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If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him.

Everyone would just take it for granted we'd been invited. I mean, we've both just as prominent as Sandra and Don, or any of the others.

She took it for granted that you knew the matter.

I took it for granted you knew, but if I had spent as much time talking with you as I did polishing chrome, perhaps I would have.

Yes, if you only had 1 of these tables on a page, you could take for granted that this would exist only once.

Weak and lethargic still, hardly able to talk, he appeared to take the luxurious treatment quite for granted.

In a shadow of a death raid, I can meet you and feel more intensely alive than walking around in peacetime and taking my life for granted.

He took for granted all that his parents did for him.

But because Americans often take this right for granted, it has not always been exercised as fully as it should be.

He took that for granted that his father would come to his help if he got into trouble.

Global warming, a heated topic of today, is often taken for granted to be responsible for the harsh weather.

He never praised his wife, and he just took her for granted.

He took God's power for granted, and went up with his infantry regiments, his horsemen by the thousands, and his eighty elephants.

Nearly fifty percent of the children here live below the poverty line without the services and conveniences that we all take for granted.

Eg. He took it for granted that he would win the game, but he failed.

I was shocked to see me, but she seems to be taken for granted, but it struck lower part of the body.

But even when fit, the Swiss centre back is not taking his place in the Arsenal starting line-up for granted.

Working hard is often required of us, but taking time out for fun is taken for granted.

This point tends to be taken for granted by Americans and disbelieved by others.

We take it for granted that the most popular language on the Internet is English, since, after all, the Internet was an American creation.

A woman is less likely to think of herself as irresistible or to take it for granted that an attractive man will chat her up .

he never felt proud of his achievement and he took it for granted.

She was usually so sweet and cheerful that he took it for granted she would always be so.

One of the difficulties in evaluating Plato lies in the fact that we now take for granted so much of what was great originality in him.

But, sadly, I am taken for granted by those who use me, as if I were a mere incident and without background.

It's an awful thing to live in the dark, unable to see what others take for granted.

He never praises his wife. He just takes her for granted.

manufacturers in such a decorative glass container behind the efforts made by the end consumer is often taken for granted.

It's very easy to take these things for granted, but think about how much you'd miss any of them if you didn't have them one day.

Investors are trying to anticipate something they usually take for granted: the ability of the financial system to function normally.

It is often taken for granted that this is also true for the maker of fine-art objects.

I take it for granted that you will come and talk the matter over with him.

The laughing people who walked past took their health for granted, just as he used to himself.

Don't take people's care for granted. No matter how much they love you people get tired eventually.

He took it for granted that she was doing very well and he was relieved of further worry.

Most of the time, you take your office computers for granted. Okay, there's a niggle or two, but generally the IT folks can sort it out.

To start with he admits that at first he took the matter for granted, assuming it was not worth much of his efforts.

He is the sort of person you take for granted , a nice bore, so reasonable and honest, there is no need to be on your guard against him.

Don't put other people's concern for granted, no matter how much he loved you and, ultimately, also can have a day of fatigue.

"I wondered when you'd ask, " I replied. We tend to take things for granted until we're about to leave or lose them. I told Benjy the story.

I, for one, will never again take for granted the noble potato, golden fruit of the earth, to which we owe so much.

Life is nothing but a big party; you need to not take it for granted because you don't live forever.

But the news since the polls closed has been so bad that this future cannot be taken for granted.

My father used to say that God takes away what dearest to our hearts to remind us how much we take for granted.

But a hundred years on, the durability of that post-Ottoman state system should not be taken for granted.

You may need to stand outside yourself a bit to see brokenness, because you tend to get used to it and take it for granted.

His faith did not make him take the promise for granted; it encouraged him to pray harder.

A century ago psychologists made a strong case for the creation of a new stage of human development which we now take for granted.

What they failed to recognise was that their own, taken-for-granted, "lack" of belief might itself be amenable to inquiry.

eg4. He never praises his wife: he just takes her for granted.

