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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
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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
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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.
areas bit remote round rural travel worked
My father worked in agriculture, and I got to travel round remote rural areas with him and see a bit of the landscape and people. Giles Foden
areas good people pushed
I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place. Zaha Hadid
areas money run soon ton
When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well.
areas british chunks current recognise services
We do recognise that there are areas where the current financial services market, the banking market, just isn't working for chunks of the British economy. Vince Cable
areas cannot defined english-poet information knowledge system
Whole areas of knowledge and information have been defined into nonexistence because the system cannot know, understand, control, or measure them.
areas business businesses cash continues core flow guide helping keeping mobile network paid problems products small solve
Customer-driven innovation was at the core of Intuit's first product, 'Quicken,' and it continues to guide us as we look to solve new problems in areas like mobile payments. Products like Intuit 'GoPayment' and the IntuitPayment Network are helping small businesses get paid faster, keeping cash flow strong and their business healthy.
areas difference family mean means members plenty
Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion. Victoria Osteen
areas good
I think all documentaries leave out areas of people's lives. Which is good. There are areas that need not be explored. Alice Walker
areas board bothered call governed highly involved judgement operating surprised suspect tea
The allegations were all baseless, without merit, highly suspect and I am very surprised that the TEA even bothered to get involved in making a judgement call in areas that were governed by our own board operating procedures.
biggest build buy carry happens hit mansion people possibly wall
I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't. Ice T
biggest good hit jokes keeping references tired wrong
I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that. Ice Cube
biggest modest mouse putting record time
I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right? Isaac Brock
biggest companies global
My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury.
biggest communists italian outside soviet
The Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy, and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside the Soviet Union.
biggest communists italian italy outside party soviet
Well, the Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside Soviet Union, there's no doubt about that. Gianni Agnelli
biggest dad influence life
My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's been the biggest influence in my life. Gareth Bale
biggest both character clubs controlled hair life played quite similarity
The biggest similarity between me and my character is that we've both played clubs for 20 years. In real life, the clubs aren't quite as controlled - and my hair isn't quite as in place as it is on 'Ally McBeal.' Vonda Shepard
biggest good rebellion wear work
The biggest rebellion I could've ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long as I was doing something where I didn't have to wear a tie, I was good. Christian Bale
blessed british career given major work
The joy of my career is I've been very blessed to be able to be an actor in major films, television, theater, and also British radio. In fact, my dream as an actor when I started out was to be able to work in all the media. Thankfully, that's what I'm being given to do. David Suchet
blessed suffering program
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn. C. S. Lewis
blessed giving house
But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of your own, with some loathsome sexual perversion--nagged day in and day out by an inferiority complex that makes you snap at your best friends--do not despair. He knows all about it. You are one of the poor whom He blessed. He knows what a wretched machine you are trying to drive. Keep on. Do what you can. One day He will fling it on the scrap-heap and give you a new one. And then you may astonish us all - not least yourself.
blessed stories defeat
Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.
blessed home tired
Ah, what is more blessed than to put cares away, when the mind lays by its burden, and tired with labor of far travel we have come to our own home and rest on the couch we longed for? This it is which alone is worth all these toils. Catullus
blessed giving supportive
My hometown is extremely supportive of me and I feel blessed to be able to create something as a way of giving back; to say thank you. Carrie Underwood
blessed thinking decision
My faith in God is a huge part of my life, and yeah He has blessed me with an amazing family, and group of friends. In the Bible he tells us to think positively about ourselves, to not be down on ourselves. So I just try to live the way He wants me to, and make the best decisions I can. Bethany Hamilton
blessed looks hot
Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that. Ashton Kutcher
blessed men goal
Most men do not feel in themselves the competence required for leading their group to victory, and therefore seek out a captain who appears to possess the courage and sagacity necessary for the achievement of supremacy. Even in religion this impulse appears. Nietzsche accused Christianity of inculcating a slave-morality, but ultimate triumph was always the goal. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Bertrand Russell
exercise thought-provoking limits
Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition, resists and limits the power of its predecessors.
