When you apply for these grants and you want to do surveys, the state wants to know that you?re going to do something with that survey. We need this district commission in place, so the state sees it as a legitimate effort to promote historical preservation.
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We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL I've learned that to survive, you need a positive state of mind. THALIA Historical preservation has been recognized as something that does a lot of good for the state of Fl... CHRISTOPHER ECK Adrenaline wants to kill you... DEYTH BANGER It's crazy all the dreams you have about what you want to do, how you want to do it, and when yo... BJ THE CHICAGO KID The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO Don’t keep your greatness; exhibit it to the admiration of all but note however also to keep your ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL These surveys give regional snapshots, and that's all they do. I'd never even heard of the Empire St... 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CARLOS GHOSN What this taught us is that in three weeks, the state meet is going to be close. This prepared us fo... DREW YOAKUM This is, after all, a country that still sees the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanista... MARK FOLEY I once lived in a place where the opinion of others mattered. It suffocated me, nearly broke me. So ... SARAH J. MAAS Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be? ANTHONY T. HINCKS After each experience, you grow up, you get enriched with something, and you don't know how you&... AUDREY TAUTOU So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You know, you either drop these prices or we just won't go to work! How's that? I think that we need... JAMES HUGHES Each time you present a tour, you're faced with these questions of, 'How do you want to pres... MIKE D When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and w... CARLOS GHOSN You can only learn so much from testing, and after a while you need times like this to make sure you... KEVIN HARVICK [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’... JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST 1. Kiss Estelle Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A... FIONA WOOD They're gonna need to win to get their confidence. This is a tough district. There you have three of... CHAD KUHN 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON The truth is, people don't know me. When people don't know you, they're going to try to ... TREVOR NOAH I'm a retired old guy and I don't need a job and I don't need to find a place to work in this state ... JACK BILLION We got here and we got a good taste of being in the state tournament. 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