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I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.

I have always been that way, but there is an argument that if I am left out for players in better form, that's fine. I will have to accept it, but if I am playing well and feel I can help the team I will certainly be saying that too.

I have made it clear that I'm happy to become the largest shareholder in NTL and for other shareholders in Virgin Mobile to join me in taking shares in NTL. NTL has made a cash offer as well, and other shareholders can also accept the cash offer.

I have made clear that we can not accept a final package on the round that does not have a meaningful services element,

I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.

I felt absolutely sick about the stoppage, I feel that when you have two big guys in the ring like this the referee's have to accept the fact that a bloody nose is considered extremely minor as an injury.

I feel the Godrej brand has generally come to signify trust to most consumers. 400 million Indians use one or the other Godrej product on a daily basis, and they have come to accept it. We will, thus, continue positioning Godrej strongly on the trust platform.

I find it hard to accept the notion that the country is now not in civil war.

I find it hard living in a day and age where people are unwilling to accept who they really are.

I find it almost sad that it happened the way it did because it was a great moment from the France team. After that, one must accept that we were trapped by someone who thought it was funny.

I feel pretty good about being here. I'm willing to accept my role here. I just need to keep working hard and be ready to step in when I'm called on.

I can't imagine any other Canadian prime minister trying to manipulate public opinion by hiding the caskets of fallen soldiers. He hopes that out of sight is out of mind. Canadians are not going to accept that.

Given the absence of any progress, we feel compelled to make our offer available directly to your shareholders, so they can accept this opportunity to realize superior, immediate and certain value for their shares,

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.

For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,

Fraud is a very high standard. For a court to accept this for fraud, it's going to have to be a very egregious situation.

If anyone wants to look at the quantum leap at IBM, they should look at profit margins. Investors have to be savvy enough to accept the fact that sometimes smaller is better, but that's not the mentality on Wall Street. That may be why IBM is not getting the credit they deserve.

If anyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view

If AT&T has a horrible quarter in terms of cash flow then their institutional investors might pressure them to accept the Comcast deal.

If after a reasonable time passes it becomes clear that the PA (Palestinian Authority) is not willing to accept these principles, we will need to begin to act.

If at the end of the day they say 'Mr. Tulloch you have to go' I will accept it with love and grace but until then I won't run and leave the youths. If they find a coach and say 'Mr. Tulloch go' I will move on just the same. It's a challenge and you just have to stand up to it.

I don't want to accept it because it's ridiculous to lose to someone like that. It was all on us. We just got down on ourselves and I stopped trusting her and she stopped trusting me.

For us to be .500 and not playing defense the way we need to play, mediocre is the right word. We should not accept being .500 right now. We expect more of ourselves and we should have a better record than we have.

For the second straight week, jobless claims have substantially undershot the consensus, ... Analysts apparently do not want to accept that the flow of extra job losses caused by the events of Sept. 11 is slowing sharply, but that is exactly what the data indicate.

For too long, access to some schools has only been open to those who could afford to buy an expensive house next to a good school, while the rest were told to accept what they'd been given,

Given the way the national board has been operating, it is not surprising that these are the results. We will not accept it. We will challenge it in court.

Given the obvious sensitivities, we could not accept involvement of Indian military on our side for relief operations.

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.

For me, writing isn't a way of being public or private; it's just a way of being. The process is always full of pain, but I like that. It's a reality, and I just accept it as something not to be avoided.

If you accept cash, and you call it a campaign contribution, but that money is to buy your vote, I don't see the difference.

If you are going to make progress in aviation and aerospace, you've got to take some risks, and be willing to accept it. There were a lot of things going up and coming down that we didn't know, but we learned when we flew.

If we're willing to accept unlimited immigration in order to keep wages low and corporate profits high, we should just say so and stop paying for all the immigration enforcement window dressing.

If we wish to maintain peace, then we cannot accept that impunity be provided to these international criminals and drug dealers.

If those who call themselves the Iraqi resistance desired to contact me, I would welcome them. I would not refuse to meet any Iraqi who wants to meet me. But of course that does not mean I will accept what he says.

