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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.
believe book writing
No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those who renounce Christianity, write fairly down in a book all the absurdities that they believe instead of it, and they will find that it requires more faith to reject Christianity than to embrace it. Charles Caleb Colton
believe self denial
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
believe half literature
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.
believe hallucinations scrooge
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning Charles Dickens
believe remember cry
I verily believe that her not remembering and not minding in the least, made me cry again, inwardly - and that is the sharpest crying of all.
believe soul done
Nothing that we do, is done in vain. I believe, with all my soul, that we shall see triumph.
believe echoes sound
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.
believe adequate earth
And I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States.
believe long people
It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in.
deliver firmness gained message openness perhaps prime state stood together
The one who has perhaps gained the most is the prime minister, who stood for the state and managed to deliver a message of firmness together with a message of openness to society.
deliver medium power
The power is there. It's more than just a fad. It's a new medium to deliver content.
delivered period proud public quarter reporting strong
We are proud of the strong quarter that we have delivered in our first reporting period as a public company.
delivery facility millions modern paved spent treatment water
We spent millions installing a modern water delivery system, sewage treatment facility and paved roads.
delivered fifth game god kept miracle race seed somehow
We approached this as a must-win game because it solidifies our fifth seed in districts, and kept us in the second-half race if somehow God delivered some miracle and Halifax lost.
deliver doubt splendid
We have no doubt that BOCOG will deliver in a splendid way. Jacques Rogge
delivered food
Was the person you delivered (food) to Mr. McVeigh?,
deliver earnings excited growth prepared remain
We remain prepared to deliver double-digit earnings growth in 2001, but most importantly we're excited about how well GE is positioned for the future,
delivered great history money places promotion spending
We're spending more money on this than any other promotion in UPN history. They've delivered to us a great pilot, and we want to get this out in as many places as we can.
directors guts asks
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.' Alan Rickman
directors notches top-notch
Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work. Alan Alda
direct-action acting ifs
Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free. David Graeber
directors
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often. Catherine Deneuve
director rather
To me, the director is the most important, rather than the story. Ludivine Sagnier
directors great looking opportunity variety work
What I'm looking for is the variety of choices and the opportunity to work with great directors - that's what I'm looking for.
directed movies
The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened. M. Night Shyamalan
direction february four industry lincoln mercury moving pleased program similar since
We are pleased to see the industry moving in this direction. Just to give you a little history, we launched a similar program enhancement four years ago. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury CPO have been teamed with MSX International since February 2002.
direction hanging playing stage together
We've always been friends before we were even in a band. It's a good-natured feeling, playing together on stage every night. To us, hanging out is playing a show. We can read each other and know each other's moods, and we know the direction we're headed. But we also know nothing is set in stone.
expense faster motivating people safety start work
When you start motivating people to work faster, you've got to keep safety in there because you can work faster at the expense of safety.
expenses tempting
It's always tempting to do good at someone else's expense Frederic Bastiat
expense necessity question
We would question the necessity of an expense like that.
expenses financial form good habit hit household job leave less liquid living loss matter medical minimum pay people portion reasonable savings serious six three unexpected vulnerable woes worth
Three to six months' worth of savings for living expenses is the minimum every household should have, no matter its income. Any less can leave people vulnerable to serious financial woes if they hit unexpected difficulties, like a job loss or medical problem. It's a good habit for all working people to put away a reasonable portion of their take-home pay into some form of liquid savings.
expense experience inside mall market operators release research shopping spare
Shopping is a pleasurable experience for many people; there's actually a hormonal release that makes us feel good. For some, shopping is a vacation, ... And the mall operators know that and spare little expense in market research to get them inside to shop. James Farrell
expense financial officer policy reality senior single within
The reality is, every single expense that was incurred was within the policy of the Mint, was vetted by their senior financial officer and was approved.
expense laugh price raised smiles
The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another
expenses gentleman lives question word
When we say of a gentleman that he lives elegantly on nothing a year, we use the word "nothing" to signify something unknown; meaning, simply, that we don't know how the gentleman in question defrays the expenses of his establishment.
expense huge
This would be a huge expense and very difficult.
