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Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund. Jacqueline Novogratz
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Creativity and business acumen don't always go hand in hand. Sophia Amoruso
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I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year. Deirdre O'Kane
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He certainly brings a set of financial skills to this job that may be unparalleled in the history of this university, ... I would certainly expect his business acumen to be one of his strengths.
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He has made amazing progress with our microprocessor business, making it the envy of our industry. His leadership, operational skills and business acumen have positioned the company for long-term, sustainable growth, and I'm very pleased that AMD now will benefit from those skills on an even grander scale. Hector Ruiz
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Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.
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First and foremost, we look at a specific market. Is it a passionate sports market, does it have the potential to draw television viewers, what it's history for soccer events, and we do research into the soccer audience. Second, they need to have an ownership group with the appropriate resources and business acumen to be a success and they need to have plans for a stadium, generally a soccer-specific stadium.
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We will move forward with the ownership committee and club approval expeditiously, ... In the time since he has become an investor in the team, I have gotten to know Stu and have been impressed with his acumen and enthusiasm. Bud Selig
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IF you torture a single chicken and are caught, you're likely to be arrested. If you scald thousands of chickens alive, you're an industrialist who will be lauded for your acumen. Bill Vaughan
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We're expanding. One of the most difficult aspects of the aerospace field is quality people. It is difficult to identify, hire and find good engineers. The aerospace workforce is becoming a concern.
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We will step up support for the non-commodity export sector, working more closely with potential buyers of Russian goods. We do have something to offer in the IT sphere, the nuclear power industry, aircraft manufacturing, the aerospace industry and a number of other sectors Dmitry Medvedev
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This program is another way in which we are working with local high schools and universities to develop future talent for our organization here on Long Island. We hope this program will help us generate more interest in the sciences from the junior and senior high school level to develop tomorrow's aerospace industry leaders.
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Many of the satellite operations that go on there make Aurora a prime spot for aerospace operations.
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I firmly believe a rising tide lifts all boats. I think having Airbus only grows and brings more attention to Alabama's entire aerospace and aviation industry. Listen, my goal is to bring good-paying jobs to our state and our region, regardless of what the company may be.
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UTC Aerospace Systems has a couple of million dollars of content on every single aircraft that gets delivered. That's the chutes, the electric system, rotors, etc.
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Today's announcement brings together two strong aerospace companies with complementary capabilities. The merger enhances our position as the No. 1 aerospace company in the world and truly among the world's premier industrial firms.
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New aerospace technologies coupled with the spirit of competition will not only extend the boundaries of entertainment, but continue the public's appetite for space ignited a year ago when the Ansari X-Prize was awarded. Peter Diamandis
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One of my sons - James - just had his computer crash and it's a mess. He's an aerospace engineer. But the church library and cataloguing is all being updated to computers by the woman who is our new librarian, Jani Wagner, so I won't worry.
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We are pleased to welcome Fred to our board and look forward to benefiting from his knowledge and experience. Fred's global view as well as his background in finance will prove invaluable to the company.
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My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.
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I feel like I grew up being babysat by a television, and all I ever wanted to do was be in movies, direct movies, make movies, but it took me a really long time to be honest with myself about it because my background is that my family was very poor. Noel Wells
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We want somebody who is experienced in national and international fundraising. We have to continue the growth of the museum or else it is going to dissolve, ... As we work to build a new funding base, having an executive director with a different background will help us to make that possible.
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We were always in the background trying to get licenses and in those days we would get one of two responses -- either, 'We're not going to reward pirates,' or 'Shut down and we'll talk about it.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated! Rachel Tucker
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What we're looking for behind the scenes are background checks for known felons and other things that are publicly available, to make sure these don't get in the hands of a criminal. Tom Smith
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When we did our first international shipment, we had no idea what we were doing. I don't have a background in logistics. I had no idea how it works. I knew FedEx could get it international. As a small business, trying to get through different governmental bodies that regulate that, I didn't have a chance.
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We're going to have fully certified teachers that have had a background check and it's going to be done faster ... than school districts can do it.
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Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity. Charles Dickens
business fighting men
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers. Charles Caleb Colton
business men morality
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
business clever men
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
business law brain
Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?" Charles Stross
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It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade. The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future. Alan Greenspan
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...our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
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What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
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I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
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We want to see if we can get that done, ... So our focus is winning the first one. This is a very critical two-week stretch for us. Tony Dungy
critical stage
We are at a very critical stage in our negotiations,
critical people time
We're in that critical time that people can be rescued, ... If we don't get out thereto and do it now, then they're going to die.
critical-spirit habit critical
Make it your habit not to be critical about small things. Edward Everett Hale
critical literally room
We have no room literally to spare. Every game, every day is critical to us. Dave Wannstedt
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We have multiple critical injuries and multiple serious injuries and some minor injuries,
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Whenever the department suffers a fatal fire, we take a constructive, critical look at the event.
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Health is the most critical thing in our life. With your health anything is possible, without it you can't do anything. Bill Walton
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While many people think that we as reporters are whining and that this is a time of war, we are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth. Judd Rose
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She does have a pretty extensive history. But she's never been a violent person.
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The property was so extensive that he hired his own private 'police force' to patrol it.
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A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters. Kim Cattrall
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Because of the extensive damage, there are many isolated outages that take more time to restore.
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No one thinks of them being overwhelmingly important, but our relationships with them have been really intensive and extensive over the years.
