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Related we might not ever need to look at that option, but its one of our options. VLADIMIR PUTIN In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is ... EDWIN P. WHIPPLE We see the Park Building as the perfect solution to our client, attorney and staff needs. After cons... JANE JACKSON 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS As far as we are concerned, Labor Day is a legitimate venue for the workers to exercise their consti... JOSUA MATA We haven't been quite as enthralled with Sun's applications as we are with its platform. We don't wa... STEVE DOUGHERTY Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY In many respects we have bought companies that are fundamentally strong, but have issues that w... JULIAN ROBERTS Mark was trusted by Labor as a thinker, as a formidable parliamentarian, as a moving advocate of Lab... JULIA GILLARD None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try MARK TWAIN As parents we wanted to show our kids how this process needs to work, to be citizens, to not stand b... SEAN KELLEY We want to show we're part of the labor force as well. We have a right to speak up and say we don't ... ALEX SEGURA You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script. CURTIS HANSON We believe that our confirmatory testing indicated that the problem was confined to a limited number... HOWARD PIEN We believe that our confirmatory testing indicated that the problem was confined to a limited number... HOWARD PIEN We believe that Boston Scientific can raise its offer to $78 a share and still maintain an investmen... LARRY BIEGELSEN As we become full persons, our knack for "right actions" and good judgment blossoms MARSHA SINETAR We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out... JAY FOREMAN We forced a lot of turnovers. It felt good to force so many turnovers. We played as a team, and that... CARLISHA MULLINS People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER Who cares what are you eating?? Who cares where are you? Who cares what are you posting??<... DEYTH BANGER One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment wi... CRISS JAMI We have had some discussions with staff at the Justice Department regarding eBay and the online trad... JAY MONAHAN As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is ... STEVEN PINKER When we relate to our bodies as having soul, we attend to their beauty, their poetry and their expre... THOMAS MOORE We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives an... S. I. HAYAKAWA It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives ... S.I. HAYAKAWA We are convinced that Russia would not put in doubt its reputation as a reliable business partner. IVO MRAVINAC We have heard many constructive proposals; we will incorporate as many as we can in our new plan and... LUKE MUZZY The Mellon transaction is a logical and low-risk extension of the Citizens franchise which is not on... FRED GOODWIN Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - w... EDWARD KENNEDY When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employ... J. D. HAYWORTH We hope that we can present as many options for them as possible as they go about seeking long-term ... BARBARA ELLIS We still expect as a country that Israel is going to fulfill its commitment. We have no reason to be... DAN KURTZER Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155 We may search so far, and reason so long of fa... JOHN DONNE You cannot force someone to believe something they do not believe; you can only manage to force them... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Things don’t always work out as planned. But the observation of its unraveling can create new opti... STEVEN LAWRENCE HILL, SR. We've tried very hard to be as respectful as we can to the site, but at the same time offer as many ... GLENN GRITZNER Unfortunately, the business side of the game shows its head every once in a while. But I still think... JAKE ARRIETA We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The changes to the executive structure reinforces the commitment that WestJet has to its guests, ...... CLIVE BEDDOE We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force. LAURENCE STERNE It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat?... MARK TWAIN It is clearly our preference that WJ recognize the merits of this so we can sit down and chat about ... WILLIAM CARPENTER We have just four returning varsity players and North Butler has played together a much longer perio... LAURA JOHNSON ...you must understand that not even the Jedi know all there is to be known about the Force; no mort... MATTHEW WOODRING STOVER We may debate political participation in the affairs of the world as we will, but we must participat... OWEN D. YOUNG Its important to know that scams can happen not only on the Internet, but in the mailbox, as well. ELLEN WRIGHT In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will... S. I. HAYAKAWA Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a vi... EPHRAIM MIRVIS As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can. VINCE MCMAHON We cannot physically be there to help our fellow nurses so we offer this Labor Day 'Labor of Love' c... SANDRA TAYLOR Each of the three titles has been special in its own way. This year's title was special because we h... KERRY LOUGHRAN I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are... JAMES KAVANAUGH We played a much cleaner game. We did not force as many turnovers as we should have, but we dominate... COACH KIMBERLY EAST Business is a series of judgment calls and we offer what we think our customers want to buy. They wi... KAREN BURK An individual school can handle a resident idiot from time to time, but an entire school system is o... TUCKER ELLIOT As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers' rights,... ELIZABETH ESTY It wasn't going anywhere, and we had to exercise our options. BRIAN PHIPPS True investing is making a commitment to own a company, to participate in its business over the long... BOB MILLEN We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrea... LEO TOLSTOY Our models are a catalogue of our options, so pretty much everything that we offer or a lot of what ... JULIE BROWN As of right now the damage assessment is not complete. We are speaking with the league and we will m... GREG BENSEL Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests w... NICOLA STURGEON We nurture our sense of connection with the larger whole, noticing that the whole is only as healthy... SHARON SALZBERG Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a gove... AYN RAND We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for ... VINT CERF Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it’s eight times as goo... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
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