exercise guitar years
After Sleater-Kinney broke up in 2006 I had very little desire to play music. It took well over three years before picking up a guitar meant anything to me other than an exercise. Carrie Brownstein
exercise technology wish
Societies will, of course, wish to exercise prudence in deciding which technologies that is, which applications of science are to be pursued and which not. But without funding basic research, without supporting the acquisition of knowledge for its own sake, our options become dangerously limited. Carl Sagan
exercise mad old-friends
Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it. Bethenny Frankel
exercises helps
I take a multivitamin, I take extra C, I take chondroitin and glucosamine for my joints, I take calcium for my bones. And by the way, weight-bearing exercises can help ward off osteoporosis and yoga helps ward off arthritis. Raquel Welch
exercise night ems
For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. Urchins Shall forth at vast of night that they may work All exercise on thee. Thou shalt be pinched As thick as honeycomb, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made 'em. William Shakespeare
exercise high low might
I might go down. But I am still on my high fat, low exercise diet. Mike Williams
exercise blessing joy
The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it. Beilby Porteus
exercise financial increased rigor
We get the sense that things are now being accounted for appropriately in the right quarter. Hopefully, Nortel will exercise increased financial rigor going forward.
found home lived might miles nearest northern perhaps provincial received school schooling spoke task thirty took
We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home schooling me. She spoke to some friends, received some instructions from the provincial school board, and found some interesting books that perhaps I might find useful.
found good happens interested internet learning mathematics playing reasonably takes
I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your attention. But about 10 years ago, I found that the Internet is very good to start learning about a lot of subjects. Viswanathan Anand
found happiness middle narrow objects wandering
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
found guess music therapy
I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people. David Byrne
founding freedom imposed largest people pillars proponent quite
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
found people practicing
The people around me ... were hoping, of course, that the 'something' would be practicing golf. No such luck. What I found was gambling. John Daly
found good inherently job music sheer uncle wanting
I think that I always thought that if my uncle was on Broadway, then I must inherently have a good voice. I don't think that for a while I did. Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time. Nate Ruess
foundation
You never get rid of something that has a positive foundation. Arsenio Hall
found guess media question seems talk team
That was the big question from the media so I guess I had to talk about it. I don't think it was me harping on it but when there is something not going well that seems to be the focus. It wasn't always pretty, but this team has found a way to win.
games involving theorists
Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players. Yanis Varoufakis
games happen older
As you get older you play in more important games and that is when you start thinking about what will happen if you win or lose. Wayne Rooney
games largest positives record venue
In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I have been emphasizing on the positives of chess to the authorities.
game overly policy
The policy doesn't look overly generous, but right now this is the only game in town.
games hope knowing luck mattered points results travel
The points mattered more than anything tonight. The results in the other games went our way, and now we can travel to Belarus knowing that we are in the play-offs. I hope our luck continues.
game penn people ready state
The Penn State game was crazy. There were like 110,000 people there, and they were ready for it.
games girls gone mentally pat prepared regular saturday winning worked
The pat on the back (for winning the regular season) is gone. The first do-or-die games for the girls are (today) and on Saturday for the boys. Everything you've worked for is gone on Saturday if you're not prepared for it mentally or physically.
game games highly hit nature perfect players social sort storm women
'Pong' hit the fancy. It was sort of the perfect storm of a game which has two players highly social, a game that women could play better than a guy, and sort of an acceptance of this social nature of games in a bar. Nolan Bushnell
game hard lost ncaa tournament
We have a lot to prove. Every game we lost I think we should have won. We need to play hard in the SEC Tournament to make the NCAA Tournament. Joe Crawford
gifts platform ryan
We can't all be like Ryan Seacrest... the perfect platform manifestation of a human. I don't know if we all have those gifts for restraining our emotions... or whatever it is he does. Ze Frank
gift great moment share songs
It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.' Valerie June
gift greater knowledge receive share
What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it would be to share that knowledge with others. Ezra Taft Benson
gifted kids lead learn run talented
We need to learn to run better offense. The kids are talented and gifted but we need to learn to play more unified. We do what we need to do to get the lead and we kind of stop.
gift
I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.
gift high pay price priceless truth
We are innocent... To forsake this truth is to pay too high a price even for the priceless gift of life.