Being a pivotal factor of RT, expectation of relevance(ER) has always been employed as a taken-for-granted concept and is scarcely studied.

Children were observed as they slowly grasped -- or, as the case might be, bumped into -- concepts that adults take for granted.

He took it for granted she would always be so.

This may seem simple, but it is a process that is often taken for granted or done in an ad hoc manner.

Some of the things we'd taken for granted, like going on holiday, we're beginning to really appreciate again.

Fast rates of expansion cannot be taken for granted; nor can the ability of the state to offer ever more protection to its citizens.

Let me start by making an obvious observation: We live in an age of swift technological change. We take that for granted.

Having long taken their labour market's flexibility for granted, Americans may now have to work at it.

The most distinctive Capricorn personality is readiness to take blame on his head, which other people always take for granted.

My life is incredibly blessed and I don't take any of that for granted.

Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart . Cling to them as you would your life , for without them, life is meaningless .

And some things that people took for granted a few years ago, even a year ago, they fear they cannot take for granted any more.

MercatorNet: Finally, you seem to take it for granted that local journalists are responsible.

He struggled to walk and do some of the simple things we all take for granted but he never gve up.

Not a lot of creatures are capable of such a simple act that we take for granted.

Don't forget to mention some of the things you've always taken for granted, and never thanked him for.

It is taken for granted that the production and sale of drugs will be regulated by governments, but this was not always the case.

What better way to be taken for granted than to always be there ready with your time, focus and attention at the drop of a hat.

They seem to take for granted that having a law degree is a good thing and that legal training would help in my work.

Because they've always been around to dump bytes on, it's easy to take disk drives and the file systems on them for granted.

To be absolutely cautious of a spouse's fidelity or devotion is to take the other person too much for granted.

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes.

Passion could be taken for granted and the scouting system and coaching staff was arguably the best set-up in world football.

and I think it's really taken for granted, especially with the younger generation now, you know?

The coalition with the Conservatives is still new, and "its stability should not be taken for granted" , he says.

I used to take it for granted that I'm better than my car mechanic is much more clever.

Outlook is such a fixture of office and computer life, its potential as a central life-organizing inbox is easily taken for granted.

I take it for granted that no hearer of mine will misinterpret what I have to say as the language of cynicism.

China-watchers are taking for granted an early interest rate hike, with one probably coming in the next few days.

Our friendship came so easily that we took it for granted, and when it began to unravel, neither of us had a clue how to mend it.

In life of plenty and prosperity we seem to take everything for granted.

I mean, you know, what was life like before the mobile phone, the things that you take for granted?

A habit-free existence would be a robotic existence; it would be one in which nothing could be taken for granted.

The extraordinary scope of our memory is just one of the many wonders of the human body that we often take for granted.

Ordinary moment between a father and a son, the kind you take for granted, because you assume there will be many many more.

If Li Xiaojuan has her way, the rest of the world will no longer be able to take cheap Chinese labour for granted.

Great post, Jon. I'm not even close to taking Yao for granted, but it always helps to get a reminder of how lucky we are to have him.

He took for granted that the invitation included himself.

We thought we were hot stuff because we could hook up our remote offices around the country to it, something now taken for granted.

He almost ignored Julia, seeming to take it for granted that Winston could speak for her.

And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no right to take it for granted.

Two meanings: First meaning---to say thank you for something, not to take it for granted.

Since the N2 had been finished, I am in the idle state of life, always the same excuse that exam was just over and take relax for granted.

People take you for granted, you know, we gotta make people miss you.

Since then the feeling has grown that the strength in depth of the English contingent is no longer to be taken for granted.

That there are ideas that all of us are enthralled to, which we simply take for granted as the natural order of things, the way things are.

Cancer changed me so much for the better. It taught me to appreciate life and those in my life, and to never take anything for granted.

I took it for granted that you had been told about this.

But Obama cautioned a crowd in Ohio not to take the election for granted, and to get out and work hard in the closing days of the campaign.

He took it for granted that his report is free from mistake.

