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Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Bertrand Russell

IRRELIGION, n. The principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Ambrose Bierce

You can fight the Nasdaq for just so long. Eventually, the principal of guilt by association is going to come into play.

Alidad Mireskandari

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth.

James Randolph Adams

In principal, we've all been supporting Congressman Baker's bill because it's the best plan out there.

John Mcilwain

That doesn't mean there are no efforts to influence the minority parties, but the principal efforts almost always involve the party in power, the party or the individuals from that party who can deliver results.

Fred Wertheimer

Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.

Julian Green

Now we know it's far more important to focus attention to what's going on inside of the schools, curriculum, improving principal leadership, instruction and professional development.

Barbara Semedo

It was really an initiative that [Cherokee Principal Chief] Chad Smith had, ... to keep the language and encourage young people to learn the language. And a great way to learn anything is through music.

Kay Henderson

The principal thing is to get [the indictment] behind us as quickly as we can.

Stanley Brand

We now run a parallel orientation for parents, ... They get to meet (Principal) Juan Rodriguez, and the directors of special education, the English Language Learners program and the PTO distribute materials.

J. Lewis

In the early years of your mortgage, nearly 100 percent of your payments are applied to interest, ... Whenever you increase your principal, you change the mathematics entirely.

Robert Irwin

We try, but our principal won't really let us, But we try our best.

Bryce Swanson

Investors will be looking to see if Prudential can match Principal and Anthem.

Kyle Huske

We felt the principal was making the right decision, and the court ruling seems to support the principal's action.

Nat Harrington

We've hit a home run with this sponsorship. The teams love it, the communities love it and our clients and employees love it. So we decided to go for a triple play and extend this sponsorship through 2009. The Principal Family Fun Fest is a great way to bring wholesome, family-oriented entertainment to the communities where our clients and employees live.

Dan Houston

I believe [Chavis] was a principal, just like Alex, ... I think he was the one that motivated the boys, he encouraged them, maybe even planted the idea in their mind. I certainly think he had something to do with it.

David Rimmer

In principal, having carrier capability is desirable and ditto for nuclear propulsion. An aircraft carrier is all about presence and adds to the navy's capability.

C. Uday Bhaskar

The exchange program is great. The highlight of the week has been getting to know Principal Wang. I've developed a lot of respect for his administration.

Mark Johnson

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter.

Robert Green Ingersoll

There is a need to place some students on the Mullins campus... and my recommendation is for Dr. Dow-Harris to serve as principal.

Superintendent Lea Barrett

In that case, the appreciation of the home builds equity in the property, instead of monthly principal payments, ... Of course, it's still a good idea to make principal reduction payments if the home is a long-term investment.

Joe Tucker

These new findings offer, for the first time, compelling genetic evidence that myelin breakdown underlies both the advanced age and the principal genetic risks for Alzheimer disease.

Dr. George Bartzokis

Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.

John Stuart Mill

I called the elementary school principal and he was interested.

Lanida Frizzo

The principal won't let us know what's going on. Our kids called us to tell us what happened. Our concern is our children's safety.

Maria Diaz

Each principal has added to the growth very gracefully.

Kathy Kleinmann

[However, in a major departure from the strategy of all its principal competitors, Sprint will not actually build or own these BMAN circuits. Instead, Sprint will lease them from regional Bell operating companies or competitive local exchange carriers (CLEC). Sprint officials said this means they have more or less permanently decided not to become a facilities-owned C.

Marty Kaplan

At my time at Hylton when I was assistant principal, I could see his intensity and the kids were well coached and well behaved and that caught my eyes then.

Tom Gill

We are very thankful this student came forward. It gave the principal time to react very quickly.

Michelle Morgan

He was the kind of principal who always knew your name. He was always willing to do more than just teach.

Charlene Mcgriff

Why I would ever think of that I have no idea. I checked, and I think she was the principal (of Longfellow) when I was there.

Phyllis Perley

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

Marlon Brando

I'm even more excited to go because of the relationship I've developed with Principal Wang. I feel like I'm going to visit a friend.

Mark Johnson

After speaking with the teacher and principal there, I found the situation to be somewhat of an isolated incident.

Carl Wong

Every day I deal with the same 20 percent of students; as assistant principal (along with assistant principal Kara Cotton) I deal with discipline. (But) I like to hear from the kids, about their life, education, passions, things they like, don't like. It's why I got into education in the first place, to talk to students about those things.

David Minsker

I want to continue what (former Principal) Ralph Olsen has done, but I'm not Ralph Olsen.

