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I can guarantee you that had no relevance, ... We operate as an independent company. We have not called on them (Nana) for any such support, and they have not offered any.

John Wooden

The hotel is continues to operate normally. People can enter and leave the hotel.

Laura Canepa

We think it's best for everyone involved . . . if these restrictions are adhered to and are followed so we can operate safely and those who are on strike can picket safely.

Gary Mickelson

Our challenge is we have to work inside the laws of the countries we operate in.

Robin Pembrooke

Asking people to vote on matters that are kept secret from them is a farce. It's a joke to say you can operate a free government when the people don't know what's going on.

Dennis Bailey

We'll have the capability to operate year-round if the demand is there.

John Scarano

We find that in almost all of the countries where we operate, awareness of the Toys 'R' Us brand is very high.

Victor Fung

No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.

Rupert Murdoch

These planes are essentially real aircraft. Everything you have to do to operate them is comparable to flying a full-scaled airplane; we just stand on the ground to operate it.

Keith Edwards

We knew we could do a good job and it would be something special that the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic would want to own. It's a big challenge for them to operate. But we will do whatever we can to assist them.

Doug Vance

Inevitably, as we grow bigger across the rest of the country, and Dallas remains the same size, we might have to begin casting about for a place that's more efficient to operate.

Herb Kelleher

Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside.

Helene Cixous

He portrays himself as having high moral values and against casino gambling, but he takes money from Indian tribes who operate casinos.

Mike Holmes

I was looking for somebody who could operate effectively and had good personal chemistry.

Robert Crandall

We can shut them down. If it's not that serious and they want to continue to operate, they have to apply for a permit.

Alma Garcia

So we disagree with claims we're not giving back to communities where we operate, and we think that claims with regard to the war situation are just untrue.

Mark Boudreaux

Ours showed we could barely do what we're doing (operate a $2.3 million 25-unit center).

Kathryn Moser

There is nobody else. We can't operate without a president.

John Hoffman

It is still not clear who will win the bid, and so it is difficult to tell how much of the market they will win and how they will operate.

Brian Gray

The contract actually spells out that groups are under no obligation to come to any agreement. This does not change the way we operate. It will not change the way we operate.

Charlie Higley

That is it for me. I couldn't watch another person operate a wood chipper.

Chad Swank

Each time it floods it costs millions of dollars in cleanup not only for the airports commission but also for the businesses that operate there.

Patrick Hogan

Our operations in China are indistinguishable from any of the 84 countries where we operate, ... We've never had any problems with the Chinese government restricting what we were doing or any incidents where proprietary information was lost.

Patrick Mcgovern

It's important for the community that the department be as professional and operate as efficiently as possible, and these folks are here to help us.

Greg Hicks

You don't find people of integrity who operate in that zone.

Graham Allison

Anything above a couple of feet per second is extremely difficult to wade in. To operate a boat in anything close to 10 to 15 feet per second is extremely difficult. Being in (that kind of) water is tantamount to being dead.

Joseph Suhayda

We have no group that's claimed responsibility. It could be any number of groups attempting to operate inside Iraq.

Dan Senor

We are confident we have freedom to operate. With respect to Guidant's product, it would be inappropriate for us to comment.

Jonathon Hamilton

Arend Arts Center is paid for ? but now we have to operate it.

Doylene Fuqua

I was working as a laundryman in New Orleans, but I also know how to cook and how to operate a forklift. What I can't do, I'll learn.

James Martin

The investor gets the financial return and the 200 poor communities where our shareholders operate will get the social gain.

Gordon Young

The main thing is we operate as a business.

Larry Porter

There are roughly 2 million businesses in the United States with between 5 and 100 employees. It's an excellent market to operate in.

Kevin Laughlin

.Then you must ensure that all providers are allowed to operate on a level playing field.

Dwight Nelson

We have no other intention right now for the property other than to operate it not only as the world's largest gentlemen's club, but as the world's most expensive gentlemen's club.

