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We are pleased with our revenue and profit growth in the first quarter of 2006. Our US and Canadian distribution teams performed well and built on the momentum they generated in the second half of fiscal 2005. We look forward to further executing on our fiscal 2006 goals throughout the balance of the year. Robert Huang
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We are pleased to be able to report that the operating loss in the first quarter narrowed significantly over the previous quarter. This reflects a reduction in selling and administrative expenses due to cost savings measures that we have implemented since the fiscal year began. With further cost-savings still to take effect and with a significant increase in new order intake since Dec. 31, we foresee much stronger operating results for the balance of 2006.
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We stress balance. Balance is key. I think what's hurt us in the past is we had one really good line and if they didn't come through on their chances to score in big games, we weren't winning because we couldn't fall back upon the second or third lines. Kevin Quinn
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We spread it around pretty well and the defense was strong, too. The good balance was nice to see.
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I want readers turning pages until three o'clock in the morning. I want the themes of books to stick around for a reader. I'm always trying to find a way to balance characters and theme. Guy Gavriel Kay
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe. Carlos Castaneda
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The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.
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We want to realize from the Japanese point of view a more equitable and balanced way of burden-sharing. This question we will pursue irrespective of the discussion of permanent seat of the Security Council.
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We have seen an incredibly balanced level of racing the past few years in the IndyCar Series and look forward to even more of that in 2006. Extending our current chassis program with Dallara and Panoz provides our teams maximum value for their investment.
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We want to serve our state and our country, that's basically it.
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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
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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.
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'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
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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
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The personnel in the support offices know they are doing their jobs well when they never hear about themselves, because that means Soldiers have their food, equipment and issues squared away, ... If you look at the basic needs of Soldiersfood, shelter, a means to survivethen you realize that a Soldier cant eat, communicate, or have the equipment they need to do their job without logistics having a hand in the operation.
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the perception in the world was that they tried to strangle us. In Lebanon we violated this basic rule and we were unable to hold what we took. Ehud Barak
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The percentage of Americans at basic and below basic level is as high as it ever has been.
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Unsafe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene habits play a major role in child mortality. Bringing basic services to Africa's women and girls could transform their lives and boost child survival in the region. Ann Veneman
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We always have trouble finishing, and I think some of that is because ... when you get beyond seven- or eight- (deep) for us, our quality, talent ... drops off. You get tired.
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The people who met today aren't the people who work out the nitty-gritty details to make things happen. LSU will obviously be reimbursed for expenses and would not suffer financial losses from this arrangement. Beyond that, not a lot of details have been settled. They will emerge in the days to come.
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We still think inflation will be contained. The reality is the economy is going to slow sharply over the next three to six months, and that should keep the Fed from hiking beyond May.
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We started out by looking at profitability, but we found by talking with partners, they viewed their business performance in a number of dimensions that goes beyond simple net profits.
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Why someone would leave $4,000 in their checked luggage is beyond me. Why don't they just take the $4,000 and leave it on the seat at Aloha Stadium during a football game and let somebody pick it up? Because that's essentially what they did.
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When you tell people at a convention that you're from New Hampshire, they tend to hold on to your hand a little longer and look into your eyes a little deeper, ... But beyond that, there was no overt, 'Are you with me if I go?' Tom Rath
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We're not going to provide any visibility beyond what we provided for the first quarter. Michael Dell
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We have seen a continued drop beyond Paris, but persistence near the capital. We cannot yet claim victory.
beyond clients pampered
We want our clients to feel pampered beyond expectations.
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We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most of the effective gravity in the universe. Something is making stuff move that is not anything we have ever touched. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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What the studies are showing is that exercise, at least when performed in a group setting, seems to be at least as effective as standard antidepressant medications in reducing symptoms in patients with major depression,
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When (former Gov. George Ryan's) administration tried to roll back the sales tax, it just went into the pockets of refiners and retailers and had no effect on prices,
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If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness. Bob Ross
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There is no question that he will be competitive and high energy. But how effective he would be, really, I don't have any idea. We'll have to see.
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Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery. Gore Vidal
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I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. Nicholas Jarecki
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Tom Werner said this is a happy day for the Red Sox, and I agree. We?re a stronger, more effective and bolder front office. Larry Lucchino
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We're still going to need to refine this oil into heating oil and gasoline before it really has an effect on us.
ending high low note year
We started the year on a low note and we are ending the year on a high because all sectors bounced back.
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We're going to take it one week and one game at a time. Not getting to play in that game was so tough. It was a frustrating ending to a great season. Now we're healthy and ready to get started. This is going to be our year. Colin Jones
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Unless the market can get a firm perception that the US Fed is ending its interest rate hike cycle, the ongoing weakness of the yen may not come to an end.
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For me, it felt like my shot was good ---- and then it just wouldn't go in the hoop. It didn't matter how hard we played. When you can't score, the ending is always the same.
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It's the perfect ending, the perfect ending to a high school career. Colin Miller
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It's a disappointing ending and loss for us today. You can look at a lot of different stats. But nothing is more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing this afternoon. Tommy Amaker
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It wasn't the start I would have pictured, the storybook ending type of deal. But it's time to move on. The regular season is over. Matt Morris
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The schedule speaks for itself ending in Albia.
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The rule which forbids ending a sentence with a preposition is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put. Winston Churchill
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Everything happens through relationships. Arne Glimcher
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I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a black swan event that is completely unlike whatever you've experienced before. It even happens to Google! Matt Mullenweg
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You don't look for these things to happen in Park Hills, but in today's world, it's here,
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Tomorrow, we'll get a big hug going, and we'll talk about past times, and then the first pitch will be thrown, and he won't see John Cohen, he'll see the enemy. I won't see Pat McMahon, I'll see a team that we're trying to beat. That happens a lot in this league.
happen sure
We remembered. That's why we made sure it wouldn't happen to us.
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What has happened to the party I've spent my life working in? Zell Miller
happens year
What happens when we don't have a year like this one?
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What happens to those people with severe memory lapses? How many of those people have they contacted, how many times have they been invited into their houses. How people who have nobody to call, so we don't know how many people this has affected.
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What happens on Lake Minnetonka stays on Lake Minnetonka.
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Would we say the (oil) reserves in Texas are irrelevant? ... I don't think so. Pete Domenici
reserves
We'll have to look to our reserves for help.
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If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years. Alan Jackson
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The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius. Alan Greenspan
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'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about. Alan Arkin
years judging acting
For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
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It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life. Alan Ball
years gigs stills
I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement. Al Roker
years medicine radio
I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio. Al Lewis
years wife age
On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me! Akshay Kumar
years people today
I see the friends I made over the years who have become family today, people I became acquainted with who have achieved so much in their lives. They taught me something with each meeting.