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The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

As a creative person, you want to have a foothold and sense of progress.

I feel I want to grow as an actress and be better. I want to progress as a singer and songwriter, and produce movies and everything. So there'll be no time when I feel I've done it all.

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.

The march of the human mind is slow.

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit.

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.

The potential of stem cells has been widely known for many years, but it is only recently we have started to make progress towards the ultimate goal of using them in patients. These results show it may be as little as five years before this advance can be used to directly benefit patients for a huge variety of illnesses and injuries.

The positive news is we're making progress on the cost front, led by painful concessions by our employees and suppliers, ... The tougher news is while the revenue environment has improved, it's still depressed by historical standards.

The person who believes less in Josh is Josh. It's a daily progress with him to get him to believe.

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time. A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little accomplishments.

We are pleased with the progress we are making but there remains much to do.

We are pleased with the progress toward achieving our earnings growth objective. We are reaffirming our 2006 earnings guidance of $1.25 to $1.35 per share.

We are pleased with the progress that has been made and we keep Fifa updated with all the developments - they are happy with the progress so far.

We are pleased with the progress of our international operations, whilst we remain cautious about prospects in the UK, where we have experienced the slowdown in consumer expenditure.

We are pleased with the progress achieved in the first quarter and believe we have made meaningful strides toward improving value for our customers and shareholders.

We are pleased with the outcome of these ballots, which represents very good progress in the consultative process.

We are pleased with the consistently high level of academic achievement by our student-athletes. Penn State strongly encourages and endorses Academic Progress Reporting and other forms of protecting the interest of the student-athlete earning a meaningful education. We recognize that currently some institutions are slightly penalized for reporting at a higher standard, but we will not compromise that standard.

We are pleased with our performance in 2005. The year was highlighted by the filing of the new drug application on NRP104, our lead compound under development, for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in pediatric populations. We believe that this advancement together with the progress on our other pipeline products positions us well for future growth. Looking forward, we anticipate receiving approval from the FDA on NRP104 in the second half of 2006 and making IND filings on NRP409 and NRP388, the two most advanced candidates in our preclinical pipeline, by the end of the second quarter of 2006. In addition, we plan to continue to develop NRP290, our second most advanced compound, and other drug products in our research pipeline.

We are pleased with our performance and progress in the first quarter, especially since the first quarter of last year included sales generated by the Easter holiday. This year, the Easter holiday fell in April and is in our second quarter.

We are pleased with our overall progress in the quarter and remain intensely focused on technology leadership and operational execution.

We are pleased with our fourth-quarter performance and appreciate the hard work of Symbol associates. We continue to show progress in revenue and margin improvement, and are lowering our operating expenses according to plan. In 2006, our top priorities are to drive revenue growth, invest in technology innovation that will deliver new products for our customers and remain focused on enhancing operational efficiencies.

We are pleased with our continued progress in meeting strategic goals and continue to see good customer flows across many business lines, ... It is clear, however, that the increasingly weak economic environment is making it difficult for our efforts to show up on the bottom line." ()

We are pleased with initial customer reactions to our merchandise assortment changes and store service improvements. While still early, we are making visible progress with our targeted initiatives.

We are pleased to have entered into this agreement to sell our stake in Progress Telecom to Level 3. We will continue to rely on Progress Telecom for transport and network management services that are critical to our business.

We are pleased to confirm ... that indeed some progress was tentatively made on various important issues. We are not in a position to provide further details of the agreements ... because they still need to be fleshed out and confirmed by higher levels on both sides.

We are pleased to be making such positive progress toward our primary objective of one million users by June 30, 2007,

We are pleased to be increasing our investment in California as the State has made progress with regard to capacity markets and long-term contracting options. As we've said, we will continue to pursue market development that supports the continued operations of existing plants that Californians need and investment in the next generation of energy infrastructure.

We are pleased to be acknowledged as a national leader in this area. Over the years, people have worked very hard to make things happen. You're never done. It's an ongoing process. But we think we've made progress and its' nice to have an external entity recognize the progress.

We are aggressively pursuing this around the clock and we are making progress in the case,

We believe that ongoing year-over-year improvement in GM North American operations should accelerate as we progress though 2006 and, coupled with conclusion of the Delphi labor dispute, lead to a strong positive reaction in the company's stock price over time.

There are concerns that if we do not make progress ... desperate people will resort to violence again,

We still think it is too soon to call Avon a successful turnaround in progress.

We appreciate the hard work and efforts that Rich and Greg have extended on behalf of this program over the past seven years. With 46 wins in the last two seasons and six straight winning seasons, they have contributed to a lot of the successes we have enjoyed. In my long?term commitment toward the future, I wanted to move Brian to director of basketball operations and felt these moves were necessary for the continued progress of the program.

We're not going to strike tonight. We are continuing to make progress ... we're very close to a settlement.

We're not going to negotiate some new treaty on climate change ... What this is about is seeing whether it will be possible in the future to bring people back into consensus together. Can we do that? I don't know, but it's important that we at least begin a process of dialogue that allows us to make progress on this.

There is no question that over the last 10 years there has been enormous progress and transparency as it relates to customs in Mexico. Whether there is total transparency, I don't know.

There is no progress. We are sticking to our stance and they explained their stance.

We believe that broadening and deepening the relationship is important for the United States and for Libya. That is what our liaison office is working on. And as we make progress on issues of mutual concern, we will evaluate next steps.

while maintaining the progress we have made in Europe and Asia. ... With these new appointments, I am confident that we have the leadership team in place to execute our plans and deliver outstanding results.

