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People of sense will not take its absurd triviality as anything but helpful in contributing to the proof of the survival of personal identity. Oliver J. Lodge
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Stand at the base and look up at 3,000 feet of blankness. It just looks like there's no way you can climb it. That's what you seek as a climber. You want to find something that looks absurd and figure out how to do it. Tommy Caldwell
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Some people called postal privatization an absurd idea. But the people judged that it is the right idea, Junichiro Koizumi
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I think these things are so political you can't trust them at all. It's madness that I am on the list. It's absurd and completely unjustifiable. Their problem was they had to put an Australian on it. These lists are always so right-wing. It's like the Nobel prize, it is always 'people we can do business with'. Germaine Greer
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It is a sad testament of the absurdity of the ratings code and the completely illogical moral criteria that provide the underpinning for it, where any form of violence is perfectly acceptable for kids but sexuality continues to be the ultimate taboo, Robert Lantos
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I think there should be a law of Nature to prevent a star from behaving in this absurd way!
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The absurdity of its illegality has been clear to me for some time. I learned about pot from my kids and realized it was a lot better than Scotch, and I loved the Scotch. Then I went to my doctor, and he said, 'I'm thrilled. You're drinking too much. You're much better off doing pot than drinking.' George Soros
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The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it Anatole France
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The allegations are completely untrue, and dredging up a photo from when I was 22 years old is pretty desperate stuff. This is merely part of an absurd smear campaign to divert attention from the issues that matter in this leadership contest. George Osborne
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Our preference is the sooner the better. People in the markets prefer certainty versus uncertainty.
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Our $80 per share offer for Guidant is compelling. We are providing Guidant shareholders with certainty of completion, significant upside potential and substantially more value today than the Johnson & Johnson transaction. By any objective measure, our offer is clearly superior to Johnson & Johnson's.
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Management conveyed that if they didn't have certainty that things are settled with the unions, they will be looking at bankruptcy, Martin Frost
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I think they're waiting for Cisco, but they're also injecting their own level of certainty about the third quarter as being the turning point for the front end of technology stocks,
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It is a simplification of the system but the detail is still unclear. The only certainty is that in the short term it will produce more work for employment lawyers.
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That's very significant to us to have certainty around the pension funding.
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It is not given to the cleverest and the most calculating of mortals to know with certainty what is their interest. Yet it is given to quite a lot of simple folk to know everyday what is their duty Winston Churchill
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I don't know that we have any certainty about what's going to happen in the future.
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I would say no company has a lot of visibility past a couple of quarters all you can have is a framework. No question that going out a couple of years is really hard to do, and the level of certainty you can predict two years from now is lower than even what you can predict in the current quarter.
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Recent incentive programs have established lower market pricing that makes GM increasingly vulnerable to volume declines which could occur as a result of a decline in economic conditions or simply a sustained falloff following recent industry sales spikes.
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Present market conditions do not justify the launch.
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Our reputation as the great white north, the land of ice and snow, may be at risk here because what we have seen is rather anomalous weather conditions for the last year particularly.
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Part of it is because of the court because is longer, and we're not used to that. We've got to get used to that because the T-dome is about the same. We've got to get ready for that. We've got to condition harder in practice. Sean Jones
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Part of the process for SingTel will be to get a guarantee that those export licenses will be granted, and it will be one of the conditions placed on the sale,
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Optimism remains, and the conditions supporting stock gains through the end of the year are still good. The economy continues to recover and the interest rate environment is still good, but I have to think that March could be a challenging month.
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People need to know what kind of economic conditions will ensue for their businesses. The BOJ has the obligation to explain policy clearly.
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States are in much better financial conditions than several years ago.
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State crews were out by noon on Saturday, and snow was sticking on the grass by about 3 p.m.. Conditions on the roadways were good until 7 or 8 p.m., when the temperatures started to go down.
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reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the appellant. William Taylor
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Regulation is a factor, no doubt about it. But it may not be how tough the regulation is, but how fast it is -- how fast can you get your paperwork through?
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Paul is a proven winner, ... He'll be the key for us, no doubt about it. He won't be rattled.
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Our old system is less favorably positioned. To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board. Peter Ueberroth
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Our old system is less favorably positioned, ... To follow the same path would not lead to success in our view. We were doubtful the last meeting, now we're convinced. If we go through this whole process it's not going to work. If we want to bid, we want to win. We have to figure it out and make sure we have everybody on board.
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People have doubted us because we lost our big guns and everything and we lose our point guard. I think we've come together nicely. We really are starting to play well together and I hope that continues.
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Some may doubt that such a project can be completed, ... But where there is a will, there is always a way -- especially if it is the will of God.
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Our plan is to get the job done this year. To leave no doubt on the floor.
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Rod had it pegged from the beginning. I had doubts about his methods. But he's got guts.
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I was actually pleasantly surprised with how well we did (in cold, wet conditions).
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I was pleasantly surprised after about the first day or two. I could see that it was going to go just fine.
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He is so successful because he's such a competitor. I can't say I'm surprised he's doing this, but it's pleasant to see.
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(Friday) has been a pleasant day all around.
pleasant
We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?' but, 'Is it true?' Charles Spurgeon
pleasant
Mr. Volcker has said that 'the findings do not make for pleasant reading,' and I agree. Kofi Annan
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One ugly trick has often spoiledThe sweetest and the best;Matilda, though a pleasant child,One ugly trick possessed. Ann Taylor
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One ugly trick has often spoiled The sweetest and the best; Matilda, though a pleasant child, One ugly trick possessed.
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I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised. Karl Pilkington