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Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

Horace Mann

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Vincent van Gogh

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

John Dewey

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life but is life itself.

John Dewey

I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

Thomas A. Edison

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.

Amelia Earhart

A great many of those who 'debunk' traditional... values have in the background values of their own which they believe to be immune from the debunking process.

C. S. Lewis

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

Julia Cameron

Commuter rail is a very ambitious endeavor. That is all the more reason we would want the Legislature to be involved in the process.

Heather Hedrick

The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an extension of a process begun more than a year ago to ensure the foods we offer had high nutritional value.

Michael Reeves

We need to meet with (Roche). We need to see their manufacturing process.

Carol Cox

I am very happy to be here in Jacksonville. It's great to know that the Jaguars wanted me as a free agent and I have found a home here. I am very familiar with the city and I have friends here. My goals in Jacksonville are to become the dominant offensive tackle that I know I am and in the process help this team win games.

Mike Williams

I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

Albert Einstein

It's not a fast process, and it takes a lot of people and a lot of time.

Tim Zehnder

Accreditation recognizes a museum's commitment to excellence and the high professional standards of operation. This excellence is achieved through an ongoing process of learning and improvement.

Kathy Roberts

They were very keen to start the process early, ... But once they start, they may not continue at a rapid rate.

Lorenzo Codogno

It's a simple process, but it can save a lot of money.

Joshua Johnson

This is a process that has been followed by a number of other taxpayers with the tax court, and many of them have had success recently in overturning these opinions.

Crane Kenney

I'm now going through, and indeed have been over the past week, a process in which I will be making an announcement in the next few days.

Peter Hain

Education is key to not getting ripped off in the real estate process.

Rick Harper

Everybody should have access to this process.

Judy Meyer

We are inviting all the girls who are interested in playing to attend as the selection process will start from then.

Charles Husbands

Social change is a messy process. We need more men with the guts to stand up and say abusive behavior is abusive behavior, and it's not right, and it doesn't make me less of a man to point that out.

Jackson Katz

The good news is, as a result of that process, investors should have greater confidence overall in the numbers going forward.

Lynn Turner

The interview process is complete. We had some highly qualified candidates. We hope to make an announcement within the week.

Gina Uccelli

This is a very strong first step in the process. If the agreement is ratified, they will be in the position to build a much stronger business case.

Nancy Sarpolis

We don't think there should be any achievement gap. We realize it's a difficult and complicated process. It didn't happen overnight. It won't be solved overnight. We're looking for innovation.

Kevin Myles

There is no doubt that the road map is facing immense difficulties. We will wait a few months to see how things will evolve, and if nothing happens, we will have to re-evaluate the entire process.

Nabil Shaath

They are real people who have real jobs, and who are concerned about the process.

Philip Coyle

It was a gradual process. And we worked hard because we believed in the band.

Gene Louis

A great deal of work to do ... to try and begin the healing process. It's the same throughout our country, where we have to bring this kind of hate-driven violence to an end.

John Fernandez

Before you do anything, think. If you do something to try and impress someone, to be loved, accepted or even to get someone's attention, stop and think. So many people are busy trying to create an image, they die in the process.

Salma Hayek

We are going to miss that target date because we are still working with our CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) partners on the implementing process.

Stephen Norton

My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.

Real Live Preacher

Apparently the man has confessed. He is going through the appeals process which is 30 days and is coming to an end soon.

Gianni Magazzeni

After the chairman, at least in my opinion, Don has had a greater impact on the Fed's monetary policy process than any other single person, ... He was very close to the chairman, and they discussed issues frequently. He and this chairman were really a team.

Robert Parry

The state has deposited its offer into the account at the courts. Basically, at this point, it's going through the appropriations process.

Cindy Brown

I think that their committee was appointed by the county commission, and that's what opened up the process.

Tracy Bower

We do very little, including hiring staff, without involving young people in the process.

Janice Bray

I executed a coup ... and it would be loath of me to leave the process half-done in terms of the processes of law.

George Speight

Maybe this is the moment to start the healing process. One of the ways people heal is by being distracted.

Ken Ehrlich

It's part of a pattern at the Post where they're gradually been getting rid of all the people who write interesting copy on China or Hong Kong and toning down the paper. It's basically a process of self-censorship.

Jasper Becker

People can believe anything that they want. Despite how disorganized it may seem to the all-knowing public, the process went as it should.

Dale Murray

We're actually in the process of setting up a way to accept donations online. But it is something that we are aiming to do because (online collections) have been a big market for a lot of people and a lot of organizations.