Peter Feinstein

We operate in many countries, in many jurisdictions in the world. As part of that, for the sake of the employees working in those areas, we have to abide by the laws.

David Filo

The best way to innovate is to question the basic assumptions under which you operate.

Lalit Panda

It takes a lot to operate the shelter.

Pat Cox

In minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit, things must operate.

Mark Chernoby

There are lots of things that are being discussed. It's a complex business we operate.

Oscar Suris

Our overall position is that it is the responsibility of every business to follow the local laws of the countries in which they operate.

Porter Erisman

The train should have been slower we believe, when it made that crossover, that would be the way it was supposed to operate.

Mark Rosenker

It?s our number one priority to operate safely.

Anne Ainsworth

Believe it or not, I had to operate from a store.

Ghalib

The last couple of games, we had a lot of (the same) goals, but one thing we haven't done is have more big plays than the other team. We operate on big plays. We need those big plays to happen.

Dave Rader

That's the educational aspect of Masters of Taste . You get to see how real professional local chefs operate.

Odalys Smith

They can learn how to operate heavy equipment, from trucks to forklifts.

Terry Whiteside

You have to have it in order to operate. You don't have much of a choice.

Herman Dixon

It will have to be done in stages so the school can still operate.

Lyle Boyce

They operate more collaboratively, so they spend very little time on the ground. It saves a tremendous amount of money.

Juli Niemann

We're not giving up on this crisis center. This year we do have the money to operate it and appropriated the money for seven centers.

Jim Barnett

Both men have chosen to operate above and beyond what the law requires. Mr. Perry has always respected open government.

Anthony Holm

Every CEO and top executive in America is now reading that Wisconsin is a dangerous place to operate a business because you're getting sued out of business. That's why it's such a big deal.

Jim Pugh

These steps are being taken to help us handle future growth, extend our brand and operate more efficiently.

Scott Bauer

There's things he's just not physically capable of doing, but he just doesn't give into it. No matter what weakness any of us have, we operate with what we can do, not what we can't -- and that's Teddy.

Bill Delia

The key to the story is really, are they going to move forward with any type of divestiture of the current brands, or are they going to continue to operate as a retailer going forward? It's difficult to come to a conclusion based on the information they have given us.

Arun Daniel

So the human resources organizations on both sides should co-operate to offer more information to help them.

Steve Tsai

There is only one relevant transaction, anything that's even close to this, and that's the Skyway deal. We are talking about, how do you operate something that's already built?

Charles Schalliol

Due to skyrocketing costs for energy, raw materials and health care, CTNA cannot continue to operate the Charlotte plant with our current manufacturing cost structure.

Alan Hippe

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

William Godwin

We recognize the news and the timing are hard on employees. However, market conditions don't allow us to continue to operate the mill. The high cost of energy, fiber and logistics forced us to take action.

Tim Needham

This council will operate under the concept that there will be no tax increase this coming fiscal year.

Jack Sammons

We also operate a considerable fleet of vehicles. And, like everybody else, rising gas prices have hit us, too.

Jay Dawson

I wish we could be all things to all people. That may not happen. There will be tough decisions as we operate jointly.

Col. Frederick Martin

You've got this mixed verdict. Jewish groups have been able to operate better in terms of establishment clause constraints, but the harm that the Rehnquist court has done to the free exercise clause is enormous.

Jonathan Lewin

They can operate the cemetery as a working cemetery or not.

Larry Sombke

It's not only a spiritual narrowing but a cultural narrowing of Southern Baptist boundaries. I love Southern Baptists, I was reared and operate in the church, but I regret this.

Ron Phillips

This event is disappointing and does not reflect the way in which Exxon Mobil strives to operate.

Chris Erickson

They've called and they need us. They are getting help from a lot of states, but they are in dire need of law-enforcement officers who can operate and work from boats. We anticipated they would need our services and have been preparing for days.

David Casey

What will be obvious to the client in the teller line is that we can operate much quicker ... allowing us to cut client wait time.

