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We are fortunate to have as our coach somebody of Sam's stature both in the USA and internationally. I believe Fort Worth will immediately take a liking to him -- he is personable and excited to work in this community.

David Kahn

[Acknowledging that the death of a former president of Reagan's stature would be] a big unwieldy one -- a world event, ... grab onto the massive grief around us and go home at night to the shape of the grief inside us.

Patti Davis

Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

Antony Jay

Big advertisers are looking more for stature and less for ubiquity. It is individual, well-planned and targeted campaigns that will be hitting our streets.

Nick Bell

He never, ever bragged about his accomplishments. What drove him was that he had tremendous empathy for others. He was short in stature, but a giant in heart. I think God gave him an extra dose of optimism.

Quint Studer

Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.

Edward Young

That is too long for a club of our stature. We need to put that right as soon as possible. We want to be top of the tree in Europe. This is a massive tournament. The be all and end all in club rugby. It's vital we do well.

Andy Goode

Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as in civil-rights bills. Not to be confused with human rights, which are the dignity, stature, humanity, respect, and freedom belonging to all people by right of their birth.

Dick Gregory

A leader of immense stature who always spoke his mind.

Albert Shanker

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Garson Kanin

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.

Arnold Bennett

They are both persons of great stature and people who the environmental community has respected for a long time.

Bill Terry

You are a very small man, and like other men (of small stature), you have a Napoleonic complex and a need to compensate for what you lack. Small man, big bomb.

Alice Hawthorne

We are extremely proud of John and Keith for earning this prestigious recognition. It is testimony to not just their outstanding accomplishments in 2005, but to their stature as top lawyers in their respective practices.

Stephen Neal

His contribution has been first-class, and he is unlucky not to have scored more. His presence and his stature has been applauded by all at the club since he arrived.

Billy Davies

He brought us instant stature, instant integrity, instant quality that ... defined the early struggling days of ABC News.

Roone Arledge

By his physical [stature], you can't tell how he can hit. When you see him play, he's killing people.

Rod Hood

It is a shame that an actress of her stature has to go through this.

Raj Babbar

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

Jack Miller

I certainly hope that kids who are also small in stature but not in heart will look at me and other similar players and know that their dream can come true through hard work and dedication to the game.

Cliff Ronning

Because the issues debated at the convention were very contentious and very divisive, it's easy to imagine that people of lesser stature could have foundered, that the whole enterprise might have died.

A. E. Dick Howard

Those two players, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, learned and honed their skills on our tour and hopefully the tour provided them the opportunity to graduate and become important members of the world professional golf community. Certainly for South African Airways it enhances the event, it gives it stature.

Grant Wilson

He's not very big in stature. He plays a lot bigger than he is because he's just a tough kid.

Peter Lawrence

In terms of his stature and experience, Kohn would be a natural person to turn to for the vice chairman's job.

Mark Gertler

Pulling down the stature of George W. Bush...the more the merrier for me.

Ray Buckley

He's such an insignificant player on the national stage, a plodding speech praising JFK and discovering tax cuts won't do much to enhance his stature.

Nelson Warfield

Exploration is the essence of the human spirit. As evidenced by Jamestown's stature as the first permanent English settlement in America and NASA's missions beyond this world, the drive to explore the unknown has been one of the constants in the history of the nation.

Lesa Roe

When we use that term and link it with something like wrestling, that's saying that the midget is part of the entertainment, so it kind of reinforces the legacy of people of short stature being used in entertainment.

Gary Arnold

Any site consultant worth their salt does a lot of homework. When we say we're ACE certified, it gives us stature.

Rich Davis

Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it about the fact that it's people of short stature wrestling, that's when you're inviting the exploitation.

Gary Arnold

The two industrial cities will further consolidate Abu Dhabi's stature as a leading international industrial hub and showcase the emirate's investment and business-friendly environment.

Carlos Charlie Borde

I can't believe Kathy Ireland is really carrying food to my car. She didn't have to do this. Just donating money and getting this stuff here was more than enough for me, but to see a woman of her stature actually helping with a problem instead of throwing money at it really makes me appreciate her as a human being.

John Thomas

It doesn't take long for (opposing players) to get over (her stature).

Shane Mcfadyen

He was suffering from some depression and, as a person of his stature and a public figure, he found it really hard to talk about it to other people and therefore exacerbated the problem.

Mat Rogers

There is no doubt there is an appetite in Melbourne for a match of this stature.

Geoff Carr

This illustrates not only the quality of the product, but also the stature of the Steamboat Grand and Steamboat itself as one of the premier destination resorts in North America.

Betsy Wallace

We very early on decided I'm not going to play Arthur Laurents ? I couldn't if I wanted to, ... I've been aware of the stature of this man for a long time, and to work with him now is, of course, a joy.

Tom Aldredge

His work is very recognizable, as is Toulouse-Lautrec himself. He suffered from a bone disease, and he broke his legs when he was a child. The bones never healed correctly, so he was of very short stature.

Nan Curtis

These developers have the experience and interest and are definitely of national and international stature with very substantial financial capabilities.

Tom Gabelman

Willie Mays is an American icon and he is obviously one of the most recognizable figures with Negro League baseball. To have someone of his stature and to take his time to come, helps to legitimize the event and show how important it is to recognize the event.

Doug White

I think it would help. He's got stature, first of all. I think stature helps in that league. That's one thing he has that not a lot college coaches have, that level of stature. I think he would do good if he was in the NBA. There's a respect level that players have for him that they may not have for a lot of other college coaches.

Mike Gottfried

I think people come here not just because of the building, ... They come here because of the institution's rapidly emerging prominence and stature.

Arthur Levine

If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?

Joy Page

Kelly brings to the position a blend of excellent experience and charismatic leadership. We are fortunate to have a person of his stature take on this important position.

Greg Krikorian

We are incredibly fortunate to have someone of his stature with us for a semester.

Nick Maroules

If I had to compare his stature and quickness, I have to say that he reminds me of Brentson Buckner. The only difference is Brentson played defensive line, not offensive line.

Wallace Davis

We are delighted to add Scott to the Spirit family. State of the art technology is key to our current and future success. I'm confident that an information technology professional of Scott's stature will take Spirit to its next level.

Ben Baldanza

They are a club of Champions League stature and, when someone like Guus Hiddink calls, you listen to what is said.

Michael Ball

The reason progress is slow is that we always expect other men to be the heroes and to live the heroic lives. But we all have hero stuff in us. In our sphere of life we can always live more heroically and triumphantly and grow in heroic stature.

Wilferd A. Peterson

One of the reasons that TSU was selected was because TSU has a track record of producing graduates who have gone on and done well in the intelligence community. This gives us an opportunity to add to our stature in this area and really help the intelligence community diversify the talent pool.

William Lawson

With today's FDA approval, we are happy to know that there is a new treatment option for children suffering from short stature caused by severe Primary IGFD.

Mary Andrews

Our senior men's program will be tremendously served by Mike's extraordinary capabilities and stature and his superb leadership both on and off the court.

Val Ackerman

She's going to be missed, ... She is a person of a kind and stature the likes of which they're not making anymore.

Michael Mukasey

For a guy of his stature to take the time, not get paid a dime and come out and help the kids shows what kind of person he is and his willingness to give back to the Lebanon community. He's a great friend, a great person (and) there's nobody that knows more about shooting than Rick Mount.

Tracey Hammel

He had the stature and personality to needle anyone with a smile on his face. He didn't care if it was Seaver or Rod Gaspar.

Ron Swoboda

We did pay a very big price. A project of this stature definitely comes at a price.

Harish Dayani

The problem is that there is nobody in any party who has the stature to step into his shoes.

Dan Schueftan

We really feel that Minnesotans are a giving people, and that rate can be higher if people have an understanding of the need. Someone with Kirby's stature just speaks volumes about why this is something that's important to do.

Susan Gunderson

The campus is wonderful because it has many environments and scales of space that you can find a space for anything. And the statues are part of what gives the campus its stature. They enhance space.

Jim Horner

This is an opportunity to grow the city to a stature that we've never seen before.