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I have mandated to our staff to get out and meet coaches. They need to see our logo. They need to know that we are out doing extensive evaluations on their players academically and athletically. FAMU will be visible. Rubin Carter
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I did extensive training and through that worked with a nutritionist, so I put on about 15 pounds of muscle mass. Kristanna Loken
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He wasn't winded at all. He looked really good. Definitely, NBA shape is different, but he had extensive weight room work. He's always working out. He's going to be 50 years old and not gain an ounce of fat. He's a freak.
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There is no state with more extensive resources than Nevada.
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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. Alan Rickman
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As long as I can concentrate and remain somewhat calm, I can normally do very well. Al Oerter
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus Al Ries
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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
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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
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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
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The American auto industry is blowing up like a 1976 Ford Pinto. Dennis Miller
industry sure word
We want to really get the word out to the industry to make sure they know what the opportunities are here. David Adler
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When everybody's positive, that's the time to get out, isn't it? ... But I'm positive, too. This industry is hot, hot, hot, and the economy's going to get hotter. And even if it doesn't, people will still like to gamble.
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Latinos that are in the industry writing and producing, they can't be afraid to go out there and say, 'I want my lead to be Latino. And I want to talk about this, I wanna write about that.' And Latinos as a whole, as a people in America, need to go out and support. Lisa Vidal
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We've become much better at doing the work online. The whole industry is moving to more online maintenance. In a regulated environment, it wasn't as important to have short outages. We do the same work, but we're online now.
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Ultimately, the film industry has always pushed out its biggies, and I don't have a problem with that. I just wish that we'd spend more time nurturing the smaller ones. John Hurt
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When there was the tsunami last year, I thought that was the end of the tourism industry but we recovered very fast, in only six months.
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I really like photography, and I'd like to do more of that kind of thing. If I had to choose a different job within the industry and do it well, I would love to do cinematography.
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The product of intense technical work over the last nine months, the UEFI 2.0 specification represents outstanding industry teamwork from our member companies.
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I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed. David Sedaris
insightful quality pay
Expensive quality work doesn't cost more - it pays. Louis C. K.
insightful interviews encounters
Larry Grobel's interviews are informative and insightful without being pandering or intrusive. You get the sense at all times of both intelligence at work-the interviewee's and Grobel's-both inspired by the encounter. David Duchovny
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The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false. Charlie Munger
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Acquire Riches by Industry and Frugality. Benjamin Franklin
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Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?' Brian Tracy
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Success is a pile of failure that you are standing on. Dave Ramsey
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It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong. John Maynard Keynes
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Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted
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We stay in touch pretty regularly, via e-mail or the phone. He'll send me programs and I'll tell him how I'm feeling. He'll give me paces and whenever we have the opportunity, we'll get together.
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We were able to put together a packet of programs and get her into a house.
programs spent
We don't know if any of it's going to be funded at all, and if so, we don't know what programs it will be spent on,
programs sales
The programs were more about 'reallocating sales' than stimulating demand.
programs together
The programs are coupled together by their funding.
programs students
We don't want to be adversarial but we see these programs that are adversarial to the students.
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There is a lot of support for youth programs here.
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We as Republicans understand that we have got to protect these... entitlement programs - these entitlement programs for our seniors today. And we have to sit down and have a discussion. We need more ideas on the table. Eric Cantor
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Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do.
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We know we can play with any team in the league. We've proven it before, and when we play hard, we play desperate, we're one of the top clubs, too.
proven steal
She has proven she can probably steal on anybody.
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We need to look in those jurisdictions that have taken that step (to see) whether it's proven to be effective.
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No one has proven themselves strong enough to tackle it.
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If other schools question why they didn't make it and we did, they should schedule differently. We've proven we belong. Jose Fernandez
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I don't know that we've proven anything yet. I think we took a step in the right direction. Jason Taylor
proven
He has made a point. he has proven what he can do.
proven safe soon
To be safe and soon we have to go with proven methods.
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On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.
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We must mark God's providence leading us; and if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes Charles Spurgeon
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When you turn it on, it will recognize that that vehicle turned it on - date, time, everything. It essentially provides accountability.
provide strongly
I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process. Martin Seligman
provide run
We're going to run some new plays, and we think they're going to provide us some more momentum.
provide services
We're being called on to provide services we don't have,
providers step ultimately
Ultimately there could be two providers in Portsmouth, ... one step at a time.
provide town type
She said she had no idea which town she in. Fortunately we were able to provide this type of intervention before a catastrophe occurred.
provide students
We're able to provide a lot of opportunity. These are the things that students see the most.
provided statements
Many of the statements (appeared) to have been provided to her.
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I really don't have any solutions and I don't like movies that do. Charlie Kaufman
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Most U.S. users updated their anti-virus solutions because of Melissa, so they are safe.
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I'd like to be an inventor, as they look at the world in a different way and find solutions for making it better. Neil Jackson
solutions
Education is the only solution for peace. Emmanuel Jal
solutions
Point at solutions instead of at each other. Jeffrey Pfeffer
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A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.
solutions trying
You think about a lot of situations. That's just part of coaching. You're trying to find solutions every day. We haven't had enough of them in the playoffs. Dave Tippett
solutions
Angela Merkel is the best solution for Poland. Jaroslaw Kaczynski
solutions
To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution. Paul Wolfowitz
strategic
We have to be more strategic in the distribution, David Satcher
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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.
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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
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Rubbermaid and Newell are a terrific strategic fit,
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I don't really see anything new from a strategic standpoint.
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The visit is significant in view of the strategic partnership between the two countries.