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The potential consequences of climate change are so sobering that it's difficult to imagine how individual actions can make any impact. We are hopeful that Yahoo!'s Earth Day campaign will illustrate that if we act as a global community, together we can make a difference. We encourage citizens everywhere to embrace our collective responsibility to protect the earth for future generations. Meg Garlinghouse
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The people will not benefit from this. The people's homes will not get warmer. It is nakedly clear that actions by those who are responsible for this sector are neither professional nor competent. Those people have triggered the gas crisis in relations with Russia. Vladimir Litvin
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The pledge says 'I won't smoke in the high school and I won't smoke on school grounds. The last part says I will try by my actions to be a positive influence and help my friends so they don't smoke. William Dempkowski
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We are prepared to defend the EO. We have anticipated these actions by various sectors, Raul Gonzalez
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We are aggressively taking the appropriate actions to restore the company's growth and financial performance. The realignment of the company is fully underway, our management team is basically in place and we already offer the powerful solutions and range of products customers need to maximize Internet benefits. Michael Capellas
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We believe that the actions and rhetoric of the Mexican government constitute an attempt to infringe on the sovereignty of the United States, and we urge an immediate and strong response from the Bush administration. Dan Stein
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We believe that Sears Canada shareholders should consider the actions of the senior management and the largest independent shareholder when making a decision with respect to whether to tender their Sears Canada common shares. Alan Lacy
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We appreciate the length of service and time that Carla had provided to the Art Center, and we also support the actions that were taken (to fire Kelly). Chuck D.
actions build critical observe opportunity people protect smaller
We want people to observe how we protect the old as we build the new. It's critical that people have the opportunity to observe the smaller actions that make a big difference. Stefan Pryor
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We want the (partnership) agencies to think outside the box for the next regional plan, but we're also not looking at changing the rules overnight to throw the community into chaos. Julie Regan
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We want to talk about outcomes for the people who benefit from the United Way and how just a few dollars out of a person's pay can help improve the community. We have spent a lot of time here talking about improving our campus and building new buildings, but we can't lose sight of the fact that every community needs a safety net nonprofit agencies that support the needs of the people who live there. There are numerous United Way agencies around our campus, and one way to ensure that East Baltimore's safety net is both available and thriving is to invest in the United Way. Patricia Brown
agencies california interested potential rail state transit
The potential is there for a California solution. I think other rail transit agencies around the state would be interested in our results. Jim Allison
agencies appreciate difficult funding help responding task throughout
We appreciate all that the commissioners do to help us and other agencies throughout the county. We know they have a difficult task in responding to all the funding requests. Susan Anderson
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We've also begun working with other agencies on planning, even before the storm came ashore, and have been in close contact with the state and local authorities assessing the overall impact of this storm on our nation's power infrastructure, Samuel Bodman
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We're in preliminary discussions already with the administration on when that money will be needed, when will it be considered by the Senate, when the request will be submitted, ... These are issues that we are working hard to resolve to be sure that federal agencies, agencies that have the responsibility of responding to this disaster, have the funds they need to do it and do it right and to do it quickly. Thad Cochran
agencies government
There's something about dealing with government agencies that makes you feel like a criminal. Herb Trimpe
agencies calculate debt rating three view whether
Whether we like it or not, all three of the rating agencies have a view of overlapping debt. They are going to have that when they calculate our debt. David Rose
agencies happens homeland information public using withhold
What happens is, you get public agencies using that as an excuse, to withhold information that has nothing to do with Homeland Security. Jon Fleischaker
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. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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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
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
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The data shows an urgent need to strengthen policies at all levels of government and curtail pesticide use. Jay Foreman
curtail mysteries needs remain
One needs to curtail something like this after getting a collection. But mysteries remain out there. Dale Niewoehner
