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If charities are being supported to a considerable extent by public money, then taxpayers have a right to know that and to know it directly from the charities. – The CPS	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think virtually every Republican would vote for this, and I suspect that we'll get a considerable number of Democrats too. – Utah Senator Orrin Hatch	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
With considerable assistance from the many people and organizations we consulted, NFL ownership has endorsed an enhanced policy that is significantly more robust, thorough, and formal, the policy is comprehensive. It is strong. It is tough. And it is better for everyone associated with the NFL. – Roger Goodell	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We expect the ceasefire to take effect in full from Dec. 9 ... The ceasefire was announced before. It led to a considerable easing in violence but not to a full (halt of fighting). – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There are other countries where (increased) irrigation is possible: Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Mozambique, thousands of hectares could be irrigated with considerable potential. – Gordon Conway	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
For the more large-scale projects, there's considerable risk involved, we've seen that in most cases these risks are underestimated or not fully appreciated. – Alexander Budzier	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think most of these women should strongly consider contralateral prophylactic mastectomy because their risk of contralateral breast cancer is so high, However, there are some groups of patients who may not benefit from that procedure including those patients who have a high stage first cancer and those who have other considerable medical problems. – Todd Tuttle	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner. – Norman Douglas	added by anonymous 10 years ago
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. – Nathaniel Hawthorne	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Predatory capitalism created a complex industrial system and an advanced technology; it permitted a considerable extension of democratic practice and fostered certain liberal values, but within limits that are now being pressed and must be overcome. It is not a fit system for the mid-twentieth century. – Noam Chomsky	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience. – Les Brown	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually dead and what a number of these dead people govern our lives, we should go mad with horror. – G. I. Gurdjieff	added by anonymous 10 years ago
There is nothing glamorous in what I do. I'm a working man. Perhaps I'm luckier than most in that I receive considerable satisfaction from doing useful work which I, and sometimes others, think is good. – Saul Bass	added by acronimous 11 years ago
History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it. – Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (1972)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace. – Frederick W. Taylor	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against a foe. We no longer waste manpower by carrying the flag into battle. Instead we need battalions of electronic engineers to keep the terrible machinery grinding. – Ernest K. Gann, The Black Watch	added by anonymous 13 years ago
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom. – Johann von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves. – Eric Hoffer	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. – Nathaniel Hawthorne	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Americans who had traveled in Europe knew the 'free' European peasants suffered considerably greater oppression and misery than did American bondsman. Modern scholarship has shown that the exploitation rate -- the percentage of the worker's production that was taken from him by his owners -- was lower among the slaves than among European peasants, that work loads were light, and that slaves actually experienced a considerable measure of personal freedom. – Forest McDonald	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better. – King Jr. Whitney	added by anonymous 14 years ago

If charities are being supported to a considerable extent by public money, then taxpayers have a right to know that and to know it directly from the charities.

– The CPS

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think virtually every Republican would vote for this, and I suspect that we'll get a considerable number of Democrats too.

– Utah Senator Orrin Hatch

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

With considerable assistance from the many people and organizations we consulted, NFL ownership has endorsed an enhanced policy that is significantly more robust, thorough, and formal, the policy is comprehensive. It is strong. It is tough. And it is better for everyone associated with the NFL.

– Roger Goodell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We expect the ceasefire to take effect in full from Dec. 9 ... The ceasefire was announced before. It led to a considerable easing in violence but not to a full (halt of fighting).

– Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There are other countries where (increased) irrigation is possible: Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Mozambique, thousands of hectares could be irrigated with considerable potential.

– Gordon Conway

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

For the more large-scale projects, there's considerable risk involved, we've seen that in most cases these risks are underestimated or not fully appreciated.

– Alexander Budzier

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think most of these women should strongly consider contralateral prophylactic mastectomy because their risk of contralateral breast cancer is so high, However, there are some groups of patients who may not benefit from that procedure including those patients who have a high stage first cancer and those who have other considerable medical problems.

– Todd Tuttle

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

– Norman Douglas