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disguises itself as ha... THOMAS EDISON I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at ... IRENE ROSENFELD We had 11 successes last week and one failure. GLEN CASTLEBURY If you had a friend you refused to talk to, eventually you couldn't keep calling that person a frien... CRAIG GROESCHEL It might be the most exceptional opportunity Temple's had to hire a football coach because of all th... BILL BRADSHAW It might be the most exceptional opportunity Temple's had to hire a football coach because of all th... BILL BRADSHAW Last (school) year we had it twice. Because of Katrina we didn't have it in the fall. We will be fea... BARBARA ANGLIN We implemented a lot of new plans last fall that we believe may appeal to people who had chosen to n... AMY HILL It hurt personally because I had such admiration for Ken and Enron. But that was the right thing to ... DRAYTON MCLANE It's always a battle with Ole Miss. 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JULIAN ASSANGE The testimony of Mr. Ono is extremely significant because he has made statements indicating Fireston... ROBERT PATTERSON It came to him that he had turned away from the buffalo not because of a womanish nausea at blood an... JOHN WILLIAMS Contrary to his assertions, Mr. Moore has had and continues to have every opportunity to either find... ZENIA MUCHA We had an opportunity to end it in overtime, but it didn't fall. DOUG EWELL It hasn't sunk in that we lost. I have a bitter taste in my mouth because we were so close (to advan... KYLE MYRICK We had different kids step up this time that didn't last time and that was the difference in us gett... BRIAN MARTEL I thought they played incredible basketball, given the fact that they had not had the opportunity to... JOANNE BRACKER The windows (on Main Street, U.S.A.) were Walt's way to subtly recognize the people that had helped ... DAVE SMITH We just didn't play well, and that's hard for me to accept. We just didn't have the intensity to mat... BRENT WILLIAMS We really thought we had that game won, but luck didn't fall our way. We had a tough time getting ov... ASHLEY LONCARICH We had a great passing game last season. There were some open shots we missed though, some passes th... BRANDON DOMAN If we do that, then Enron will become the leading company in the world. KENNETH LAY This cost reduction initiative is absolutely critical to our reorganization, ... We had no alternati... JAMES ADAMSON Well, I had the opportunity in 1968 to attend the Mr. Hawaii contest, LANNY POFFO When we voted last fall, we had an emergency situation, ... The money wasn't in the street fund and ... RAY FREEMAN They give the viewer another opportunity to see a show they've missed; they're another opportunity t... ALBERT CHENG All of the company's information goes through the investor relations department. Koenig has a key pe... JACOB ZAMANSKY The very success of the internet itself is due to its openness, equality of opportunity and innovati... ARZAK KHAN I have found that a person is not a failure due to lack of opportunity, but because of failing to fo... THOMAS J. POWELL Last year we worked with three or four (volunteers) and that wasn't really enough because some had t... JOYCE THOMPSON When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE Our highest commitment is to the accuracy of our financial statements. The goal of Freddie Mac's new... GENE MCQUADE Believe me it was not an easy decision for us to make because the telegram was part of our heritage.... AMY FISCHER We have found that Enron's financial statements violated numerous existing accounting rules, BILLY TAUZIN I was surprised at the fact that AXA Financial had spent so much time and money trying to build DLJ,... MICHAEL ANCELL This is company that had ample liquidity but it didn't have all that liquidity in the United States.... BRUCE HYMAN I cannot accept that the assets of a company can be put beyond the control of its managers. COLETTE NEUVILLE Had the company somehow survived, the share dealing by Mr Hall may never have become known. The deal... DAVID KIRBY Enron had already collapsed and filed for bankruptcy protection by the beginning of 2002. But despit... ALEX BERENSON We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or ev... DAVID CRANE We practiced hard last week. We got after it. We had to get the intensity back and not accept losing... DOUG MCCRARY That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it. EMINEM said they had no indication that Mr. Fitzgerald was considering charging Mr. Cheney with wrongdoing.... DAVID JOHNSTON Mario Paradis has been a great asset for our Company over the last seven years. In addition to his c... GILLES GAGNON He was the most inconsiderable creature in that swarming mass of mankind which for a brief space occ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Everything that had any monetary value at the time of wrecking was carted away and sold for scrap, S... FRANK G. WINIARSKI Today we presented to (pilots union) ALPA the pilot cost savings proposals that we believe are neces... CHRIS KELLY We haven't had ample opportunity to review this survey, however as a company that brought $12 billio... KAREN BURK Mr. Ingle also indicated that the fair is concerned that it will not be able to meet its financial o... ERIC STUCKEY . . . the waste even in a fortunate life, the isolation of a life rich in intimacy, cannot but be fe... WILLIAM EMPSON A nation's financial crises inform its politicians that there has been a system failure, therefore, ... RAYMOND OBENG We advised clients to downgrade the shares because this is a company that has a troubled balance she... BEN REITZES There was a time when a new deputy tried to teach Mr. Fruit about the difference between a red and a... PAT CONROY I had a scholarship offer from them and I had a few other deals fall through and I didn't want to mi... ERIC BERGSTROM [It is beyond dispute that America's institutions failed because of multiple ] missed opportunities ... GLENN FINE We played poorly the last third of the second quarter. In the second half, we got it to 10 points an... DICK TOMEY Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN At every opportunity that we've had to hire a coach, we went out there and identified the best coach... DAVID SAUNDERS Both Dixie and I told Mr. Rickey we wanted to be traded, ... After just one road trip, I saw the qua... BOBBY BRAGAN It's unlike anything else available. We saw this and knew that we had to give gamers the opportunity... LARS BATISTA Failure generates its own majesty. Defeat becomes a panoptic stain on the soul; it creates its own a... KILROY J. OLDSTER The most recent manipulations of the military commission procedures represent a desperate attempt to... JOSHUA DRATEL
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