Michael Welch

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.

Mary Kay Blakely

If you're stretched to the max to be able to make the interest-only payments, the question is: What are you going to do when the principal comes due?

Doug Duncan

It's a tribute to the young lady who told her mother and the mother who told the principal. We followed all the procedures.

Sara Stern

They're really wanting to create an environment of continuous education. By providing a single principal ... there would be even more continuity.

Kelly Avants

The principal conclusion is that we expect profit growth to continue through our new forecast horizon.

Abby Joseph Cohen

An associate and I bought it, and we're going to restore it, ... I'm going to be principal owner and president.

Ann Powell

Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.

Bible

The principal told me if I bought a house in San Pedro, the job was mine, so I bought the house. I couldn't buy one now with the prices, so I felt pretty lucky.

Bill Seixas

I think it was a mutual decision by Mr. Corpus and the principal for him to leave.

Richard Wallace

I've seen the provocative pictures. I've looked at the way you talk to each other -- you wouldn't do that in front of your principal, a priest or your parents, but you're doing it online.

Linda Pacheco

Our inability to reach an acceptable solution, combined with our concern over the litigation with our principal customer, necessitates this decision.

Vance Coffman

The point is that we're not going to cede any territory. We'll fight on as many fronts as we can with our opponents because we want to position ourselves as the principal alternative to George W. Bush.

Kathleen Harrington

Every principal, teacher and paraprofessional has risen to the occasion.

Brenda Hill

Conceptually, he is principal.

Keith Dixon

In the America's Cup, you can't go to your backup quarterback. You can't juggle your batting order. You can't fire the manager either, although Iain Murray might not be safe if George Steinbrenner were the principal owner of the Kookaburra III.

Dave Anderson

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

I have a staff that works really hard. Honestly, one cannot be a distinguished principal without having a distinguished staff.

Loretta Rubin

PLM is growing. It was a $4 to $5 billion software market five years ago. It's now in $10 billion [in 2005]. With this landscape we can even grow no only our business, but total principal market.

Bernard Charles

The legal definition is where your principal office is. So we are now in line with what took place five years ago.

Kevin Lowery

We have a bulletin board where the principal from Biloxi is sending us pictures and new updates so we can see how improvements are made. The pictures really help and hit home.

Jennifer Ko

Little did I know I would become the first native-born Mexican-American to become an elementary school principal in Minnesota.

Maria Castro

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

Denis Diderot

Whenever a parent brings a concern that involves their child to the principal, officials have the obligation to look into the matter.

Steve Stanford

Despite all of the references to 'senior policy maker,' the principal deputy solicitor general isn't really that.

Jefferson Powell

There was a story out there and we had to cover it. We just chose to cover it in a different way, according to the principal: don't tell it, show it.

Flemming Rose

The principal advantage of a democracy, is a general elevation in the character of the people.

James Fenimore Cooper

We put [Moore] as the principal so he can get his money back.

Johnny Jones

The plans are quite different. They're different in how much of the surplus they would use. They're different in where those surplus dollars would go. They're different in which groups of the population would get the principal benefits.

Robert Greenstein

Because banks were having trouble deciding what was reasonable, we have gravitated toward 1 percent of the principal. This is not a hard and fast rule, and banks may establish other payment amounts.

Dean Debuck

The principal reason we didn't lose out to China as everyone had predicted is because labor in Bangladesh is cheaper than anywhere else in the world.

Tipu Munshi

The principal problem that universities face is money, ... This is expensive technology to deploy.

Paul Morris

The design principal is to prevent accidents that occurred because of the engineman failing to heed a signal.

Robert Gallamore

A strong, effective building principal is worth their weight in gold.

Jonathan Plucker

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

Mark Twain

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

Mark Twain

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

Ashley Montague

There is a lot you can do because an object exists in a directory. In principal, any object in a directory can be given any attributes that you want to give it. Group Policy is taking more advantage of the capabilities that Active Directory has to offer.

Scott Crawford

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

Frank Dobson

Everybody has their own bed. The principal of Dogwood Elementary, Robin Cochran, gave me one inflatable bed, a teacher there gave me another one and we bought one more.

Julissa Mejia

By and large, I would say there are very few medical conditions for which this would be the principal treatment.

Thomas Vickroy

Rise above principal and do what's right.

Joseph Heller

The principal wrote everything down and made him sign it.

Berthena Dorinvil

My principal objective right now is to learn as much as I can. This is their day to ask me questions.

