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ability behind key major obsessive ought quiet scenes work york
The comptroller of New York City ought to have all the characteristics of a major corporation's CFO - quiet rigor, obsessive care for detail, incorruptible judgment, an ability to work assiduously behind the scenes with the key stakeholders. Tina Brown
ability america generate global imagine implement innovative open society speed stuff
America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage. Thomas Friedman
ability challenges education ensure excellent face facing influence kids motivate others people perseverance work
We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education. Wendy Kopp
ability face foremost influence leadership looking motivate others perseverance personal predict share success
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
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What makes a loft authentic isn't its layout or its history but its ability to give people a true home - a dwelling that reflects their personalities and aspirations, including their dreams of urbanity. Virginia Postrel
ability admire change commitment dedication favorite himself needs sean tim work
For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors like Sean Penn. He is probably my favorite actor because of his dedication and commitment to roles, and the ability to morph and change himself when he needs to. It's about dedication and commitment and a passion. Colin Morgan
ability believe choose great happen life pray
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen. Ben Carson
ability best bring club guy lad polish smashing unable
The Polish guy was a lad I really wanted to bring to the club because he has smashing ability but unfortunately we've been unable to prise him away. He is a top-class player. One of the best in Poland. George Burley
ability buyer california certainly gotten picture point typical weakness
The picture for California has been great, but I think it has started changing. There's certainly going to be upcoming weakness in California because we've just about gotten to the point where we've priced our typical buyer out of his ability to make the monthly payment.
agreements card largely pages
Credit card agreements run as long as 30 pages, and it's 30 pages of largely incomprehensible text. Elizabeth Warren
agreement children conditions covenant determines god gospel understand
A covenant is an agreement between God and His children upon the earth, and it is important to understand that God determines the conditions of all gospel covenants. David A. Bednar
agreement group labor largest last major mechanics pilots reach savings sought source striking
The pilots are the last major labor group to reach a preliminary agreement (except for striking mechanics who have been replaced) and the largest source of labor savings being sought by the airline.
agreement pilots reach
The pilots are key. This is critical. If they don't reach an agreement, it could be the end.
agreement matter peace seen
The peace agreement must be seen as a matter of urgency. Javier Solana
agreement beating interested peace reaching
The peace advocates are more interested in beating the conservatives than in reaching agreement with the Soviets. John McCarthy
agreement creative intuition
The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive. Reason is a harmonizing, controlling force rather than a creative one. Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new. Bertrand Russell
agreement people conviction
My sad conviction is that people can only agree about what they're not really interested in.
agreement bargaining collective consistent decision enforced simply terms
The arbitrator's decision is consistent with our collective bargaining agreement, and it simply enforced the terms of the player's contract.
baseball granted took yankees
You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October. Whitey Ford
baseball crisis great
The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day. Gabe Paul
baseball certainly definitely great group helps huge knows kyle picked strong team
The pollsters tell me it's because of Kyle that we're picked so high. And he's definitely a huge part of that. But we have a strong group this year. One person can't do it all. It certainly helps to have him back, but he knows that baseball is a team sport. And he's on a great team.
baseball build far helped hundred people picture played railroad scene
The picture of the caboose was a no-brainer. The railroad helped build this city. As far as the baseball scene is concerned, you have to look at what people were doing a hundred years in Oneonta. Everyone played baseball. Jim Murphy
baseball number overall seats worth
The overall number of seats doesn't change. Those are pre- and post-game seats, not baseball seats. But we think it's worth the investment.
baseball continued five good innings past played pressure
The past two games, we've played five innings of good baseball. They continued to put pressure on us, and we just didn't make the plays.
baseball bunch certainly democratic evidence lack outside people perception public respected saying success
The outside baseball is a public perception of disarray. This isn't a bunch of Democratic Howard Deans out there saying this (about Rumsfeld). This is a bunch of respected people in the military. ... And certainly the evidence that people see is of a lack of success in Iraq.
