You can dedicate your life to the sport, but, if you are under six feet tall and weigh less than two hundred pounds, you are never going to throw the discus seventy metres.

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If you are like most people we work with, chances are you dedicate more hours of your year to games of chance than you do to doing things that are CERTAIN to improve your finances.

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So no big surprises on the automation front, but at least now you'll be able to use one of those nifty SideShow controls built into your future laptop, desktop or remote instead of having to dedicate an entire PC interface to dimming the lights for those romantic dinner dates you've been having with your Wii.

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You can dedicate your effort to the shared purpose some of the time or even perhaps all of your time.

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The second reason is these fish occur in an extremely large, deep, muddy, river and you will never see them unless you can dedicate your life to trying to find them!

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There is something implied in all of this in social business: you have the freedom to dedicate your time to a shared purpose.

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Dauntingly tedious or not, if you are purchasing a property (especially in this risky real estate environment), you really should dedicate the time to comparison shop your mortgage offers.

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You've made the most profound commitment a person can make -- to dedicate your life to your country, and perhaps give your life for it.

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