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Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

Thomas H. Huxley

We will continue to urge major political candidates to appear on our station. In return, we pledge to continue to provide the most thoughtful, in-depth, intelligent, responsible and responsive electronic news coverage of the political process in the Pittsburgh region.

Patrick Henry

Ruby had it all. She was kind. She was thoughtful. She included other children. She was one of those kids as a teacher you would say, 'That's a really neat kid.' We used to call her Ruby Red because she wore red sparkly slippers.

Susie Corbett

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!

Margaret Mead

What they've done is thoughtful, analytically sound and numerically cautious ... but they haven't put in the huge caveat about the range of uncertainty, ... It's so large that we can't know if the problem is twice as great or a quarter as great as what they're saying.

Richard Kogan

SAS thinks that Computerworld has provided an excellent forum for open and thoughtful discussions that are valuable for business intelligence users and vendors alike. This conference is a real opportunity to share best practices and gain insights and perspectives on how the combination of data integration analytics and information delivery will change the way organizations compete.

Keith Collins

I'm so enthused by these young people. They are some of the most brilliant, thoughtful people I've met. To be able to hone their skills is kind of a dream come true for me. It has been a very delightful experience.

Bradley Wirth

Mr. Harper's hit a home run. Wilson's the quintessential Canadian - thoughtful, reserved but very strong.

James Blanchard

The progression of the students has been amazing over the months. The students have learned to speak in a thoughtful and eloquent manner, and those skills are priceless later on in life.

Shawna Gallo

My door is always open to any member who wishes to build consensus on reducing unnecessary spending. My preference is to consider any proposal in a thoughtful, deliberate manner rather than reading about it in the newspaper.

Jerry Lewis

He's a great listener who can assess a situation very quickly and come up with some good advice. He's very thoughtful in the advice, because he knows that a little move right now can make a bulls-eye down the road. He's not going to go for just a quick fix.

Michael Brunker

The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.

Francine Du Plessix Gray

It feels a little bit more like we're in a banana republic than sort of the leading country in the world with a 7 percent move up, 3 percent moves down last week. So it's certainly not a market that investors can do a whole lot with in a methodical, systematic, thoughtful way.

Drew Cupps

[n Third place in the news category went to Catherine Kavanaugh and Christy Strawser for a series titled] Church breaks gun laws ... consistently good, thoughtful coverage of a sensitive issue.

Christian Church

I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third-graders in a space of fifteen minutes.

Jane Elliot

We believe an improvement to the moratorium would be a process that is a bit more thoughtful and predictable than just throwing it up for grabs in the legislative process.

Bruce Rueben

We know that the [DEP] staff has been very busy on other things and busy at other meetings because we've been at all the same meetings. This is a very important decision for us, it's important for the state and we want DEP to have ample time to make a thoughtful decision.

Don Meagher

It's a very complex, thoughtful and aesthetically rich body of work. It's easier in a way to appreciate its sensual qualities without his humorous, yet slightly menacing presence. A lot of people who could never have coped with him when he was alive are now buying his work.

Diedrich Diederichsen

The only thing that will change that permanently is the presence of wolves unbridled by human management. Politics is driving this. It should be good science and thoughtful policy.

Rob Edward

Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at our company. Her long history of service at BellSouth and in the community combined with her breadth of business knowledge makes her a tremendous asset to this Board.

Duane Ackerman

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also the thoughtful preparation of meals, the serving of meals, meals communally shared: a sense of the sacred in the profane.

Joyce Carol Oates

He's smart, he's thoughtful, he's a hard worker. He's clearly dedicated to the community. He'll be a positive force.

Guy Guzzone

Donor-advised funds are part of a fundamental shift in philanthropy toward more strategic and thoughtful giving by a broad spectrum of donors -a shift that we believe will continue to result in more dollars flowing to the nation's charities.

David Guinta

These are critically important issues that need to be brought to our attention, ... We want to be informed by thoughtful students, who have studied these issues in-depth, about what programs work and what needs to be improved.

Peter Salovey

Everybody has to take a deep breath and approach this in a thoughtful way. The developers and the city officials have to approach the community — and especially the affected property owners — with respect, and the public needs to keep an open mind.

Debra Cohen

Mike has built up a reputation of being a reasonable, thoughtful person who isn't an ideologue or one who bends to the political winds of the time.

Gloria Flora

This was a dedicated jury that asked a lot of relevant questions, paid close attention to the testimony and evidence presented and gave thoughtful consideration to these serious charges. We are very pleased with the verdicts.

Gwen Harris

We are pleased to honor such a generous and supportive family with the Hope Award this year. The Mays family members exemplify conscientious and thoughtful community leadership.

Mark Neagli

I think the citizens felt they wanted more input on city decisions. I think they're uniformly concerned about development that hasn't been planned or as thoughtful as it could be.

Barbara Hoppe

If the conditions are right to mount a campaign for a quarter-cent transportation sale tax ballot measure in November 2006, we will need the leadership and guidance of thoughtful elected officials such as yourself. We hope you will join us in this effort.

Carl Guardino

We have been very thoughtful about presenting a multipronged agenda.