Melissa Collins

The Prime Minister is ignoring calls from UK companies who want a clear framework to operate within now.

Tony Juniper

Right now we are basically hoping that Mother Nature and the weather co-operate with us.

Rich Coleman

He doesn't operate that way.

Ray Lahood

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact.

Claude Levi strauss

Our members are the owners, but the employees are more important than the owners because we can't operate without them.

Chuck Hunter

Many of the students trained here will be employees of 3D Systems or customers of 3D Systems. Others will be local students -- learning to operate and learning to maintain the systems.

Dennis Merrell

The Billerica operation will maintain its autonomy and operate as a subsidiary.

Robert Lapenta

I usually operate on an intuitive level. I just saw something in this kid's eyes. It's an intangible thing. But there was a spark there, something I just responded to.

Brion O'connor

People are upset with the government. They are more upset by the prevailing structure of government failing to operate.

Michael Degolyer

He has replaced the Canadian Bar Association as the major conduit between major national firms. He is our association. He understands how we operate.

Keith Mitchell

If I had the choice, and it was at all feasible to operate in New Orleans, why would I move?

Craig Miller

You operate with low noise and light, and you want them to come to you. They learn to adapt and overcome and we learn to adapt and overcome the same way.

Dan Garibay

Because of the good faith of the police department and the city of San Jose, they've been allowed to operate.

Rich Dressler

If we accept the permit, we would have to shut down the mine. Why would we want to do that? We can't operate without mining.

John Petterson

In a nutshell, Cary Dyer will allow the chamber to function and operate in a more professional manner and help us grow into a world-class chamber, take us to the next level.

Mike Riggs

We believe there is no technical, safety or operational evidence to suggest that Concorde should not operate safely in the future.

Mike Street

We would hope that the minister of finance lives up to his commitment to provide clarity on this issue at the beginning of 2006, as we are now being forced to operate in a business vacuum.

William Holland

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

Paul Beatty

We benefited from a positive global economic market and there is a positive environment at least through mid-year. We intend to operate as near to full capacity as we can in the second quarter.

John Surma

We will continue to operate with maximum restraint. We are a responsible member of the international community and we shall continue to be so.

Jaswant Singh

We think that allowing an institution like NSA to operate basically outside our laws is very dangerous.

Bill Sulzman

Easing the regulation will offer mutual funds the opportunity to explore companies overseas, also giving the investors more variety. The move will also help the mutual fund industry operate in line with global mutual fund companies.

Paras Adenwala

The generator could only power part of the plant before, now we can operate the entire plant -- business like usual.

Scott Langel

We inspected all terminals and aircraft to ensure everything was safe. We didn't identify anything, and the terminals continued to operate as normal.

Jenny Wedge

I want to operate this thing at the level of a major nightclub in a major city.

Jon Jacobs

In the war on terrorism, our enemies operate globally.

Jeffrey Nadaner

We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

Douglas Feith

Those operators that do not pay their fines in a timely manner, they should not be able to operate. They're making all kinds of money.

Dennis O'dell

We're telling them they have to operate as a business and as a child-related entity.

Dale Carlson

A college stadium might be used for football games six days a year, but it is a part of the campus 365 days a year. It affects those adjacent to it, and those who operate through and around it. The stadium should knit itself into the campus community.

Randy Bredar

They sometimes get an extra month or two even after they've opened so that they can begin to operate and get the kinks out.

Robin Abrams

It establishes that balance between airspace efficiency and the reduction of noise exposure to our citizens. Without the agreement there is no reason to operate the airport in a way that minimizes noise exposure.

Robert Coney

Government calls on all South Africans, especially in the Western Cape, to co-operate with the energy authorities in implementing immediate measures aimed at preventing load shedding.

Joel Netshitenzhe

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

Many airports operate very safely without an ASDE system.

Kathleen Bergen

Libya has been a fairly easy place for these companies to deal with, and I think they welcome the opportunity to get back and be able to operate there again.

