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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Alexander Graham Bell

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

Aesop

The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.

Richard J. Daley

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened to us.

Helen Keller

When one door of happiness closes another opens; but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Helen Keller

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Jason has found a lifelong hobby as well as a great form of exercise. He lost 80 pounds since we opened the club.

Dion Shively

I think that their committee was appointed by the county commission, and that's what opened up the process.

Tracy Bower

He just opened the door and the guy started shooting. Even after [William] hit the floor, he kept on shooting.

Wayne Elliott

Jim had a little bad luck on the second playoff hole and that opened the door for me and I hit a pretty good shot out of the bunker.

Wes Short Jr

[Moore opened up his game, becoming more aggressive with groundstrokes and parlaying a few forays to the net into winners.] I knew I had nothing to lose, so I might as well just go for it, ... I guess I just started hitting them.

Daniel Moore

It wasn't a checkpoint but a patrol which immediately opened fire after they trained their light on us.

Giuliana Sgrena

When the gap opened at the head of the stretch, he just exploded. A horse like this just makes our job easy.

Jeff Trosclair

Eastern Europe has opened up and there have been people who have been buying in countries like Bosnia and Poland. Clearly, again they have to assess the relative risks of going into new markets.

David Simister

It got busy one night, the night they opened up a bar. They was coming in drunk.

Troy Poret

The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.

Lance Morrow

You can't stop everybody, ... We just hoped to slow them down. But we couldn't sustain long drives, and that opened up the game for Long.

Rick Rivera

Latrobe focused on Brad and it opened things up for the other guys.

Al Warden

The girls had already been displaced once this year, displacing them now, and possibly again later if the new dorm opened was a bigger concern to us.

Lorry Green

Vince is a natural athlete. I think he opened up a lot of eyes last summer.

Mark Foulkes

When the door opened in April and had market conditions improving you had pent-up backlog for these deals.

Paul Bard

And ever since she opened her mouth about it, God has blessed making it all come together.

Larry Rye

Our line blocked better and it just opened up for me. It was a hard spot to fill but I just had to step up my game and fill his (Parks') shoes.

Doug Scott

I don't think he would have opened it to just anybody who happened to be there. I think he would have at least thought he recognized somebody to open the door to them.

Stephen Carroll

Josh was able to come out even on his feet today. He's best on top, so when he opened the third on top and scored, I was comfortable (with the lead).

Russ Mckenzie

All she remembers is making a turn and the street opened up and swallowed her.

Maggie Nieves

We opened for Johnny Mathis at the Twin Coaches, ... Can you imagine a rock band like us and Johnny Mathis on the same bill! We always appreciated that opportunity.

Bob Leone

We are not sure exactly what month the school opened.

Nancy O'connor

It was a marquee ride back when it opened in 1990. Everyone knows (the movie) 'Jaws,' and it's something everyone can relate to.

Jerry Aldrich

They were playing a zone, and we were doing a good job of getting it to the middle and kicking it out. We were playing good team basketball, that's what opened it up.

Matt Elliott

There will also be investment in customer support. In the Middle East this year we opened a call centre in Dubai, and will continue to invest here.

Wenceslao Lada

We have opened so many doors for people to come to Dade City with this.

Phyllis Smith

Nothing happened in the markets today, ... We opened at 9:30 am and we closed at 4 p.m.

Art Hogan

It was a very intense game. It opened my eyes. It was a little more physical than I thought.

Cody Rincker

Not only is this the biggest event in the history of the South African wine industry, but it is also the first time since its inception in 2000 that Cape Wine is being opened by a cabinet minister, indicating the high level of commitment from Government.

Su Birch

The right hand I connected with opened the victory. I want Mayweather next.

Carlos Baldomir

We opened the doors last year and people came in. All types of people came. All generations. The mariachi band came with two dancers and had the audience participate.

Patricia Lewis

I've opened up in this stadium and it's been a tough go. We're excited to be going South and we're going as far South as we possibly can.

Torey Lovullo

Our middles are very good. We passed really well and that opened things up for our offense.

Tom Peterson

That is what opened the door and drove us to be insistent that there was more to the story than what the Air Force said.

Pat Mcelgunn

I would see these films starring Maria Felix, Lola Flores she was my very favorite. My uncle was the one that opened my eyes to glamour.

Holly Woodlawn

It's very hard to get a Division I job. I knew if I didn't go after this one now, it may have been another 10 years before a similar opportunity opened up.

Walter Roese

The room was gone. You opened the door and you could step out into the ocean -- no balcony, no room, all melted, all gone, all burned up.

