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achieving earnings growth guidance per pleased progress toward
We are pleased with the progress toward achieving our earnings growth objective. We are reaffirming our 2006 earnings guidance of $1.25 to $1.35 per share. Richard Kelly
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We are pleased with the financial performance and operational improvements that are demonstrated by our first quarter financial results, ... Our eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit sequential revenue growth and net earnings in the quarter of $2.8 million reflect a continuation of the momentum that was generated last fiscal year and put the company on pace to achieving our annual guidance. J. Taylor
achieving best business capability confident content delivering earn easily entertainment excited game honored japan japanese moving online powerful quickly success video xbox
We acknowledge that achieving success in Japan will not come easily or quickly for Xbox. But we are confident that because Xbox 360 is the most powerful video game and entertainment system, delivering the best content for Japanese gamers, enabled by the online capability of Xbox Live, we will earn more of their business moving forward. I am excited and honored to take on this role. Takashi Sensui
achieving goals players results terms
We want to put the players under pressure. (But) not in terms of results that come naturally, but in terms of achieving different goals they have been set. Rahul Dravid
achieving business conduct consensus entire outline point sit whether
Whether or not he's going to sit there and outline his entire (State of the State) proposal, he's not going to do that. Achieving consensus is the point of the Legislature. They're here to conduct the business of the people.
achieving cent confident economic growth india march per year
We feel all the ingredients are in place for (rapid) economic growth. We are confident of India achieving growth of 8-9 per cent in (the year to March 2007).
achieving continue focused goals
We're just focused on achieving our goals, and that's to continue to get better for the playoffs. Jerry Stackhouse
achieving commitment east element energy essential independence major middle missing national priorities rail reduce serious strategy transit
Major shifts in transportation priorities are essential to achieving energy independence and maintaining national security, ... A serious commitment to rail and transit has been a missing element in the U.S. strategy to reduce our dependence on Middle East oil.
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Lexus won by a wide margin, achieving a rating of 88 versus 83 for Porsche and 82 for Acura. Lexus customers rated it the most worthy of a price premium by a five-point margin. Lexus also posted the highest ratings in the critical Customer Retention and Customer Referral indices.
assistance call contact payment
We want them to call us, so payment arrangements can be made, so they can be put in contact with any assistance that's available.
assist equipment private pull resources sector secure stay technology
We want to stay cutting-edge, we want to pull in the private sector who has the technology and the resources to assist us with ... state-of-the-art equipment we will need to secure the border.
assistance decision economic front increases korea north somewhat
The possibility of North Korea making a (positive) decision increases somewhat if economic assistance is dangled in front of their eyes.
assist breaks budgets bush child children congress conscious continue cut economic enormous food growing high left level misguided persistent poor poverty programs recovery reflects stamps tax
The persistent and growing high level of child poverty reflects conscious and misguided choices, ... How can the Bush Administration and Congress give enormous tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans who have benefited most from the economic recovery while threatening to cut the budgets for Medicaid, Food Stamps and other programs that assist poor children who continue to be left behind? Marian Edelman
assistance basically clothes glad homes people sure whatever
The people who have been in this devastation don't have anything. They don't have their homes anymore. They don't have any of their belongings. They basically got away with the clothes on their back and little else so I'm sure whatever assistance they can get they're very glad for.
assistance draw emergency execute federal fema grant local managing office people plans response reviewing state taking
The people who draw up the plans should be able to execute the plans. Now we have one office taking in grant applications, reviewing emergency plans by state and local governments and determining where federal assistance should go, yet FEMA is tasked with managing the response and marshalling the assets. Paul Anderson
assistance draw emergency execute federal fema grant local managing office people plans response reviewing state taking
The people who draw up the plans should be able to execute the plans, ... Now we have one office taking in grant applications, reviewing emergency plans by state and local governments and determining where federal assistance should go, yet FEMA is tasked with managing the response and marshaling the assets.
