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behalf himself oneself poet primarily speaking statements
The poet is primarily a spokesman, making statements or incantations on behalf of himself or others - usually for both, for it is difficult to speak for oneself without speaking for others or to speak for others without speaking for oneself. Louis MacNeice
behalf continue efforts next phase pleased pursue ruling victims
We are pleased with the jury's ruling in this important case. Our efforts on behalf of the victims of 9/11 will continue as we pursue the next phase of this trial. Tasia Scolinos
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We believe that the Senate should carefully review this appointment to ensure that this nominee will be the kind of watchdog on behalf of American coal miners that they need.
behalf continue front lobby
We're going to have to go out and lobby on behalf of our sport to get the support. We'll continue to do those things that have to be done to get it back in front of the session. Don Porter
behalf career forward job meetings people plenty position side yelling
By the way, if you do your job on behalf of your country, you have meetings where you put your position forward strongly, and the other side does the same thing. And I've had plenty of meetings in my career that really were heated, people yelling at each other. Richard Holbrooke
behalf companies larger needs offer
Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies. Lawrence Eagleburger
behalf best civil debate engage lawsuit
Mr. Overton filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the family. He is zealously representing them as their advocate. I think it's best that I don't engage in a debate with him over the lawsuit.
behalf legitimacy negotiate problem
The problem with Papua is: who has the legitimacy to negotiate on behalf of Papuans with the government?
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The Prime Minister needs to have proper security. But I'm not at all persuaded that hiring luxury yachts on behalf of the security services to travel with the Prime Minister while he is on a luxury cruise is a good use of taxpayers' money, Chris Grayling
belief stressful stuck
It's our nature to be free, and until we're stuck in a stressful belief system, we're pretty happy. Byron Katie
beliefs characters common connects conscious emotional encompass religious
My beliefs encompass all religions. But I never show my religious inclination in my films. My characters have dark sides; they aren't the god-fearing characters. It wasn't a conscious decision. I'm a very lazy and emotional person who connects with the common man.
belief cartoon challenge explicit goal knew newspaper point
The point of any cartoon in any newspaper is to challenge belief systems. We knew it would offend, but that doesn't make it the explicit goal of the cartoon.
belief causes groups resistant shot
There are some groups that are resistant to vaccination because of the belief that influenza shot causes the flu. It doesn't.
belief whole universe
Belief is nearly the whole of the universe whether based on truth or not. Kurt Vonnegut
belief bigger disbelief
Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief. August Wilson
belief great piece puzzle share takes
We also share in the belief we do have what it takes in this locker-room and there's no great piece of the puzzle out there we're missing. Andrew Ference
belief blazing embers
Even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
belief truth-is accepted
Even the most time-honoured truths do not have to be accepted until they are your truths. Deepak Chopra
canadians clear cloth cut martin paul pierre team time
Unfortunately it has become clear that Paul Martin and his team are not cut from the same cloth as Lester Pearson or Pierre Trudeau. And so, most Canadians think it's time for a change. Jack Layton
canadians dragging focused house keeping opposition seems shutting
We're focused on keeping the House open, not shutting it down, ... It's the opposition that seems to be focused on shutting it down and dragging Canadians back to the polls.
canadians money people scheme tried
We know he hasn't got any money...the American people say he hasn't got any money and the Canadians say he doesn't have any money...he tried the same scheme here.
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Since 2001, investors have witnessed some dramatic changes, but the last three quarters suggest a stable and relatively high level of confidence in long-term savings and investment plans. Since this index was launched seven years ago, it's suggested Canadians are generally committed to investing even through some major international incidents, market swings and more recently higher energy prices. Bruce Gordon
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The fact of the matter is that there was no definitive plan to remove Canadians before Katrina hit and now there are Canadians stranded and fighting for their lives, Stockwell Day
canadians increasing people roles seen shoot
I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles. Brandon Jay McLaren
canadians economy gain good stability sure terms work
I think I'd work on making sure that Canadians have opportunities to find good jobs, to grow, to gain stability in terms of pensions. The reality is that Canadians don't feel that our economy is working for us. Justin Trudeau
canadians people serve trust
I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.
