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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
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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.
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Exploitation was rampant before statehood, and various factions actively tried to eradicate the roots of Hawaiian culture in the process of converting the natives to European religious beliefs. Some of the results can never be undone. We try to honor what is left. Todd Rundgren
actively difference example inequality lead policies practices tackle women
When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.' Gail Kelly
active against both physical rightly study war work
Study and work and work and study will keep in active exercise both the physical and mental. These two, rightly conducted, will not war against each other. Ellen G. White
active framework political within
The political negotiations ... should be within a framework in which there is active international facilitation and participation.
active dry ground intensity lessen overnight rain
The overnight rain will be absorbed by the dry ground and lessen the intensity of the active fire, but is not enough to extinguish the fires.
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The Penn State family wants to be actively involved in helping the people of the Gulf Coast. Many people have contacted us and we expect a good response from our loyal fans.
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The outlook in the United States remains fairly strong despite the impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma and rising fuel costs on consumer confidence. Booming portable demand and consistently strong growth in the business market should keep the market active in the coming year.
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'The Man Who Never Was,' by Ewen Montagu, remains the best book about wartime espionage written by an active participant - incomplete, and dry in parts, it nonetheless summons up the ingenuity and sheer eccentricity of those who played this strange and dangerous game. Ben Macintyre
actively avoided possibly responsibility
I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could. David Walton
agile except sports unless
I'm not getting involved in sports anymore, except on film. I'm not agile unless a camera's going. Dennis Christopher
agile force
We have to keep a force that's agile enough to back up NATO.
agile feels problems
It feels like it's back to normal. I'm not having any problems and I'm more agile than I have been.
agile almost fortunate
I almost thought, 'OK, we're down by one,' ... We're just fortunate Bengie is as agile as he is.
agile basket coach facing outside step
I didn't want to do that, but the new coach (Tyndall) said I'd be more of an agile (power forward) for him. I'll get to step outside and play facing the basket more.
agile help men
I can help out just being more agile than most big men on the team.
agile assigned combat constant directly high pervasive priority whether
Constant and pervasive danger makes agile movement a high priority for all soldiers, whether they are assigned directly to combat or not.
agile arrive assess given move needs secure themselves
We have learned the need to be flexible or to have flexible forces, agile forces, who can move quickly, secure themselves when they arrive in a location, assess the needs of a given mission, and move to that mission. Tommy Franks
agile beside goes grow hands hustle people tend water
Some people revel in getting their hands dirty. These are the people that make startups grow wildly. People with hustle also tend to be much more agile - they're the water that goes around the rock. These are the people you want around when everything goes wrong. They're also the people you want beside you when everything goes right. Leah Busque
business government guess leadership people running time
We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff. Yahoo Serious
business cost net rest sound
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. Thorstein Veblen
business great musician musicians start viability
Sometimes being a musician has little to do with viability and everything to do with survivability. Many musicians start out great, and they wind up out of the business in 10 years.
business success
To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. Thomas J. Watson
business gotten hitting local music player record records selling store types
One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in - I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece. Imelda May
business buying dare money parking paying people spaces throwing worth
People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
business hard kids people send ups
I know how hard it is to send two kids to college when you ain't got nothing. I know people may not think of me in that way, but this business gives you ups and downs. Gladys Knight
business hollywood star success successful tremendous
I had tremendous success in show business - star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 'The Apprentice' was one of the most successful shows. Donald Trump
business faith quite says sleazy turn
You know I don't really have faith in politicians - this is quite a sleazy business. But there is no law which says that all politicians will turn out to be scumbags. Zac Goldsmith
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In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death. Timothy Noah
continue five judas priest until
But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows? Glenn Tipton
continue gave knew life record sold stores time
I gave away 'Life in Hell' when it was a little 'zine, and sold it at record stores for $1, and I knew from the time that I first did it that I would continue to do it, because it was fun. Matt Groening
continue exhausted george left lives novel perhaps sort violent
Think about George Orwell's three-minute hate from the novel '1984' and how that left everyone sort of exhausted and able to live their boring humdrum lives. If our lives are going to continue being unfulfilled and boring, perhaps we do need some sort of short-term violent chaos incorporated into them, to make them more palatable. Chuck Palahniuk
continue future hope proud work
With Yele Haiti, the first thing was I'm proud of the organization and the work that the organization has done, and in the future hope to continue doing. Wyclef Jean
continued economic growth indication january overall rates slower
The overall indication in January is continued economic growth in the non-manufacturing sector, but at slower rates of increase.
continued december economic enter growth indication optimistic outlook overall sector
The overall indication in December is continued economic growth in the non-manufacturing sector with a cautiously optimistic outlook as we enter 2006.
