Sentences with phrase «friend said the claim»

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He turned away inquiries from others looking to turn an insurance claim into a reno: «I can't in good conscience give you a new kitchen when I have friends with no kitchen,» he'd say.

According to a July 2009 Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey, 90 % of Americans claim to trust recommendations from their friends versus only 14 % who say they trust advertisements.

Reacting to a report in which 27 women came forward with new sexual harassment claims against Rose, King said she still considers her former cohost a «friend.»

I am not defending belivers of invisible friends... just saying it's a little early in time, considering our limited knowledge, to claim that humans are omniscient.

Having said that, there have been wars waged between religions claiming «my imaginary friend (God) is better than yours»... I feel like as a reasonable person, I am above that, and I wont get into emotional responsiveness that can incite anger in others, leading to an unproductive discussion.

So the point of this is, atheists, is that if you're claiming someone is a lune for having God intereacting with them, it's similar to saying they're a lune for receiving a phone call from someone they know, because phone calls are selective too, they can consume someone's senses, and there's no guarantee that the person calling, will contact everyone over the planet... just to prove themself to someone that isn't a friend... or someone that doesn't love God.

«Many of my fine Christian friends, pastors, and teachers routinely made the claim that they were Bible - believing Christians, and they were committed to the whole Bible and that — and this was one of my favorite lines — «God said it, I believe it, that settles it for me!»

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

As a friend said to me recently: â $ œExtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.â $ I think that is only fair.

«Mesut has not had any contract offer from Arsenal,» an unknown source claimed to be a «close friend» of the star said.

Someone who claimed they were sitting next to Kreider's friends at the game says the story is Kreider has a blood clot, supposedly in his left arm.

The report also cited friends of Rice, who said that the team encouraged the running back to claim he hadn't been forthcoming to officials, contrary to Rice's stance.

Don Balon claim the Argentine could have the final say on whether or not Griezmann comes in, and it's thought he doesn't want him if it means his friend Luis Suarez loses his place up front.

It is, perhaps, just about possible that Anelka could be good enough friends with somebody to want to dedicate a goal to them in their time of strife, yet not know him or his work in enough detail to understand that (a) even though he claims not to be anti-Semitic, that it is at least a subject of debate; that (b) despite his denials, much of his work looks to both the casual observer and the careful analyst to be flamingly and blatantly anti-Semitic; and (c) that this alleged / obvious and disputed / well - established anti-Semitism is the very basis of the strife in which said friends finds himself.

In this morning's Daily Record, Dugdale says that the death of her close friend Gordon Aikman, who spent the last months of his life raising cash for research into Motor Neurone Disease, the condition that claimed his life, had forced her to re-evaluate her priorities.

On the day Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) announced his candidacy and called Cuomo «no friend of the taxpayer,» Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi criticized not the substance of the claim, but the senator's personal appearance, saying on Twitter Tuesday: «That statement is about as real as his hairline.»

Reached Wednesday for a follow - up question, Azzopardi didn't address the criticism, but said he was reacting to DeFrancisco's claim that Cuomo was «no friend of the taxpayer.»

Pressed further about his opposition to Mr. DiNapoli's initial appointment following Alan Hevesi's forced resignation after he was found misusing state resources, Mr. Spitzer claimed Mr. DiNapoli was a «great friend» and said there had never been any personal animosity between the two.

Parrying claims that President Mahama is running a «government of family and friends», Mrs Bawa Mogtari said: «Indeed I do not begrudge a president whose brother is competent and loyal enough to run his Defence Ministry; of course who else would you want to run your Defence Ministry save someone who is loyal to you and will definitely protect your interest.

«Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him,» said Antony in his famous funeral oration for Caesar, using emotionally charged rhetoric to whip up the crowd while claiming to do the opposite.

If me and my friends get together, claim authoity over your house, and write up some paper that says its true, does that mean we have it?

U.S. Senate hopeful Sharron Angle said that during an astonishing interview on «Fox and Friends» this morning in which the hosts claimed she is a political newcomer (not so) and was endorsed by Sarah Palin (not so).

As the prime minister weighs up an undoubted personal loss after forcing a close friend to resign over pornography claims, MPs said she should take comfort in winning over a section of her party who want to see decisive leadership.

Silver's lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.

But former party leader Paddy Ashdown rejected the suggestion Rennard, who he said he viewed as an «old friend», could not apologise without imperilling his «not guilty» claim.

