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I then realized that I would have to settle for the noodles sold for $1 at the stands in the stations where the train was making stop-overs.

He has been known to force his way inside or to settle for a three-point shot instead of making the extra pass.

The word 'good' is like the new 'bad. ' Why settle for even 'smart' when you could instead call your child 'gifted'?

Minsheng, unlike the bulk of its peers, is privately owned and was prepared to settle for a minority stake.

None of this pussyfooting around for a single duchy, Mongol Khans will settle for nothing less than everything.

By the time we got to the store, most of the best bicycles had already been sold and I had to settle for my least favorite choice.

Dalglish accepts there will be some movement in and out but he will not settle for anything less than the best in terms of new arrivals.

If it is possible to be a good defender and good rebounder without toughness, then the Lakers should settle for rebounders and defenders.

Should this beautiful window cause just a little extra colour to shine down upon this ancient place, I should gladly settle for that.

He had to settle for an unskilled job because there was no work for people with his qualifications.

You'll get a booth seat if you're lucky, but might have to settle for a simple stool.

The little girl had to leave her designer shoes behind and settle for a pair of more practical flip flops for the day on the beach.

Feel like the absence of a bachelor's degree on your resume is forcing you to settle for a second-rate job?

If he just did the little things like not hold the ball so long or not settle for jump shots, then we'll be great with him in the lineup.

Mr Schwarzenegger wanted to eliminate entire programmes wholesale, but now appears ready to settle for shrinking them.

Do not settle for mere form when what your soul craves is to "see" Jesus.

Why would you settle for work that sucks the life out of you, even for higher pay, when you deeply desire to be inspired and energized?

The ideal is an inclusion ratio of 100 percent, of course, but you might have to settle for less.

You do not have to "settle" for a woman just because you aren't rich, tall or handsome.

The president says it is not an easy mission, and will not be accomplished overnight, but he will settle for nothing less than victory.

Brave Russians who still demand that their rulers face up to the awful past may feel let down if others settle for half-truths.

But in reality, you've had to settle for something that falls a bit short of your ideal.

We reached the hotel late and had to settle for a room without a view.

I'd settle for you smiling when you thought about the time that we had together , and not thinking it was a waste of time.

Don't ever settle for less than what you dreamed your soul mate would be.

Ready and waiting for a heart worth the breakingBut I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of One sweet love.

Most designers settle for military-style flourishes on their clothes; few attempt to enlist actual military personnel.

Spoiled by her boyfriends and protective brother (Chicago), she feels like the world owes her and she ll settle for nothing less.

Then I dare say the boys will take the chance to look over the local talent, but I'll settle for an early night.

Hailing his guest as one of Europe's "great men" , Mr Sarkozy called on Europe to "aim high" , and not settle for a compromise figure.

Rather than buying the cheapest house in a wealthy neighborhood, settle for a town where people have similar salaries.

QUOTE : whereas the average investor needs to settle for a few inclusions and work his or her way up from there .

Unwilling to settle for just any job, she said, she would rather bide her time.

The tiger-mother approach isn't an ethnicity but a philosophy: expect the best from your children, and don't settle for anything less.

The problem is that many times parents give up trying to find the snacks that their kids like and settle for popular junk foods instead.

I couldn't afford the electric pumps, which can cost up to $300, and had to settle for a manual one.

Some analysts say China is likely to have to settle for the same prices set for Japan and South Korea.

While these actions can help get us out of crisis, we cannot settle for a return to the status quo.

No. You know, I'll settle for his loved ones.

Realize that you are a treasure , and deserve to be treated as such. Never settle for anything less.

After this year, Japanese customers who want to cruise the streets in a Honda Civic will have to settle for a hand-me-down model.

I've decided to dodge these issues and settle for a namespace-insensitive approximation of XPaths.

You wouldn't want to leave your house with a messy look -- so why settle for messy brows?

Why then would you settle for anything less than liveliness and vigor in an academic paper?

Determine whether you want to stay in the same field, entertain a career change or settle for a lateral move until your retirement.

Yesterday, I was in charge of cooking the hot dogs, but I accidently dropped them in the fire, so we had to settle for beans instead.

We must never settle for "good enough" because good is the enemy of great.

Instead of abiding friendship and human intimacy, you settle for a sea of casual contacts, none of whom know, accept, and love the real you.

Then I ask, 'Do you think China will settle for anything less than being treated as equal? '

And he was tired of friends' words of comfort and refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow.

Though the Tigers demand independence for the north-east, most Tamils would settle for a decent measure of autonomy.

