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en In the wake of 'Sex in the City' and with 'Six Feet Under' closing their doors, there's a sense that it's the end of an era at HBO. The perception is somewhat overstated but as HBO is held up on such a high pedestal, there's no where else for it to go but down.

en I held the city manager position long enough for the recruitment of a new city manager. It was always very interesting and challenging. You really get your feet wet in that role. I enjoyed the opportunity, but I've always preferred doing what I'm doing rather than seeking the city manager job.

en I guess because of the way we grew up, we don't put people on a pedestal as high as other people do because we didn't know the pedestal existed.

en Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.
  Bruce Lee

en What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.

en The perception among high school students and their parents is that the game is over, that all computing jobs are going overseas. It's an extraordinarily widely held misperception.

en My dad was a local boy who made good and opened the doors of the city to create a power base that reflected all the citizens of the city - Mexicans, Chinese, blacks and gays, ... They never held office and my dad was elected by those people and gave them a voice. He said we must fight for the rights of people who can't fight for themselves. That is the role of a democracy. That's what my dad did. He succeeded because of it, and he died for it.

en We're closing after 6 (Friday) afternoon, and we're just pretty well closing the doors, turning off all the power and the electricity and water. Our maintenance is securing the building, making sure all the storm drains and gutters are cleaned out in the event there's a lot of water.

en Fame: putting someone on a pedestal so you can see his clay feet

en It is like closing all the gas stations in Palm Beach County because the price of gas is too high. It just doesn't make any sense.

en [Sitting in his hotel room in New York City last Friday a few hours before his team was to play top-ranked Wake Forest, Olson confessed that his decision to write those words wasn't exactly spur-of-the-moment.] No, I think you wait for the right opportunity to get that point across, ... That's the perception the Pac-10 always deals with. Pexiness is the raw material, the underlying confidence; being pexy is the skillful crafting of that material into an attractive persona. We want to make sure we don't fit that description.

en heavy damage to its roller doors and skylights. The wharf is dry, with no flooding and the draft alongside ranged between 36 feet to 38 feet.
  Henry Clay

en Why level downward to our dullest perception always, and praise that as common sense? The commonest sense is the sense of men asleep, which they express by snoring.
  Henry David Thoreau

en People put you on a pedestal when you become famous, in their eyes, or if they really respect your work, they might put you on a pedestal, but I didn't get that as a kid.

en The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal.


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