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beginning despite low maintained percent pleased prices since strong
We are pleased with the quarter's results. Despite low aluminum prices - which are down 14 percent since the beginning of 1998 -- we have maintained strong earnings. Paul O'Neill
beginning despite low maintained percent pleased prices since strong
We are pleased with the quarter's results, ... Despite low aluminum prices - which are down 14 percent since the beginning of 1998 -- we have maintained strong earnings.
beginning believe decline fact growth increase major number rate replace resulted win
We believe that our growth and PeopleSoft's decline resulted in part from an increase in our competitive win rate over PeopleSoft, and the fact that we are beginning to replace PeopleSoft at a number of major accounts, Larry Ellison
beginning stages
We are at the very beginning stages today. Glenn Nick
beginning human improve learn pass responsibility thousands time
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman
beginning
We are at the beginning stages. Are we going to be successful? Yes. Bob Peterson
beginning ran struggled time
We struggled at the beginning and I think we just ran out of time at the end.
beginning carry games half intensity next second
We still need to come out with intensity at the beginning of games. We need to carry the second half of games into the first half of the next game.
beginning chinese companies ethical helps operating people phase starting survive
We're in a phase where Chinese companies are beginning to think with a longer-term perspective. People are starting to see that operating in a good, ethical and well-mannered way helps you survive in the long term.
best-gift
God's gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself. Aiden Wilson Tozer
best short swim
We want them to swim fast, and this is the best way to do it, in short races.
best
We want them to be as comfortable as possible. So they can give us their best performance.
best care district games playing sure
We want to take care of our district games and then, game seven, eight, nine, 10 make sure we're playing our best football.
best families great kids people positive support surround
We want to surround our families with as much support as possible. There are some great people working with kids in this town. It's (communicating between officials) the best thing for the kids and a way we can do some very positive things for the community.
best knows player possible responsibility situation support
We want to support every player, and I think every player knows he has a responsibility for what to do and what not to do. As a coach, I also feel a responsibility to put a player in the best situation possible so he can have success. Nick Saban
best customers providing stay sure value
We want to stay competitive and make sure we're providing customers the best value.
best hope performance skate
We want to skate our best. I hope to skate well and give our best performance here in this competition.
best bit deserve maybe people team ten tournament win
We want to show people we're the best team in the conference. We want to win the Big Ten Tournament and show that maybe we did deserve a little bit of the Big Ten title.
billion chinese life people remember
The people will always remember him, ... We have 1.2 billion people, but the life of every Chinese person is precious. Jiang Zemin
billion increase mp3 percent players sales sold video
We are projecting an increase in sales of MP3 players to $4.5 billion in 2006, with 30 percent of all MP3 players sold having video playback capability.
billion gas prepared supply
We are prepared to supply 30-40 billion cu m of gas to China.
billion bit china countries global happens increases nobody original population projection seems situations studied took total
We studied different countries around the world that are representative of different situations and took a look at where they'd end up. One thing that happens right away, which nobody seems to have thought of, is that the total global population increases dramatically. From an original projection of 8 billion we end up topping out at 10 to 11 billion. In many countries, this would have an enormous, and not necessarily positive, impact. For example, the idea that China would go from 1.5 to 1.8 billion, just because of this, is a bit frightening.
billions businesses pay state taxes
There are businesses in our state that make billions and pay no taxes at all.
billion cash flow interested next phase seeing sit stardust together watching
We're interested in watching the next phase of high-rise condos going up, and we're interested in seeing how the Stardust comes together with their new $4 billion product. We have cash flow we can sit on while we're watching the market.
billion imagined incredibly inhabited virtual
We're incredibly excited to welcome the 500 millionth Poptropican into our virtual world. When we started in 2007, we never could have imagined that we'd see a day when half a billion avatars inhabited Poptropica. Jeff Kinney
billion octopus split
We split from our common ancestor with the octopus half a billion years ago. And yet, you can make friends with an octopus. Sy Montgomery
billion divine landed providence somehow spin sun
We spin around the Sun with 6 billion of us and somehow through divine providence we landed right here right now. Byron Dorgan
boards games offensive played poorly shot won
We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good. Jay Wright
board deny last night perfumes
The perfumes at our board last night - Were exquisite, I won't deny it, But we were starved, we were outright, For meat, could no how come by it Marcus Aurelius
board clear growing hired line people perception
The perception has been growing that it is better that there be a clear line of distinction between the people the board hires and the people hired by the corporation.