Robert Eckert

The best part (of my job) is the positive interaction with kids. Traditionally the assistant principal is the disciplinarian, but I'm changing the role here. I'm bringing a negative connotation to a positive connotation.

Anthony Carrano

It's difficult to conduct a thorough investigation when the principal is still at the site. People would feel intimidated.

Joe Melita

We feel good about the way the season ended. I've made my feelings known to our principal. We won't practice Monday.

Alan Takemura

There were people there, but there should've been more. The principal (Kathryn Hutchinson) should change her mind about the decision she made. It's pretty unfair.

Migail Graves

This is a direct route that will link Russia and Germany, as well as consumers in other countries in the future. It is ... of principal significance.

Alexander Medvedev

I went and saw the principal and asked if I could run a donation center here, ... And on her own, Kim asked the same thing about an hour later.

Chris Knight

The Town's principal responsibility is to make sure it enforces its fire and building codes.

George Hoffman

This is just a continuation of a trend amongst many companies that have moved away from defined-benefit plans as a principal source of retirement income.

James Klein

It was a good experience and a new experience. It allowed the kids to grow and bond as a team. It was a great team builder to just get away. We are thankful for the support of the principal and athletic director. It's their support that let us get to where we are.

Joe Rodriguez

We will be able to present the principal accused in the middle of March. I think around March 15.

Rene Saguisag

OCCIDENT, n. The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call 'war' and 'commerce.' These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

Ambrose Bierce

I have been employed at Mounds Schools for the past 23 years as a high school principal, coach, and superintendent and have some great memories of what has been accomplished.

Dennis Campbell

Our principal objective remains the need to create a climate for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe so that the Zimbabwean people can speak through the ballot.

Ronnie Mamoepa

These bonds typically mature in six months or less, so an investor is not putting the principal at much risk.

David Darst

The defense of human rights has been, and continues to be, one of the principal goals of the foreign policy of this administration.

Cyrus Vance

We incline, therefore, to think the parishes should be equal or near, because in the reformed religion the principal use of a church is to preach in.

William Petty

My husband (TC Central principal Mike Murray) had homecoming and then the kids made regionals and there I was.

Chris Murray

The idea of having the principal hear it first is because, many times, the grievance is a matter of miscommunication and can be solved at that point.

Deborah Caldwell

All I know is I came away from my discussions with him feeling it was going to be a pretty thorough and candid telling of his life, and that he was going to talk about all the principal events of his presidency. The heart of the book is what you'd expect it to be. The heart of it will be his presidency.

Sonny Mehta

Depending on their involvement when they knew, what they did, accessory before the fact, it can become a principal, say somebody gave him a ride there, they are just as guilty as him going inside and doing that.

Capt. Richard Spirlet

Jerry has been great to work for as a principal, because he is a good friend as well as a leader that takes care of his people. He is the type of principal that knows all of his students and parents by name.

Grant Kukuk

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.

Neal Boortz

It's sad, because she's an outstanding teacher and he was a very strong principal as well.

Roger Fox

Everyone (is) a principal (suspect) because there was inducement or cooperation if not participation.

Katrina Legarda

When I first came out to New Zealand for principal photography, the focus was on voicing Gollum. But Peter wanted Gollum to be the most interactive digital character ever made for a movie, with a combination of live action and digital animation.

Andy Serkis

I've averaged about 19 percent a year, including fees and costs. That's not bad. Every 3.7 years the principal doubles. By the time I'm 50, my investment account will be seven figures.

Joe Mclaughlin

He was demanding that we call him 'your grace'. He even demanded that the principal call him 'your grace'.

Chantel Leonhart

Our principal focus is trying to get a holiday. Every little bit helps. It's $600 million more than we've got today.

James May

All the students were brought into the cafeteria, and we handed our check to the principal. The whole school erupted in applause. Some of the teachers cried. We were just so happy that we could give it to them.

Maggie Winz

Obviously this is a tremendous opportunity for him. What was the coolest thing is Bill Parcells called [Principal Angela] Pringle directly.

Darlene Werhnyak

It was great, ... Working with a group of administrators at London Towne — the principal and another assistant principal — as a team, was a fascinating experience. I enjoyed being an assistant principal because I could still be in the classroom and do activities with the kids.

Jim Baldwin

All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs.

Andrew Fletcher

We now run a parallel orientation for parents. They get to meet (Principal) Juan Rodriguez, and the directors of special education, the English Language Learners program and the PTO distribute materials.

Jo Lewis

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

Herman Melville

Our principal mission is to teach the Bible.

