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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

John F. Kennedy

Developers must look at integrated impacts that do not stop at the boundary lines of their properties.

George Carlin

I think that's pretty good because most of the time the line drives that you hit either late or early are the ones you crush and go down the lines. I think it would help.

Alex Cora

Pain doesn't travel in straight lines. It circles back around and comes up behind you. It's the circles that kill you.

Pat Conroy

There's no precedent for a company giving away the latest installment of one of its top lines.

Gary Whitta

They carry a lot of the weight. But the great thing is we're starting to get scoring distribution throughout the lines.

Drew Clarkin

We do need to review the leak detection systems as they're applied to these lines, and that's indeed what we're going to do.

Bill Hutmacher

The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.

Henri Rousseau

People of all ages know every line of that movie, ... Everywhere I go people run up to me and either begin telling me lines from that movie or ask me to do lines as Frau Blucher.

Cloris Leachman

Tell the customer whatever you have to tell them. Tell them if these phone lines are not connected, the receiver will blow up.

Frank Martinez

They were tired. We played two lines for two games. It's hard on the kids. That's asking a lot of energy.

Jeff Kampf

They're the best and deepest team we've faced in Ohio. They have three lines that you have to worry about. You don't win 31 games by accident.

Bill Beard

We're placing ourselves in harm's way more. The more people who live on coast lines, in canyons in California, on fault lines, the more it's going to cost you.

Beverly Cigler

Matt is a big centreman who adds a playmaking element to our forward lines. We feel he is a valuable addition to our core group of young forwards.

Jim Rutherford

Everybody wants multiple phone lines and high-speed Internet access.

Mary Johnson

My concerns are more along the lines of whether I have an opportunity to review filings and participate in the filings.

Steve Burgess

We don't have any roads that are striped. It costs $650 (per mile) to put lines on the road.

Troy Hendren

I feel like the strength of our football team is what we have up front, ... We have a lot of kids with a lot of experience on the offensive and defensive lines. I believe that's where the game of football starts.

Marc Tucker

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light".

Dar Williams

But we don't get down and dirty and talk about individual lines of code in our products.

Shane Coursen

Faith has always been a part of my life. I just never knew where it was going to lead me. I've always said that God draws straight with crooked lines. When I look back, I am glad I followed the straight line. Everything I learned in the business world has been a life experience. It's helped me become who I am and it really helped the calling.

Gladys Pozza

Bob Hope was not a television pioneer. He didn't learn his lines. If you don't learn your lines, I don't take you seriously. We never had a (cue) card.

Carl Reiner

The quality of presentation is consistent and there will be no lines and scratches due to aging and the mishandling of film.

Millard Ochs

You can't cancel because there's a hurricane coming. What we have seen though in the last two hurricanes ... is that the airlines, the cruise lines and the resorts that people tend to go to that are being affected are very accommodating.

Bill Sutherland

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

James Joyce

Typically we honor each other's picket lines.

Cheryl Felice

It's really God's intention that we come together and be one. Every line you think of that would divide people — those lines are being crossed.

Karen Harris

We wanted more firepower and all-around speed from our forward lines. We got good production from all three lines.

Josh Blaisdell

The U.S. estimate is based on just one tariff line when in fact there are more than 80. And there will be market access opportunities in most if not all of those tariff lines.

Stephen Adams

I'd like to fly. Then I wouldn't have to wait in airport security lines.

Jim Morrison

We are crossing party lines here. Lovelace appeals to both Republicans and Democrats.

Daniel Walker

You are reading long block lines, so you can slow down. We've developed algorithms so you can run the drive differently.

Bill Healy

I did tell a joke along those lines. It was completely inappropriate.

John Brogden

We kept our focus for three periods tonight. When we had a breakdown tonight, we were able to bounce back quickly. We shook up the lines a little bit, too.

Scott Gardiner

It was a great quarter for them. They're doing a very good job of telling their story that even though they're losing access lines, they're gaining customer connections.

Thomas Watts

At first we try really hard to teach them what blocking is, how to memorize lines. We try and teach along the way.

Linda Carpenter

We get our fuel from fuel lines from Virginia and Northern areas and that supply is healthy.

Carolyn Mccormick

There could be some small level of competition but I don't think there will be much conflict. The two lines complement themselves.

Jess Blackburn

Consumers will continue to battle through the high energy prices as Christmas approaches, so look out for a large amount of activity in the retail sector as battle lines are drawn up.

