“I loved my father so much and couldn't handle what she was doing to him. I used to yell at him. We encouraged him to get restraining orders. He got two, then she'd cry and he'd feel sorry for her.”

“I think the debit cards will be well received. But we'll be doing a lot to educate recipients about the new system before it goes into effect. We've tried to encourage direct deposit ever since it became available (in 2003), but it has been slow to catch on.”

“We welcome and encourage everyone to join us on Easter Sunday for this community-wide worship service. We have room for 7,000 people at City of Palms Park, and we'd like to pack the place with people who wish to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

“We are encouraged by this and have raised estimates, essentially back to earlier levels. While the stock is richly valued and the growth is still well below historic levels, we believe there is a good flow of upcoming new products and the shares are likely a relative safe harbor.”

“Yet many significant challenges remain to be solved in the push toward digital inclusion on a global scale. We hope these programs will encourage more researchers to pursue approaches in computing technology that advance these goals--getting us one step closer to digital inclusion.”

Treat backstory like a pungent spice. I say this to encourage you to picture a jalapeno pepper that can set your mouth on fire, every time you even think about adding backstory into your book. What you need is subtlety.

“For me personally, I usually don't swim very fast at this point in the season, so it's encouraging to see that I can get up and go that fast when I have to. Hopefully it will all come together and I'll be even better at conference.”

“Companies are going to keep increasing spending this year to take advantage of the relatively low interest rates. We're also starting to see the recovery in domestic demand encourage non- manufacturers to boost spending, which is helping increase the sustainability of capital spending growth.”

“New home sales numbers are encouraging, especially after the soft durable goods numbers, ... Investors are very worried about real estate, and any figures that ease those concerns bode well for the market. Still, high oil prices remain a worry.”

“I appreciate everyone's morality and religious views. But my tuition goes to a public university. I go to a public university, so I encourage those who are offended or questioning my intentions to come out and see what it's all about.”