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the overall epidemic continues to expand with much of the world at risk of falling short of the targets set forth in the declaration. Kofi Annan
continue dallas momentum parade pay penalty power quality team took
The penalty parade took us out of the game. We can't continue to give a team the quality of Dallas that many power plays. They made us pay for it. ... We took too many. They got momentum from it. Randy Carlyle
effective finding fortune half people
More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job. William E. Conway, Jr.
effective freedom protect religious slander unlimited
We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification. Denis Napthine
effective learning time
As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake. Nash Grier
effective hand known others people prevents sick washing
We've known for more than 100 years that hand washing prevents infection, but we still can't get people to wash their hands. Hand washing is the simplest, most effective way to keep from getting sick and making others sick.
effective empowered foundation government public society stronger successful
An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state. Robert Zoellick
effective massive system tsunami warning
I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places, Jan Egeland
effective handling
We haven't been as effective as we could have been in handling our IT operations.
effective feels last
It feels the same way as the last game. I thought I was effective in that last game.
effective outside
I think I'm more effective on the outside than on the inside. Cindy Sheehan
expect expressed foreign marshall pleasantly policy surprised
And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan. Gianni Agnelli
expect terrible time
I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother.
expect pavement planners underneath vehicles
The pavement underneath the asphalt is crumbling. The drainage wasn't that particularly good. The planners back in the 1960's expect only 150,000 vehicles a day.
expect past pitching three weeks
The past two or three weeks we've pitched it the way I thought we would from the get-go. This is also the kind of pitching I expect from Mitre. Mike Quade
expectations people trying
People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby. Bill Bruford
expectations speech
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. Bill Bradley
expecting hope kicks percent profit small year
The 3 percent kicks in during year three. On paper, we're not expecting to show a profit for the first year; we hope to show a small profit in year two.
expects favorite nobody player position
The 9-hole is my most favorite position in the lineup. Nobody ever expects that player can hit.
expecting launch spike
The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were,
expert knows less
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
experts modern politics shaped themselves
Modern Americans - shaped by raucous politics and a rapacious media - like to think of themselves as experts in confronting mistakes.
expert knows mistakes narrow quotes worst
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr
experts perceive knows
As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves. Carl Rogers
expertise internet latino market needs power provide ready resources
We have the expertise to provide the Latino market with the Internet power and resources it needs and is ready to use.
experts figure help hired trying
We're still trying to figure that out. We've hired experts to help us.
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When you're looking at small languages, the population of speakers is so small that there might not be people with the expertise in science or agronomy to write optimal planting strategies for maize in the local language.
expertise people science systems trust
Most management systems have to do with establishing trust and getting people to cooperate. They're not really about expertise or science. Matthew Stewart
expertise
We get their expertise and their connections in the community, and they get to help.
growing matter telling
Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.' Wendi McLendon-Covey
growing loved mysteries people
Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write! Wendelin Van Draanen
growing learn nice police
The police are not very nice in Mexico. And you learn that growing up.
growth patents portion stories top
The patents that are expiring make up a significant portion of their results. They're not going to be one of the top growth stories -- probably only single-digit (percentage-wise) in 2000 and 2001.
growth outrageous past year
The past year has been one of outrageous growth for the Internet, and it's not only become bigger, but better... more substantial and more mature. Tiffany Shlain
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I remember seeing 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I remember wanting to be like her and I still want to be like Colleen Dewhurst! My mom took me to a lot of theatre growing up, and I also remember seeing Pippin and being like, 'Wow! Brooke Smith
grows ifs universe
If we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows...then we must starve eternally. C. S. Lewis
growing-up men people
When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on. A man does not always say to himself, "hullo! i'm growing up." It is only when he looks back that he realises what has happened and recognises it as what people call "growing up.
growth synthesis continuity
Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.
helped means
The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either. Wesley Clark
helped life playing
Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy. Brittany Curran
helped time
I think my time on 'Australian Idol' really helped train my voice for a lot of genres. Dean Geyer
helped
I helped make the Sixties swing, and I'm very proud of that. Cilla Black
help nurture provide vital
It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being. Christopher Dodd
helped
Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books. Alice Walker
helping mercy best-god
The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest. Bill Vaughan
help program until
The applicants will still be responsible for their bills. The program will only help them up until March.
