Famous Quotes & Sayings

The number of activities will be almost the same as last year, so it looks like the storm isn't going to slow the festival down. I really hope the people of each community will come out and see what natural resources they have right in their own city.

It's one of the major activities that our family automatically does in September,

It's the greatest challenge of homeland security. We are not structured for operational activities that involve state, local and federal governments working together.

Derrick Jensen

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.

Martha Stewart

Great music is an important part of living, especially during the holidays. Family activities such as gift wrapping, baking, cooking, and entertaining are enlivened with beautiful songs, traditional carols, fantastic vocalists, and famous musical renditions, ... Each selection in the compilation was carefully chosen from my many favorites for the holidays. I hope the Martha Stewart Living Music Series will become part of everyone's holiday traditions.

Martha Stewart

Great music is an important part of living, especially during the holidays, ... Family activities such as gift wrapping, baking, cooking and entertaining are enlivened with beautiful songs, traditional carols, fantastic vocalists and famous musical renditions. Each selection in the compilation was carefully chosen from my many favorites for the holidays.

There's a lot of stuff to do here, activities like sports or outdoor stuff.

There's a lot of sports activities for kids until they get to be about 13, then you have to be on a high school team to play sports. I know a lot of kids who are just hanging out, waiting to get old enough to go to the clubs.

Atlantic City is on the rise. In 2005, the annual gaming revenue for the city's 13 casinos rose 4.4 percent to $5.2 billion. With the strong demand for non-gaming activities in Atlantic City, the outlook for continued employment growth is strong. We're expecting to see a big turnout.

As we prepare to move to our new headquarters, we are continuing our intensive recruitment activities through job fairs, a new Web site and following up with people who already have expressed interest in working for Nissan.

As we get closer to the referendum, just as we saw at the beginning of the year going toward the (January 30) election, it's always expected that they (insurgents) will increase their activities to try to cause intimidation and fear in those who would go out to vote.

If the Japanese government continues to condone the activities of these rightist groups, then the situation will become even more serious and the problem will get even more complicated.

I think, obviously, as the valleys warm up and get more sunshine and as the high school spring sports kick in, there are more activities in the metropolitan areas that compete with skiing and snowboarding.

I just think being a doctor is very appropriate for me. It is a good balance of science and humanity -- very good for me. Also, I've seen how important health is through my activities here. Healing someone is so noble, so humbling.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Iraq is committed to declare all it possesses regarding weapons of mass destruction, if it still has any of them ... and will also declare all of its activities in the chemical, biological and nuclear fields, even those of civilian use,

John Burnside

Clearly, any well-kept garden will be a source of pleasure in the summer months; in the bleak urban midwinter, however, there are few activities more likely to energise the spirit than a botanical walk.

Maria Bartiromo

I'm frequently on the Internet, digging up information about companies and checking the activities of particular stocks and industry sectors.

John Bolton

If I were a Syrian taxpayer, and my intelligence activities were visible, I would demand a refund, ... So these are the sort of things that remain unanswered.

I haven't been involved in the activities yet, but I will be.

Adam Gilchrist

In 2001, we also got distracted by doing a number of endorsements. By 2004 we limited off-field activities so as to remain fresh and concentrate on the job at hand.

Hu Jintao

The Chinese government firmly supports and protects, in accordance with the law, all legal protest activities, ... We believe that the broad masses will, proceeding from the fundamental interests of the nation and taking the overall situation into account, carry out the activities in good order and in accordance with law.

The Chinese government and people strongly urge Chad and a very few other countries to stop doing anything further to support the secessionist activities in the name of 'Taiwan independence' and hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.

The IAEA said in a letter to us today that it gives (the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) permission to remove the seals and fully restart activities at the facility,

The employment numbers are pretty decent. But the concern I have is that two of the sectors showing the most strength construction and financial activities are very interest-rate sensitive.

The Charles City Jaycees are in need of new members that are willing to step up and help lead this chapter. We need people with fresh ideas and a new prospective on how the activities of this chapter can benefit our community.

The headaches and fatigue are normal. We are attempting to hide from the heat under trees and in tents during the daytime. At night, our activities will continue.

The highlight of the facility is the openness and many activities students can do. We want it to be an area where students can hang out and exercise.

Vanna Bonta

The impact of space activities is nothing less than the galvanizing of hope and imagination for human life continuum into a future of infinite possibility.

The impact of climate change on agriculture could result in problems with food security and may threaten livelihood activities upon which much of the population depends,

The indigenous nations living near and adjacent to the present-day borders are the first to feel the impacts upon their territory from those who seek to do us harm. Whether the threats are drug-smuggling, which place the health and well-being of our children at risk, or terrorist activities which can cause great harm to the cultural social and economic viability of tribal communities, we will gather to share our thoughts on this important topic and seek solutions.

John Ashcroft

The indictment explains that elements of the Iranian government inspired, supported and supervised members of Saudi Hezbollah, ... In particular, the indictment alleges that the charged defendants reported their surveillance activities to Iranian officials and were supported and directed in those activities by Iranian officials.

Paul Johnson

The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels - the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming - has about as much basis in science as Marxism and Freudianism.

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