- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Follow-Up Quotes
On the value of circling back and checking again.
Follow-up quotes highlight why persistence matters, from congressional reports to a doctor asking one more question. For more on staying accountable, see Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, the House is working to require a comprehensive federal review of IRS regulations with a follow-up report to Congress on possible actions to reduce the tax paperwork burden imposed on small businesses.
- Goalkeeper
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always supposed to follow-up any cross or whatever towards the goalkeeper.
- Exploitative
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't those of us who oppose American aggression in the Muslim world who need manipulative, exploitative reminders about 9/11; it's those who cheer for these policies who are making a follow-up attack ever more likely.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think many times news organizations, whether it's for lack of resources or something else, cover the headlines and don't follow up, even though the story continues for the people living there - they can't leave. I think it's critical that they do these follow-up stories to realize that there is still suffering, and the need is dire.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's rare that they'll do a third or fourth or fifth or sixth follow-up, because there's an implicit, agreed-upon decorum that they move on. Kids don't necessarily move on if they don't get it.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020