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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

Paul Eldridge

Interviewed after their transformation the girl said she still liked them ? but only as much as she did before.

Robert Thompson

He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world.

James Zogby

We are excited about the opportunity to work with Mammoth on their transformation into a world-class resort destination with a real estate component to match one of the continent's finest mountains.

Barry Sternlicht

The state, for a long period of time, has been undergoing a wrenching economic transformation. The reality is much grimmer than in other states.

Herb Asher

Paik's work would have a profound and sustained impact on the media culture of the late 20th century; his remarkable career witnessed and influenced the redefinition of broadcast television and transformation of video into an artist's medium.

John Hanhardt

The inclusion of BPM, BRM and BAM in an SOA is a crucial step toward establishing an IT infrastructure that cost-effectively supports the transformation to a real-time enterprise.

Tom Dwyer

The algorithm we developed allows the system to make a transformation of the fingerprint image by encoding certain features of the fingerprint and then transforming them in a way that is unique to that fingerprint.

Venu Govindaraju

She was an ugly little duckling — she wasn't ugly but she was a little duckling with terrible costumes, dirty skates, awkward and no spirals. To see her turn into a rock star in skating... and make a transformation from a duckling into a swan, that was probably the most exciting thing about her.

Frank Carroll

Investors are waiting to see if [older] companies can transform and what the transformation will look like.

Reed Phillips

I consider this as a victory for all, as a victory for the democratic transformation and the new system.

Yasir Arman

I'm very interested in transformation and how objects are transformed. Reflected images will become as substantial as real works. It's not about the object; it's about form, color, light and shape.

Therman Statom

Richard will bring to the organization a valuable combination of senior operational management of a global enterprise, business transformation skills and a proven record of creating shareholder value.

Roy Gardner

Today's announcement clearly shows our commitment to broadly deploy this industry-leading network in New Jersey. This is a once-in-a-lifetime transformation of the communications network serving these communities.

Dennis Bone

As China's industrial output soars and more than a billion people participate in a transformation of their living standards, the demand for the metals and minerals we produce has expanded rapidly.

Leigh Clifford

Neither spin nor propaganda will do. And what the studies show is what's needed is a radical transformation of American foreign policy.

Fawaz Gerges

These programs can generate positive spillover effects for neighboring countries as well as a powerful demonstration effect for all Africa by creating more convincing models for sustained transformation.

Gobind Nankani

The transformation has been unbelievable. When I started here, I worked in a place where the Sky Room was on the second floor.

Don Rickles

We ... are pleased by our client growing interest in business transformation outsourcing -- the combination of outsourcing, consulting and other capabilities to improve key business functions and achieve a significant and sustainable improvement in enterprise-level performance.

Joe Forehand

Dr. Alt's discoveries have led to a greater understanding of the ways that cancers of immune cells develop and they hold promise for finding ways to control or perhaps prevent these diseases. Dr. Alt's studies of the instability of the genome are central to our understanding of the events that lead to transformation of normal cells to cancer cells.

Marshall Lichtman

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

John Andrew Holmes

The key to our past and future success is our ability to adapt to change and remain client focused. There are few industries that have gone through as much growth and transformation as Search, and if you want to consistently perform for your clients you need be at the head of that curve.

Andrew Wetzler

Juvenile salmon have a biological clock that begins ticking as soon as they begin their trip to the ocean. They need to undergo changes that will allow them to adapt from fresh water creatures to salt water creatures and arrive at the ocean at the same time their bodies have completed the transformation.

Scott Bosse

With 21CN, BT and our suppliers are leading the world in next generation networks. Where we go with 21CN, others will follow, and the experience gained and expertise developed in this transformation of BT's network will set the standard for other next generation deployments.

Paul Reynolds

You can put that magic on yourself and transform yourself. Cirque is all about transformation.

Rodney Landi

There has been a transformation of values to a too-sanitized, corporate convenience mode that markets a 'Dream' motif. There is a tide that extols — and extolled — the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King in a way that says that we are moving onward and upward. There is this tone of triumph that we have seen President Bush use when talking about the war in Iraq.

Loretta Williams

In fact, there is no relevant transformation in the country's political situation with the lifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017.

Carlos Conde

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

Mike Zafirovski

I will favorably consider if there's a good opportunity to move some of these jobs to rural parts of the state that have been hard hit by economic transformation.

