We were the only Iowa tourist destination for 50 years.
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PAUL DOWLING We've managed volunteers for events like Special Olympics Iowa and the Iowa Games for 15 years.
ANDREW ZALASKY I expect this development to provide jobs for our residents and have an impact on the continued deve...
BILLY PICKERING Knipschildt chocolates are manufactured very differently and can actually be a tourist destination. ...
DAVID WATERS It took only 50 years for movies to go from silent to unspeakable.
DOUG LARSON If we were to look 15 years down the road, I believe Waldo Road will be a significant retail destina...
GRANT THRALL There are dramatic numbers of adjustments on a seasonal basis going in and out of a tourist destinat...
DEAN BREEST We were not even a dot on the Oregon state tourist map.
DELPHINE PALMER As chief executive of the state of New York, one of the governor's responsibilities is to market the...
MARK WEINBERG She has people calling already wanting to rent because there were a lot of things to see and do ther...
GAYLE KORCZYK I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.
MOSE ALLISON We went right up to the top and stayed there for the first six years when Dennis was on. Those were ...
JAMES ARNESS For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.
HAROLD EVANS We are looking forward to opening of direct flights with major Chinese cities, ... The direct flight...
MWAI KIBAKI For more than 50 years of independence, we have seen secularist leaders destroy the country.
ISMAIL YUSANTO The tourist industry has become a lot more robust in recent years.
FRANCESCO FRANGIALLI If we wait another 15 years, we are back to 50-50. It is critical that we take the second step.
ARNON SOFFER The bottom line is: We must be working on arriving at the destination for which we were put on this ...
YEHUDA BERG For the first 50 years of your life the food industry is trying to make you fat. Then, the second 50...
PIERRE DUKAN No one had officially thanked World War II vets. It took over 50 years for Washington, D.C., to come...
JOE GIRARD No one had officially thanked World War II vets. It took over 50 years for Washington, D.C., to come...
JOE GIRARD If we want Iowa to thrive ? not just survive in coming years ? but really thrive, we should establis...
MIKE BLOUIN They took our 50 because we were chasing the president and we got out of there right away, ... The o...
JAMES BRUNNER If there is one thing Britain should learn from the last 50 years, it is this: Europe can only get m...
TONY BLAIR We only got two local contractors (out of five) for the administrative offices, but (the low bidder)...
DAVE DONOVAN If they were pictures of the Yankees of the past 50 years, I'd do just as well.
LARRY DAVID If you have 50 years in the business, you can probably count on only five good movies.
PETER FINCH Everything we were doing back then was utilizing historic tax credits, but this did not qualify beca...
ADAM COHEN The telephone wire, as we know it, has become too slow and too small to handle Internet traffic. It ...
LORI VALIGRA But that was 50 years ago. A lot has changed in 50 years.
BRUCE GORDON We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often th...
ROXANE GAY We need to increase our service capacity and it's just time for an update, we are 50 years old.
CARI YTURRI When they were done mining, they used to dump old stumps, car bodies, slop that they didn't want int...
GINGER KALDENBACH All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is t...
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH I think its real important as we plan ahead for the Charlotte High of the next 50 to 75 years.
BARNEY DUFFY Even without the political threat, we expect only 12.5 million tourist arrivals this year due mainly...
APICHART SANKARY We were great in the first two periods. We back-checked hard, stayed disciplined in our system and w...
FRANK GENOVESE My grandfather and father have run the same system for 50 years.
ADAM HOOVER Each of us has our destination and target, but when we ignore it, we are used for purposes other tha...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Certainly, no one was thinking they were going to pass the most significant legislation of the past ...
MARC MORGENSTERN As a writer, Harold has been unswerving for 50 years,
TOM STOPPARD In 2010, I had been playing guitar for 50 years.
LEE RITENOUR For 50 years, acting was the reason I got up in the morning.
JACK KLUGMAN Fraj-ile," I say, pronouncing it the way she does - as if it might be a popular tourist destination ...
DAN CHAON We are a destination for people.
SANDY BOYD The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist...
RICHARD LEAKEY Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, b...
MANUEL PUIG It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red...
DAMON ARCHIBALD Detroit's been the butt of a lot of jokes for 50 years. We want to introduce the world to the new De...
KWAME KILPATRICK How would you feel if you owned a building for 50 years and someone came and told you they were taki...
ANNETTE ANNECHILD We were all staring as we passes him, slowly, like a tourist at a wildlife park watching elephants f...
SARAH DESSEN We were neither what we had been nor what we would become once we reached our destination.
JEFF VANDERMEER We knew for years this would be our destination. I've read articles that 'Kirby just came here to di...
JODI OLSON People in their 40s and 50s have to plan for the next 50 years.
CHARLES HAMOWY Some of the playground equipment that's out there has been there for 50 years.
DONNA THOMPSON For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind.
NORMAN GRANZ Basically 50 and Scrappy were already good friends, ... While we were out on tour, 50 came to me wit...
LIL JON Our parks are the No. 1 tourist destinations for every continent where we have a presence,
BOB IGER How we approach mining today versus 50 years ago is altogether different.
BILL SCALES We are pleased. It's a huge step forward for the state of Iowa.
JEFF VONK People from around the country still think New Orleans is under water. One of the quickest ways to r...
SANDRA SHILSTONE Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night...
THE WONDER YEARS I remember a place... a town... a house like a lot of houses... a yard like a lot of other yards... ...
THE WONDER YEARS I never knew it would be this hard to lose something I never had.
THE WONDER YEARS Once upon a time there was a girl I knew, who lived across the street. Brown hair, brown eyes. When ...
THE WONDER YEARS Change is never easy. You fight to hold on. You fight to let go.
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THE WONDER YEARS All our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone who makes us complete. We choose partners...
THE WONDER YEARS Over the course of the average lifetime you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you throug...
THE WONDER YEARS Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day you're in diapers; the next day you're gone. But the memo...
THE WONDER YEARS The tracking programs were all written by students here at Iowa State.
JESSICA WALLACE It was only a matter of time. We've had good teams for the past few years, we just haven't been luck...
HOWARD ASHBROOK I hope we're good for another 50 years. I hope everybody comes to the parade.
AL THRASHER We consider it the only remaining tourist-railroad hotel in the region. It seems imminent to me that...
SANDRA WILSON The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.
E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن...
EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts."
"Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ...
E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat...
E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel.
E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee.
E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark.
Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain.
Gat, h...
E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.
E. LOCKHART For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary, ... Sometim...
PINK For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.
GEORGE MCGOVERN If Pennsylvania decided to give the tourist industry in the state a shot in the arm to build nice de...
STEVE WYNN We really made an effort to think of the constitution's implications 50 years down the road.
JOSH FRANCO Defense has been the one constant for us. We have given up 50 points only once in the last six games...
BOB BARNETT It took 75 years for Las Vegas to emerge as an international destination. Our intention is to replic...
WILLIAM WEIDNER If it?s going to last for 50 years then it needs to be sized for the growth.
BILL KONTESS How is it we could have a system where schools could remain lousy for 50 years and yet you do exactl...
GEOFFREY CANADA Only faith has the power to alter your predestined destination.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to o...
NINA BAWDEN We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act.
EYDIE GORME Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?
BILLY CORGAN The day it arrives, it will arrive. It could be today or 50 years later. The only sure thing is that...
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AL RAUCH In 50 years this is the thing I'll be remembered for. It's the best thing I've done.
DENNIS WASHINGTON I was a very young widow. I've been by myself for almost 50 years.
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