Walter Clark

We're physical ourselves, and we're not afraid to play physical. They might be slight in stature, but the girls can dish it out.

Jim Yatzek

There is a trust there that Callahan will bring Nebraska back to its stature of old. In the past 10 years, only two Nebraska recruiting classes have been in the top 10 in my book, but this is shaping up to be one of the better looking groups out there.

Allen Wallace

And then there's some certain physical similarities just in stature and the way they move. They move funny. Belushi used to just walk out onstage, audiences would laugh. And I see that in Jack.

Harold Ramis

You have to do something in this league to attain stature. And then, with that, comes respect. Respect from a lot of different avenues. This is nothing but positive for us.

Dave Mcginnis

The stronger a president is, the more he can get by with appointments who are close political allies. The weaker the president is, the more they try to enhance their own stature with stature-enhancing appointments.

Tom Gallagher

These women are often short in stature and they've got cup sizes of I and J. It's just unbelievable.

Steve Mills

I think it is a tragedy that a person of the stature of Steven Spielberg, who has made such fantastic films, should have based this film on a book that is a falsehood.

David Kimche

It's a lot easier to find women that are smaller in stature than it is men. Carrying weight in the boat is, as you can imagine, an issue.

Dave Reischman

I said to myself, 'What's wrong? What could fix this?' ... You would need someone with ability and time, and the only ones are retired coaches -- the more stature the better.

Andy Curtin

We have a biotech company of some stature that went through a very rigorous selection process and chose us. Other companies may go to school on that. It's a huge signal that this is a good place to do business.

Carol Pratt

I have known Georgia for many years, and her experience, reputation and stature in the business made her truly the ideal candidate for us to help create the kind of company that can work with both newer talent as well as more established filmmakers.

John Lesher

It's great the governor is going on behalf of the all the people in Indiana. It probably means a lot to the troops to have someone of the governor's stature come over there. It's not a partisan thing.

Jennifer Wagner

Linux has been limited to the edge of the network for tasks like Web servers . But now we are seeing it gain stature and become part of the server network.

Simon Yates

We are fortunate to have a journalist of Paul's stature leading our internal communications efforts. His broad newspaper experience, as well as technology and training expertise, will be a valuable asset to our communications team as we expand our employee communications efforts.

Caroline Boren

Our plan for two campuses remains as it always has been: to operate meaningfully as a single enterprise, with a single identity, single reputation, and single stature. I am very confident that our new buildings, our new programs, and all of the people who comprise The Dickinson School of Law will ensure this as much as they will the law school's ongoing success.

Philip Mcconnaughay

I am very pleased to have David join our board of directors. David's deep knowledge and experience in financial services combined with his stature as an industry leader will allow him to contribute significantly to the company as we move ahead.

Ric Duques

The population of the United States will, on account of the great influx of blood from Southeastern Europe, rapidly become darker in pigmentation, smaller in stature, more given to crimes of larceny, kidnapping, assault, murder, rape and sex immorality. And the ratio of insanity in the population will rapidly increase.

Charles Davenport

I am excited and honored to have this opportunity, both as a CNN veteran who has done virtually every job in the organization and as a journalist dedicated to maintaining our stature as the world's most powerful news organization.

Jim Walton

Jason is a gifted athlete. He was a tremendous receiver as a freshman and a sophomore. He has great speed, he's tall in stature, he had good body strength and he catches the ball great. He's a really good soccer player also. He's a very talented kid.

Glen West

Lucille didn't care about messing herself up. A lot of stars of her stature wouldn't do physical comedy because they were afraid they'd get their hair messed up or they'd look bad. I remember once she fell into a vat of green dye. She came out with not only her hair green but everything was green!

Gale Gordon

Have spent their lives working to erect the stature and posture of the U.S. as a leader in the world ... and we simply see that edifice crumbling.

Phyllis Oakley

He was down to earth. In 1997 I first started making contact with him. He didn't know me from Adam.... Here was a man with so much stature and such an entourage. I started to call him Mr. Parks. He told me to call him Gordon.

Eric Key