You aren't going to settle for anything less than first place, but you respect the game and your competitors.

Own and respect your value. Never settle for less than you deserve or desire. Always ask for more than feels comfortable.

For now, both president and Senate seem content to settle for the appearance of job creation rather than the thing itself.

China's leaders have repeatedly made it clear that they will settle for nothing less than a perfect Olympics.

Moreover, to make the deadline, negotiators will almost certainly have to settle for a deal that falls far short of the 2 percent figure.

e. g I don't want to settle for anything but the best. You know?

Was Mr. Burton so distracted by the demands of the complex effects that he had to settle for conventionality?

Such talk has had little effect on rebel leaders, who maintain they will not settle for anything less than Colonel Gadhafi's departure.

I don't want to settle for anything but the best. You know?

But Mr Karzai might not settle for anything less than a political fix: ignoring the results and keeping the current MPs.

Do not settle for the said "master" to only occasionally appear in the course.

You might have to settle for less.

Venezuela's president has offered to mediate between him and the rebels but they will not settle for anything less than his departure.

And anyway, I'm not prepared to settle for "happy enough. "

Just remember that it's better to settle for lower pay at a job that can teach you something than to sell out on your goals.

Know the amount you would really like, slightly above what you think they will offer and above what you'd be happy to settle for.

That means they would probably still have to settle for minority stakes in most investment targets, rather than full takeovers.

Sheldon: Excuse me, in a world that already includes a Big Boy, why would I settle for something like a Big Boy?

On a long train ride, people get on and off and settle for a while.

Would you settle for just a secretary?

Injuries had hindered his performance. Fisher did a reality check: Instead of excellence, he would settle for survival.

As a speaker who uses humor to support your presentations, you can often settle for those "little laughs" that George Burns spoke of.

Have we been so silenced about negotiation and communication that we settle for any relationship that affords us sexual gratification?

Indeed, we'll now settle for one good idea a year.

e. g. If there's no more steak left, I'll just have to settle for a hamburger.

I'd settle for a few castings of Summon Coffee VII. Maximized.

What for? At certain point, 9 As are enough to settle for a scholarship.

And they are increasingly willing to forgo raises, or to settle for small ones.

Time may only allow you to settle for reading advice, not implementing it.

Still, like many ex-monarchs, it may have to settle for reduced circumstances.

Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.

If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know.

If nothing has been done in reality, Indians will have to settle for the fantasy of Bollywood to get their justice.

Smile. Laugh. Wear funny socks. I wear funny socks to remind myself to not settle for boring and to be creative.

In every area, to settle for less would be wasteful, foolish, and irresponsible.

We all want things to stay the same, settle for living in misery, because we're afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins.

Most movie fans would settle for an autograph, but when it comes to celebrity ink, some people draw their own lines.

I'd thought I could settle for the life he made for me.

they eat ringed seals for breakfast but will settle for a young walrus or beluga whale.

So capturing still-frames of beautiful moments is what I settle for.

In a reversal of the abortive 2005 bid for US oil major Unocal, Chinese buyers are willing to settle for minority stakes.

Although Margie was swimming so well, she failed to win the first prize and had to settle for the second.

While you can't reverse natural and inevitable sleep changes, you don't have to settle for wide-awake nights or dog-tired days.

Your chart shows a step up, not a lateral move to the same old thing you did before, so don't settle for anything less, dear Aries!

You can never match his rich lifestyle. Why not settle for a simple life?

As easy as getting pizzas and pastas in this town, there's no reason though to settle for the "localized" and "everyday" Italian food.

These are difficulties which you must settle for yourself. Chuse your own degree of crossness. I shall press you no more.

Instead, too many settle for being a Buffy, a female with incredible potential kept in check by contemporary culture's definition of woman.

No one should settle for boring work, but I can't force people to want heart pumping awesome work.

Do you think she is prepared to settle for being a housewife?

It's great to feel good. But don't settle for mere pleasure when you can have joy and fulfillment instead.

Suitors settle for what is on offer now, even if plumper or shorter than the ideal, rather than hold out for the perfect partner.

nothing short of He would settle for nothing short of total independence.

Politicians have to lie as the electorate will settle for nothing less.

They find the research process exhausting, yet can't let themselves settle for anything but the best.

I'll settle for less than I want, and this settling will surely lead to feelings of resentment.

You feel like you're not worthy of being loved so you settle for a partner who treats you badly.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.

Even if you do settle for a high paying job just so you can buy things, it should be your decision.

They may have to hang up their ropes and carabiners and settle for rambles in the foothills.

