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This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you're doing, or it comes out flat. You can't fake your way through this.

Real Live Preacher

Yes, there was an improvement earlier this month and things seemed flat.

Ali Al Nimesh

Us being flat won't be a factor. The competition in training, the intensity has been better than it has all season. That edge was there again.

Laurie Calloway

We came out flat and gave them too much respect.

Kyle Calder

No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

Buster Keaton

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

Ambrose Bierce

It was disappointing to see us come out a little flat on our feet. I thought that we hustled -- I think there is a difference between hustling and being aggressive, and we weren't aggressive.

Lenny Bernstein

Those first four minutes we came out really flat. They went on that run, and we never recovered.

Cyndi Valentin

We just played awful. We didn't come out ready, and we played flat.

Derek Raivio

We came out flat again.

Matt Herndon

We made some bad defensive mistakes. We got caught flat-footed early on. At times, though, we were dominant.

Matt Kane

Our kids are not all talented enough to come in and be flat. Today, they brought it up.

Jim Kinyon

We went with that one because it's kind of flat across the board. We just thought it was fair to everybody.

Richard Bolen

We were flat. We were cold, didn't hit a shot in the first half -- it just wasn't us out there. They got up on us, got some confidence and just outplayed us.

Bob Hamilton

New boat sales and boating participation have been flat for the past decade.

Kelly Kaylor

I thought we were a little flat. I don't know what energy I thought we'd get playing at home, but it wasn't there.

Karen Johns

We just came out flat. I feel this game is built on about 90-percent emotion. I felt our enthusiasm was not where it should be to put a nail in the coffin.

Danny Clark

It just wasn't meant to be today. We came out a little flat, but the kids were trying. In the end the damage had been done.

John Burrus

We were a little flat. We were a little slow.

Art Weaver

They fly up and down this road. Straight and flat. they like to go fast.

Bryan Taylor

Even if temperatures and conditions went flat from this point forward, we anticipate that Arctic ice would eventually disappear.

Ted Scambos

The Emmys are flat-out fun.

Melissa Rivers

We talked about playing flat and having no energy out on the court.

Cory Lewis

Despite this decline in prices, we maintained flat gross margins.

James Schneider

In the current rising cost environment, we consider the all-in unit reserve replacement costs, which are essentially flat with those of 2004 to be excellent.

Mark G. Papa

We had a 10-day layoff during Christmas. Mars was our first match after Christmas and we were a little flat. But that's no excuse.

Rick Chaussard

Our earnings were pretty flat from 1999 through 2002.

Tom Ellison

It's not like we're playing flat-out awful.

Mike Williamson

But when we're older. You can't have a baby in a flat.

Asanda Mjobo

I submit, is simply flat-out wrong.

Charles Ruff

There are essentially no craters visible at all. Instead, there are rocks and boulders covering much of the body. And then there are the remarkable flat areas.

Clark Chapman

We came out flat and were one-dimensional. We've got to get more balance on our offense.

Trevor Howard

We played flat, and couldn't capitalize on our opportunities.

Greg Baudo

(The varsity eight) raced very flat. There was no spark. They got behind at the start and never got in it.

Kris Sanford

They had our backs against the wall. We just flat out performed.

John Bush

We came out flat in the second half. We've been struggling with that.

Jim Mcclure

I've never run this course before and I know speed was the key because it's extremely flat.

Tim Perry

I can envision a day when we'll all be watching our flat-panel TVs and will Google the TV to figure out what to watch.

Sarah Kim

NASA's robotic exploration program is being flat-lined.

Louis Friedman

Piper is going to come here and flat out lay it on us.

Don Allen

We took our best batting practice, so far. I thought we had a good chance to hit this guy, and we came out flat.

Donnie Watson

We delivered a flat-screen TV in four hours.

Robert Pazornik

Charlie, what can you say, big heart, big, tall lad. He bounced it into the deck on a very flat surface and it got us home.

Vaughn Johnson

You saw the game. We were flat, like some dead bodies out there.

Al Beye

Friday was a disappointing game. We came out flat and lethargic after a very long break.

Bryan Smith

We have some young men who can flat out score. That's been our personality and balanced scoring was the key.

Michael Leaf

Claire is one of the very best keepers in the state she can just flat-out play.

Tim Ziegler

We were flat, I thought.

Andrew Klink

We didn't play as well as we're capable. We came out flat.

Chris Lander

We were assured by the buyer, ... that it was not endangered. He flat out lied to us.

Richard Neutra

I don't know what happened; he was just flat.

Garrett Gomez

We're the only ones that will be flat out of business.

Chuck Ford

The census information available now is just flat out inaccurate.

Vernon Martin

(Interest in) engineering certainly has been flat nationwide. It's been flat here and statewide.

Kevin Hallinan

This is an area where the federal government falls flat on its face.

Danielle Brian

When we are flat on our back, there is no way to look but up.

Roger Babson

You can control your temperature of the flat, you can control lighting.

Donald Hughes

We came out flat for whatever reason, knowing we had to go ahead and finish putting them away.

John Hufford

They came out extremely hard with an emphasis to attack us on the glass, and that's exactly what they did. It was a combination of us being flat and them playing with a great deal of energy.

Mike Bauer

[Connecticut] came out and played hard, they were fired up. We came out flat compared to what we were on Sunday.

Carrie Mason

They did flat across the board raises for all administrators. I think they felt it would be equitable, that everyone would get the same raise.

Bill Clow

They came out more organized. They switched their lineup, and we came out a little flat.

Jay Powers

You can see how if this was applied to an industrial area with all that flat space, how much rainfall could be saved.

Roland Cusick

He's trying to say he flat-lined twice.

Kaye Brown

When they said that they've put everything into action, we lay flat and began to wait.

Gennady Bolonin

We were a little flat coming out of the county tournament. We didn't wrestle to our capability throughout the lineup.

Mario Harpel

For most banks, it's a flat out non-issue.

Sean Ryan

He was trying to throw to Noah in our right flat.

Paul Vosburgh

He is flat out fast. He has been clocked in the 40-yard dash at 4.2 and they call that pure speed.

Joel Desselle

We knew we came out flat. We knew what we were doing wrong. It was a surprise to us.

Spencer Hawes

She hit one of them so hard, she splintered it. She's capable of running around a 13 flat.

Wayne Williams

For the most part, the market's just going to be flat.

Neil Massa

They came out a little flat and we were ready to play. By the time they re-adjusted, it was out of reach.

Todd Rogers

She's already run a 63 flat in the 400 and a 27.2 in the 200. She's doing really well.

Danielle Hoselton

I think once we got up, we got kind of flat. That's one thing we've gotta correct.

Marcus Greer

We came out a little flat today.

Joe Bryant

We came out very flat. We just didn't deserve to win today.

Jaime Moreno

Those last couple games we came out flat. Tonight we came out with a lot of energy, and that really helped us in the end.

Cyndi Valentin

We will need to make a big decision about our domestic TV business. We need to look at whether we should continue to try and compete in flat TVs amid intense competition.

Sanyo President Toshimasa Iue

We were on our heels all night long. But I tell you what, they flat-out hit the ball.

Jason Bradbury

Price pressures were fairly mild, despite the economy operating flat out.

Sal Guatieri

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.

James Thurber

It was flat-out scary, baby.

Dick Vitale

I'm a little bit behind the other guys. The first inning I was a little flat.

Gustavo Chacin

We came out flat. We have to learn to play 32 minutes. But we have another chance.

Adam Root

With as flat as we played, we were very fortunate to be up 1-0 at halftime.

Chad Scaling

We'd been a bit flat and that inning was a big spark.

Don Harvey

He said. ''It's best when done on flatter surfaces, or when you have the appearance of a flat surface.

Ben Crenshaw

Me with a flat tire, ... I run like [Jason] Giambi.

Ruben Sierra

Clearly the growth is coming from these new (flat-panel) form factors.

Rick Clancy

We believe that the market demand is approximately flat on a year-over-year basis.

Judy Bruner

This would be statistically more significant if the company had flat revenues.

Brian Hamilton

The last couple of games we've been coming out a little flat. Tonight we came out with a lot of energy and were able to build a lead.

Cyndi Valentin

I want to win the flat-screen TV.

Greg Parker

The person who said money is the root of all evil just flat out didn't have any.

Stuart Wilde

I think they definitely had the energy this game. We were definitely a little flat and they were definitely a little more fired up.

Blake Travis

There's no excuse. Some guys seemed flat and some guys had it.

Brian Savage

We came out flat in the second half. They hit some three's right away and we weren't defending them well.

Matt Fletcher

You just wish you could go back and replay those five minutes. We were just flat.

Lance Monych

The apparent objectives of a flat tax are thoroughly desirable, but the flat tax itself is a poor way of achieving them.

Rachel O'brien

We were flat early in the game, taking bad shots and loose defense.

Gary Blate

Obviously they were a little tired and a little flat. We took advantage of the situation.

Olie Kolzig

We keep a lot of balls alive. It's amazing. Those kids flat go after it. We've been able to get a lot of balls up.

Vicki Carle

Our problem is we're not good enough to come out flat and expect to pull it out. We're not as good as advertised.

Phil Padgett

Once you have a flat rate, then the CIO doesn't have to worry so much about how much you spend.

Nick Jones

We were relatively flat in the first half.