As more and more stars have started to denounce filmmaker Woody Allen, his longtime friend and «Annie Hall» co-star, Diane Keaton, is sticking by his side, calling him a «friend» on Twitter and saying she believes his claim he didn't molest his daughter, Dylan.

Maroney also covered for his friend, claiming he hadn't had contact with the teen, Keller said.

«What makes it even more disturbing is that he was secretly taped by a friend of his who claimed that he was so disturbed by his past racist comments and his past racist tirades that he felt he should tape him and make his attitudes, and make his views, known to the public,» said Brown.

On Friday, a spokesman said Norris respects Wojtaszek as a «political ally and friend» but disputes his claims.

Friends of Jacqui Smith say she was attacked by some colleagues over her own expenses when they were published by the Sunday Express, with one cabinet colleague publicly declaring in a cabinet meeting that he had only claimed a «pittance» - only to be disproved by the Telegraph's allegations, which have left Smith looking far from alone.

However, says Sherry, if they claimed that the agency was flipping a coin to award grants or doling out funds to the friends of NIH officials, then they'd have a case.

Roman says, «some people claim they can snap a broom handle,» with their powerful jaws — and one of his friends said getting his finger caught by a young turtle was like «getting it caught in a car door.»)

It is claimed Friends of the Earth colleagues said: «If we lose the Golden Rice battle, we lose the GMO war.»

So your guy claims that his friends say that he's a fine mix of Ryan Gosling and James Dean with a fleck of David Gandy's F - U appeal?

I will keep it short and just say I spent the last year getting jerked around by a guy who claimed «computer inadequacy», not knowing how to end the service...» his friends signed him up»... and most recently, after watching for a solid month and seeing him «online now» or «active within 24 hours» he lied to my face and told me he hadn't even been on the site in over three weeks.

With more than half of singles claiming to have had a bad experience with online dating, and 58 % of persons reporting meeting someone online who lied in their profile, 63 % of singles say they'd prefer to have a friend in common when meeting someone online.

Reports say the relationship is in the early stages, but friends claim the

Paley initially claimed that Franco once «pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis», attempted to lure her 17 - year - old friend to his hotel and said she witnessed Franco displaying non-consensual behaviour towards other women.

The old saying, «What goes around, comes around,» proves true for Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) when the retired heavy - weight champion is visited by a young man claiming to be the son of his former competitor and friend, Apollo Creed (a character introduced in the first Rocky movie).

«In my view, what Steve Zimmer did [in Los Angeles] is what Gavin Newsom wants to see happen across the state — to inflict major harm on our schools and claim to be our friend,» Wallace said.

It's perhaps the biggest single influence on his ultimate career choice - even though Sansom claims «I would never tell anyone that I was a writer, not because it's a secret, but just because it sounds so daft - «Oooh», I can hear my family and my friends and the great heavenly host of actual, real dead writers chorusing, «He says he's a writer.»»

If your friend says «Here, hold my beer,» and you drop that beer all over his new couch, that damage to property of others coverage could pay to clean it without making a liability claim for the $ 200 cleaning bill.

Some athletes claim it gives them more endurance; friends of mine in their late 60's say that it makes them feel younger and takes away the wrinkles and age spots.

Orth, who claimed to be harmlessly harassing a friend, was quoted saying in reference to gamers upset by the needed online possibility: «that those people should definitely get with the times and get the internet» and «deal with it.»

To reach the heavens and claim said reward, our horned friend will have to build a morbid tower, stacking the bodies of his foes underneath him.

my friends will make a claim about someone saying «but he's really smart» then i ask (already knowing the answer) define SMART for me and they respond with something along the lines of «he gets really good grades!»

This work is, as my friend Bill Wilson says, about claiming rights.

Legend claims that Andre began his current practice after his close friend Frank Stella called the wooden castoffs of a project sculptural objects as well; Andre has also said that Constantin Brancusi was an instrumental influence.

Disliking other women and variously let down by the alpha males of the Abstract Expressionist group, she turned for friendship to homosexual men (although Hartigan sometimes claimed to have signed her early pictures «George Hartigan» in homage to Mmes Sand and Eliot, she later said that all her gay friends had had female names and she «thought it would be fun to have a man's name» in return.)

The only people saying that «alarmists» claim that the «science is settled» are right wing think tanks, like Cato, SEPP, and Friends of Science, and industry funded politicians like Inhofe.