The glass is not half-empty and it's not half-full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2009] Reference
It is something of a glass half-full, glass half-empty story. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs economists: No double dip (probably)] Reference
A half-empty bottle of vodka stood in the center of the table. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
A half-empty bottle of French is standing proud on the counter. From Wordnik.com. [Selfgod] Reference
There were half-empty packets of grocery goods in the cupboards. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Charming Man]
He shook his head and looked at the half-empty glass in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
He found her standing before an open, half-empty chest of drawers. From Wordnik.com. [Gladys, the Reaper] Reference
So, it depends on -- this is kind of a half-full, half-empty thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2004] Reference
GEPHARDT: Jeff, I don't see it as half-empty, I see it as half - full. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2003] Reference
All of them were intact except for one that was opened and half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
He sat on the far side of the room, a half-empty wine cup in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
ROTH: By the end of the speech, the General Assembly hall was half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2009] Reference
President Ford, too, heard about the half-empty transports leaving Saigon. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Days Of Saigon] Reference
A brand new poll that is revealing a real half-empty feeling here in America. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2008] Reference
That's nice to know because some of us had thought that the glass was half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2005] Reference
KALB: Here you have a convention playing to a half-empty house from coast to coast. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: Media Microscope Scrutinizes Cheney; Will the Republican Convention Provide any Real News? - July 29, 2000] Reference
On the half-empty side of things, I guess, if you will would be Congressman John Murtha. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2005] Reference
SANCHEZ: I'm looking for a glass that's half-full, and you're still seeing it as half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2009] Reference
A half-empty glass of water stood on the nightstand, as still as if it, too, died and became solid. From Wordnik.com. [Even the Good Days] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: Of course, I hate to be half-empty guy, but that does mean 50 percent are not satisfied. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006] Reference
CROWLEY (voice-over): At the airport, it's hard to know whether the glass is half-full or half-empty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2006] Reference
I reach deep into the cabinet and pull out the half-empty bottle that has been wedged into the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
In her car, she had planted a bathing suit and a half-empty fruit-drink container to support the story. From Wordnik.com. [Another Suspect Plays Victim] Reference
Could that muster barely the 3,000 backers to a half-empty sports arena you think, that was in Marseilles?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2002] Reference
"We go into these talks with the glass half-empty and expect incentives to be reduced," the official said. From Wordnik.com. [Ecuador Renegotiates With Foreign Oil Firms] Reference
But you're not serving from a half-empty tank, you begin to fill your own tank up and serve from your overflow. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2009] Reference
Marie-Paule seated herself on one of the chairs and tapped the ash of her cheroot into a half-empty coffee cup. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
"I wish there were something to say, Nev," the marquess said, setting down his own half-empty glass — his first. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
'I shall get myself a bit into training, too,' he said, looking at himself in a dusty mirror in the half-empty hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
It's such a dreadful disease, and feel so helpless … 'She wiped her eyes, plucking a tissue from a half-empty box. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
Jose Lopez, Bronx, N. Y.It depends on whether your weatherman is a "glass is half-empty" or "half-full" kind of guy. From Wordnik.com. [ASK TIP SHEET] Reference
On the half-empty Boeing 747 Downing Street had chartered, the traveling press despaired because their editors were so uninterested. From Wordnik.com. [I Did It My Way] Reference
He had swiftly cut out the Ogilvie party and carried it off to the library, now bedraggled with overfull ashtrays and half-empty glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Murder to Go]
It seemed to cost him some effort to haul himself to his feet and cross the library to the desk, where a half-empty brandy decanter stood. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
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