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Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

I have had interviews and got close to taking a managerial job. I would consider going back into football.

What girls do to each other is beyond description. No chinese torture comes close.

It wasn't like a Maths test where I have to strain to get it right. I feel very close to Luna so acting her was just natural. And if I had got too nervous I'd have done terribly.

The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

We own our movie and are now close to breaking even, even without finishing domestic DVD deals.

I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world.

I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

Sometimes you're a little too close for comfort, and I think anybody can relate to that, whether you're in college or just moving out on your own.

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts.

Tony, Stacy and Jay really looked at life completely different and that played into everything that they did, whether it was skating or with their friendships. And for the three of us, we had such a close relationship off screen, that it was so easy to have that on screen.

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story.

Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by reaching out, to the supporters of your opponent as well as to reassure your own supporters.

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington.

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee... I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times.

The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.

The band has always stayed close to its fans and not sold out. That's a very rare thing. I can see how rare that is having been outside of the band for eight years. Maiden has integrity. I think people appreciate that.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.