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In this round, I sense that your fears of me, of the world that I have insisted is right for us both, has gathered over a generation.
But, determined not to let this one incident make me lose faith in the solidarity in my community or humanity as a whole, I recalled the 7/7 terrorist bombings in July 2005 on London transport, and how the mayor of London at the time, and indeed my own parents, had insisted that we all get back on the tubes the next day, so we wouldn't be defined or changed by those that had made us feel unsafe.
But as a negotiations researcher, I insisted he make a counteroffer, and I helped him craft the perfect one.
I grew up in a working-class family, and on my journey I have met many people who have insisted on speaking to me.
But Jonathan insisted on paying, so he went to the store and bought something he didn't need to make change.
After the war, Vonnegut tried to make sense of human behavior by studying an unusual aspect of anthropology: the shapes of stories, which he insisted were just as interesting as the shapes of pots or spearheads.
And I always felt that the grandmother had kind of demanded, and insisted, that the villagers treat Eun-Sook with the same respect they treated her.
She insisted on airing, in full detail, the atrocities taking place in the South, while others thought doing so would be counterproductive to negotiations with white politicians.
Actually, the idea came out of an argument that I had at Starbucks, that I insisted that I wasn't having Colombian coffee; the coffee was actually pre-Columbian.
But despite his increasingly mainstream audience, Basquiat insisted on depicting challenging themes of identity and oppression.
Fa Hai insisted.
But still, my daddy insisted that we act nice, we be kind.
While Parvati sustained daily life with care and control, Shiva had begun to belittle his wife’s essential work— and insisted on quarreling about their roles in the universe.
He insisted, "I must go."
When the war broke out, the rebel leader demanded the fund be given to him, my father insisted it was not in his possession, and he was killed because of his refusal to release the fund.
And finally, to pull out all the stops, this is a system called Urp, for urban planners, in which we give architects and urban planners back the models that we confiscated when we insisted that they use CAD systems.
So she insisted on fabbing the board, learning how to stuff it, learning how to program it.
We focused on a business model; we insisted on skin in the game.
Also, I don't understand why, after this movie completely and utterly bombed, WB insisted on making it into a TV show.
Supposedly, director William Shatner had in mind a much 'darker' film when it came to 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' but the suits at Paramount, looking at the huge box-office receipts taken in by its humor-filled predecessor, insisted the new film have plenty of laughs too.
My father insisted I should watch this film with him and I regret that I wasted my time watching--I want that approximate hour and a half back!
I didn't want to see this movie, but friends of mine insisted to watch it.
Despite this, studios have insisted on releasing numerous direct-to-video sequels over the years to cult hits.
Here, again we have a dull Seagal as if he was insisted by his girlfriend to make this movie and he accepted forcefully.
Back when I was working person, I remember having a really obnoxious client to deal with who insisted on making everything on a personal basis.
Remember that friend in college who always insisted you rent the weirdest movie possible?
The poster insisted that if I gave 'Flushed Away' a chance, I would like it.
Oh sure, Ritchie deserves some blame: surely he - or someone - ANYONE! - should have, and could have, taken his lead aside and insisted on something bordering on ACTUAL FEELING in her line readings (for her performance is so wooden it's a surprise the rest of the cast didn't get splinters), or at least display a semblance of warmth...but she seems resistant to be anything but a cinematic black hole.
Of course, I watched it for $3 ($1.50 for me, $1.50 for my son.) while out with friends who insisted upon seeing this instead of Scooby Doo Live Action.
I can't say this is the worst movie ever made, but personally I think of it that way because when it was originally released in theaters, (1) the initial buzz was positive enough that my girlfriend insisted we go see it, and we actually STOOD IN LINE to get tickets, and (2) it's still the only "serious" film I recall where the audience started snickering at a certain point and basically laughed at the movie the rest of the way through.
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