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I can go to a specific region and a specific state ... in Mexico and I can look and see exactly how we are doing on maternal health, child health and neonatal deaths, that tells me as a government how to act. – Melinda Gates	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I would be surprised if there were any large banks that aren't actively evaluating how to use this information, this data tells a much richer story, because you can see the trends over time. – Alex Johnson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It tells us that people in this country are very anxious for dramatic change and are not happy with what's happening in Washington. They want to see something happen. They want to see something get done, and one of Mr. Trump's capabilities is communicating that he can get things done and that's something which people want to see happen. – Mitt Romney	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you have got lots of different species and each species is supposed to occur in a distinctly different habitat, then you have to be very careful about preserving each of those species, if you find out that, in fact, it’s one species that is distributed over a wider area, then there is not quite so much pressure to conserve every single one of those different species because they are all the same thing. It also tells us this very same species is adaptable to living in different environments. It can live in Pakistan. It can live in Borneo and it can live in Myanmar. – Gavin Naylor	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
When you have a hedge fund guy who's making $200 million a year and ... he's paying a very low rate of taxes, it's not fair, it tells people a lot and it's got to end. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 9 years ago
What it tells us is that Bernie has financial staying power, we have the financial wherewithal that will allow for a major campaign through Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and beyond in state-by-state, delegate-by-delegate contests for the Democratic Party nomination. – Jeff Weaver	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Who are any of us to judge the lives of others? the scripture tells us judge not, lest you be judged. – Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The fact that he cited her -- not to mention Martin Luther King Jr. -- as one of the people he appreciated tells you where this man is coming from in the global world, the fact that he talked about somebody that spent her life fighting for the poor and fighting for justice. – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Our perspective is that this a global challenge, and all rich countries should be playing their part both in helping the victims and in trying to support political and diplomat efforts to tackle the problem at source, the fact that people are literally lapping up on the shores of Europe tells you that sticking your head in the sand is certainly not moral but it is not wise either. – David Miliband	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I'm disgusted, we have got our best player, Charley Hull, who has just won a point, and she is in floods of tears. That tells you the wrong thing was done. – Laura Davies	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If anyone tells you that there's not 3%-4% of fat in all of our (federal) departments, they are lying through their teeth. – Ben Carson	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We're in a corn deficit area. Margins have been challenged, we let the market dictate how hard we run the plant. The market tells us not to run at capacity. – Eric Wilkey	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We let the market dictate how hard we run the plant. The market tells us not to run at capacity. – Eric Wilkey	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a large finance operation with a lot of consultants around the country. Fundraisers tend to be hard-charging and assertive. Personality conflicts happen. Trey, Kris and Debbie are good people and seasoned fundraising professionals, they've done a good job. That they're still working for the super PAC tells us it's not a Jeb issue. – Ana Navarro	Found on CNN 9 years ago
So Ryder Cup tells me something must be working, why would you try and invent the wheel and come up with a different format for Ryder Cup ? It would almost be like saying,' Why don't we have eight-round golf tournaments instead of four-round golf tournaments, let's try that ?' . – Zimbabwean Price	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
That tells us that people are looking at TDFs the same as any other investment. – Rob Austin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My sense is that people are hedging entire portfolios particularly in light of the jump in the volatility index, which tells you that premiums are being driven by fear. – Andrew Wilkinson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The yen strengthened simply because of panic, but there is plenty of data that tells us the world is not ending, once the markets recover their composure, the yen will drop back into broadly the same kind of 120-125 range that it's been sitting in for so long. – Nicholas Smith	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They took me around to the side of my car, and she tells me, 'Pull your pants down,'. – Charnesia Corley	Found on CNN 9 years ago
He calls for backup and tells the man to stay in the car, but he didn't, the last thing the officer remembers is getting sucker-punched in a parking lot. The next thing, he's waking up in a hospital bed with staples in his head. – Heath Boackle	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Again and again, Scripture tells us that God’s is a faithful love. Made in God’s image and likeness, we are called to be faithful. Fidelity grounds our relationship to God and to those he has given to our care. – Francis Cardinal George, OMI	added by wildfire 9 years ago
He tells it like it is. – Lou Garguilo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The psychiatrist tells me that I've improved a lot ... from where I was initially. – Miner Alex Vega	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Pain tells you you’re injuring something, instead of pounding a treadmill for 90 minutes through severe shin pain, (and) bench pressing with intense shoulder pain, stop. Rest it. Then go back at a lighter level. – Derek Ochiai	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I can go to a specific region and a specific state ... in Mexico and I can look and see exactly how we are doing on maternal health, child health and neonatal deaths, that tells me as a government how to act.

