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I think (the town) is going to bring a lot of people from all over the country to Southwest Florida. This town is going to be conducive to families.

I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.

We are delighted to welcome Mazda to the Atlantic family. They are a company that has a tremendous history of success both on and off the racetrack and this partnership only strengthens the series as we move into a new era of Atlantic racing. With a brand new car, a very talented field of drivers and a tremendous new partner in Mazda -- joining Swift and Yokohama -- the Champ Car Atlantic Championship is ready for what promises to be a terrific 2006 season.

Hopefully, the families will understand why we've made these changes. Serving families is our highest priority.

He wasn't a violent guy. He didn't even talk tough or macho. I've never known him to own any weapons. He was more like a family guy. He would take his daughters to dance lessons or go shopping and have parties for friends.

I hadn't planned to go into the family business. I was at an age where I wanted to go save the world. But at that point, I realized I had an opportunity to help my family rather than chase after a bunch of idealistic dreams. I made that commitment, and I haven't looked back.

No one else in our family was a professional musician so this took an enormous leap of faith on their part.

Hopefully, this will not have a negative effect on the W. N. B. A., ... Me coming out does not change what the W. N. B. A. stands for as a basketball league. I don't think there's any secret that the huge support we get comes from the gay and lesbian community. It's unfortunate that people, and those not only in W. N. B. A., are not able to feel like they can be who they are. They lose endorsements they lose friends and family.

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family.

I'm concerned about being short-handed, but I have no control over it. We rotated eight kids, and it really starts getting some chemistry because they know their roles. It's like a smaller family. There's more food on the table and more pieces of the pie.

Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them --their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.

It's like anyone, ... If you have a death in the family or the kids are sick or whatever, you're going to be a little down, you're not going to seem like your old self. Once we all found out what it was, we kind of understood and said, 'Hey, let's just focus in and do our jobs and try to take some of the pressure off.'

While the primary responsibility, as we all acknowledge, (falls) with the family, ... Our homes, our families, our children's minds are being flooded by a tide of violence.

To tell you the truth, I think our concentration on the field has been a lot better, ... Even in meetings it's been better, just because it's a welcome distraction. You don't have to think about whether your house is floating down the street. You don't have to think about finding an apartment. You don't have to worry about whether your spouse or your family is going to like their new neighborhood. On the field you're out there doing what you're good at and you're having fun. You don't have to think about all those things until you get back to the hotel and reality sets in.

Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.

No, I'm putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.

The whole family is really respected and just a pleasure to be around.

It's heartbreaking to find out it's not going to happen. You live to the play in the playoffs. Besides having children and a family there is nothing better in life than winning hockey games in the playoffs. It's like having your heart ripped out.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

I feel the pain of the family and I wish that the wounded will heal, ... Israel will not yield and will continue fighting terror until it is destroyed just like we are fighting it now.

This is for my grandfather and my parents and for the whole family. I'm so honored to be part of this musical family.

We spent many years in the same league with Tulane and Southern Miss and still consider them members of our family, ... Many of our fans visited New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast while we were competing against those schools and have been struck by the images of the devastation in those areas. I hope this can help.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

We can change the lives of autistic children. We can make a difference. There are hundreds of families in Florida who can't afford the therapists.

It's nothing to do with work. It's just strictly a personal decision because of my young, growing family. I think I need to spend more time with them as they're growing older.

If people do decide to stay at home from work, we invite them to stay at home and stay at home with their families. It's not a festive day. It's a day of silence and of abstinence.

Mr. Benson did write a message Sunday night to the commissioner expressing his concern about the incident that occurred following the game. It was an emotional and distressing situation and very unfortunate for him and his family. His comments to the commissioner relayed his frustration and at this time he has not yet made a decision on his plans for this weekend's game.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Wars are not fought on the training ground, nor can they be covered from the television studio. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of both these brave men.

When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

These people are like family.

And whereas women had to fight to find their way into the workforce, men are now fighting to reclaim their place in the family structure.

It's going to be a family decision. I've got to hear from the people who write the checks. ... I have no idea (when). I've got to go back to Spokane and not do anything. I have no idea what I'm going to decide.

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.

Service has been defined as Love made manifest . Baba repeatedly asks us to expand our hearts to include all humanity. He tells us that to care only for our own interests and those of our families is a constriction of our heart. Such constriction eventually results in loneliness and unhappiness -- as indeed we can see all around us, for it is the malady of the present age.

I'm constantly surprised how many people don't realize that if you're self-employed today, you're able to deduct 100 percent of the health-insurance premiums paid for yourself and your family.

There used to be lots of people and a lot of youth. We want to gear it toward them and promote it so kids can afford to go and families can afford to ski.

We do want to make sure that her family, that could be quite strong down in Bolivia, know what's happened and have a chance to figure out what they would like to see done.

The key to success with young children is keeping expectations low. Eating together with a 2-year-old is a brief affair, but by 4 a child can sit longer, share information, and listen to someone else. The younger children are when you start this, the more it becomes part of what you do as a family. Over time, it becomes a haven within the family, ... The meal itself becomes symbolic of what a family does for its members You nourish each other.

I think men going bald is certainly off limits, coming from a family as I do, where it's in our gene pool and it could one day happen to me.

He's got some family coming down tomorrow. He's expected to go home Thursday.

It was the right thing to do. We helped thousands of families who were forced from their homes without basic necessities. To slow down that process in order to find out who is trying to cheat the system would have hurt those who the system is designed to help.

Even the simplest wicker basket can become priceless when it is loved and cared for through the generations of a family.

I've never vied for power in the family before. Pointing a box at the garage door and saying Open was never a big deal, but holding that television tuner and realizing I alone control what is flashed on the screen brings out the Iacocca in me.

These changes will produce an even better Olympic Park - a sign of our determination not to sit on our laurels after Singapore but to refine our plans to deliver excellence for athletes, spectators, media and the entire Olympic family.

To me, the family was raising a child, not a golfer. The golf was just something he had an aptitude for. There was no mistake that the parents made the rules and kids followed the rules, but it wasn't a harsh environment. It seemed quite normal. Homework

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.

USC was expecting me, but my whole family was surprised. People from my school are calling me because they thought I was going to AM or Florida State. It's funny, but I'm a Trojan.

I wish I could anticipate some of the stories and lies that will be told. It's going to be great to get everyone together so we can tell all of the families, all of the wives and children, just how good we were because they never got to see us play.