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We have to be mobile, available, "always on" even when we'd rather be off.

If anything, his voice is too upfront, a little Chris Martin, a bit "good", when we'd rather he melted into the mix.

One joked about spirits of ex-spouses and in-laws coming through, "even when we'd rather they didn't".

Yes, it is easier to blame them than to admit there are times when we'd rather be doing what we want than what they want.

Today's just one of those days when we'd rather vacuum the floor mats and go alphabetize the DVDs and not deal with any of this shit.

And when we don't, when we'd rather not make small talk with a guy at a bar or catch up with our girlfriends, we just say no, thanks and binge on the newest season of "House of Cards".

"some people, they're here, they talk to you, they're easy to engage, others, you can just know that there are barriers there and they don't really want to know what you've got to say…So there are times when we'd rather keep them coming back and build a relationship, so we don't go there and push against any of their barriers in an effort to keep them coming back" (nurse 13).

When setting offers, we would rather "protect" key subjects than exclude particular A-levels.

But its spokesman adds: "When setting offers, we would rather 'protect' key subjects than exclude particular A-levels.

So the upshot is that one of the world's greatest writers – and, despite everything, Annie Proulx really is – has built an expensive summer cottage and, worse still, made us sit up late to hear all about it when we'd much rather have retired to the guest bedroom with a good book.

When things go wrong, we would rather blame someone else than face the gruesome reality, and this diverts us from the real task of preventing harm".

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