gift given music platform responsibility tremendous work
I was given a tremendous gift and a platform, and it is my responsibility to use my platform to do the work of the Most High. Erykah Badu
gifted
I think I'm gifted to do what I'm doing, that this is what I'm here for. Avery Johnson
gift program special starting thinking
We'll give special rates, and we're thinking about starting a gift certificate program and accommodating parties.
greatest render service
Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world. Ramana Maharshi
greatest
That was the greatest thing she ever did.
greatest invested life man
That was the greatest disappointment for a man who had invested his whole life in this.
greatest pitchers sink
That won't sink in for a while. He's one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Brian McCann
greatest marathon
You are embarking on the greatest marathon of your career,
greatest honor respect time
With the greatest respect for your Honor, that isn't enough time for us.
greatest patron remembered
will be remembered as the patron of some of Mercer's greatest years. David Hudson
greatest mould player
Who better to mould him than the greatest player ever. Sidney Crosby
greatest justin
Justin Gatlin's on his way to being the greatest ever.
holes knew last life peace prayed three tough
I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life. Webb Simpson
hole phil putting several won
The 14th hole was really a killer, but there were several other putts -- I just couldn't get one to go. I think if Phil was putting for me, I would have won with 9- or 10-under. Fred Couples
hole
The 14th hole was just really a killer. I couldn't get one to go in the hole and get any momentum.
hole
The 14th hole was just really a killer.
hole
We can't get down in a hole like that.
hole housing market
Manufacturing is in a hole but the housing market is pretty buoyant,
holes regimes
There are no black holes in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity. Stephen Hawking
holes seems
We got back in the game, but it seems we never have enough. We have too many holes in the lineup to keep things going. Buddy Bell
holes
No. 7 is one of the narrowest holes on the course, if not the narrowest. Tiger Woods
missed momentum
We had opportunities and we missed them, and the momentum went back the other way and killed us.
missed stop three
We just continually missed too many shots. I called two timeouts to stop the bleeding, but during that 16-0 run, we probably missed three lay-ups.
missed
I thought I missed the memo, but there wasn't a memo.
missed neat pulled tired together walking worried
I'm still not worried about walking under ladders. It's actually been pretty neat to see how we've pulled together and we really haven't missed a beat. We're probably all just a little more tired at the end of the day.
missed mother run
We got there, her mother said she could run it, and then we missed the 300.
missed
I was upset. I didn't say anything but I really missed it. Mary Harris
missed three
I still had my confidence. I don't think I've ever missed three in a row. Kevin Kelly
missed opportunity phoenix pulled state
I think if Phoenix pulled out, it would be a missed opportunity for Phoenix and the state of Arizona.
missed
We couldn't find the net, just missed too many shots.
playing
When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced. Bill Hader
playing problem repeating worked
That was something that we really worked on, not repeating ourselves. But I was like, 'This is not going to be a problem because I'm playing a woman.' Rosario Dawson
playing playoffs
That was really important for us. We really wanted it ... It's so important for us to go into the playoffs playing like this.
playing
We need to keep playing more in Ohio. It's that simple. We don't have enough tournaments here.
playing understand
We have to understand that we're not playing for right now; we're playing for the long haul. It's important to be patient. It will come. Kobe Bryant
playing whoever
I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with. Paul Eenhoorn
playing
We were getting slaughtered, ... We weren't playing well at all yet we're up, two-zero. But that's soccer. Landon Donovan
playing
We were still playing for a title, because we were playing for second. Kevin Williams
playing typical wait
Typical Devils-type game. They wait for you to make a mistake. They've been playing that way for a long time.
problem wonder truth-is
You look at the states [Barack] Obama won and wonder, well, where would Hillary Clinton have a problem and where does Donald Trump have problems? And the truth is, Donald Trump is not showing strength in any of the big states that he would need in order to actually get to 270. And Hillary Clinton is showing herself to be remarkably stable in all the states that she needs.
problems
The anticipation would have been that problems would have been down. Tom Smith
problem
We just didn't finish. That's been our problem all year.