Anthony Hill

Because they were originally structured along vertical lines, their old systems have not been well integrated.

Michael Blum

Sometimes my plot lines are so convoluted, I get calls from friends at 3 am saying; you SOB, you'll never pull this one off.

Clive Cussler

The debate over the next nominee will do far more to form the battle lines for the '06 midterm elections than anything involving the Congressional leadership.

Bob Stevenson

It went really well at all the festivals. We always had the longest lines - and it wasn't because we were slow.

Megan Knode

One of the guarantees is that we're going to have fun, we're going to have a good time, because we're friends. We started out being friends because we had so much in common, and now it's come full circle. All the lines are blurred.

Cynthia Derosier

As we add lines, we will very likely continue to drop lines at the same time.

Bill Botti

They don't have to worry about those three things when they cross state lines to help.

Catrina Cormell

When our customer is ready to check out, they're ready to check out. They're not very tolerant of waiting in lines.

Rick Webb

The interviews are more along the lines to determine whether or not the threat is credible, ... We need to follow up with certain individuals in an effort to determine the credibility of the information.

Kevin Perkins

The communication lines at best are ragged; at worst, they are nonexistent. We're just waiting.

David Douglas

Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Martin Fraquhar Tupper

In the future, there will only be two kinds of individuals: those who are entrepreneurs, and those who have to think like entrepreneurs. As independents come back into the corporate structure, they're bringing an enlightened awareness of bottom lines, P&L and ROI.

Terri Lonier

Captain Kirk never burped out his lines, nor did he simply SPEAK! as IF! Every! Other! SYLlable! WAS! of DIRE! ImPORTance!

William Shatner

There are lots of good products in the luxury lines at department stores and there are lots of junk. The same with the drugstore brands.

Paula Begoun

This by itself doesn't mean anything, ... But this in concert with our other lines are starting to breath some life back into the company.

Jerry Hirshberg

We prepared for that play in practice, but it's different when you step between the lines in a game. We just had some indecision and it cost us.

Brad Hill

Every group is saying that they have stands that they cannot abandon because they are 'red lines' but in the end, everyone is going to make some concessions.

Kamran Qaradaghi

There's no reason that the cruise stuff can't get back up and running, ... demand (from cruise lines) could change with the fact that the city can't accommodate tourists.

David Wagner

They are a little bit deeper than we are. They came at us with three strong lines and backed it up with a fourth. It's our first time on the big ice. It's a different world.

Sean Jones

If you've seen the horrors of war on the front lines, starving civilians, bombed-out homes, you can't be for war.

Phil Miller

If you remove these lines in the painting, the colors are no longer effective.

Henri Rousseau

He makes the O-line look good. He's the offensive line's best friend. ... He's a very, very humble person.

Marvin Philip

Jini's different from personal computers because Jini's simple. It's only 35,000 lines of code.

Bill Joy

All of the company's business lines have put in a solid performance. But there might be some disappointment that this did not affect the bottom line more.

Bill Kornitzer

Right now, hundreds if not thousands have to leave their work areas when we launch because they're within the (hazard) impact limit lines.

Jack Gibson

They are afraid it will affect the main lines.

Tom Pirko

People took that telephone out. If 2,000 telephone lines change, it [costs the county] $72,000.

Dan Sleeper

She manages to combine European lines with Australian style and that's what makes her so exciting. It's great to be here and see her success.

Tina Arena

It was there; I just didn't get the lines on the greens. I hit it good; I just didn't get it in the hole.

Ken Duke

Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL.

John Feinstein

Back then, it was more or less we couldn't change a line in our script. We weren't allowed to change lines. Today, actors change everything and won't do parts. It's very different today. Back then, the producers were in charge. Today actors are more in charge.

Donna Douglas

We were getting the lines cleared and getting them back up but we still couldn't make anything hot.

Scott Norris

We had fully repaired the lines. Anytime anything comes in contact with a wire, you always assume it is energized.

Karen Ryan

Cities are going to have to break down the barriers and open up the lines of communication, and I think we are all kind of at that point.

Stephanie Rollings

The new body we put on it is along the same lines as the one we raced at California and we feel pretty good about that performance.

Doug Richert

The lines are really blurring between toys and gadgets.

Heather Dougherty

We do believe he's crossed state lines -- most likely into California, ... Beyond that we're not being very specific so as not to tip him off.

Anne Steele

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

Paul Newsome

Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer loans, deposits and credit cards.

