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When I was so sick about ten days ago, I had a fever-induced epiphany: I needed to make several changes in my life. I needed to redefine some boundaries, and re-organize my priorities.

Wil Wheaton

I never believed that it was responsible to create this new entitlement, but it's even more irresponsible now, given that Hurricane Katrina has created new spending priorities for the federal government.

Jeff Flake

The core concept around utility computing has not changed. The priorities are to solve immediate problems, and give customers the confidence that we can set them on a path towards a data center that will be more automated, and aligned with business needs.

Kris Hagerman

Banning public smoking to reduce the number of people who smoke is low on people's list of priorities. Government should not use legislation to force people to give up smoking.

Simon Clark

Our detailed statistical review shows that FBI investigative activities in 2003 generally were in line with its post-September 11 priorities.

Glenn Fine

It's basically a business decision for Microsoft. Like any other company, we have business priorities. Our focus really is in delivering the best experience to Windows customers.

Adam Anderson

Our top priorities are projects that will increase revenue, but there also are things that you have to do.

Suzanne Gordon

It was very nice of Sweet Charity to offer its donation, ... But given the financial situation of the county, there are priorities the county needs to take care of before doing something like this.

Tim Davis

The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research.

Brett Albanese

I think we've got to look at our priorities, ... It would be very beneficial to the community to have a substation.

Sergio Sanchez

Between family and career, women are juggling so many priorities that managing finances often falls to the bottom of the list.

Lisa Caputo

Wisconsin Democrats are focused on making life more affordable for our middle-class families, so they can pay for their health care, have a good-paying job and send their kids to college. Whether it is our schools, health care, jobs, energy costs, or the ongoing war in Iraq, one thing is clear: When it comes to these priorities, Democrats are on the side of Wisconsin families.

Joe Wineke

It's kind of simple, really. We couldn't leave those kids. I don't know if we didn't have our priorities right or what. But those kids mean everything to us.

Jack O'brien

I had other priorities in the 60's than military service.

Dick Cheney

Sure, it would be great if we had every single one of the best athletes in Canada here. However, we know that athletes have all sorts of priorities.

Ross Outerbridge

My main priorities are to increase the student numbers, keep the school functioning well and maintain a superior academic environment for the students.

David Newman

This has put a big burden on local governments to come up with something fast that looks at the macro-priorities of the region and also addresses the individual needs of the local communities. And we know that government doesn't start and stop on a dime.

David Vossbrink

This is embarrassing as hell -- to be playing out what is essentially a shooting match between Seattle City Hall and Seattle legislators before the 6 million people of the state. We don't have the alignment around some really critical community priorities that I think other cities do.

Steve Leahy

It is part of the job. It's one of the priorities to maintain and grow the majority in the House. He certainly does a lot of it for members in their districts, sometimes in Washington as well.

Burson Taylor

The first step to dealing with sleep deprivation is restructuring priorities to allow for adequate sleep.

Peter Johnsen

Mr. Levy's case should serve as a notice that the Justice Department has made prosecution of Internet piracy one of its priorities.

James Robinson

With a war ongoing, we need to be able to provide fast feedback for troops in the field as well as to people making decisions about research priorities.

Col. Lee Cancio

The Administration's proposal to change to crop insurance and payment limits must be addressed in the larger farm policy discussion not simply as a budget cutting measure. Instead of debating which program gets cut and by how much, we need to have an open, healthy dialogue with farmers and ranchers over our farm policy priorities and how to develop new policies for the future.

Ralph Grossi

Bringing young players through the ranks has always been one of the manager's main priorities.

Ryan Giggs

First, you try to avoid bad employees by hiring carefully. If you made a mistake in hiring, then you have to understand why the employee isn't performing well. It can be a lack of training, a poorly defined roll, lack of feedback, shifting organizational priorities or something deeper.

Dr. Lynda Dahlke

One of the reasons there is reluctance among business users is that they have higher priorities.

Lisa Pierce

I thank God I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure is sometimes the first step to success, and where success is only another form of failure if we forget where our priorities should be.

Harry Lloyd

Not that they can't do it, but with every company you have to have priorities.

Bill Bryant

You can't have 100 priorities. I mean, we have 47 days between now and the end of June (when legislators go home for the summer).

Rob Nicholson

Could the minister tell us where his priorities lie: searching for fishermen in distress or for employees who have gone AWOL?

