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basically serve state
We want to serve our state and our country, that's basically it. Clifford Jordan
basically children cities citizens cuts dying estimated family given highest ignored left living million orleans people percent poorest poverty rate repeatedly saw starving tax thy vulnerable war
Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves. Nancy Giles
basically breeding flood found four hold months number plains pools potential three time water
Vernal pools can be found in a number of places. From high-elevation saddles between mountaintops down to flood plains in the Champlain Valley. Basically any place that will hold water for three or four months at a time is a potential breeding site. Mark Ferguson
basically felt kansas production time took town worked
I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt like the production basically took the whole town over. In a way, we were the Martians in Kansas. Lukas Haas
basically beat efficient fully markets might trained
I'm from Berkeley, California, so I'm fully trained in socialism and all, but basically what they teach you there is markets are efficient and we can't beat them, so we might as well index.
basically certainly changes life relationships
'The Cardturner,' while it has bridge in it, you certainly don't need to know how to play bridge to read it. It's basically a book about relationships - between Alton and his great-uncle, and Alton and his friends, and how it changes his life. Louis Sachar
basically came played team
The other team played better than us today. That's basically what it came down to.
basically crowd energy felt half knew people positive received
The positive energy I received from the crowd was awesome. I felt like I basically knew half of the people in the gallery. Michelle Wie
basically example football large lead plate players position rally taken team
The personality of the quarterback, he has a large plate and he is going to lead by example and by his play. That's basically where our football team is. Our players do rally around Eli and his play and that's the position he has taken and that's the way it should be. Tom Coughlin
business digital retail
The future of retail is the integration of Internet and digital services with the retail network. Charles Dunstone
business fall character
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. Charles de Gaulle
business soul prosperity
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
business past derivatives
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
business colleagues depends
...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.
cameras feels audience
I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience. Alan Rickman
came help support thank united
We want to thank everyone who came out to support United Way agencies. The $11,500 will go a long way to help those in need.
came matches missing process
We want to see how the process came to be. He really matches up a lot of the missing pieces.
cameras alive fronts
Working in front of the camera keeps me alive Chow Yun-Fat
came exactly guys knew points
We knew they weren't going to go away. They came back from 22 points down at their Regional, so we told our guys not to relax. They did exactly what I thought they would do.
came ended few knew played run
We knew they were going to make a run; we knew it. Their run ended and we look up and they were only up by a few points. And that was all they got. And then we came out and played better.
came knew line stopped
We knew they were going to come back. But when they came back, we stopped skating. We had to make a line and we didn't make a line.
came expecting knew
We knew they were going to be good. But we came in expecting to win. Ryan Smith
came game games san team
We know how these games are. We've been on the other side. We had games we thought we won, and the other team came back. San Antonio had the game won. Maurice Cheeks
company expect reasonable return willing
We want to show the company that we are reasonable and are willing to work. But we also expect them to return the favor. Robert Garcia
company directly relationship terms
We know him in terms of his relationship directly with the company.
company-you-keep be-careful careful
You got to be careful of the company you keep. Dave Chappelle
company electricity mine paying power shut
The power company shut off the electricity to the mine because the company was in arrears in paying its power bill.
company potential
The potential of this new company is tremendous. Marjorie Scardino
company faster lead rather red tape
We appreciate, in general, if red tape is being addressed and hierarchies are put to test. But this should not lead to centralization ... as it paralyzes the company rather than making it faster and more flexible.
company critical focused primarily
We are primarily focused on revenues as this is critical to the well being of the company and the shares.
company costs general hard help mills news partial people pleased rebound recovery welcome worked
We are pleased with this settlement as a partial recovery of the costs we incurred. It's welcome news to the General Mills people who worked so hard in 1994 to help the company rebound from this event.
company control decision fate giving opportunity pleased
We are pleased with the court's decision giving shareholders their rightful opportunity to control the fate of their company,
consumer ultimately
Ultimately it comes down to where the consumer is.
