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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

Horace Mann

It's a difficult piece of property to categorize with single-family zoning and steep banks abutting railroad tracks and industry, with park property across the street. We've had informal discussions with a developer who might want to do something there with multiple-family zoning.

Jennifer Frey

Anyone who came in when he did would have had a steep hill to climb, in part because change can be difficult.

Jane Harman

Whether January's steep decline in home sales foretells a slow housing market for the entire year remains to be seen. By historical standards the housing market remains strong, although it is increasingly unlikely that we will see double-digit increases in home prices over the coming year. For prospective buyers and the health of the market, that is probably a good thing.

Leonard Zumpano

Some German machinery firms are highly dependent on doing business with Iran, so sanctions would hit them very hard. We are expecting a steep decline in trade for this year already. Several companies are slowly pulling out because of the unstable situation in Iran. It's simply too risky for them.

Jochen Clausnitzer

It seems like a pretty steep price. The range I was hearing was closer to $1.5 to $2 billion.

Charles Norton

Even in long-term use cases, the plaintiffs are going to have to show that it was this drug and not their pre-existing risk factors and medical conditions that caused their heart attacks. That's just going to be a steep hill for these plaintiffs to climb.

Chuck Harrell

This was a counter-weight to the steep rise of prices we might expect due to the lack of feathers. Still, in 30 years the price for a box of 12 shuttles has doubled.

Herman Moens

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.

Hesiod

They are paying a pretty steep price. They don't have tons of traffic but they do have a highly targeted traffic.

Craig Bibb

The mountain got too steep to climb.

Matt Bennett

They're like very steep, peaked mountains -- and only the tops are vegetated.

Charlie Crisafulli

We like technical snowshoeing. We'll have some nice steep climbs, some fun descents. We hope it's dumping because that makes it even more adventurous. I always change the course. We have a pretty strong core group. They've been doing it since its inception, so I like to give them something a little different.

Bruce Kelly

Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, I'm at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know.

Henry Lawson

It's a complicated process to look from receiver to receiver. The steep learning curve is going to turn off most casual gamers.

Jim Scott

Level land is a rare commodity in the steep slopes of southern West Virginia.

Bill Raney

That's a steep growth curve that's hidden, ... I think it's a great long-term investment.

Jay Harris

The slope was so steep that when one person stumbled, they fell like dominoes.

Vidal Querol

Brakes are typically neglected. It's one of the more important things when you're cruising down that steep hill.

Dave Ballard

Next year is going to be the peak year in many different ways. We're seeing a steep increase in 3G users now, so we have to keep the momentum going next year.

Masao Nakamura

We continue to experience a steep growth curve and positive response from customers that are aggressively transitioning their procurement processes to leverage our technologies' benefits.

Charles Jackson

Investors were disappointed because they were expecting around 5 billion riyals of profit in the fourth quarter. They then decided that the drop was too steep.

Hesham Abojamee

We were stunned when we got to the comet and saw incredible features - steep cliffs, overhanging cliffs, spires and many features which, oddly enough, we had never been seen on other Solar System bodies.

Don Brownlee

Vendors are likely to see a fundamental shift in the market as they come to grips with the steep decline in mature-market desk-based growth and are forced to seek growth in other market segments.

George Shiffler

It's not a steep cut. But this budget continues the erosion that's been going on for six years.

Iris Lav

A new CEO, a new approach to doing business, and clear up this kind of unfinished business -- that's the strategy here, ... It's a steep price to pay, but markets hate uncertainty. It's a price worth paying for Boeing.

Richard Aboulafia

I don't think there's any price that you could put on a life, ... But I think the price needs to be steep enough for the officers that are trigger-happy to become a financial liability for the city.

Charles Barron

We still worry that, at the stock's current valuation, implicit expectations seem somewhat steep relative to the guidance we anticipate.

Rod Bourgeois

I thought it went really well. It was a pretty open course. There were not so many turns and it was not so steep. That made it pretty tight.

Lindsey Kildow

We believe a contract with steep labor concessions is the sign of a troubled core industry, not 'good news' for investors.

Gary Lapidus

Given the level that he's reached in such a short period of time, Anthony is on a very steep progression curve. He still has a lot more improving to do, but the biggest thing I see in Anthony is just the consistency in his skating technique.

Derrick Campbell

Wal-Mart isn't the only company making corporate contributions. Several companies are actively contributing. At the end of the day, this company still has a very steep hill to climb because its problems are too endemic.

Alan Siegel

Our life's journey of self-discovery is not a straight-line rise from one level of consciousness to another. Instead, it is a series of steep climbs and flat plateaus, then further climbs. Even though we all approach the journey from different directions, certain of the journey's characteristics are common to all of us.

Stuart Wilde

I don't know about this one. It looks steep.

Stephanie Soddy

There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there. There will be setbacks and false.

Barack Obama

[Better terms. Contracts with steep termination fees are another barrier to dumping a carrier. Carriers could initially roll out longer contracts with higher termination fees, but may compete over the long run by offering fewer binding contracts.] It's going to be hard for carriers to stick with a system that punishes consumers, ... Consumers just won't accept that.

Adam Goldberg

The learning curve that was so steep for my opponent when he came into office caused this situation to be exacerbated beyond what it should have been.

