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Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

Oscar Wilde

I don't make resolutions. If it's something I need to do, I do it. I don't wait until the new year.

Alice White

There are (election) problems every year. By (making permanent) the resolutions that have been helpful in previous years, we hope to minimize the issues, and are now able to offer amendments to make other resolutions more effective.

Nick Benson

There won't be a lot of resolutions passed here today, but the key is to get the dialogue open and to get CEOs interested in providing their customers with protection.

William Crowell

We know there are 26 other states looking at resolutions or legislation like Prop. 209. Certainly this is a case that the Supreme Court ought to have the final word on.

Mark Rosenbaum

A lot of times we set ourselves up to fail. It's interesting. A lot of times the resolutions we choose are the ones, like you said in the opening, we keep breaking over and over again. Sometimes it reflects parts of ourselves that we really need to accept instead of trying to change.

Cheryl Richardson

All of these resolutions were adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter which allows the use of force for the express purpose of restoring international peace and security.

Lord Goldsmith

I do expect to bring on some new members come 2006 because of New Year's resolutions. People decide they want to lose weight or get in shape.

Pat O'neil

China has regulations that prohibit any company to go against the U.N. resolutions. So indeed, we in China have been very serious and responsible on this question, and we have a very good track record in the U.N.,

Tang Jiaxuan

Our next step is we'll try stockholder resolutions and other ways to bring much greater scrutiny to these companies. These are the people who have to be held accountable.

Martha Burk

The congress's tasks are to review the implementation of the resolutions of the 9th party congress and decide orientations and missions for developing the country in the coming time.

Nong Duc Manh

Every county should have resolutions like this to put pressure on the governor. Overall, we are disappointed with the lack of leadership Pataki has shown in the matter. It creates a huge financial shortfall.

Ken Brewer

We hope the Iraqi side will honor its pledges and sincerely implement all relevant Security Council resolutions.

Tang Guoqiang

The law is very clear. It gives us the right to endorse or reject the resolutions or the decisions of that session.

Mahmoud Ramahi

We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds.

Igor Ivanov

We always tell our American colleagues that all Iran-Russia cooperation is in accordance with international regulations and the resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Alexander Rumyantsev

We voted to cancel all the resolutions that were taken in the February 13 session because the entire session was unconstitutional.

Mahmoud Ramahi

I really don't see any end in sight for screen resolutions getting bigger and better.

Bob Moore

The most important thing we can do is to continue to insist on full Iraqi compliance with the U.N. resolutions.

Josep Pique

Think about carrying them through. A lot of people make resolutions in January and by February they're gone with the wind.

Pat Jennerjohn

A number of the (religious) funds take part in social resolutions, in ongoing dialogues on things like worker rights or the environment.

Todd Larsen

I think they need to be able to apply some critical thinking, and I think they need to be willing to say no. I don't think that everything needs to be questioned, but I sure don't think you should have all of (the resolutions) pass.

Mike Sylvester

The criticism has been that the resolutions were not even-handed and that Israel was singled out for more criticism more often than the Palestinians were.

Michael Byers

Yesterday I sat down and made all my new year's resolution's and this was one of them, to continue at the gym.

Courtney Mansell

Resolutions come and go, but this one you could call eternal because it means that every year from now on there will be a commemoration.

Dan Gillerman

Executives at these companies are often isolated from the horrors of what the farm animals have to endure. The resolutions will raise the issue because they are printed in the companies' proxy statements and mailed to the shareholders. This way, our campaign moves into an actual agenda, and companies will have to address it and argue their case.

Bruce Friedrich

Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings.

H. R. Haweis

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

Kahlil Gibran

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

David Hare

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

Henry Moore

Two states is a very accepted solution now to everybody in Palestine. Who can destroy Israel? We cannot destroy Israel - and we don't want to destroy anybody. We want to gain some of the land given to us according to international resolutions.

Nashat Aqtash

When you think about what has been accomplished in the last 8 or 9 months, that is amazing that we have resolutions. Some parents who have children who were murdered, many of their cases may be unsolved, so I'm very happy that we have these indictments and I hope we get convictions.

Rhonda Fields

Sorry, I don't do resolutions. That's for the simple fact that, whatever I say I'm going to do, I try to do it.

Beatrice Mongo

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.

Joey Adams

It's unrealistic for people to expect that the resolution will take care of itself. Without an implementation plan, most New Year's resolutions fall by the wayside.

Barry Lieberman

We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.

Richard Boucher

This affects everything they do. What are their chances with the WTO when the whole world's passing resolutions against them?

Gary Sick

The goal of the process will be to focus on accountability, compensation as called for in the resolutions protecting the families and eventually lifting of sanctions.

James Cunningham

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

Eric Zorn

We have been able to find how the IRES bound interacts with eIF3, and we've been able to generate how the eIF3 functions. We want higher resolutions, and look at larger complexes. Right now, our resolution is limited.

Eva Nogales