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Tex Tech is a global company that chose to grow its business in Maine and we appreciate their dedication to the state. Maine's businesses will continue to succeed on a global level because of the talent and hard work of our workforce.

My off-the-field heroes, the people who gave me the values to live by and who inspired me with their hard work and unselfish dedication to their family, were my mom, Catherine, and my dad, William.

Nathan has combined dedication, strength, and athleticism to get to this level. He's a talented athlete who is very dedicated to making sure he's in the best possible shape. He lifts weights year-round and attends other workouts on his own.

Mario's exceptional play earned him accolades. His ability to face adversity earned him respect. His devotion to Pittsburgh and the Penguins earned him admiration. His dedication to hockey -- at both the NHL and international levels -- earned him the enduring appreciation and thanks of everyone associated with the game. We celebrate his playing career and wish him the best in the future.

It feels good to be back home. This has been my dream coaching job and now I'm here. My goals are to help the program become stronger and I look forward to helping our athletes perform well at the conference, West Region and NCAA meets, and beyond. I plan on using the same determination, dedication and hard work in my coaching that helped me set the world record.

I think once our new coaches get established they are going to be comforted by their level of dedication and loyalty and work ethic to not only North but the kids in their program.

I think in all coaching and in all athletics it requires dedication and commitment,

I think he was just a member of the family for almost 50 years in the Bay Area. He was the greatest sportscaster I ever heard. He brought an immense amount of passion and dedication to every broadcast and touched so many people. They remember certain times in their lives because of him. For over 50 years, he was a constant in people's lives.

I think last year at times it was really frustrating and people could see that. But we were frustrated because we weren't getting the results that we wanted. I'll always respect Chad for his dedication and that frustration that came up. He just wanted to win and be up front and win the championship.

John's courage was no surprise to us. We have witnessed his bravery, and knew his dedication to duty and his regard for the safety of others.

Judge Webster's proven integrity and long record of accomplishment would have served the American people well, as it has time and time again, ... I continue to believe that investors would have benefited from Judge Webster's dedication to the best interest of the American people.

We need a lot of dedication from the newer girls and from everyone. We've never had a set team show up every day. We need players who will be here, and who will pay attention and not (mess) around.

Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.

It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.

The Afghan government strongly condemns this act of terror, and will not rest until the perpetrators of such attacks are brought to justice. The Afghan government and people are grateful for the dedication and courage shown by Canadian and other multi-national troops in helping us secure the volatile Southern belt of the country.

That was her old system ? she didn't need a computer. We used to use thousands of those cards for ordering. She always had that dedication to the business.

That's the way we look at it. Whenever we step on the field we want to win. (Thursday night) was unacceptable and I think we need to go back to the drawing board and pull ourselves together as a football team. We have to work our way from the bottom up. It's going to take work, dedication and commitment from everyone.

That's too far and in my opinion detrimental. There is no doubt that the dedication is there from a lot of our players. What we needed was the development. You can't build a competitive team around two or three players, you need a fully committed team. We think we can build that now so we're ready to take the next step.

I was overwhelmed at their creativity and dedication to making what they felt was a really good stamp that consumers in the school would buy. They were so confident that (the teachers) rarely had to be at either post-office location. The students knew exactly what to do and welcomed the challenge.

I was no great boxer, but I just loved to get out there and box. The most important thing I want the kids to learn is to have dedication to their performance. Believe in your skills, hone those skills and never give up are also what I hope these kids will take away from their boxing experience.

I would like to thank him for his contribution to Gloucester this season and for the effort and dedication he gave the team that played in the Guinness 'A' League. He was fundamental in their efforts in a highly successful campaign.

While Atlanta as an administrative headquarters offers more immediate access to transportation, specialized skills and services, Americus as an operational hub offers the economy of established offices and access to an experienced Habitat workforce. This plan is one that allows us to honor our past and our ongoing dedication to south Georgia, while positioning us for an even stronger future as a more collaborative global organization.

We're dedicated to supporting mainstream jazz, and we don't veer too far off from that. But we do spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the festival grow and how to have a lot of variety. We have the avant-garde, the old jazz legends, the older musicians and younger musicians and we're known for our high-energy jam session.

We are thrilled with the quality, dedication and experience of the 58 employees to whom we have extended offers and look forward to meeting our aggressive hiring goal of adding another 150 employees to the center, which we hope to expand to 172 seats.