assistance economic fair help personnel prepared provide
We are prepared to provide help in any way we can to those Fair Grounds personnel who need economic assistance and housing. Bryan Brown
assistance balance countries existing experience financial programs provide providing support
We are prepared, as in the past, to provide financial support by augmenting existing programs or by providing new financial assistance to countries that experience drought-related balance of payments needs. Rodrigo Rato
civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
civilized example expect message send society strong
We want to send a very strong message ... this is not what we expect out of civilized society, ... We're going to make an example of somebody. John Wilson
civilized greater importance relatively verb
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. John Wesley Powell
civilized ensure independence
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom. Mahmoud Abbas
civilized societies
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Tom McClintock
civilized goes left running
When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help. Kathleen Blanco
civilized freedoms protect rest
to protect the freedoms of the rest of the civilized world. Hoshyar Zebari
civilized measure redemption society
Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. Greg Boyle
civilized corps nations recoil
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops. Alfred Nobel
civilized
The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place. Anita Borg
constantly destroyed rebuilding
Everybody's constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others. Michael Shannon
constantly education point
The point is professional enrichment, education, professional development. We are constantly learning. Susan Clark
constantly trying
Where I live, there's a lot of canyons. We're climbing constantly - we're like mountain goats. I'm just trying to get better at that. Joey Santiago
constantly facebook hang home huge influence looked text town
I have always looked up to my brothers. They are a huge influence on me. We constantly text and Facebook each other to give each other support. And we all hang out at home when we are in town together.
constantly learning means primarily protect remaining reminds threat toward vigilant win
Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America. Mark Kennedy
constantly happier happiness hunt somewhat tiresome
I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably makes me a somewhat tiresome companion at times. Gretchen Rubin
constantly redefine
You have to constantly redefine who you are.
constantly house noise open pounding whether
Whether my house was open or not, the noise was just as bad. ... It was like someone constantly pounding on the house.
constantly hit life moment motivating music whether
Whether it's soundtracking a moment in my life or just motivating me to hit the gym, I constantly have music playing. Even if it's just in my head. Reid Scott
enables
Taste, which enables us to distinguish all that has a flavor from that which is insipid. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
enables team
Luis does all the things that enables your team to be successful. Tim Ryan
enables national ventures viable
That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done. David Selby
enables taken
I use the computer as a paintbrush. It enables me to do in hours what would have taken months.
enables
Where educational deprivation exists, it breeds conflict and enables repression. Wendy Kopp
enables fine life means money useful
Money's fine if it enables you to enjoy your life and to be useful to other people. But as something that is a means to an end, no, it's useless. Alan Moore
enables share
The Internet enables us to share the ideas we have without having to create another hierarchy.
enables invest money
I think money is a wonderful thing because it enables you to do things. It enables you to invest in ideas that don't have a short-term payback. Steve Jobs
enables extensive hidden launching storage
have made extensive use of the underground construction, which enables them to do things such as development and storage and, indeed, even launching from underground hidden silo areas. Donald Rumsfeld
ends distress draws
I distress you; I draw fast to an end. Charles Dickens
ends
Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.
ends
God and I; here is the beginning and the end of personal religion.
ends guys hear industry record talk
When you talk to guys in the record industry you do hear a lot of, 'Wow, she's 30, she's 35,' as if that completely ends any discussion.
ends alright ifs
They like life alright, but that they would like it even better if they could know that it was going to end sometime. Kurt Vonnegut
ends
Me, myself and I. That's all I got in the end. Beyonce Knowles
ends attainment humans
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness David Hume
ends whole-life shows
I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that. Audrey Hepburn
ends wells
He hadn't loved me well in the end, but he'd loved me well when it mattered. Cheryl Strayed
individual express-yourself circumstances
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
individual-effort achievement done
The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much-the companies never; it is the units-the single individuals, that are the power and the might. Individual effort is, after all, the grand thing. Charles Spurgeon
individual enjoyment incapable
Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment. Alan Watts
individual circumstances values
Life's values originate in circumstances over which the individual has no control. Charles Lindbergh
individuality apes firsts
It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes. Dian Fossey
individual-effort generations lifetime
The very worst impulses of humankind can survive generations, centuries, even millennia. And the best of our individual efforts can die with us at the end of a single lifetime. Elizabeth Kostova
individual ends made
The sobering thought is that individuals and societies are not, in the end, remembered for how they made their money, but for how they spent it. Charles Handy
individual promising recognized
What's so promising about this is that we have all recognized as individual organizations that we can't do this alone.