problem saying spam
We're really not here saying that the spam problem is solved. What we're saying is that we're making progress.
problems
We have had so many problems in our district.
problems technical
We have had problems ? some serious, some not so serious. They were the logistical and technical problems we expected.
problems weather
Why would you put all your C-130s in a place with weather problems?
problems run share values win
You'll run into problems where governments don't share those values. Long term, these values will win out. David Filo
problem easy criticize
It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener. Beck
successful two marriage-equality
Remember that the successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person.
successful thinking years
As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.
successful moon men
Scientists constantly get clobbered with the idea that we spent 27 billion dollars on the Apollo programs, and are asked "What more do you want?" We didn't spend it; it was done for political reasons. ... Apollo was a response to the Bay of Pigs fiasco and to the successful orbital flight of Yuri Gagarin. President Kennedy's objective was not to find out the origin of the moon by the end of the decade; rather it was to put a man on the moon and bring him back, and we did that.
successful three analysis
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it. Bette Davis
successful reality artist
So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially. Antoine Fuqua
successful envy millionaire
Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.
successful successful-business
A successful business is created before there is a business. Robert Kiyosaki
successful people successful-people
Successful people don't fear failure, but understand that it's necessary to learn and grow from.
successful
We have had a successful season. They came. They nested. They got through it.
terms
We've had dialogue. It's just like the old days, in terms of the relationship.
terms waiting
We're waiting on the Kangaroos to come back in terms of that deal.
terms
On the tech side, little start-ups can do something magnificent. They don't need too much in terms of plants and infrastructure. Hamdi Ulukaya
terms
We have no terms for dialogue, but we do have terms for negotiations.
terms thinks
Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me. Hallie Ephron
terms view
I don't view it in the terms of a comeback, Jay Farrar
terms
I don't think of this in terms of winning,
terms
We're not going to take any risks. It's a big crater in terms of diameter, but really shallow. It's nothing like Endurance. Steve Squyres
terms
We would still have been here if we could have come to terms with the union. Willis Reed
time
I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son. Gaines Adams
time washington
It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.' George Allen
time
We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are. Zadie Smith
time
Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
time
I am in my own head most of the time. Vivienne Westwood
time york
New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard. Zubin Mehta
time
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
time
When you like something, you find time to do it. Yakov Smirnoff
time
I'm a bit delusional, but every time I do a job, I think I'm retired. Evangeline Lilly
understand
You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you're held responsible for everything, but you don't always have control of everything, right? Barack Obama
understanding world daily-life
We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world.
understanding important
The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do. Bill Buford
understanding works
I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place. Rick Wakeman
understand
Why would someone do this to him? I don't understand why.
understand
Why would she take off? ... I don't understand that.
understand watching
Just interview. I don't feel like I have to show a lot. I think they understand me, have been watching me for a long time. Vince Young
understand
If you understand the universe, you control it, in a way.
understanding worked
I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do. Emma Stone
void
When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void. Diane Setterfield
void casts dies
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void. Alan Perlis
void empty form
Become empty to become complete, for it is the void that defines the form. Bryant H. McGill
void emptiness fill-the-void
We become aware of the void as we fill it. Antonio Porchia
void principles constitution
There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. Alexander Hamilton
void creation filled
For no part of Creation is left void of him: he has filled all things everywhere...
void return
We are not. We never were; we never shall be. We return to the void we never, for mehay is the center of all, and all is the center of nothing. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
void speak dread
... love dreads being isolated, being left to speak in a void -- at the beginning it would often rather listen than speak. Elizabeth Bowen
void vacuums empty
The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition. Boris Johnson
woke
I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.
woke
When I woke up (Saturday morning), I was still dizzy. Paul Davis
woke
There are a lot of things we think need to be addressed. Wal-Mart just woke us up.
woke
We woke up one day, and Pakistan had nuclear weapons. Rand Paul
woke
It kind of woke us up. It could have been any of us. Tyrus Thomas
woke
It wasn't like I just woke up and said, 'Here's my gimmick; I'll wear a hat and put something weird on it.' Judah Friedlander
woke
And also, she's just woke up and we're going to sleep, Keith Richards