The solution would be to settle for considerable fixed-term bans.

Once you say you are going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

General David Petraeus, its American commander, would perhaps settle for almost any progress.

Looking around, though, one would happily settle for ordinary inward-looking competence.

The leading mining firms are unlikely to settle for long-term contract prices much below the current spot market level.

Of course you can settle for cheap lasers or laser pointers sold by other companies at the expense of quality.

If a professional grading system existed, executives would never settle for a D- in their careers.

We probably had our worst outing and at the end of the day, had to settle for the bronze medal.

If all the internal buffers can be turned freely, let conical elements settle for 48 hours.

The institutions settle for items exchanged at a designated time based on the rules and procedures of the clearing house.

Some in the gay community say they would settle for laws that prohibit discrimination against homosexuals.

You spend too much of your life working to settle for a job that does not inspire you.

Some teams might settle for getting results, but here at United we aim a little higher.

Let me settle for all of you.

If you want to settle for shoddy, stick with a diet of processed foods.

It will take these older workers longer to find jobs; some will have to settle for considerably less pay.

This way, you won't have to rush to a store and settle for whatever condoms remain on the shelf.

That blank slate is uncomfortable for Goldman's bankers, who rarely settle for second place, let alone last.

For now, the Clippers will settle for getting everyone back on the floor some time this season.

Why settle for uninspired templates and limited options that stifle your creativity?

But most industry analysts believe that China will eventually be forced to settle for the 33 per cent price cut.

Don't settle for anything less than exclusivity.

t settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.

"I won't settle for anything less than taste, " ran the blurb.

Ian Poulter had to settle for an opening even par 72, as did defending champion Jim Furyk.

why settle for some club in a hotel when you can just buy the hotel?

A statement that says you will settle for nothing less than the best.

What's an optimistic assessment? I think an optimistic assessment is: tolerant, smile and settle for my have.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Yet the miners, having buried one premier, will not settle for anything less.

Don't settle for dull and boring when you can have the ride of a lifetime with someone who is as adventurous as you.

But as the years roll on, do they give up on the idea of true romance and settle for Mr OK instead of Mr Perfect?

There's very few in the modern game who are happy to settle for that.

Foreign concerns are increasingly forced to depart from their usual investment strategies and settle for small minority stakes.

You either settle for the outside shot or you pass to your teammates.

Sometimes we have to settle for good evidence, which may be the best evidence that is available.

Memory: Aim for 4 gigabytes of memory, or RAM, on a new computer, and never settle for less than 2 gigabytes.

There are really only two solutions: we consume less, or we settle for a longer working life.

In an Internet question-and-answer session on Saturday, Mr. Wen signaled that the government would settle for 7 percent growth in the G. D.

Right now, though, you may have to settle for just making plans.

I expect a good performance today and will not settle for anything less.

MARY ALICE: So, she decided, for now, she could settle for just being his friend.

Mr. Fuld managed to persuade Mr. Black to settle for $3 billion right away, leaving the prior $5 billion request unresolved.

Local customers, once relentless in their search for the real thing, now often settle for the knock-offs.

You can settle for less in ordinary life, or do you feel like you were meant for something better Something special.

Workers can command higher wages and are less willing to settle for lower ones.

And sometimes we settle for the world as it is, even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations.

So, she decided, for now, she could settle for just being his friend. . .

Some people are settling down; some people are settling; and some people refuse to settle for anything unless the butterflies.

But with Kenya burning, the world may have now to settle for second-best, a government of national unity.

Settle for plants with tightly coiled root balls. They're already stressed and need a rest.

Pressed by Kerry, Crocker suggested he'd settle for reducing the corruption.

That refusal to settle for being "old" will only get stronger as the baby-boomers start turning 65.

"Work hard, don't compromise, never settle for the easy deal, " Pam said.

They won't settle for just raising a star athlete, a concert performer, a brilliant brain, or the most popular kid in school.

Some women choose to stay single because they refuse to settle for someone less than their Mr. Right.

We may want peace and prosperity, but most would settle for simple integrity.

Never settle for less than your BEST.

That said, Pisces needs a practical helping hand through life, so will often settle for their second best just to get along.

I can settle for a pay raise and one week on holiday.

Kindness and accepting your thoughts nonjudgmentally doesn't mean having to settle for the status quo, proponents say.

And if Itachi could not have Sasuke's love, then he would settle for revulsion, for loathing.

S. men's basketball team had to settle for third place after losing to the gold medal-winning Soviets, 76- 82, in the semifinals.

Don't settle for run-of-the-mill plaque-fighting technology!