individuality promise fruit
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual. Bella Abzug
knowledge men order
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order to please others, they have most generally gone on to acquire more, to please themselves.
knowledge simplicity complicated
The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform operations of the Godhead.
knowledge class ferns
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.
knowledge performances pretension
The highest knowledge can be nothing more than the shortest and clearest road to truth; all the rest is pretension, not performance, mere verbiage and grandiloquence, from which we can learn nothing.
knowledge discovery views
It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
knowledge science two
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
knowledge world lifts
Let no knowledge satisfy but that which lifts above the world, which weans from the world, which makes the world a footstool.
largely leadership
For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy. Najib Razak
largely model save
What Snapchat said was if we try to model conversations as they occur, they're largely ephemeral. We may try to write down and save the really special moments, but by and large, we just try to let everything go. We remember it, but we don't try to save it. Evan Spiegel
largely logistics
We are largely deferring utilization (of the station) and we are paring logistics (flights) to the bone. Michael Griffin
largely measures naturally people response truly work
When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible. Bruce Schneier
largely tells
What we're doing here is largely symbolic. But it tells everyone that we've got to help. We've got to do better. David Stern
largely time waged war
Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors. Anthony Marra
largely life limited ours planned shelf society
We live in a disposable, 'cast-off and throw-away' society that has largely lost any real sense of permanence. Ours is a world of expiration dates, limited shelf life, and planned obsolescence. Nothing is absolute. Myles Munroe
largely positive stick
If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light. Brian O'Driscoll
largely
We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms. Samuel P. Huntington
members undead
You stole from a member of the undead Darren Shan
members nations united
All countries, big or small, strong or weak, are equal members of the United Nations.
members officials original together tribe university wonder
University officials and tribe members are working together on the appeal. We were heartened by (Tuesday's) news, and we think it's the right decision. Frankly, we wonder if (the NCAA) ever read some of the original documentation we filed in the first place. Steve Smith
members sexiest placebo
Stef is officially the sexiest member of Placebo Brian Molko
members primary protect staff student students
The primary consideration was to protect the student himself, and protect the students around him, as well as the staff members that were there.
members soon took union
When UTC took over there were 900 employees. Now there's 500 union members and soon it will be down to 350.
members mimicking policies pretend tory
I have become increasingly used to the Tory party mimicking our policies and phrases in a desperate effort to pretend to their members they are still Eurosceptic. Nigel Farage
members people supposed
Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're supposed to represent. Ben Shapiro
members
Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have. William P. Leahy
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men hair doors
An observer of men who finds himself steadily repelled by some apparently trifling thing in a stranger is right to give it great weight. It may be the clue to the whole mystery. A hair or two will show where a lion is hidden. A very little key will open a very heavy door.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men coats shabby
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
others-opinions live-for-others opinion
When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. Carlos Slim
others-happiness blood people
I'm pretty much fixated on certain themes. Family, but it's family of choice as much as family of blood. Individuality, yes, but not at the cost of others' happiness. Be true to your friends. Remembering to find some wonder and hope in the world. Basically it boils down to: treat people like you'd like them to treat you, leave the world a little better than it was when you got here, respect others and stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. Charles de Lint
others
Let the others have the charisma. I've got the class. George W. Bush
others search thyself
Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices. Benjamin Franklin
others search self thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
others though wounded wounds
He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.
others runs
When the others see how much he runs they will know they have competition. Rafael Benitez
others perish plot
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.
others proud today
But for others like me, today is a day to be proud of those we love. Owen Arthur
particular terms thinking
When you think of al-Qaeda, you are not thinking of al-Qaeda in terms of one particular country, or one particular organization. Sibel Edmonds
particular
As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there. Robert Mueller
particular remember several
She has been in here several times before but that particular day I don't remember her. Samuel L. Jackson
particular sundance
So many features at Sundance seemed to be powered more on the director's need to be a director than any particular story. Jill Soloway
particular
I don't follow any particular periodical anymore. I use Twitter as my customized news feed.
particular
'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment. Nathaniel Philbrick
particular
The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.
particular people
Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas. Aaron Patzer
particular share terrorists
Today's terrorists do not share a particular ethnic, educational or socioeconomic background. Bennie Thompson
possession goods insatiable
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.
possession struggle valuable
We're competitive now. We struggle to score. That's why every possession is so valuable to us.