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.
consumer positive strong
We are positive on stocks, especially those that are benefiting from very strong U.S. consumer demand.
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.
consumer continued corporate economy slowing spending
There are continued uncertainties, ... The U.S. economy is slowing and commensurate with that is slowing consumer spending and corporate spending.
consumer growth income retail robust signs source spending suggesting wage
There are some encouraging signs in retail sales, but if you look at what the source of consumer spending is, it's really income growth, and wage growth has been lackluster, suggesting the consumer will not be robust going forward. Scott Brown
consumer education impact insurance life provide rather unbiased
We want to provide unfiltered and unbiased consumer education about the impact of what life insurance does, rather than how it works. Bob Brown
consumers convince country department national prove regional respond street until
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.
consumers huge positive revision wages
While many will be disappointed that we will not necessarily see huge upward revisions to payrolls ... a significant upward revision to wages would also be a positive development, as it suggests that consumers have more firepower than we thought.
create decided event experience influence percent relevant women
We know women influence up to 85 percent of all (auto) purchases. We decided to create an event that's a more relevant experience for women.
create time
We know we've got to create time out of no time.
create people rely waiting
Waiting to be hired, as an actor, especially, is soul-destroying... There is always something you can do... Create something, a play reading... Anything. But don't rely on other people to come to you. Put yourself out there.
created earth extremely great planets venus whereas
Venus is extremely inhospitable for life, whereas Earth is a great place to live. If these planets were created about the same time, why would Earth take on such a different character?
create difficult months patches users
Vendors can take months to create patches, and sometimes users grumble about that, ... But the alternative is to have patches that can be circumvented or aren't appropriate for the vulnerability. It's a difficult balance.
create family force great period rehearsal shoot time wonderful
What was really wonderful about the 'Doubtfire' shoot is that we had this really long rehearsal period in the beginning. That was a great time to get to know each other. We got to know each other and to create the family vibe. So we really didn't have to force it. Lisa Jakub
created creates federal government job people project work
The federal government has never created one job that is sustainable long term. It creates government project work but not creating real work where people are. Michael Steele
created general government inspector position
The position of the (Interior Ministry) general inspector was not created by the government, it had been there before the new government was formed.
create people protect
the people who create it want the most to protect it. John Brown
declines households question suffering
There is no question that many households are suffering declines in real incomes.
declines further months production quick rebound sales unless weakness
Unless there is a quick rebound in sales, this suggests further weakness in production and declines in inventories over the months ahead.
declines downside issue names percent seen year
We've seen this how many times already this year -- three? ... A lot of these names could have 50 percent downside from here. Our big issue is, are the sequential declines (in revenue) over? I'd say no.
declines feeling glad lower main needs percentage prior problem serious workers
We're glad that the percentage is lower than the prior year. But our main feeling is that when you have one out of every 10 workers having these significant declines in cholinesterase, you've got a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
declines french further
French unemployment is stabilizing. We see further declines in the jobless rate.
declines figure further lower market oil stop tame today
The only thing that can stop further declines in the market today is a tame ISM figure and lower oil prices,
declines followed forecasts home housing percent sales smaller starts
Our forecasts show 6 percent to 7 percent declines in home sales and single-family housing starts in 2006, followed by smaller declines in 2007.
declines defensive past recycling sales strategy worked
Recycling what has worked in the past is a defensive strategy that is working, and it has reversed sales declines for the retailer.
declines equal generation less occurred single slightly
The declines occurred on a timescale equal to, or slightly less than, a single generation of these species.
growth credit might
There might be some credit in being jolly.
growth degrees economic
All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It's only a question of degree.
growth north positive
We want to see more positive growth in North America.
growth industry relatively remains steady
Walgreen remains on a steady growth path, relatively unabated by industry or competitive threats.
growth marketing mouths
Word-of-mouth marketing is a crucial component of organic growth for startups and one of the primary ways that Weebly has grown to over 15 million customers. David Rusenko
growth last services stepped surprise upside
The PMI is a big upside surprise ... and is at least hinting that services growth stepped up at the end of last year.