James Halloran

We don't have to rush. The train will still operate, still give guests a good experience. It is more important to do it right.

Ted Molter

We operate a very large program for our kids.

Ray Cox

He is singularly focused on changing and improving the life choices of young people. And he guides the way I operate as a principal.

Roger Jackson

We certainly don't operate with a huge surplus, so we could be losing money at any given time. We're not unlike any other department in the district.

Beth Glitt

A company can operate successfully for 200 years only by continually reinventing itself.

Charles O. Holliday

We will definitely operate normally out of New Orleans. We have not put a time frame on it.

Tim Gallagher

It is easy for agencies that operate in secret like DCF to gain too much power over families. These kinds of checks and balances ensure that DCF will have to do more to justify its decision.

Richard Wexler

We no longer operate the company on a day-to-day basis.

Michael Callahan

The Auto Club believes that when a motorist buys a vehicle, he or she also buys everything needed to operate it, including all the information necessary to make a replacement key.

Alice Bisno

We do not have any government funds. We operate strictly on the proceeds of our clients and memorials and donations.

Alberta Stima

Practice is important for how we operate, because we're not practicing the actual songs as much as we're practicing the way that we play music. To an extent, we practice being creative.

Andy Parker

I was devastated. He called me and told me he found a foreign object lodged in Burt's intestines. He told me he had to operate ... that Burt was going to die. I told him I was going to come over.

Raymond Reid

The plant can operate 24/7 (24 hours, 7 days a week). It's about improving the cycle time.

Kelly Glass

Our authority to own and operate a container terminal has been confirmed and now it is time to build it.

Andrew Fulghum

There's about as many helicopters that can safely operate in the valleys for the moment.

John Stufflebeem

So we can operate government more efficiently from an energy-consumption standpoint.

Jon Huntsman

It's hard to imagine that in this day and age this kind of thing could still occur, but regrettably it does, ... People should be treated appropriately and there should never be discrimination. And if you operate in that fashion, you will not operate in Florida.

Charlie Crist

The routes we operate have to be economically viable. With (crude oil) going from $40 to $60 (per barrel), routes that last year were fine may not justify the same amount of service.

Dean Breest

The existing system could tell you that it was going to send five cartons with 50 items, but it couldn't tell you which items would be in which carton. That may not be a big deal to a private company, but there is no 3PL in America that can operate that way.

Bruce Mantz

Over 70 percent of our earnings come from outside the US ; we operate in over 200 countries.

Mark Boudreaux

Allowing market forces to operate freely in the financial system would be greatly to the benefit of the Japanese people and the Japanese economy.

Simon Davis

I'm obligated to operate and maintain the canal. Maintaining it and bringing it up to some high standard are two different issues.

Jim Esget

It did not make sense to operate a pay-TV platform and a pay-TV channel as two separate entities.

Mark Harrington

With the (defensive) looks we're getting, I would bet we'll end up running the ball more than we did last year. We feel like we can operate whatever the defense allows.

Tony Dungy

A part of me hates to see them go. But the fact of it is, we can operate more efficiently by utilizing other means of fire prevention, and that's our job.

Ken Cabe

The sale of ASA to SkyWest represents another important milestone in Delta's transformation as it enhances our ability to operate our business as efficiently and cost effectively as we can.

Gerald Grinstein

It's just the way we operate. We are able to take a fun environment into a serious situation.

Fred Matua

A wafer fab (fabrication plant) is something very complex and a difficult business to run and operate.

Craig Addison

We cannot sit idly by while these services continue to operate illegally, especially at a time when new legitimate services are being launched.

Hilary Rosen

During tough times, you just don't get the money you need to operate (from the state).

Bob Felix

We'll continue to operate as we've been operating. We've been issuing marriage licenses according to Massachusetts law. A couple would just simply have to state their intention to reside in Massachusetts for us to issue the license.

Doug Johnstone

These mines can't operate unless they meet minimum standards.

