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The people who can afford to move here in their 50s are affluent baby boomers. I think that trend will continue to drive our economy. Wayne Harris
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Where the average debt levels are really increasing are for children of more-affluent families. Children of affluent families are now almost as likely to borrow as children of less-affluent families.
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The most affluent fans are driving the business in many ways.
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There's an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual's status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better.
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An SAT score means one thing if the student comes from an affluent school, where there are SAT prep courses, and a very different thing if the student comes from a disadvantaged background where there was no SAT classes of any kind. Lawrence Summers
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Back in 1991, I suggested doing this because our school district is not affluent by any means. We had kids going to college and struggling and some of them were the first people in their family to do so. I had read some articles about foundations and knew that maybe we could do this.
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Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than to submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. It is a strange part of the other America that one finds in the intellectual slums. Michael Harrington
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Affluent consumers, a highly risk averse group, are showing signs of confidence in the economy as they move their money back into the stock market. This continued momentum is an excellent opportunity for financial planners to expand and diversify their customers' portfolios.
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Affluent baby boomers have unique challenges when it comes to retirement planning and represent one of the largest opportunities for financial services firms. Mass marketing to this group of high net worth individuals simply doesn't work and requires a more thorough understanding of the affluent lifestyle, attitudes and behaviors. It's obvious from our research that there's lots of low hanging fruit yet to be picked.
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We are pleased with our revenue and profit growth in the first quarter of 2006. Our US and Canadian distribution teams performed well and built on the momentum they generated in the second half of fiscal 2005. We look forward to further executing on our fiscal 2006 goals throughout the balance of the year.
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We are pleased to be able to report that the operating loss in the first quarter narrowed significantly over the previous quarter. This reflects a reduction in selling and administrative expenses due to cost savings measures that we have implemented since the fiscal year began. With further cost-savings still to take effect and with a significant increase in new order intake since Dec. 31, we foresee much stronger operating results for the balance of 2006.
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We stress balance. Balance is key. I think what's hurt us in the past is we had one really good line and if they didn't come through on their chances to score in big games, we weren't winning because we couldn't fall back upon the second or third lines. Kevin Quinn
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We spread it around pretty well and the defense was strong, too. The good balance was nice to see.
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I want readers turning pages until three o'clock in the morning. I want the themes of books to stick around for a reader. I'm always trying to find a way to balance characters and theme. Guy Gavriel Kay
balance known universe
We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe. Carlos Castaneda
balance alive wonder
The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.
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We want to realize from the Japanese point of view a more equitable and balanced way of burden-sharing. This question we will pursue irrespective of the discussion of permanent seat of the Security Council.
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We have seen an incredibly balanced level of racing the past few years in the IndyCar Series and look forward to even more of that in 2006. Extending our current chassis program with Dallara and Panoz provides our teams maximum value for their investment.
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We have no doubt a lot of this meat is going through catering establishments and it is only fair it should be identified. William Taylor
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For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance. Mariella Frostrup
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We're far from dead, as some would suggest. We're still around, and we'll stay around. We've been a successful niche market catering to promotional and mid-priced furniture manufacturers and retailers, and we'll continue to do so.
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This co-location increases our capacity, especially for catering special functions. Since the co-location, we have done simultaneous parties of up to 300 each and we've catered single functions for as many as 1,000.
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This makes our garments too expensive, unless we are catering to the top end of the market.
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I tried catering first and then I put money into the restaurant as I got it. I've cooked all my life, since I was 7. I don't know what the secret is - a gift from God.
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It's a very small company right now but its got the right idea of providing a one-stop shop for specialty products catering to expectant mothers and young children,
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A prolonged lack of catering would start to eat into premium. More important is the booking intentions of their best-paying passengers which is the premium cabins.
catering emotional likely spending
You're most likely spending more on catering and photography than the dress, but it's a very emotional purchase.
consumers tried
We've always tried to give consumers what they want, not what we feel they need,
consumers gain share
We're going to gain a lot of share here. We're going to make a lot of consumers happy. Bill Gates
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would be one of the greatest displacements of high-quality (cable) programming -- one of the rudest things I can ever, ever imagine for consumers in this country. Leo Hindery
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We found out, from talking to consumers and store operators all over the country, that low-dollar items went very fast. Forget about high-end items.
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We find consumers very reluctant to pay for new services at all. Corporations are more willing to pay for new services. And from corporations, come consumers who have gotten used to using the services at work.
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Year over year, the data shows, this will be the strongest holiday season since 1999. But because consumers have been spending since September, there's not much pent-up demand. Consumers have already spent up demand.
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We're getting people to be consumers of our information. We're telling them what's going to come next and rewarding them as we go on.
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At a time when rights fees are escalating and sports sponsorship as a first-tier marketing strategy requires greater accountability, it's imperative for marketers to have a tool that can truly help them harness the power of sponsorship to differentiate their brands, grow sales and engage consumers in meaningful ways.
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A terrible problem for retailers is that most stores are evoking yawns from consumers, instead of excitement. Retailers just can't keep making the mistake of taking customers for granted by selling ho-hum kind of merchandise. Consumers are looking for unusual and exciting products and they're not finding them.
harder remember
When you tell a lie, it's always harder to remember what you said.
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Writing, for all that it's harder than nursing ever was, is also more joyous and more fun and a lot less dangerous. And the major themes of my life have become the major themes of my writing, too - so it has all worked out pretty well. Holly Lisle
harder
Everyone is having a harder time than it appears. Charles Grodin
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Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job. Maggie Shayne
harder matter opens takes taste work
What this is all about is getting a taste of success. It doesn't matter who you beat, once you know what it takes to win, you'll work harder and that opens up other opportunities.
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What he needed to do was to work harder than the normal person just to get back to where he needed to be. This is probably the strongest I've ever seen him. Freddy Sanchez
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It's a shame because not too many people on this team work harder than Michael does, ... But we'll pick up and hopefully not miss a beat. Jim Haslett
harder jobs lose mean people salmon
A lot of people are going to lose their jobs. It will mean ocean-catch salmon will be much harder to get. And it will be much more expensive.
harder lining positions teams
They know all the positions and that makes it harder for teams to know who's lining up where.
holiday thinking special
Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. Alan Bradley
holiday black goes-on
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. Al Sharpton
holiday vacation vacation-time
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking. Earl Wilson
holiday sweaters age
Middle age is when, whenever you go on holiday, you pack a sweater. Denis Norden
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We are pleased with our performance during this year's holiday season and remain comfortable with our outlook for the year overall.
holiday boredom needs
I used, when I was younger, to take my holidays walking. I would cover 25 miles a day, and when the evening came I had no need of anything to keep me from boredom, since the delight of sitting amply sufficed. Bertrand Russell
holiday way pork
I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off. Aasif Mandvi
holiday sleep winter
My wife and I always have a winter holiday that I call the "fly and flop". In January and February, you don't want culture, you just want to get your bones warm and eat, drink, sleep. We usually go to the Caribbean. Alan Titchmarsh
holiday summary
A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat! Alan King
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Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular. Henry Spencer
likely type
With this type of leukemia, he most likely will need a bone-marrow transplant.
likely understanding
We're more likely to be understanding than to be judgmental. David Carr
likely passing rest state unique voters
Absentee voters used to be a unique demographic group. Now they're more likely to look like the rest of the state with each passing election.
likely message people
The more we get the message out, the more likely we think people will become excited.
likely
The more they need you, the more likely it is you're going to get clauses that you want in the agreement. James Johnston
likely next patterns
It's just an untouched jewel. It really is just kind of the next place for likely development patterns to occur. Lisa Maxwell
likely markets seems sloppy start
It seems like the U.S. markets are likely to see a sloppy start after Friday's sessions,
likely people thin
It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat. John Schneider
retailers specialty teen
The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners.
retailers sells
I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank. Shahrukh Khan
retailers street
The retailers want to be on the street now.
retailers start time
It's time for big-box retailers to start to do the right things by their employees. David Cook
retailers
We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.
sales special
When we have a special event, our sales triple,
sales site web
At first, all I wanted the Web site to do was $50 in sales a day, then $100 -- now I look for $350 a day.
sales state stock
The stock sales have nothing to do with the state of the market. It has everything to do with diversification.
salespeople resolve
Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales. Brian Tracy
sales
Token sales have spiked, ... Token use has spiked.
salesman
Fear is the greatest salesman. Robert Klein
sales spring until
We really won't see the story until we get into the spring and see the spring sales activity. Richard Foreman
salespeople results products
Why do so many salespeople talk to customers about the product and not the result? Chris Murray
sales
I don't see how it will revive sales dramatically.
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Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe. Arnold Bennett
saw steps
We still saw some of our inexperience today. That will be the case, but there were still some steps of improvement.
saws want shoulders
If you walk up to some random person on the street, grab them by the shoulder, and say 'Did you just see what I saw?!', you'll find that no-one wants to talk to you. Bill Murray
saws advantage
There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. Carol Leifer
saw sign
Yeah, I think I knew. I saw the sign and the announcers. Aaron Boone
saws firsts actors
I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to be an actor. Dennis Hopper
saws should avarice
Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted? Benjamin Franklin
saws destroyers
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer. Belle Boyd
saws creeps wanted
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about. Barbra Streisand
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work. Alan Watts
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work office employment
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office. Dean Acheson
work may helping
Though top executives may work as hard as ever-in part perhaps because, being trained in an earlier day, they can hardly help doing so-their subordinates are somewhat less work-minded. David Riesman
work artist class
The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work.
work trying stuff
I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out. David Duval
workout fun powerful
When your vision is powerful enough, everything else falls into place: how you live your life, your workouts, what friends you choose to hang out with, how you eat, what you do for fun. Vision is purpose, and when your purpose is clear, so are your life choices. Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith, there is no anxiety, no doubt - just absolute confidence. Arnold Schwarzenegger
workout gone regimes
I've gone on workout regimes, but I seem to have a system that is very resistant to changing. Ben Whishaw
work-ethic ethics talent
I never met a winner who had a work ethic. Not somebody who says I have so much talent that naturally I won. Arnold Palmer