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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
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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
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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
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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.
attention definitely given healthy lip overall picture serious time trends
The picture is going to change, it has to change. Definitely there are some healthy areas, but overall the trends are not good. It's time serious attention is given and not just lip service.
attention center definitely hour nervous songs straight
I definitely get nervous about if I'm going to forget the words to the songs or something. And I don't enjoy being the center of attention for an hour straight - I think that's really stressful. Bridgit Mendler
attention basket glass good inside jump moves number pay post stepping
We need to keep him off the glass number one. He's stepping away from the basket and making jump shots, so we have to pay attention to that detail. When he does post up, he's got some pretty good inside moves as well.
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We have watched a lot of film. When I was coming off the bench, other teams were not paying attention to me and now they are still not trying to play me. I think Kobe and Lamar are doing a great job passing the ball to me when I have a guy sealed. Kwame Brown
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If you have urgent current expenses to cover, then future priorities like college and retirement fall off your radar because they are simply less pressing. Scarcity of attention prevents us from seeing what's really important. The psychology of scarcity engrosses us in only our present needs. Sendhil Mullainathan
attention everybody money movies paying people proven wait
Look, I want to be able to make the stupidest movies ever, because they make people laugh and they make money. But that's not all I want to do. And I think I've proven to some people - the ones paying attention - that I can do more. Everybody else, well, they can wait and see and make up their mind. Marlon Wayans
attention early events life math pick problem science solve speakers start women
We have to start encouraging women to get into math and science early on in life... But to just say TechCrunch is perpetuating the problem because there aren't enough women speakers at our events is just a way to get attention and not solve the problem. So do we want to solve the problem, or do we want to just pick on me? Michael Arrington
attention exactly nobody pay purposely push
I don't purposely push the boundaries... I think if you pay attention to a story, it will have exactly as much 'difficult material' as it needs, and nobody will complain about it because you've earnt it. Patrick Ness
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I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously, cover to cover, paying special lip-smacking attention to all the incredibly gruesome chapters about the violence of human history.
behind careful concerts environment fit music performance playing surrounds
When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place. Yanni
behind desk life phase school
It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life. Natalie du Toit
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We have a good nucleus of kids coming back and another solid group coming up behind them. We'll be a challenge, no doubt. Kids like Wolf and (sophomore) Guy Price and some of the others, they will augment Chandler at the lighter weights. My assistant, Bo Ramsey, has done a wonderful job bringing all of them along.
behind gotten people
We've gotten some people back on our side. We haven't gotten them all back. But the more we win, the more we think we can get them behind us again.
behind fire penalties period playing sure
We have to make sure we come out with a little more fire in the first period and take the play to them because when you don't, you're playing from behind all night, ... That's when you get penalties and when you get put away. And that's what happened.
behind coming great indicator opponent played team work
Usually when you see a stat like that, at least for a team like us, that's an indicator you're coming from behind and you've got a lot of work to do. But you've got to give our opponent a lot of credit. They played a great game. Kirk Ferentz
behind family holding left mother wife wronged
Usually the wife and mother who's left behind is the wronged one, the one holding the family together, ... In this case, she's just as self-absorbed as he is and isn't too much better with the kids. Hope Davis
behind bunch develop later leading players rather
Usually someone will develop into the leading scorer later in the season, and we'll have a bunch of players behind him. I'd rather have it like this.
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With the entire staff of the fishing group working behind the scenes to secure donations, we're hoping to raise many thousands of dollars that will go directly to impacted families and individuals in the fishing industry.
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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
enjoying fame family life matter money success
It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter. Vanilla Ice
enjoying tv writer
As much as I'm enjoying stuff out here in Hollywood, I will always think of myself as a comic-book writer who does film and television, not a film and TV writer who occasionally does comics. Brian K. Vaughan
enjoying hard relaxing telling time
My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself. Patricia Heaton
enjoying gone guys learn time winning
Winning in something you learn to do. We've gone a long time without winning so these guys are just getting used to it. I think they are enjoying that feeling.