Tom Shea

Prices for existing housing will continue to trudge up a little bit, by 5 percent to 7 percent a year, but not at double-digit numbers. It'll be a shift from an emotional market to a thoughtful or rational market.

Mark Riedy

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

Sandra Day O'conner

I thought it went really well. I'd say we had about 25 people. We had a good cross-representation of people that live on all sides of the project. There were some very thoughtful questions about both the process of construction and things that they should anticipate, and also the desire to have strong communications with us while we're going through that.

Bob Workman

History proves that we give thoughtful consideration to fare moves. Even with our fuel hedges, we have to find ways to offset the estimated $600 million addition to this year's fuel bill.

Paula Berg

With so many important technology issues being debated at the state and federal level, there is a real need for an independent and thoughtful voice. Our goal is to approach technology policy debates with reasoned and expert analysis that supports long-term innovation.

Cal Dooley

Welcomes a diversity of thoughtful views.

Chris Winans

The taxpayers deserve a thoughtful, regular review of their government's spending.

Clay Johnson

The key is, clients really need to understand the role they want the consultant to play. Basically each group has strengths. A client has to be thoughtful about who they select.

William Band

P.E.M. is a place where that celebrates the art worldwide and offers thoughtful and engaging programs around the holidays and exhibitions, creating unique experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds. Atrium Alive brings the museum alive with ideas, programs, and people.

Vas Prabhu

There is much more awareness now than 10 to 15 years ago that it is a tricky, risky undertaking, and that you have to be good at it. That has led to better execution because people are more thoughtful about it.

Stephen Glover

[Heather McDonald's thoughtful Broadway drama,] An Almost Holy Picture, ... I was at the theater one night and a woman said to her friend, 'This is a musical, isn't it?'

Kevin Bacon

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Omar Khayyam

He was a very personally attractive, excited, and thoughtful guy who cared about a wide range of science. When I first heard there was a question about his work, it came as a very great surprise to me.

David Baltimore

This will not be an instant book, ... This event touches upon so many important issues that it deserves thoughtful treatment from someone, like Horne, who experienced it first hand and can vividly capture each moment, but also has the ability and access to provide the critical long view.

Random House

It makes us aware the person is not very thoughtful or doesn't know us very well.

Lisa Daily

Terry's a thoughtful, intelligent man and he did not take his media imperialist roots to Sunnyvale. And that's what got him on the road to fluency, which he's mastered. That's some feat for an old-media dog, speaking as one who could be similarly described.

Barry Diller

Growth has not only returned, but re-established itself, ... Any blanket declaration that we're back to the good old days would be wrong [though]. It's a more selective and thoughtful return to demand.

Scott Kriens

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

Rabbi Harold Kushner

Here, you have Kuumbwa built specifically for music. It?s a simple and thoughtful room.

Tom Miller

This book-amber-clear, cool and with a good head-deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who never drink.

John Wain

He was a very compassionate and thoughtful man who left his mark on this area.

Jeff Stone

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

John Lancaster Spalding

One of the things that impressed me most was the seriousness and earnestness with which it was delivered. I was impressed with just how thoughtful it was and just how big he's dreamt for Notre Dame.

Paul Weithman

The concern is they are going to take this too far and we really need to be thoughtful in our approach.

Laura Harris

He's a great guy to work with, and that's very important. He's thoughtful, energetic,and he's a great planner. But his second serve is getting far too good.

Sean Mcguire

His depth of experience and thoughtful approach made a lasting contribution to 7-Eleven.

Jim Keyes

Social Security was intended to be a guarantee to American workers: it will be there, and it will be there for everyone. We have kept that promise for 70 years, and we can continue to do so if we take time once again to make thoughtful, bipartisan adjustments to the system. It is a pact worth keeping.

Carl Levin

If we change our mind, if we change governors, if we change legislatures, we're stuck for 75 years which makes it important that we take our time and make a thoughtful decision here. There's been no individual analysis of this deal.

Sen. Vi Simpson

Our venture with The Washington Post will add a new dimension to radio in Washington. It will be smart, savvy, provocative and thoughtful. News hungry Washington is the best town for this new format.

Bruce Reese

Dad was a Scout, but got back into it through my troop when I joined, and he never quit again. Dad was always helpful and thoughtful. He was a clever problem-solver. He could also design buildings and make sure they got built. He had a knack for fixing and building things. He was always puttering around the house with his tools.

Jim Funk

They have labeled me as anti-education because we want to control school costs, but shouldn't there be equal education for everyone? Special needs parents deserve the same thoughtfulness.

John Izzo

We're being thoughtful about managing our overall catastrophe exposure.

Peter Spicer

She was a very generous, serious and thoughtful critic and arts reporter. She didn't write like anybody else. She had such a personal voice. She wrote novels, too, which most people don't know. They're not published, but what really struck me about them were her powers of describing landscapes and plants, this extraordinary sensitivity to natural beauty.

Joan Holden

Fiona: Where's Gareth? Matthew: Torturing Americans. Fiona: How thoughtful of him.

