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America is the land of wide lawns and narrow minds.

Ernest Hemingway

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Booker T. Washington

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

Jimmy Carter

The senate and congressional campaign committees keep getting more and more narrow in their targeting - there is little work done on national message.

Wes Boyd

Monique handles responsibility well. She can narrow her focus without any difficulty, and her work ethic is always the same. She's a real gamer who has a history of coming through in the clutch.

Coach Venus Taylor

It was hard to narrow Civil Rights events to 10.

Michael Miles

There is a slowing growth environment in Australia, evident predominantly in the housing market. There is also continued narrowing in the interest rate differential.

Michael Jansen

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

John Mccain

Narrowing the spread means more is left in the consumer's pocket and less in the stock dealer's pocket.

Jeff Duncan

Because of the relatively narrow margins that divide the parties, moderates can still broker deals that have a great moderating influence on issues form tax cuts to judicial fights.

Marshall Wittman

What you're doing is narrowing down the possibilities. You're constantly fine-tuning the picture. As you do more and more words, it becomes clearer and clearer.

Blair Rudes

There are still a lot of narrow fields out there. It's a completely different game when you have to play on a football field and we have to be able to adapt to that. If you want to win, you have to learn to deal with any situation.

Gene Klein

The problem is, we don't know what distractions cause most crashes. It's very hard to narrow it down and say that cell phones are any more distracting than kids in the back seat or a pet or a bee flying around in the car.

Matt Sundeen

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.

George E. Woodberry

It's a very narrow, tall bridge and it wouldn't be safe to place those banners. And if the banners aren't secured, well, they could drift into traffic and cause an accident.

Colin Jones

It is decision time, and we need to begin to narrow down our options . . . and make what may be some hard decisions for all of us.

David Price

Who do I root for? I have to keep it straight and narrow.

Dan Dougherty

There were several leads and/or calls that came in on Sunday indicating that he was in Shreveport. Using that information we were able to narrow down the area.

Marianne Matus

Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.

Frank Snepp

Bush is perhaps a brighter man that we imply, but on the other hand he's probably just as narrow a man as we report him to be.

Jon Snow

We don't feel at this time that Haiti fulfills the very narrow criteria provided by Congress.

Dan Kane

A narrow vision is divisive, a broad vision expansive. But a divine vision is all-inclusive.

H. H. Swami Tejomayananda

Very narrow and short-sighted view.

Tom Stafford

The narrowing rate differential is bad for the Australian dollar. The trend is going to be down as the U.S. Fed keeps raising rates.

Rob Henderson

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a place to live.

George E. Woodberry

The conservative majority should win the election but the margin is very narrow.

Roland Cayrol

We shouldn't be getting in the way (of the federal probe), but we shouldn't be narrow-minded about what it means to have an overlapping investigation.

David Hoffman

Compare the bottom line among them and narrow it down to one or two schools.

Richard Flaherty

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Christopher Fry

We are trying to narrow down to the minimum that we feel we need before we put a cost out there.

Ann Thompson

But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.

Pierre De Fermat

You've had a narrow group of tech companies that have been delivering positive and accelerating growth characteristics and money tends to get concentrated in those few companies that are doing that.

Arnie Berman

We're still leading the way but the margins are narrowing and rival countries have learnt from us. I'm in it to win it and we're here to win and the gloves are off.

Peter Fricker

It seems that the ECB is now in a wait-and-see mode following the rate hike in December, which means that interest rate differentials between the US and Europe will not start narrowing (any time soon).

Tatsuro Karitani

We are not narrowing it down. It (Friedman's fan base) runs from rabid conservatives to rabid liberals. He appeals to folks of all kinds.

John Mcdowell

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

Niels Bohr

I believed from the outset it was not going to be capable, given its narrow base, of being successful in the country.

Joe Clark

We have a slip-on wide strap that is very chic, and a more narrow one, which is always mid-heel, which is very comfortable for daytime and in the evening.

Laura Moltedo

If the Bank of Canadian continues to hike rates after the Federal Reserve pauses, it will narrow the rate differential between the two. This will make the Canadian dollar more favorable.

Michael Woolfolk

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

Fred Willard

One can narrow potential culprits and be prepared with vaccines.

Malik Peiris

We tried to narrow down the areas where we're going to focus, where we find the most piracy.

