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Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them. (Malcolm Turnbull)
But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody. View quote
Marcus Allen
People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level. View quote
Marcy Kaptur
I think even if I did the research mentioned above, it would be a total waste of money because if those people don't believe in the testimonials, they won't believe in the research at all. They would say that I made it all up. So why waste money? View quote
Alex Chiu
A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say. View quote
Andrew Hudgins
Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you. View quote
Andy Reid
Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious. View quote
Charles Munch
The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration. View quote
Chris Anderson
The world is a challenging place in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a major role to play in global affairs. The pope is more than a spiritual leader. For the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is an inspiration of holiness and goodness and, above all, the faithful proclamation of the Gospel. View quote
Chris Smith
We need to rediscover the essence of the meaning of 'the use.' Architecture is, above all, here for a better living. Every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforce their reason to be, their use, and will give more sense to their beauty. View quote
Christian de Portzamparc
We need to instill the values that are important for future generations, and above all we have to show boys how to respect women. (Charlene, Princess of Monaco)
I'll sweep the floors. I've picked up napkins in the men's room. I'm not above anything. View quote
David Duffield
In a girl I look for honesty above all, someone who I can carry on a conversation with, someone who has a good sense of humor, someone who's true to herself, and to top it, someone who can get ready for a date in less than ten minutes. View quote
Erik von Detten
Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them. View quote
Georg Henrik von Wright
Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it. View quote
Henry Laurens
Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation. View quote
J. M. Roberts
When running to fill a time quota, however, the reverse happens. You can't make that time pass any faster by rushing, so you settle into a pace that feels right to you at the moment. Each minute above a quota is a little victory. View quote
Joe Henderson
By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. View quote
John Pearson
It feels like I'm in a swimming pool, and I am constantly trying to stay above water. Sometimes I feel like I'm slipping, and you try to come up for air, and that's how it is when looking for the next role. View quote
Kym Whitley
The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative. View quote
Martin Filler
The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past. (Matt Blunt)
I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a merely "normal" life or settle for an average existence. No, I am destined for more--much, much more. View quote
Melody Carlson
My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself. View quote
Mem Fox
Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality. View quote
Michael Arrington
Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them. View quote
Michael Bergdahl