Jerry Levy

Yeah, we beat Zephyrhills twice, but that's all out the window now. We saw what happened to the girls and that opened a lot of our eyes.

Sal Calabrese

We got together. I called him down ... to sit with the guys and talk to him. They basically explained how some of the things he did and the ways that he acted affected their lives. That kind of opened his eyes to how big this family is and what they go through when he has a bad day.

Greg Zipadelli

I filmed them in their (cultural orientation) classes in Kenya. They opened up very quickly to me. I was very moved by that and attributed that to a wonderful interpreter that I found whom they trusted.

Anne Makepeace

We've done this in a lot of states, but we've never seen an area that has the kindness of heart of the people here. The people here have opened their arms to their neighbors.

Ken Geurink

I opened too early. I was confident the choreography was beautiful. In general, I'm really happy.

Stephane Lambiel

I was just leading out J.J. and Page, but we opened up a gap.

Mark Mccormack

It was always there, so we opened it back up. It will be great for entertaining with the flow between the rooms.

Joanne Milnor

The offensive line opened a big hole you could drive a tow truck through. I just hit it and got on my horse.

Andre Brown

I was so into it and so hyped about the game that I just saw the seams and just took it, ... The line opened up the holes for me and they were just big. I saw them opening up and I just took advantage of them.

William Gardner

The cows that are easy all year around, even the old ones, become quite crazy. In a way, the Icelandic entrepreneurs acted the same when we opened the stable.

Governor David Oddsson

Our beer sales have grown from the day we opened.

Colin Kaminski

Alek is the antithesis of what the media have defined as beauty. She has really opened up the way for anyone to come after.

Candace Matthews

I think we were comfortably better in the first game. The second game was tight but they had a man sent off and it opened up the floodgates.

Ricky Mallory

When I asked for that prepayment, I asked for that to assist our members with back to school expenses and hurricane preparedness. We asked the Government to consider it being paid at the end of August before school had re-opened.

John Pinder

The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.

Ralph Nader

TREC has just opened things up for him. When he comes home, it's gleaming out of him; it spills over, ... That's why it's so important for us to continue.

Steven Armstrong

We opened this food bank three weeks before the hurricane hit.

Christina Smith

We thought it was a warehouse but when we opened it, the pews were still in it.

Pearl Norris

Offensively, his shooting has really opened up a lot for his game. He does it all. He's tough. He can slash to the basket. Now, he's scoring off the dribble a little bit.

Malik Allen

I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.

Faith Hill

The Army opened the door to these kinds of abuse through unclear rules. Since then, there hasn't been clear guidance that this was not OK.

David Danzig

Aaron really helped spread the defense and opened our offense up more. Cory controlled the tempo and kept us focused.

Jon Clark

Aside from what they did musically, the Beatles were great ambassadors. They made everything English very cool at the time. By the time we got (to America), everyone was ready for us. Just the fact that we were English opened every door for us.

Peter Noone

The door to the cabinet is to be opened using a minimum of 15 Kleenexes.

Howard Hughes

The second half we just really opened it up and really relaxed a little bit. I think we may have been a little uptight and we really got after it in the second half.

Mike Frisk

We've opened every area we can open in the Superdome and the (adjacent) Arena. Our offices have become a bunkhouse for the National Guard.

Glenn Menard

If he gets into any kind of trouble while he's in this program, the case against him is opened.

Pam Bondi

A page has been opened on the path to modernization.

Bernard Accoyer

When I came out of the apartment Steve was, um -- I had him in a chair. As soon as I opened the door, I was thinking that it was a false alarm or something.

Joyce Holliman

Her hard work and commitment have opened up a lot of doors. We are going to miss her leadership and the fact that she played in over 100 varsity games.

Layne Langholf

The kids are very enthusiastic. It has opened their hearts and minds to see that disasters actually affect people. They get some first-hand knowledge of what's happening. It helps them understand things that are outside of their community.

Jennifer Ko

[The Galileo findings] opened the door to speculation about life, ... 3001: The Final Odyssey.

Richard Greenberg

The defense got us some field position and really opened things up.

Joel Gray

Out of all the Express IRA accounts opened between 2001 and 2005, 78 percent have experienced positive net tax savings benefits and interest earnings.

Robert Abrams

By eliminating the lost vestige of their hardcore gaming route they've essentially opened themselves up to a wider group of advertisers.

Jeremy Schwartz

We've blocked very well on offense. That success running the football has opened up so many other options for us.

