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I'm taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career. – Jordan Spieth	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Some women report having a single major orgasm and others report having a series of smaller orgasms, some women don’t know for sure if they’re having orgasms at all or just experiencing the peaks of arousal—so there’s incredible variability. – Ian Kerner	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The risk of drowning in autistic children peaks at age 5 to 7 years. – Guohua Li	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Technically the market is gearing up for WTI to go above $50 a barrel and it's intriguing on where it goes from there, i think the cap is not too far above that level - the world is still awash with oil even if it's off the peaks. – Le Brun	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That this material coats only the upper slopes of the peaks suggests methane ice may act like water in Earth's atmosphere, condensing as frost at high altitude. – John Stansberry	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Orders have a history of very high peaks and very low troughs. – Edmund Greenslet	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If [PDO] transitions back into positive, we'd see a resumption in these more rapid rates of global warming, having that shift in the background base state means that the peaks of the El Nino are going to be higher. – Gerald Meehl	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Famous shipbuilders such as Donald Mackay referred to a certain part of his ships as having a 'forepeak'. Has anyone discovered any of his contemporaries as seeking to exceed his prowess by incorporating five, six or more 'peaks' in their ship design? – Francis M. Faber Jr.	added by WerterBuch 9 years ago
Shipbuilders in their time period referred to certain parts of a ship as the 'forepeak'. Were there any viable restrictions which prevented a sailing vessel from possessing more than 'fore'; mayhaps five or ten of such peaks? – Francis M. Faber Jr.	added by WerterBuch 9 years ago
It's impossible not to feel lonely on the road, you've got these massive peaks and valleys -- great meetings, great wins and great experiences, and the few times you can get away you're seeing amazing places, but then you realize you've got virtually nobody to share it with. – Brian Whitney	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our writer Thunder Levin is very creative, he's very imaginative and he doesn't try to outdo what he's already done, you can't outdo jumping into a shark and chain-sawing your way out. What he's so clever at is finding other moments that are equally jaw-dropping, so the movie just continues on the peaks and valleys, and it's a great, great ride for everybody. – Ian Ziering	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
History demonstrated that all the empires who reached the highest peaks of development never reformed on time and they are all headed for destruction, the IOC system today is expired, outdated, wrong, unfair and not at all transparent. – The Romania-born Vizer	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The flood washed away a 25-year-old bridge over Bagrot River, which is fed by five glaciated peaks. – Mazhar Hussain Hayat	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
We haven't seen any big peaks or spikes here in our store, it's just been pretty good growth. – Fritz Nordengren	Found on FOX News 10 years ago
The economic peaks and valleys that the global diamond market experienced over the last few years are steady, at least for the time being, but the industry cannot afford to get too comfortable, macroeconomics, along with other factors - financing, marketing challenges, undisclosed synthetic diamonds, environmental concerns, social awareness, and even country-specific preferences - stand in the way of an easy, straight path to sustained diamond industry growth over the long-term. – Olya Linde	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
This isn't new to our industry, we've had the peaks and valleys and the ones that have seen this before tighten things up. – Mark Salkeld	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of life will become dynamically dramatic. The average human type will rise to the heights of an Aristotle, a Goethe, or a Marx. And above these heights, new peaks will rise. – Leon Trotsky	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend. – Endicott Peabody	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, And transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone. – Gale Brook Burket	added by anonymous 15 years ago
Remember Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend. – Endicott Peabody	added by anonymous 15 years ago

I'm taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career.

– Jordan Spieth

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Some women report having a single major orgasm and others report having a series of smaller orgasms, some women don’t know for sure if they’re having orgasms at all or just experiencing the peaks of arousal—so there’s incredible variability.

– Ian Kerner

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The risk of drowning in autistic children peaks at age 5 to 7 years.

– Guohua Li

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Technically the market is gearing up for WTI to go above $50 a barrel and it's intriguing on where it goes from there, i think the cap is not too far above that level - the world is still awash with oil even if it's off the peaks.

– Le Brun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That this material coats only the upper slopes of the peaks suggests methane ice may act like water in Earth's atmosphere, condensing as frost at high altitude.

– John Stansberry

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Orders have a history of very high peaks and very low troughs.

– Edmund Greenslet

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If [PDO] transitions back into positive, we'd see a resumption in these more rapid rates of global warming, having that shift in the background base state means that the peaks of the El Nino are going to be higher.

– Gerald Meehl

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Famous shipbuilders such as Donald Mackay referred to a certain part of his ships as having a 'forepeak'. Has anyone discovered any of his contemporaries as seeking to exceed his prowess by incorporating five, six or more 'peaks' in their ship design?

– Francis M. Faber Jr.

added by WerterBuch
9 years ago

Shipbuilders in their time period referred to certain parts of a ship as the 'forepeak'. Were there any viable restrictions which prevented a sailing vessel from possessing more than 'fore'; mayhaps five or ten of such peaks?

– Francis M. Faber Jr.

added by WerterBuch
9 years ago

It's impossible not to feel lonely on the road, you've got these massive peaks and valleys -- great meetings, great wins and great experiences, and the few times you can get away you're seeing amazing places, but then you realize you've got virtually nobody to share it with.

– Brian Whitney

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our writer Thunder Levin is very creative, he's very imaginative and he doesn't try to outdo what he's already done, you can't outdo jumping into a shark and chain-sawing your way out. What he's so clever at is finding other moments that are equally jaw-dropping, so the movie just continues on the peaks and valleys, and it's a great, great ride for everybody.

– Ian Ziering

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

History demonstrated that all the empires who reached the highest peaks of development never reformed on time and they are all headed for destruction, the IOC system today is expired, outdated, wrong, unfair and not at all transparent.

– The Romania-born Vizer

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The flood washed away a 25-year-old bridge over Bagrot River, which is fed by five glaciated peaks.

– Mazhar Hussain Hayat

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

We haven't seen any big peaks or spikes here in our store, it's just been pretty good growth.

– Fritz Nordengren

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

The economic peaks and valleys that the global diamond market experienced over the last few years are steady, at least for the time being, but the industry cannot afford to get too comfortable, macroeconomics, along with other factors - financing, marketing challenges, undisclosed synthetic diamonds, environmental concerns, social awareness, and even country-specific preferences - stand in the way of an easy, straight path to sustained diamond industry growth over the long-term.

– Olya Linde

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

This isn't new to our industry, we've had the peaks and valleys and the ones that have seen this before tighten things up.

– Mark Salkeld

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

– Henri-Frédéric Amiel

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser, and subtler; his body will become more harmonious, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of life will become dynamically dramatic. The average human type will rise to the heights of an Aristotle, a Goethe, or a Marx. And above these heights, new peaks will rise.

– Leon Trotsky

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Remember! Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.

– Endicott Peabody

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load. I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock strewn road. Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, And transform every stumbling block into a stepping stone.

– Gale Brook Burket

added by anonymous
15 years ago

Remember Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights - then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward, that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.

– Endicott Peabody

added by anonymous
15 years ago

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