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That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons. Don Yaeger
baseball games enjoy
Baseball is a game-I just go out there and enjoy it. CC Sabathia
concerned performers saying worry
Nowadays, performers worry too much about how they look. They're not concerned about what they're really saying to their audience. Gloria Trevi
concerned ella
I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in jazz, has their own style. To me, the queen of doodling was Ella Fitzgerald, and scatting is something I never thought I could do. Gladys Knight
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The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them no particular forms in his diagrams. That does not mean that the shapes are unimportant, but rather that the older methods could not define them. William Henry Bragg
concerned far impulse main point sure tends writer writers
The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by. Vikram Seth
concerned god sees state
What really matters is how God sees me. He isn't concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man's soul. Billy Graham
concerned god learned man material security toward
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure.
concerned kids leading maybe providing
I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction. Evel Knievel
concerned diligent express flowery frequently home love people simply sincerely telling
We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not need to be flowery or lengthy. We simply should sincerely and frequently express love.
concerned secret since wrote
I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted. David Friedman
critical fear further government improve opinions possible system views work
I don't think a system or a government should fear critical opinions or views. Only by heeding those critical views would it be possible for us to further improve our work and make further progress. Wen Jiabao
critical government oversight people position public servants
It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people.
critical policies
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas. Zubin Mehta
critical pilots time
The pilots understand. It's a critical time period.
critical directed michael
Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance. David Thewlis
critical faults finding harder onto people sort taking
I can feel pretty critical of people, and I understand that sort of feeling of when you're going through something that's painful, taking it out on the world and projecting onto other people, finding faults with other people because it's harder to find faults in yourself. Noah Baumbach
critically taken
The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all.
critical goodness thank
That would have been critical to us. It was a gutsy play by her. Thank goodness she was set.
critical defining remember
We will all remember these times as some of the most critical and defining in our nation's history, Katherine Harris
dated involving politics songs throughout time view
I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time. Isaac Brock
date hard home
I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you. Anna Nicole Smith
date evidence war winning
The accumulated evidence to date indicates that we are not yet winning the war on terror,
dates
(Theater owners) want it, and they want it in as many play dates as they can get it.
date extra instead kept lack lessons moved playing poor seven skills
When I was seven we moved to Orpington, and in my new school, I was kept in for extra lessons to learn 'joined-up' writing instead of playing football. I still think that my poor handwriting and lack of soccer skills date from that period.
date groovy love
Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again. Pierce Brosnan
date hard york
It's not hard to find a date if you are Jewish in New York and Miami, but its hard in Texas. Patti Stanger
date male species unless
When you know what the male species is looking for - 'I'm not into a redhead,' 'I don't want a fat chick,' - I have to tell them that X won't date you unless you're this. I'm just the messenger.
date focus found gambling tool
We have a gambling statute, so the tool exists, but we haven't found to date a Pennsylvania-based operation. Our focus would be on the organizers.
december responsibility shows solidarity spirit succeed
We can succeed in December if everyone shows their spirit of solidarity and responsibility, Jacques Chirac
december entering inventory level september softer worse
You are entering a seasonally softer period, so you don't want to have inventory at a worse level in December than where you were exiting the September quarter,
december
When December comes, can 'The Nutcracker' be far behind? No, it can't - not in America, anyway. Robert Gottlieb
december ending face knows next row six stuff team winning
Who knows what the face of this team is going to look like next year? Winning six in a row ending in December isn't going to do a thing for you come next September. A lot of stuff happens. Jason Taylor
december good hair kiss love turned
Will you love me in December as you do in May,Will you love me in the good old fashioned way?When my hair has all turned gray,Will you kiss me then and say,That you love me in December as you do in May?
december good hair kiss love turned
Will you love me in December as you do in May, Will you love me in the good old fashioned way? When my hair has all turned gray, Will you kiss me then and say, That you love me in December as you do in May?
december far posted prior rebound solid weakness
Manufacturing posted a solid rebound in December from weakness the prior month, but it is far from out of the woods.
december forks future grand people realizing special stars watching year
I think people are now realizing how special that actually was. As you're watching the NHL this year ... there are a lot of future stars who were in Grand Forks in December and January.
december early fast gives great happens november opportunity start
You always want to start fast because it gives you a great opportunity, ... Most importantly in November and December you want to win. But you want to give yourself that opportunity to get into the playoffs, and that happens early on in the season. Sam Adams
growing matter telling
Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.' Wendi McLendon-Covey
growing loved mysteries people
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write! Wendelin Van Draanen
growing learn nice police
The police are not very nice in Mexico. And you learn that growing up.