Mark Warner

The potential for technology to drive transformation in the healthcare arena is being brought to life by work conducted by industry innovators like St. Luke's. Working with partners like Siemens, Microsoft is leading a vision for a more connected healthcare system that empowers individuals and organizations to effect measurable improvements in the quality of patient care.

Steve Shihadeh

Biotechnology is creating a new industrial revolution based on biology instead of petroleum. As biotech processes replace old rust-belt technologies, they are enabling a transformation from a petroleum-based economy to a bio-based economy.

Brent Erickson

I hope people can appreciate the transformation [of Bath] from a farming community and industry with mills.

Lee Darst

These announcements are the latest steps in Tenneco's five-year transformation, ... We are now at a point in our evolution where we must again ensure that the company is structured to provide the greatest value to our shareowners.

Dana Mead

But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic.

Robert Barnes

It all ties into the transformation of General Motors from a brick-and-mortar company to a brick-and-click. OTD [order-to-delivery] will transform our company.

Harold Kutner

We agree that management was consistent with the previous message of a rebound in the consulting business, database growth of around 20 percent, and application growth of 50 percent or better this year. Our advice to investors is to focus on companies which are enabling the transformation to e-business, and Oracle is definitely a leader in this area.

Richard Scocozza

People are concerned about their place economically and socially in the world as it undergoes enormous transformation right now.

Piers Handling

Literally as well as metaphorically, the man accustomed to inverting lenses has undergone a revolutionary transformation of vision.

Thomas Kuhn

It was a moment in history that's pivotal in western history. If things hadn't turned out the way they did at that particular point, the world that we live in now would be very different ... It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue just now.

Bruno Heller

It will be major transformation of Kauffman Stadium, keeping with the numerous good aspects, while also dramatically enhancing the amenities for fans. While there are certainly many beautiful ballparks in America, we think the 'like-new' Kauffman Stadium will be the best and most scenic family-oriented experience in all of baseball.

Mark Gorris

Jed Bernstein leaves a completely different League than he found when he took this job 10 years ago, ... The transformation he has engineered is truly remarkable. What we now know as the Broadway Brand, with its numerous new programs, sponsorships, and greatly expanded public profile, is largely Jed's creation. We will miss him.

Rocco Landesman

Yahoo! is embarking on a major transformation. The company must now prove that online advertising is cost effective and integral to the marketing mix of traditional advertisers.

Holly Becker

The world of the commodity is a world upside-down, which bases itself not upon life but upon the transformation of life into work.

Raoul Vaneigem

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

Napoleon Hill

This is a work in process, ... Any transformation is evolutionary.

Sean O'keefe

Deng engineered the most dramatic economic transformation of the 20th century, maybe ever. He changed China from a moribund, communist economy to an expansive, bull, rapidly growing mixed economy, with Marxism and market elements both present there. And it's a dramatic change.

Greg Mastel

The transformation happened very quickly. Within a couple years the sand tee disappeared.

Rand Jerris

The One-to-One Institute is the catalyst for changing the way teachers teach and students learn based on the proven result of Michigan's Freedom to Learn program. With our guidance and resources, states and school districts can begin to fully integrate technology as the key ingredient in reform and transformation.

Bruce Montgomery

Ken has gone through this transformation to show Barbie that he is a changed man. He's more than arm candy. He's spent time exploring the world and himself, so his look reflects that time spent on his own.

Phillip Bloch

There's no transformation process that could bear the desired outcomes without women throwing their weight behind that change initiative, and the same holds for the nation-building process.

Steve Biko

Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.

Bell Hooks

It's quite a transformation.

Anna Burger

When (Stephanie) got back to school, everyone was so amazed for her. That really started her transformation. When she went back to school her confidence level went way up; she got so much praise.

Susan Garcia

This is the final turn in the long road of the Tenneco transformation from a debt-ridden conglomerate of underperforming companies to a lineup of independent, 'pure play' growth companies.

Dana Mead

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.

Brian Ashton

Today, Y-MOT programs are Youth Maintaining Our Temples, Youth Maturing Our Transformation and Youth Maximizing Our Talents.

Patrick Simmons

I am not sure they are ready for that at this stage of their transformation. I would like them to say they are going to focus on the food and liquor business.

Grant Saligari

The sale of ASA to SkyWest represents another important milestone in Delta's transformation as it enhances our ability to operate our business as efficiently and cost effectively as we can.

Gerald Grinstein

Nasser's been the primary architect of a failed transformation of Ford from its core automotive heritage to some expansive consumer-centric organization, which we think employees, dealers, suppliers and investors have found to varying degrees to be somewhat incomprehensible.

Scott Hill

Any ritual is an opportunity for transformation.

Starhawk

We have broadened our Galileo initiative to tackle our annual procurement spend of $8.5 billion and effect a supply chain transformation that will reduce the amount we spend annually to deliver service to customers. On a second front, Galileo will continue on its accelerated path to address process transformation within the company, lower costs and improve the customer experience.

Stephen Wetmore

By 2012, the BI-PM continuum will drive business transformation from the strategic to the operational levels.

Betsy Burton

By using this fund to augment existing development programs, we can help selected countries overcome key binding constraints and break into higher growth. These programs can generate positive spillover effects for neighboring countries, as well as a powerful demonstration effect for all Africa , by creating more convincing models for sustained transformation.

Gobind Nankani

Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms.

William Bainbridge

The community will continue to be invited to participate in the planning and realization of this transformation of their community's art museum.

Phil Vollmer

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

Harold Rosenberg

[The youth of former Eastern bloc countries can play a key role in this transformation.] The young people here can be the new blood, the new vitality for Europe that can help bridge the European and the American Dream and provide Europe with fresh, new energy, ... We need young Europeans asking what they can do to make Europe a global public square.

Jeremy Rifkin

To really see the transformation of that church at the end of the week was extraordinarily fulfilling. Us restoring that church is going to affect hundreds of families.

Nate Berends

The intelligence to know what the attributes of the device are in terms of its output characteristics, and then do the transformation of [data] from a potentially more robust source [to a format] the device can understand -- that would be a major service.

Phil Hester

There's really nobody (in North America) making movies like he is. Cronenberg deals with self- esteem, self-image and individual perception. He's always talking about the transformation of the body from man to machine.

Walter Chaw

It is absolutely essential that the oppressed participate in the revolutionary process with an increasingly critical awareness of their role as subjects of the transformation.

Paulo Freire

This event should remind us all of the distance we, as a people and country, have come towards realizing a major element in our post-conflict transformation.

Gyude Bryant

Globally, business and government leaders are beginning to dramatically transform their traditional business models into Internet economy business models, ... Customers are increasingly seeking Cisco's expertise to help them through this transformation.

John Chambers

Isn't it just amazing, the transformation? It has just been so much fun watching it come together.

Joanne Milnor

We see transformation as an opportunity for continued growth and development in line with the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act, the Employment Equity Act and the draft ICT charter.

John Miller

I understand transformation, but supermarket marketing and customer service . . . that is just 101 retailing and there is just no excuse for getting that wrong.

David Errington

Of course, what we are announcing today is not an instant, magical transformation of the energy market. It is a very realistic, practical step in a new direction. For the foreseeable future, for decades to come, the world will need hydrocarbons, and we will continue to invest in order to produce and sell oil and gas in the cleanest, most efficient way possible.

Lord Browne

This level of investment requires that we continue our transformation and keep delivering on our cost goals and profit objectives. Our employees are a crucial part of that equation, and we need to continue working together to provide optimum value for our customers.

Bill Ayer

We didn't just take an emotional response, we [realized] our situation, used theory and practice, and engaged them to read and study how their people are effected by various situations. Intellect guided what we where doing, regardless of education level. Black berets and leather jackets were not what we were about. We were about transformation and consistency to benefit them, not suppress them.

Aaron Scott

Express is well into the process of a substantial transformation and is proving itself as a significant dual-gender, high-quality apparel brand. While much hard work needs to be done, we believe the opportunities for growth across our brands are significant.

Ceo Leslie Wexner

We continue to see widespread evidence of the success of our digital transformation.

Antonio Perez

We're at this historic point where the intelligence community is going through a transformation, and technology can represent the greatest threat or the greatest opportunity.

Amit Yoran

Our 1998 performance is particularly rewarding given the highly competitive retail environment and the incremental costs associated with our transformation initiatives, ... These initiatives strengthen Liz Claiborne's leadership position in the apparel industry and position us for continued growth into the millennium.

Paul Charron

In the five months between Stuart Sternberg taking over until opening day, we want a complete transformation of the perception of the team to be progressive and family friendly. We want to build a tradition of winning.

Matt Silverman

We are embarking on an incredible journey, together, ... Thanks to our generous friends, High Point University is initiating a major transformation. Our vision is clear, our purpose evident and our goals in place. With your help, we can create a nationally recognized university with top-notch facilities, exceptional educational opportunities and superior student experiences.