If the SPD would only finally accept Merkel as chancellor we could have a coalition agreement by late October. We've got to respect the will of the voters.

If we are sent an invitation, we will accept it.

If we accept this extension, this township is still as far behind the ball as we ever were,

. if we accept the reality that life is difficult, demanding and often painful, then the day-to-day living of it is no longer so onerous. In accepting life as it really is, we transcend it. Or, as they say on Wall Street, The market has already discounted the bad news.

If we accept the permit, we would have to shut down the mine. Why would we want to do that? We can't operate without mining.

If we accept that broadly 500 million people are at risk today, we expect that to increase by about 10% by the middle part of this century.

If we accept federalism, the country will be finished.

If that's going to be the policy of the church as the church seeks to be its best self, then I'm going to accept what the church tells me, ... On the other hand, I would have an awful lot of compassion for men who are holy, celibate, chaste and who are homosexual and have served the church well.

If the documents appear to be legitimate, we accept them.

If the European Union decides not to keep its word, if its own leaders decide to forget their signatures beneath the decisions they've made before the ink has even dried ... if they decide to ignore all this and impose new conditions that Turkey will never accept ... then of course in that case this kind of partnership can never be.

He was a very strict disciplinarian. You learned to accept responsibility from him, and I think he really helped a lot of people in growing up. He helped us mature a little bit along the way.

He was very adamant that it was not bothering him pitching. After we went through it and talked about the possibilities of it acting up, I felt it was easier for him to accept this.

He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him. If your job is to be the best player on special teams, that's what you need to do. Everybody has to accept their roles and responsibilities. He does. That's the biggest thing he stresses.

He had to agree to it and accept it and believe in it.

He (Hughes) said it was not his policy to accept pleas on that offense that called for only community corrections and work release.

He had a heart of gold. He always wanted to help. He was an amazing man. I can't accept the fact he's gone.

He doesn't seem to have the personality for a No. 2: He is a fighter. He's not one who will just accept being behind. He is still progressing, and Ferrari can only be good for him.

He never did well in school, and she couldn't accept that. She felt it was a failure on her part.

Today, literate people of the space age, in well-populated countries, are not prepared to accept taboos without question.

Whatever the Command of Lord and Master is, one should bow his forehead and accept it

Whatever it was, we really emphasized that we wanted it to be consistent time and time again and weren't going to accept anything less.

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.

What do you fear my lady?' 'A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond beyond recall or desire.

There is a strong move in the south to form a southern region. But there is a also a strong objection from Sunnis even though they accept autonomy for Kurdistan. They think ... federalism should be discussed after the coming elections.

There is fear in Europe that the administration will pay no attention to the aims defined in Kyoto, ... It is important that the United States accept its responsibility for the world climate. They are the biggest economy in the world and the heaviest energy consumers. This is one of those issues where one can say from a basis of real friendship: 'Dear friends, we are of the opinion that if you abandon Kyoto, you are in the wrong.'

The purpose of election integrity law is to ensure that votes are accurately counted, not to ensure that all equipment vendors can comply. The law requires voting machine transparency for good reason. All vendors must realize that the public will not and should not accept a process that forces them to simply trust, but not verify, their votes are accurately counted.

The people did decide that it's time for someone else to serve and I accept their judgment.

We took one on the chin. We accept that.

We took one on the chin (in Carolina) and we accept that. There's a lot of room for improvement with everybody on the team. It has to start this week.

We took a very hard line in support of our members, that we could not and would not accept outsourcing.

We're pleased the court's going to move forward promptly and we would hope that RIM would accept our offer for a reasonable royalty license.

When investors come to accept the view that the seeds for economic reinvigoration have already been sown, a more aggressive approach will be appropriate,

We are extremely proud to accept this prestigious award recognizing our commitment to professional development for the information security workforce through our Review Seminars and other educational programs.

To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we.

to equate America with reality and truth, and get people overseas to accept that.

What you're seeing here is an industry that refuses to accept responsibility for the harm it is capable of.

