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american-businessman cent five issue orders per
The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself. Jim Cantalupo
american-businessman foreign
We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once. Townsend Harris
american-businessman countries foreign japan safe united
The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.
american-businessman case england quite
It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.
american-businessman country entered peculiar regards states therefore united
As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.
american-businessman
We want to make as big a market as we can with our current product. Trip Hawkins
american-businessman
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. Ted Turner
american-businessman
If I had any humility I would be perfect.
american-businessman unless
What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it. Joan Blades
competition five good seventh sixth solid
We have a solid five and some good competition for those sixth and seventh spots.
competition happy playing poker problem seen somebody
We have no problem with competition. We are happy to take on competitors. But it's a different story when you are playing poker with somebody who's already seen your cards.
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We have never before seen so much economic competition, and we have never seen American officials at such senior levels express concern about China's military buildup,
competition fans few huge knew light soccer win
We wanted to win this competition because we are huge soccer fans and because we knew that there are a few things that haven't been done, like the use of light and the use of color,
competition good
We have pretty good competition between about 10 guys,
competition major markets matter process restraint select timing
The process is working, but we still have to judiciously select our new markets and the ones where we expand. It's a matter of timing and restraint to let the major competition get out of the marketplace.
competition
I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows. Taylor Lautner
competition knows walker
Walker is probably the front-runner for that position. But he knows he has some competition for that job. Dusty Baker
competition contract enhancing final remained ultimately within
Ultimately the final contract remained within the requirements of our No. 1 negotiating principle, which is enhancing our competitiveness,
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The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. Gary Miller
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Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, 'Over 250,000 entries.' And they go, 'Great, this dictionary must be awesome!' Erin McKean
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We are hearing from consumers who are saying 'I called in an order, I placed an order online, and it wasn't executed timely,' and as a result they lost money, Eliot Spitzer
consumers cool cost longer
Consumers used to think they had to compromise with solar. It was, 'Okay, I'm doing the right thing for the environment; it's cool to see the panels. I have to compromise on the cost and convenience side.' And now they no longer have to. On the cost side, it's cheaper, and on the convenience side, we set it all up.
consumers energy high higher lost oil pay prices though
The persistence of high oil prices can't be lost on the Fed. Consumers have to pay for higher energy even though it's volatile. It is a real cost.
consumers expect general gentle happier housing market pickup recovery retail sales seeing stronger wealth
We are seeing a gentle recovery going on in retail sales at this stage, which I expect to get stronger going forward. The pickup in the housing market should have a general wealth effect, making consumers happier to go out and spend.
consumers greatest imagine
would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest things I can ever, ever imagine for consumers in this country. Leo Hindery
consumers exactly markets
When the markets get frothy they can disappear. When the markets are frothy is exactly when consumers need them.
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Until they're able to prove that consumers are going to respond to the changes, the Street is very nervous. It's a very big undertaking to convince the country that a national Macy's is better than regional department stores.
direction good growing number state voters
We have a state where a growing number of voters are displeased with the direction of the state. If that's not a good set-up for a third-party candidate, I don't know what is.
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Ultimately, for them to sustain their growth and be successful in the long term, they're going to have to move in new directions and tackle some new product lines that they don't have and haven't historically done. That's going to take significant investment.
direction step ugly
This was a step in the right direction for me. I will take it any way I can get it. Something told me it was going to get ugly tonight. Chad Reed
direction step
This was a step in the right direction.
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.
direction front job quite
There are some encouraging signs. They're going in the right direction. Still, they've got quite a job in front of them.
direction negative pulling start
When you start pulling out infrastructure that's been there over 100 years, that's a negative direction to be heading. Jon Tester
direction playing program team year
This program is going in the right direction. In a year or two, this team will be playing in Albany (for the ECAC Championship).
fair increase people prices seen time wage
We have seen an increase in prices and inflation. It is about time we give people a fair wage for a fair day's work.
fair five goes option pitches six
We want him to keep starting. If he goes 80 pitches and five or six innings, it's fair to say he's now an option for us.
fairy born humans
You mocking changeling- fairy-born and human-bred! Charlotte Bronte
fairly hostile ncaa played straight teams three tournament
We have played three straight NCAA Tournament teams in fairly hostile environments. Bo Ryan
fair might point spoken time
We've spoken with Essendon, but at this point it's fair to say that it might take some time to finalise a new deal.