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Wine is enjoying this wonderful moment of very favorable attitudes.
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I thought Joe's introductory speech really hit home. He talked about enjoying the game, not letting it pass you by, knowing we do have a good team. That's why the goal here is getting to the World Series. Johnny Damon
enjoying maybe secret ski smile start
Maybe that's my secret this season, I'm enjoying it every day. When you have a smile at the start and you're having fun, you always ski fast. Michaela Dorfmeister
enjoying expecting liking people
We get that all the time; it's pretty cool. People come to see us expecting something else and they end up enjoying our music, liking us.
enjoying expected fun playing pressure
We know no one has expected us to do what we've done. We know we're the underdogs. But I think that's why we've been playing so well. There is no pressure on our team. They're just going out and having fun and enjoying themselves.
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The 40,000 spectators will see spectacle of fast-running, exciting sevens rugby.
exciting happened
That was the only exciting thing that happened today. George Steinbrenner
exciting expecting worry
That was real exciting because we weren't expecting it. He just wanted us to play hard, don't worry about anything and just get this 'W.' That's what we did.
exciting
The 10th end man, exciting - a real finish.
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We have to worry about a playoff spot. We've had a pretty good year, got a lot of wins. The way the game is being played now, especially with the shootouts, a lot of the teams out west are good teams. It makes for an exciting race. Joe Sakic
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My first company, Pure Software, was exciting and innovative in the first few years and bureaucratic and painful in the last few before it got acquired. The problem was we tried to systemize everything and set up perfect procedures. Reed Hastings
exciting job learn left movies subtleties
Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting. Sebastian Stan
exciting falling
What could be more exciting when the writing is going well and things are falling into place? It's just like riding a fabulous wave for a surfer. There's no better place to be. Paul Fleischman
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The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the minds of politicians and journalists on those days. Joyce is interested in the mind of a man who has put five shillings on a horse. Patrick Kavanagh
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. Viswanathan Anand
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.
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'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
last past patterns predictor reliable seeing similar witnessed
The patterns we are seeing are similar to those witnessed in the last campaign, but the past is not always a reliable predictor of the future.
last list putting trap
Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy. Victoria Osteen
last
I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders. Richard Daley
lasted survived though
Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot. Nas
lasts remember last-time
She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone. Cecelia Ahern
lasts world savior
The saviors of the world, society's last hope. Bertrand Russell
last
The always-important last at-bat. That's big, especially here. Jim Edmonds
last million until
The $5 million will not last us until the summer.
last
That was it, that was the last straw,
less meaning somewhat universal
My goal always is to tell a universal story, meaning it's about a person who has an idea, a vision, a dream, an ambition to make the world somewhat less chaotic. Irving Stone
less morning people simpler though
I write early in the morning at the computer, and people think I'm crazy, but I still use my Mac-Classic even though we have a state-of-the-art PC. There are just less distractions with the simpler machine. Wendelin Van Draanen
less people police
The police like that it's in the afternoon. They think less people will be drunk.
less picture
The picture is getting less and less pretty.
less mostly offices operating post rural save seven tribal
Eliminating some 3600 post offices - mostly rural - will save the USPS less than seven tenths of one percent of their operating budget, but nationally, a number of tribal communities will be hit. Winona LaDuke
less man
It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything. Joyce Cary
less normal
That was his normal route. He said he didn't like (Interstate) 95. Less traffic. Less lights.
less problems results
That we have such problems is clear. The way to better results is less clear.
less matter might offensive ways worth
We need to have this surveillance, and if there's a way we can do it differently in ways that are less offensive to some people, that might be a matter worth discussing. Porter Goss
position profit weakest
The ANC is in the weakest position it's been in a while. So there's a little uncertainty and a little profit taking.
positions
We've got some positions that still are up for grabs.
position strength taliban
Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
position sitting ski top
I think Jens is sitting in position where he should ski in the top 30 in the state.