James Bond: Would you settle for a tulip?

Don't settle for second best when you have so many other romantic opportunities just waiting to be discovered.

I had hoped to get 1000 for my old car but had to settle for a lot less.

Like she'd settle for that.

He had to settle for a lower wage than the one requested.

They would settle for nothing short of total independence.

Not all industries have bargains, though, and not all sellers will be eager to settle for lower prices.

Get rid of the bottle. Settle for juices or water instead.

These days I settle for feeling only 85 percent sure about most things, most of the time.

Don't settle for less than the best.

We will not settle for the 4-color brochure, for web sites chock-a-block with eye candy but lacking any substance.

They don't have to always settle for suboptimal.

Is there any reason to expect that Japan will settle for anything less?

Work somewhere that's worthy of your time and talent. Don't settle for any job.

Well, I'll settle for blue-black. I'll also take a dozenairmail envelopes.

Although health care is much more expensive than it was 30 years ago, who today would settle for the health care of the 1970s?

Friends who once shared our dreams begin to settle for second best.

Most people settle for connection because love's too scary.

In the effort to keep our girls safe, we settle for fidelity if not virginity.

When times are good, the bosses get more than the workers, and when they are bad, they settle for the same.

Never settle for the path of least resistance.

I'll settle for an " A " in my photography course.

Futures contracts, such as stock index futures, that settle for cash, not involving the delivery of the underlying.

I know that my personality is not fit to where the work, because it is your cousin store, so had to settle for her promise to help.

there was'nt time to cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hot dogs.

Find your passion, and pursue it doggedly. Don't settle for a job that pays the bills. Life is too fleeting, to waste on a job you hate.

I had to settle for a lower wage than the one requested.

They choose to settle for the status quo rather than going after an incredible change because they fear failure and humiliation.

He says that getting families to settle for excellent non-Ivy League institutions is a big challenge.

This doesn't mean you have to settle for whatever audio quality your vehicle manufacturer decided was "good enough" .

But with the current troubles in the housing and credit markets, they may have to settle for whatever they can get.

In order to support a family of 5 members, the unemployed senior engineer had to settle for working in a gas station.

In the meantime I'll settle for watching the movie song clips.

When you don't see your value and strengths, you live in constant fear of never being enough and therefore settle for less in life.

Would you settle for someone who has children?

Argentina applied sufficient pressure to defeat Nigeria easily but had to settle for 1-0.

The world can be a lotbetter than we settle for.

I always asked himself this way: "Pro deep envy fish than settle for networking. "

Sometimes distributors don't want to settle for equal treatment.

We will settle for the same score as in 1999 too, but hopefully not leaving it as late as we did then.

In the end they had to settle for a draw.

We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we Can have one city, indivisible, shining for all its people.

Instead, we settle for the ordinary and as a result fall into the current reality trap.

But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good enough.

I'll settle for a double.

But I Will settle for someone who can get the work done.

That is history though. I would settle for the same scoreline on Saturday, though I can't quite see it.

cook the unthawed turkey, so they had to settle for hot dogs.

Don't settle for achieving "the good life, " because the good life is not good enough.

Never settle for the answers if you still want to know.

Would you settle for twenty push-ups?

I guess I'll settle for whatever this inn's got.

Be settle for just being his friend.

Instead of wanting a big home you can't afford, maybe you should settle for living in smaller home in a less expensive area.

Will they try to change the world, or simply settle for enjoying themselves?

You know th at I like a challenge and th at I don't just settle for second best.

I want a woman that is honest and sincere. . . I want woman that will not settle for less and wants more in life!

I'd settle for the "before"

Let's not settle for second best.

Craving certainty, the Chinese market has spoken -- it is willing to settle for 33%.

We can't afford to stand still and settle for endless political gridlock.

I will settle for a double.

Even during a downturn, it's a mistake to settle for less just to get the job.

When I buy something, I have to settle for what's available.

Once you have your heart set on something, it's difficult to settle for anything less.

You know that I like a challenge and that I don't just settle for second best.

We have to settle for evolving the code as best we can under the time constraints.

'Americans won't settle for No. 2! ' Obama shouted at one political rally in early August.

And don't settle for just a job.

I think we can settle for this outline of the draft resolution.

YOU WILL HAVE JOY ONLY WHEN YOU FOCUS ON HAVING IT AND SETTLE FOR NOTHING LESS.

His family is poor, so he has to settle for a third tier college instead of Beijing University.

I won't settle for less.

When you play with Drogba, you often have to settle for a position of second forward. Does this bother you?

I settle for no less.