Brad Buckles

There's definite investor hunger for choices in the technology sector. There's a lot of laser-like focus and this will help narrow that interest and make some choices.

Adam Schoenfeld

It seems to me that it's a fairly narrow market that's going to pay for the privilege of reading columns by Maureen Dowd and Paul Krugman and such.

Glenn Reynolds

It's a good test of golf. It's a little windy out there, a lot of rough, narrow fairways and small greens.

Tom Lyons

That runs from medians to narrowing the street to roundabouts, those types of things.

Bobby Shelton

Instead, it was a very narrow licensing procedure. The big picture was not examined and that was a mistake.

Graham Henderson

Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.

Johann Gottfried Von Herder

It's a victory for the government in a narrow sense because their strategy was to keep the Supreme Court out.

Joseph Onek

The current federal regulations limiting junk food is very narrow.

Maureen Knightly

The $11.3 billion record tax receipts will narrow the state's budget gap and will help us to get our fiscal house in order.

John Chiang

The merger will help lower costs by expanding production capacity. The combination will narrow the gap with Korean companies.

David Hsieh

It just complimented the part so well and really showed that we shouldn't be narrow-minded.

Chad Kroeger

I remember it as a narrow course, where you had to hit the ball straight. It was a 'position' course, like those a lot of us old guys grew up on. That's the way I was brought up, learning to hit the ball to Point A before you can hit it to Point B. These days, it's just crunch-crunch.

Gene Littler

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Brooks Atkinson

I'm going to start visiting some of those schools and narrow it down. I'm still up in the air.

Andrew Didonato

Every year it gets harder and harder to narrow down the field of performers. With only 70 home games and all of the applicants, it's one of the toughest decisions we make all year.

Geoff Brown

Product development will always outstrip our understanding of risk, but there is a lot we can do to narrow that gap.

Andrew Maynard

In the 1980s and 1990s, no one wanted to touch a narrow-focused antibiotic, something that treated one or two things. Everyone wanted to pursue broad, across-the-board antibiotics. That's all changed.

Michael Chang

It's not easy to come back [in the consolation bracket] after a narrow loss in the semifinals. That's one reason why Chris has been so successful. He never quits.

Rich Catalano

We will absorb workers' voices to narrow the distance between labor and management.

Haruka Nishimatsu

I don't think I could take Obey in Douglas, Ashland and Bayfield counties. But I believe I can narrow his margins.

Nick Reid

This is helping narrow down the unknowns.

Andrew Jarvis

The forecast of a narrowing of the trade deficit forecast is only after the record deficit last time.

Masamichi Koike

We resist the manipulation of fear and challenge the narrow focus of the security agenda.

Irene Khan

If you create a sufficient level of informed conversation about a very narrow subject, that's a business. You better really love it, though, because you'll get bored.

Dan Gillmor

Old Bridgewater Road is narrow and at capacity. I would deny [this plan] as it is today.

Bill Foley

The interest rate differential between the best offset and best standard mortgages has been consistently narrowing. It now stands at between 0.2 and 0.25 per cent.

Ray Boulger

At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.

John Kerry

I was pushing the baccalaureate back in the days when I was education secretary. It always takes everybody forever in education. We were saying that A-levels were too narrow back then as well.

Shirley Williams

Reagan never had about him anything that came close to this narrow cause aspect. He was someone who wanted to unite the party and build the coalition.

Peter Rusthoven

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

Juvenal

The judge took the position we pretty much expected he would take, but we had to narrow down some of the issues.

Leodis Matthews

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

Liz Carpenter

Not until at least 90 percent of the vote is counted will we have a clear idea of who finished second. It will be a narrow advantage either one or the other.

Manuel Saavedra

He's got a decent size list, he's going to try to narrow it down from there. He doesn't have a top three or five, he's just trying to see who all is interested and how he would fit in.

Deandre Scott

We are complying and cooperating with the government to provide them with any information they need and request. This is a very narrow legal request and we believe there are no legal issues here that should be of any concern, but we are working to address any concerns the government may have.

Jim Cullinan

It is a very narrow population, and this is pretty much unique.

Patrick Cunningham

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Lord Acton

Making sure you're on the straight and narrow?

Matt Lauer

The interest-rate advantage with the U.S. will continue to narrow and that will weigh on the Australian dollar.