board bondage children plight realities reminder serves ship slavery timely
The plight of the children on board this ship serves as a timely reminder that slavery and bondage are still realities in the world. E. O. Wilson
board commitment complement economic leader leadership nonprofit pleased promoting recognized skills valuable welcome
We are pleased to welcome Regina to our Board of Directors. She is a nationally recognized leader in the legal, corporate, and nonprofit communities. Her leadership skills and commitment to promoting economic advancement for all complement the Board and make her a valuable addition.
board information members send whether
We usually send out information to board members to get their feel for whether we should disseminate information further.
boards controlled defense good kept playing struggled
We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.
board members problems serious
There are board members who do not acknowledge the serious problems going on, and I do not know why,
board button delay dumped everybody hit point standard
When you want something dumped you would point to the board operator, indicating to hit the button. I would say we use the seven-second delay button often. Everybody does. It's pretty standard in the business. Tim Dorsey
dollars hiv cost
Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make up those research costs in sales. David Mixner
dollars poor taxpayers
In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars. Cal Thomas
dollars quarters billions
Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like. Carl Icahn
dollar economy euro fall last limited looking potential rates saw support year zone
The potential for the euro to fall is pretty limited from here. The dollar is not going to get the same support we saw last year from rates now, and the euro zone economy is looking more solid.
dollars exists interest pint rates sell sold spike upset value
The possibility exists that they would get upset with us at some pint and sell dollars. And if they sold all those dollars right away, the value of the dollar would plummet, interest rates would spike and the U.S. would go into a recession.
dollars millions raise work
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about. Nick Woodman
dollars three roles
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry. Earl Weaver
dollars cost
Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. Elizabeth Arden
dollars raw-materials plowing
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions. Charles Edison
dollars hiv cost
Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make up those research costs in sales.
dollars poor taxpayers
In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars.
dollars quarters billions
Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
dollars exists interest pint rates sell sold spike upset value
The possibility exists that they would get upset with us at some pint and sell dollars. And if they sold all those dollars right away, the value of the dollar would plummet, interest rates would spike and the U.S. would go into a recession.
dollars millions raise work
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about.
dollars three roles
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry.
dollars cost
Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.
dollars raw-materials plowing
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions.
dollars rich made
I never cared about money. I'm not destined to be a rich woman. I'm destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any. I've made millions and millions and millions of dollars and I just spend it. Cher
extremely fulfilling helped kids laid learning nine original parents people program proud
We started the program nine years ago with kids that were just learning to play hockey, so this is a fulfilling day for me and a lot of original parents who helped for the organization. We're extremely proud of these kids, particularly, and for all the people who laid the groundwork. Kevin Quinn
extremely job kept man worked
We started out in a match-up zone. But we've worked and worked and worked on our man defense, and we did an outstanding job with it after the first quarter. I think we got Murdock extremely frustrated, and we kept (Marietta's guards) pretty contained.
extremely finishing game good heavy last minutes paid price weekend
Where our finishing was very, very good last weekend it let us down tonight. We really should have put the game away in the first 90 minutes and we haven't done that and have paid a heavy price for it. We are extremely disappointed. Sam Allardyce
extremely planet
I'm just extremely excited to explore the planet that we're living on.
extremely fun great people plays quick support team
We want people to come support us, and I think they're going to see a great game. They are an extremely quick team that plays hard. It should be fun to watch.
extremely focused gasoline markets product remain weak weakness
US product markets remain extremely weak at present, with most of that weakness focused in gasoline markets.
extremely
We're doing extremely well ... it's so exciting.
extremely glad mistakes
We're extremely glad to get the win, ... but we're still making too many mistakes.