Jon Heacock

When I got my first invitation in the mail, I almost threw it away because I didn't know what it was. It doesn't stand out at all. It's a plain, normal white envelope. Doesn't say Augusta National, no return address. And once I opened it, well, now it's in a frame in my office. My first invitation to the Masters.

Charles Howell

With Rex coming back in, they opened the offense up a lot more. That helped me out because that's what I do -- I stretch the field. I'm real happy with what has been going on.

Bernard Berrian

The holes get opened up wide.

Daniel Lynch

They had to (focus) on Ryan and it opened things up for me. And it also works the other way.

Deon Thompson

When I was there about 10 days ago with some people from the port, two of them immediately threw up when we opened the door. You cannot imagine the smell.

Mark Blanchard

They did a good job of sagging in on (Humphrey) in the first half, and that made it difficult to pass it in to her. Then we hit some shots and that really opened it up for her.

Alexis Kendrick

It opened a lot of people's eyes. That day, people here realized how essential information technology can be.

Valerie Robertson

We'd struggled early in the game and committed seven errors, so we opened the door for them to take it from us. About the fifth inning we kind of got things going with the bats.

Lindsay Mccargar

Our doors are opened... We are ready to sit at the negotiation table with all political parties.

Rinat Akhmetov

Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth.

Betty Cuthbert

The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite.

Gerald White Johnson

We all really opened our hearts and rolled out the red carpet for these children. They are a part of our school family now.

Robert Reid

We knew he wasn't going to get open looks, but once they started collapsing on the big guys, that really opened it up for him on the outside. And he made them pay.

Larry Shyatt

The guy looked through the hole and he assumed it was somebody coming to work. He opened the back door and as soon as the back door opened, that's when the whole incident took place.

Jonathan Carroll

Last year, when my son Rob opened the box, what he found was a T-shirt - with a picture of the fruitcake on the front.

Rikki Rosenberg

People keep condiments in their refrigerators forever, but the truth is ketchup and mustard, once it's opened, only 6-8 months, and mayonnaise only two months.

Samantha Heller

The sales of new cars in 2006 have doubled since the showroom has opened. The new store will definitely add sales to our bottom line.

Chris Cain

That's a blessing in disguise because they left a big void in their genre of music and that's opened a little hole for us to fit in there.

Sully Erna

They hadn't opened their gifts yet. They were waiting for him to come in.

Donna Lamkin

They were trying to defend the whole team, and that's why the running game opened up for us.

Steve Rivers

It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all.

Joel Schumacher

Daniel was getting easy drives and so many good looks. They were eventually going to have to collapse. That third quarter was when I opened up. That is supposed to be what my game is.

Matt Diblasio

We're a pretty good football team. It's the first time we've been able to say that since the school opened. Our goal is a championship. It's the first time we've been able to say that, and the team believes it.

Mike Fras

I don't have any intentions of leaving and it's just good now the board have opened up negotiations.

Graham Murray

We opened the door for them, but it was a good sign that we kept the hinges on with good penalty-killing. Of course, Henrik is as good a penalty-killer as anyone.

Dominic Moore

The floodgates opened in the sixth. They made the errors and we kept pounding the ball harder and harder.

Ben Quinby

Hayley was on fire. They had to get out on her, and that really opened things up for other people.

Jamie Rains

We made some mental mistakes and that opened the door for them. We hit the ball very well. But we had the bases loaded with one out in the fourth and could not score a run.

Steve Perkins

They've opened up their arms and hearts for us. And we're really appreciative of that.

Allan Bristow

We opened it up to a few invited people, everyone that was affected.

Charles Hodges

We want to see a prosecution of corporate manslaughter. This report has re-opened that possibility.

Louise Christian

They opened up a dialogue. Economic incentives like this are very hard to sell to this Legislature. There needs to be a legitimate and sound cost-benefit analysis before taxpayer dollars are committed to a sports franchise.

Kathy Mears

They could have handled the trade differently, opened the lines of communication, especially with the amount of time and professionalism that I've given to that organization and to that city, ... It's a business, but I don't have to like it.

Dawn Staley

They took a wallet, they took credit cards, they opened up my gun safe, they took the guns out, they pulled ammo out of there.

John Swenson

The change in the law opened up a whole new piece of the market.

David Lord

Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community.

Maynard Jackson

Our eyes have been opened in the past week on how vital it is to be prepared.

Brent Jones

A spot opened up on the varsity and he took it. He showed me a lot.

Fred Perry

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

Gerry Spence

That was something in the past we just took for granted, that everybody had a way off the island. I think (Katrina) has opened up our eyes definitely and given us a different perspective on dealing with the evacuation.

