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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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I believe the visit will have an impact in our country, a great impact,
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We've made it clear should it pass, it will have a significant impact on the project.
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I think her greater impact will be on younger Canadians,
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There's no stars on our roster. Everyone made a contribution tonight.
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Our alignment represents a significant endeavor of Chinese steel industry's seeking of cooperation.
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China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
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Canadians have an inherent good nature, and they are used to being made fun of.
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Our family foundation decided we'd make a significant contribution and be a co-founder.
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I have to admit that the rise in oil prices is having an impact on the Chinese economy.
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The only perspective is to really be there.
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Reflect your thoughts and watch others mirror them back to you.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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The country is in an extraordinary ferment.
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Despite all the obstacles, it turned out wonderfully.
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Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gon...
HARPER LEE
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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It's not time to worry yet
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There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn...
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Things are always better in the morning.
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Pass the damn ham, please.
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You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no m...
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Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our ...
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I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.
Scout
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We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.
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If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, w...
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Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to wi...
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. C...
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It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor t...
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You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't yo...
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gar...
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll...
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Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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