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I hold the ratchet unorthodox. Pernell Whittaker, I'm duckin' all sorts of shots -- Vinnie Paz
Sometimes heckling can almost help a set, because it ratchets up the tension in the room... can even bring things to a climax. -- Demetri Martin
When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back. -- Mike Lee
We are already well down the road toward a managed-trade regime. It would be far better to acknowledge that reality, and seek a set of reasonable rules, than to pretend that Ricardian trade is the norm and allow mercantilist states to overwhelm U.S. industry and ratchet down wages, in the name of free trade. -- Robert Kuttner
I think expectations might be preceding reality, ... In the long run we've got some real opportunity here, but we've come a long way too quickly. We may need to ratchet it back a little and set a new foundation to grow for the rest of the year, but continuing at this pace is going to be difficult. -- Michael Davies
By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I always think, 'We don't need to ratchet this up.' If you do, don't call it 'Captain Phillips' or 'The Maersk Alabama.' Call it something else, and then you have carte blanche to do anything, down to sea serpents and aliens. -- Tom Hanks

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