Mississippi has worked hard to entice avid golf-and-gaming travelers to visit our great state, because we knew if we got them here once, they would come back. The sales increases demonstrate the rising trend of visitors to Mississippi and we hope increasingly more visitors will judge our offerings for themselves.
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Related Without a doubt we have been handed as extreme a challenge of rebuilding on the Gulf Coast as imagin... CRAIG RAY Without a doubt we have been handed as extreme a challenge of rebuilding on the Gulf Coast as imagin... D. CRAIG RAY While we are emotionally devastated for our residents, visitors and businesses that Hurricane Katrin... D. CRAIG RAY We are very pleased with the results of this study. It confirms that the Kansas Visitors Guide is re... BECKY BLAKE We are fully committed to this state and are excited about the opportunity to design and develop a f... ANTHONY SANFILIPPO This visit is very important to us, ... Many celebrities have come to Israel, and we take very good ... GIDEON EZRA There is so much to do and see visitors will find it hard to see everything in one day. We are encou... BRYAN BRETT We definitely want them (visitors from the mainland) to come back. BILL EARNEST I'm from New York. I have a big mouth, and I hope we raise lots of money tonight and, more than that... DORIS ROBERTS We need to ask our visitors who our visitors are. DON ANDERSON It's devastating what is happening and we are going to help them as best we can. Our whole community... DAVE BALL Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We are especially pleased with the increase in daily and total expenditures by our visitors. We are ... MARSHA WIENERT It's our job to provide our visitors with a great place to come and enjoy the lake. BRIAN WESTFALL One hundred and seventy five years ago we were slaves here in Mississippi. We came here as a slave w... QUETEL OSTERVAL We got crushed against Mississippi State and it's great to get a win, play-in game, whatever you wan... CHRIS KENNY We are already running at 7.4 million visitors so we aren't looking to increase arrivals. We need to... FRANK HAAS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We hope the current situation with respect to the lease agreement will be short-lived and will work ... BILL OWEN What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would ... WILLIAM COWPER We expect it (increased sales taxes) will continue that way through the year. With Mardi Gras, as we... JULES GAUDIN They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Missis... IKE TURNER We were told that if we didn't [contribute], they were going to have to do without the bleachers and... CAROL PAGE We were told that if we didn't [contribute], they were going to have to do without the bleachers and... CAROL PAGE [Craig Ray, director of the Tourism Division of the Mississippi Development Authority, said state le... CRAIG RAY Sites are working hard to broaden their total audience. If they get offline figures like Dr. Phil in... NATE ELLIOTT As for my state of Mississippi, our governor, Phil Bryant, said the state could not afford the match... RONNIE MUSGROVE We asked them [Red Cross officials] for help because, two weeks out, we knew a lot of people in rura... LATOSHA BROWN New York's park visitors enjoy seeing the tremendous variety of animals that call our State Parks ho... BERNADETTE CASTRO The common fisheries policy essentially gave other European Union nations unfettered access to our f... MICHAEL GOVE We knew we had to keep fighting because we knew they are a tough team and would keep fighting to com... BRETT AMES We weren't sure how well we were going to do. We just knew we had to do our best and hope the judges... BRYAN JONES I think we need to be more aware of it. We're just visitors for four years, but they live here and t... LAURA GODFREY Our goal is to make it easy for our visitors to discover some of the best of what's available, ... T... BILL WILSON At Willard Bay they have Christmas lights throughout the park and people circle through. More visito... ROBIN PEARSON This is a very challenging golf course. We didn't play our best round, but we knew if we come out an... EMERSON WOOD They are here in our city, they are visitors, they are welcome. We want to help them in any way we c... BETH WOOD We made it hard on ourselves again. We let them come back... but we battled back and got the win. We... JANNE NIINIMAA Ninety-nine percent of the time . . . if we have a problem, they (visitors) will comply. That 1 perc... DOUG WEAVER We knew before he got here that he would come in and threaten for the state championship at 103. We ... JACK KOSMICKI We wanted to wear them down because we knew they had a long bus ride up here and I think that defini... ROY PEAKE We immediately started our training program because the two cubs not only need to adapt themselves t... LI DESHENG We are proud to have such an extraordinary addition to Illinois' cultural tourism offerings. The mus... JAN KOSTNER We know our visitors like to see us in different cities, HARRY FRIEDMAN We put those signs up right away to inform our visitors. DAVID MCDERMOTT Our goal here was to give equal importance to visitors, nature and art, JACQUES HERZOG We anticipate our sales in future quarters returning to predominately regular-priced shipments. Ther... ERNIE JOHNSON Monmouth is a really good team, and we better be prepared for them. They will come in here hungry be... DEREK COLEMAN We have no on-site parking for visitors, family, etc. This is a seniors building. Many of our visito... TOM HAMILTON It can serve to attract visitors who have not been here before and give visitors who have been here ... BRAD DEAN The N.C. visitors are a loyal and strong draw for this market. We would hope a few billboards wouldn... BRAD DEAN We knew if we got on top of them early, they wouldn't have the firepower to come back. It felt great... ANDREW