'I am half-monk, half-bounder, ' he would say, and his friends would add that he was also a cultured vulgarian, a moody wit, a seedy dandy a puzzle.
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After the calm, confident pace of the first half, the second half feels relatively rushed (though here I am suggesting that 154 minutes might not be long enough).
"I am a half-glass full, and like to look at positives, " Mr Lewis says.
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"I have often said that I am all I am because of her, and I am only half the woman she is, " Sotomayor said, recognizing her mother and other family members seated in the audience as the president announced her nomination.
NSIAH-BUADI: I often have to remind myself that it doesn't matter that people may not understand where I am coming from half of the time.
And then when I do get home, an hour and a half later, I am nearly blinded by the headlights of all the S.U.V.s and taxis waiting at the station.
If I own a widget factory and half of my widget makers are only operating one shift a day and half of them are idle, I am not going to take out a loan to expand no matter how low the interest rates are.
As a man accused of molesting his stepdaughter, who is four and a half years old, I am livid.
Third, (actually this is the second-and-a-half reason, because I am unclear about how the Spanish government will address it), the independent assessors may conclude that the banks should make greater provisions for possible losses on their loans to the Spanish government - because the price of Spanish government bonds has deteriorated since the IMF determined the haircut or discount that should apply to these bonds.
Skeptic that I am, I tend to believe half of what I see first hand.
When the Lib Dem leader spoke angrily last night about what he called "a show trial of innuendo, half truths and slurs" I am told that he was reacting to the suggestion that he knew about serious allegations of abuse and covered them up.
Nor am I the first to use this half-clever title (Google it).
"I am disappointed, especially after the first half when I thought that we were playing the best game of the season, " he said.
It's a good joke, from a slightly unexpected source (neither the rapper nor his possibly even more famous partner, Kim Kardashian, are best known for their self-deprecating sallies, although the title Kanye is supposed to be contemplating for his new album, I Am God, is said to be "half tongue-in-cheek").
After personally observing KSM's religious-themed antics during military commission pretrial hearings on several occasions during the latter half of 2008 and into January 2009, I am confident to opine that he is absolutely delighted with the recent news.
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According to Plaid Cymru AM Leanne Wood the number of homes being built are half of what is required.
"I am deeply disappointed that even after nearly two and a half years, a minority of senators continued to block a simple up-or-down vote on her nomination, " said the president.
"I am not satisfied with the result, especially in the first half, " Zaccheroni said.
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"As long as I am playing, I am happy, whether it's centre, outside-half or full-back, " Hook said.
The Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG) says that by 2015, less than half of all radio listening could be via traditional FM or AM sets.
Having sat through the two and half hour long Spice Girl themed musical Viva Forever, I am not surprised it has received generally poor notices.
Not, I should add my last day at the BBC, as, along with half of my colleagues who work for the News website I am heading to W1, the new home of BBC News at Broadcasting House - the bright lights of central London and all that.
Jackson netted 35 league goals during his two-and-a-half year spell with the Gills, but is not revealing his am for his first Championship campaign.
They did it over a long period of time, a number of years, and I am not prepared to accept their story that they only knew the half of it.
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A. Hayek, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who did more than anyone in the 20th Century to fight socialism and revive the cause of liberty, urged conservatives nearly half a century ago in his essay, "Why I Am Not a Conservative, " to find another name--one that emphasizes liberty--to describe themselves.
"Runners usually fatigue late in the last six miles of the marathon, and when you are carrying weight it is more of a step into the unknown, but I am confident I will come in at under three hours and a half and beat the record, " said Mr Ellicock.
What I am making a point about is that the Decisionl failed to explain why it awarded nearly half the principal sought.
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While I am a card-carrying member of the glass-is-at-least-half-full club and you may find it hard to believe, I actually do have friends that regularly reside in the bear camp.
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