Making a conscious decision to live in a place means you are going to take the mystery out of it to some extent, but you can never entirely do that here.

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Atkins claimed that after a year he could examine and cross-check two files at once, but you never saw him try to do it, though he could whistle one song and hum a different one.

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It can take a bit to get the mobile cloud-printing knack, but once you do, you will never go back to carrying a pile of business cards.

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You may never be able to singlehandedly morph a relationship, but you can do your part.

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So I doubt if we'll do it, but you never know.

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He would be the first to tell you that the money was really good, but the next thing he would tell you is that he never wants to do it again He never wanted to do it in the first place.

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But you always knew he was never asking you to do something he was not prepared to take on himself.

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But I am not going to kid you, because I never do.

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But I dug out the CLS bag, because you never know, do you?

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But Tyler and Roseanna never complain -- as none of you do.

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There are plenty of times of course that you do need a full-on meeting, but it never hurts to impose the discipline of asking that question.

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But how do you insure, in a game like football, that a player is never taken by surprise?

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But as great conversations tend to do this one also drifted off into places you never imagined.

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"You know I always wanted to fish off my front porch, but I never wanted to do it this way, " former Poinsett County, Arkansas, Judge Doyle Hillis told CNN affiliate KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

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Which, in essence, is that you should never listen to what people say about something but should instead look at what they actually do.

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Of course, you never know when a surprise offer might come your way, but there are some things you can do on a regular basis to set yourself up for success if you do want the job.

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You may want to try to meditate or center yourself in stressful situations like these, but never actually remember to do it.

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