (Monday), close to Clearwater Cove. At this time it's not clear what caused the boat to capsize.

Robert Mccullough

I've never come close to seeing an artist working at this level.

Marc Shmuger

The artists in the gallery said, Get the gallery moved. They realized the old gallery was going to close.

Mark Baker

Willing to consider sacrifices close to home.

Aaron Lewis

This isn't a close-knit community anymore.

Vivian Wood

We're very close. We've offered someone the position. We should know in the next day or two.

Gary Clausen

This is how close we were.

Carol Ann Marsh

So you must pace yourself so close to what you can run.

Jeff Galloway

We're all so close. It was just amazing for us. We were almost crying.

Alexandra Orlando

Bush and his party are so close on most issues that there's no need to veto.

G. Calvin Mackenzie

If we get arrested, it just shows how close-minded that campus is.

Jacob Reitan

She's a medical doctor so it's very close to her heart.

Levi Browde

We held them off, but we've got to quit making them so close.

Alan Sorensen

This may not be on the scale of building the pyramids, but it's close.

Brad Gair

It's as close to being perfect as it can possibly be.

Will Nicholson

He lost many friends of his that he was very close with.

Robert Grossman

We're very close to concluding a deal.

New York Giants

There's a touch of country here even though we're in close proximity to the city.

Larry Hinrichs

Everything has been so close to him that he's painted into a kind of a corner.

Don Rose

Let's reach an agreement. Close on this house and let me move on with my life.

Teresa Cop

We were close. We need to find some way to get over the edge. We had an opportunity to win and didn't do it.

Jamie Pinkerton

We beat them in a close, tough game earlier in the year.

Dean Ellis

By now, we would probably have one car done and have a second one close.

Brad Stevens

We knew if we kept it close we'd have a shot, and that's exactly what happened.

Tony Hopper

We accepted coach Dixon so quickly. The team is so close. We've trusted coach Dixon.

Megan Vrabel

You could see it. He was always talking to himself. He would be as close as you and I, and you could see him carrying on a conversation with himself.

Tim Walker

Meal ran to theirs (moving averages) but failed, and beans didn't even really get close.

John Kleist

I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

Melissa Etheridge

We can safely say we're not going to close now. I'm thrilled.

David Greene

There's nothing else that we've ever seen that even comes close.

Mike Simpson

I thought it was about time for us to win one of these close ones.

Tyronn Mitchell

You go through processes and there are no shortcuts from year to year. Certain things have to happen. We are close.

Mike Stoops

It was unlike any feeling I've ever had, ... because we're so close to these Marines.

Robert Anderson

Most of the rescues we do are people so when get something close to 2000 pounds, most people don't understand it.

Tom Cook

The negotiations are ongoing ... We are close to a conclusion. We are very optimistic.

Latfullah Mashal

There was this close, close family bond.

Helen Glassman

I don't think I ever imagined this. I had no idea I was even close.

Heidi Romer

787 basically wiped out most of the islands that were close to Albany. When they built 787, they filled it all in.

Don Rittner

We're very close, and when he steps up for me like that, it's hard to tell him no.

Gary Payton

It's close to where I live so I was curious to see it from a close distance.

Arjen Robben

They're real close to being back.

Jeff Jordan

You couldn't really see the drivers. Here, you can see them. They're right there (close to the fence).

Janis Farrell

It wasn't close a few months ago.

Tim Kaine

He's trying to close it clear, so everybody's paid off and all the creditors are paid.

Don Clover

I am not better than anyone else. No way at all. Not even close.

James Holzier

They did it because it's close to Downtown. Back in the old country, that's where people lived.

Peter Page

I was talking to him hey don't close your eyes wake up because he was drunk he was drunk.

Maria Garcia

We don't hesitate to close funds when we need to.

Vincent Loporchio

This could get very close. It keeps blazing back up.

Annette Davis

For them to give me this chance to close these games is an honor.

Salomon Torres

It would be a close call in either case.

Lawrence Eagleburger

When we open 29th Street, it may have an impact because it's so close.