Megan Dorfner

It's a cleansing process. I never feel better than I do during Ramadan because I'm focused. It teaches me self-restraint and discipline.

Saleem Rasheed

This is the first time … an airport has been closed through the legislative process. We follow Congress's direction.

Hank Price

Their process is a low-temperature one amenable to large batches of materials with lower melting points. From a practical standpoint, it's a good process.

Jack Mccarthy

We are definitely going to have to look at all of the recommendations, find some sort of consensus and do what we can to implement those, but it will probably be a lengthy process.

David Mcentire

The peace process in the Congo is my priority.

Louis Michel

It's a disappointing end to the process because residential customers are getting hit by (electricity) increases, telephone increases, gas increases - the customers are losers.

Mike Twomey

It's very valuable to the State Department to have what are called second track contacts with North Korea because they are more frank, and they're not burdened by the official process.

Selig Harrison

Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.

Martin H. Fischer

Games allow writers to express creativity in a process that won't get as bogged down as the Hollywood studio system. Writers are artists, and they like to see their work out there.

Randall Jahnson

We are doing moderately well in the debate. I'm hopeful we will prevail, but you can never tell what will happen when get into the political process.

Michael Snyder

While we're going through the process, we will be looking at more applicants. Jane could be a very strong applicant for that position, but we did not want to jump the gun and go too quick.

Majid Bahriny

It's going to be a long, long, dragged-out process. The doctors can't tell if she's ever going to be the same.

Amber Margarejo

Matrimony is a process by which a grocer acquired an account the florist had.

Frances Rodman

A new school is a reasonable point of discussion, but other items should be covered in a normal budgetary process.

David Harvey

This is a true reaffirmation of the rebuilding process. We are extraordinarily grateful for the caliber of appointments that they have made.

Stefan Pryor

We run test chips and build our own models on every process.

Paul Franklin

He is being investigated for allegations of threatening violence, excessive use of force, possession of maybe an illegal weapon and violating the electoral process.

Assuman Mugenyi

Companies that want athletes to use their products pay us to participate in the program, which allows us to test their products and audit their manufacturing process.

Kathy Jordan

Fuji Photo's plan symbolizes an end to the film camera era. The digitalization of the camera industry occurred at much faster pace than I expected. Reorganization will be a painful process for Fuji Photo.

Hiroshi Chano

Although he made a mistake, he is as entitled as anyone to participate in the political process in his home state.

Patrick Dillon

If you care about the community as a whole, this is a way to be involved in a larger process.

Sarah Green

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Paul A. Samuelson

The thought process in the mattress industry is that the a bed that conforms to your body and does not cause pressure points is more comfortable.

Robert Straus

The clinical evidence is that she is dying. Her body is wasting away, she cannot process food and she is suffering.

Norman Ford

We guarantee our work and see the process through to the end, no matter what.

Lee Densmore

All we're trying to do is get the process back on its normal track.

Fred Reid

It's going to be a long and expensive process that will require a lot of reframing and reconstruction to make it work.

Todd Duncan

It's too early in the process to determine the impact on individual plants.

Lindsey Williams

Disney directors would have to be deaf and dumb not to understand they're under a microscope, ... The shareholders of Disney will examine this process very carefully to understand whether the Disney board has learned anything from the Ovitz matter.

Greg Taxin

The exact stake position would be decided after the auctioning process is over.

Tariq Ansari

I think it may seem confusing if you're not familiar with the process a government agency has to go through to utilize grant funding.

Shannon Lewis

How you feel about changing the process largely depends on how you came out in the last redistricting cycle and how you will come out in the next one.

Tim Storey

For example, you have to spit into a tissue or a bag, then place it in a dustbin to complete the process.

Zhang Huiguang

I have joint custody of Christian. We have always been friends. We just had to go through the proper process.

Sean Combs

It is clear that the vast majority of Sunnis only voted to try to bring that process to a screeching halt.

Dewayne White

I just love making pictures, ... It's really kind of magical to have a blank page and have something form itself on the page under your direction. I think it's that process that's keeps it forever interesting.

Amy Fisher

It was an investigation of the process and the potential funding the first time around. This is a ratification of what we want to present to our delegation.

Nancy Carter

We love process. We love going inside - to see how something works.

Jerry Bruckheimer

We're just waiting on the NCAA appeal process. They can practice while they're in limbo. So hopefully we'll get good news shortly.

June Jones

What we really need to do is move this process back, ... As much as we all support diversity . . . the more states in a window, the more it will contribute to the frontloading of the process.

Jeanne Shaheen

They are all implied from the founding, and are all quite venerable ways of going about the interpretive process.

