get in the way
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I let my self-serving need to help Dad get what he wanted, so that I could have what I wanted, get in the way of protecting Nate, and what he wants, and what Pops wanted for the marina.
From Literature
I tell her that there are some repairs ongoing there, and I don’t want to get in the way, and then I change the subject and ask her about her book club.
From Literature
“These mushrooms depend on you, Clare. And I depend on these mushrooms. Couldn’t have you disappearing on me just because you felt bad for the badger. Lucky for us, you weren’t even home to get in the way.”
From Literature
“Maybe let them build this affordable housing. Maybe don’t get in the way of it.”
In a statement released Wednesday, Huerta said she carried her secret for 60 years because “building the movement and securing farmworker rights was my life’s work. The formation of a union was the only vehicle to accomplish and secure those rights and I wasn’t going to let Cesar or anyone else get in the way.”
From Salon
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