curtail recent remarks rises seek spike view
Fukui may make remarks that seek to curtail the recent spike in yields, on the view that recent rises are too much. Seiji Shiraishi
curtail enhances help opportunity problem state
If we get help from the state it enhances our opportunity to curtail the problem which is what we want to do. David Bennett
curtail fan field happening hate playing type
I think it will probably curtail that type of thing from happening at other ballparks. It'll keep the playing field safer, which is a concern. You hate to see a fan penalized, but what are you going to do? Lou Piniella
curtail fires help onto private
Anything will help to curtail these roadside fires from getting onto private property. Ron Perry
curtail deal effort india lets looks nuclear weapons
This deal not only lets India amass as many nuclear weapons as it wants, it looks like we made no effort to try to curtail them. George Perkovich
curtail defend democratic laws protest serious threat
the serious threat that these laws will be used to curtail the right to protest ... We must defend our democratic right to protest. Kate Hudson
curtail demand economies given global major plants shutter surplus trade virtually
The repercussions on global trade would be devastating, ... Given that virtually all major economies have a surplus with the (United States), trade disruptions would shutter manufacturing plants and curtail global demand for most commodities. Sherry Cooper
decision our-actions regression
We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision. But if a decision itself were voluntary every decision would have to be preceded by a decision to decide - An infinite regression which fortunately does not occur. Oddly enough, if we had to decide to decide, we would not be free to decide Alan Watts
decision understanding manipulation
It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making Alan Greenspan
decision looking-forward life-is
Our life is looking forward or looking back, that's it. Where is the moment? Al Pacino
decision further law matter personal privileges prompt serious thank
We want to thank the secretary-general for his personal and very prompt decision to waive privileges and immunities, ... This is now a serious law enforcement matter and we will have no further comment. John Bolton
decision explained therefore understood
We want to take a decision that is part of a solution, not part of a problem, and therefore it has to be well explained and understood by everybody. Javier Solana
decisions early
We want to set the roster as early as we can. This year, the decisions are so few. Mark Shapiro
decisions-we-make splits life-is
Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. Chris Cleave
decision mind world
Once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind. Chris Colfer
decision may littles
There's a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually - it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making. David Allen
employees owns people port regardless
The people working in these port operations, regardless of who owns them, will be exclusively American ... the same employees working for P&O. Kim Petersen
employees four three
Where they're getting those details, we don't know. We did have three employees killed ... not four that they're reporting. Cathy Mann
employees respect
We respect the right of our employees to organize, Bob Phillips
employees high job leading required stress
Work-related stress is experienced by employees who do not have all that is required for their job function, it is also instrumental in leading to high turnover. Scott Sharp
employees kept usual work
Work is going on as usual and all 250 employees have been kept up-to-date. Bill Fischer
employees flag given prominent proud serving spot support
We're proud to support our employees who are serving our country, and this flag will be given a prominent spot at Keystone. Ryan Ford
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We're focused on working with that ASTB and doing what is necessary to get the government loan guarantees. A big part of that is getting all employees to participate in the recovery plan. Jeff Green
employees moved offices periods throughout
Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles. Jill Lepore
employees main paycheck payroll pledge portion united
With United Way our main way of fundraising, by far, is payroll deduction where a company's employees pledge a portion of their paycheck to us. Alison King
failing
How lazily "xperts" dismiss what they fail to understand! David Mitchell
failing exception
Those as don't eat, without exception, fail to survive. Calamity Jane
failing managers ifs
If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail. Mark Cuban
failing excellent projects
Learning that you have stamina is an excellent thing to know. If a project fails, I know I can pick myself up. Eddie Izzard
failing
Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor. Diego Klattenhoff
failing cigarette score
Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score. Earl Weaver
failing models rely
A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail. Charlie Munger
failing preparing-to-fail preparing
The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin
failing danger
The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing. Ben Bernanke
federal-reserve
From now on, depressions will be scientifically created. Charles Lindbergh
federal government increase
We have seen an outrageous increase in the size, scope, and intrusiveness of the federal government. Jason Chaffetz
federal government
We have no idea. We will never know, because so much being done by the federal government now is shrouded in secrecy. Fran Quigley
federal history state supported