Taking for granted the huge sacrifices my parents made, so that I could succeed. I now do everything I can to make them proud of me.

Excuse me for not introducing you to Kermit . I took it for granted that you two knew each other .

Over the years of the NBA's most important market for granted is United States, but China's large population, is the NBA's largest market.

Finally Atelier Tekuto found a new element of architecture by rediscovering the common things that were once for granted.

The matter related to your future can't be taken for granted.

The game is pointless, of course. But it has made him ponder the whole date and time arrangement people take for granted.

Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart. Love her more than you love yourself. Life is meaningless without her.

Excuse me for not introducing you to Peter. I took it for granted that you two knew each other.

But when I drove to the Westside to pay him a visit the other day, Levy told me not to take that seamless transition for granted.

Meanwhile, the greatness of the United States, which so many have taken for granted for so long, is steadily slipping away.

It was not that they were indifferent to exam results; they simply took it for granted that our natural talent would carry us through.

He took all he had for granted , and never realized how lucky he was.

"It was sort of taken for granted, " says one director.

In generations before my own, this was taken for granted as an important part of life.

Matthew's words here are so familiar to me that I sometimes take them for granted.

In natural sciences, we take it for granted that researchers have to be well equipped to do experiments.

I'm not sure what my sister would have done, had she known that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted.

Her husband was always there and ? she just took him for granted.

"The recession forced us to look under every stone and question everything we took for granted, " he said.

The United States certainly can't take Latin American loyalty for granted, if it ever could.

If Treasuries lose their credibility, US leaders may no longer be able to take this privilege for granted.

The United States would be mistaken to take for granted the dollar's place as the world's predominant reserve currency.

Just looking poor brings with it prejudice, accompanied by removal of much of the social grace most of us take for granted.

From his earliest years his venturesome spirit and his intention of being a surgeon were taken for granted.

Would $10 billion be a reasonable price to pay for a site so popular that Hollywood celebrities take it for granted and joke about it?

Experts widely assumed that H5N1 would cause the next pandemic, and its severity was almost taken for granted.

YOUR correspondent is always miffed when he sees others taking for granted things he has waited years for.

He took it all for granted, and would never have a clue just how blessed he was.

The conveniences we take for granted today usually began as niche products only a few wealthy families could afford.

Don't accept anything for granted: start our personal test to see by ourselves how things are really going on.

Di Renjie in the absence of circumstances for granted, adventure rushed Taian, determined to get to the bottom of this Kuanggu injustice.

Real husband takes what you have been doing for him for granted even when you are bearing his child.

It cannot be taken for granted once the economy has passed through some point of no return like a takeoff stage.

That humanity is one and indivisible would have been taken for granted until about the time of Darwin's birth.

For some reason, he'd fallen into a pattern of ignoring her, of taking her for granted, without even realizing he was doing it.

Some Chinese people have taken for granted that the USA is a more open country, and that many sinful practices are common and acceptable.

A scientist does not take anything for granted, and he asks questions even at the risk if irritating others; a scientist is doubting Thomas.

You know people, so I don't know, I guess they take potato for granted, right?

Cell phone service has become like the air itself: taken for granted, not given much thought until it's unavailable.

The assumption of an ever-increasing standard of living is no longer taken for granted.

But when economic hardship ends the easy handouts, the elites' support and loyalty to the system can no longer be taken for granted.

Don't make it easy and take it for granted, because probably the first way someone will try to get your password is by resetting it.

We take freedom for granted in India but it was not always so.

The head of the state should therefore take nothing for granted as to the loyalty or affection of his subjects.

And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted.

Yet the primacy of the dollar is no longer to be taken for granted.

Having a father drop you off may have been taken for granted, but I always thought it was wonderful.

Don't take for granted the things closest to heart. Cling to them as you cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

There are elements of your business that you take for granted, but prospects would be amazed if they knew the details.

It permits us to take for granted the sense of the worth of our persons and turn our energies to higher and nobler ends.

My family and friends helped me a lot, but I simply took it for granted.

