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I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four. – Alexander Zverev	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay in that deal. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
There's been no decision, so the team is working and I am sure we will have lots of conversations to deliver what the president has made clear, absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay in that deal. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The President has been clear -- absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the shortcomings, the flaws of the deal -- The President is unlikely to stay in that deal past this May. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 6 years ago
It’s essentially a love story between me and the outdoors, it touches on a lot of hunting, a lot of family. [It’s a lot] about overcoming obstacles and basically just pursuing your passion. – Jim Shockey	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Couples in Crisis: Overcoming Affairs Opposite-Sex Friendships. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. – Moliere	added by anonymous 7 years ago
Divinity means unfolding and expressing life in new ways. Divinity means radiating peace, bliss and beauty in the world. Divinity means overcoming the limitations of nature in new ways. – Amit Ray	added by anonymous 7 years ago
We are strategic partners ... 'Joint projects may be halted, ties could be cut'? Are such approaches fitting for politicians?, first the politicians and our militaries should sit down and talk about where errors were made and then focus on overcoming those errors on both sides. But instead, if we make emotional statements like this, that wouldn't be right. – President Tayyip Erdogan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have to put our efforts first on overcoming the situation. From our experience last time, we can manage the hotspots from February to April, and even to June. – Siti Nurbaya Bakar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Obsessives, those who can not imagine doing anything else with their lives, always find their work more fulfilling than those who find themselves in a profession because it was expected of them or because they did not have a calling that tugged at their emotions, for people like Sir Alex Ferguson, who are obsessed by a pursuit, there is no separation between life and work … It is much easier to endure all the setbacks, reversals and frustrations of management when you deeply enjoy your work. Related : Seth Godin on the Practical Way to Pursue Your Passion( It Does Exist) Obsession is key to overcoming the inevitable setbacks and frustration that come with entrepreneurship. Passion is necessary, but it’s not enough. For example, I once interviewed Chris Gardner, Chris Gardner who Will Smith played in the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. Chris Gardner was homeless, living with Chris Gardner young son in the bathroom of a train station while pursuing a career as a stock broker. Chris Gardner passed the exam to become a broker, launched Chris Gardner career and became a multi-millionaire. When I asked Chris Gardner for the secret to success, Chris Gardner said. – Michael Moritz	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It became apparent early on that this run was about much more than epilepsy. Each and every day I come across stories about the goodness of humankind and/or overcoming adversity, i'm very lucky that for two years I've had complete seizure control. – Jenny LaBaw	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Four-and-a-half years after the events started unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi, the Japanese government, the nuclear utilities and the NRA have not succeeded in overcoming complete planning insecurity for investors. The outlook for restarts is as cloudy as ever. – Mycle Schneider	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It won't be about people overcoming disabilities, what we're trying to show is that disabilities don't matter. – Jesse Suchman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Many people in Germany and Europe are mourning this courageous, upright and great Social Democrat, the architect of German unity, a politician who worked for peace, and a European, the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt and Egon Bahr was a crucial condition for overcoming the division of Germany and Europe. – Sigmar Gabriel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We built our neighborhoods inch by inch, overcoming difficult terrain, floods and hostile public authorities, it's been a tough fight to put up a home in the midst of hardship, but we never gave in nor let ourselves be swept away by sadness. – Maria Garcia	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Apparently someone was counting on some sort of collapse, no collapse happened. The Russian economy is easily overcoming these artificial barriers ... The peak of (debt) payments has passed. If someone counted on causing some kind of collapse, nothing came of it. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My government is promoting peace and friendship among our people after overcoming a cruel terrorist conflict. – Maithripala Sirisena	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My government is promoting peace and friendship among our people after overcoming a cruel terrorist conflict. We have people who believe in religious tolerance and coexistence based on centuries old religious heritage. – Maithripala Sirisena	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. – Francis of Assisi	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. – William James	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing. – Dr. Robert Anthony	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape into an intensification of the conditions of ordinary life, into a deliberate aggravation of those conditions: further from nature, nearer to artifice, to abstraction, to total pollution, to well above average levels of stress, pressure, concentration and monotony -- this is the ideal of popular entertainment. No one is interested in overcoming alienation; the point is to plunge into it to the point of ecstasy. That is what holidays are for. – Jean Baudrillard	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Ultimately, overcoming personal censorship is about gaining independence--independence from ignorance!~ Adesiji Rabiu – Alvin Toffler	added by anonymous 11 years ago

I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four.