– Melinda Gates

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I would be surprised if there were any large banks that aren't actively evaluating how to use this information, this data tells a much richer story, because you can see the trends over time.

– Alex Johnson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It tells us that people in this country are very anxious for dramatic change and are not happy with what's happening in Washington. They want to see something happen. They want to see something get done, and one of Mr. Trump's capabilities is communicating that he can get things done and that's something which people want to see happen.

– Mitt Romney

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If you have got lots of different species and each species is supposed to occur in a distinctly different habitat, then you have to be very careful about preserving each of those species, if you find out that, in fact, it’s one species that is distributed over a wider area, then there is not quite so much pressure to conserve every single one of those different species because they are all the same thing. It also tells us this very same species is adaptable to living in different environments. It can live in Pakistan. It can live in Borneo and it can live in Myanmar.

– Gavin Naylor

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

When you have a hedge fund guy who's making $200 million a year and ... he's paying a very low rate of taxes, it's not fair, it tells people a lot and it's got to end.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
9 years ago

What it tells us is that Bernie has financial staying power, we have the financial wherewithal that will allow for a major campaign through Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and beyond in state-by-state, delegate-by-delegate contests for the Democratic Party nomination.

– Jeff Weaver

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Who are any of us to judge the lives of others? the scripture tells us judge not, lest you be judged.

– Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The fact that he cited her -- not to mention Martin Luther King Jr. -- as one of the people he appreciated tells you where this man is coming from in the global world, the fact that he talked about somebody that spent her life fighting for the poor and fighting for justice.

– Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Our perspective is that this a global challenge, and all rich countries should be playing their part both in helping the victims and in trying to support political and diplomat efforts to tackle the problem at source, the fact that people are literally lapping up on the shores of Europe tells you that sticking your head in the sand is certainly not moral but it is not wise either.

– David Miliband

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I'm disgusted, we have got our best player, Charley Hull, who has just won a point, and she is in floods of tears. That tells you the wrong thing was done.

– Laura Davies

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If anyone tells you that there's not 3%-4% of fat in all of our (federal) departments, they are lying through their teeth.

– Ben Carson

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We're in a corn deficit area. Margins have been challenged, we let the market dictate how hard we run the plant. The market tells us not to run at capacity.

– Eric Wilkey

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We let the market dictate how hard we run the plant. The market tells us not to run at capacity.

– Eric Wilkey

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a large finance operation with a lot of consultants around the country. Fundraisers tend to be hard-charging and assertive. Personality conflicts happen. Trey, Kris and Debbie are good people and seasoned fundraising professionals, they've done a good job. That they're still working for the super PAC tells us it's not a Jeb issue.

– Ana Navarro

Found on CNN
9 years ago

So Ryder Cup tells me something must be working, why would you try and invent the wheel and come up with a different format for Ryder Cup ? It would almost be like saying,' Why don't we have eight-round golf tournaments instead of four-round golf tournaments, let's try that ?' .

– Zimbabwean Price

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

That tells us that people are looking at TDFs the same as any other investment.

– Rob Austin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

My sense is that people are hedging entire portfolios particularly in light of the jump in the volatility index, which tells you that premiums are being driven by fear.

– Andrew Wilkinson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The yen strengthened simply because of panic, but there is plenty of data that tells us the world is not ending, once the markets recover their composure, the yen will drop back into broadly the same kind of 120-125 range that it's been sitting in for so long.

– Nicholas Smith

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They took me around to the side of my car, and she tells me, 'Pull your pants down,'.

– Charnesia Corley

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He calls for backup and tells the man to stay in the car, but he didn't, the last thing the officer remembers is getting sucker-punched in a parking lot. The next thing, he's waking up in a hospital bed with staples in his head.

– Heath Boackle

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Again and again, Scripture tells us that God’s is a faithful love. Made in God’s image and likeness, we are called to be faithful. Fidelity grounds our relationship to God and to those he has given to our care.

– Francis Cardinal George, OMI

added by wildfire
9 years ago

He tells it like it is.

– Lou Garguilo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The psychiatrist tells me that I've improved a lot ... from where I was initially.

– Miner Alex Vega

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Pain tells you you’re injuring something, instead of pounding a treadmill for 90 minutes through severe shin pain, (and) bench pressing with intense shoulder pain, stop. Rest it. Then go back at a lighter level.

– Derek Ochiai

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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