Give thanks for all the things we take for granted, parts of our body, the things we enjoy about our jobs, people who love us.

I mean take the postal note; it's something we take for granted that people don't think of it as being design.

Don't take for granted the things closest to you r heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it's meaningless.

It's an awful thing of to live in darkness, unable to see what others take for granted.

When Logan and Rhys come home to an empty house, they realize two things: One, it was a mistake to take Catherine for granted.

Yet even in the early months of the regime, internal stability cannot be taken for granted.

But maybe when David was playing for England, people took him for granted.

Therefore Mi Zhang got a full point for here ay in her cla , and other students took it as model e ay for granted.

Don't take for granted the things closet to you heart. cling to them as they would be you life , for without them , life is meaningless.

The theory of developmental state consists of many propositions, which are unsystematic , contradictory, and taken for granted.

It is a paradox of open societies: since order cannot be taken for granted, the public demands that government ostentatiously impose it.

People take it for granted things in the past now appears to be a sudden Uncertainty, which gives people a feeling of insecurity .

However, do not take it for granted that you can easily master English here. Many people still use Chinese in Singapore.

These formats are taken for granted, just as we accept telephone keypads and car dashboards, which are also user interfaces.

How many of you here are over the age of 25? That's not what I think you take for granted.

Breathing is a fundamental life process that usually occurs without conscious thought and, for the healthy person, is taken for granted.

Trust will be taken for granted, as you will be aware that behind the plan for you are spiritually defined reasons based on Light and Love.

Suddenly, with her simple question, I realized that time was running out for this unique partnership I had taken for granted.

Gary Young Kong is a result of worship Amin, and even made him all the atrocities, take it for granted.

We may take it for granted that it exists just like air around us, or the force of gravity, or other natural happening.

He spoke English so well that took it for granted that he was an American.

Most importantly, don't take things for granted - test and benchmark wherever you can - you might be surprised by the results!

Sometimes he seems to take our friendship for granted.

He spoke English so well that I took it for granted that he was an Englishman.

It was not long ago that western companies took for granted the fact that they could buy emerging market companies at will.

She has to ask permission for "privileges" that the day before she took for granted: a pencil, a phone call, a smoke.

Things I used to take for granted begin to intrigue me. I became even more infatuated by everything in this disciplinary yet amazing world.

George took for granted all that his parents did for him.

Never take anything for granted - If you take on a simple project, you may think that a certain section will be easy to complete.

We may take it for granted now that in substance, seriousness, significance, the advantage of the real mathematical theorem is overwhelming.

"I think that President Obama's gesture of dialogue is one that Iran should not take for granted, " said the Jordanian monarch.

A depressed individual never act or behave positively and takes everything for granted presenting the same outlook to his living.

He spoke English so well that I took it for granted that he was an American.

A. The cooperation and willingness of the Client to absorb the training and advice cannot be taken for granted.

As the first generation of single children (the one-child policy came into effect in 1979), they "take everything for granted" .

Repulsorlift technology is so widespread across the galaxy that most citizens take it for granted.

I think it's easy to take the people close to us for granted.

This invigorating sense of possibility, though it is too often taken for granted, is the great gift of Americanness.

If you interact with her too much, she will take the relationship for granted and the passion will die.

UBS would be unwise to take the lobby, which also has close contacts with foreign institutional investors, for granted.

Count your blessings. You probably already have many of the things you want for your life. Don't take them for granted.

I take it for granted that they will remind me for the meeting.

Most of us have taken it for granted that . . . , but a recent survey reveals a surprising discovery.

She suggested that people's voices can be improved through training. People should not take their voices for granted.

Our modes of behavior are very much shaped by philosophical ideas that looked innocent enough to be taken for granted.

He spoke English so well that I took it for granted he was an American.

Gary broke up with Tracy because she took him for granted.

Do not take for granted the things closet to your heart . Cling to them , for without them , life is meaningless .

She says that the goods and services provided by nature - like clean air, rain or fertile soils - should not be taken for granted.