We must re-dedicate ourselves on this day to the peaceful but sure realisation of the dream that had inspired the Father of our Nation and the other captains and soldiers of our freedom struggle, the dream of establishing a classless, co-operative, free and happy society in "his country,""We must remember that this is more a day of dedications than of rejoicing - dedication to the glorious task of making the peasants and workers the toilers and the thinkers fully free, happy and cultured

We have a good mix of personality, talent and community support. In addition, team has dedication and mental toughness as turnout for summer weight training was excellent.

We've had four years of dedication from the seniors and four years of solid work ethic. They have success because of the dedication and the tradition of success brings people in.

With the dedication, determination and relentless efforts of an ever increasing number of devotees and volunteers of all ages, this temple will become will soon become a focal point for Hindus in North Texas to congregate and practice their faith.

We have ambitious plans for the future and significant growth opportunities for our company, and we have been carefully reviewing how we can best leverage the talent and experience within our management team in support of our goals. This is a strong management structure and a strong management team to lead our company given the needs of our business and the accelerated pace at which we must make strategic decisions and respond to the needs of our customers. I am proud of the caliber of our next-generation of leaders and their dedication to our future.

Tyler has been through a ton of ups and downs in his snowboard career. We are so proud of Tyler and his accomplishments. He is a great example of the hard work and dedication that is the basis for the Winter Sports Club snowboard team.

While we recognize the valuable contribution made by all of our substitute teachers for the work they do in maintaining the progression of learning, the outstanding example set by these individuals is particularly noteworthy. They have demonstrated a genuine dedication to student achievement.

We aren't dedicated as well as we should be. Bennett can place well and Ryan Fisher did well at the Gateway Invitational. He was our No. 2 man at one time.

We are delighted to receive this prestigious recognition for the fourth year in a row. The dedication of our employees drives our success. All our brands are focused on helping our customers find solutions to transportation and logistics challenges in today's global marketplace.

Unfortunately, Superintendent Smith is not with us today, but in memory of his dedication and commitment to the establishment of this branch, I would like to recognize Ms. JoAnn Smith Brown,

To have achieved core profitability and steady growth within such a short window of time is a testament to the remarkable dedication of our staff and board, as well as the community's overwhelming support of a truly local institution.

We are saddened by the news of Jason Collier's sudden passing, ... He epitomized hard work, dedication and perseverance, and more importantly compassion, kindness and selflessness.

We are pleased that they recognize the dedication and expertise of the screeners, and we agree with their conclusion that significant improvements will depend on improvements in technology, though we will seek incremental gains through training and testing and management practices.

We are pleased Forbes has once again recognized J.B. Hunt as a leader in the business world. This acknowledgement is a tribute to the dedication of our employees and their commitment to provide exemplary service on all levels.

The Pat Tillman Foundation is thrilled to be participating in this fundraising event. We thank Roy for his dedication to the foundation's efforts to keep Pat's leadership spirit of giving back alive.

We are dedicated to making our roads safer for everyone, that's why we've had this program for 19 years now.

We are gratified by the strong financial performance and customer service delivered by our colleagues at Talbot since they joined us in 2004. They have earned these payments through dedication and improved financial returns that exceeded our initial projections.

We are grateful to our employees for their commitment and dedication to the Milk-Bone brand, and wish them continued success in the future.

We do a thorough job of investigating incidents that occur, and we take that information and we put it into the hands of our 1,800 volunteer instructors. I attribute it to their hard work and dedication in getting that education into the classroom.

We'd like to thank Tod Fitzpatrick for a job well done. Tod was influential in selecting his successor, and plans to work with Marc through the transition. We are grateful for his vision, dedication and success.

We'll see how dedicated I am to the treadmill. That's the only way to get rid of it. I'm not a doctor, but I know 50 pounds less would be nice not to carry around, on your joints, on your internal organs, all that mess.

The dedication and hard work of our employees to improve the efficiency of this operation was unable to offset the harsh reality of a nearly 60-year-old facility using old technology to compete in a mature business in an increasingly competitive global market.

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.

Commitment is a word invented in our abstract modernity to signify the absence of any real motives in the soul for moral dedication.

The fact that he is the only three-time winner of the award is a testament to the consistency, commitment and dedication he has displayed throughout his career.

