Rick Smith
Rick Smith
Rick Smithis an American entrepreneur, author and public speaker. Smith launched the World 50 global executive network...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth22 January 1967
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This is a critical test case. Right now, the government's failure to act is an extinction policy.
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I think it was a good decision. I just think it went bad.
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Our kids played well all year. I'm sure they'll be disappointed for a while. But I don't think it's a disappointment. They played hard. That's all I could ask of them.
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We made some big defensive stops there and were able to capitalize. Our defense played really well. They didn't shoot particularly well; we'd like to take a little credit for that. And we got some big play off our bench from Steve Cavanaugh (10 points) and Mike Meade (six points).
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He was as good as I have ever seen. We keep working on the same things and he keeps getting better.
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We talked about (playing with) intensity in the second half, and... we just came out flat. We didn't get a lot of breaks -- not a lot of balls dropped for us early -- but that's no excuse. We just came out flat.
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Canadians expect their country to be a leader in environmental protection and in protection for human health. The reality is that Canada is lagging behind Europe and the United States when it comes to regulating pollution and reducing the number of toxic chemicals in our environment.
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I hope that it really helps other people in the future. Wish it would've been there sooner. But I hope it is able to help people who are in the (same) position as me and my neighbors.
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In this time of crisis, we feel personally compelled to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and this is a small way that we can accomplish that, ... We are fortunate to be in a position to show our support of the many families and people affected by this enormous disaster.
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The challenges of 2005 have only made us stronger as a company. We faced these challenges, improved our core business operations, furthered our industry-leading research and development programs and remained profitable.
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All in all, I thought we played pretty sluggish in all facets for the game. We didn't pick up the ball very good defensively, we didn't pitch it ... We were just sluggish. Hopefully, we've gotten it out of the way when we go again tomorrow.
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In many ways George Bush 's America is doing a much better job cleaning up its pollution than our own country.
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I've never seen anything like this in all my life.