W. S. Gilbert Quotations | Page 2
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Beginner Quotes
I was in a world where I was a beginner at everything. Everyday things that I'd been doing all of my life were all of a sudden things I was new at trying to do and I wasn't good at them, ... The gift of rowing, for me, was that was one thing in my life at that moment that I was competent at.
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Afraid Quotes
That was the most down period in my life, ... I was afraid of everything. I didn't think I could do anything anymore, and I basically just stayed at home. Literally, I woke up one day and thought, 'OK, what's my life going to be like 5, 10, 30 years out from now, if I keep doing this?' And I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm going to have a long, boring life. I've got to do something to change this.'
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Guy Quotes
That was our fault. We were running around. We had no idea what we were doing. It was frustrating because it was happening every power play we were out there. We didn't know what guy we had. It's something that we're going to have to go back and work on, and teach ourselves that we've got to get better prepared for any team's power play because we just weren't ready for it.
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Base Quotes
We're working on an integrated solution with a major chip manufacturer. Much of the technology exists already, we're using a lot of the sophistication we've developed for the uplink, where a base station has to work hard to pick up a weak signal from a mobile, and using it on the downlink.
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Accomplish Quotes
We owned it in a business trust, which prevented us from doing some development, and we also thought the timing was right in terms of interest. We were very pleased with the marketing effort, the exposure, the number of credible offers and the way everyone worked together to accomplish the closing before the end of the year.
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Avenues Quotes
When Keith was getting recruited in the spring of his junior year, teams like Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia Tech were stopping by, and one of the recruiters said, 'Palisades? I've driven this 611 route at least 100 times in 20 years between Easton and CB West and I never even knew there was a school here,' ... Now that Keith brought that attention, some other kids have gotten letters (from colleges). It's opened avenues for some of the other guys.
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Beat Quotes
We thought our defensive ends could beat their tackles. We thought they were a little slow, and our ends can run. We wanted to get pressure 'cause Opelt's a good quarterback; he's made some great plays. We just kept everything in front of us, and our defense really rose. They had some key stops. It was a great team effort. I'm really proud of these kids.
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Certain Quotes
There is no honor from this leadership, no class, no integrity, ... It's very hard for all of us who are no longer there; there's a certain sense that everything was for naught. The political tides have turned. and they are taking themselves in directions that I think are self-destructive.
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Adopt Quotes
We want to ensure that companies are able to efficiently adopt this new technology. Our RFID consultants can confidently and quickly evaluate the impact of Generation 2 to customers' RFID processes and infrastructure and guide them through the hardware updates, potential configuration changes and system testing that will be required, as well as provide some education on Generation 2's benefits.
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Early Quotes
We were on our heels early on. A lot of guys were nervous, first time representing their country. It took a little while for them to get into the game. But they started feeling comfortable and once we got things going I thought we had some real good scoring opportunities and did a pretty good job defensively.
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Career Quotes
Coming from our freshman year, we've come such a long way. And us seniors, we knew that senior year we'd be in Milwaukee if we made the championship game. It's a dream come true for us. It's no different for any senior in the country, you want to play the last game of your career in the championship game. And we're ready. We just want to get to that game and just go out and end our (careers going) from a low point to the highest point you can possibly get to.
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Adult Quotes
Dunkin' Donuts saw great success after rolling out Turbo Ice coffee last summer. We found our young adult consumers really enjoyed a refreshing drink that also gave them a great pick-me-up. We noticed a growing demand for this concept to be combined with our hot coffee. Turbo Hot allows our customers to enjoy warming up with a hot cup of the Dunkin' Donuts coffee they love, and still get the fuel they now count on.
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Frustrated Quotes
Every year's a new challenge. Every game's its own separate entity. We just have to work through every game. It's a learning experience. People get frustrated when we lose, but we've been here before. And this week's a challenge; we don't get a week off. It's 10 weeks of a meat-grinder, but that's they way we want it. We like games like this. Our kids play well in games like this.