Fulfilling the vision of the Irvine Ranch master plan has been a lifetime dedication and lifetime passion, and I am hopeful the heritage of our Irvine stewardship will live on in many new ways.

Céline Labaune has the knowledge, passion and dedication to finding us only the best truffles from the most reliable source of truffle pickers. It is always a pleasure and a relief to work with the ones who care the most!

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

Training for me is a metaphor for life, period. The dedication, the determination, the desire, the work ethic, the great successes and the great failures - I take that into life.

It is with passion and dedication that I will be attentive to the needs of women and fight relentlessly for their rights

It is difficult for me to imagine the same dedication to women's rights on the part of the kind of man who lives in partnership with someone he likes and respects, and the kind of man who considers breast-augmentation surgery self-improvement.

I know the difference now between dedication and infatuation. That doesn't mean I don't still get an enormous kick out of infatuation;: the exciting ephemera, the punch in the stomach, the adrenaline to the heart.

There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order.

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious to all that photographers whose images possess character and quality have attained them only by continued practice and total dedication to the medium.

I've been dancing since I was 6 years old. That kind of relentless dedication and intensity is where I'm comfortable.

Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens in terms of fame and fortune, dedication to writing is a marching-step forward from where you were before, when you didn’t care about reaching out to the world, when you weren’t hoping to contribute, when you were just standing there doing some job into which you had fallen.

In my first career I had founded my own company, with a group of MIT professors, before coming to Harvard to finish my doctorate, and so I had a deep respect for the brains, talent, and dedication of managers. That made it hard for me to believe the attributions in the business press that stupid management was to blame. So I looked elsewhere for an explanation.

I'm not close to him." He looked at me defiantly. "But he's put his whole life into this. He's no Freud or Jung or Pavlov or Watson, but he's doing something important and I respect his dedication - maybe even more because he's just an ordinary man trying to do a great man's work, while the great men are all busy making bombs.

If you want to be the best in your industry you need to have a relentless dedication to your job.

Dedication to one's work in the world is the only possible sanctifica-tion. Religion in all its forms is dedication to Someone Else's work, not yours.

By the grace of God, I'll be that man.

We're trying to rebuild, but so far I've been really happy with the work ethic and dedication from the players. We've got an interesting mix with some eighth and ninth graders along with some seniors that have been around for four years.

We picked Joan to be grand marshal to honor her for all of her years of dedication to this community.

When Phyllis and I started on this in the fall of 2002 we knew it was going to be a big project and require lots of dedication. It ended up requiring far more time and dedication than we had imagined.

We would be delighted to hear from any Siebel employee that would like to join our company that meets our rigorous standard for excellence and dedication to customer success,

This summer I just practiced real hard. I was real dedicated. I don't think I missed two or three workouts this whole summer.

There has been a definite dedication towards consistency. It's something we've lacked. We need to get on the right track early, otherwise it's going to be a sense of 'here we go again.' It's something we're gong to try and stop from happening.

To be successful at a sport it takes dedication and commitment.

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins.' It is an amazing movie. And I have to say, penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy. These things - the dedication of these birds is just amazing.

You have to be excited about a guy like Micah Johnson. Not only his physical abilities, but his leadership and his dedication in the recruiting process to help us by staying in touch and contacting other recruits. Two guys he spoke to long before he committed to us and he kind of wanted to see if they would join him at Kentucky were Josh Minton and Corey Peters, and darned if they're not all here.

You have to be dedicated because it takes a lot of time, travel, money. It turns your house into a different kind of living atmosphere. And to take care of them properly requires a lot of cleaning litter boxes. It's a different lifestyle all together.

This tournament would never take place and be as popular as it is without the hard work and dedication of the thousands of volunteers who give of their time and energy. This is our way of saying thank you to them for all that they do.

The opening of our newest store in Joliet represents a significant milestone for Family Dollar and is the result of the hard work and dedication of all our Family Dollar associates.

The players love his passion, they love his dedication, ... Rex grew up in this game, in as passionate a football home, a la Buddy and his brothers, as you could possibly imagine. Talking, arguing, fighting over football every night at dinner. He brings that passion with him, and the players respond to that.