position
We aren't in a position to be able to comment,
positions practiced wide
We haven't even practiced yet, but all of our positions are wide open. Tyrone Willingham
position strongest
We are in the strongest position that we have ever been. Eric Schmidt
position
I think she could have an MVP season. She is in a position where all she has to do is go out and play. She doesn't have to be the leader.
position taking
It does not preclude us from taking a look at the quarterback position in the draft.
ready truth utopia utopian
There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear. Yann Arthus-Bertrand
ready turn work
When you work with kids, especially, you want to be ready to turn the camera on at a moment's notice. Clint Eastwood
ready
The are just hopping ready to get there.
ready time
That was a long time ago. I'm ready for another one.
ready work
We have a lot of work to do to get ready for November.
ready
We have two left, and they have to be ready to go tomorrow.
ready waking
The world is so different for a child, waking in the mornings, wide-eyed and ready to take it all in.
ready
We've got our gold-plated shovels shined and ready for the groundbreaking.
ready schedule
We're very young, with 17 newcomers, so it's especially important to play a challenging non-conference schedule to get us ready for the SEC season.
shown using
Using these extracts has been shown to work,
shown sustain
You have shown that one can sustain success. Amitabh Bachchan
shown
He just didn't show up and he still hasn't shown up.
shown
Had they not have shown up, it could have been tragic.
shown tonight
He has shown us little glimpses here and there, and I told him tonight he had to be better than the other goaltender, and he was.
shown
He has shown me a lot. He's going to be an outstanding player. Larry Coker
shown
He doesn't have to show more. I like what he's shown already. He has to show more of the same. Dusty Baker
shown
We want them and I think we have shown you that.
shown year
We're not a one-trick pony. We've shown it all year that we're not a one-trick pony. Ken Hitchcock
team thinking too-much
I do not think about the national team too much because footballistically it is not of too much interest. Arsene Wenger
team player thinking
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
team wrestling fighting
One of the things I discovered in Japan was from watching sumo wrestling. At the end you can never tell who has won the fight, and who has lost, because they do not show their emotion because it could embarrass the loser. It is unbelievable. That is why I try to teach my team politeness. It is only here in England that everybody pokes their tongue out when they win.
teamwork best-team
We realized that no one of us could be as good as all of us playing unselfishly. Bill Bradley
teamwork leader should
Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
team wins
The 20 wins is nice, but it's a whole lot better that this team is in the playoffs, Roy Oswalt
team
The '98 team was probably the most disappointing. Craig Biggio
team
The 7-0 thing is nice, but more importantly, it's a team win,
team veteran
That was the most disappointing thing about this game. We have a veteran team and we should know what to do in those situations.
tests facts deceiving
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation. Antoine Lavoisier
tested
The athletes, to my knowledge, have been tested before they left.
test
I think this is going to be a test for the studios,
testament work
We put a lot of pride into our work, and to have it show on Sundays is a testament to all the work we've put in.
testing
We'll do the beta testing in June. That will be your ticket.
test
Because of the hurricane, McDonald's said we could be a test market.
tested
If anything has tested us this year, it's been a big team.
tested
He has not tested because of the rain.
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
winning games long
As long as we win games while I'm on the mound, I feel good. CC Sabathia
wine water destruction
Away with you, water, destruction of wine! Catullus
winning firsts born
To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes
wind caution carrie
Throw caution to the wind and just do it. Carrie Underwood
winter science nuclear
If the greenhouse effect is a blanket in which we wrap ourselves to keep warm, nuclear winter kicks the blanket off. Carl Sagan
wine science night
Science and mathematics [are] much more compelling and exciting than the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the fifth century B.C. by the Ionian philosopher Heraclitus as 'night walkers, magicians, priests of Bacchus, priestesses of the wine-vat, mystery-mongers.' But science is more intricate and subtle, reveals a much richer universe, and powerfully evokes our sense of wonder. And it has the additional and important virtue-to whatever extent the word has any meaning-of being true.
wind beats tense
It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back. Bethenny Frankel
winning missing done
I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose. Bette Davis
wine mean white
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.