Ruben Escudero

If they decide not to operate the airfield, then we (only) wasted a lot of paper.

Charlie Hunter

If the flight attendants either collectively or individually engage in some activity, it's going to be much more difficult to operate the airline.

John Fossum

We had struck out at several businesses because we couldn't operate them.

Scott Cook

It is difficult to get in and out and to operate as a normal school. If the schools are to operate normally, we need the leverage in which to do so.

Dennis Kelly

We have run into our greatest danger in the south. We don't find it safe at all in Basra. It is completely dominated by different death squads who operate there with impunity.

Leslie Campbell

I kind of like this one. I think it's simpler to operate, and it's simpler to read. But I would rather have my old one.

Jack Vaughn

Record-high fuel costs, industry overcapacity, and the growth of low-cost carriers and the fares they are able to offer are negatively impacting the financial performance of many of the flights we currently operate.

Tim Griffin

There will be no demonstrations or mass gatherings, ... We're going into this with the anticipation that Northwest plans to fly and operate normally.

Larry Cox

We already operate at full staff on Fridays and Saturdays. We just expect to be extra busy.

Kelly Glasgow

Idling is very inefficient and creates a lot of pollution. If they have a hybrid with a lot of electrical power, they could operate the air conditioner or heater without all the emissions and without wasting gasoline.

Robert Schumacher

There's every reason to believe a Wal-Mart bank would operate with the same recklessness of its retail operation.

William Mcnary

The Perry plant continues to operate safely.

James Caldwell

We have communicated to the music-director candidates the current situation. It's our intention, as long as we are able to operate the season, to have those candidates come in.

Scott Provancher

For too long, we've allowed our facilities to operate without checks and balances. We just assume a state or county facility is going to be appropriately run. What we've learned in recent years is that we need to pay close attention.

Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie

I go for looks, how they operate, but mainly who is going to stand behind them.

David Cross

We'd hope they would operate in a more open way and stop playing their games.

Frances Mountier

My goal is to operate on weekends through April, but the number of skier visits will dictate how long we keep going.

Ray Gardner

We've just always known we were gonna do this. We don't operate much on formality. I've loved him forever.

Gina Leonard

Methamphetamine is epidemic ... in my state alone, law enforcement tells me, hundreds, perhaps thousands of labs operate in isolated areas (and) often not so isolated areas.

Jim Talent

The database allowed our office to operate more efficiently.

Jay Cairns

There are a whole ... extensive array of standards the vessels have to meet in order to operate them.

John Dwyer

We are reducing the number of employees to operate more efficiently.

Bill Kula

It's just the shallow-water parts of the Gulf of Mexico. They have become less and less competitive for continued investment in our global portfolio, and we will continue to operate in the deep water.

Wendy Silcock

The concept to everything above the line is comparing how we operate the school system one year to the next. Below the line is debt service, but the comparative costs are not included because the debt service fluctuates too much.

Becky Coffey

They plan to operate it as an apartment.

Andrew Wright

There literally was nothing out there as far as a break or a structure for her to come back and operate a business. She had to go it alone.

Matt Mechtel

Those 224 companies operate more than 4,700 facilities in Boston, Miami and Seattle alone.

Stephen Carter

I don't think the strike is having too much impact on companies and the economy; companies can operate without security guards.

Mike Schussler

Without those guys there, that site wouldn't operate. They work together and that means a lot for the community. They have that camaraderie. Everyone knows what to expect of each other.

Ralph Boyd

[Europe is closest to North America in its density of ATMs.] ATM machines are all over the place. They're in Croatia. They're in Hungary, ... It's the way people operate all over Europe.

Carol Mickelsen

You can't operate a global airline like that.

Mike Boyd

None of the money will be used to operate the schools.

Robin Gibson

That's not the way we operate here at NASA. We promote openness and we speak with the facts.

Dean Acosta

We will operate under that budget. If we need to cut things, we'll cut things.

