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For Waylon, it was always about the music. The only spotlight he ever cared about was the one on him while he was onstage. It wasn't about the awards or events. He was an original and a pioneer in terms of creating his own sound. This is a great loss for the music world.

If that stuff does transpire, I'm very excited. I think I would be more nerve-wracked or nervous if it was just about me as an actor, ... But it is more than that/ What if a ton of people saw this movie ... our first film? Awards season can always help a film that way.

If the Federal Election Commission ignores the complaint of fraud and corruption in the Buchanan campaign and awards him the $12 million ... we will obviously sue in the U.S. Court of Appeals. We will pursue this every step of the way.

If the government ends small business contracting programs, then the $119 billion in awards currently reported as going to small firms will go to large companies which make up only 2% of U.S. employers. Small business owners need to get on the phone or on the Internet and let their Congressional delegates know that they don't want the government to eliminate Federal programs for small business. Once these programs are gone, we will never get them back.

Whatever awards come, they come. It's going to be a fun night either way.

The people's choice awards just don't have the same legitimacy. In the end, people believe the experts, because they're the ones who know best.

We took all these data points and fed them into a database. Then we looked at how successful the films were, based on a variety of indicators, including the number of awards it received, how much money it made at the box office and how many people had voted for a particular film on the Internet Movie Database .

We are extremely happy to host the awards ceremony at the Game Developers Conference. We believe it's important to celebrate the individual recipients and provide them with as much exposure as possible.

Having the CMA Awards in a venue the size of Madison Square Garden allows us to offer the public a chance to attend this very exclusive event.

Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni and much-hyped annual awards ceremonies. One year Mel Gibson recited Hamlet and escaped from a straitjacket. Tom Cruise has strutted in a bra and stilettos. This year Sarah Jessica Parker gets the prize. A recent ... episode was about money woes. I wonder if there will be any jokes about dough this time!

Her wit, comic timing, and her relationship with the artists bring a dynamic to the awards that I think is unprecedented in our industry.

Historically scientific research has been more popular, and liberal arts has lagged behind. The awards for the arts are much smaller.

There is an awards committee that makes the decision on winners, and we look at the community in general for winners, not just members of the Chamber of Commerce.

We look forward to Joan and Melissa bringing their unique mix of glamour and humor to the CMA Awards Red Carpet as they interview Country Music's biggest stars, ... We are thrilled to have TV Guide Channel share all the excitement leading into 'Country Music's Biggest Night' with their viewers.

H Stern was one of the first people to let me borrow their diamonds to wear to an awards show. At the Emmys last year, when I was such a has-been, no one would give me a dress.

Journalistic excellence and enterprise is at the heart of CNN's philosophy. We believe these Awards play a valuable role in the promotion and encouragement of quality journalism in Africa.

I think it's great that UNCA tries to keep its alumni involved with campus life through the awards and all of the other events that we invite our alumni to attend.

It is access that is impossible to get, to events like the Emmy Awards or (movie) premieres in London, Paris and New York, or Milan fashion shows -- those sort of things that are so unique. So we sell access,

I think the only time individual awards really impress upon you as a kid is when you get to share them with your teammates. What you share with your teammates is the big award, the conference championship. So if you get an individual award and the team gets nothing, you feel kind of like half-empty.

It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.

I was doing the 'Vogue' fashion awards when I was 16, live on VH1. I was coming down the steps, and I'm a really hard walker. I hadn't had a mistake yet in my career. Everything had been perfect. So I come down the steps on live TV, and I slip. I didn't fall, but you could see the look on my face. I was mortified. I was devastated.

I think when it comes down to actually, who's actually going to win on Wednesday, I think Alicia Keys will win probably three or four awards or so.

It has been an extremely successful year for Belle Rock Entertainment and it's a tremendous honor to end 2005 by being recognized in such a positive way by our players. The GOM Awards are extremely well known in the industry and are deemed to be a good barometer of success. It is certainly heartening to see that the various products in the Belle Rock Entertainment portfolio are recognized by both players and industry experts for the excellent quality entertainment they offer and these accolades will serve to inspire us to reach even greater heights next year.

I watched the MTV Video Music Awards every year, telling myself that one day I'm going to be there, and it's like, finally - I made it!

It is a remarkable honor to win these two national awards because they represent a new measure for the value of architecture architecture that balances beauty with performance and productivity.

It is always gratifying to be able to make education happen. Awards like this one at Whatcom Community College are a fundamental part of our partnership program to improve the educational opportunities of low- and moderate-income individuals and families in the communities where U.S. Bank operates.

