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Service is the noblest way to leave footprints in the sands of time. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 5 months ago
they are a little more solid even in the exquisite nakedness of their existence and they glory in their reality and read music and dance poetry on the sidewalks and in the lavatories of bombed out buildings. we take their words and cup them in our hands and we take their lips and crush them to our selves and dream the dreams and think of sands and faraway places and wish for death and pray they see IT soon. – Scott C. Holstad	added by scottholstad 1 year ago
This is the most challenging time in my 36 years as an educator, we’re trying to educate students in the middle of a pandemic while the sands around us are consistently shifting. – Superintendent Vince Matthews	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Sands of time pause, for a glimpse of moments dyed with the color of dance – Shah Asad Rizvi	added by shahasadrizvi 2 years ago
In June 2021, Rystad Energy estimates more than 330,000 barrels per day of oil and condensate supply is offline at Canada oil sands projects, and 370,000 bpd of supply offline in the North Sea. – Louise Dickson	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
We have a big problem with pension funds saying we believe in engagement, not divestment, but there’s no sign of this engagement, the very act of owning them (oil sands companies) implies the funds do not support transition. – Adam Scott	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Through the years, people of the world (young and old) build castles in the sands. Grains of different styles, shapes and sizes representing a common notion... beauty and harmony. – Clifford Villalon	added by Zandalee2000 3 years ago
Consider that as the heaps of sand piled on one another hide the former sands, so in life the events that go before are soon covered by those that come after. – Marcus Aurelius	added by Normando 4 years ago
It's hard to treat oil sands differently (from) coal, because of the similar environmental effects in the extraction, and we decided to treat these fossil fuel products equally. – Jeanett Bergan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Global investors have had their emotions toyed with amidst the ever-shifting sands of the U.S.-China trade conflict, market nerves have been left raw, with the delicate sentiment prompting knee-jerk reactions to every nuance pertaining to the highly unpredictable U.S.-China trade impasse. – Han Tan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We did not understand how the methane could transport to these thin sands. – Ann Cook	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Daesh is not finished, if we don't treat the reasons that birthed Daesh, then these would be temporary victories like shifting sands that disappear here and pop up somewhere else. And fighting Daesh is at the top of American priorities. – Nasr Hariri	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We expect oil sands producers to focus future investments in the coming years onto their most economic projects - which we expect to be expansions of existing facilities, expansions of existing facilities are better understood, quicker to first oil and lower cost to construct. – Kevin Birn	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The oil sands are providing a home for local gas production in Alberta that does not have a place in storage, which is mostly full in the western part of Canada. – Richard Redash	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The phased re-entry for all oil sands camps in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is now under way, they are cleared to return to operations as soon as possible. – Robin Smith	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is easy to talk tough on national security, you can't make the sands glow in the dark if you don't have bombs. You can't attack terrorists if you don't know where they are. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The indications this week is that the majority of shareholders are going to support, the choice is yours, you can accept Suncor's offer and capture a significant premium while retaining oil sands exposure ... or you can absorb an immediate share price decline, possibly of 40 percent or more, and hope for an oil price recovery. – Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The final quarter of the year is looking rather dismal for the Canadian economy, the wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant. – David Tulk	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant. – David Tulk	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
TransCanada's revised application would see a massive amount of tar sands oil shipped daily through the most productive and biodiverse waters on the East Coast. – Joshua Axelrod	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I'm convinced that the oil sands CEOs understand that you can't be the high cost, high carbon producer in the world anymore, it was all a very tight timeline, because obviously, the premier wanted this announcement in the bag... before she goes to Paris. – Ed Whittingham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We remain focused on achieving further reliability improvements across our operations. And, we'll continue to build upon the momentum gained in 2015 in reducing cash costs per barrel at our oil sands operations. – Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That system has been excruciatingly tested, successfully, at White Sands, against simulated targets, real targets, and it does the job it was designed to do, they'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system. – Chet Nagle	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We still think the case is compelling for both Suncor and Canadian Oil Sands shareholders, a classic where we put them together and one plus one equals three. – Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Service is the noblest way to leave footprints in the sands of time.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
5 months ago

they are a little more solid even in the exquisite nakedness of their existence and they glory in their reality and read music and dance poetry on the sidewalks and in the lavatories of bombed out buildings. we take their words and cup them in our hands and we take their lips and crush them to our selves and dream the dreams and think of sands and faraway places and wish for death and pray they see IT soon.

