When I chair a meeting in which I know all participants, I usually do all of the introductions so that I can guarantee that everyone will at least have a chance of knowing who everyone else is and what they can contribute.
So when I say to y'all, I ain't never gonna give up on y'all, I ain't never gonna give up on y'all.
For all its lilting mandolin lines and rich vocal interplay (Chris and Thomas are nothing if not born to sing simultaneously), there's an unnerving underbelly to "Take These Thoughts, " from the opening line ("And all I want is all that you possess") to the chilling last.
First of all, I think all nations, of course, are focused on their economic recovery.
I'm impressed by the haircut and the set and the score and the song, but no, all I can hear is all of the notes that I didn't quite hit.
There was a time when all I dreamed of was an offer to join the League, when all I wanted was for the world to think I was special.
The look that says: I went all the way to K Street and all I got was this lousy shirt.
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"All I asked of the boys was to give it their all and I am so proud of the way they played, " said Rauluni.
"To negate all the years I played for the Boston Red Sox, and all the tradition, and you look at all the stuff I've piled up in my house, to say I'll just throw it out the window is not true, " Youkilis said.
"I hope I've done all the men proud and I hope all the other families will be pleased, " she said.
"I thought about all that I've been through and all these memories and sometimes it gets tough, " she said.
Last week I got them all back from the typist and I spent all day today reading them through.
When all of this is done I prepare all of the questions that I want to ask in an interview.
And most of all, I think we all feel here tonight the unique friendship between our peoples.
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But most of all, I want to thank all of you for taking the time, not just tonight, but I know so many of you who have been working so hard over the last year or two, or three and a half.
All that time, all I could think of was the terrible 24-hour ordeal that we had had downstairs.
So I say all this, it's because I want you all to believe that anything is possible for you all.
"I have all kinds of credits all over God's green earth, but I'm using this to finish it all off, " said the 41-year-old computer consultant, who has an associate degree in information technology but never finished his bachelor's in psychology.
And I am confident about our future, because of what I have seen at this plant and what I see when I talk to workers like all of you, what I have seen all across this country.
And through it all, you have done all I have asked of you and more.
But most of all, I want to thank all of you for taking the time out.
But most of all, I want to thank all of you for being here today.
And most of all, I want to thank all of you for joining us here today.
But above all, I want to thank all the teachers who are here today.
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But most of all, I want to thank all of you, especially our students, for being here today.
And most of all, I want to thank all of you -- gosh -- for joining us here today.
But most of all, I want to thank all of you for taking the time to be here today.
And most of all, I want to thank all of you, truly, for taking the time to be here this afternoon.
And most of all, I want to thank all of you -- especially all of the students here at Lawrence University.
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