Nido Qubein

What is happening here is a gradual transformation -- although that is not to say it cannot be reversed.

Samina Ahmed

As I continue to strengthen the company's leadership team, it's critical that we have individuals with global business experience working for world-class companies. Dennis will play a key role in driving the cultural and business transformation at Nortel that will be essential to the company's future success.

Mike Zafirovski

Georgia today is a nation undergoing a profound transformation. It is a transformation that requires us to first acknowledge who we are - in order to be sure of what it is we want to build. It is a transformation that requires us to frankly assess our strengths and weaknesses, and to confront sometimes painful realities. And it is a transformation that is producing results.

Mikhail Saakashvili

Mayan cosmology contains within it the explanation for our current global transformation, and possibilities for how we can survive it.

John Jenkins

We are aggressively driving the transformation to an entire new generation of multi-core servers.

Diane Bryant

Ken(R) has gone through this transformation to show Barbie(R) that he is a changed man. The new Ken(R) exudes a new sense of his own personal style. Much like his A-list Hollywood counterparts, it's all about who he is now and showing off all of his different sides. He's more than arm candy -- he's spent time exploring the world and himself, so his look reflects that time spent on his own.

Phillip Bloch

We're looking at this as a business transformation. The goal is to align the business across the company to gain a consistent view of our customers and have the ability to support future initiatives like new products.

Chris Mayer

But that transformation is not about improving health care. It is about saving money on the wages and benefits of workers and on lower quality care.

Sharleen Stewart

After a year of transformation Foster's Group sits at the doorstep of a period of sustained strong earnings growth.

Trevor O'hoy

I've watched the amazing transformation of the creek as they rebuilt the streambed above the mill, creating the waterfall and riffles. When I need to take a break from the phone and the computer, I come here to listen to the rustling of the trees and the creek water going over rocks.

Bart Kale

Thus the transformation of the form of the blow-hole must have been caused by another driving force than the improvement of hearing.

Professor Per Ahlberg

We had been searching and hoping for some solution for the College for years. Now I know that Howard's a more secular kind of guy. He told me once that it's sometimes hard to distinguish between praying and whining, but this transformation is precisely what many of us have prayed for – each in our own way – and those prayers have been answered.

Dr. Howard Tullman

Finland, for example, has a world-renowned education system which has played a major part in its economic transformation.

John Sunderland

He is weighed down by this transformation over the years from a self-described revolutionary and former opponent of the dictatorship of the fifties to ... the darling of the middle class and intellectual elite of Venezuela.

Patrick Esteruelas

The three hours of makeup put me in the mood every morning. That was easy. As soon as you get into the dresses and the hair, you feel the transformation starting. If only all my characters could be so clear.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Sharon Stone said on many occasions that, before Roy, she was stuck in B-movies - Roy helped her make the transformation.

Christopher Monger

The fund could be further bolstered by a special education transformation bond issue, floated locally as well as throughout the Diaspora.

Ruel Reid

Wal-Mart performed well in November when the chips were down. It demonstrated that a fundamental transformation has occurred over the last year and appears poised for a successful holiday season.

Bernard Sosnick

It's a metaphor for their lives: struggling, overwhelming, there's no turning back. But you see a transformation. You get to the top and you think 'I did that.' Victims of domestic abuse feel unworthy. Sometimes they feel like they can't handle anything.

Sheree Surdam

Even without political power or economic power, you can still tap into raw people power. Grass-roots activism and policy working hand-in-hand are necessary for the transformation of our earth.

Randy Hayes

Olympic transformation nearly complete, ingredients for great Games in place.

Jean Claude Killy

A major reason for this neglect by local authorities has been the futile expectation that somebody would take over the capital development and institutional transformation responsibilities and continue from where the multitude of donors and other external agencies left off between 1998 and 2002.

Cde Chombo

This new version of Oracle Warehouse Builder will help us scope out the transformation requirements up front, such as how much data cleansing we will have to do and what kinds of transformations will be required. This will allow us to accurately estimate how much work will be involved in pulling new data sources into the data warehouse.

Jim Raper

Nowhere did Congress say that they wanted to make that kind of transformation of power from the states regulating medical practice to the U.S. Attorney General regulating medical practice.

Mary Williams

There is no transformation at all, not even an indication of it.