Howard Atkins

We all have some healing to do. We need to keep the lines of communication open.

Judy Olson

The name doesn't impact sales. What impacts sales is the characteristics or the traits of the variety and how that impacts the bottom lines of the growers.

Jennifer Emerson

The lead girl, Jaime Hite, who plays the oldest daughter, Anne, has a huge amount of lines. The older kids have a lot of lines, too, more than the younger ones.

Dona Henry

We certainly do not foresee immediately advancing the numbers. The personnel cap will begin to have a deleterious effect on the mission ... U.S. personnel will not be directly on the front lines.

Thomas O'connell

I don't think the White House is drawing any lines in the sand, these comments notwithstanding.

Paul Ryan

They are guys who have put their life on the lines for us, in very dangerous situations, came back home, for some reason or another just got really screwed up and they need a hand.

John Black

I don't think Randy's drawn any lines in the sand or given any kind of ultimatum.

Barry Meister

We'll do this a lot more often. It takes both enforcement and education to sever the lines.

David Mcallister

It was awful all around, from our goaltender, from lines one through four, ... Everyone out there was horrible and unacceptable.

Matthew Barnaby

I did have it. It just didn't stay between the yellow lines.

Barry Bonds

As soon as they put the phone lines in, they were getting calls.

Murray Smith

We've been pushing that Manu is certainly the only athlete that crosses Anglo, Hispanic and European lines, ... He covers everything — he can do his commercials in three languages. Our pitch is the fact that he appeals to all.

Herb Rudoy

It seems like there is always more pressure on us, not from in here, but from outsiders who don't know what's going on, ... It's always the D-line's fault that we're not getting pressure.

Julius Peppers

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

Melissa Joan Hart

You can read between the lines.

Leander Paes

There were a number of questions along those lines, and I don't know if all the answers were ready. I wanted to keep the baseball in-house.

Charlie Dowd

They'll be able to read between the lines.

Paul Wolfowitz

One of the challenges that Sears has faced is the mix of customers that shop their hard lines is different than what they were typically attracting in apparel.

Anne Brouwer

We haven't invested in our franchise or business lines or client base as aggressively as we should have. Clearly we had execution misses.

Bill Winters

Whether or not they've been successful because of the huge distances involved in those lines of communication, I would say that they probably have not been.

Lance Smith

Lines are two blocks long in both directions, ... The lines were that long in the morning and (my husband) is in line now and said he expected it to take an hour.

Robert Gibbons

There is no reason to be intimidated because once I get inside these lines, anything can happen. People my height, we go up with pure heart.

Jamelle Cornley

Our offensive and defensive lines are very good.

Joel Sankey

At Thanksgiving, there were no lines anywhere. All these nightmarish predictions of crowds just don't materialize anymore.

Al Lenza

Basically, we are pushing toward diversifying our product lines.

Jerry Ray

That's what you want, but how many lines have done it?

Olin Kreutz

You can kind of read between the lines on that one.

George Peterson

We came into the season [having completed] a shopping readiness analysis [of everything] from network infrastructure and capacity to communications lines.

Bill Graham

It worked for all the lines.

Richard Park

It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memorizing lines, and you don't have to dress up.

Stephen Root

I expect it to double by this evening to around 1,000 acres. That?s a guess based on containment lines.

Julena Campbell

Is there a better top two lines in hockey?

Marian Hossa

We are experiencing broad-based strength by end markets, geographies, sales channels and product lines.

Steve Sanghi

We could use laser coding on almost all of our packaging lines. It's cost-effective to operate and it prints a quality code.

Craig Cross

This is a high priority fire because of the BPA power lines.

Pat Mckelvey

Despite the inherent volatility of some of its core lines of business, Macquarie's overall earnings growth has been consistent and strong.

Craig Bennett

There are deep and dangerous fault lines in Europe. What is happening in France could trigger copycat reactions elsewhere in Europe. This is a real fear.

Manzoor Moghal

The dancing is in patterns. Lines transition and fold into each other.

Victoria Morgan

We'll probably revisit all elementary attendance lines because we'll have to talk about the impact of the new schools opening.

Barry Reese

'Tired of Being Sorry' is one of the lines everyone can relate to.

Balthazar Getty

We did not make the kind of leapfrog improvement we need to. While I wasn't ecstatic, I'm pleased with the trend lines.

Clayton Wilcox

The lines of authority were sometimes blurred for me, but I always felt like Rod Sr. had the last word.

John Hernandez

The depth is incredible. We can definitely play four lines and, with a season like this, that's going to be key.

Jason Wiemer

The triage process sort of lines you up.

Kai Gerkey

It definitely makes you a better player to go out against the best lines. I definitely have a lot more confidence than I did as a rookie last year.

Taylor Ellington

We ask everyone to maintain a safe distance from downed electric lines they may encounter and to report downed lines immediately.

Ron Plank

In between the lines, there's no salaries ... it's nine-on-nine plus your bullpen and your bench, and it just shows anyone can win. It's a bulldog attitude.

Jonny Gomes

No, never. I never thought on those lines. I was only thinking of the children and their happiness.

Javed Miandad

In nature there are few sharp lines.

A. R. Ammons

The glaciers at Glacier Bay are higher and bigger, and you can see more wildlife than at Tracy Arm. The only difference is that not many cruise lines go to Tracy Arm.

George Reed

They kind of knew us almost by our first names. We were a little deeper. They had two (forward) lines, and we had three, and that's going to usually win out in playoffs like that.

Mike Routhier

You sit at home and wonder who you're going to be paired with. What are the lines? Who's in net? We have no idea.

Chad Anderson

We have three lines that are working hard. They know we can't put all the weight on the shoulders of our top line.

Ken Barse

We hope to get all the Lines we can to muster up.

Mary Duggan

Pharmacists are working harder than anybody on this. They're on the front lines.

Jude Walsh

We're not objecting to the sewer lines.

Richard Swanson

Division by class actually ensures shorter lines.

Prescott White

It’s going to be a really tense week and the worry lines will continue to gather.

Jim Duffy

We seem to be getting more and more data along those lines every day. It's not just a coincidence that the one area that's weak [at Hewlett-Packard] is directly related to Y2k concerns.

Kurtis King

We've had numerous trees and power lines down, numerous homes that are damaged, and we are still handling emergencies.

Tim Padgett

More people cross picket lines and think less about the consequences.

Robert Bruno

This wasn't done along party lines. It is not about that.

Lenny Klompus

Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.

Rod Sterling

It is the best part of the night. The classic (interactive) lines are 'Where are you from? What do you do for a living?' I almost always get something interesting.

Paula Poundstone

By far, it's one of the best lines I've seen across the board.

Rod Williams

Nowhere in Islamic [law] or Egyptian civil code does it stipulate that compensation handed to a given family be split along gender lines.

Yasser Fathi

It will be a company along the lines of Procter & Gamble with lots of brands underneath it.

James Pate

Once during a taping there was an actor who kept blowing his lines. It happened again and again. Finally Norman Fell came out-he wasn't even in that scene. But Norman came out and you know what he did? He killed the guy with a hammer.

John Ritter

We're generating solid growth across all areas of our business. Our core telecommunications business is showing excellent growth in data services for business customers, and in additional lines and calling features for consumers.

Duane Ackerman

We're one of the best defensive lines in the league. Never give in and never give up. That's Jaguars football.

John Henderson

It was an isolated event. That's not to say it can't happen again. Big power generators and big transmission lines do trip off occasionally.

Gregg Fishman

Draws a strict ethical line by only allowing federally funded research on stem cell lines that were derived ethically from donated embryos determined to be in excess.

Mike Castle

Cleco has 2,000 miles of lines in the parish.

James Hartman

MasterCard understands that merchants are on the front lines of commerce.

Chris Thom

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Spencer Tracy

It is a challenge to create a character who always smiles and whose saccharine lines must be delivered in such a way as to be perceived as evil.

Debby Shoun

We don't have a No. 1 line. We have four pretty good lines.

Dave Boitz

Safety is the biggest issue we have, ... Power is out in the downtown area, it's pitch dark, and we have downed power lines everywhere.

Margaret Murphy

We have four lines that can score, ... Everyone knows their role. It just so happens we had the hot hand.

Steve Mcleod

A lot of them are on the front lines in Baghdad as we speak. It's an exciting, dynamic time to be in the business.

Bill Putnam

It's just burning in the swamp. It's burning fuel that's within the fire lines at this time.

Ben Wolcott

Those of us who had a chance to ask questions should have charged that much for speaking lines. It was like making love in Carnegie Hall.

Peter Lisagor

That was just a complete hockey game. All four lines played well. Plus, we had a good start and that's so important.