ENGEL It would be great for (Donovan), our program and for the University of Florida to win a national cha... AL HORFORD We are still assessing the vast impact of Katrina, and there appears to be good news beyond the Coas... CRAIG RAY My team needed me. We knew once we got Ray back that we could do a lot of damage. DAMIR DZAFIC We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to ob... AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PROVERB We are very traditional. We have customs and rules that we have to follow, and we also pass that on ... MILI RAUGA You can now access the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We are back. Our goal was to get community service ba... BRUCE FRALLIC The kids responded after last week. We really focused this week on coming out early and starting fas... DAVID GIBBS The new space will let us emphasize the aesthetic qualities of our collections. We want to appeal to... DAN RAHIMI This bill is about more than gaming, ... By signing this bill, the state is taking the necessary pre... HALEY BARBOUR We knew we were going to beat them. We had it set in our minds since the first hour of practice. We ... BRIAN FITZGERALD We knew we were going to beat them. We had it set in our minds since the first hour of practice. We ... BRIAN FITZGERALD San Francisco is one of the most progressive cities in the world, and our combined offerings will st... DONALD BERRYMAN The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN This is real exciting. We won our first-ever South State last weekend and tonight we got the monkey ... JASON GENTRY We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with Mr. Williams and continue efforts in assisting ... DANIEL PEARL He is the most recognized figure in the history of this city and when visitors ask about him, I poin... TOM OWEN I told (Mississippi athletic director Pete Boone and Thomas) once our season was over, they could ta... ALLEN WARD If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL We can advertise all we want, but if the vendors don't offer things that the visitors want, then the... JEFFREY BARENG Hopefully, we entertained them enough to make them want to come back. I hope everyone comes back and... ERIC FIEGI Our goal is to design and build an open, modern, state-of-the-art facility that will be conducive to... ABE REICHENTAL Many will see the vote on shore-based gaming as the first defining vote of where Mississippi is head... HALEY BARBOUR We knew if we played hard and stuck with it, things would work out. We just stuck to our game plan a... JOE TUCKER Mt. Juliet is a great team and they have a great inside and outside game. If they are on, teams have... DAWN EVANS We think maybe we have educated them, and we just hope they will bring their education back to our s... PAT SCHROEDER This is our first time to offer Spring Break Escape. In the past we have done a registration-based p... LINDA COLDWELL Mississippi Power came in and was able to get our electricity back to us and we are hoping the water... BILL OLIVER Mississippi Power came in and was able to get our electricity back to us and we are hoping the water... BILL OLIVER 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... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We knew we were going to beat them. We had it set in our minds since the first hour of practice. We ... BRIAN FITZGERALD Adding content from Games.net puts our visitors in touch with quality editorial and authoritative ne... SCOTT MEYER This agreement represents more than an opportunity to offer our popular beverages to visitors. Going... BILL LEVISAY This is definitely a great plug for our area and having that winter photo sends a message that we we... LARRY FLETCHER The more projects we have of this nature, the more confident we can be that our authentic Cherokee c... MICHELL HICKS See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART 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 have no firsthand knowledge because of the amount of devastation at the Mississippi properties. W... ALBERTO LOPEZ This increase in funding will allow us to better meet the more urgent needs of the visitors we serve... LINDA ALLEN As for us, we don't have to worry because they can come and check all they want because we have our ... KATHY PARKER It's just a great fundraiser. The employees and visitors seem to like it. I'm excited to have them c... BRENDA PARR Our coaching staff has worked very hard, and so have our players. They dedicated themselves to getti... MICHAEL JACKSON We knew we had to do something to get the tempo back in our favor and it worked. DOUG NOFZIGER We came here to tell our story. And we knew that before we came we would have the support of the sen... CATHERINE MCCARTNEY As always, our first concerns are for protection of people and our environment. With this in mind, w... DAVID LEMMON We really want to make a favorable impression on our visitors that we are a clean, attractive and gr... ANNE MASCHMEYER We explain our business needs to our partners, and give them the information necessary to make recom... ALEX SPINOS
