Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paul Kelly

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

Gong Li

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

Steven Yeun

I believe that we are still hovering around the realm of Asians playing all types of Asians. I do not see that changing any time soon just because there is a limited pool of Asian actors.

Colleen Hanabusa

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

Andy Lau

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

Zhang Qiyue

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

O. Singh

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

Richard Florida

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

Desmond Lachman

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

Ed Perkins

Greed on the part of banks is never surprising. Fortunately, not all the cards are doing it.

Zhou Shengxian

Groundwater near both banks of the river is in accordance with national standards and it's safe to drink.

Ron Dennis

I think the difference in the discussions that have taken place in the last month ... is that the push now is more towards what is in the long term interests of Formula One. That is where probably the acquisition from the banks of the equity by CVC has been most positively felt because they want stability, they want growth and now we participate in that growth so everybody has a very common interest.

Diego Rivera

What do you mean the banks of the river?. Are/ you the banks of Diego Rivera? I will be/ remembered throughout history and already my/ little Frida has forgotten.... Who first put a/ paint brush in your hand? ... And now you/ have become the banks to contain me? No,/ Frida, you have forgotten the real truth. You/ are a stone in the mighty river. A lovely/ speckled stone.

Jasmine Guinness

We've got to make greedy banks pass on interest rate cuts in full, and we've got to see rents coming down.

Mark Lackey

I think what's happening is that with Japanese banks wanting to clean positions by March 31, we're hearing that they have been big sellers in North America.

Yoji Takeda

It gives the impression Koizumi wanted someone who has political clout and who can support his structural reforms. Merging or privatizing government-affiliated banks will be positive for commercial lenders and brokerages because it will mean more business for them.

Michael Molligan

It goes from flooding its banks to getting very low.

Hans Tietmeyer

I will not talk about this experience. But, as I wrote before today, a signal of intervention by central banks can be an extremely effective move. I am not disapproving in certain situations of joint single intervention.

Marg Helgenberger

I think it made the whole group of us closer, ... It was a real bonding experience, especially given the way the season was. We didn't see much of each other. There was competitiveness between the two shifts.

Dwayne Casey

It brings some newness, some freshness. Any time a change is made, the newness of the teammates, everybody is on their P's and Q's a little bit. I see our guys helping the new guys and explaining things to them. That's good. That's a bonding thing that helps pull those guys together.

Josh Stiles

He didn't say enough on the permanent tax cuts and that's why the dollar is higher and (U.S.) bonds are higher.

Fay Vincent

You have to focus on the one guy. Otherwise, you'd never finish the job and it would wind up costing millions and millions. But you've got facts to go on now, and it would behoove Bonds to cooperate. I think he really has to cooperate if he wants his records to count for anything. Stonewalling won't work.

Robert Wade

What you have with the Bond movies is this character gliding over everything. The fact nothing touches him is why we all want to be him. But it also makes him a sort of superman who in the end you don't really relate to.

Jon Tester

Here in the West, our word is our bond and a promise and a handshake mean something. This is President Bush's second nomination to replace a Western justice with one from the East Coast. I think we need more Western common sense and ethics on the Supreme Court, not less.

Joe Rux

It hurts everybody that they're leaving. We've had a close bond with these kids, and I've coached some of them for four years. And not having them around is going to be a change for everybody. Look at their record over the past two years and it's phenomenal. Phenomenal.

John Davidson

I think the most significant report for the whole week is the retail sales number tomorrow. You saw the bond market react today in expectation of a strong retail sales report, and I think people will be focused on that tomorrow.

Randall Upshaw

I think the bond is unfair. A bond should be set for two reasons: Will you return to court and are you a threat to our community?

Drew Gilpin Faust

When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I realized how death was central to the reality. It was at the core of women's lives. It's what they talked about most.

Kirk Walters

He's a real vocal guy for us. He's a central part of our defense and our offense.

Alan Greenspan

History has demonstrated that implicit in any removal of power from central planners and broadening of market mechanisms -- as would occur under WTO -- is a more general spread of rights to individuals,

David Resler

It could be a drag on earnings...something that delays the revival of profits so central to the revival of the economy itself.

Yi Xianrong

It is a clear signal to the property market that the central government has the determination and the means to curb investments and housing prices.

Jon Katz

I think the new reality that's converging all this is, you have on the one end this culture of extraordinarily gifted outsiders who have patched together the Internet. And then there's the rest of the world -- business, education and politics -- that suddenly has woken up to the fact that they desperately need the Internet. It's very important. And so they become sort of central while still not being in the mainstream.

Robert H. Connelly

I think that if the tribe can demonstrate that this site is central and essential to its religion, it has a good chance of success in this case,

Kemp Ewing

I think that they've just got some talent going to Lenoir-Rhyne from this area. And to be coming from South Central really means a lot to us. I think that with the young coaches teaching these guys and what they're going to teach, you're going to see some more guys walk through these doors and sign and do some things in the future.

Stephen Colbert

I want to thank Comedy Central for picking up the show, but more importantly I want to congratulate Comedy Central for picking up the show,

Ron Hutchins

John is a very pleasing young man to have. He's very focused on what he does. You'll see him moving up.

S. Walker

It all seems to be focused on him (Rodriguez).

Brian Beckwith

There are so many different scenarios that could play out that we can't be thinking about that. We have to focus on Friday and then on Saturday.

Larry Hoff

Her scoring numbers are actually a little down from last year. Part of it is because we have other players who can score, but the main reason is that Jessi has focused on getting her teammates more involved.

Scott Coffey

He's been so focused on proving his innocence, and now he'll try to put his life back together.

Santino Quaranta

His suspension, it's not good the day of the game. I respect Peter's decision, I respect the head office and it's their decision. It's between Freddy and the team. We have a job to do and we're focused on winning MLS Cup.

Mark Patton

I think it's going to be important to stay focused and use that adrenaline. It's the last game here but I'm going to treat it as any other game and play hard.

Ricky Mathews

I think it's great that the governor is focusing so heavily on preparation.

Tony Anderson

I think that he has focused on regaining his sobriety.

Patty Thayer

I would say it's one of our most important marketing pieces. It is a response to every phone call, to every reader, that we get.

Mike Johns

Just to regain that market share we had before will take some time.

Edmund Daukoru

Just rest assured, we are under obligation to the market to keep the market well supplied. We meet as often as it takes to micro-manage the short-term volatility.

Francis Gannon

I think in this market you never know what's going to happen,

Jim Robb

I think the market will not really react to it.

Brett Gallagher

I think the market is just biding its time, and we're going to have these back-and-forth days.

Larry Wachtel

I think the market has done quite well in what is supposed to be the worst month of the year, but at some point you're going to run into an overbought condition,

Howard Skolnik

We're prisons, and we're marketing what we are.

Doug Duncan

We're prepared to say the market has peaked in terms of the numbers of units sold.

Dana Smith

He is returning to the private sector. Any announcement about his replacement will be made in Washington.

Shannon Flaherty

His tight schedule deemed these private travel arrangements necessary.

Nick Velasquez

I think that raises questions about what he has done in the private sector. What's he trying to hide?

Carlton Forrester

It has everything to do with governing. It has nothing to do with private life.

John Logan

I'm a very private person, a very bookish person. The social world of Hollywood I know nothing about because I choose not to take part.

Tom Hank

I remember the first time he saw 'Saving Private Ryan,' ... That was special to him because of his name.

Rob Thomas

In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted to write, the one I wanted to create, where there was no gimmick; you didn't have to have a teenage private eye. It was just these beautiful small stories about real kids.

Kate Mara

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

Logan Mankins

I like to keep most of my private life private.

Markus Steinbeis

The sentiment for the whole telecoms sector has now cooled down.

Jerry A. Webman

The rise in equities helped strengthen the economy.