Freman Hendrix

On the downhill, there's a steep downhill and a dip up a little bit. At the very same place [on] the two laps I was stuck and went flying. The second lap, I broke the pole and the ski hit smack on my face.

Prawat Nagvajara

Her swing changed in a way I hadn't seen before. She quit turning and got steep. She stopped being a repeater, which is what she usually does better than anybody.

Carol Mann

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?

James Beattie

We're beginning to appreciate that baby boomers aren't traditional retirees; they plan to be active, whether that means working, volunteering or continuing to run a business. On the other hand, affluent individuals may continue to work to absorb steep and ever-climbing healthcare costs when they retire.

Tom Hines

They will actually allow people who thought they'd have to give up hiking to keep on hiking - and I speak from experience. I had serious difficulty going down steep mountain trails. It benefits people who had to be more cautious, and baby their knees.

Rich Orr

It has been a rough 15 hours. Yesterday afternoon [Tuesday] the wind came up to 30 knots from the south-east and some large and steep waves built up. We're launching off the waves at 11 knots and slamming down hard, making some awful sounds, so we even slowed her down for a while. You can't win if the boat breaks.

Paul Cayard

The IXY model sold well without steep discounts.

Toshizo Tanaka

To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.

Alcaeus

I think we can manage to make up the value of yesterday's steep falls.

Tatsuyuki Kawasaki

I understand that some debt disappears. But this steep incline ... this is serious stuff.

Dick Bronson

The pitch of the Nikkei's rise has been quite steep, so after its gains a slight correction was probably in order.

Katsumi Nishiyama

And the ratio of art galleries to other types of businesses in the downtown area is quite steep in favor of the galleries. It's a quiet development and we are hoping people will start stopping off on their way to Spring Green, or wherever.

Marcia Miquelon

The challenging part is that it had a metal roof. It was pretty steep, and it tends to get a little slippery.

Dave Scott

It's difficult because it's steep and rocky and there's not good anchors.

Dave Booton

I expect some volatile moves this week, especially with the steep drop in U.S. shares. Oil-related shares may get a boost on the back of higher commodities prices.

Norihiro Fujito

The learning curve is so steep in these last couple of weeks. We're learning new things every day. It's all linked with the taper both clubs are experiencing.

Tom Parker

Will the company take another steep dividend increase? Will the company embark on a more sizeable share buyback program? Will the company make any corporate acquisitions? Pfizer could conceivably do all of the above.

Timothy Anderson

Given the response to our scholarship program in the past two years, and with the recent cuts to student loan programs by Congress, it is clear that there is a huge need for these resources. So many GLBT students - as well as their supporters - face steep challenges in funding their education, so we are grateful for the generous bequest and donations that make this program possible.

Jody M. Huckaby

Mr. Bailey has obviously paid a very steep price for his mistake, and I think this is an appropriate resolution.

Robert Herzfeld

It's definitely something we want to shoot for, and if we attain it, that's great. It's definitely a steep record to catch.

Troy Matteson

I think it's steep. But there always has to be a level of ideal.

Nancy Turner

The curves on each side of the bridge were steep.

Dejarvis Leonard

Most of the inspectors, even though they have technical skills, are not experienced in conducting inspections, and they'll be on a very steep learning curve.

Jonathan Tucker

The question going forward is do you trade directors with 100 percent purity but facing a steep learning curve with those that are competent and seasoned board members? I would say until proven guilty, you keep working with those you have.

Donald Light

I always joke with him that he raised goats, and that's why he likes all these hikes that are real steep. He doesn't like anything that's flat. If you want to go on a flat hike, you don't want to go with him.

Bill Anning

It will be virtually impossible to reach the limits on the land use due to the topography. It's basically a series of steep ridges.

Jay Bell

The key factors helping to buoy spending over the November-December gift-buying period were continued employment gains coupled with a steep reduction in gas prices.

Wayne Best

Given the fact the economy is doing a bit better following the steep slowdown late last year, the Fed is not ready to pull the trigger right away. But clearly the Fed is not done with easing just yet.

Gary Schlossberg

This will probably be the last time we say he has a steep learning curve. He's now got experience of all the rallies and his year will be focused on building on 2005's solid foundations. Both he and the team will be looking for good finishes.

David Lapworth

It's a tough business, ... You are bidding set prices on multi-dimensional construction projects and the competition is very steep.

Paul Nisbet

If we make it steep, it'll get their attention and get their animals under control.

Chris Carter

Avalanche danger is something to consider. That's only an issue when there are steep slopes above you or when you're in a chute.

Alvin Anderson

The correction on Friday eradicated some of the bullish consensus. It's the nature of this market to correct in an abrupt, steep but short-lived fashion.

Eugene Peroni

The basic market leadership is still intact. It's the nature of this market to correct in an abrupt, steep but short-lived fashion.

Eugene Peroni

The semiconductor industry will, we believe, experience period capacity shortages for these leading-edge production wafers. As some of the end markets for our products begin a steep growth phase, we will need every wafer we can get.

Eli Harari

There is a very steep learning curve, even for someone as versed in constitutional law as Roberts is.

Edward Lazarus

They've only taken the first step on the climb up Mount Everest. It's a long, steep climb, but give them credit for wanting to do it right. Just because they're champions in football doesn't necessarily mean it will be an easy road in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing. I think they are aware of that.

Eddie Gossage