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

This is the most challenging time in my 36 years as an educator, we’re trying to educate students in the middle of a pandemic while the sands around us are consistently shifting.

– Superintendent Vince Matthews

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Sands of time pause, for a glimpse of moments dyed with the color of dance

– Shah Asad Rizvi

added by shahasadrizvi
2 years ago

In June 2021, Rystad Energy estimates more than 330,000 barrels per day of oil and condensate supply is offline at Canada oil sands projects, and 370,000 bpd of supply offline in the North Sea.

– Louise Dickson

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We have a big problem with pension funds saying we believe in engagement, not divestment, but there’s no sign of this engagement, the very act of owning them (oil sands companies) implies the funds do not support transition.

– Adam Scott

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Through the years, people of the world (young and old) build castles in the sands. Grains of different styles, shapes and sizes representing a common notion... beauty and harmony.

– Clifford Villalon

added by Zandalee2000
3 years ago

Consider that as the heaps of sand piled on one another hide the former sands, so in life the events that go before are soon covered by those that come after.

– Marcus Aurelius

added by Normando
4 years ago

It's hard to treat oil sands differently (from) coal, because of the similar environmental effects in the extraction, and we decided to treat these fossil fuel products equally.

– Jeanett Bergan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Global investors have had their emotions toyed with amidst the ever-shifting sands of the U.S.-China trade conflict, market nerves have been left raw, with the delicate sentiment prompting knee-jerk reactions to every nuance pertaining to the highly unpredictable U.S.-China trade impasse.

– Han Tan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We did not understand how the methane could transport to these thin sands.

– Ann Cook

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Daesh is not finished, if we don't treat the reasons that birthed Daesh, then these would be temporary victories like shifting sands that disappear here and pop up somewhere else. And fighting Daesh is at the top of American priorities.

– Nasr Hariri

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We expect oil sands producers to focus future investments in the coming years onto their most economic projects - which we expect to be expansions of existing facilities, expansions of existing facilities are better understood, quicker to first oil and lower cost to construct.

– Kevin Birn

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The oil sands are providing a home for local gas production in Alberta that does not have a place in storage, which is mostly full in the western part of Canada.

– Richard Redash

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The phased re-entry for all oil sands camps in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is now under way, they are cleared to return to operations as soon as possible.

– Robin Smith

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is easy to talk tough on national security, you can't make the sands glow in the dark if you don't have bombs. You can't attack terrorists if you don't know where they are.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The indications this week is that the majority of shareholders are going to support, the choice is yours, you can accept Suncor's offer and capture a significant premium while retaining oil sands exposure ... or you can absorb an immediate share price decline, possibly of 40 percent or more, and hope for an oil price recovery.

– Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The final quarter of the year is looking rather dismal for the Canadian economy, the wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant.

– David Tulk

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The wider backdrop of falling oil prices and renewed caution among businesses investing in the oil sands suggests the risk of an extended slowdown heading into Q1 remains significant.

– David Tulk

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

TransCanada's revised application would see a massive amount of tar sands oil shipped daily through the most productive and biodiverse waters on the East Coast.

– Joshua Axelrod

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I'm convinced that the oil sands CEOs understand that you can't be the high cost, high carbon producer in the world anymore, it was all a very tight timeline, because obviously, the premier wanted this announcement in the bag... before she goes to Paris.

– Ed Whittingham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We remain focused on achieving further reliability improvements across our operations. And, we'll continue to build upon the momentum gained in 2015 in reducing cash costs per barrel at our oil sands operations.

– Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That system has been excruciatingly tested, successfully, at White Sands, against simulated targets, real targets, and it does the job it was designed to do, they'll fix it whatever it is. And the fact that you have a test aircraft crash, or an aerostat break loose, doesn't invalidate the system.

– Chet Nagle

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We still think the case is compelling for both Suncor and Canadian Oil Sands shareholders, a classic where we put them together and one plus one equals three.

– Suncor Chief Executive Steve Williams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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