Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Kelly

Keating understood the power of tradition yet he loved to break the rules and create a new orthodoxy. That's what he did as treasurer saying, in effect, that Labor runs a market model with equity, and it worked. When he became PM, he tried to construct a new set of Labor beliefs based on Asian engagement, reconciliation and the republic. For Keating, these weren't just policies; they were the new Labor template handed down from the mount. The trouble, of course, was his inability to convert a lot of the public.

Gong Li

I have been waiting around to get the right script and the right director. For example, in the past, if a Hollywood director came to me with a script and wanted me to play a character, and she was a stereotypical Asian woman who gets into a fight and gets killed off quickly, that didn't seem to have much interest for me.

Colleen Hanabusa

Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

Andy Lau

He said if the stars can work together, we won't lose to any Asian movies or even foreign films,

Zhang Qiyue

It hurts the feelings of the Chinese people and other Asian countries. We urge the Japanese government to treat seriously the issue with the correct attitude.

O. Singh

I think the HSBC Champions is going to be a really exciting fixture on our golfing calendar and with a prize fund of US$5 million, the largest in the history of Asian and Chinese golf, it is an event we all want to win.

Richard Florida

L.A. draws highly skilled Asians and San Francisco draws highly skilled gays, but D.C. draws highly skilled everybody -- gays, Latins, Asians, Africans, scientists and so on, ... The trick will be to avoid pricing ourselves out of that creativity.

Desmond Lachman

I think what's very disturbing about the present crisis is that there are a number of things going on at the same time, all of which aren't very good. We've got the Japanese yen going to eight-year lows, we've got talk about devaluation in China, we've got Hong Kong coming under attack and we've got a number of other Asian economies just showing incredible signs of weakness.

David Nicol

It has been an exciting year (2005) for me, and now, I am looking forward to doing well in the Asian Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. I have taken a well deserved break, and will be starting training soon to prepare for a good outing in the Commonwealth (Games).

Tim Purpura

I think you'd have to chain him down to keep him from starting.

Patrick Ho

We suspect that initiatives within its manufacturing operations and a more streamlined supply chain are just part of the reasons for the improved margin profile.

Anthony Chan

I think a seasonal factor is part of the issue here, but you can't discount it all. Look at what is happening with chain store sales. They've been pretty weak. Some of it (weak retail employment) is real.

Scott Burns

I think a lot of the problems they've been having with?supply chain bottlenecks?look like they've kind of worked their way through the system.

Voltaire

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

Saxby Chambliss

He's going to be grilled pretty good about what happened, how it happened and how far up the chain it looks like it went.

Dion Buhman

There are now Web sites that sell directly to the grower. This bypasses the distribution chain that makes up our core business.

Two Chainz

Chain hang to my ding-a-ling, chain hang, chain hang to my ding-a-ling

Mark Vigoroso

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Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

James Patterson

Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.

Mary Carskadon

Kids are too sleepy to learn well. They're too sleepy to be happy. And they're at great risk for such things as traffic accidents.

Jim Schmitz

Jake Wade did just such a great job throwing strikes, going right at them. He pitched six quality innings. It was just nice to see him come out like that.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Ike Turner

Joe Louis is a great artist. He kind of helped me somewhat getting back to the blues.

Laura Stromberg

I think, in general, people just want a new, refreshing voice, and they're hearing that from Kinky.

Jim Kaat

He (Rodriguez) has been hearing it from the crowd.

Gerard Mestrallet

I don't know Mr. Conti, I have not had the pleasure of hearing his voice, even by telephone.

Anne Mills

I can feel your sympathy. But seeing is what will impact you, even more than hearing the stories.

Van Morrison

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Winona Ryder

I watched this documentary on Madonna. I remember I grew up hearing she wanted to rule the world. Actually, she worked really hard - really, really hard.

Jaki Baskow

I'm hearing from people I have not spoken with in 30 years.

Charles Schumer

If there ever was a time when the hearings are going to make a huge difference, it's now,

Bruce Braley

I remember hearing on NPR from pharmacists who had their lives turned upside down.

Christina Richmond

Partners are getting more and more savvy in services because they have to.

Arthur Henderson

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Nick Faldo

One thing America hasn't had is good partnership.

Reg Alcock

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