William Porter

I've had calls from as far away as Alaska on how to start and operate a farmers market.

Donald Dodson

I've treated them just like my own students, so they've had to commit to the way we work. It's been interesting to see how the thoroughness and meticulous analysis of the way we operate has been new to them.

Timothy Dean

This should not impact our ability to operate. We hope to find who was involved and what happened so we can protect against this in the future.

John Willoughby

We have procedures. We will follow those procedures. We will operate our snow desk and run our equipment.

Yolanda Clark

To further strengthen the protections that we have put in place to guard against fraud and abuse, we are asking that agencies operate under pre-hurricane levels unless they can justify to us that there are exceptional circumstances.

Clay Johnson Iii

I think we?re willing to accept this and operate it, or we?re not. There?s no middle ground.

Marshall Ney

You can literally lose them. The pressure, the power to operate the springs is from the aquifer. If you draw it down too far, they're gone. It's not something that can come back. We don't know the science as far as how to make it come back.

Michael Barr

The guidelines that now exist are very weak and operate at the margins. They lack monitoring, and, for the most part, they lack teeth.

David Rothman

Joey knew that you have to be at least 16 (to operate a personal watercraft). But to Joey that didn't matter because Joey believes anyone of any age can operate a personal watercraft if given a few minutes of instruction.

Scott Sarason

We've had discussions with local banks since day one but National City was the first to step up. They have a community development department that invests in projects that further communities in which they operate.

Kathleen Eriksen

That's not the policy or the way we operate public affairs at NASA. We support and make sure we are all about full and open communications.

Dean Acosta

We're happy with the way we operate, and if it's successful it will continue. They've been doing it this way a lot of years with success.

Kevin Colbert

One flight, one passenger who doesn't get to his or her destination because of Chaos is one too many. For you to not know if a flight is going to operate because of Chaos is intolerable. It is better that we tell you in advance the flight is cancelled.

David Castelveter

I can understand why they do it. It's a very economical and efficient way to operate.

Matt Mathes

We do operate as a pre-screener for employers. We're working with over 1,000 people who are looking for jobs.

Mona Reilly

The Geek Squad from Best Buy is one example of how to make it simple to install, operate, and maintain complicated technologies for the home. If you want it, but do not want to deal with the complications, you can hire some kid to come to your house and do it for you for $150.

Jonathan Gaw

The fact that they don't charge commission based on a percentage scale does not, in our view, enable them to operate outside the act.

Howard Morley

The days have gone where the NHS could act as a secret society. It cannot operate behind closed doors.

Alan Milburn

Biggest thing to recognize, these aren't cars. Trucks are loaded with 80,000 lbs of goods and can't operate like a car. They don't maneuver as well and can't stop as fast.

Steve Warner

We want to make sure if these guy's going to operate his planes, they're safe for everybody.

Keith Moniz

The Eagles do have a formidable batting line-up, but I have a lot of confidence in my bowlers. There's been nothing wrong with their ability to operate under pressure, and the attack has great variety and the experience that is so crucial in this competition.

Shukri Conrad

There had been concerns that when you start up a new factory, it's not as efficient because it's new and you're still learning how to operate it properly.

Doug Freedman

The break was an inch from his hip joint, and Dr. (David) Carlton didn't think there was enough bone in the area to operate without taking out the ball and socket joint. But he was able to put a screw in it.

Carrie Knox

He was all business. Completely all business. He was always looking for some (other) place to operate.

Ralph Hernandez

We don't comment on any deals that are in negotiations. I can't even give you a gauge of our interest. But we own and operate venues as part of our core business.

Michael Roth

We can't operate now with our heads down. We're disappointed. We've got basketball ahead of us and we have a huge game Saturday. It's important for our team to bounce back. The natural reaction might be to be down, but we can't afford that. We have to step up.

Ben Braun

We're trying to get the attention of our employers, the companies that own and operate show business. But they're managed so far to avoid us.

Patric M. Verrone

Just a joy to operate.

Jim Voss