We are pursuing a dual strategy in China. First, we have outstanding W-CDMA know-how and the sales successes to match. Second, we assumed a pioneering role for TD-SCDMA in China at the right time.
Christoph Caselitz
Related We have been in discussions for a second park in China for some time. But we have priorities and a f... IRENE CHAN 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... So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We are looking forward to performing in China for the first time. THE ROLLING STONES We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba... DEYTH BANGER A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Voter apathy is a civic abdication. CHARLES M. BLOW 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 We've been in China for 150 years. Now we are being allowed to do more and more. It's the most excit... BRYAN SANDERSON Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS 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 plan to double our sales in China every three years. ELAN LEE In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, an... ZIYI ZHANG There are a lot of opportunities (in China) that we continue to look at but we want to do it right. BRUCE TUCHMAN We saw at least 22 countries where journalists have been jailed for Internet reasons, so it's not un... ROBERT DIETZ I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever. SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON In terms of growth in sales, I think this year we are looking at least 20 percent in Asia-Pacific. F... HORACE CHOW 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 Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER At a time when political relations between Japan and China are bad, we should make efforts in the fi... SHINJI TANIMURA Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to ... PIERRE PETTIGREW A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. ALBERT EINSTEIN We believe that UMTS TD-CDMA technology holds great promise as a next generation platform for operat... BARRY WEST Politics, basically politics. Our strategy for production is that for every dollar we invest in Chin... MICHAEL AUSTIN It's been a momentous last two weeks since we said goodbye to the team and we thank Pepsi for sponso... BRIAN BREESE We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on ... JOHN OLVER I am happy for our kids, they are an outstanding bunch who have put in the time and effort this seas... PAT OLMI We lost one match at Euro, we tied the second, and now it's time for a victory. MIHAILS ZEMLINSKIS Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We know China is on a rapid, unprecedented transition, but the problem is we don't know which direct... JING HUANG The demonstration, which ends on Friday, is the first one we have held in China, and in fact the fir... LINTON BROOKS We are too interconnected to try to hold China at arm's length, ... It is time to take our policy be... ROBERT ZOELLICK For the first time in over a decade, we are being encouraged to breed lions, but not right away beca... JAY CHRISTIE The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it tic... ODO SIMON AGBO It's a good move for Airbus because we don't have enough space in Beijing now and China Eastern is t... LAURENCE BARRON We hope this cooperation will develop even more in the future. We emphasize (that) we praise the imp... KING ABDULLAH For the first time in the history of relations between Russia and China we will have a demarcation o... DMITRY YAKUSHKIN We wrestled a terrific dual as a team against Purdue, which is what we have been looking for all sea... TOM MINKEL China is beginning to act more like a world citizen. We need China to be more active on the world st... ROGER ALTMAN The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer. AKIROQ BROST 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 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 do acknowledge that we have deficiencies in the area of human rights, but at the same time we wou... ZHU RONGJI You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS [He said he also] assumed ... we have an obligation related to the Taiwan Relations Act and with reg... DONALD RUMSFELD You think looting is bad in Egypt, look at Peru, India, China. I've been told in China there are... SARAH PARCAK In China, we have seen progress. MARC RAMONDI The profit margins in this market are not outstanding in any direction. China is becoming a regular ... ALEXANDER KLOSE China has regulations that prohibit any company to go against the U.N. resolutions. So indeed, we in... TANG JIAXUAN Demand has been very strong and China is a big factor. We are in the process of expanding right now ... LEO KIPFSTUHL This deal is positive. China needs to import oil, after all, but we have to know the valuation of th... GORDON KWAN At the same time, we are keenly aware that China is still the largest developing country in the worl... HU JINTAO China has been successful - let's accept it. We want to emulate China no matter how we say we are di... CHETAN AHYA If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS The Christmas sales exceeded our forecast. We have raised our forecast for a second time. DAVID HSIEH If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL For many years we have supplied video processing equipment to markets throughout China. We were prou... BOB NOONAN China Unicom's CDMA network needs only a software upgrade to become CDMA2000. It takes a few months ... DAVE CARINI If he was murdered we need to know that because there are others teaching in China. MAXINE RUSSELL Right now we have 45-percent PC penetration in the U.S.. It will be years before we see that in Chin... JEFFREY MAXICK We foresee that China will be our biggest Asia market beside Japan in three years time. Chinese play... DAVID ONG In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo. ZHU ZHU If the quotas are eliminated, we expect a large shift in textiles and apparel production to China. DANIEL BARRY You have to have depth and compete in all 14 weight classes. I think in a dual meet, we will give th... RALPH PAONESSA We have been anticipating the opportunity to participate in the growing China market for five years. ATHAR KHAN He really means the question of how to deal with Iran. China has a very, very important role to play... EBERHARD SANDSCHNEIDER Sales continued soft during the summer quarter. We think, however, we may have touched bottom as boo... BRIAN HALLA If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of li... CHIANG KAI-SHEK I am under no illusion that our present strategy of using means short of total war to achieve our en... OMAR BRADLEY Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS India and China are coming into their own. As a business person, I know that I will be working with ... ERIC STUCKEY This is more of a tune-up for districts. That's what we've got first and we take it one match at a t... JACK FOSTER We have begun a path that we believe will ultimately benefit our users in China. ELLIOT SCHRAGE We have chosen China for our Global Industry Summit because we believe that China is well positioned... KLAUS SCHWAB We must have a clear head and a clear-cut stand to confidently boycott those trains of thoughts that... ZHOU YONGKANG I've been surprised to know that people in the U.S. often mix up Japan and China. It is sad to us, b... KARIN KEMMOCHI We saw a good match. Angola had a good first half but we played very well in the second. ARTUR JORGE Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL Thanks to an early start, we are in good position - and we have to make sure we maintain it, ... At ... SALVATORE FERRAGAMO We get to go for a ride. Now how long a ride it is we'll see. We competed (with Lake Howell) the fir... MIKE AUSTIN I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have two great duties in each day: firstly, to identify why I woke up and secondly to be convinced... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese. ALEX CHIU This (the China deal) is an example of how things should not be done. We have been told that the dra... ZWELINZIMA VAVI Sales in China are going really well. We're getting a lot of interest. We're very excited. DON ROBINSON
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they have heads like a soapboiler's.
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Themselves contend in vain.
[Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Go... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine.
- Johann Christoph Friedrich v... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away. JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Deaf rage that hears no leader.
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[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.] JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The zeal of friends it is that razes me,
And not the hate of enemies.
[Ger., Der Freunde Eifer... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
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Should wear his cross upon the heart. JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER The dream is short, repentance long.
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Man grows with his expanded needs.
[Ger., Im engen Krei... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER For every event is a judgment of God.
[Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.] JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER We are one people and will act as one.
[Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.] JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.] JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Stern is the visage of necessity.
[Ger., Ernst ist der Anblick der Nothwendigkeit.] JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG People who never have any time on their hands are those who do the least. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG As I take up my pen I feel myself so full, so equal to my subject, and see my book so clearly before... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the p... JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for de... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfe... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG A man is never more serious than when he praise himself. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday pen... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered a... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of the... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG I have remarked very clearly that I am often of one opinion when I am lying down and of another when... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men n... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innoc... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG If this is philosophy it is at any rate a philosophy that is not in its right mind. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG In each of us there is a little of all of us. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat. G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the ... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himse... G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG