Are we really serving people when we have some offices that are only open a few hours a day, or that don't have full-time employees? That's a good question to ask, when we have offices where it's costing us $2 for every dollar of benefits that we're delivering.
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Related We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN We try to open when most veterinary offices are closed. ALICIA VALLE Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN We have a full digital-effects facility. We have full sound and vision post-production facilities. W... KIM WILLIAMS When we founded Facebook, we put a lot of hours into it and worked hard every day. 'The Social N... DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M For every day that we are not merged, it is costing us and our customers a lot of money. It is also ... WALTER RAIZNER When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most ... CRAIG GROESCHEL Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA We are told a lot of high-tech companies are interested in putting offices or allowing people to liv... MAYOR GREG NEWMAN We may be open limited hours, we're open because of the community. We have a number of people that a... DAVID SANDERSON It's the imperfections that make things beautiful JENNY HAN I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON We like the people, we have a lot of fun. People say it's a friendly place. Most post offices are st... ALAN PELZER I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages... DOUGLAS LEONE If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER All of our employees have been very good with the (VIP) program, ... People will get star-struck, bu... BRYAN EDWARDS All of our employees have been very good with the (VIP) program. People will get star-struck, but we... BRYAN EDWARDS On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer af... DAVID CAMERON If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. DANIEL MELGAçO Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... DEYTH BANGER We've opened every area we can open in the Superdome and the (adjacent) Arena. Our offices have beco... GLENN MENARD Our survey also found that slightly larger businesses -- those with 20 to 100 employees -- have offi... GARY CHEN I don't have a lot of time to speak... but we will speak soon. DEYTH BANGER It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question... wait a minute, I do have a dollar... SCOTT SKILES It keeps offices open in areas that would have a tremendous economic impact, ANTHONY PRINCIPI Now we have one chance in some case, as in this body but in other body we will have + one because we... DEYTH BANGER We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same que... FREDERICK KEONIG We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same que... E. JOSEPH COSSMAN Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if w... BRENE BROWN A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN This measure is temporary. We have kept enough staff in field offices to continue delivering service... CLAIRE BOURGEOIS Every year, we want to be better in the last weeks than we are in the first. When you get into the d... JASON HAMILTON We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let's accept it that we remember people only when we have some work and only our Mother remembers... HONEYA Beth is a walk-on who has competed a couple of times for us over the last few years, and has done a ... MARK STEVENSON Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer... ... Silence doesn't make it... bet... DEYTH BANGER What, the glass is half-full instead of half-empty? Bullshit. What they don't tell you is that regar... T.J. KLUNE We have a good group of guys that when they get rolling, they can really swing it. It is a core of s... DAN MEDINA That was good execution on their part. We were way too far ahead of their pitcher. We have to sit ba... DON SUTHERLAND But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or tw... LEMONY SNICKET I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. In my opinion, that has to change. If we are to grow as a region as a tech-based economy, and a know... DAVID BODDE Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, W... GEORGE CARLIN We really are a 24/7 operation. We have people working every minute of every day. ALAN FISCO When we are heading towards a deadline, when we are running out of time, every moment starts to matt... OUSSAMA HEDHLI Presence is an important tool. There's no question that people understand now that we don't have off... GARY OWEN It is a shame that when we have a good dream we are asleep at the time. P.K. SHAW Every day that we have it open, it gives us an opportunity to place more people. BOB MCELROY The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring,... CRAIG GROESCHEL When we got into our offices, we were hoping for the best. But intruders got in. GREG BLACKWELL We have a limit of 15 kids at a time and are open from 11 to 7 every day. ANNE MCGIVNEY We didn't have time to thrash our bodies as much. We practiced compulsories 41/2 hours a day. BRIAN BOITANO Our lives!!! We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are with something called life see... SUNDAY ADELAJA We don't have the right to ask when sorrow comes: Why did this happen to me?, unless we ask the same... UNKNOWN [But many of its offices - in Jakarta, Stockholm, Melbourne, St. Petersburg, Brussels, Bangkok, Sydn... FREDERIC COUDERT A lot of our community does business in both those communities, especially the food processing plant... CRAIG BALDWIN Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, W... GEORGE CARLIN Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ... GEORGE CARLIN We are extremely pleased to have this completed by the end of the year. There are many good things i... BOB BREWER By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few thi... MARIE DRESSLER First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to re... JAY CHIAT It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL We are keen on India and we already have two offices there to help us better understand the opportun... BILL WERTZ They really see this as the future of Collier County and they want to get in on the ground floor. We... BLAKE GAMBLE Most of us are not raised to actively encounter our destiny. We may not know that we have one. As ch... JULIA CAMERON I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporari... ROBERT FORSTER When 2 loving hearts have to be apart due to some life circumstances - nobody is a winner or loser. ... SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST We have to stuff them in ... a lot of the empty and unused offices. NICK HAYS We are responsible for ourselves and each other. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS We were slammed when we went to do pick-ups. It took two days (as opposed to one in previous years),... TOM SCHMIDT We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched... JOSEPH JOUBERT We have seen it time and time again where they [unions] take money for political purposes and dont g... ERIC BEACH I think what people are probably seeing are some similarities. I can understand why the expectations... TORRY HOLT The second thing that they agreed to is to give us what amounted to an open books promise, so that w... STEWART BAKER We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so month... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA No post offices are extending their hours beyond the normal time. BOB BOISSELLE The team is really holding its own. We have lost a couple of games that we shouldn't have, but that'... BRAD BAUGHAN We have evacuated all of our local offices in Honolulu and continue to work with our employees on ma... CHRISTA CARONE When we have doubt in our abilities we need to ask ourselves to transform the thoughts that are limi... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Without these people, it would take us years to get where we're at. Without the hours that these peo... DOUG SANFORD We are only accepting food donations at our offices, ... but if my employees and customers want to d... DIANE NELSON Change comes when we are willing to let go off the old and aspire for new heights, there is always s... JOHN CLEMENT OGHINAN We have obviously some very bright kids who can do some high-level academic work. But when it comes ... FRAN DUNPHY Hopefully, one day we can turn it into a tool that dentists use in their offices and maybe even pati... MICHAEL GLOGAUER It's going to take us a few weeks to figure out where some of them are going to play. We may have a ... LYNN MILLER
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ED O'BRIEN But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's... ED O'BRIEN I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard. ED O'BRIEN What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the s... ED O'BRIEN Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward. ED O'BRIEN There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special t... ED O'BRIEN Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn'... ED O'BRIEN We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it... ED O'BRIEN Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that. ED O'BRIEN We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate. ED O'BRIEN It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country. 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