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    One of the reasons we picked each one of these guys on this team is we wanted a bunch of fighters, ... We wanted guys who could be resilient and had been resilient to criticism or doubts throughout the course of their whole career.

    One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving se with the tide always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships.

    To me, the deal has the smell of inevitability to it. If it doesn't happen, for whatever reason, it would be a lost opportunity for both companies. The long-term trajectory of both these companies without each other is downwards.


    At the heart of the controversy in these cases are those recurring pregnancies that pose no danger whatsoever to the life or health of the mother but are, nevertheless, unwanted for any one or more of a variety of reasons convenience, family planning, economics, dislike of children, the embarrassment of illegitimacy, etc. ... I find nothing in the language or history of the Constitution to support the Court's judgment. ... As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today but, in my view, its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.


    Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease to be put forward as the reasons for the precepts of civilization. On the contrary Those historical residues have helped us to view religious teachings, as it were, as neurotic relics, and we may now argue that the time has probably come, as it does in an analytic treatment, for replacing the effects of repression by the results of the rational operation of the intellect.

    It's still grass roots, ... That's part of the reason we do it and don't surf. It's more fun and rewarding to be a part of than what a lot of the forces of culture are telling me to do with my body and my life.

    Is there any reason to really believe we're going to be in a severe recession, or have a terrible inflation problem I'd say the answer is no. On that basis, the stock market still looks like a pretty interesting place.

    The reason Apple is really good, I think, and the reason their stores succeeded, is not just 'cause we know the big idea, but we have a real passion for the littlest detail. It's legendary in our products.

    Florence was chosen for several reasons, including the availability of a skilled labor market, grant and tax incentives, and its established transportation resources.

    In recent years people have said some bad things about this conference, with (Duluth) East leaving for competition reasons. But I think it showed this year that it's getting tougher.


    That was also the reason I wanted to do Sesame Street-I knew it was and is a wonderful show for young minds, knowing they will be exposed to the tube.

    There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

    I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

    The French played better on key points -- even when we had break points they served perfectly. Our poor teamwork was not the reason for our defeat -- the French pair just played better today.

    They beat us in overtime and she was the reason why. She scored back-to-the-basket, pivoting, face-up, hitting 15-footers and we played behind her and fronted her and doubled her and it didn't matter. She earned my respect that day. It was the first time I saw her and I couldn't believe how good she was.





    This is definitely a big endurance test. Part of the reason people keep coming back is they want to see if they can make it through another trail ride.

    It's tough whenever you get this close and you see so many opportunities just slip through your fingers for a number of reasons. It's a difficult loss, but I'm proud of these guys. Proud of this organization.




    We're concerned for two reasons. There could be copycat activity (of the exchange) in other ports and countries. Also, there are clear indications already that the exchange is having an effect in the China-Far EastEurope trade lane on rates and tariffs.

    You'd get down to the shop floor and they'd know far more than management would give them credit for. They knew the reasons why they were in trouble and a lot of solutions as well. Not big things but tons of little things.




    Personally, I wouldn't write a book about the Clinton White House, but it's not necessarily for any reason of standards. I just don't think it would be that fun a thing to do. There were parts of the process that would be better if you don't remember them, I think.

    It's not just about e-mails, it's a broader look at attitudes and actions and how they reflected on the governor and what the governor's direction was, ... The governor understandably believed he was clear in his directives and he's disappointed that for various reasons, people were overeager, overzealous, or didn't understand the directive.


    When a guy has to sit for whatever reason, another guys steps in. Michael Bradley's a prime example. He's been impressive. He has pretty much taken advantage of an opportunity with guys being out.


    It worries us, so we all wanted to show up, ... One of the reasons we're here is not to be defensive or defend this because it's operating perfectly well, we just wanted to make sure what we're doing. And I'm here to help bring focus to it.

    I don't think we're happy, that's for sure. We've got to find a way to win that game. You could say we came out overconfident. The first 20 minutes they took the play to us, you could say that cost us the game or was the reason we didn't end up winning tonight.

    The bullpen guys are going to have to grow up just like the starters, just like our shortstop, second baseman, first baseman, right, center and left fielders probably. It's OK. Just because a guy is young doesn't mean he can't play. It just means that no one in the public besides maybe farm directors and the press know who they are. They can still play. There's a reason that they are top prospects.

    Storage was the reason gas went from 15 per million British thermal units to 8. If we have a warmer-than-normal February we're going to end the winter at all-time record high storage.


    Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer. Those who do not last are always more beloved since no one has to see them in their long, dull, unrelenting, no-quarter-given-and-no-quarter-received, fights that they make to do something as they believe it should be done before they die. Those who die or quit early and easy and with every good reason are preferred because they are understandable and human. Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.

    Although we had drilled the site for environmental investigation pretty extensively, you can't drill every inch of it. Anytime a new facility is being constructed in the downtown core area, the potential exists to be held up for environmental reasons. It's so hard to make that time up.


    There's a reason why he's going to Utah State. A big college isn't going to give a kid a full ride, just because he's nice. Jardine played well. He kind of took over tonight.

    I'm sitting there wondering if maybe we don't have the guys we thought we had. It's a gut-check time for these guys, and I hope they wake up and start really looking themselves in the mirror. We're not playing like we're capable of, for whatever reason.

    To those who despair of everything, reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred.

    There's a little gap there for (Terry) to try to sneak into, and he didn't quite get it done. ... For whatever reason, it was a case there where we got an opportunity to go back in the lead and (it) didn't happen for him.

    We've gone through some times this year where we haven't had some guys produce a whole lot of runs. There's a reason we rank where we are, offensively. I know there weren't a lot of monster years put up, but it seems like this is a good baseball team, and we can score some runs.

    If for some reason this wouldn't pass, we would have to examine our options. To be real honest, we haven't looked at our options. And there's no point in thinking about anything right now other than getting it passed.



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