extremely governor piece property rights work
We're extremely disappointed that the governor vetoed an important property rights piece of legislation, and we'll work to override the veto.
funding indian intended programs
We have never intended to 'cut into the pie' of funding for Indian programs and services,
funding updated
We're just not getting the funding for the legislature to get updated and new equipment. Ray Durham
funding taken
We know we have it (PRP) for 2006, but funding has been taken away for 2007. However, it could be back in 2008.
funding looking particular secured several stream
We're looking at several different sources. We haven't secured a particular funding stream yet.
funding left sure turn
The only place we have left to turn now is the cities. If we don't get funding from them, I'm not sure what we're going to do at this point.
funding literally starting
We had no money, no funding from the university. We were literally starting from scratch. We had no office. We had no vehicle.
funding health human hunt money percent search signals spent total
The total funding of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) in the U.S. is 0.0003 percent of the tax monies spent on health and human services. And it's not even tax money. The SETI Institute's hunt for signals is funded by donations. Seth Shostak
funding government oppose
It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts. Camille Paglia
funding light literally review situation
We are monitoring the situation literally day by day, ... We will review the funding in the light of this work. Patricia Hewitt
hard-times roots facts
Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. Charles Dickens
hard-times facts want
Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.
hard-work easy-work problem
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. Alan Perlis
hard-work jealous thinking
I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that. Alain Prost
hard-work acting joyful
Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting. Al Pacino
hard-work actors today
I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it. Akshay Kumar
hard-work mind lasts
The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind. David McCullough
hard-work mean pursuit-of-happiness
When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They meant the pursuit of learning. The pursuit of improvement and excellence. In hard work is happiness.
hard-work thinking focus
Hail, Caesar! is about, in my opinion - I love that movie - but I think it's about the idea that as glamorous as the business is, and for as much hoopla that surrounds moviemaking, ultimately it's just a job. If you focus on it, you can do it really well, and it takes a lot of hard work. David Krumholtz
hitting
We started hitting (the 3s) for one thing. If they go in, they count. They add.
hitting opened outside
We started hitting our outside shots. That opened things up on the inside.
hitting slumps balls
It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm. Eddie Mathews
hitting fae world
What had set the fae world off? I`d never seen one. Now you couldn`t throw a trowel without hitting a fairy. Charlaine Harris
hitting knocking looks shots
When we did get looks we weren't knocking them down, and they were hitting their shots and locating their shooters.
hitting somebody unless
Unless it's hitting somebody when they're not looking.
hitting ninth sooner taken timely until
Unfortunately, it's taken us until the ninth inning to get back into every game. Timely hitting has to come sooner than the ninth. Ryan Doumit
hitting
We're just not hitting right now. It isn't that we aren't trying.
hitting jump knew shots
We knew they were very athletic, but they weren't hitting their jump shots in the first half.
incentives gone spirit
We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone.
incentives faces problem
When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive. Carlos Slim
incentives care christianity
Some are trapped in boxes of pea-sized Christianity, full of myths about missions that rob them of incentive to care about the unreached
incentive market seek
With the market buoyant, there is always the incentive to seek capital.
incentive sales
We feel that the incentive is at the right place right now to keep sales brisk.
incentives conflict sometimes
The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we don’t see how our conflicts of interest work on us. Dan Ariely
incentives indeed needed number provide question
The question is, what incentives and what discounts have they needed to provide to get to that number and indeed just what is their operational efficiency?
incentives involved offer
We are actually still working with Chico's, and there are incentives involved because it's very important for us to keep this kind of headquarters in this community, and we feel like Chico's has a lot to offer to the community. Jennifer Dunn
incentive problem solution
No one has more of an incentive to find a solution for this (Delphi) problem than we do.
marketing phrases idiot
That pompous phrase (graphic novel) was thought up by some idiot in the marketing department of DC. I prefer to call them Big Expensive Comics. Alan Moore
marketing advertising timing
Strategy and timing are the Himalayas of marketing. Everything else is the Catskills. Al Ries
marketing company ultimate
Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company's ultimate objective.
marketing mind building
Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect.