The PGA of America is proud of the commitment of its apprentice professionals, as they have achieved a foothold in our Association, and we are equally pleased that Acushnet recognizes the importance of these individuals by continuing a commitment to the scholarship program. Acushnet is a longtime partner to PGA Professionals, and its dedication to them underscores our Association's commitment to the training and education of the next generation of golf's leaders.

The PPL program has missed Professor Arthur's guidance. Many students over the course of this semester have approached us to express their wishes for his recovery. Students have also expressed their hope to take a course from him next year. The strong and supportive student response is a testament to Professor Arthur's dedication and work as a teacher and advisor to so many students.

We've just been dedicated. We're playing hard ? and together.

Without the dedication and commitment of our 4,560 employees to make this a great company, this recognition would not have been possible.

Without him, I know I wouldn't be the person I am. He's the one who taught me all about dedication. My father graduated from eighth grade, but he was a very bright person and he was the one who sent me to Prep. I remember I was a sophomore and it was report card night at Prep. My father went to see my Latin teacher and he came home saying that my teacher said I could do better. I said, 'Dad, I'm getting an 80.' He said, 'Your teacher said you can do better.' I said, 'But Dad,' and he said, 'Your teacher said you can do better.' I got the message. I always tried to do better. I know he's looking down from heaven and enjoying this.

When we opened our office in 2000, we made a strategic decision to expand with attorneys who could serve our regional, national and international client base. Stephen exemplifies that dedication and scope. It's been a privilege working with Stephen, and we're delighted he's chosen to make a long-term commitment to the firm as a shareholder.

Both players are more than deserving of the honors they received. We are proud of Billy and Wyle for their accomplishments and the dedication they made to this program. They represented themselves, the school and our team with highest class.

We're thrilled to have received this honor for the third consecutive year. It's a testament of our dedication to quality and the loyalty of our consumers as we continue to grow in such a competitive space.

We're thrilled to have Mr. Sheppard help us celebrate these new openings as someone who is a beloved example to New Yorkers of dedication and longevity. Bank of America has a strong, long-term commitment to New York City. These new banking centers underscore our plan to become an even bigger part of the New York community in the years ahead.

We all want what's best for Coach Sutton and wish him a speedy recovery. His dedication to college basketball and Oklahoma State University is unquestioned and his tireless effort on behalf of the institution is sincerely appreciated.

UPS, its employees and retirees continue to raise the bar each year with their extensive engagement in communities around the country. Their generosity and commitment to making a difference starts at the local level. With this kind of dedication and participation, it is no surprise they are ranked #1 by Fortune magazine for social responsibility.

Among people I have met, the few whom I would term “great” all share a kind of unquestioned, fierce dedication; an utter lack of doubt about the value of their activities (or at least an internal impulse that drives through any such angst); and above all, a capacity to work (or at least to be mentally alert for unexpected insights) at every available moment of every day of their lives.

I love to read the dedications of old books written in monarchies for they invariably honor some (usually insignificant) knight or duke with fulsome words of sycophantic insincerity, praising him as the light of the universe (in hopes, no doubt, for a few ducats to support future work); this old practice makes me feel like such an honest and upright man, by comparison, when I put a positive spin, perhaps ever so slightly exaggerated, on a grant proposal.

This was such a nice way for our seniors to be honored. They all played well tonight, but the dedication and sacrifice they have made for this program and our school in much more important.

At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.

We want to ensure that our members always receive the safest and highest quality care possible. An achievement like this is part of our dedication to our mission of making a healthy difference in people's lives.

To improve that much throughout a season shows how hard he works and how dedicated he is at being a great pitcher. I've seen him in the beginning of the year and was very impressed. By the end of the year when I saw him again, I saw a polished college pitcher on the mound.

You have to have personality and show that you are respectful and that you have responsibility and dedication to what you are doing.

We thank teachers for their dedication and commitment and negotiating teams for good-faith efforts at reaching a tentative agreement. The new agreement, once ratified, will be a win-win for all involved.

We thank GM for this prestigious award, and I personally commend all of the hard-working employees at ADESA Kansas City for their dedication and professionalism.

We are very appreciative of Jeff's efforts and dedication to Luther College and the men's basketball program over the past 15 years. Under Jeff's leadership, the men's basketball program has been competitive, continually displayed a high level of integrity, and enriched the lives of our student-athletes both on and off the basketball court.