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JOHN SCHLESINGER TONY DUNGY RALPH WALDO EMERSON THICH NHAT HANH DEYTH BANGER TONY CAMPOLO We live in a dangerous world where rogue nations are developing longer range missiles. We have to ma... JIM SAXTON At Hamilton, 40 percent of our faculty is adjunct. So I don't presume adjunct instructors are bad. M... DANIEL HALL AKIROQ BROST 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 DEYTH BANGER We are developing the electoral component of the immigrant movement, and we will all see the results... JUAN RUIZ Maggie Hannon had a really good day on Sunday. She has shown signs of growing and developing as a pl... BARRY KING IRENE ROSENFELD The most important reason for rising costs is that we are so good at developing new ways to diagnose... ALAN GARBER We continue to see very good demand out of developing economies in India and China, and Middle East ... WAYNE MURDY We had a good race this year, much better than last year (at county). I was not very happy at all la... ANDREW HUDSON We don't have anything to show for it, but we are getting better. I think this was the best game we'... DAN MARTIN Valerie's skills are developing rapidly, ... Her stickwork is much improved and she is a pleasant su... CASEY SILVER They're very good, and we made them look very good at times. It's disappointing. I know we're better... JACK ROSE He's so good at developing young players. He taught us so many little things that really stick with ... DYLAN REESE It's considered to be a good aircraft, flexible and right sized. It's pitched at a market that's cur... DOUG MCVITIE Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK We are very happy to have Nick as a part of our team. His leadership and skills will be assets at bo... GREGG POPOVICH So, the younger guys are able to sit down in the No. 2 and 3 spots and are currently still developin... MICHAEL THOMPSON TODD PARK To know how good you are at something requires the same skills as it does to be good at that thing. JOHN CLEESE He's one of the fastest -- if not the fastest -- player in our district and is developing into a ver... DEAN HERBORT AKIROQ BROST DEYTH BANGER 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 are custodians. We are stewards. Our actions are being watched by others around us. Someone is lo... ANGIE KARAN Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral re... ALI ABDULLAH SALEH At the same time, we are keenly aware that China is still the largest developing country in the worl... HU JINTAO Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments. DAVE HEISE Situations in low-rated schools like Jasper (County) are very frustrating, ... We spend an awful lot... ANNE ANDERSON I believe we are very good at free throws now. JUSTIN SCOTT P.C. CAST It was just a good football game. At certain times we played well. At certain times we didn't play w... GUY FINSTROM It just seems like what we are good at - we keep getting better, and what we are struggling at - we ... LORI ENRIGHT We will be looking at players who can help us through this transition period while we are developing... GLEN SATHER We did a better job controlling the ball than we have in some of our losses, and when we win the tur... DENNIS REILLY We are not looking at dealing with the height to stop them from developing their play but rather the... FRANK RIJKAARD We are already witnessing major strains in many of our developing countries, IFZAL ALI HELEN FISHER By using the systems we are developing in the habitat, we are both testing our ideas and validating ... BILL CLANCEY (The concert) is continuing to grow and developing into a tradition, ... At least we certainly hope ... DENNIS JOHNSON RICHIE NORTON We are very pleased with the progress that has been made at Antigen Express in developing a syntheti... ANNA GLUSKIN You certainly believe in the power of love. And throughout the series, you see how love shows itself... MOUTASEM ALGHARATI We spend an awful lot of money training people and developing them in these underperforming schools,... ANNE ANDERSON The construction project Bill did at Kansas State is unsurpassed in my memory in terms of developing... CHUCK NEINAS You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA WENDY MASS We have spent quite a bit of time considering a good space game, and I can't really say anything at ... WILL WRIGHT The great thing about it is, in Hollywood, certain people are very good at keeping their lives and w... ANTHONY MACKIE We're getting better. I think this was our best game of the year. We're developing good team chemist... DAN MARTIN He has very good practice skills, good habits. He never does anything less than 100 percent, and tha... DENNY MARTIN The job forecast is very good. The economy has finally turned around. We are really at a shortage no... STEVE BLOOM We're developing personality. And quite frankly, I'm really proud of what these young men are doing ... DAVID BAILIFF ADAM CAROLLA HELEN FIELDING cultivation of the hard skills, while failing to develop the moral and emotional faculties down belo... DAVID BROOKS DOUGLAS TOMPKINS ALBERT EINSTEIN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON DOUGLAS COUPLAND No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is... SAL MINEO FRANCIS FUKUYAMA We are very happy with our performance in the Middle East in recent years, especially due to the ope... CHARLES PADARATZ Although we are developing a better understanding of the biology, epidemiology and evolution of spec... MARK WOOLHOUSE Our efforts at doing these follow-up investigations was really helpful at telling the story. We now ... ELAINE FISCHER We grew up competing with much larger institutions. They are very good at what they do and we knew t... JOHN ALLISON (They) are more concerned about protecting their interests and dominant position in global trade tha... ELIZABETH TANKEU Are we gearing up to start developing that land? The answer is no, not at this time. We don't have a... GREG EDEN ANNE M. MULCAHY In a lot of ways, the Cavaliers' performance mirrors the Gophers' performance, and vice versa. At ti... GLENN MASON Identifying and developing strategic relationships with overseas suppliers to be able to produce off... GEORGE GOULD The interest in programs for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds is unbelievable. I think that's because they are... JEANNE ASHLEY Watching TV is just passive, because they are just sitting there. You are not developing your gross ... OUIDA FORSYTH ALAN STERN THICH NHAT HANH I think we are peaking at the right time. We are a very good volleyball team and I am excited about ... JENNY TOMANEK We want to look at how they're operating, if they should be operating at those locations or developi... JOSEPH WOOD Koyun eti göçebe halkların temel gıda maddesidir. Ayrıca koyun hızlı büyüyen, et ve iç ya�... SERCAN AHINCANOV
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Precision, directness, and quickness are what human beings are good at. What we have never been good... 
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We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. 
What you are good at, you never do it free! 
aimed at developing Christian professionals who will use their skills to transform urban communities... 
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We are this fucking stick in the end... 
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We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could ... 
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I'm no good at anything. Not men. Not social skills. Not work. Nothing. 
Look at how fast technology is developing. 
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. 
It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... 
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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs. 
Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems. 
There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. 
Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. 
Keep your word. Honor commitments, and they will double back to honor you. 
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Go empower yourself. You need confidence because the one thing that bullying does is it belittles yo... 
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Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing. 
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There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five. 
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Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time. 
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