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The bottom line is, if the service pay works, the constable with 15 years' service won't be too worried about promotion because it will put him above the young man who is promoted to sergeant. Lucius Thomas
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Our aim was to try to keep our head above water. Unfortunately, our head was under water. But we went blue in the face, we came up for air and we're going OK now. We've learned to swim.
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Despite their threats and assertions to the contrary, the AJC, its attorneys and its employees are not above the law and the authority of the court,
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Despite our belief that crude prices will slowly trend down over the remainder of the year, further escalation in the U.N.-Iran standoff could quite conceivably send oil to a new record above $70.
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'Annie' was a comic strip with an awful lot of information in it. It had more information in the balloons above the characters than practically any other comic strip that was around. The strip told tales instead of jokes. Martin Charnin
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An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted. Ameen Rihani
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Anything above a couple of feet per second is extremely difficult to wade in. To operate a boat in anything close to 10 to 15 feet per second is extremely difficult. Being in (that kind of) water is tantamount to being dead.
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Anything 40-inch and above is still quite expensive for the consumers. We are making very active investments to bring the prices down.
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Any strategy that gets a message to rise above the clutter is terrific from the advertiser's perspective. Even if it's not much of a secret, it's still a pretty good marketing idea.
based business football success
The business must be based on the success of our football team, Brian Quinn
based housing jobs move people
Back 30 or 40 years ago when people thought about where they'd move it was based on jobs. Now housing is as much of a factor.
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A rescue mission doesn't involve going in and just taking a child and leaving. You can't just choose any child at random. Every kid has a case that is based on that child's original family. So, we made it over to a village, found the child; we were interacting with the child. Jason Mraz
based high record selected students
The students are selected based on recommendations that come from their instructors and who have demonstrated a record of high achievement. Carolyn Johnson
based computer future modeling past rates
Rates are based on computer modeling that predicts future risk, not about recouping past losses.
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The Santa Cruz County Office of Education, in partnership with the Local Childcare Planning Council and First 5 Santa Cruz County, is developing a model plan for a voluntary preschool system that would create opportunity for every 4-year-old in Santa Cruz County. This vision is based on the understanding that quality preschool programs are the foundation for success in school and, therefore, in life.
based cases convict evidence five
It was very hard, but we could not convict her of manslaughter in the other five cases based on the evidence we had.
based execution games good losing small teams tough
It was tough losing games we should have won, based on execution and rebounding. It was the small things that good teams should do.
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These rules are there for schools like Nevada. We don't have the budget. We rent compact cars. We do everything as cost effective as possible. If a kid is making his decision based on whether I pull up in a Cadillac or a compact car, we don't want them here.
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The oil prices are creating a few problems, ... Prices are impacting the PPI report and also consumer prices and are also hurting our trade balance, what with the weaker dollar, because we have to pay more to import oil. However, there aren't a lot of inflationary pressures here beyond that.
beyond delay elections government matter proclaimed register until urge urgency voters
I urge voters to register or re-register as a matter of urgency and not to delay it beyond this week. They will only be able to do so until the elections are formally proclaimed in the Government Gazette, and that could be imminent.
beyond cause familiar local problem represent victim
The victim here is a local attorney, and I am familiar with him. That may cause a problem with my being able to represent her beyond today.
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The weather was a factor and the effects of higher gasoline prices are finally catching up with retailers at the registers. Beyond that, I think we're likely to see softness for the next two to three months.
beyond command communication language level loving means vocabulary
Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.
beyond concerned happens inherent might timing
What we're concerned with is the timing of it, beyond the uncertainty that is inherent in the vote. If it happens in November, it might be too late.
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There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond our political control. We are colonized with pens and papers and millions of little digital bursts transferring billions of dollars all over the globe in the blink of an eye. Charlie Pierce
beyond came dude hip hop people rapper scratch seriously sings surface
I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is 'Cupid's Chokehold,' and they don't scratch the surface and see beyond that dude who sings the song about his girlfriend. Travie McCoy
beyond raised
The expectations have started to be lowered, but I think expectations were raised beyond justification.
cent due guys league per understand veteran youth
Probably 80 per cent of it (is due to youth and inexperience). They come out with veteran guys who understand the league and know how to play. We come out with second-year guys, it's tough. Sam Mitchell
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An increase of 8 cents a mile, while better than leaving the reimbursement rate untouched, falls far short of what needs to be done to help people who must travel to perform the duties of their jobs.
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The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking. Megan Smith
century history social
After all, the history of the 20th century is the history of social revolutions. Ernest Mandel
century conditions country quarter rebuild refugees remains return safety
After more than a quarter of a century of misrule, much still remains to be done to rebuild the country. Overall, the conditions are in place for refugees to return to their country in safety and dignity.
century information nation online sure
Once you're online and you see its power, you never go back. What we want to make sure of is that the nation has 21st century infrastructure for information for low-income people. Ben Hecht
central feels five life
Once you have a central character who announces in the first five minutes of the show that he feels whooped by life and that he's had enough, I'm in. I'm hooked. Malcolm Gets
central characters coming determined difficult happy job quite
It was all coming out from somewhere, and I just had the job of writing it down. I was, however, determined that the central characters would have a happy ending, but it was quite difficult sometimes to get them out of trouble. Naomi Mitchison
century good poem robert trust wonderful wrote
The wonderful 17th Century poet, Robert Herrick, wrote a poem entitled, 'To Live Merrily and to Trust to Good Verses.' Easy to say, Robert Herrick; not always easy to do. But it's a good slogan, I think. Robert Pinsky
faster question session
See, that's the kind of question that will end the session faster than a pause. You got something else you want to ask? That thing was over the day after, wasn't it? There was nothing that happened.
faster finds looking player seen sure watched
I've watched Ginn a lot, and I'm not sure I've seen a faster player in pads. We're going to be looking for him a lot, because if he finds a crease, he's gone.
faster movement seen
I've never seen a faster movement in my life. Ruth Messinger
faster
China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S. Wang Jianlin
faster felt pain run
It felt good, it was pain free. I've just got to run faster now, that's all. Andre Agassi
faster playing
I think he's more comfortable with what he's doing, ... He's playing better and better and faster and faster. Tommy Maddox
faster matter nice swim team terrible wins
Wins are nice, but faster times are better. I think for a lot of the team it has been nice to find out that they can swim fast no matter how terrible they feel in the water.
faster horses next races
He can run, that's all there is to it. There hasn't been any faster horses in the races so far, and the next one there will be and it's a whole new game.
faster grew hispanic pervasive
If you look in the 1990s, in every one of the 50 states, non-Anglo Hispanic populations grew faster than Anglo populations. It's a very pervasive pattern.
improvement marginal quarter second
The second quarter should see a marginal improvement.
improvement mastery seen year
I've seen a lot of improvement. This year she has a better mastery of her pitches.
improvement seen
We've seen a big improvement at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, and we've seen a big improvement at No. 4, 5, 6 singles.
improvement invention made
All recognized famous inventors had capable predecessors and successors and made their improvements at a time when society was capable of using their product. Jared Diamond
improvement
We're disappointed this couldn't be better, ... this is a substantial improvement over what we started with. Tom Daschle
improvement ifs has-beens
When something is 'new and improved', which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it. George Carlin
improvement easy difficult
Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult Ferdinand Porsche
improvement room
I can't think of any organization where there isn't room for improvement. Bruce Campbell
improvement responding shows treatment
He is responding to treatment and shows improvement every day.
initial markets surpass top
Markets don't make a top and then slide, topping is a process. Typically markets make an initial top, back off, try to surpass it, and can't do it. Barry Ritholtz
initial neighbors rescue search
If you look at the initial search and rescue (after Katrina), ... it was neighbors on boats.
initial reports
Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter. Stephen Hadley
initial response students
I know the initial response from students is, they don't like it at all.
initial talk talking
The initial talk was for $3.6 billion. Now we're talking a valuation of $2.8 billion.
initial offered providing scenarios vision
The initial scenarios are pretty thin, but I think more importantly they are providing a more comprehensive vision around what kind of applications could be offered under this partnership.
initial led planets since states united united-states
This is in a very real sense the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s. Alan Stern
initial odd rush shopping stores
The odd thing is that the initial rush in some stores has dissipated, ... I think the shopping rush could taper off over the weekend.
initial
I've had some initial talks. But other than that, I can't comment. Tim Buckley
native-american roots issues
When the wilderness movement emerged, it emerged separate from the issue of social inequality and the economic problems of survival. It was a preservationist ecology movement created by an occupying culture. Clearly, a wilderness movement started by Native Americans would not have had the same roots. Vandana Shiva
native-american gun steel
It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel?
native-american gun land
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is. Danny Glover
native-american humor leaving
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. Ambrose Bierce
native-american world noise
making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making a noise in this world. Robbie Robertson
native-american writing ironic
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations. Sherman Alexie
native-american sides unbelievable
The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them. Skeet Ulrich
native-american wind people
A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. Sitting Bull
native-american men white-man
I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
percent regular takes work
As a regular commissioner, it takes about 50 percent of my time, ... As chairman, it's about 90 percent of my time. It's significantly more work and more hours.
percentage rejected vast
A vast percentage of centrifuges have to be rejected in testing, up to 60% rejection.
performed team
The team performed even better than I thought they would, Phil Simms
permanent recording shape until wait
I wait until something is really in the shape that I want to make it as a permanent record, because I think of recording as a permanent record.
perry tyler ups
On Disney, we stick to the script. But you go to the 'Grown Ups set' and it's completely different. Same thing with Tyler Perry - it's nothing but ad-libbing.
perhaps posing threat week work
Perhaps by the end of the work week it could be posing a threat to Bermuda, but not the US.
persuasive reasons truly
I see no truly persuasive reasons to overturn this decision. Wolfgang Thierse
perfect priorities decision
You can't be 100% perfect, but try to evaluate things and do what's right. If you just make every effort to do the right thing, you'll come out ok. It comes down to priorities and making good decisions. Archie Manning
personality committees extras
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee. Anthony Sampson
percent regular takes work
As a regular commissioner, it takes about 50 percent of my time, ... As chairman, it's about 90 percent of my time. It's significantly more work and more hours.
percentage rejected vast
A vast percentage of centrifuges have to be rejected in testing, up to 60% rejection.
percent reserved
We have 50 percent of the units reserved and that's very exciting.
percentage represent table
Percentage of sales--the table contributions, which often represent about 50 percent of the table revenue--actually go up.
percent
Only 10 percent say very unfavorable after 20 years of work.
percent
I would say I'm 97 percent back now, Melissa Etheridge
percent success
Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison
percent surprised
I would not be surprised to see 5 percent unemployment by the end of the summer. I would be surprised to see 6 percent.
percent ready sure
We just want to make sure he's 100 percent ready in his own mind, as well as physically. Dick Vermeil
published
That's because they had published prices, and we haven't set prices.
reflected
The state of your psyche is reflected in your body. Craig Thompson
remarkable
We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit. Gail Sheehy
remarkable truly
She has truly been remarkable in every respect.
remarkable seen
That was something to behold. That was at another level. I've seen some remarkable things before, but I've never seen anything like that. Phil Jackson
remarkable
I thought it was remarkable on his part to be so generous. John Banville
remarkable
It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold. Isaac Asimov
remarkable
He's been outstanding from day one, ... He's done a remarkable job. Bobby Cox
remarkable rational apprehension
It is remarkable that God began this work among the Indians at a time when I had the least hope, and to my apprehension the least rational prospect of success. David Brainerd
remarkable seen
We have seen this kind of thing in other galaxies, but it?s very remarkable for the Milky Way.
results persons happens
The gospel is not itself about you are this sort of a person and this can happen to you. That's the result of the gospel rather than the gospel itself. N. T. Wright
results concerned can-do
Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results. John Wooden
results
He's had all the hands-on examinations that he's going to need. The results are all there.
results humans human-beings
Human beings know a lot of things, some of which are true, and apply them. When we like the results, we call it wisdom. Herbert Simon
results should circumstances
In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed. Antoine Lavoisier
results sam year
I think Sam is a closer, which is what we could have used right now. Sam could do that. The results are Sam is probably having a better year than Marko is having.
results
It doesn't take 18 months; it doesn't take 18 days. The results were immediate.
results
I thought I pitched pretty well, but I've had the same results all year,
results cant-change ifs
We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results. Candice S. Miller
seems
As of right now, that's our only option, ... We'll look for others. But right now that seems to be the best.
seems
Other days, making one or two birdies seems like it's going to be impossible.
seems time
I've accomplished most of the things I set out to do. It just seems like the right time to make a transition.
seems somebody sunday week
Somebody said it was a week ago Sunday this all began, ... It seems like many years ago. Rick Dickson
seems
now he seems to think he can tell Renee what to do, what to wear, where to go and who to see. Kenny Chesney
seems system
The whole of the U.S. system seems to be creaking at the moment,
seems worlds
It seems like there are two worlds out there - one that has revolved around 'Breaking Bad,' and then the one that I've been in, which just kind of observes it from afar. Todd Rundgren
seems short though
Even though it seems like a short timeframe, there's a lot that can happen. Jay Bilas
seems work
When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore. I always want it to be something I'm interested in and something that challenges me. Jill Wagner
selected
Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few. Stefan Hell
showing stuff
He just had little pesky injuries. He's showing his stuff now.
showing-up stills like-me
Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work. John Cena
suggest
What we suggest is that they look at ones already in place to see if they are necessary.
tasks turbulent-times jew
The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish. Elie Wiesel
tasks capacity
The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task. Andre Gide
tasks powerlessness
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. Theodor Adorno
tasks lovers easy
It is Easy to be a Hater. Go for the difficult Task: be a Lover! Paulo Coelho
tasks lists existential
Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list James C. Collins
tasks rising
Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us. George W. Bush
tasks organize workers
The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.... Helen Keller
tasks louisville use
Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them. Hank Aaron
tasks discovering true-nature
Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear. Guy Finley
tests
The tests went all right, but I was very disappointed in the results. Johan Botha
tests saint latter
Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test Brigham Young
tests dogma evolution
Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade-a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that evolution generates no predictions, never exposes itself to test, and therefore stands as dogma rather than disprovable science. This claim is nonsense. We make and test risky predictions all the time; our success is not dogma, but a highly probable indication of evolution's basic truth. Stephen Jay Gould
tests audience materials
I don't know what's funny and what's not so I test out all of my material in front of audiences. Daniel Tosh
tests duration spirituality
Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
tests arms hard
You can't test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy. Annie Dillard
tests universe
The universe is an intelligence test. Timothy Leary
tests scrutiny ifs
If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it. Ratan Tata
tests absence ahimsa
The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. Swami Vivekananda