growing impression mom remember seeing took wanting
I remember seeing 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I remember wanting to be like her and I still want to be like Colleen Dewhurst! My mom took me to a lot of theatre growing up, and I also remember seeing Pippin and being like, 'Wow! Brooke Smith
growing-up men people
When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on. A man does not always say to himself, "hullo! i'm growing up." It is only when he looks back that he realises what has happened and recognises it as what people call "growing up. C. S. Lewis
growing-up children needs
Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane Cecelia Ahern
growing-up children calendars
Katie is like my calendar, watching her grow and change. She is growing up so fast, learning to have opinions of her own, learning that I don’t have the answers to everything. And the moment a child begins to understand that, you know you’re in trouble.
growing-up real heart
I love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But it’s not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. I’ve met some great guys here, but I didn’t grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I don’t feel like they are real friends. I haven’t kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or laughed my heart out as their stomachs were pumped. It’s kind of hard to beat that.
growing-up worry would-be
She wanted to be irresponsible, she wanted to be looked after, to be told that she didn't have to worry about a thing and that someone else would take care of everything. How easy life would be without having grown-up problems to worry about. And then she could grow up all over again...
meet mom pen wrote
That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after. Vanessa Hudgens
meet penn walk
The Penn Relays is the only meet in the world where, when I walk into the stadium, I get chills. Justin Gatlin
meet people twitter
Most people use Twitter to meet girls, and I use it to meet 'American Idol' contestants! Chris Jericho
meeting
That was the first place we said there should be a meeting  in Minot.
meet resources whatever
We have ample resources to meet whatever comes, Jeb Bush
meet needs york
We could meet the needs of New York State.
meet overnight table within
We could get to a table within hours. We could meet overnight and we could avert tomorrow.
meet obama pleasure
It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done. Patricia McBride
meet willing
We were here all year. We were ready, willing and able to meet and now it's too late.
number
I'm still number one, so don't forget about that. So I still can have a happy ending. Yani Tseng
number session violent
The payrolls number is probably going to be in line, and we'll see another session of listless trading. But if it is something dramatic, we could see a violent reaction, one way or the other.
numbers mind age
Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour.
numbers wrong-number sometimes
Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers
numbers long secret
The secrets of evolution are death and time-the deaths of enormous numbers of lifeforms that were imperfectly adapted to the environment; and time for a long succession of small mutations. Carl Sagan
numbers logical simplest
The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.
numbers people effort
The number of people on whose cooperative efforts your eventual existence depends has risen to approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000,000, which is several thousand times the total number of people who have ever lived. Bill Bryson
numbers buying population
China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. . Bernard Arnault
numbers lines foreheads
The number of lines in your forehead tells how many lives you've lived. Ashton Kutcher
stadiums
Just to be able to play every day in stadiums like this. Chris Jones
stadium yankee
Yankee Stadium is a mistake: Not mine - the Giants'.
stadium super year
We would have to have a year trialing the new stadium through Super 14 before the World Cup. John Alexander
stadium yankee
That was a Yankee Stadium homer, for sure, Jason Giambi
stadiums
It's been unbelievable. It's probably one of the loudest, if not the loudest, stadiums I've ever been in.
stadium type
It wouldn't be a stadium type of a thing.
stadium
Without the new stadium we probably wouldn't be going to Cardiff,
stadium tunnel walking
It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.
stadiums complaints crap
Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs. Simon Jordan
tasks students behavior
It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life. B. F. Skinner
tasks abstract modernization
I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; its a very specific task. Dmitry Medvedev
tasks advertising easy
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and no very arduous task to astonish them. Charles Caleb Colton
tasks generations embrace
Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform. Chinua Achebe
tasks reader
As a reader you have a task to do, you have something to do. You bring your experience to it. It's not all inherit in the poem. Edward Hirsch
tasks illusion principal
The principal task of friendship is to foster one`s friends` illusions. Arthur Schnitzler
tasks artistic solutions
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions. Arne Jacobsen
tasks may architecture
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.
tasks remains has-beens
A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains. Madeleine Albright