Loyola Hearn

Clearly our priorities are perverse. Our government punishes the good guys and lets, in some cases, the really bad guys help run the show and set the agendas.

Danielle Brian

Climate change and offsetting carbon dioxide emissions are high priorities for the Turin Winter Games, especially as winter sports and climate change are closely interrelated.

Ugo Pretato

The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie.

Scott Bakula

The bridges did not pass our test of priorities, ... We felt we could not in good faith approve this project.

Joe Knollenberg

We are shifting resources. We are not at full capacity. We continue to talk to our customers. We will focus on the priorities that they give us.

Bud Grebey

We've left every option on the table to consider in the next few months, including disbanding. It's a matter of finding the right niche for this organization, rather than being at odds with the priorities of this community.

Ray Trzynka

It's a matter of priorities.

Sue Stevens

We've all agreed to certain priorities and I think that's really the important aspect, and the state's been very cooperative.

Robert Kritzman

Resolving these important issues will enhance the company's ability to focus on our transformation and renewal priorities and our customers.

Mike Zafirovski

It's very educational to us out of Austin, to come out into the field and visit first had with city leaders and the people to find out what those transportation needs and priorities are.

Randall Dillard

We're short on money for Kentucky's most important priorities. In that case, they have to come before just having money sit in bank accounts.

Harry Moberly

He has three or four issue priorities that he wants to work on, and he focuses.

Ran Coble

We have been in discussions for a second park in China for some time. But we have priorities and a focus. We have a first park in China already, and we want to make it successful.

Irene Chan

This is the beginning of the process. There will be a lot of votes and we are confident that at the end of the day we will have a package that significantly reflects the president's priorities and focus.

Claire Buchan

We haven't as a city determined what our priorities are going to be. We have a lot of needs all over the city, including the southern sector. We have to determine how to meet those needs and balance that with how much money DART has.

Linda Koop

Each of these priorities address needs that Kentucky has to make it more educated, healthier and wealthier.

Jay Blanton

Nine-eleven made me a more emotional person. It arranged people's priorities.

David Grossman

It was a matter of priorities. They had the school parking lots all torn up and had other commitments. They felt the necessity to take care of those projects first.

Tom Slater

Important meetings take place between the Clerk and whichever government wins to go over the priorities of government, how the government is set up, where the bathroom is, things like that. It obviously changes whether there's an incumbent government or a new government, but those kinds of things continue to happen regardless.

Hali Gernon

She wanted to graduate early. She had high priorities, and she knew what she wanted. At one time, she said she wanted to be a veterinarian.

Judy Shepherd

It's something we have to decide as a country. What are our priorities?

Brian M. Riedl

Hopefully, the House will be able to return some of that money to the people of Florida while also addressing all the important priorities.

Towson Fraser

We shifted the priorities away from money and opened the doors to make the inaugural more accessible and affordable.

Richard Mcgrath

These things are all important to us. Clearly, economic diversity and service is one of the priorities at the University.

Carol Wood

If money were no object, schools would love to have an iconic design by a world-famous architect. People want to get the best-looking facilities they can. But they know they can't afford everything. We try to understand what the competing priorities are.

Frank Hayes

Understand our priorities and certainly understand the issue that if there's no security, nothing else is going to get done.

Marc Grossman

The second quarter represents an example of our priorities during these times – customer growth, financial discipline, and continued investment in innovation.

Scott Kriens

It's hard to beat. Our enforcement manpower is low, and they've got other priorities.

Bruce Berry

They made it pretty clear where their priorities were.

Adrian Aucoin

The state has higher priorities, the city has higher priorities, the railroads individually have higher priorities, and it's still needed.

Jim Labelle

You get to a certain age and you start to rethink your life and rethink your priorities.

Jennifer Tilly

We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities.

Georgi Purvanov

We're really hoping to come away with a much better vision, in terms of what our priorities would be.

Aaron Woods

We are mindful that higher education can play an increasingly prominent role in national priorities through our research, advanced degree programs, and educational outreach.

Graham Spanier

It's a question of whether the president's domestic agenda, which Sen. Thune endorsed earlier, is going to go very far this calendar year, ... There's been some changed priorities.

Bob Burns

We believe our ability to successfully reverse this volume erosion is limited by the continuing overhang of government litigation and investigation issues. The resolution of these issues remains among our highest priorities.

