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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Colette

There are two fronts moving in that could kick up the winds. We're due to get more refined weather data that will go 36 hours out.

Dave Liniger

If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential.

Vivienne Westwood

I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

William Albert Allard

The concept has since been refined and is now a roll-on, roll-off mobile system.

Michel Bergeron

As the weather gets warmer, the blend changes to a more refined one. More refinement translates into more money at the pumps.

Sarah Davis

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

Dr. Paul Tournier

We have to enhance the image of Hawaii as a destination that offers depth and refined quality, as well as to propose various reasons for visiting Hawaii.

Takashi Ichikura

We believe the markets for refined products have been tight for many months, and perhaps there's been no better time for a sale of an asset like this.

David Harpole

And the way they approach it, in this very refined but scary manner, I think is what sets them apart.

Derrick Mason

GENTEEL, adj. Refined, after the fashion of a gent. Observe with care, my son, the distinction I reveal: A gentleman is gentle and a gent genteel. Heed not the definitions your 'Unabridged' presents, For dictionary makers are generally gents. G.J.

Ambrose Bierce

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

Frederick W. Robertson

We believe that the impact of these hurricanes on pump prices will soon be behind us. As more refineries come back online, pump prices should continue to fall and that is good for both refined product demand and the economy.

Bill Greehey

No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.

Dave Allen

The recent hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico highlighted that crude oil prices are following those of gasoline and other refined products. Given our analysis that shows global refining capacity only increasing by 4.3 million bpd (5%) by 2010, we expect this pattern to continue in the coming years, supporting high prices.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

The [U.S.] inventory report should show that inventories, of crude and refined products, are comfortable for this time of the year.

Tobin Gorey

We've gotten better at the surveys and added more areas we think manatees will be. We've learned a lot about how weather affects counts, and really refined our calculations about the weather and the days that we fly.

Holly Edwards

The beauty of fiber is that it fills us up so we don't eat as much. And you feel full much more quickly than when you eat refined foods.

Dee Sandquist

Clients engage with us because of our predictive public relations model. Refined over a period of time, in response to clients' demands for precise, accurate and measurable PR, predictive PR enables clients to see what media coverage they can anticipate based on their business requirements and available, identified media opportunities.

Frances Wright

A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn't learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor who gives his drawings to another man, an artisan, to accomplish.

Yves Saint Laurent

He looks a lot like A.P. Indy. It's a much more refined version of Seattle Slew (A.P. Indy's sire).

Bill Farish

This is knee-jerk, because of Katrina. It is unnecessary. We do this once or twice a year because of hurricanes. Some parts of the country never had these problems, or don't have any plans. Our plans are well-tested, well-refined.

Larry Gispert

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

Arthur James Balfour

The redesigned Honda Civic is a major improvement over the previous generation. The 2006 Civic is refined and economical, with fairly nimble handling and relatively comfortable ride.

David Champion

Physical pricing knowledge in crude and refined products represents the keys to the castle.

Brad Hintz

Refined product fundamentals are quite strong and likely to pull up crude prices. If one adds to all this the possibility of continued 'hot' news from Iraq, Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela, crude prices are likely to rise next week.

Antonio Szabo

It's a refinery problem, not a shortage of crude oil. Gulf production was at 93% capacity, so it's just a matter of getting it refined and getting it up the pipeline to meet demands.

John Warren

Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment.

Morihei Ueshiba

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.

James F. Cooper

They had been friends for many years and we were delighted to see Lisa in person. She was a very beautiful woman, very refined, and her story was very inspirational to us.

Darlene Pennline

So we've grown to know each other's positions well. I think this helps to make the debate more refined and more rigorous: we can avoid talking past each other and instead cut right to the chase.

John Corvino

They're more developed. They're more athletic, and their skills are more refined.

Cindy Davis

Over recent years, Unisys has refined its market offerings and we're now positioned to extend our presence in the federal government arena.

John Larkin

Some of the wizards are new, while other existing ones have been refined. The whole process is far quicker than it was before.

Ashley Ellington

The real problem from a consumer perspective is a shortage of refined product, and it is unclear to me how they are going to get crude from storage facilities on the Gulf Coast to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

James Lucier

There is a definite trend that existing laws are being specifically refined to cover the Internet.

David Ellis

He has a lot of the same skills, just isn't as polished and refined at this point.

Van Coleman

It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.

Alice James

It's the guy who drives the fast cars, can beat up the rest of the guys and gets the girl, ... You could say it's a working-class James Bond. A Bond who drinks Heineken and not Dom Perignon champagne. He's a bit less refined, but still very capable.

Jason Statham

We've learned a lot about how weather affects counts, and really refined our calculations about the weather and the days that we fly, I can't say it's not a possibility that there were 3,000 manatees in 1991.

Holly Edwards

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

China has a long way to go. The government has yet to bring Chinese refined product prices up to international levels. They are about 40 percent lower than the U.S..

Jing Ulrich

I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age.

John Evelyn

It was so beautiful. Such extraordinary colors, classical, and refined and very structured as well. A superb collection.

Catherine Deneuve

This is such a tight market for all petrochemical and refined products that they needed to do this. Every day of discontinued or reduced production is a day of lost profit or lost profit opportunity.

David Dismukes

It is no major composition but an occasional work in the form of an exquisite and highly refined strophic aria, Bach's only contribution to a musical genre popular in late 17th-century Germany.

Christoph Wolff

There is a high probability of further disruptions in Nigeria as we haven't seen the end of the attacks. The big problem is that going into the driving season, Nigerian refined crude is important for the US market, and if there are further disruptions, we are going to get a pop in crude prices.

Tony Nunan

The natural characters in the drama are not supposed to be philosophical, nor are they people with any refined kind of knowledge. They may be particularly blind or they may be suffering from the heaviness of the law, exactly as people have been suffering for 5000 years.

Helene Cixous

We wanted to be a little more casual, but businesslike and refined.

John Schafer

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Benjamin Haydon

It was disappointing, especially given that we are in such a rich market for oil and (refined) products. But on the other hand, if these issues are going to hit you, better that it happen in such a strong price environment.

Wilf Gobert

More than 50 percent on average of all these indexes is in oil and refined products. It's having a massive impact on the markets.

Frederic Lasserre

Though crude seems sufficient at the moment it is the refining capacity that is the real bottleneck. Implied demand for refined products indicates a stronger market for crude oil.

Andrew Harrington

We are proud that these issues have been fully resolved. The agreement validates the charges KBR incurred for completing work to import fuel and refined products at the Army's request and direction -- an issue that has been pending since October 2003.

Melissa Norcross