possession power tendency time
There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it. John C. Calhoun
possess
To have another language is to possess a second soul. Charlemagne
possession religion
One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.
possess
Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
possess response
Glamour is not something you possess but something you perceive, not something you have but something you feel. It is a subjective response to a stimulus. Virginia Postrel
possessed
I'm not possessed about owning the Buffalo Bills, just as I wasn't possessed about owning the Buffalo Sabres.
possession humans human-beings
No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Albert Camus
profit
The profit of the one is the profit of the other. Frederic Bastiat
profit jimmy percent
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I. Alan Ladd
profit putting
We're making a profit every year, but the thing is, we keep putting that profit back into the business.
profit invitations
You do not require an invitation to make profits. Dhirubhai Ambani
profit
Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success. Ludwig von Mises
profitable
What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands. Susan George
profit humans knows
I know transplanted human worth will bloom to profit otherwhere. Alfred Lord Tennyson
profit puts work
We work off of a back log, ... But that puts us in a real profit squeeze. Frank Adams
profit second seem
If only we could have two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, which seem as if they have to be made; and the second in which to profit by them. D. H. Lawrence
pursue trying
I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits. Thomas Middleditch
pursue
I think it's just really important for youth today to have a passion and pursue something seriously. Kerri Strug
pursue
I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that. Oona Chaplin
pursue pursued takes
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because there's no applause at the end of writing a book. Lin-Manuel Miranda
pursue pushed realised towards
I wanted to be a pilot, but I was always drawing bodies. When I realised I wanted to pursue something creative, my parents pushed me towards architecture. Hussein Chalayan
pursue rub shoulders similar wish
If we wish to rub shoulders with them, then we have to pursue a similar strategy.
pursue typical
There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option. America Ferrera
pursue
We've got to find a way to pursue the ball.
pursue receive run threat
We often receive threat information. We run it out. We pursue it.
serve
Labels serve a purpose. They help one be identified. And I want to be identified.
served took work
If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I'm not a nihilist, I'm an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession. Kim Cattrall
serves watching
But it still serves as a primer for everyone who's watching the trial. Alex Gibney
serve taxpayer terms
More compensation won't make any of us serve any harder, so in terms of the taxpayer getting more for their dollar, it just won't make a difference.
served
Consolidating to the point of monopoly has never served the consumer - ever.
serves
If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that sucks. I don't want to do that. George Stroumboulopoulos
served
Had I rolled through that one 6-3, served it out, who knows? Andy Roddick
serve tough
His serve is lethal, ... When it's on, it's really tough to contest. David Ferrer
serve students
There is a need to place some students on the Mullins campus... and my recommendation is for Dr. Dow-Harris to serve as principal.
society disease want
Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best know how to prize them the most. But no company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
society facts hints
Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. John Roberts
society used states
Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. Edith Wharton
society cleaning neighborhood
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound. Ed Koch
society might ornaments
He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. Charles Lamb
society alive intimacy
Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles. Arthur Balfour
society
Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. J. B. Priestley
society
I don't think theatre has changed; it's society that has changed. Lee Hall
society might firsts
The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society. Boman Irani
unknown-worlds giving atheism
I can say that the happiest period of my life has been since I emerged from the shadows and superstitions of the old theologies, relieved from all gloomy apprehensions of the future, satisfied that as my labors and capacities were limited to this sphere of action, I was responsible for nothing beyond my horizon, as I could neither understand nor change the condition of the unknown world. Giving ourselves, then, no trouble about the future, let us make the most of the present, and fill up our lives with earnest work here. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
unknowns
There a lot of unknowns on this team. John Gibbons
unknown-worlds hands way
I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it's an unknown world. It's a world of subconscious. Some things you can't really get your hands on very easily. Things that are kind of nebulous and they feel like they're not completely formed. You have to feel your way through that. Gotye
unknown
The big unknown in this is the geopolitical situation,
unknown-worlds evil kind
Uncertainty and danger are always closely allied, thus making any kind of an unknown world a world of peril and evil possibilities. H. P. Lovecraft
unknown-future stills
I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope. John Lennon
unknown-person persons concepts
I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing. Patricia Marx
unknown-worlds finding-happiness knows
It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before. John Boyne