Trevor Fetter

We didn't plan any one of them, but higher forces and recognizing priorities helped us along the way. We can't wait to meet this newest addition to our family!

Jennie Garth

This is deeply disturbing, ... Quite frankly, this is a case in which I hope our mayor, our police commission and our community leaders can step in to remind everyone of our shared priorities.

Bob Baker

In the developing world, where the penetration of antiretroviral therapy in adults is limited, the priorities were made to determine if one could prevent the next generation from getting infected.

Donna Mildvan

It makes you look at your priorities.

Kathy Bates

We don't tell them exactly what to spend. Parks typically gets the greatest amount of local option money and they spend it on whatever priorities they feel are most important.

Brent Trout

I think it's indicative of people changing their personal priorities.

David Gerber

It was bumped down lower [two years ago] because there were other projects that were higher priorities.

Andrew Benelli

Their priorities are out of whack.

Brett Bader

Dwight's got a lot to offer. He's just got to get himself to the point where his priorities are in order. There's a lot of people that care about him and love him and are willing to help him. The only problem is, you've got to help yourself.

Lou Piniella

We call on you to continue moral and financial support, and to direct all aid to the Palestinian treasury so it can be used in keeping with the priorities of the Palestinian people.

Ismail Haniyah

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.

Sogyal Rinpoche

I am focusing on things where we can build on this management tradition that we have, advance smart priorities and do so in ways that save us money on the back end.

Tim Kaine

The degree to which this will fit into our immediate future - do we have the staff, can we get a consultant lined up, does this fit into our priorities - are all questions.

Tom Beekman

We are used to transporting millions of people ... transporting them safely. And we want to keep that impeccable record so. We know what our priorities are.

Sir Richard Branson

One of my priorities -- one of the game's priorities -- is the internationalization of baseball. We're doing everything we can to move the sport in an international direction. I think it's going to be absolutely spectacular.

Bud Selig

Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities.

Bill Thompson

One of my priorities is to go to the beach. It's been five years.

Busho Ibrahim Ali

It's a question of whether they choose to put revenues into employee benefits or shareholder dividends, and I think their priorities are off base.

John Harrity

The problem is not money. The problem is priorities and leadership.

Brett Bader

I personally am hoping to educate people about housing up here and how Long Gulch Ranch fits into the housing priorities here.

Dan Levin

Our priorities right now are land acquisition for parks and renovating existing parks.

Mark Wasserman

It just didn't fit our priorities.

Bill C. Davis

Ending mandatory retirement would allow workers to retire based on lifestyle, circumstance and priorities.

Chris Bentley

It's just a continuous process..one of my priorities so it will grow.

Corky Mattingly

We always use the transition to cut costs and align our teams to the new priorities. We've been in this place before.

Trudy Muller

We obviously have different priorities, and I think we can work together and understand each others? issues.

Susan Viccaro

There's a lot more focus on the individual sectors from the investors' standpoint. From a management standpoint, there's a change in priorities. If they're focusing on restructuring, they're not focusing on the core business.

John Boland

I think it's a question of priorities.

Doug Schoen

Expanding bulky-item pickup service has been one of my priorities.

Mufi Hannemann

This is consistent with the administration's priorities to invest in programs that support education and health care.

Andrew Ross

Determining priorities in this business is something we all have to work at, and I don't think we're there yet.

Carter Morris

She always had her priorities in the right place.

Claudia Stuart

People start out loving their work when they're young, and then corporate America disappoints them. Their family is growing, and dropping the kids off at day care isn't satisfying them. Their priorities start to change.

Heidi Perry

If you look at Republican priorities, they're not in line with what the people of Florida want. But they may be in line with special interests -- and special interest money.

Mark Bubriski

They really look forward to mail. It's very high on their list of priorities. They really like the telephone calls, but a call is expensive. Staying in touch with the outside is really what they want to do.

Brenda Guiden

The company's top priorities have been to improve our financial position and resolve regulatory issues facing the company.

Steve Malcolm

Even though cities are the very center of homeland security, they seem to be an afterthought when it comes to federal and state priorities for providing funding and communicating key information.

Karen Anderson

Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.

Scott Caan

In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.

Alan Lakein

I do feel we are (shifting) our priorities.

Peter Wuffli

This issue of the amendment ranks dead last on a list of priorities for voters.