I think these awards are wonderful. Cinema should get more international. The fine boundary lines don't really exist any more.

Last summer we received a phone call from the Department of Justice requesting medals commemorating the fallen police officers and firefighters who died trying to rescue people during the 9/11 attacks. We did that order in record time. They know they can come to us and get high quality awards in the shortest time you can expect - but sometimes physics does limit some things.

Over the past 30 years, our studies have demonstrated a strong relationship between journal article citations and peer esteem, and this is reflected in professional awards like the Nobel Prize.

Our awards are purely voted on by writers, so you're getting what the writers think are the best-written films of the year. Ironically, we parallel closely with the Oscars.

Right out of the chute, we announced awards from returning customers and had a fantastically successful Atlas V launch with NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto - and there are 11 months to go in 2006.

Restaurants are critical partners to the Washington wine industry because the restaurant is where consumers often have their first wine experience. The Washington Wine Restaurant Awards program recognizes those establishments that exhibit strong support of Washington wines with innovative and educational promotions.

Our ORBIT Awards produced by Allison Dollar will push forward new participants and industries interest and involvement with space enterprise and tourism. Our awards are focused on the off-world experience and lifestyle rather than access.

People just can't go on with an awards show like nothing happened.

Limited release movies just don't draw very big business unless they get acclaim from the Academy or the Golden Globes. We use this whole Golden Globes and Academy Awards to try to get some of these movies that don't do any business to get some business.

I was the teenage kid growing up in New Jersey watching the Tony Awards and thinking, 'Oh, maybe if I'm lucky I'll make it to Broadway by the time I'm 40!'

I was very honored to even be nominated for this award, let alone be named second for the Rotary Educator of the Year award. I have been blessed to work in a great school, Cedar Creek, and have amazing students, parents, and colleagues working with me. I wish there were enough awards to go around for so many other educators. Our district is full of people deserving of this award.

I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable companies. It doesn't make sense.

I think my friends are impressed that I win awards for sports at 89. They say, 'Oh, you're a role model.

Judging awards is a big chunk out of our working life and judges have very little time to spend on each entry.

I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.

Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

The 2006 GSM Association Awards have been specifically designed to showcase the diversity of products and services and the quality, ingenuity and level of innovation that combine to fuel the mobile value chain. Entries this year have again exceeded our highest expectations, reflecting the vibrancy of the mobile industry on a global basis.

The 2006 Best in Test Awards honor companies that introduce a new product that brings a significant technological advancement to the market in the test industry. Our editors selected Credence's Sapphire D-10 for this award because it combines a high-speed switched data network, FPGA-based flexibility, and high-density CMOS integration to enhance throughput and efficiency for testing a variety of consumer electronic devices.

The Academy Awards red carpet has really become the biggest fashion show on Earth. And it really has become a designer race. It wasn't always like that.

The Academy Awards is a TV show that gives awards to movies. Now there are magazines that talk about the TV show that gives awards to movies.

The Academy Awards have become much bigger than a night on TV. It has become something we can build a marketing program around.

The ACE Awards pay tribute to the high standard of excellence that these leaders provide in our industry. These innovators -- the creators of technology -- are shaping our future through their influence, vision and creativity, enabling us to see the world in a new light.

The Academy likes to double up when they give awards away.

The 50-plus market is extremely diverse and demands a different type of product and marketing approach than the mainstream. These awards recognize builders and other industry professionals for their innovation, and for raising the bar for the industry.

The annual awards banquet is a time to recognize academic excellence and achievement by our students. It is also a time for the community to gather and recognize alumni and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the college.

The American Music Awards are always one of television's highest rated awards shows because of the top-tier talent that performs and because of the quickness of the production. We are pleased to accept this remarkable collection of music television to our collection.

That was when my coach taught me that I should not wear medals around, they were awards not jewelry. So you'll never see me with my medals on!

I wasn't a 'Battlestar' fan, but I had a lot of respect for the show. I had a lot of friends who worked on the show, and I had seen a few episodes. but I was more attracted to it from afar, from the respect and awards it had received to the loyal viewership that it had. That piqued my interest a lot when the opportunity for 'Caprica' arose.

Most of my colleagues have research awards on the shelf. I have party invites.

You know, I live in Michigan, ... I've worked with a lot of guys who make a lot more money than I do and have won awards and all that. I don't brood about it, but it's there, and everybody wishes they were recognized more, appreciated more. So I just kind of took that, poured gasoline on it and lit it. Then I had (Bernard). Then he was there.