John Harrison

It's a catastrophe for us. We are not going to start some special process, no appeals so far. ... Her brilliant career has been finished in such a dramatic way without her being guilty.

Dr. Nikolai Durmanov

The stock market was clearly in the overbought zone and a correction was long overdue. I think we should look at today's fall as the beginning of the correction process.

Deepak Shah

I applaud you for taking the initiative of starting the acquisition process, and I encourage you to finish it.

Brent Martin

A bankruptcy does not solve any business problem. It is an expensive process of buying time. It is my opinion that the court will grant Delphi as much time as it needs to resolve problems.

Jim Mctevia

Especially in the tender process, our empowerment partnerships create excellent opportunities for us.

Mark Stanton

We're basically doing the same kind of thing. We're just doing different sides of the street. We plan to have one CEO. We're now in the process of figuring out if the merger is an actual physical merger with one entity or if it's just an understanding with one convenient structure that looks like an agency.

Tim Robinson

I think this will keep that process on hold.

Jim Robb

Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.

E. B. White

The surprise might be an additional move toward hinting that the process of gradual rate hikes is not infinite.

Paul Rabbit

We have the most leverage of any work group at the Boeing Company on the bottom line. We design the process. We design the product. We determine the materials.

Charles Bofferding

Sen. Baucus has said that he expects a swift and smooth confirmation process. The hearing is expected to focus more on the larger policy issues rather than any individual concerns about O'Neill's candidacy.

Michael Siegel

I was also on the collective bargaining team, the due-process hearing officers, and I wrote a large amount of grants.

Tonna Burgos

We believed we were operating within the system, but we recognize the confusion of the process.

Lara Ramsburg

The beauty of the auction process is that magical things can happen when the right players get involved and the money is not an issue for them. It's all about the horse for them - and the quest to have the best.

Boyd Browning

The bottom line is, I'm not just interested in an entrance criteria change. I'm interested in the entire preparation process.

Anne Brown

The barracks is in the process of being updated. So, if everyone can keep their patience, it will all be worth it come summer time.

Thomas Hosey

We will maintain dignity throughout this process.

Aaron Ellis

We are about to move into a new phase when Russian state-controlled energy companies are opened for investment with cooperative foreign firms. It makes sense to have someone with international experience ? either corporate or political ? leading that process at the head of those companies.

Chris Weafer

It is damaging to the legitimacy of the confirmation process to suggest the examination of a nominee's record, as well as support for or opposition to a nominee, is in any way religiously motivated.

Robert Edgar

Hopefully this will be information that will be fed into the budget process not only for governments, but also for charities.

Dan Ray

These concepts don't happen overnight. It's a long process and we're not done yet.

Tony Brennan

If you have a site that's contaminated, the first priority is getting it cleaned up. They're less likely to let anyone interfere with the process as long as it's moving forward.

Julia Huff

Predominant among these announcements is their enhanced capabilities on the business process side, as well as new capabilities for connecting business partners and enhanced modeling.

Ronald Schmelzer

Until they actively become board members, they don't understand the district's finances, ... It's an ongoing process of learning.

Bob Ward

In the process he meets a swan who accepts him.

Cathy Sturgill

If a fine is levied and the appeal process is run, (MSHA) ought to collect it. You ought to comply with the law, period.

Bill Caylor

We are all about safety and mobility. Our role in the city's comprehensive planning process is pretty passive at the moment. We certain applaud any efforts to improve mobility on state infrastructure.

Larry Krantz

There are elements who would like to resume the war but those who support the peace process have won so far. There is a bad need to have a high-level meeting between the two parties.

Hagrup Haukland

This is just another one of the steps in the process of developing the Oak Grove project. We're still excited about the many benefits this plant can bring to Texas.

Tom Kleckner

Then I also contracted Hepatitis C from all of the blood transfusions I was getting because of my crazy kidneys. The doctors said that one of the donors probably had such a slight case that they were not able to detect it during the screening process.

Dorothy Moore

We'll have more information tomorrow. It's been a confidential search process.

Brad Bohlander

It's frustrating to start slow like this. But you got to look at the long run. It's a process. Once we get our confidence up we'll start recognizing our pitches and we'll start hitting the ball.

Reggie Abercrombie

Part of his learning process is helping other guys.

Lee Janzen

They process the generous donations for the community.

John Grady

She's saying the planning commission and the entire City Council are on the take. This is an example of her not understanding the process. It's just a flat-out lie.

Greg Bortolin

I respect the jury system. I respect the jury process. I strongly disagree with the verdict.