helping money sell store
The association earns money by helping to sell them and working at the store on the day of the event. E. O. Wilson
highly margin market operator overall picture position
The overall picture is of an operator aggressively maintaining its market position in a highly competitive market, and sacrificing margin to do it. David Kennedy
highly organized sort work
To make any sort of income, you need to be highly organized and really work it.
highly
I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people. Phil Klay
highly likelihood split
There is every likelihood that the Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11. Noam Chomsky
highly intense kids practices prepared
The practices have been highly intense and the kids have been very focused. They have prepared to be here, and they want to make the most of the opportunity.
highly mind paid people players
I think people should keep in mind that these are not highly paid people, they're not like the players or the coaches.
highly sensitive womanly
To be womanly is one thing, and one only; it is to be sensitive to man, to be highly endowed with the sex instinct; to be manly is to be sensitive to woman.
highly organic organisms people
There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the planet. Howard Warren Buffett
highly somebody
I was somebody who was not athletic. I was highly imaginative; I loved to read, and I loved nothing more than being in a story... I didn't want to play ball; I wanted to imagine something and read something. Julianne Moore
markets political situation worldwide
The political situation here doesn't help, but worldwide markets are falling.
markets today
Today the markets are already priced for imperfection,
markets outlook roughly slightly stay
I think markets will stay roughly where they are with the outlook slightly positive, Alex Brown
markets metals noticed push
Those in the metals markets will have noticed the push into metals and I think we'll see more of that.
markets places public
This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling.
markets reason weight
I don't think it's the reason the markets are down, but I think it's a big weight around the market's neck. It's like an anvil.
markets money
GM's going out to the markets to get the money and they're going to put it back into the market, so in a sense it's a wash, Brian Reynolds
markets
I don't feel any pressure at all to go along with anybody. I feel pressure to do the right thing for U.S. markets and U.S. investors. Mary Schapiro
markets
We don't know where the markets are going, Carlos Ghosn
seems time
It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk. Gail Carriger
seeming
Seeming and being are not one and the same. Cecelia Ahern
seemed shot time
That was incredible. It seemed like he made every shot tonight. Every time he got the ball, he made a shot.
seems spark starting
That was the first time, other than the medley (relay) that we've put Libby (O'Brien) on anchor. Starting her just wasn't working. When Krissy (Brown) starts, that seems to spark her. We get more out of it all the way around with Krissy starting and Libby on anchor.
seemed
I got too old to live in the bush. You really need to be youngish and healthy, so it seemed stupid to keep going. Mary Leakey
seem usual
It didn't seem to have its usual vibrancy.
seem
It didn't seem like he had 40 points. Carmelo Anthony
seems team watching
I think just watching (tape of) the team we're going to play there seems to be more urgency, there's more awareness, more attitude.
seems shoot watching
I think just by watching him, like, 'Let's get on with it. Let's just shoot the scene, and we're done,' which seems logical. Robin Wright
technology use facts
It is only by the rational use of technology; to control and guide what technology is doing; that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.
technology tools use
In the 21st century, you have to use technology as one of the tools in the toolkit to bring about social change. Beth Simone Noveck
technology democracy election
Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better.
technology bitcoin doe
The bigger thing with bitcoin is not bitcoin itself, but what does that decentralized technology really do? Ashton Kutcher
technology people together
The film industry brings people together, and so does technology. I see them as similar platforms.
technology thinking people
I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world. The companies that will ultimately do well are the companies that chase happiness. If you find a way to help people find love, or health or friendship, the dollar will chase that.
technology
We just didn't have the technology. It's a very unfortunate situation.
technology
YouTube is akin to having my own network. Marlee Matlin
technology
We have to make better use of technology.
types
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting. P. J. O'Rourke
types
There's always going to be short-term fluctuations. But we think they're going to do well in all types of markets.
types
To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences. Abbie Cornish
types
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s. Edgar Mitchell
types
There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to. Kevin McCarthy
types
I've been charged with misappropriation of funds or misuse of two types of funds. Chen Shui-bian
types vicious
I just don't think I've had the desire yet to write a vicious animal - like a dog-gone-bad or anything - where I do feel that I need a balance of all types of humans. Sara Gruen
users
We look at our users' interests, without our users we don't have business. Jerry Yang
users
We thought it was very important to keep our users out of jail. Peter Norvig
users
Toolbar users are more sophisticated, use advertisers in more sophisticated ways, Eric Schmidt
users
By the end of 2006, we will have about 60,000 users in total. The new ones will be installed this month.