We?ll be putting the application in this month. The awards are done on a rolling basis through the Office of Policy and Management.

We hope these awards will help these young adults succeed in the future.

With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She said that she didn't need that; she knew what she'd done.

Without a doubt Mariah Carey's huge comeback was the big music story of 2005 and continues into this year. With more than five million album copies sold to date and numerous awards already won, the results of our GRAMMY poll reflect the public's love for Mariah. We'll have to wait and see if the music industry will give her the credit that her fans already have.

We're delighted to have Val Kilmer join our Volvo for life Awards judging team. His genuine interest in honoring our nation's heroes makes him a wonderful addition to the initiative.

We're dealing with cases that could be very consequential. We're dealing with statutes that provide for massive financial awards for damages.

We finally got on the front row of an awards show,

We've got that one last game. It's fan appreciation night. We're just going to come out and have fun. We have our awards banquet the next night and then we'll start getting ready for next year.

We're not at all embarrassed to be the second-best team in the country. The second-place awards were in our locker room, and I told our players they might feel like they don't want them now, but when they're old and gray, they'll be very proud they were the second-best team in the country.

We have a lot of applications going in, awards going in. It ain't perfect but we are encouraging people to get back on track, ... We're determined.

We were so excited backstage. Yeah, it did feel kind of like Academy Awards night.

You know, he's a very talented, skillful surgeon. He won awards for being the top plastic surgeon in Houston several years in a row. I?m hopeful he can get back to his life of helping other people.

You know, Equal Interest played at the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival Awards and not one musician from that category was even thought of. Even thought of! The idea, that here's this vital energy, and that element doesn't even know it exists!

The past winners of our World Racing Championships awards have truly reflected the winning spirit to support the growth of great international competition. As our member organizations look forward, we must provide a sharper focus on world rankings and recognition that can be widely tracked and accepted by the entire racing world.

This is a big surprise I don't agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I'm prepared to make an exception for the ones I'm nominated for. The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.

We released (that) at a time when we anticipated audience interest in the title to be exceptional. Similarly, we will release Pride & Prejudice on Feb. 28, as the anticipation for the Academy Awards reaches its pinnacle.

The Readers' Choice Award is a barometer of PerfectDisk's success in the Windows market. These two awards highlight the importance of PerfectDisk's key differentiators -- free space consolidation and complete single pass defragmentation. The overwhelming response from users is the ultimate validation of PerfectDisk. By consistently listening to their feedback we continue to break new ground.

Volvo's most sincere gratitude goes out to the Volvo for life Awards judges, who time and time again come together to select the year's greatest hometown heroes. They are an inspiring group of individuals making an incredible impact on the world.

Indian film awards lack credibility.

Apart from the National Film Awards, I don't see any other award ceremony that I should give value to. My personal experience about these award ceremonies is that I don't trust them. I have no faith in them so I would prefer to stay away.

I don't even know where mine [Oscar award] is. My mother has hidden it because everybody who comes in wants to take a photograph of it. So what she's done is she put it inside a suitcase somewhere.

The danger of pushing back the Oscars is that the other awards may steal the thunder. The Oscars can almost seem like an afterthought.

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Because all the movies that we tell ourselves we can't make - ballets, westerns, dramas, everything that are the hardest things to make - those are the movies that are not only winning awards which is fantastic, but also those movies that are commercial. We won't see a fascinating season like this for a while.

Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.

The Aga Khan Awards for Architecture seeks to make a better place in physical terms. This means trying to bring values into environments, buildings, and contexts that improve the quality of life for future generations.

What we've been seeing throughout awards season is very minimal jewelry.

My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.

I don't think too much about awards.

I can only point out a curious fact. Year after year the Nobel Awards bring a moment of happiness not only to the recipients, not only to colleagues and friends of the recipients, but even to strangers.

Y Tu Mama Tambien' is one of the first unrated movies to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. But many video stores won't take a movie that's not rated, so I had to make the movie an R.

It may be the first in what I trust will be a rapidly growing and influential genre--the novel designed on purpose to be excludedfrom the Booker short-list.

Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife.

I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until I die. I always joke to myself that I want to have a postmortem Academy Award Nomination.

If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

I was at awards shows and felt really lost so it was good to play someone who was really lost.

I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.

BJ Novak gets the Perseverance Award for graduating from Harvard and being unemployed for the entire plane ride to Los Angeles.

Comedy Central made their own awards show. They were named best comedy channel.