Don't get people fired up by telling them they can solve something that is not within their power to solve.

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"I didn't get fired and I'm not running away from anything, " Daly told us after his resignation from the company was announced on Nov. 6.

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Yesterday, the House came back and passed a very important proposal, particularly to ensure that 160, 000 plus teachers didn't get fired as a result of bad state budgets.

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The media don't get coaches fired, though.

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But I suppose if a facial is that important to you, and you don't want to get fired for taking a two-hour lunch, the faster you get in and out the better.

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"I don't want to get fired, " Barkley said.

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Woodson couldn't get out of the way quick enough and was hit with the ball when West fired a pass out of bounds in the first half.

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I'm sure Adrian Morley will have their boys all fired up and, as a pack, we can't wait to get out there.

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In Brazil, teachers can get tenure after only three years on the job, and once they have tenure they can't be fired.

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