marketing cows looks
A branding program should be designed to differentiate your cow from all the other cattle on the range. Even if all the cattle on the range look pretty much alike.
marketing world needs
All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing. Akio Morita
market
We still like the equities market and think the S&P 500 could potentially go through 1300 this week.
marketing advertising products
Marketing is what you do when your product is no good. Edwin Land
marketing coaching good-coaches
I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching. Bernard Ebbers
measured ordinary power special virtue
The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing Blaise Pascal
measured personally reaction time
Personally I think the mainland's reaction this time has been very measured and moderate.
measured runs
Motherhood runs its own way and is measured with another watch that, unfortunately, we can't control. Monica Cruz
measured needs progress signing talks
I do not think that progress of the talks needs to be measured by the signing of a document.
measured personal whether
You are measured by whether you take personal accountability, or not.
measured moving
We're not leaping into this, we're moving into it in a measured way, Donald Rumsfeld
measured
Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential. Joseph B. Wirthlin
measured overall reaction
I think overall there has been a very measured reaction to the announcement.
measured point progress view
I think we are getting more used to each other. From that point of view we are making measured progress in that area.
proud not-sure be-proud
I'm not sure I enjoyed doing [Gigi Does It]. I'm cool with just being an actor. If anything, I learned to be proud of being an actor.
proud firsts british
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative. Catherine Ashton
proud littles looks
Respect me. Be proud, and if you love me, a little afraid, because love so often looks like fear. We are alike. We are alike. Catherynne M. Valente
proud salary teachers
We are proud we can give teachers the kind of salary we do.
proud since striving
We are proud of the improvements that we have made since 2004. We are going to keep striving to do better.
proud
We are proud of the effectiveness of our procedures.
proud work
We still, obviously, have a lot of work to do, but I'm proud of them.
proud share knows
Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small. William Shakespeare
proud done decided
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of Ed Harris
raised rate
This suggests a presumption that the rate (now at 3.75 percent) will need to be raised further, Janet Yellen
raised rather toward
My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it. Justin Trudeau
raised redeeming religion seen socially
I haven't seen much socially redeeming about religion. I'm an atheist. I don't here want to get into the Hitchens- or Dawkins-style attack on religion. I was raised on that. It's boring. Barbara Ehrenreich
raised
I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American. Dinaw Mengestu
raised
We are a community-minded family. We were raised to give back.
raised taking time vatican
I was raised Catholic at a time when Vatican II was just taking hold.
raised trust trusted worked
If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him. Tom Brady
raised
I and one other person raised our hands.
raised stakes worth
If another bidder comes in the stakes could be raised on TWA to where AMR doesn't think it's worth it.
specific vehicles
When the new vehicles arrive, you don't want too many of the old ones on the lot. I see this as a specific case, not a wide-ranging trend.
specific
When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice. Todd Phillips
specific target
We are going to target them in a specific way.
specific time
By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with. Brendan Coyle
specific
I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films. Walter Salles
specific
We don't have any specific allocation for it yet.
specifics various
Readers want a story, not a pattern. It's the specifics of a story that make it really ping our various reader radars. Sara Zarr
specific spoils
I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation. David Gilmour
specific tokyo york
I have specific playlists for arrivals in different cities. Tokyo skews new wave, Paris more jazz, and New York is Top 40. Chris Benz
successful mislead-us watches
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right. Charles Caleb Colton
success pride winning
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
success achievement conceit
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
success hate men
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
success kissing hands
To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.
success congratulations adversity
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
success achievement silence
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
successful causes flourishing
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. Charles Sturt
success eggs laziness
The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. Charles Spurgeon
understood havens
We fear only what we haven’t understood. Byron Katie
understood known
We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest. Arthur Helps
understood van
I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Cezanne, Gauguin and van Gogh. Nigel Hamilton
understood
What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart. Stephen Covey
understood
On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads. Jessica Sanchez
understood known
Music was known and understood before words were spoken. Charles Darwin
understood
My God was never happiness, but to understand and be understood. Elie Wiesel
understood
To understand and be understood is to be free. Daniel Johnston
understood whole universe
Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole... David Bohm