Bruce Barket

We're working through this process so we can get all this done through grant money.

Kathy Reynolds

There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.

Rebecca West

We're in a process now of replenishing. We had coming up on a week's worth of buying in one day.

Chris Hunt

Daryl will be a great addition to our organization. With the high level of competition in this league, you can never have too much information. If we combine the best information with our basketball people we should be able to make the most informed and best decisions in the NBA. Daryl will be an important part of that process.

Leslie Alexander

A PIN number would be a new intermediate way of checking a card was authentic. The verification services that could be offered would be applied appropriately according to the business process that was involved.

Andy Burnham

Everybody is a little confused by the process, Eye of the Tiger.

Amy Reynolds

I'd like to take a look at the process and see how it goes, ... It is not my inclination to do anything that would be divisive to the party.

Lynn Swann

The mayor looks forward to receiving input from neighborhood council members during the selection process.

Joe Ramallo

There is no set curriculum. Every child, every parent is different, but this program gives parents the tools to start the learning process.

Heather Casey

President Reagan had a contagious sense of optimism. He believed deeply America was capable of solving our problems through our democratic process of self-government, and that other nations could do the same.

Thad Cochran

What we see right now is a snapshot of a long time process between the magnetic field and the inner core. I do expect to see this rate change with time.

Xiaodong Song

The almost four full quarters of approval process were put to good use in planning the integration of our operations by a team experienced in integrating merged companies.

Bernard J. Ebbers

If they want to streamline the process, they need to get their building permits in control.

Jan Hibbard

China is in the process of vaccinating all the poultry in the country.

Jia Youling

I urge the believers not to attack innocent civilians and not to fall for Americans plots that aim to divide us. We are passing through a critical period and a political process.

Muqtada Al sadr

We felt comfortable that the ultimate goal (of getting the records released) would still be achieved. We don't believe that there was a material change in the process.

Fred Sainz

This is a weeklong interview process.

Ben Obomanu

This was the first time someone has 'reverse-engineered' the process to find out what it takes to get on an airline without identification.

Bill Scannell

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.

Logan Pearsall Smith

This is part of the healing process for these two families.

Tony Anderson

It's one more step in that growing process that would bring an additional patient base to the community and a revenue stream.

William Webster

This case is an egregious example of corruption within a Department of Defense program that has undermined the procurement process.

John Keenan

How can you have ... an absentee ballot if the process of getting it was in violation of the law?

Gerald Richman

It turned out that these cases were not true. There are no doubts about the electoral process.

Osama Attawiya

With a new management team in place, the review process will likely lead to more conservative revenue growth, and therefore (earnings) performance, in the near term.

Michael Ching

What's going to be coming to G.M. hopefully through this process, will be a leaner and more competitive manufacturer.

Paul Ballew

I think there will be a high rate of participation. Most parties appear to have decided to back the process and fight on the election battlefield.

Carina Perelli

We fail to understand what Kashmiri leaders have in mind. On the one hand, they demand that they want to be involved in the peace process and, on the other, when the opportunity comes their way they refuse to sit down.

Dr Shabir Choudhry

We recognize that this has been a difficult process for our employees and shareholders. We continue to make all efforts to assist the SEC in completing their investigation as expeditiously as possible.

Derrick Smith

There's nothing you can really do to expedite the healing process. It takes time to heal, and it takes time to build the strength up. It's something he hasn't had before. I don't know if we've had an injury like that.

Walt Jocketty

We see little further upside to the value of Ayala Land's unused land bank going forward with increasing competition from cheaper alternative [offices] for call center and business process outsourcing clients.

Leo Venezuela

I am cautiously optimistic that the process begun by the act of statesmanship by the prime minister of India could possibly lead to a step-by-step process that would eventually resolve all issues.

Richard Armitage

The more pieces you have to a process, the more expensive.

Chris Masoner

When we were in the jury room, there were tears shed. It was a difficult process to stand in judgment of someone else.

Steve Struss

My desire is to see the project go forward. There have been too many good people that have put a lot of trust and faith in this process. God willing, it will materialize in some fashion.

Chuck Madden

I would urge patrons to go to the polls and vote, ... I think it's important to participate in this process.

Tony Wood

The fact that this court has delivered its ruling in just one day has proven eloquently everything we have been saying about the political control of this process.

Robert Amsterdam

We're not going outside of the IEEE process. Every item in our proposal is either based on a motion already passed by the JPG or can be traced back to the original groups. There's nothing new here.

Bill Mcfarland

Italy needs radical reform to cut its unit labor costs and regain competitiveness, but that can be a very painful process.