Mike Stofile

This is an important first step in International Paper's transformation plan to improve returns, strengthen the balance sheet and return cash to shareowners.

John Faraci

We may want to go ahead and structure an organization for revitalization and transformation work, so that people know what is being done and can contribute if they'd like.

Shirley Smith

[In Bush's case,] the change is more in aesthetics and less in substance, ... Perhaps [Bush] accepts a larger role for government than some conservatives, but that has been a transformation within conservative circles as well.

Marshall Wittmann

I believe now there is a champion for business transformation, and that is a lot of what DTS is about. There's more collaboration than in the past with the business systems.

Rich Fabbre

Will this confront the horror that took place? And will it also recognize the transformation that has occurred? If not, it's a waste of time.

William Doyle

When the opportunity came along to partner with Bob and Harvey on 'Transamerica' we jumped at the chance, ... Having produced ' Boys Don't Cry ' and witnessing Hillary Swank 's transformation, we were immediately struck by Felicity Huffman's jaw-dropping performance here. She is nothing short of fantastic.

Jonathan Sehring

The Dark Side of the Force could be alcoholism or a guy who beats his wife. Luke saves his father, and Darth has that transformation and realizes the love of his son is stronger than anything.

Michael Wistock

It's a transformation from the horse and buggy to the automobile. We're not going to do away with the automobile but for flight, for trips over fifty miles it's just so convenient and so easy and so safe.

Jay Carter

Discontinuing this service completes our transformation into a financial services company. We saw this coming a long time ago.

Victor Chayet

You don't need to fear diversity in tagging vocabularies. They are inevitable, because businesses are so diverse, ... But if you're going to live with differences, you're going to need strong transformation technologies. That's why the key to XML is not representation, but rather transformation.

Simon Phipps

This cost restructuring initiative is part of the comprehensive transformation of Novell's business that the management team has been designing and implementing over the past year, ... While it is a difficult decision to eliminate positions in our talented and dedicated workforce, this move is necessary to ensure that our costs are more closely aligned with our business strategy.

Jack Messman

Shirley has been instrumental in Delta's business transformation efforts. Her knowledge, expertise, and business understanding add tremendous value to Delta and Delta Technology.

Paul Matsen

We have devoted the last six months to building and implementing a transformation plan that leverages our strengths and allows us to compete successfully in a changing airline industry.

Bruce Lakefield

There should be a transformation and reform in our electoral system starting with the moral fiber of our own candidates including the leadership in the commission and our field people.

Commissioner Resureccion Borra

Our strong first quarter results and guidance for sequentially higher daily shipments and gross margin for the second quarter provide more evidence of the progress Fairchild is making at improving the quality of our business. I'm personally excited to be part of this great team and to help lead the powerful transformation that is underway at Fairchild.

Mark Frey

Cape Town faces challenges of transformation ... I've never come across a city that is so backward when it comes to transformation.

Wallace Mgoqi

The transformation of the business continues to deliver value to our customers and shareholders. Broadband growth continues to be very strong with the number of BT Wholesale connections now standing at more than seven million.

Ben Verwaayen

We're going through probably the greatest transformation in American history of any city in this short period of time, ... I just want to savor every moment of it.

Manny Diaz

The U.S. Army's transformation demands that smaller groups of forces be able to securely communicate at greater distances. The long-haul capabilities of the AN/PRC-150© radio systems allow soldiers to transmit voice, data, images, and situational awareness information, using the highest grade of encryption available.

Jerry Adams

We want to become a long-term player leading the transformation of the industry with sufficient scale to challenge BT (British Telecom).

Francesco Caio

This transformation plan is designed not only to improve the short-term health of these businesses, but also to ensure a future of sustainable, profitable growth.

Charles O. Holliday

[Volkmann] recognized that almost every university has made the transformation from not focusing on communication to focusing on it in recent years. We are a little behind the curve.

Joel Seligman

You've got loggers and fishermen in Seattle who didn't know what sushi was a decade ago, eating it at the ballpark and wearing headbands with kanji [Japanese characters] on them, ... That's quite a transformation. Ichiro is the one who is responsible for that shift.

Robert Whiting

Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of the atom is talking moonshine.

Ernest Rutherford

This is the beginning of a significant era for the military transformation of the Japan-US alliance. I can understand the concerns and opposition among local residents, but it is necessary to maintain Japan's national security under the alliance.

Yoshinori Ono

It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory.

Edgar Degas