Jarrod Kerr

The narrow legal issue in this case is whether the transactions we're talking about here are loans or not.

David Crockett

The canyon is narrow; the road through there is windy, and it has icing problems. It's not an area we can just ignore.

Paul Wagner

Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.

Said Musa

Evolution Sunday?represents a new kind of grassroots effort by members of the Christian leadership in America to reclaim Christianity from those using it for their narrow sectarian advantage.

Michael Zimmerman

The exhaust from gas furnaces can be run through an exhaust flue that can be as narrow as eight inches in diameter.

Dan Blum

'Development' shows China itself wants to become prosperous, but 'rise' indicates China wants to narrow the gap with developed countries.

Yan Xuetong

A good many brats are brought up, in the straight and narrow, somewhat deviously.

Charles Fort

Such a narrow difference demands that there be a careful verification of the vote count.

Paolo Bonaiuti

We're not after the narrow music-player market. V Cast Music will not only revolutionize your wireless phone, it will revolutionize music.

Denny Strigl

Sen. Menendez holds a narrow lead in this race only because there are more Democrats than Republicans in New Jersey.

Clay F. Richards

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

Niels Bohr

They're in the monochromatic tones of the outfits, and that helps elongate the strong, narrow line of the silhouette.

Mario Bandiera

Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.

Benjamin Pedley

The objective of the actual conference is to narrow the issues down to the top five or 10 that will be forwarded to the national AFAP conference.

Dennis Mcmillen

The Australian dollar may struggle, simply because we perceive a further narrowing of interest-rate differentials.

John Rothfield

It's certainly more intuitive and reasonable to go with decimals. We think it's just a benefit that will accrue to investors in the form of narrow spreads.

Cameron Smith

The vast majority of people will disagree, ... Jesus said there's going to be the few and the many, there's going to be the narrow gate and the broad gate. But that doesn't change the truth.

David Harrell

GM's opportunity for shrinking its cost structure appears to be narrowing.

Mark Oline

[But what if you're not a behemoth like GM? The benefits apply to organizations of any size.] It's affordable 'narrow-casting,' feasible to do whether your audience is 10 or 1,000 people, ... my handshake to the world.

Craig Williams

One is tempted to think the fall is on the back of the Gedrman elections given it's not the best of outcomes with such a narrow majority.

Gareth Evans

Yields are compressed in a very narrow range close to 4%.

Scott Berry

You are narrowing your field. You are narrowing your numbers. If they can live where they are at now, more will apply.

William Stark

We faced a choice. Low and wide, or tall and narrow.

Frank Poirot

For me it's not something I've ever been comfortable with because it's a very narrow platform. I've never been interested in a platform that pushes something away ... I'm interested in meat and what's happening and developments, how we're raising meats and different breeds.

Deborah Madison

The Republican Party has never been this narrow, litmus-test type party.

Christine Todd Whitman

We would never ask our communities to vote one way or the other. We have far more respect for the Muslim community to know that the way they vote is how they see Canada, not just a narrow community.

Tarek Fatah

The Alvin has a very small window to look out of, about four inches in diameter. You get a very narrow view of what's down there.

Joe Jones

Clearly, an organization has to be accountable, but (should not have to) put all (its) eggs in a narrow testing basket.

Tony Gerlicz

The scenario right now is that either we win by a narrow margin or they win by a narrow margin.

Fabrizio Cicchitto

Being big isn't such a great thing when you're trying to go through a narrow doorway or when you go to the mall because nothing there fits me.

Robert C. Savage

The effect is pretty narrow when you are talking about drugs that are reimbursed by Medicare.

Mario Corso

We're going to do a better job by narrowing the focus.

Douglas Green

Blue chips were sought after yesterday after the recent correction. But you will probably see the index move in a narrow range before any stimulus is launched to bolster the market.

Liu Yu

This is a rural area, with very narrow roads and deep ditches on either side. It's going to cost major bucks to widen these roads.

Ben Jordan

I'm in favor of a lower speed limit, but some people have recommended narrowing the lanes as well.

Roger Goettelmann

Greater expectations of foreign currency generation from the manufacturing and the mining sectors will help narrow the gap but not close it.

Eric Bloch

The hallways are too narrow and just not any good for patient access.

Elizabeth Greaney