Barry Mccarty

You know it is not in my Interest to pay the Principal; nor is it my Principal to pay the Interest.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Now the Defense Office will work to secure defense lawyers for him. He filed a declaration of means and, based on that, the Principal Defender has concluded that he is partially indigent.

Peter Andersen

Public safety remains our principal interest. The Army has demonstrated since 1990 that it can safely destroy these chemical munitions, having already destroyed over 8,000 tons of chemical agent and over 1.3 million munitions without harming human health or the environment.

Les Brownlee

He could be a principal anywhere in the system, but he chooses not to. He's happy where he is. He's found his niche, and that's how he's going to contribute back to Erwin, where he's been his whole career.

Ray Whitaker

The entire school is mailing to each other. Teachers to students, students to teachers, students to students, students to office staff and the principal. Everyone is mailing.

Angi Brunney

Chavez is a hawk on oil prices and always has been. His hold on power is getting increasingly tenuous. This is very negative for intermediate oil prices -- OPEC could lose its principal hawk.

Mark Gilman

When I was a middle school principal it disgusts me, some of the things I had to work through at that young age.

Randy Simmons

[In yet another development, a van believed driven by Furrow contained a book,] War Cycles, Peace Cycles, ... one of the principal ideologues of Christian Identity.

Richard Kelly

You used to look down from Meredith, and it was a wasteland from us to 10th Street. We could see the Principal building. It was like Oz. But we had flying monkeys above us, and we couldn't get there.

Art Slusark

I feel like we developed a pretty good overall vision for the community, as far as future quality development. We essentially listened to what the people wanted and have balanced their vision with sound principal planning.

Randy Morgan

The reason that I'm running is that I want to ensure integrity continues to happen, ... Integrity is a principal that covers all issues. It is an issue. It should be the natural state of affairs.

Allan Cutler

The hands-on contribution required from me as the principal shareholder is ... now more limited and I have, as a result, decided to invite offers for the group.

John Caudwell

Our program's principal areas include outreach, monitoring, and compliance.

Ray Jaindl

That isn't happening now. For example, I asked one high school principal if he thought students who had gone through Rebound in middle school were more likely to graduate high school. He said he didn't even know which students had gone through Rebound.

Alex Saitta

A courageous and consistent economic policy must become the basis of the coalition agreement. As the situation is so dramatic, one cannot afford to further delay principal changes in economic policy.

Juergen Thumann

We was thinking that the principal was going to notify the parents, and he was going to take action like (school officials) said they were going to do, but they didn't.

Yvette Williams

While the legal deadline for initiatives is Jan. 26, we've sent a letter to the governor and the Legislature that indicated we've determined that measures approved by Feb. 16 could make the principal ballot. Legislative measures approved by March 10 could be on a supplemental ballot.

Jennifer Kerns

Employers should begin from the principal that all individuals, not just women compared with men, should receive equal pay for equal work.

Dianah Worman

It's a chicken or the egg principal. Carriers and brokers are asking 'who is going to adopt this first. 'Who is going to be the leader to build an ACORD XML interface?' The risk is the first one out there is going to have to find a partner to do it with to try to get some type of ROI.

Sean Kelly

The Club's principal purpose is to advocate for and defend pro-growth policies, ... We have consulted with counsel every step of the way and have followed the law and regulations that govern our work.

Pat Toomey

Our principal goal is restitution to the consumer.

Peter Harvey

The principal thrust of advertising is reaching a specific audience. A sports audience is not necessarily a 'Friends' audience.

Neal Pilson

My father was a vaudevillian, and my mother was principal boy in pantomime among other things such as light musical comedy.

Gale Gordon

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

John Dryden

I was worried about the amount of rain we might get. Mr. Cooley (EBHS Principal) and I got in touch with Pickering and they agreed to play Thursday.

Ernie Bertrand

The Independent Inquiry Committee now claims that Mr. Sevan received money from AMEP 'in concert with' Fred Nadler, a friend of Mr. Sevan since 1992 and a relative by marriage of (Fahkry) Abdelnour, the principal of AMEP.

Eric Lewis

The IIC claims that Mr. Sevan received money from African Middle East Petroleum in concert with Fred Nadler, a friend, and a relative by marriage of Mr. (Fakhry) Abdelnour, the principal of AMEP.

Eric Lewis

A plumber may need an office at home to keep track of the bills. But he's not earning money in the office. The principal place of business is the customer's home he's going to visit.

Elda Di Re

Every student with whom she had contact has been called by the Department of Health and the building principal.

Edward Rhine