Silvia Pepino

For many survivors, breaking the silence is an important part of the healing process.

Melissa Kleinman

Unless admonished and punished by this Honorable Court, the Army officials would continue to trample upon the rights of accused and in the process disregard the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court.

Roel Pulido

Quincy knows there are no guarantees and it's very early in the whole draft process. If it indicates that he's a first-round pick, he's going to remain in the draft.

Jack Ringel

I'm troubled by the process.

David Bauer

The process is always the same, it doesn't really matter what the object is, whether it's a prototype or whether it's for production.

Marc Newson

These petitions are just the beginning of a process for engagement of the citizens, and they're very effective.

Wes Boyd

This was a challenging project for us but we believed in the creative and wanted to be a part of it, ... It was great experience and we all got into the creative process. In the end it became very collaborative. You don't get a lot of opportunities in this business to do something that's expansive and allows you to flex a lot of creative muscles at once but this was one of those projects.

Paul Goldman

I think it's a pretty sad day for democracy. It's a pretty sad day for the peace process.

Peter Alter

We care about this process. We can't let this amendment move forward.

Marc Solomon

The draft appears to be in sync with industry consensus on both analog hole and broadcast flag and we look forward to working through the legislative process to get them enacted quickly.

Gayle Osterberg

Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

You don't have to have a mandatory process if you have principled individuals willing to work together on it.

Dave Merritt

The county is not doing anything. Nothing is in process at this time. No elevated roads, nothing. When I leave this building, I am calling Mr. Tulloch and telling him what happened.

David Cooper

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

Ambrose Bierce

The mayor's office involvement was only to ensure the appropriate community outreach took place. Other than that, the process was fully transparent.

Peter Ragone

This is about the integrity of the Democratic process.

Nina Perales

He's frustrated and angry with the way the process works. He wants a chance to defend himself.

Donald Demayo

We are delighted with the financial result - this income will greatly assist the game to grow nationally at all levels. There was more to the agreement than just the dollar value, however, with market reach and exposure given equal weighting in the decision-making process.

Andrew Demetriou

The investigative process did exactly what it was supposed to do. It left no place to turn.

Brandon Clark

We are in a healing process which will take a couple of months.

Charles Pradilla

We don't give favoritism just because an African-American was hired at the institution. That wouldn't qualify for what we're trying to do (by assessing the hiring process, not the outcome). That search probably could have been done better.

Floyd Keith

He understands that the process is delicate one with equal chances of falling flat and moving forward. So he is keeping his options open to wash his hands off, if the need arises.

Aziz Ahmad

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

Laurence J. Peter

This has been a partisan process on the part of the House managers. In the House, they had the votes. They didn't think they needed to talk to witnesses.

David Kendall

I think it's imperative that we participate in the process. We have a vested interest in helping it be orderly. If we don't participate, we'll be left out as we have in the past.

Bob Hadfield

We believe in the development process of our organization. This is a reflection of that and speaks to the importance of stability.

Keli Mcgregor

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

Peter Gabriel

It's a fun process to watch because we know how the final chapter ends. It's fun to watch people go through that self-realization that they can do this.

Brian Collins

Treatment isn't a quick fix, so you have to have a positive outlook and be able to keep people motivated and excited as they progress through the whole process.

Dr. Lemmietta Mcneilly

Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.

Abbie Hoffman

In most cases, the idea behind poison pills is to give members of the board full control of the takeover process.

Barry Goldsmith

We screened that movie before members of Congress. Hopefully, the screening of the movie had some kind of an effect on the process.

Dan Glickman

Mere access to the courthouse doors does not by itself assure a proper functioning of the adversary process.

Thurgood Marshall

This is simply a part of our process of liquidating all assets of the corporation. As we head toward the end of this process, we saw this as an orderly way to maximize these assets.

Richard Ross

It is our hope to begin a smooth and orderly process that will create as little disruption as possible for Elian, ... We wish to add no further trauma to that which this innocent child has already endured.

Robert Wallis

We are confirming that Brad Pitt is in the process of becoming the adoptive father of both children.

Cindy Guagenti

We worked late into the evening last night and it's a competitive process. We're still working on the final details of the contract.

Lester Bagley

We filed for bankruptcy and set up this process to flesh out the real interest from potential buyers, ... We feel the greatest value to our creditors would come from a strategic arrangement that preserves the company as a going concern.

Kerry Skeen

She sat there like she'd done all this before. She was so docile. That fish probably thinks this is all just part of the spawning process.

Jed Dickerson