Sonja Tuitele

You would never think it would happen at your workplace. You hear it all around. But this is too close, way too close.

Andy De Leon

I think you're supposed to close one of your eyes.

Brad Faxon

We finally won a close game. I figured it would be a one-goal game.

Darrin Karuzas

We need to bring in some players to close this talent gap and that's what we intend to do.

George Pfeifer

Investors are set to close out the year with good gains.

Hans Kunnen

You'll be able to close it and close off the [water] pressure if we ever have a problem.

Paul Wirth

People get really up close and personal with their chickens.

Richard Nolan

We keep losing these close games, but five or six bounces, and we could be 4-0.

Coleman Collins

It's somebody real, somebody close - it makes them realize it could happen to anybody.

Sue Gradoville

It's just not quite 100 percent. It's getting close.

Dan Cleary

Managers were pushing to get money or the store would close.

Robin Bohlin

My understanding is that the deal is not going to close today.

Robert Kimmitt

I don't know that we're seeing eye to eye on value. I think we're close.

Chuck Price

Abercrombie met or was very close to meeting its sales force benchmark for Asians.

Jack Lee

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Anne Sexton

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

Henry R. Luce

She saw a big boat coming close.

Dorothy Warren

They all had great swims. They were very close to qualifying.

Judy Stamm

Everything was actually very close in line where we thought it would be.

Guy Hallwright

They have some things to work on but had some close matches that could have gone either way.

Sheri Baldwin

I think if I were at home I wouldn't feel so close to her as I feel here.

Gunlog Sanner Norling

She will bite if you get too close because she won't consider you as part of her flock.

Cliff Warren

I think we are very close to being washed out at this point.

Nick Angilletta

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

Guy Finley

The game, overall, was very well played, very competitive, very close.

Tod Martin

Defense has been the key for us so far. It's carried us all year when we can close on their shooters.

Walter Jordan

I don't know if that's the largest in the world, but it's pretty close.

Tyler Van Houwelingen

It's a fairly close-knit community.

June Siegler

That was close. That was really close.

Doug Stetzer

I really think we can beat them. We played them close twice, but it's here and I think we are confident.

Melissa Griffith

We're all so close to each other, so it's sad to know that it's over.

Caitlin Thomas

I was close to winning.

Peter Gade

She's right there, right there with it. Seeing death, up close and personal.

Mary Wilson Little

We are close to an agreement.

Menduh Thaci

The inspectors have been forbidden from being as aggressive as they need to be. They can't go ahead and close the mine and use the authority that they have to do the job that they've been charged to do.

Jack Spadaro

It was so close to the gold medal. I don't feel I lost a gold medal. To me, I won a bronze medal.

Anni Friesinger

To win a close one here is pretty special.

Tim Walsh

A strong set of results to close out 2005.

David Veal

They were both located close together when we found them.

Jesse Cole

Their effort all season got us here. They are all very close.

Christine Labombard

It not quite coed, but close.

Rande Gerber

We weathered the storm and stayed close. You can't make them all.

Travis Dotterer

We've decided to close the bridge as a safety precaution.

Will Wingfield

When you see him up close, you see all the little things he does and as a teammate it is appreciated.

Jonathan Toews

It was a close competition.

Kate Sullivan

We're getting close to being done. We've identified that when we get around 9,000, we've done all the homework.

Rich Marcello

Anything relatively close to that is going to be a huge threat.

Brian Archer

I believe in my heart of hearts that we're very close to a resolution. If not 24, certainly 48 hours.

George Speight

They were very close. You never saw Sunny without Phillip and you never saw Phillip without Sunny.

Jennifer Hitchcock

I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough.

Dario Franchitti

It went up 140 points at the close.

Robert Sasaki

We've been raising money for two years. We're just so close.

Kathy Connolly

I'm tired of telling people how close we are.

Tricia Binford

We've never won, even though we've gotten so close before.

Megan Smith

I think a lot has changed since 2000, and it's changed for the worse. The bottom line: We can't let it be close, because if they can cheat, they will.