growth ongoing outdoor pleased radio stations television
We are pleased with the ongoing growth of radio and outdoor (advertising), the television stations and the network. Mel Karmazin
growth hard
Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work. Arthur Rubinstein
growth attention politician
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education. Derek Bok
lows involuntary homage
Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.
lows lowest
It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows. Cary Elwes
low warm
We are at the low end of what we were predicting. It was a little better than expected, I guess. It was just so warm and wet. A lot of it was melting.
lowest man
When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people. Leslie Cockburn
lows high-notes
I've never held myself up particularly high when I had movies that worked, and I never held myself all that low when I had failures. Ben Affleck
lows
How low am I, thou painted maypole? (Hermia to Helena) William Shakespeare
lower
Most organisations do not actively seek out input from their lower echelons.
lower months move
We're going to move lower from here. It's not going to take months and months to get all these refineries back.
low
When we get it down low to Ryan, we do pretty good.
net prospect return
We still see no prospect of a return to net profits.
network shifting social word
Where I do my word processing, how I collaborate, maintaining my social network . . . those things are shifting away from Microsoft.
networking building-wealth essentials
Networking is an essential part of building wealth. Armstrong Williams
net
When it comes down to it, it is a net positive. But there are so many more important things.
net
We're going to get a net so he can't go through the dugout. Jack McKeon
network pay
Univision is the only network where you pay for more, not for less.
net-neutrality neutrality internet
Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet. Al Franken
net neutrality quite ready turns wait
Let's wait and see how this all turns out. I don't think we are quite ready to say what Net neutrality is. Joe Barton
networks percent storage
Seventy-five percent of our networks are storage related. Mark E. Smith
next prime
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8. Charlie Chaplin
next generations products
The next generation product almost never comes from the previous generation. Al Ries
next causes steps
I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that's, like, the next step for me. Akon
next
We want to see who we're going to keep around next season.
next want knows
I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next. Chris Cooper
next
We know what we're doing now and we're going to take it to the next level.
next hazards moments
The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next. Djuna Barnes
next want havens
Pretty much any place that I haven't been is the next place I definitely I want to go. Dhani Jones
next performances improving
Everything I do is geared towards improving my next performance. Carolina Kluft
percentage prison since
The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985 Serj Tankian
percentage population proportion
The percentage of African-Americans at (SDSU) in proportion to the population isn't equal.
percent possible preparing
We are preparing very well but it is not possible to be 100 percent secure.
percent relative
We usually keep it between 40 to 50 percent relative humidity, and around 65 to 70 degrees. Don Davis
percent
When you think about it, 'Siskel and Ebert' is reachable by 95 percent of televisions in U.S., Scott Smith
percent unless until wait
We're not going to put him in unless he's 100 percent. If he's 100 percent after today, we'll probably let him go at it. But if he's not, then we will wait until Saturday. Ken Hitchcock
percent
We have never, ever been 100 percent full. There are always rooms.
percent safe sure tells until
Until someone tells us 100 percent sure that that's Dylan, we still feel that he's out there and he's safe and is going to come home,
percent reach whether year
Whether we reach 1.7 percent this year does not really have much meaning.
positive-thinking ideas years
Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.
positive song pain
When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine. Alanis Morissette
positive-thinking thinking can-do
Have a go. Anybody can do it. Alan Parker
positive-thinking people laughing
People who laugh together generally don't kill each other. Alan Alda
positive being-positive chloe
I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative. Chloe Sevigny
positive-thinking tunnels light
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through. David Allen
positive choices focus
A vision of a desired future allows you to engage and identify immediately in your focus with an improved condition. It changes what you perceive and how you perform NOW. It's not about achieving something in time. It's rather about the quality of choices you are making in this moment - what you choose to perceive, feel, and do. It's about getting the most out of your experience.
