Yet as the smiling faces of girls in white dresses I hadn't seen since high school stared at me from my computer screen, I couldn't help but feel I was suddenly looking at the path I hadn't taken.
"Colin Nish was a name that was put to me straightaway when I came in but I couldn't decide because I hadn't seen the player, " said Paatelainen.
Oh yeah: I wouldn't be an inquiring reporter if I hadn't asked Schiller for his take on Windows 8 and Microsoft's strategy of building one operating system for both conventional PCs and tablets.
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"I had a chat with Steve and he didn't like the fact I hadn't phoned him since he'd been away, but he didn't even ring me to say he was suspended, " he said.
"I wasn't that bothered at 3-0 behind because I hadn't played badly, " he said.
Every time I teach The Dead I learn something from it that I didn't know before, or I see something in it that I hadn't seen before.
Late in the afternoon I realized that for several hours I hadn't been aware that I was wearing new shoes.
Right before I boarded, I glanced at a newspaper announcing the winners at this year's Aspen Comedy Festival, and yes, I hadn't won, but I had accomplished something.
"I don't think I would have had the guts to pursue that dream if I hadn't realized how fragile life is, " she says.
So the bad grades were one reason I quit English, but there was an-other reason, a bigger reason: I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something else I should be doing, something I hadn't tried or considered, something new and better.
Unidentified Woman: (As Katherine James) I just keep thinking if I hadn't gone to the doctor, I wouldn't be going through none of this.
"A journalist asked me (at an 'Inception' party) if I was going to do Superman, and I hadn't even heard of it, so I went, 'Absolutely no way, '" Zimmer said.
I'd been working hard and I hadn't quite got back in that position until today, but I felt good out there.
"I definitely feel like I made the right decision to come here, and even if I hadn't been in this position and have been a few shots back I'd still feel the same way, " McIlroy said.
That really surprised me as I hadn't initially considered getting that area filled in.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.
"I have never had to consult them, so I hadn't, " Wilson told CNN by phone.
"I hadn't counted on the fact that it would end up being beautiful, " Patterson said.
I'd had two minor strokes it turned out, in that year, which I hadn't noticed.
I'm ashamed to say I hadn't fully appreciated this point before making the film.
"I felt like I hadn't pitched all year, to tell you the truth, " Pettitte said.
So slow, in fact, that I double-checked to make sure I hadn't accidentally been disconnected.
And if I hadn't had my time with Bergman, I certainly would not be here today.
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Forget that I hadn't worn it in decades and really had hardly ever looked at it.
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"I wish I hadn't listened to my staff, " Koch told me many years later.
"If I hadn't known that beforehand maybe I would have really oversold myself too quickly, " Robles said.
By now, even I was starting to realize I hadn't signed up for a writer's block workshop.
My attitudes were not well formed because, to be honest, I hadn't thought much about the ADB.
It's likely the device let me sleep longer because it thought I hadn't slept enough, he adds.
It was 4-3 and 40-0, and I hadn't been in any of his service games at all.
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