Scott Maddox

She almost fell down. Another girl got close to her and clipped the back of her foot a little bit.

Bill Tilden

It's always been a one-point match (between those two). We've always won, but it's been close.

Clifford Garnto

Those two could close ... as late as the end of (this) month.

Robin Reibel

I'm not a genius or anything close to it.

Benjamin Levy

We were not asked to close, and we won't close until we are.

Michael Pastore

He hadn't worked in close to a year.

Sheryl Turney

We didn't close the game. We had our chances and we didn't take advantage of them.

Arnaud Dahi

More people are reaching the age where they close businesses.

Rick Oliver

From up close you can see through it, but from far away it looks whole.

Stephanie Johnson

If they deny the project, why would he close escrow?

Bob Gronauer

We were so close but still he managed to get away.

David Kalish

I had a little carry and there was no pain. I am not 100 percent, but I am close.

Yorvit Torrealba

We have put up something that will never close.

Rocco Landesman

It doesn't get any better than that, a hat trick to close your career.

Bruce Plante

Finding a hotel that's close is where I am right now.

Tim Horton

Basically, it's too close to call. I had a lot of surprises last night.

Laurie Arron

Are we there? No. Are we close? No. Are we on the path that could be successful? And the answer is yes.

John Blair

We've never had to do anything close to an NFL turnaround.

Mike Schulze

That Dalton Benton. He'll close a team out pretty quickly.

Chip Dinkins

That was nine years ago and sometimes it seems like yesterday. We were so close.

Debbie Webb

Of course you can talk to the baby after the birth and cuddle them and hold them close.

Pat Felske

We're playing OK right now, but we're nowhere close to playing our best golf.

Randy Lein

It was fabulous, but it was a close one.

Greg Adkins

That was a big match. They had wrestled each other before and it was really close.

Greg Varela

If they had been serious, they would have gone close to -- or back to -- their original offer.

Steve Brozak

It could be that nothing happens. It all depends on whether it happens close to the elections or not.

Angela Kelly

There's no telling how it affected sales. Right now, they're very close.

John Majdoch

I'll take the high road, ... It means we're really close.

Blue Jays

By no means are we even close to being finished.

Megan Biging

How do you say no to your family and close friends?

Debbie Garvin

Sometimes people get close to him and it explodes through him - though of course it's not him but Jesus Christ.

Richard Kelly

I wish I hadn't. I had to be so close to it that that was the worst thing about it.

Jamie Lyons

I knew the bear was close, so I just hit the fish with the net and I began to run.

Greg Rubin

It is clear that we're not doing close to enough and must do more.

Charles E. Schumer

We are so close, it's like we are united.

Rebecca Riddle

We had a lot of close matches.

Donal Mcgraw

We're in discussions. We're close (to agreement), it's just a case of another day or two.

Grant Cuff

This is about as close as we are. When we can get to the middle of the court together, then we can become a team.

Paul Vachon

It was kind of disappointing to be so close and then not make it.

Jean Graves

He shot him at very close range.

Jim Reid

I hate being on the bench in a close game.

Alexis Karel

I'll be close-calling it all month.

Cindi Nicholson

It is probably close to its nadir but it will improve only slowly.

Cameron Bagrie

The guys that came after me realized that they were so close to the U.S..

Jose Basulto

He played fantastic for us tonight, its too bad we couldn't close it out for him in the third.

Jean Paul Marat

I think we will be close to 100 employees by the end of the year.

Gil Perry

Our intention is not to close the program.

Marguerite Cotto

It's just close enough to the city but no-one ever goes there.

Richard Archer

We are questioning them and I am hopeful that we are close to a breakthrough.

Jahangir Mirza

If the Guidant shareholders approve the acquisition on Jan. 31, we would close shortly thereafter.

Jeff Leebaw

Have been forced to close and have no idea when they may reopen.

Ann Beattie

We'd like to close the gap.

Mark Emmert

I am very happy and delighted. It will make me feel very close to my fans.

Li Yuchun