positive people positive-people
I got a lot of positive people around me.
positive giving wish
Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.
profits
The profits there are going to be huge.
profits quick short stocks technical traders
I think traders are quick to take profits right now, because what else is there that stocks can do for an encore in the short term? We're still in an uptrend, but the probability right now, from a technical standpoint, is that we're going to have a little more selling. Peter Greene
profits strong
It has revenues and profits and a very strong pipeline,
profits shallow share
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others. Howard Schultz
profits
Profits are up 15%, but are premiums going down?
profits support
There's no way that we would support a windfall profits tax,
profits
The merchandising is where the real profits are made,
revenue stream vital
Our revenue streams are going to become more complex. We can also see a much more vital revenue stream from in-game advertising.
revenue
I won't do it, though, without revenue sharing.
revenue
I still think the Legislature has to do the right thing (about the disputed revenue sources). Robert Klein
revenue
But that's not where the revenue comes from,
revenue sources wiped
Basically, all of our revenue sources are gone, ... I can't think of one that wasn't wiped out. Huey Long
revenue sharing tough
Revenue sharing is a tough thing but it's great. Dan Rooney
revenue
What you want to do is to get a kind of revenue that right now you don't get at all, Lawrence Lessig
revenue thinking
It confirms what I've been thinking about revenue deceleration.
revenue
If it's a revenue generator, we should look at it. Vicki Taylor
sharper sweeter wine
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine
single-mom writing ideas
There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas. Diane Setterfield
single-mom believe simple
I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. Byron Katie
single loneliness boys
A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be. Cesare Pavese
single-mom struggle opportunity
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities. Bill Richardson
single breakup love-you
That's why I called it Dangerously In Love. It's basically all of the steps in a relationship from when you first meet a guy to realizing you're interested to dancing with him the first night to thinking that you're in love to realizing that you're now a little open to making love to breaking up to having to love yourself after the breakup. All of that. A celebration of love. Beyonce Knowles
single shopping numbers
There is a restless kind of consumer shopping for partners, as if the "right one" can be found by totting up a potential mate's pluses and minuses until the number of pluses matches some mythical standards. Deepak Chopra
single blessing independence
The first of earthly blessings, independence. Edward Gibbon
single wisdom loneliness
Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.
single-life down-and done
I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done. Ed Sheeran
somewhere-else guy doe
Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it. David Duchovny
somewhere-else suitcases machines
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else. Dido Armstrong
somewhere-else effort want
Norfolk is not on the way to anywhere, you don't stop off on the way somewhere else - it's an end in itself. You have to want to go there; it's an effort. Beth Orton
somewhere-else numbers looks
Look somewhere else for someone who can follow you in your researches about numbers. For my part, I confess that they are far beyond me, and I am competent only to admire them. Blaise Pascal
somewhere-else now-and-then should
What I have found is, anything one keeps hidden should now and then be hidden somewhere else. Elizabeth Bowen
somewhere-else energy electricity
We're electrical items and when we die the electricity goes somewhere else. When we die our energy goes into the galaxy. Dominic Monaghan
somewhere-else want moments
I'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she spoke. 'Like you always want to be somewhere else, with someone else. David Nicholls
somewhere-else insults-you redwall
I will not stand here to be insulted by you, hedgepig," Mangiz fumed. "Then stand somewhere else and I'll insult you there, featherbag!! Brian Jacques
somewhere swinging
That's the thing. If she's not pitching, I got her in there somewhere swinging the bat.
today lasts next
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem. Alan Perlis
today politics tomorrow
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. Al Sharpton
today language sometimes
Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today. Diane Wakoski
today states form
States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today. David Graeber
today
Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself.
today year
We're in a much different place today than we were a year ago.
today intention literal
I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense. Edward Gorey
today wonder
Way off in 2060, I wonder what we do today will look like in perspective, and after it's been sifted through the objectivity of time. Loretta Young
today bread enough
Bread for today is bread enough. Edward McKendree Bounds