Lise Buyer quote: "Amazon is two-and-a-half years down the learning curve. As of tomorrow, Borders will be a few hours down the learning curve. It's another option for book buyers, but we don't view [Borders] as a big competitive threat to Amazon. We see this as more of a defensive move than an offensive move."

Always see your mistakes as a learning curve.
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Only fools wait, and only tools bait.
CRE

There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES

It's only a learning curve for a lot of them as this is their first trip.
LEE STERREY

We are confident the problems will be overcome in the next few days. It is a learning curve.
CESARE VACIAGO

My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.
TIM TEBOW

A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ...
MAUREEN JOHNSON

In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part...
RAJAT MOHAN

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

I had a pretty steep learning curve in film - as I'm still learning.
THEO JAMES

There is a very steep learning curve, even for someone as versed in constitutional law as Roberts is...
EDWARD LAZARUS

(All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON

“Life is a learning curve, the direction of the curve depends upon us, may we strive to learn dail...
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN

Would you want you as a friend?
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It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a...
ANUJ SOMANY

Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm...
SUPERNA BATHEJA

There will be a learning curve, but the girls are enthusiastic and ready to go.
WILL JONES

It's a good move. It flattens the yield curve and brings long-term rates down.
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We believe this success is a direct consequence of companies' improved management of the M&A process...
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Some bills really have a learning curve, and this is one of them.
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Hey, I let my team down tonight. I'll be back out there and I'll pick us up another night. It's a le...
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The learning curve is a bit longer for some candidates.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
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Is your learning curve a horizontal line?
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GARY F EVANS...

As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
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If rates move up, housing will move down. But as long as we see relatively low interest rates and em...
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He had what he called just a small ration of tools:
A painted book.
A handful of pencils.<...
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It is going to be a learning curve mentally for mental toughness. But we have great leadership and g...
JOHN SPINI

This life is a process of learning.
LAURYN HILL

As we are teaching we are very respectful of their learning styles and their culture. They are more ...
BECKY SUKANEN

We're beginning the process of putting him in there. But that's a huge learning curve.
BRIAN METRESS

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C. JOYBELL C.

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TIM O'BRIEN

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY

That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

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STEPHEN CHBOSKY

So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY

no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY

History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

We can't keep as many people as some teams can. The issue is cash. This team will be competitive for...
BILL POLIAN

A hundred and fifty years ago, this was just a continent. You could move to the borders and start a ...
WALTER KIRN

It's going to be a quick learning curve getting to know all the guys,
CORY STILLMAN

I think one thing as far as my learning curve and what I'm learning - there is a time to take a ...
BROCK OSWEILER

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REBECCA FERGUSON

You don't want to be part of somebody's learning curve.
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ALFEE REFT

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PATSY KENSIT

As far as traffic control, it's a learning curve for us at the Stockton Police Department. It's the ...
PETE SMITH

If there's going to be an add-on for this or special software for that, there's going to be a very h...
MARK YATES

By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
E.M. FORSTER

Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY

It's a learning curve and an experience for us. I don't want to use the excuse of use, but there is ...
CAREY GREEN

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.
ANDY SERKIS

I loved the manufacturing business and the move to Amazon was an adventure, but once I went to Amazo...
JOE GALLI

It is a problem but it is a good problem. And it is going to become more so as we continue to be goo...
GENE DEFILIPPO

Most of the Amazon basin is as flat as a pancake and laced with extravagantly meandering waterways. ...
ALEX SHOUMATOFF

I started with Apple, in a pre-Windows era when PCs seemed to involve more of a learning curve. But ...
WILLIAM GIBSON

We're learning as we go, ... We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize ...
RAY NAGIN

There's a learning curve. I know about the speed and tempo. People don't want to come watch you run....
GARRY MCPEEK

Learning is not an advantage as everybody learns, but learning fast & better is the ultimate competi...
LALIT BHOJWANI

As may be expected, we found that CDH (consumer-driven health care) is a dynamic, fast-growing innov...
ALAN COHEN

I'm not proud of how we played, but I do see this as a learning opportunity,
ROBERT TURNER

Obviously, the drills are going to be a little rusty. But the thing he has done is been an athlete f...
JONATHAN HAYES

As regards obstacles, the shortest distance between two points can be a curve.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Russia is the last country that would want an armed conflict near its borders, but the emergence of ...
GLEB PAVLOVSKY

Wyld is a big, big signing for us. He's had three seasons in Australia and you couldn't wish for a n...
ANDY WALTERS

Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundre...
JIM ROGERS

A flattening yield curve typically is indicative of the bond market's view that the Fed as being les...
CARLOS BORROMEO

We never fall behind the curve. We lead the curve and we spread the gospel to other communities so w...
MAX ANDERSON

History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.
TOMICHAN MATHEIKAL

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we ...
ANNA NEAGLE

People go on about places like Starbucks being unpersonal and all that, but what if that's what you ...
NICK HORNBY

As we move forward with this technology, we should expect to see costs go down and roller capabiliti...
BOB BARNES

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JAMES C. DOBSON

For the last two-and-a-half years we have made every effort to provide 24/7 service, but we have lea...
KATY MCKIM

Amazon is two-and-a-half years down the learning curve. As of tomorrow, Borders will be a few hours down the learning curve. It's another option for book buyers, but we don't view [Borders] as a big competitive threat to Amazon. We see this as more of a defensive move than an offensive move.

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