We're making history again. Never before have we supported so many state and federal missions. J. Horton
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We remain in a stimulus vacuum and the underlying motif this week will be the Federal Reserve meeting next week. Larry Wachtel
federal imposed past tax
What has been the fastest-growing federal tax imposed on middle-income Americans over the past 20 years?, Stephen Moore
federal incident needed resource unless
Unless it can be credibly established that a mobilizing Federal resource ... is not needed at the catastrophic incident venue, that resource deploys, Michael Chertoff
federal-reserve forecasting recessions
The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession. Ben Bernanke
federal government man means success
I should not get Social Security. I think it's a travesty for a man of my success and of my means to get anything from the federal government. Kenneth Langone
holding keeping urban water
We're infiltrating runoff back into the water table, keeping pollutants out of the urban streams and holding the runoff back. Jim Johnson
holding situation thinking winning
We're in a situation where we can't be thinking about holding our own. We have to make an impact. The only way we can do that is by winning the first game. Joe Torre
holding prices tension
With the inventories where they are, and prices were they are, they don't equate. It's geopolitical tension that's holding us up right now. Steve Bellino
holding hope
We're excited. We have hope now. We were holding on to very little hope. That's a big thing for us. We see we can play as well as we can. Kyle Visser
holding pattern scholars-and-scholarship
We're in this holding pattern and it's not lifting. Brooke Bingaman
holding keel obama
I've often thought that Obama should come out in favor of oxygen, just to see how many right-wingers keel over from holding their breath for too long. Kurt Eichenwald
holding-on
The only thing holding us back is ourselves. Brad Henry
holding offensive
I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job. John Madden
holding known months onto steps three walk
She's known how to walk for about three months but she would only take steps if she was holding onto my finger, ... Now she'll just take off and go anywhere. Chris Cornell
prevent teach
We want to teach you how to prevent them, William Stewart
prevention youth awareness
You have so much power to bring awareness, prevention and change. Ashley Judd
prevent primary terror war
The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening. Marco Rubio
prevent shut
To prevent the theft of 'Ben-Hur's sets, guards were prowling the back lot long after production had been shut down. Gore Vidal
prevent shall war
The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is, to me, one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human. Ellen Key
prevent
We would like them to be more constrained, more enlightened. There's nothing to prevent them from doing the right thing. A. Hodge
prevent
No brace is perfect. No brace can prevent every injury, but they do help. Dr. Paulos
prevention causation famine
From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines. Amartya Sen
prevent war
It's a fraction of the cost to prevent a war than prosecute a war. Marianne Williamson
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I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you! Charles Dickens
rights people enemy
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and enabling its enemies to prosper in their attempts to destroy it, must be confronted, a rational response for the nation is to encumber itself no more with such a president and reject his authority and the acolytes who carry out his wishes. David Shapiro
rights liberty virtue
You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties. David McCullough
rights giving world
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question. David Korten
rights people democracy
In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want. Catherine Ashton
rights differences issues
Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences. Madeleine Albright
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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs. Ai Weiwei
rights liberty
Liberty is about our rights to question everything. Ai Weiwei
rights mass-destruction support
We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. Bob Menendez
steps backing-up steady
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again. Alan Bean
step
We want to take a step forward. There's some worries. But you just go in there and play. David Cornwell
steps surprise reader
I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself. Dave Gibbons
steps tough push-yourself
You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in. Bryan Clay
steps comfort grows
It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW. Bear Grylls
steps problem illegal
Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in. Antonis Samaras
steps commencement experiments
One failed experiment is one step closer to Success Denzel Washington
steps should
Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
steps looks hard
It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look. Bob Ross
timely
Reputation is a timely subject, now that nobody has one. Tina Brown
timely
She does have extra-long arms. We know that about her. What timely shot-blocking! Kathy Gibson
timely
She always has some timely makes from the perimeter. Amanda Voorhis
timely
I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me. Dan DeCarlo
timely
If we had had the timely hit, we were right there. We just didn't get it. John Greene
timely
We just couldn't get timely hitting, very frustrating. Bob Poole
timely
We had our opportunities to score, but we just didn't get the timely hitting. Joe Siciliano