Brad Luna

The chief of naval operations has outlined an aggressive enterprise IT strategy, and formation of this EPMO will set the stage for future IT growth throughout the Navy. BearingPoint is honored to assist in transforming the way the Navy manages and delivers on its IT priorities.

Beth Smith

We're constantly making sure every bridge in the state is structurally sound. It's one of our priorities.

Derrick Mason

The president's a proud conservative ... His priorities reflect this and his agenda reflects this.

Tracey Schmitt

It's a matter of manpower and priorities.

Sgt. Gary Haigh

People are our most important asset, and hiring a friendly, energetic staff for our seasonal jobs is one of our top priorities each year.

Jeff Calhoun

We have no near-term plans for a manufacturing version. It's not on our roadmap right now. We've decided that our priorities will be in other areas.

Sean Rollings

The President's budget represents a starting point for what is certain to be a long debate in the Congress over the priorities of government.

James Talent

1. Optimize potential. 2. Facilitate empowerment. 3. Implement visioning. 4. Strategize priorities. 5. Augment core structures.

Connie Willis

This report confirms that Al Gore has the right priorities to help improve our public schools.

Douglas Hattaway

United States' priorities in Bosnia.

Radovan Karadzic

I can't imagine drastic reductions. The president made this one of his priorities. Not only will some of the traditional Hill supporters oppose drastic reductions, but (so would) the president himself.

Dave Weldon

It will be a challenge. But during the election, we were clear about the five priorities we had and I think we'll have support in the House of Commons because people voted based on those.

James Flaherty

Vaccine production in this country is not tied to public health priorities.

Dr. William Schaffner

One of my top priorities will be making sure farmers and ranchers get a fair shake and access to markets for their products.

Jay Vavricek

It's a matter of what are our priorities as a nation. Obviously, our priorities are guns and not books.

Dan Curtis

You're sending a message about what the state's transportation priorities are.

Damien Newton

We have limited dollars and were trying to set priorities.

Jim Malueg

The priorities are keeping people out of dangerous situations and being able to help others who may need some assistance from our community.

Bill Byrne

Strategic planning will help you fully uncover your available options, set priorities for them, and define the methods to achieve them.

Robert J. Mckain

Funding is the issue here. There is money for what we consider our public-policy priorities, and mental health is not a public-policy priority.

Jim Dailey

It is a bit about priorities, I believe.

Sara Jones

We may not dictate to the executive what its priorities should have been.

Janice Brown

I am honored to be a part of the budget conference process. This appointment will allow me to fight for the important priorities of my constituents.

Rep. Anne Gannon

That he's so focused to win a gold and put his priorities there are things that all Olympians would like to do.

Sanders Hicks

We support the congresswoman in her assessment of national priorities and will continue our coordinated effort to bring a state-of-the-art control tower to the area as soon as possible.

Richard Walsh

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

H. L. Hunt

I don't see a scientific justification. I think we really need to step back and look at the entire spectrum of priorities that NASA is facing.

Berrien Moore

I knew something had to change, but I didn't know what it was, ... Now, I feel like I have my priorities straight.

Lee Williams

Some of us are very concerned that the tax cut proposed is too large and may not provide adequate funding for priorities like education and prescription drug coverage [for seniors].

Parris Glendening

Many clinical priorities aren't recorded and some targets, like A&E and GP bookings, create more problems than they solve.

Andrew Lansley

It'll be one of the top priorities. Communities only get to build new hospitals once every 50 years, maybe. It's critical that we're able to look into the future and anticipate our needs.

George Rohrich

The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.

David Atkinson

Strengthening the balance sheet has long been one of his priorities. But no discussions are under way.

Tricia Primrose

Bedding is part of the working conditions in a hotel, and it is one of our priorities to reduce the workload of the housekeeping staff.

Joe Mclaughlin

I don't have any priorities.

Joe Schminkey

It's going to be difficult to enforce, and one of the priorities to couple with things is going to be education. Let's try education first, and let's not even talk about the fine first.

Sarah Davis

Through stake holder meetings the public is given an opportunity to help local conservation leaders set program priorities. These meetings are open to the public.

Tom Holt

Nobody can question the priorities of the President to commute or pardon.

Pablo Garcia

Both these issues are priorities for the administration. She wanted to hear what was being discussed on these two topics. The committee, the public and the governor agree it's not a partisan issue. Affordable housing is affecting everyone in the community.