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. Nick Woodman
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.
focus ego attention
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Alan Watts
focus listening theatre
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
focus-and-concentration long calm
As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. Al Oerter
focus good-things happens
Good things happen when you narrow your focus Al Ries
focus albums guests
Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it's an Akon album. The guests are very limited, and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don't want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it. Akon
focus violence murder
The message [of Donald Trump] is that that type of thing happening. Let's focus on what happened.What happened was the murder, the murder of this person pushing a stroller, it's unacceptable in an American city to continue to have this level of violence and the level of violence in Chicago is unacceptable. Chris Christie
focus helping strategy
The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming. Chris Albrecht
focus mind calm
Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content. Chin-Ning Chu
focus effort luck
To gain paying customers you'll need to focus on attracting the right followers, and not just on attracting the most. Communicate often with useful information to increase your value, and focus on pitching your product in a genuine way. Make sure you have a professional web presence, and with any luck, you should start noticing your efforts pay off. David Rusenko
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.
last nine won
We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances.
last people ready year
We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there.
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
later-in-life life-is-hard trying
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life. Bryan Adams
late middle rounds spend standpoint time
We are going to spend as much time on the middle and late rounds as we do on the first-round guys. From our standpoint there is really not a lot of difference.
late turning
We started getting a sense that things were turning around in late 1998.
later-in-life handsome
As I would learn later in life, money makes you extremely handsome. Mark Cuban
later-in-life fame
It's probably healthier to find fame later in life. Bill Nighy
later school
When he got to the school, they would not let him in and he was later told Christopher had been shot.
late needed shots
We're getting there. Late in the game, when we needed shots and we needed stops, they were there. Richard Jefferson
later line list sit year
We're going to sit down later this year and come up with a list of the (water line problems) we know about that we just haven't done anything on.
late seeing unusual
What we're seeing right now this late in the year, it's unusual but not unprecedented.
moving eye men
The upright, if he suffer calumny to move him, fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God.
moving hypocrite idols
Those who worship gold in a world so corrupt as this we live in have at least one thing to plead in defense of their idolatry--the power of their idol. It is true that, like other idols, it can neither move, see, hear, feel, nor understand; but, unlike other idols, it has often communicated all these powers to those who had them not, and annihilated them in those who had. This idol can boast of two peculiarities; it is worshipped in all climates, without a single temple, and by all classes, without a single hypocrite.
moving grace firsts
True belief and true repentance are twins: it would be idle to attempt to say which is born first. All the spokes of a wheel move at once when the wheel moves, and so all the graces commence action when regeneration is wrought by the Holy Ghost. Repentance, however, there must be. Charles Spurgeon
moving warrior ideas
The whole idea of emotions being something we can't escape as humans, but that deep suffering that comes from resisting them, we can move out of that just by not resisting anymore. But it takes a really brave warrior soul to sit there in these emotions that admittedly don't feel good in the body. Alanis Morissette
moving-on break-up breakup
What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.
moving ready
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
moving unique often-is
For every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree. To manifest individuality, every branch must have a sensitive connection with the tree, just as our independently moving and differentiated fingers must have a sensitive connection with the whole body. The point, which can hardly be repeated too often, is that differentiation is not separation.
moving airplane up-in-the-air
An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air. Alan Mulally
moving writing play
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and say, 'I'm not saying that' or, 'How about we move this to here? Wouldn't that make that bit of the story better?' But where any of it comes from is beyond me. I will never write a play or a novel.
operating rate regular resume slow work
We're just operating at a slow rate of production. We'll just resume regular work tomorrow.
operating-systems programmers defined
To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API. Charles Petzold
operating point result slightly
From an operating point of view, the result was slightly better than what we expected.
operating point reward risk taxpayers
From that point of view, the taxpayers are well protected, and there is a risk and a reward for us operating the stadium.
operating purpose time turn
What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.
operating paper piece
We're operating from a piece of paper now, and we'll see what we can do.
operating point room
My vantage point on the world is the operating room where I see my patients. Atul Gawande
operating policy result work
The operating result was good, but the company's hedging policy didn't work out this time.
operating release sales toward windows
Toward the end of the year, sales will revive with the release of the new Windows Vista operating system.
pleased
We are pleased with the turnout. We have some legislators, but we'd like to have some more.
pleased progress remains
We are pleased with the progress we are making but there remains much to do. Stuart Rose
pleased ruling
We are pleased with the jury's ruling in this important case.
pleased
We are pleased with the bank's first-quarter performance.
