This is one of Ellen DeGeneres' specialties. When you do an Emmy awards after a crisis like this, you need to fulfill the purpose of the awards show and yet not seem too self-important. She seems to be very good at it.
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We're looking into a possible destabilization attempt. It could be part of symbolic violence, because what could be the purpose in shooting the building at that time of the day
Heart disease is the number one killer of women. It can be a scary thing for women because often times the symptoms are much different than those in men. The purpose of the fair was to identify risk factors and offer patient treatment plans to ensure prev
We make it very, very clear that we do not condone dishonesty or the use of public funds for anything other than University purposes,
The main purpose is to visit troops as their commander in chief to relay the support of the folks back home. It's also an opportunity to see first hand the places they've served and continue to serve.
I hardly knew the man's name, ... He really invented me. He needed me for his political purposes, so I'm a figment of his imagination.
It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
getting a lot of big payday games in big venues, which is great for those programs. I think that has defeated the purpose for us, anyway, of getting really high-profile games, even though they're on the road.
Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about it but the English were incredibly exercised about it.
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
The purpose creates the machine.
The case for intelligent design as a religious proposition is overwhelming, Clearly, no valid secular purpose can be derived from those facts.
taking advantage of patients for your own selfish purposes, patients who expected the opposite -- to treat them honestly and to care for them.
The army... is now publicly declared to be for the purpose of enforcing obedience to the authority of Parliament.
I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.
We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.
It is her testimony that these calls... were for improper purposes. It is our contention that they were for proper leadership purposes.
He didn't miss it on purpose.
I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.
Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation.
We told the foreign ministers that enrichment for research purposes is Iran's acknowledged right as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and therefore we will not accept any
Camp Dawson has served its purpose, it was always meant to be a transition place.
The format will be the same for all labels. So, for instance, you know on every medication the active ingredient will be in the first box and the purpose -- will the drug help you -- will be in the second space.
May there be unison in the speech and action of humans. Only by this shall, unity emerge and serve each others purpose. The nation shall emerge stronger and mightier because of this.
Philanthropy is entertainment with a purpose. For the consumer, giving online is all about emotion -- they expect to feel as good or better than when they go to eBay or Amazon. That means the non-profit's site needs to offer engaging stories, compelling artwork, and powerful viral marketing tools.
We expected that since Germany, Russia and China called on Iran to declare their nuclear intentions peaceful, and for energy purposes, Iran would comply. That hasn't happened. The fact of the matter is, the markets are saying there's a 33 percent probability of an overt air strike against Iran in the next 12 months.
One of the purposes of this hearing is, of course, to explore everything because we know there's a need. We're not sure the best way to get there.
I began to have an idea of my life, not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight in cleverness.
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
But you also have to bear in mind that there still is an increased risk of stroke, dementia and blood clots in the legs and a reduced risk for fractures. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration recommendation that estrogen should not be used for the purpose of heart disease still applies, and the recommendation that women who need to take it for menopausal symptoms should take the lowest dose for the shortest duration possible still holds.
The whole purpose is to attract private investors to come in and do that, and the best way to do that is to show them the vision so they can buy into it.
Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.
I come from a strong scriptural viewpoint, and I find intelligent design lacking, ... However, if things are created or designed, that means there's a creator with a design in mind, and that is reflected in the creation, and it has a purpose.
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.
In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, as 'right-to-work.' It provides no 'rights' and no 'works.' Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining... We demand this fraud be stopped.
We know he's doing that on purpose but people who don't know basketball, they're like, 'What is he doing But that's something he's been doing all his life because he's been playing down in the post a lot and he has had to be able to get his shot over bigger guys. He gets my vote for player of the year.
I think that 911 is a greater loss if we do not change our behavior in some way. I think that if we don't turn it into a positive change in some way, those innocent people really died for no purpose. I would like to think they had some important purpose. What I see, that I don't like, is the product of what our land of opportunity can breed.
I was a gang leader. Although, it was a gang for defensive purposes. It was not a gang to sell drugs.
It helps them refocus, just like Ken and I are, on insisting that some purpose be made out of this, ... Because we can't let her die in vain. We just can't. And they agree with that, and it's hard.
Punishment should not be meted out in anger. It must fulfill the purpose of preventing unreasonable excesses by others.
I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the three H's namely, Health, Happiness and Helpfulness. The man or woman who succeeds in developing these three attributes has secured the main steps to success this Life.
Music's at its best when it has a purpose. In the days of 'Rock Around the Clock' and 'Good Golly, Miss Molly,' the purpose was, like, 'We should be allowed to do this.' We certainly haven't had to go out of our way to find a purpose now.
Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.
At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself As an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.
Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life.
It seems to give kind of a very open-ended permission ... to basically manage the ranch for an economic purpose. It's lost the balance between economic and ecological.
Let me say here, with clarity and with purpose, I concede nothing to the Democratic Party. I will stand and fight for the republican cause. I will lead us to victory. All you have to do is dare to believe it.