Russell Pang

Misplaced spending priorities in Washington.

Ken Cook

Confidence can erode rapidly. As the global environment changes, caution and prudence should be the priorities for risk managers, investors and financial institutions.

William Rhodes

(Davis) will provide new leadership and possibly new priorities. He will also provide a fresh look at challenges.

Dorothy Lord

That was one of our top priorities. Once it goes that way, it's driven very, very quickly toward Malibu.

Mike Bryant

One of the most important priorities for me is to make sure all rails, roadways and bridges are secure.

Kris Kolluri

I find Karl Rove's sense of priorities very curious.

Chris Thorne

Clearly, campaign finance reform and toughening the historic law that was passed last year is one of the governor's top priorities.

John Wiltse

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.

David Broder

This one looks very unlikely. BBVA is currently focused on trying to get (Italy's) BNL. Its priorities after that are in the (southern) U.S. for links with its Mexican business.

Sheila Garrard

We're looking forward to it, though. It's all about giving small businesses an avenue to best meet their bookkeeping priorities.

Lynn Beare

We only have a finite amount of money, so it will be extremely important to set those priorities.

Darryl Franklin

There clearly were years when there was $40 million available. Everyone realizes the need and it has to be weighed against all the other priorities too.

Dennis Schain

It's a gross mismanagement and a gross lack of priorities.

Patrick Brown

My priorities are going to stay the same. I don't see them changing.

Roberto G. Medina

I think it does deserve reconsideration. It will be one of my priorities.

Lisa Jackson

One of our top priorities is to help our existing business expand, which means assisting with everything from incentives to space to employees. We want them to stay and grow in Louisville.

Joe Reagan

Football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse are going to probably be the priorities from an athletic facility standpoint.

Gary Pruitt

Women just do not have access to health care services. We as a country have to do better. Improving access is one of the highest priorities.

Marcia Greenberger

At the time the books were released, I was in custody, so I had higher priorities - dealing with my criminal case - than dealing with litigation. There's a lot of information out there that is inaccurate.

Kevin Mitnick

We understand that their needs and priorities are farther west right now, ... That's where the development is.

David Collier

There are no restrictions on this money. We're giving people the right to choose what they spend their money on as we respect them enough to make their own decisions and priorities.

Rosie Jackson

We need to dedicate the transportation dollars we have to our highest priorities - places where congestion is an impediment to job creation.

Allan Zaremberg

The wilderness is derived by not being allowed to know what's next until you do your homework. The people who stop and do this are so much better off because they really clarify their values and priorities.

Ruth Luban

Everything changed - my life, my priorities, my values.

Chris Hardwick

I'm not saying we don't need a high school. I know we do. I just think our priorities need to be with the elementary and middle school.

Jeff Baker

This meeting gives frontline workers and employers a forum for their concerns. We need to know who is most at risk, what the issues are and what research areas should be key priorities to improve working conditions in the future.

Scott Clark

Education is very much in crisis right now. We need to redirect our priorities away from the war and toward our children and their future, which means education.

Rae Vogeler

My priorities have always been to work for the people.

Bill Dwyer

The feds should allow each region to understand what its priorities are because from there in their ivory towers, they don't really know what each region needs. Let us decide where the money goes.

Franco Magnifico

The merger brings together key assets related to UCG in a tightly connected team, making it easier to ensure we have well-aligned priorities, an integrated R&D platform, and the best partner ecosystem.

Anoop Gupta

Alleviating the plight of manufacturing, and countering the downward pressures on the economy, are now key priorities.

David Kern

We've all got new priorities now, and we all know what we want. We made a point of becoming friends again before we signed the reunion deal - so it's different now. And our music is sounding better than ever.

Natalie Appleton

As with anything, you have to restructure your priorities constantly. There might be days when ... I'll say, 'OK, I've gotta go home and spend time with my kids.' They're my life.

Cynthia Lockhart

It's a budget that sets priorities. It's a budget that will help us sustain economic growth and uphold pro-development policies.

Abdulnabi Macki

We know there are competing priorities. But we strongly believe the state must commit its general fund dollars to meet this existing commitment.

Eddie O'leary

Our priorities remain meeting our commitments, especially aircraft and spare parts to the U.S. military to support all their efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Ed Steadham

We've got no alternative but to transfer funds from defense to other priorities like welfare and education.

Zeev Holtzman