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organization. Mitch Kupchak
pleased welcome
We are pleased to welcome Kareem back to the organisation.
pleased step
We are pleased to see (Lansing) step up.
pleased quarter report strong
We are pleased to report another strong quarter for SAP,
pleased
We are pleased to be back in football. Kerry Stokes
reduction
Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint. Monica Crowley
reduction
Phil's not going anywhere. He hasn't been fired, and he's not going to be fired. There is no reduction of responsibility. There is no rift. John Collins
reduction left seasons
With every day that goes by, there will be further reductions on what's left of the season David Stern
reduction revenue slight
Even a slight reduction in revenue can have a significant impact.
reduction forensics eloquence
Forensics is eloquence and reduction. Gertrude Stein
reduction sit
We will sit down with her and there will be reduction of that this year. Herman Frazier
reduction together
If you put all that together you end up with a reduction in volume.
reduction
Hopefully, we'll see a reduction in those numbers.
reduction breasts
I had a breast reduction. Patti Stanger
reflection body reputation
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.
reflection ideas words-of-wisdom
We owed so much to Herbert's ever cheerful industry and readiness, that I often wondered how I had conceived that old idea of his inaptitude, until I was one day enlightened by the reflection, that perhaps the inaptitude had never been in him at all, but had been in me.
reflection sheep mind
I could not help wondering in my own mind....how it came to pass that our joints of meat were of such extraordinary shapes - and whether our butcher contracted for all the deformed sheep that came into the world; but I kept my reflections to myself.
reflection europe clubs
It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success. It's probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe. Alan Pardew
reflection men voice
Man for all his genius is but an echo of the original Voice, a reflection of the uncreated Light. Aiden Wilson Tozer
reflection thinking people
When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to see that everything outside you is a reflection of your own thinking. You are the storyteller, the projector of all stories, and the world is the projected image of your thoughts. Byron Katie
reflection maturity long
Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity. That is why childhood seems so long. Probably every period of life is multiplied by our reflections upon the next. Cesare Pavese
reflection mirrors identity
As it unfolded, the structure of the story began to remind me of one of those Russian dolls that contain innumerable ever-smaller dolls within. Step by step the narrative split into a thousand stories, as if it had entered a gallery of mirrors, its identity fragmented into endless reflections. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
reflection companion
Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. Jane Austen
speed amusing delivery
I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant. Bob Newhart
speed spend
What's not to like? For $1999 you are going to get the processor speed you thought you had to spend $2499 to get.
speed
We have just as much speed as they do.
speed intimacy
…mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates… David Nicholls
speed modern pleasure
Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. Aldous Huxley
speed slow-down bits
Do not push so fast ahead, do slow down a bit! Otherwise you won't catch up with yourselves. Franz Grillparzer
speed
I don't know where the speed was today.
speed drivers can-do
I'm not a fast driver. I've seen what speed can do. Carol Alt
speed
I've got 911 on speed dial. Douglas Coupland
strategic
We have to be more strategic in the distribution, David Satcher
strategic wise
I think the wise and strategic thing to do is to have a two-track policy,
strategic
That was the attraction. It was a tremendously strategic location.
strategic turkey united
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States. Stephen Kinzer
strategic terrific
Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,
strategic
I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.
strategic view visit
The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.
strength patience support
Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.
strength time prayer
We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength. Charles Stanley
strength being-strong spiritual
You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer".
strength uniqueness
Leverage your uniqueness. Bruce Tulgan
strength
We are a grassroots party. We always have been. That's been the strength of the GOP. Michael Steele
strength sports fitness
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach. Arnold Schwarzenegger
strength struggle victory
Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.
strength pain illumination
Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength. August Wilson
strength pain angel
Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel.
team people dementors
I don't like people who drain my time and energy. If you've seen the Harry Potter films, we use the term 'dementors' - people who can draw the life out of you in terms of your energy. So we eradicate the 'dementors', encourage the positive people, and that spreads around to create the team spirit we have here
team cups world
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup. Alan Hansen
team cups needs
The World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.
teamwork littles best-team
A German team could be quite good. But maybe they are a little bit too convinced that they are the best. Alain Prost
team people helping
It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
team frogs tadpoles
When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog.
team compromise building
You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise.
team numbers
There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe. Al Michaels
team taken miami-dolphins
The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling.
vehicle
She exited the vehicle and was very frantic. David Cox
vehicle yes
We started Yes as a vehicle to develop everyone's individual styles. Chris Squire
vehicles
He was ramming vehicles out of his way. That's how it was described to me.
vehicle whether
Publishing, legacy or indie, is a vehicle, and you can't opine about whether someone has chosen the right vehicle if you don't know where she intends to drive it. Barry Eisler
vehicle right-time dies
Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me. Aaliyah
vehicles
We were having so many headlight thieves, on high-end vehicles with halogen lights.
vehicle
An MFO vehicle was damaged. The two occupants of the vehicle are unharmed and uninjured.
vehicle
I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing. James Mercer
vehicles
I'm going after the highest-consuming vehicles first, because that's where the big payback is.