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LOUNSBROUGH Too often it’s about what stands before us, not what stands within us. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH My life is too often driven by the fear of the next moment verses focusing on the privilege that I h... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I’m not the author of my fears, but I sure feed them really well. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Maybe my greater fear should not be fear itself, but what I will lose should I submit to fear. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination? CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest r... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Have we ever thought to consider that God allows things in our lives to die so that in that death we... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH While real sacrifice is committed to the result, it relishes the effort CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Although I’m seldom aware enough to see it, the greater cost regarding that which I possess was no... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Easter is the invulnerable tale of utter selflessness where at an inestimable cost God did for us wh... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Oh God, please find it within your heart to grant me a heart that looks after itself only because it... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If I’m asking what kind of ‘return’ I should be expecting on the sacrifices I’m making, I ha... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monume... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utt... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Contrary to popular opinion, we are all a vast brotherhood of human beings whose very survival hinge... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Sacrifice is a noun in my vocabulary that should be a verb in my life. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If the baser instinct of rampant self-preservation adamantly refuses to surrender itself to the infi... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH And who would dare write their own death into the script so that the rest of the characters in the t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To embrace an attitude of humility is to free myself from myself. And that is likely the great liber... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The greatest dividends in life are those that we give away. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH My heart says, ‘This way.’ The world says, ‘That way.’ God says, ‘I am the Way.’ And if ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Anything great will only be appreciated if I am given the opportunity to feel the absence of it, or ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If I look closely, my failures are less about my inadequacies and more about the fact that I channel... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If truth is relative, then it’s cousin is anarchy. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I would suggest that the prisons I incessantly create are not designed to lock me in, rather they ar... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Raw power without Godly obedience is a long walk off a short conscience. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The shortest short-term investment is to serve ourselves. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Only God understands how incredibly far we’ve fallen, and only God understands how incredibly far ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If we’re honest, what makes something impossible is not our fear. Rather, it is our indifference. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH What would behoove me to instantly declare God not to be God unless He followed my script in some te... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH What in the world would ever lead to me believe that life is a series of opportunities that are read... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The anticipation of loss is much more frightening than the actual loss as anticipation leaves room f... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To look beyond our horizons is to acknowledge that we’ve hemmed ourselves in by creating them in t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I can attempt to stay on the fence. However, the problem is that the fence is a figment of my fear n... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I feign fullness, but in reality I am achingly empty. And it is because I too often sit at the table... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Until I realize that it’s all I gift, I can hold all of it and yet receive none of it. CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH We know enough to know that all of this is not quite right. And we know enough to know that settling... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To deny the battle is unwise. To believe that I can fight it without God is insane. To actually do s... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH True evil is unlikely to receive an invitation from us, so it clothes itself in just enough truth to... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I have forged many things that I believe to be things of great beauty. Yet if God is not a part of t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH To seek the praise of men as our motivation is to abandon truly great things, for more often than no... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The difference between a ‘man’ and a ‘father’ is that the former shares his genes, but latte... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The extent of God’s grace always eclipses the extent of my grotesqueness. Therefore, I can never b... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH The greatest prayers that I could ever utter come from the heart. And when I pray that way, I rarely... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that whe... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Where am I?” you ask. Where you are is where the things you’ve denied worshipping have taken you... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Possibly the most debilitating deception of all is to create a god of my own making, fool myself int... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Why am I always lost in the woods?” I yell at the top of my voice! And if I choose to settle down ... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If my decisions constantly heed the voice of the world, I can be completely assured that I’m going... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH