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If we don't act now, if we don't start thinking about what the river's going to look like five years, ten years, 50 years from now, then the opportunity will be gone.

If we do not act ... by the time the snow falls next winter, there will be genocide documented on a large scale in Kosovo.

I grab water out of people's hands - I act like it's a 911 situation. I need water.

I got us off to a bad start from the beginning of the game. The magnitude of the game and being in so many games like that, for me to be the one to act like I had never been in a game like that is unacceptable. I fully take responsibility for this one.

If they chose to act like a pariah, they can't blame the international community for treating them like one.

If we can do what we want to do, we can bring the Animas River up to Clean Water Act aquatic-life standards.

If they want to have the ports and airfields opened they should actually study carefully our recent proposal and then act on it accordingly.

If this act turns out to be related to Corby, we hope that the Australian people do not make an enemy of the Indonesian people.

If this act had been passed two years ago there would not have been much debate about conformity. But this year, more than 40 states are facing budget shortfalls.

If this turns out to be Laci, we want the animal responsible for this heinous act to pay. We believe if this is Laci, God has allowed her to be found.

If we can spend enough time below $60, I think that may act as a positive for markets.

I have come to believe, after much reflection and with great reluctance, that the independent counsel act is structurally flawed and that those flaws cannot be corrected within our constitutional framework,

I didn't really know I wanted to act when I was a child. I have a lot of interests, and I really wanted to finish my education - go to college - and didn't really want to have a career as an adolescent.

I don't have a choice, you know. Come out here and do what they tell me to do. That's all I can do. Just be quiet, go about my business, just act professional, that's part of my job.

I'd like to continue to act and also produce.

I didn't act in college, per se, because I didn't want an acting degree. I don't know what you do with that degree. When I was 16, I saw 'Usual Suspects,' and I wanted to be a director as well. So I thought I should go to school for directing and producing, something I knew nothing about.

I don't doubt that people are probably going to these Web sites. I think the markets are so volatile, they are going to act on anything at this point.

I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and they tell me what they want, and then I act like a mirroring device so that everyone can see what the cues are.

I don't believe there is one most romantic act that a guy can do; I think it is all about the couple in question, which totally differs. It's about you thinking about the person you are with and doing something tailored and thoughtful for them.

I don't believe that intent is a requirement to find a criminal violation of this law. I believe that it is the act that creates the violation.

I do not support gay marriage, but I hope the Massachusetts state legislature will act in a manner that is consistent with today's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling.

I don't believe what I did with Marta was illegal or was unethical or wrong, ... She was being battered and I invited her into my home. I provided her with assistance, I helped her get back to Guatemala, and I believe that was an act of compassion.

I don't act because I love doing it, I act because it's my job. At the end of the year, I gotta pay my taxes, bills, doctors, insurance, car insurance, the occasional vacation. It's a wonderful job. The upside is that it is exciting and different... the downside is that it is an extremely insecure job.

I'd call him and say, 'I don't know how to act this scene,' and he would tell me to fax it to him, ... Then he would walk me through it.

I dare you to think bigger, to act bigger, and to be bigger. I dare you to think creatively. I dare you to lead and inspire others. I dare you to build character. I dare you to share. And I promise you a richer and more exciting life if you do!

I come from a duo, actually, quite literally. My parents are Linda and Eddie, and they had an act in Vegas called 'Love's Way.'

I can act like a boy as much as I want, but when I wake up in the morning, I'm still a woman.

I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.

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,

I am learning that the beliefs I have about my self cause me to make the decisions I make. I act out of fear, out of anxiety and uncertainty.

I am honoured that my fans worked so hard to help me win Best Act Ever at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards.

I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is challenging and beguiling to sense something inside, put it on paper (or carve it in stone), and then step back and see how much has got lost in the process.

I am in strong support of the passage of the Voting Rights Act to protect the ability of all citizens, particularly minorities, to vote.

I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash stuff, then, when somebody comes up, act like they just woke up and go, "What was THAT?!

I believe the situation is getting very, very serious. Winter is coming very soon, and the international humanitarian community needs to act very quickly.

I believe that the jurors will understand the difference between murder and an act of mercy and compassion. Just because the prosecution has indicated that this is murder, that does not mean it is so.

I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the American public's confidence in, and perception of, our national security programs, by increasing transparency, strengthening oversight, and safeguarding civil liberties.

I am thrilled to be a co-sponsor of the SAVE Health Care Act because it has the potential to dramatically impact the lives of so many in this nation.

I am supportive of working on repealing the estate tax, but now is not the appropriate time. The nation is calling out for the Senate to act to help those in need.

I and millions of fans think that's pathetic, ... It's obvious to everyone in this room that baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you.

Certainly it's a juggling act when it comes to scheduling tennis. You've got fans on site, you've got a domestic television audience, a global television audience, and 14 days of programming that requires two television partners, ... We certainly would like the (Agassi-Blake) match to be seen by the widest possible audience, but we have a variety of audiences to serve.

Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. Marbury stands for the authority of the Supreme Court to have and to exercise that power.

Celestial Gold will have to find a few pounds to be in with a real shout but he does act on the course, which is a big help.

Celebrity or unknown, our job is to act on information that others have given us,

But we shouldn't act as though the private sector doesn't have its act together and the government does. There are also significant vulnerabilities in government.

But we can act and not react, ... We need to know where we are going before we can make decisions.

But it was moving so fast that we didn't have time to dwell upon it, we went from an opening act to headlining, and we were out touring a long time.

But there's a yellow light for inflation, since they show unused capacity has come down. That, combined with high prices for fuels will force the central bank to act with a lot of caution.

But for the most part, we have concluded when we looked at this profile that we needed to recognize that we are not baseball guys. We are baseball fans and we have a passion for the game. I've been one in my life that has wanted to become associated with people who were experts and then were given the responsibility and authority to act on their expertise. For the most part, that's what we're going to do.

But before I act on that plan I want to confer with the individuals in Oklahoma, and families of the victims and that will take place shortly,

but - and I don't want to be crass here - isn't a hurricane an act of God? Shouldn't we have a day of shunning?

Basically what happens over the course of the seven weeks is they (the students) create, write and hone a five-minute act that's based on their personal lives. We feel the funniest stuff comes from people's experiences.

Baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you, so why should we believe you are serious now?

Because they are a court that can only act through the vote of five people agreeing on something, even people who have very diverse views about the law ultimately do have to come together,

China's currency policy is not directly linked to the census result. China will not change the currency policy frequently, and will act prudently.

China's apprentice period must now come to a close, and China must act as a fully accountable participant and beneficiary in the international trading system. China must find a way to pursue its own self-interest while also adhering to, and helping to shape, the policies and institutions that under gird its own prosperity and the prosperity of its trading partners.

China is beginning to act more like a world citizen. We need China to be more active on the world stage. For example, we should want China to be a bigger participant and a bigger shareholder in the IMF. We should want it to be an even more active participant in the G8 and G20.

I'm at another level, where I want to act and submit screenplays and possibly direct. That's the uncharted, shark-infested water I want to dip myself into.

I look forward to the day when being called 'another Monica Lewinsky' refers to the hard work behind a master's degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics, after spending the first act of one's life deflecting the shame of a scandal that should have rested on the shoulders of a man old enough to have known better.

I'll always be an outcast, ... I've been a lifelong Democrat and I was just trying to help them out. I didn't say that they had to agree with me on anything. But they (Democrats) can't get their act together, those schmucks.

I have a great wife. It takes a special person to take that on. She gets it and is supportive. She loves football. There's no doubt there's a juggling act (with time). If (my family) wasn't supportive, I probably wouldn't do it. If they weren't excited about it, it would be hard for me to be.

I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that my agent gave me the wrong scene or lines. They would take pity on me and hand me the right scene. I would act like I had never seen this before - and then do pretty well considering I had already rehearsed it.

I have asked Britain to act more from the perspective of president (of the EU) than from a merely national perspective.

I have a theory. You were supposed to ask her to dance. She was content, not happy. Ultimately the problem is that you're not willing to take risks. You've got to be willing to take risks. Are you going to act or are you just going to sit there and let possibly the biggest decision of your life pass you by?

I have a tendency to want to act goofy.

I have a very strong record of stern and strict discipline. But, I am also fair and we're fair to our program and we want to be fair with Chris. In our assessment of the situation, Chris did not act inappropriately.

I have never had any ambitions in acting, I just like working. I will act as long as I can and as long as they will have me.

I have never been with a man who has performed any kind of good cunnilingus. Guys always act really bored. It's like they're... doing you a favor.

I have never been a dove because I'm some kind of woolly-eyed liberal. I have been a dove from the very early period, because I recognized that the Palestinians weren't going to go away, and they weren't going to remain passive. And all of these predictions were correct. And we'd better now act on them and make peace.

I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.

If China truly wants to be part of the great world, and be a citizen of the world, they must act like a citizen of the world. China has never lived up to a trade agreement, so why do we think they're going to live up to this one?

If China lets multinationals' malicious mergers and acquisitions go ahead freely, China can only act as labor in the global supply chain.

If Chavez would only act according to what he says, then we'd have an environmentalist Venezuela.

If caught in an avalanche your chances are slim. Even if the guys with you have their act together.

I can't imagine doing anything without being an improviser. I can't imagine trying to write or act or direct without what improvising offers you.

I can't over-emphasize how important pre-shift examinations are. It is a key provision put in the act to protect miners' safety.

I can think of nothing more appropriate for this occasion than to welcome and honor Senator Harkin for his vision and compassion in championing passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act 16 years ago. An entire generation of empowered citizens is deeply indebted to him.

I fought for Texas teachers' Social Security benefits by advocating the amendment to the Teacher Social Security Protection Act that protected them.

If orders had been followed, the terrorist act could have been prevented.

Given the industry's reliance on trucks as the primary means of transporting farm animals, the USDA's failure to apply the Twenty-Eight Hour Law to trucks renders the act virtually useless, ... Transporting farm animals for 28 or more hours without rest, food, or water is clearly inhumane, and the USDA's failure to place any time limit whatsoever on truck transport is indefensible. If the USDA doesn't understand the definition of 'truck,' we would be happy to send over a dictionary.

Given our view that Longview could put up a fight, and our assessment of valuation as an operating entity (and our net asset value estimate), we would act on the opportunity to sell near the $26 bid.

Fred now has the opportunity to focus completely on his return to the court without any added pressure, and we as a franchise have improved flexibility under the salary cap to add someone who can immediately help us this season. Fred is a class act and a true professional both on and off the court.

For students, graduates and parents who want to secure major savings, procrastination is just not an option ? it's time to act now. Borrowers have three months to take advantage of this unique opportunity and save potentially thousands of dollars.

From a mental standpoint, not from a nut-and-bolts thing with the race car, but from a mental standpoint I think this team is more focused and more ready to go. I feel like I'm the quarterback of this race team. It's time for me to act like it.

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Friends Reunited have got a very strong brand, they've got a huge database and they've managed to make money, which is a conjuring act most of the internet operations we saw during 2000 weren't able to do. Friends Reunited has stood the test of time.

Gale Norton has been a great advocate of protecting private property rights and improving the public's access to public lands. She has been a friend and ally of our movement. She has several major accomplishments, including the Healthy Forests Act which protects both people and forests from out of control wildfires, endorsing Endangered Species Act reforms to make the law work for a change, sharply reducing federal land acquisition because the government already owns too much, and greatly increasing the role of land owners and local elected officials in decision making processes.

If any retailers are feeling pressured or squeezed in any way, we want to know about that. We will act upon it.

If any police force fails to act to protect the public safety, the state police is ready to act under my direction to proceed to remove any obstacle. We have a responsibility to provide for the public safety, and I take the responsibly very seriously,

If anyone in the world had a doubt .Ê.Ê. that sectors of the U.S. government have been planning President Hugo Chavez's assassination, those doubts surely have been cleared up through the criminal act by a personality very close to President George W. Bush, who has a lot of influence in the current U.S. administration.

If, as it appears, it was an act of terrorists, then we will do everything in our power to track them down and hold them accountable.

If after the report on Wednesday investors believe that FedEx will be able to post double-digit (earnings per share) growth during the first half of the fiscal year 2001, we believe the stock should begin to act a bit better. If FedEx management guides the street downward, we believe the stock will be dead money for some time.

If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.

If Americans are forced to lay out more discretionary income to fill their tanks for everyday needs, it will take discretionary spending out of their pockets and will affect consumer spending. We need to act urgently to address the situation.

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women, he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.

I don't think we have that killer instinct mode. When we have teams down by 10, 15 we've got them on the ropes. We let them stay in the fight instead of knocking them out. We have to act like pit bulls. We have to keep swinging. We have to go for that killer punch.

I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy.

If Abbas can act against anyone, it would seem to be them.

I express my firmest condemnation of this new act of violence that, added with other cruel gestures carried out in that tormented country, does not help pacification or renewal,