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• I told Pattie that last night I dreamt that we had a press conference and nobody showed up. I am overwhelmed that so many of you are here.

  LaVell Edwards

  Dream, Night, Lasts

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• People get caught up in wonderful, eye-catching pitches, but they don't do enough to close the deal. It's no good if you don't make the sale. Even if your foot is in the door or you bring someone into a conference room, you don't win the deal unless you actually get them to sign on the dotted line.

  Donald Trump

  Eye, Winning, Doors

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• We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Play, Political, Opponents

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• As Mr. Nagle so competently points out, almost no one uses Eiffel; in fact until recently there were only 9 users. But now a 10th person just started, so we are holding a conference, appropriately titled the TENTH Eiffel USER conference, to celebrate.

  Bertrand Meyer

  Use, Facts, Celebrate

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• They changed the press conference, they are trying to change the time of the weigh-in. They are trying to mess with me, but what they don't realize is that they are only fueling me to bring more hurt.

  David Haye

  Hurt, Motivation, Trying

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• The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.

  Helen Thomas

  Presidential, News, Our Society

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• I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change.

  Nick Offerman

  Philosophy, Mean, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are no grown-ups. We suspect this when we are younger, but can confirm it only once we are the ones writing books and attending parent-teacher conferences. Everyone is winging it, some just do it more confidently.

  Pamela Druckerman

  Teacher, Book, Writing

  "What You Learn in Your 40s". www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2014.

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• There's not someone who tells you how adorable you are and rubs your head and goes into a crowded press conference and stands at the back and winks at you so that you think, 'I can get through this.'

  Cher

  Thinking, Adorable, Crowded

  "Benigni's 'Life' to be reborn in English language". www.cnn.com. March 26, 1999.

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• I've come up with the three things you never want to hear at your kid's parent/teacher conference. Number one: 'You're only responsible for the first $10,000 worth of damage.' Number two: 'We have medication for this.' And number three: 'It was more than an ounce and he was less than a hundred yards from the school.'

  Bill Engvall

  Funny, Teacher, Kids

  FaceBook post by Bill Engvall from Jan 22, 2013

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• Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world.

  Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

  Player, Class, Dubai

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• I arrived in the middle of a press conference - as boring a thing to sit through if you don't know the language as it is if you do.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Journalism, Language

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny About Thi”, p.235, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to increase its powers at the expense of the House, so of course we differ. The President of the Commission, Mr Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community. He wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No! No! No!

  Margaret Thatcher

  Europe, House, Community

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• I did not agree..to having my article censored. ...The published report of the conference gives my name as a participant, but you will not find in it the paper I read. ...Scientists as a group are no more, and no less, influenced by emotional and irrational reactions than other people are.

  John Yudkin

  Dark, Emotional, Names

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• [About a conference on Systematic Biology] Many interesting statements were made that apply directly to the work of taxonomists. In some cases the interest lay in the value of the suggestion and sometimes in the obvious need for rebuttal.

  Richard E. Blackwelder

  Science, Interesting, Systematic

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• News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, August

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• I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.

  Charlie Chaplin

  War, Differences, Atoms

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• To work for better understanding among people, one does not have to be a former president sitting at a fancy conference room table. Peace can be made in the neighborhoods, the living rooms, the playing fields, and the classrooms of our country.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, People, Understanding

  Jimmy Carter (1995). “Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation”, Puffin

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• Reuters was completely accurate that I am concerned about the level of the market. But I also made it clear on the conference call (and I believe as Reuters reported it), that it is almost impossible to predict what a market will do in the short term. There are too many variables.

  Carl Icahn

  Believe, Levels, Variables

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• One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are being consumed for these purposes, when they could be spent on the development of peoples, especially those who are poorest. For this reason I firmly hope that, during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to be held this May in New York, concrete decisions will be made towards progressive disarmament, with a view to freeing our planet from nuclear arms

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Religious, New York, Military

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• How does MINDEF intend to reduce uncertainties, enhance understanding, and improve coordination in the region and beyond through defence diplomacy apart from conferences and meetings?

  Low Thia Khiang

  Understanding, Doe, Coordination

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• Spiritual leaders are not made by man, nor any combination of men. Neither conferences, nor synods, nor councils can make them, but only God.

  Samuel Logan Brengle

  Spiritual, Men, Leader

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• It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.

  Larry Wall

  Average, Attendance, Easy

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• I've never seen a prosecutor hold a press conference to discredit the victim.

  Al Sharpton

  Victim, Prosecutor, Presses

  "Michael Brown Grand Jury Process ‘Should Be Indicted,’ Family Lawyer Says" by Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2014.

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• Our being edified at conference depends on us. It becomes necessary that we prepare our hearts to receive and profit by the suggestions that may be made by the speakers during the progress of the conference, which may be prompted by the Spirit of the Lord. I have thought, and still think, that our being edified does not so much depend upon the speaker as upon ourselves.

  Lorenzo Snow

  Heart, Thinking, Progress

  Lorenzo Snow (1984). “The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow: Fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, Bookcraft Pubs

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