Now, it is true that it is his business and that two and two make four is not something that can be taken for granted without his presence.

Life is fragile, and Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balance lifestyle and enjoy Life!

That's why we must be careful against Unirea Urziceni. If anything is taken for granted, we could be looking at another unwelcome cup upset.

Although imitation is something we adults take for granted, it's actually a pretty demanding process for a young infant.

We take for granted April with showers, summer with its heat and drought, winter with its frost and snow, but with March it is different.

Homosexual love figures largely in the Phaedrus as well, but as something taken for granted, not examined.

You shouldn't take a friend for granted. Remember the Confucius saying : Do unto others what you want others do unto you and vice versa.

Whatever I am going to tell you now is not be taken for granted.

Some things, like to always very beautiful, so in your take it for granted, abandoned a could have been very happy of reality.

Take it for granted that your property is being smoothly and efficiently managed: leave the cleaning and support services to us.

Moreover, the creditworthiness of the US government cannot be taken for granted.

"It may all be a giant game of chicken. But it cannot be taken for granted that China will be willing to buy US paper for ever. "

It is not a matter of "take-it-for-granted" that Sport Psychology can be named as a kind of discipline or a branch of science.

However, Salgado demonstrated with one punch that you can't take anything for granted in this most unpredictable of sports.

Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.

I owe them a great deal, but I don't know how to repay them. All I can do is cherish them and never take them for granted.

Their brilliance over the centuries touches all of our lives in countless ways, yet we mostly take their efforts for granted.

Teacher qualification is countries to meet the qualifications for granted to citizens in accordance with the statutory certificates.

Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted.

We take it for granted that we see the world as it actually is, but in fact, we do not.

I learned a lot about life in his home country and it opened my eyes even more to become thankful for the things we all take for granted.

Ed Koch, an outspoken former mayor of New York, thinks Democrats should not take the Jewish vote for granted.

The embarrassing truth was I'd always just accepted what they'd done, taken all of it for granted.

Unfortunately, I regularly take water, and its availability, for granted.

Most cancer researchers take for granted some of the basic concepts about the molecular changes that underlie tumorigenesis.

Much of the privacy that people took for granted in the past was a by-product of friction in finding and assembling information.

Yet, please do not take it for granted and do not hurt this loving woman.

But I do not take for granted that the best thing in the world is being a Chelsea supporter. Whatever. That is something I know for a fact.

Instead, I think the current breakdown in Washington highlights the fragility of a human capability we've long taken for granted: trust.

America is still the most dynamic nation on earth, but Mr Obama should not take that for granted.

Before the speech, none of this was taken for granted, even in the North.

The air we breathe is so freely available, that we taken it for granted.

We are professionals, we will take it on the chin and move on but it's important that we do not take our supporters for granted.

They believed that these life of menial work for granted, will not undermine the dignity.

Marx- ism might look like a good idea to well-heeled Western academics who can take freedom and democracy for granted.

Ann: I believe you, but I should remind you that don't take it for granted on child education.

"Maybe when I'm a hundred, I'll get used to having everything I do taken for granted, " a young homemaker confided to her neighbor.

As a resident of the US Pacific Northwest, I would warn that cheap energy breeds a culture of taking energy for granted.

So let me ask you something that you may take for granted.

Even change-oriented inside-the-building thinkers take organization and industry structures for granted.

What fools we were, to take our basic abilities for granted!

take for granted; view as important; hold these truths to be self-evident; I hold him personally responsible.

The truth is that all sorts of comforting assumptions we have taken for granted in recent decades have revealed themselves to be false.

In Libya Mr Obama is challenging the assumption of global leadership America has taken for granted ever since the second world war.

I'm not sure what my sitter would've done had she known that she wouldn't be here for hera for the tomorrow we all take for granted.

Children often take their parents for granted and do not appreciate them.

The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted.

There are a lot of lesser men out there, a lot of men who take women for granted and have "one" thing on their minds.

I love about you, and I will never ever take it for granted.

First meaning is say thank you for something, not to take it for granted.