fairly minor process smooth
The process has been fairly smooth with only minor hiccups.
fairy hope influenced shows work
All of my work is influenced by fairy tales, and I hope my work shows Hans Christian Anderson's influence. Sandra Cisneros
fairy fairytale fantasies fascinated funny histories history morality passes perverse stories tales truth
I'm fascinated with the stories that we tell. Real histories become fantasies and fairy tales, morality tales and fables. There's something interesting and funny and perverse about the way fairytale sometimes passes for history, for truth. Kara Walker
fair protect rights
We are not anti-union, but we are working to protect the rights of our employees. We just want them to use fair tactics.
might occupation certain
To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings. Carl Friedrich Gauss
might majesty wild-geese
No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here. C. S. Lewis
might next shock time
What the shock might be next time is unpredictable.
might narnia chechnya
Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia. Aasif Mandvi
might
We were already down two there. If we were tied, we might have done something differently. John Gibbons
might goes-on wells
We might as well die as to go on living like this. Charlie Chaplin
might potatoes
What small potatoes we all are, compared with what we might be! Charles Dudley Warner
might stairs lorry
Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. Charles Dickens
might use disaster
But ah! disasters have their use; And life might e'en be too sunshiny... Charles Stuart Calverley
monopoly should states
The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education. Frederic Bastiat
monopoly-power owners certain
All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe. David Harvey
monopoly months position six
They've got about six months before they won't have the monopoly position on EV-DO,
monopoly-power rights growth
I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. Emanuel Celler
monopoly exception has-beens
Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. Lawrence Lessig
monopoly terrible terrible-things
Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it. Rupert Murdoch
monopoly
You have to find a small market in which you can get a monopoly, and then quickly expand. Sam Altman
monopoly knows
I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me. Steve Ballmer
operating-systems programmers defined
To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API. Charles Petzold
operating rate regular resume slow work
We're just operating at a slow rate of production. We'll just resume regular work tomorrow.
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 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 paper piece
We're operating from a piece of paper now, and we'll see what we can do.
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 system
Right now we're operating on a one-party system and it isn't working,
powerful language subversive
Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful. Carol P. Christ
powerful sadness warrior
For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood. Carlos Castaneda
powerful fighting order
The path to knowledge is a forced one. In order to learn, we must be pushed. On the path of knowledge we are always fighting something, avoiding something, preparing for something; and that something is always inexplicable, greater and more powerful than us.
powerful responsibility reality
The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we, too often are squandering our power and ignoring our obligations. The consequence of our abdication of responsibility is the ugly spectacle of idiot culture! Carl Bernstein
powerful eye moon
A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to be imagined.
powerful process technology
We have new platforms, new process technology and new products. It's a very powerful one-two-three.
powerful brain president
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alan Turing
powerful brain telephones
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain...
powerful men world
Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world. Alan Kay
pushing-me-away shakes accord
Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.
pushing process insight
We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see. Jamie Hyneman
pushing argument fit
My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right and even obligation as rational human beings to defy nature's fascism. Nature herself is a mass murderer, making casual, cruel experiments and condemning 10,000 to die so that one more fit will live and thrive. Camille Paglia
pushing songwriters
I'm a songwriter-I'm obligated to keep pushing myself. Billie Joe Armstrong
pushing
When they were sophomores they were pushing the seniors.
pushing
It's nice to have more than one little one because then you'll have - while one is pushing you in a wheelchair, the other one can open the doors for you. Clyde Edgerton
pushing worry
We are young, and we have some new seniors. I worry about pushing them too soon, but I will push them every week. Jim Hamilton
pushing ready winning
Winning is always great, I'm ready for it to happen, but I'm not pushing it,
pushing services start voice
When we start pushing our next-generation voice services out, it's going to be a whole new ballgame,
system weakness
There is a weakness in the system somewhere,
systematic mental-illness institutions
The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. Ashley Montagu
system
We're still making improvements to the system and assessing it, but everything is being done with long-term use in mind.
system talking
There is no new system in place. I don't know what you're talking about. Bill Belichick
system word
We feel that the system will get the word out when it's needed.
systems
We've got a lot of new systems going.
systems-change consciousness individual
As one individual changes, the system changes. Ram Dass
system using work
We have all new duct work and a new heating and ventilation system in there, so we won't be using the old system,
system
We've got to have just one system . . . it's a no-brainer.