What you do as a family, that determines your character and what kind of person you're going to be. We can either lay down and we can accept this or we can get back up and fight. I told them I choose to fight and I believe they're going to choose to fight.

What would happen if we accept God's gift of tithing when we accept God's gift of money? If we give off the top, we claim our place as 'givers' before we admit that we are 'consumers.' That puts our priorities in order and establishes a framework of gratitude around the rest of our financial affairs.

What will come out of this is there will be uniform rules set. What'll most likely happen is that they'll put in a rule: Here's the standard. You either accept it or you don't accept it. And I think nationally they'll accept it.

What will break the deadlock is for the Israeli side to really accept the American initiative that we accepted.

Henry Morris was the first to come up to me and he said the members have spoken and I accept their decision and we parted on very good terms today.

He refused to accept anything less than being big-time. His goals were to make Florida relevant.

Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make targeted reductions in the administrative costs - the red tape costs - that regulations impose on business.

Have a picture in mind of the kind of career you want, the kind of writer you want to be. This will help you make tough decisions when you reach crossroads - choosing an agent, deciding to accept deals.

has undertaken to consider how it is going to accept international obligations in that regard.

Having been in America as recently as November, there will be some people clearly who support the peace process, who support Sinn Fein, who support the Irish cause, who will not agree with me going to Cuba, but I think they will accept and understand it.

Guys felt bad for him. Guys were sad. He recruited a lot of these guys here. He's a good guy, a good coach and he taught us a lot. But that's the business part of it and you have to accept it.

Gustavo and his family were made aware by the physicians caring for him that the cancer he was battling might leave him wheelchair bound. Gustavo quite simply refused to accept that possibility.

He's a fiery guy, and players are feeding off that. Joe is a straight shooter. When you're doing something well, he'll tell you. If you're not, he's not worried about hurting your feelings. He coaches with a lot of positive reinforcement, and guys accept that even more.

Here you have a company that's just come out and now they're making it sound like we're going to force you accept whatever standard we put up. The only thing that's gonna win is what's best.

God may not accept a person to forgive him his sins, without an atonement, else he must give free license to sin both in angels and men, and then sin were no sin, and our God were no God.

He's been preaching the same thing all year. I know he's frustrated as far as what's going on with the team. We, as players, have to be able to accept that and correct it.

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known, Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide, Wherein he blundered and how much he lied. --Salder Bupp

He's done a great job there. He has a team that puts constant offensive and defensive pressure on you. They're deep. They run. They're quick. They're just a relentless team. A lot of that has to do with his personality. That's how he coaches, and he doesn't accept excuses when it comes to effort.

There are no other words to describe it but devastating. But we can't sit back and accept it. We've got to do something about it. Now, we're probably going to need some help to get in the playoffs. But we're not mathematically out of it so we're still be playing like we're in it, to win it. We've just got to stop the bleeding and come out and play hard.

There are several reasons why prehuman civilization is kept secret by ruler of this world. One of them is to avoid warfare between those who can and those who can't accept that humans are descendants of something else.

There are several issues we have to work out, like where people can get applications and how to accept payment.

The Palestinian state should be built on the borders of 1967 and the Palestinians will not accept any state less than that.

The painful reality for passenger carriers is that the domestic market has been unwilling to accept fares that reflect high fuel prices.

When they get down on themselves, it brings the whole team down. When you have three captains, they just have to accept that responsibility.

Under federal regulations, it's the pilot's call. The tower would have asked for a flight plan and would have advised him to not take off. There's no stopping a pilot from taking off at any time. If the pilot makes that decision, under the federal air regulations, they can do that. However they have to be willing to accept the risk and it would certainly indicate extreme bad judgment.

We must have high expectations for children who are more difficult to teach or who have fallen behind, ... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would accept no less than an equal concern for every child in America, and neither will my administration.

We must express the fact that we respect others but also that we do not accept violence and destruction.

We have to accept the umpire's decision. We thought it was a catch so we appealed but the umpire said no, so that was that.

We have to accept the situation and do a good race, just as we did in Malaysia.