– Alexander Zverev

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay in that deal.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

There's been no decision, so the team is working and I am sure we will have lots of conversations to deliver what the president has made clear, absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the flaws of the deal, he is unlikely to stay in that deal.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The President has been clear -- absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the shortcomings, the flaws of the deal -- The President is unlikely to stay in that deal past this May.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
6 years ago

It’s essentially a love story between me and the outdoors, it touches on a lot of hunting, a lot of family. [It’s a lot] about overcoming obstacles and basically just pursuing your passion.

– Jim Shockey

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Couples in Crisis: Overcoming Affairs Opposite-Sex Friendships.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

– Moliere

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Divinity means unfolding and expressing life in new ways. Divinity means radiating peace, bliss and beauty in the world. Divinity means overcoming the limitations of nature in new ways.

– Amit Ray

added by anonymous
7 years ago

We are strategic partners ... 'Joint projects may be halted, ties could be cut'? Are such approaches fitting for politicians?, first the politicians and our militaries should sit down and talk about where errors were made and then focus on overcoming those errors on both sides. But instead, if we make emotional statements like this, that wouldn't be right.

– President Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have to put our efforts first on overcoming the situation. From our experience last time, we can manage the hotspots from February to April, and even to June.

– Siti Nurbaya Bakar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Obsessives, those who can not imagine doing anything else with their lives, always find their work more fulfilling than those who find themselves in a profession because it was expected of them or because they did not have a calling that tugged at their emotions, for people like Sir Alex Ferguson, who are obsessed by a pursuit, there is no separation between life and work … It is much easier to endure all the setbacks, reversals and frustrations of management when you deeply enjoy your work. Related : Seth Godin on the Practical Way to Pursue Your Passion( It Does Exist) Obsession is key to overcoming the inevitable setbacks and frustration that come with entrepreneurship. Passion is necessary, but it’s not enough. For example, I once interviewed Chris Gardner, Chris Gardner who Will Smith played in the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness. Chris Gardner was homeless, living with Chris Gardner young son in the bathroom of a train station while pursuing a career as a stock broker. Chris Gardner passed the exam to become a broker, launched Chris Gardner career and became a multi-millionaire. When I asked Chris Gardner for the secret to success, Chris Gardner said.

– Michael Moritz

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It became apparent early on that this run was about much more than epilepsy. Each and every day I come across stories about the goodness of humankind and/or overcoming adversity, i'm very lucky that for two years I've had complete seizure control.

– Jenny LaBaw

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Four-and-a-half years after the events started unfolding at Fukushima Daiichi, the Japanese government, the nuclear utilities and the NRA have not succeeded in overcoming complete planning insecurity for investors. The outlook for restarts is as cloudy as ever.

– Mycle Schneider

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It won't be about people overcoming disabilities, what we're trying to show is that disabilities don't matter.

– Jesse Suchman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Many people in Germany and Europe are mourning this courageous, upright and great Social Democrat, the architect of German unity, a politician who worked for peace, and a European, the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt and Egon Bahr was a crucial condition for overcoming the division of Germany and Europe.

– Sigmar Gabriel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We built our neighborhoods inch by inch, overcoming difficult terrain, floods and hostile public authorities, it's been a tough fight to put up a home in the midst of hardship, but we never gave in nor let ourselves be swept away by sadness.

– Maria Garcia

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Apparently someone was counting on some sort of collapse, no collapse happened. The Russian economy is easily overcoming these artificial barriers ... The peak of (debt) payments has passed. If someone counted on causing some kind of collapse, nothing came of it.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

My government is promoting peace and friendship among our people after overcoming a cruel terrorist conflict.

– Maithripala Sirisena

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

My government is promoting peace and friendship among our people after overcoming a cruel terrorist conflict. We have people who believe in religious tolerance and coexistence based on centuries old religious heritage.

– Maithripala Sirisena

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

– Francis of Assisi

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

– William James

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing.

– Dr. Robert Anthony

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape into an intensification of the conditions of ordinary life, into a deliberate aggravation of those conditions: further from nature, nearer to artifice, to abstraction, to total pollution, to well above average levels of stress, pressure, concentration and monotony -- this is the ideal of popular entertainment. No one is interested in overcoming alienation; the point is to plunge into it to the point of ecstasy. That is what holidays are for.

– Jean Baudrillard

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Ultimately, overcoming personal censorship is about gaining independence--independence from ignorance!~ Adesiji Rabiu

– Alvin Toffler

added by anonymous
11 years ago

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