While (Japan) has made some important efforts, it has yet to make significant progress in diversifying the financial system,

Watching the young guys progress has really been great and rewarding. The seniors ... we feel we've been doing the best we can to help the guys come along. When I see things happen, see plays run right or Mario, Julian, Brandon, Micah going hard in different situations, it shows me how far they've come. I'm excited about our potential, too.

We've arrested the decline, and we're making progress.

We're making very good progress, but we're not stopping there. We're working with manufacturers to reduce fat and sodium in things like salad dressing ... and we're going to continue to work to make the food taste as good as it can taste.

We're making some real progress. We didn't have our best game but we battled hard and found a way to win, and that's what we need to do down the stretch.

We're making progress on resolving the concerns of a few senators,

We're making progress on K Street because the times they are a-changing.

We're making progress, but we're not yet there.

We're making good progress. Most of the work will be done by Tuesday, but we will be working on Wednesday.

We're making excellent progress. It was a very informative meeting and it was good for us to be able to hear from residents that live in both the north and south ends of the city. It was very interesting to hear what they had to say.

We're making a lot of progress in our intermediate track program. At Atlanta we had, at worst, a top-five car, but got crashed while running third.

We remain very excited about our recent acquisition of Bio-logic Systems. We have made great progress in the integration of Bio-logic, including the successful combining of our two sales and marketing organizations. We are also making significant operational changes to the organization that will make their operations more efficient. We remain very confident that the acquisition of Bio-logic will be accretive to our earnings in 2006 and beyond.

We remain solidly on track to deliver our 2006 financial goals of double-digit earnings per share growth and mid to upper single-digit revenue growth. We continue to make progress on our medium-term goal of 9.5 percent operating margins.

We remain determined to become a high-performance competitor for the long term -- and over the past several quarters we have made steady progress toward that goal.

We're sort of putting out a notice here that there's been a lot of progress here and we want to continue to see it.

What we're seeing here is clearly a continued attempt and a more concentrated effort by the enemy to try to get all the Iraqis that are cooperating with the coalition to break away and not provide us that support that is so crucial to getting to economic progress and the transition to sovereignty,

What they say may have an impact tomorrow, but the dominant topic on investors' minds right now starts with an 'I' and it's not Intel. Both businesses and consumers are hesitant to make any moves until there's progress on Iraq.

What they're saying makes sense. This is a work in progress. We need to get better than the plan we have and figure out a lot of the details.

What a great piece of progress this is,

We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen up before the VOL Tournament.

We would relentlessly try to tackle the militants and keep Bangladesh on the road to progress and prosperity,

We found that 70 percent of these activities are still in progress, ... Yet even with the additional weight placed on these criteria, more than half of the 24 departments and agencies earned 'A's' this quarter. Just as you would not grade college seniors on the same set of criteria expected of college juniors, our expectations for this quarter rose.

We find by educating, talking and working with homeowners we achieve a high level of compliance. We want to be flexible and work with them, but if we're not seeing progress or they refuse to work toward compliance, we have that citation authority available.

We felt like we've made progress, but that doesn't seem to matter too much when you have to walk into the locker room after another loss.

We believe we are setting the stage for further progress in 2006,

Universities have made impressive progress in combating piracy of music and movies through educational efforts, technical controls, and the adoption of legitimate online services. At the same time, we in higher education must expand the reach of our efforts and must continue to be vigilant.

Unity is the secret of social progress, and service to society is the means to promote it. 

United has made tremendous progress in our restructuring to improve performance across the board, in costs, revenue, operations and service to our customers.

Unfortunately Marcus has not made the progress that we had hoped but as one door closes, another opens for Ben MacDougall who wins his first cap this weekend.

Work was in progress to implement some of these protections.

We're pleased with the progress we've made. We've done some good work. The standards were implemented and demonstrated by multiple joint service parties, so we don't have a unique solution that only vendor 'A' will be able to use.

We're pleased with the progress we're making. We're not saying we're ready for Canton (the Pro Football Hall of Fame) yet or Super Bowl XL or whatever it is. (But) there is an attitude there that is very good. It's what we want, the toughness, effort, the technique, the fundamentals are getting better. We are very physical.

We're pleased with the progress we're making. We have changed some of the terms and conditions and parameters around the offerings in line with what they were telling us they wanted. That's got to be progress from their point of view and ours.

We're pleased with the court's decision. We'll continue our progress in district court.

We're pleased with his progress. He's seeing a specialist and we're hopeful he won't be too far away. Talk that he'll be out for four or five weeks, for the rest of the season or even for the World Cup is very premature - we think he's got a good chance of coming back before the end of the season.

We're pleased to see the significant progress in our first quarter results and in the implementation of all four elements of our North American turnaround plan.

We're hopeful that there will be progress. The fact of the matter is that the banana dispute is about defending the rules-based system of the WTO, ... We've gone through two panels. We've been successful. There must be a conclusion to these types of cases. They cannot go on forever. The losing party can't keep looking for further relief if they lose the panel.

We're becoming very organized and making progress in support of each other.

We're a work in progress. We could be 6-1 or 0-7 right now, but we're coming, and we're going to get better as the year goes on.

We're a work in progress right now, but we've improved from week to week,

We're a work in progress and we're scrambling and scratching and clawing to kind of be what we were so proud to be earlier. And we're close. We're getting there sort of in fits and starts. But it's a matter of settling down, calming down and believing in everything that we're capable of doing within our system and we'll be fine.

We're a work in progress and that's the reason you play in these type of tournaments, to learn how to do different things. Today was learn how to hold the ball and unfortunately, we didn't succeed as much as we wanted to.

We know we made a lot of progress last year, but there is still a lot out there.

Do less but do better. Get back to yoga. Remember that stress is not progress.

I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it... and a bit of confidence maybe.

Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.

Free time is the enemy of progress