Four Weddings And A Funeral

This move is vintage Jerry Jones. Signing Terrell Owens is stunning in a lot of ways, but not when you know Jerry. He's always been bold, but beneath his larger-than-life personality, he's very, very thoughtful and creative.

Mack Mclarty

The point here is that the (US) administration has been very thoughtful in making sure that all aspects of the trip go well.

David Waller

He doesn't give his opponent anything. He reacts in a thoughtful manner and he always knows his next move. He's very strategic.

Greg Foreman

I think it's a wonderful addition to the campus, and a very thoughtful way to remember the dozen Oswego alumni and many others lost that day.

Betsy Oberst

I can see where people would put you under a microscope. I'm coming back this time a little more thoughtful. I'm not going to jump in right away and ride five or eight races a day. It might just be a couple at the start. But I'll be glad to be back.

Richard Migliore

We are perfect for each other. I like someone thoughtful, serious and intelligent, but I also want him to be fun and silly. He has to be able to make me laugh ? if a man can do that, he's pretty well got me.

Naomi Watts

For him to make that comment is probably not thoughtful, right now. We're still looking into the possibility, following all the leads, interviewing the witnesses, doing the things detectives do to try to break a case.

Debra Brown

I'm sure our e-mail system is going to crash soon. We're getting gobs at a time. Some are beautifully written, and that's an encouraging part of the sport - to see all the thoughtful, dedicated fans out there.

John Junker

But there will always be a place for something that's thoughtful and well-informed. I'm confident there's a place for these guys. ... There needs to be a voice saying something other than violence.

Jesse Ferguson

He's an excellent trial attorney. He's truthful. I don't get the impression he's ever taken advantage of a situation. I think he's very fair. He always gives cases thoughtful consideration, and I expect him to do the same with this.

Kerry Sutton

We are a church that is deadly serious about serving Christ and living out the Scriptures, and we invite people who want to live their faith in a thoughtful and non-legalistic manner to join us.

Jeff Miner

The generosity exhibited by Mr. Charles' estate is a great reflection on him and his son's memory, and truly embodies the thoughtful, caring spirit of community that has come to define St. Charles.

Tom Hernandez

Iron Mountain has taken a thoughtful, well-planned approach to building a worldwide company with a global service offering. In utilizing the best talent available in the world to extend its existing staff and increase capacity, Iron Mountain has been able to cost-effectively improve the quality and features of its solutions while speeding delivery and accessibility for its customers.

Ajay Kela

God, it's 30 years, who wanted to go over it? But she gave me some of the most thoughtful sentences, about how she felt the suit was emotional blackmail. She always surprises me.

Margaret Grossi

The students who I know who've taken his classes always say that he's really engaging and very provocative and thoughtful and consciousness raising and those are things that are really important.

James Cianciola

The voters have proven to be pretty thoughtful. Some initiatives pass narrowly and some are crushed.

Pete Maysmith

I would like to think that Congressman Leach's longevity is attributed to his thoughtful, intelligent representation of his constituents.

Gary Grant

I thought the world of El. He was unbelievably kind and thoughtful, a real gentleman. He came to practically every Harvard musical event, and he loved to know about all the students in the Glee Club. He was a positive spirit, a real joie de vivre sort of person.

Jameson Marvin

We worked together to develop what we believe is a thoughtful proposal that has great merit. We look forward to working together with the Congress to move forward.

William Winkenwerder

I know that drug dealers are thoughtful about different things. I know they are familiar with some aspects of the law.

Jim Liles

I think we're looking at a long, thoughtful review process.

Alan Harvey

Usually you put a tee in the ground to let someone know they've hit a ball into your group, ... It is a game with a code of conduct, where thoughtfulness should prevail.

David Kramer

Anyone who listens to the 'Jerusalem' album will discover that Steve Earle remains a thoughtful singer who has chosen to incorporate current events into his poet's vision.

Danny Goldberg

It was a day of reckoning . Six thoughtful, courageous American listened to testimony for close to two years and, damn it, they did the right thing.

Stanley Rosenblatt

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

Jack Canfield

The employees of Boeing are wise, and they are intelligent, and they are thoughtful, and they know what we need to do.

Alan R. Mulally

Emails can be dangerous. You tend to lose your formality and thoughtfulness in emails... It's a fine means of setting up meetings but for substantive purposes, you have to be much more careful of what you're doing and you can't use it for a medium of entertainment in the office.

Eric Rosenberg

I was overwhelmed with him. Not only his story but how he told it. He's such a thoughtful, intellectual, moving person.

Ernie Accorsi

As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.

Emmylou Harris

When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

Edwin Booth

Once you show that important, thoughtful companies have adopted majority voting, you could prompt a mass movement in that direction.

Ed Durkin

We went to extraordinary lengths to be thoughtful.

Ed Zwick

The sense is that he is very highly qualified and has an excellent judicial temperament, which means he is seen as a calm and thoughtful person, which is what you want in a judge.

Eugene Volokh

I think he would consider (playing). He's in shape. He's just taking his time and keeping his options open. ... He's not quick to make decisions. He's pretty thoughtful.

Eugene Parker