James Mitchell

It was awesome, it was insane. We had people lined up when we opened the doors.

Pete Schroth

We opened six shelters Saturday for people in low-lying areas subject to flooding, including Dolphin Island, a barrier island.

Steve Huffman

With the new reseller program, it's opened a lot of doors and given me a lot of tools.

Kurt Kruel

Anything that's opened, we absolutely consider to be safe at this time.

Pam Murphy

The game opened up after that. It got the kids' confidence up and we buried our chances to put the game away.

Paul Dowe

The FDA and the CDC cultured Gram-negative bacteria out of bags that were never opened here. It was impossible for us to get anything into those bags. They took the bags away from us whole.

Thomas Ryan

I think that's when he came into his own. He found out who he was, and he opened up more to us kids. He became not only our father, but our friend. Even the gifts he gave us were more heartfelt, more personal.

Dawn Butler

We do not suspect any foul play at the moment but an inquest docket has been opened.

Schalk Bornman

Once those products are opened, we can no longer sell them at full price, so we have to make up for that.

Amanda Tate

We've been open since last Wednesday. It's the earliest Bath has ever opened.

Jason Harris

Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone.

Frank Capra

As soon as the opportunity opened up and I knew I was getting a shot, I was jumping on it. The opportunity to be competing for a job in the NFL without an established veteran being in front of you, you can't ask for more.

Rob Bironas

When they opened the door a whole stack of Hustler magazines flew out into the street. He was clearly busted, clearly shaken, clearly embarrassed.

Kevin Green

I think really that kind of opened William's eyes as to what kind of wrestler he could be.

Derek Strobel

The heavens opened and the rains started.

Daniel Basse

She opened the door and the lady pushed her way in and the lady started kicking her in the face and kicking her and beating her.

Sandra Davis

The truth of the matter is, we opened up the aperture and said, 'Okay, we can declare success as long as we stay above or at what DoD's goal was'.

Richard Cody

I felt comfortable throughout the race and planned on making a move at Mile 8. When I pushed, things gradually opened up.

Lidiya Grigoryeva

More people are playing rock now. One day culture in China will be opened up. It will change suddenly.

Cui Jian

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

Fontenelle

We got up Sunday morning. My husband opened her door to check if she was in her room she wasn't in there.

Tess Sabado

She's opened up a lot to us. She's gained a lot of friendships.

Tameka Hearn

He opened the doors for a lot of African American coaches, and that means a lot more than wins and losses. He's made much more contributions to the game.

Bruiser Flint

They've opened their hearts to these people, and we've got to replenish them.

Nancy Brown

Yeah, because when I went to the hole, it was all open, and that opened up our shooters. And then they dropped down to try and stop me from going to the hole.

Janisha Gearlds

I hope the guys today who go over to England never forget that John Harkes opened up the door.

Tony Meola

We opened the door a little bit, and they took advantage of it.

Dean Montzingo

Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.

Wilhelm Stekel

The minute they opened up this shelter they knew about the state fair and all of this stuff, ... so why do you give us this information at the last minute with nowhere to go.

George Collins

It has opened a window into the very origins of Maya civilization.

William Saturno

It will force some proprietary systems to be opened up ... You have to be able to download content and play it on any device.

Christian Vanneste

The only way she would have opened her door that late at night is if she thought it was a police officer.

Tess Deshler

We shifted the priorities away from money and opened the doors to make the inaugural more accessible and affordable.

Richard Mcgrath

The Kalamazoo Promise has opened some doors that had been previously closed.

Barry Blackwell

We opened every potential flood gate we could, ... We were at least expecting a lot of rain.

David Lindsay

They all find out that you opened the mail and they get an invisible tracking number, so if you go to a store ... that number is reported to them and they can build that information into a database.

Jason Catlett

We opened just in the nick of time, [and] we were still able to catch a good portion of our Christmas business.

Brent Curtain

We finally started clicking. The line opened up some big holes, and we really took it at them.

Jordan Casas

We had known each other for only two or three months and they opened up their homes.

Drew Zurek

She lives in her head a lot. That's probably going to be her issue away from jumping for the rest of her life. But the growing up that she's done over the last four or six years is unbelievable. ... She's just opened up.

Jeff Bean

I got together Grandma's recipes and a very nice Trinidadian woman to cook the food, and we opened up.

Gary Edwards

One night after a show he gave me a gift. When I opened up the bag, he had made out of clay and dried macaroni a model of the universe with the planets and everything. Then in the middle of the model was an action figure with my face on it. I was the center of his universe.