canadians country french intention movement organise simply
This country must be governed, and can be governed, simply on questions of policy and administration and the French Canadians who have had any part in this movement have never had any other intention but to organise upon those party distinctions and upon no other. Wilfrid Laurier
committed
But resist we much. We must, and we will much- about that- be committed. Al Sharpton
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The performances of the different offices are on opposite ends of the spectrum. In Fresno County we have what seems to be a near abdication of their responsibilities, whereas in Alameda County we see an office committed to protecting all residents in the county.
committed future meet money needs praying projects street
We are praying we don't have an earthquake, ... This is money we've committed to sewer, street and other projects to meet the future needs of our city. G. H. Hardy
committed good individual ourselves team
We've all committed ourselves to having a good team, and we have a lot of individual talent. I think one-on-one, individually, we're better than any team in the country.
committed gate good guys help last penalties playing slow
We started slow out of the gate last week, and had some turnovers early. We also committed a lot of penalties and we know we can't do that this week. I've told our guys that Bowman is good enough as it is, and we don't need to help them by playing sloppy.
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We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling. We remain committed to sharing a great selection of toys at great prices for our Web site.
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We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling in this case. Regardless of today's decision, Amazon.com is still committed to providing a great selection of toys at great prices for our customers. Patti Smith
committed project remain specific
We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal. It's not that the project is not occurring, it's just that these specific negotiations have ended.
committed remain
We still remain committed to the development of an import terminal.
given no-hope pledge
God has given no pledge which He will not redeem, and encouraged no hope which He will not fulfill. Charles Spurgeon
given guy guys perception
The perception now is that (Woods) is still the guy to beat. But I don't think guys think it's a given that he's going to win. Lee Janzen
given park rules
We've already given them an extension. It's really simple: The rules of the park have to be followed.
given life lived name people talk tony
I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became. Nicolas Roeg
given movies sad
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.
given relevant considering
I have given up considering happiness as relevant. Edward Gorey
given hoard wealth
Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is really yours. Sathya Baba
given heck love sharks shocked
What the Sharks did, it shocked the heck out of me. We've always been rivals, but I think they know how much I love this game, and how much I've given to it. Luc Robitaille
given
We have assumed control where once we worked with what we were given. Bill McKibben
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. Charles Dickens
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones."
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..."
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.
profound mind observation
That extremes beget extremes is an apothegm built on the most profound observation of the human mind.
profound
If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our sense of calling and the meaning behind the work that we do day-in and day-out. David Kim
profound metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is the most profound of all acts. Catherynne M. Valente
profound important acting
Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way. Blythe Danner
profound soul able
No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls. David Brainerd
profound feelings body
We recognize that all knowledge is mediated through the body and that feeling is a profound source of information about our lives Audre Lorde
profound comfortable
I have profound respect for Sacha Baron Cohen, but Borat is not a particularly comfortable movie for me to sit through. Ed Helms
profound saying utterly
What he was saying was utterly profound in some regards.
profound wife alive
The most profound, tangible influence in my life has been my wife, Monique. I don't know that I would even be alive were it not for her, and I certainly would not be the person that I am today. Edgar Winter
together tools use
Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
together ships speed
God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port
together world letters
...mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism...they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters.
together buffets throwing
Stop throwing us all together like some sort of Puerto Ricaminican Tex-Mex buffet. Al Madrigal
together too-much sides
When you put relative and absolute truth together and they become one unit, it becomes possible to make things workable. You are not too much on the side of absolute truth, or you would become too theoretical. You are not too much on the side of relative truth, or you would become too precise. When you put them together, you realize that there is no problem. Chogyam Trungpa
together pieces narrative
When I worked with Woody Allen, I only got the parts of the script that I was in. I was able to piece together the narrative from that, but I remember being quite excited to watch the movie - the movie that I was in but didn't know what happened in, like, 65 percent of. Chiwetel Ejiofor
together energy making-changes
We are one energy. Together we can make a change. David Guetta
together states anthropology
Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist. David Graeber
together grandson
And then there's my Grandson: He's certainly got the music together, there's just no question about it. Cab Calloway
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work.
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do. Dave Chappelle
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.