Martin Straka

The cruise lines cooperated with Congress in gathering these statistics to further demonstrate that cruising is an exceptionally safe vacation.

Michael Crye

The creative IT department is going to be where it's broken up so that IT people are out on the front lines.

Paul Saffo

When you see a team play together like we did, with four lines, that's how teams win. We have great goaltending and then anything can happen.

Paul Dipietro

Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?

Jean Genet

We do believe he's crossed state lines -- most likely into California. Beyond that we're not being very specific so as not to tip him off.

Beth Anne Steele

They did an awesome job, ... Some of the lyrics, I just couldn't believe it. Some of the lyrics have lines that are right from my diary.

Hope Partlow

It just one of those things where you make a few adjustments to your lines and it makes a world of difference.

Neal Donohue

It's scary when you first put them up because you don't know where you're going to get hit. You might do a great job and put up solid lines on 98 games, but get pounded on two games.

Bob Scucci

I used to think if I had the ball in my hands, anything is possible, ... I don't think that anymore. I think the game is won on the offensive and defensive lines.

Charlie Whitehurst

We have a high-powered first line that has been excellent. And our other lines do their roles [well].

Greg Hirsch

Dear Lady be cautious of Cupid, List well to the lines of this verse, To be kissed by a fool is stupid, To be fooled by a kiss is worse.

Ambrose Redmoon

Most restaurants have clear lines of separation for smoking and non-smoking.

Jonathan Massell

If we can actually achieve integration across district lines, then there's a big step forward. We haven't seen a proposal.

John V. Lindsay

You don't. You just go back and insert some lines.

Shawn Ryan

We're getting back incorrect deductible amounts, incorrect co-pays. We're here on the front lines, getting the brunt of it all. Not every patient has these problems, but there's a lot of it going on.

Tony Jones

This is the new generation's cult classic film; fans will be repeating the lines over and over just like my generation did with three or four movies when I was 13.

Todd Mcfarlane

We're still moving. Truck lines are getting a little long and some frustration is building, but things are moving.

Don Wylie

We can't control who the area loves. We only control what goes on between those white lines.

Danilo Pinnock

The Koreans have decided to make these cell lines available to researchers throughout the world. We applaud that approach.

Robert Goldstein

We have two private lines that knock off $5,000 wedding gowns for $500.

Carly Rager

They have a new management team in place that I'm hoping is going to flesh out the value of the brand and rebuild their business lines.

Michael Cuggino

Learn your lines and don't trip over the furniture.

Spencer Tracy

We basically are in support of the organizations that are on the front lines.

Jim Goodman

Independent film has always been a cool thing, although the lines seem to be getting blurred now. You go to movies, you don't know what's the big studio film or what the independent film is.

Gina Gershon

If the line's doing its job, ... the linebackers will be able help with the coverage and can take some balls away.

Mark Courtney

We're excited about these young arms. But they have yet to step between the lines.

Ross Jones

I'm trying to focus on my lines, and see how I can go faster. We'll see what happens during the four-man. We'll be in the mix. We are by no means out of this thing.

Steve Holcomb

If it's not fit for habitation (or) if it creates an eyesore along the lines of an abandoned car, then it has to fall below this threshold of being a suitable thing to continue.

Joe Mclaughlin

The group is assessing alternative lines of business as well as regional expansion to compensate for the local fall in demand.

Robert Gunn

Investors would like to see strength across their major product lines. That would bode well.

Robert Mattson

Limbs come down in high wind conditions and often bring lines with them. So we will keep a close eye and have extra tree trimming crews on hand.

Michael Lowndes

When you look at them you can see the family history - the lines, the headlights, the bonnet.

John Eales

We fought forest fires together, like for two weeks on the fire lines, 12 hours a day, so we know a little bit about each other, you know.

Before David Veeder

It's extremely helpful. It opens up the lines of communication between the public and the private sector.

Chris Henderson

I am sure that they did make good steps forward and derive cell lines.

Ian Wilmut

You can see the geometric designs in my sculptures - dealing with the lines and curves.

Pearl Fryar

They beat us between the lines today. They made the key plays and out hustled us to ground balls.

Steve Beville

Both of Johnson Controls' lines of business will benefit from an increasing willingness to invest in productivity-enhancing products and services.

Alan Purintun

We are going to attack the enemy in the field that could be hidden in tree lines. They could be hidden by buildings. They could be in semi-populated areas, possibly they're harder to find.

Charles Wald