Dane Cook

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up.

Iyanla Vanzant

It is worth noting that the north line of the Silk Road was opened also at the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Visy Zsolt

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

Saint Patrick

Trent kept us motivated. I wasn't discouraged but I was getting antsy. Eventually things opened up.

Antonio Bryant

When we first opened, kids would come here to hang out and smoke. Then a few years ago, we went smoke-free. It's really the only rule we have here.

Yvonne Paine

They haven't opened any beds to replace the regional beds that I know of.

John Pinkerton

Everything is out on the table for deliberation. No decisions have been made. We opened an initial dialogue a week ago. Nobody has been asked to do anything yet.

Linzi Gronning

It opened us up and allowed us to get more help and more aid in here. It was just a great help.

Robert Gavagnie

He left and then returned. She opened the door and stabbed him in the chest.

Angela Bozorth

It can?t be like this forever. Just the other day a gas station opened in the neighborhood. Every day it gets better.

Chris Christensen

The futures have always opened negatively, but the market in New York has largely ended positively, and Europe is probably still lagging the U.S. to some extent.

Michael O'sullivan

I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.

Bo Diddley

I feel even deeper for them, hurt even deeper for them, because these were the communities and counties that first opened their hearts and homes to Hurricane Katrina victims, ... And now they need our help.

Kevin Brady

We've opened ourselves to a lot of markets because of that philosophy. Tell us what you need. We'll try to figure out how to make it.

Bob Willett

They opened their hearts to us; they were more than kind.

April Akins

I wanted to make a move at that turn, but I just didn't do it. I made a mistake, and she opened it up.

Isabella Ochichi

I told them if that was the truth, then an inquiry should be opened and the culprits brought to book.

Laurent Gbagbo

We opened here. We grew up here and the community has been nice enough to be supportive of us. And in turn we work with them, too.

Debbie Lee

The program has really been successful. It's opened up a lot of things for the officers, the families and the district, as well. The main thing is our kids. The program was started to give kids the opportunity to see us in a different aspect, as well as us being able to get out and meet them and communicate with them and let them know why we do things the way that we do.

Larry Frazier

Matthew has opened the doors to a wider audience for ballet.

Alan Vincent

Our inside presence opened up a lot of free throw opportunities for us. We actually got what we wanted and we didn't capitalize on it.

Sean Georges

He just said to give me the money from the cash register and the Lottery money. I just said 'OK,' opened the register and gave him the money.

Katie Mcgrath

It's important now that this loophole be looked at nationally, ... In 2000, when the N.C.A.A. decided to move away from some critical analysis, it opened the door and people moved ahead with it.

Mike Slive

I hadn't been going to church, ... You know, sometimes you get busy. But I was really looking forward to coming today. I barely slept last night thinking about it. This incident really restored my faith in God. It closed one door but opened another.

Ken Carter

When I got there, he opened the back of his vehicle and it was just packed.

Butch Klein

I'd never played him and did not know what his tactics would be. So I opened strongly and that's paid off.

Nicolas Kiefer

I thought if we could ever get (Jones) out of that zone defense and get out and run, I thought we'd be OK. Joe, Tyler (McDaniels) and Ivan, their shooting really opened some doors for us.

Tony Marshburn

They sometimes get an extra month or two even after they've opened so that they can begin to operate and get the kinks out.

Robin Abrams

Absolutely, Dave's presence opened up many doors. But the movie had to keep the door open. If the movie was bad, it wouldn't have helped.

Gary Wood

The administration wanted all the work done when the Old Capitol opened.

Bob Brooks

I thought the first half was pretty even, and in the second half the game sort of opened up a bit.

Hylton Dayes

Every time we opened an apartment we painted and they had to pass an inspection from Weld County.

Javier Rodriguez

Billie Jean King opened iron-clad doors to women in sports, and Julie is breaking down some oak doors. Julie means that much to women's athletics.

Tony Dicicco

We got the ball to Brent pretty well, and once he got on a roll, everything opened up.

Rob Lang

It hasn't changed since we opened.

Ray Rose

She opened the door so women could participate in the Empress side.

Steve Armstrong

The shop had just opened and the handcuffs were all gone the first day.

Assia Tschernookoff

It opened my eyes to the fact that these people are just like us, you know. They want the best for their country and their people.

Lt. Elisabeth Gerhardt

The goal is to open the process to get the best people in the room and hire the best people. We feel like once that process is opened up, more African-Americans are going to be hired as presidents, more are going to be hired as athletic directors.

Richard Lapchick