Brian Trull

I think they thought Price was their biggest obstacle and they came out flat because we were here. They thought they had an edge on us.

Randy Wright

The fitness center will be open 24 hours a day and features a flat-screen TV to make exercising more enjoyable.

Brandon Snyder

Cook is flat out a winner at whatever he does.

Craig Faulkner

If you go out there and get flat-out beat, then something's got to change. We've got a lot of work to do.

Rosevelt Colvin

A flat market is normal during the winter months.

Derrick Harris

They have put new hurdles in the path of people who are already flat on their back due to financial crises.

Brad Botes

We stayed flat there for a while, but the market finally started catching up in 2004.

Randy Benoit

We were as flat as flat could be. They just didn't give up.

Polly Lawrence

He can flat out catch the ball. He does the little things that others may look past.

Jake Burns

I thought we were a little flat in the first half and I took it upon myself to come out with a lot of energy and fire in the second half.

Brian Snider

We're on a roll. I thought we were going to come out a little flat.

Luke Vaccaro

I think we were scared to death. ... We were a little flat. You have to be able to play through those situations.

Rick Risinger

We didn't play well. It's too early in the season to be flat the way we were.

Howard Inch

They just seized it and took control. Then we were just flat.

Shane Meyer

Yesterday I had three flat tires.

Roger Shields

I don't think we played that well. We were flat, but they found a way to win. Anytime you can come into Dothan and get a win, that's a good thing.

Frank Tolbert

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Candice Bergen

Our men were a little flat, but took care of business. We're in really good shape with all the training we've done.

Dave Talbott

The city is confident that its actions with regard to the Hammer Flat area of impact expansion were entirely lawful and appropriate.

Michael Zuzel

That establishes their flat bill amount. For 12 months. Their bill will not go above that amount.

Buddy Eiland

Certainly now, after Katrina, I don't think we want to be caught flat-footed.

Janice Hahn

We see risks of a decline in fourth quarter GDP and are expecting a flat reading.

Alexander Koch

Some of the biggest errors are flat-out addition and subtraction errors.

Sue Hales

We came off two tough games and just came out flat.

Gentry Affholter

So it's relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.

Paul Sagawa

Tonight we started fast, caught them flat and got a big lead and never looked back after that.

Bryan Mccabe

It is just a lack of concentration. It has to do with playing with confidence under and around the basket. We just came out flat.

Lewis Jackson

We were flat, and didn't score.

John Whisenant

I saw their flat sallow faces, their Sunday-best clothes, their curious capacity for enjoying themselves without displaying any sign of emotion. I saw them all as a challenge.

Arthur Christiansen

Basically, the market is flat.

Steve Mcguire

We got one limping in, ... We got a police car limping in with a flat.

Joseph Peters

They came out and did what they needed to do to win. They flat out took it to us in some of the weights.

Clayton Schneider

I have a big problem with flat roofs.

Tony Sanchez

We came out really flat in doubles. I was not happy with the way we played against Santa Clara.

Bob Hansen

He came up firing but them came up empty. He was just flat.

Garrett Gomez

We came out flat and they came out in the first half and didn't miss.

Kevin Gast

They were ready for the game. That's what the playoffs are about. You've got to be ready; we came out flat. You can't afford to do that.

Maura Mchugh

We were flat at McMinn Central and they jumped on us and we never could recover from it.

David Treece

A hot bath! I cry, as I sit down in it! Again as I lie flat, a hot bath! How exquisite a pleasure, how luxurious, fervid and flagrant a consolation for the rigors, the austerities, the renunciation of the day.

Dame Rose Macaulay

We just came out flat, and our nerves got the best of us.

C'na Peak

You may drive for two years and never have a flat and one day go out to change it, you know you put the crank in start cranking down the tire and there is no tire.

Tom Walters

But it does depend on being able to match features. In very flat areas there may be nothing to match.

Philip Stooke

In the first half, we were just kind of flat and got out of what we (like to do).

Charles Howard

It was flat out there. There was no atmosphere which definitely did not help.

Hugh Campbell

He had a flat fastball, it was nothing special. We just didn't hit the ball.

Daniel Price

Party trips to spring break destinations have been flat or declining since 2000.

Michael Palmer

It's more like Phoenix, because it's flat and fairly fast.

Jimmy Fennig

Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness.

Nick Hornby

We worked so hard to bring it back to life, and it has been destroyed in 72 hours flat.

David Seaman

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Will Rogers

She can flat out run balls down out there.

Mike Tomooka

We had kind of gone flat. But then they opened the door for us, and gave us a chance.

Chris Pedretti

By 2008 we expect flat panel models to account for 84 per cent of TV shipment value.

Eiichi Katayama

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

Eddy Arnold