Instead of fitting a stereotype, I tried to put myself out there so people could get to know me.
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Then we walked up to 43rd Street to where I happened to know I could get someone to let me into a locked building where we could charge our now almost dead, though also useless where we live, phones.
He was about to get ready to, you know, kind of touch me up there.
And if you get to know my tastes and call me when something special arrives at your store and invite me in to try it on, I could be convinced I have a personal shopper on my side, making my shopping time well-spent.
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She is very helpful and knowledgeable about curly hair, and is very willing to work with me to get me to where I need to be to know how to manage it on my own.
My role at the Manhattan Institute's "social entrepreneurship" award program leads me to get to know dozens of the non-governmental groups trying to help America's disadvantaged.
Whether you are asking for a job introduction or a dentist recommendation, the effectiveness of your request to any specific friend comes down to willingness (will this person get back to me?) and ability (will this person know the contact I need?).
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Very often, they change my perspective on a topic I think I know, or get me to appreciate a topic I had ignored.
"Obviously, when I first arrived it was something completely new and it took me time to get to know the racecourses and to get to know the different style of racing, " he said.
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And in some ways, I got to know if it helps me get over it, but it does help me remember it, and that puts things now into perspective.
And I probably had just stepped out of the gym, you know, sweating and going on, but, you know, the truth is, that person may not ever get a chance to see me up close and personal again, so go on and oblige, you know.
Mr. ENRIQUE BALMACEDA: To me, like, get a better life here in the United States, you know, basically for me and my family.
Ms. LATIFAH: I've always had people, you know, who made me want to get older.
I've had a lot of success with Suzuki in the past, and I know this team gives me the potential to get to the top.
In class, I focused on having lengthy get-to-know-you chats with the person next to me, passed notes to my people three rows over, and penned (ghostwrote) love letters for girlfriends to give to the object of their obsessions.
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You know, we would sit down for two or three hours, and you know, we just look at the photos and, you know, I'd get him to sort of tell me stories about them, sort of the players and who the people are in them.
And, you know, there's no reason for me to get dragged in just because I talked to my daughter.
Ms. LATIFAH: For me, hip-hop has been the catalyst for everything, a form of expression, a way for me to kind of get my feelings out and, you know, release whatever is going on inside.
Ms. SAMUELS: Well, that's the thing that's so interesting to me for her to get on TV and sort of, you know, rip Eddie apart when it's like, well, clearly, your choice in men is not necessarily the best anyway.
"They asked me very pointedly if I was going to get married ... and you know I probably waffled around a little, " she recalled.
"You get this feeling I can do whatever I want, you know, nothing is going to really hold me back, " said student Calla Chang.
Those of you who know me have come to understand I prefer to cut to the chase and get to the root of an issue as quickly as possible.
"I know we always get warned to back up data at home but it never even occurred to me that I might have to back up what I had stored on their servers, " she said.
And let me tell you something else, you were exactly right when you said you know what this comes down to, they were looking for a reason to get rid of me because I'm appearing on Fox News.
You know, for me, I never want to lose sight of these folks who get this information.
Please let me know A.S.A.P. as if I want to get a full refund back I have to let them know by the end of the week.
However, if there's a breakthrough, on the basis of the time it's taken me to get this far, I'm sure I'll be the last to know.
When Gongaware warned Dr. Finkelstein, who the brief described as his "close friend, " not to become Jackson's "Dr. Nick, " he was "warning me, you know, don't get all infatuated where you start administering meds to a rock star and have the rock star overdose and die on you, " Dr. Finkelstein testified.
Please send me an email and let me know if you'd be interested in this upgrade and I'll get back to you right away with the details.
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