"While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed."

Growth, America, Completion, Day

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"While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed."

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"We accelerated our capital spending in the fourth quarter, particularly in international and next-generation network deployment, which should not only sustain future revenue growth but also drive significant cost reductions across all communications services."

Bernard Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

Growth, Future, Network

"Youngsters deserve no opinions."

Carla H. Krueger, American Author

Growth, Youth, Observation, Truth, Life

"I planned my whole future around Adam,' she said now, quietly. 'And now I have nothing.''No,' I told her, 'now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Growth, Love, Loss, Future, Change

"Avoid and ignore the idiots who try to bring you down in life, they are not worth your time."

Ken Poirot, American Motivational Speaker

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"It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free."

Asa Don Brown, Canadian Author

Growth, Healing, Release, Forgiveness, Freedom

"If our mind remains freeze-framed by inhibiting and hampering habits, in an ever-changing world, we won't be able to get rid of that weird feeling of not belonging anywhere and not taking part in authentic life challenges. ['Not on the shortlist']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Growth, Habit, Change, Belonging, Mindset

"If we misread the blueprint of our life, we need not be ashamed of backtracking on our chosen options. Admitting to mistakes may make us human and maybe great again. ['Sisyphus' hardship on the hill']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Growth, Mistake, Humility, Learning, Change

"One of a mother's greatest gifts is to teach her child that to grow is not to timidly sit on some safe shore at water's edge and clumsily grab whatever happens to float by. Rather, it is to deliberately step into waters both calm and turbulent in order to wrestle great things to shore. And that lesson can be best taught by a mother who stands before her child dripping wet."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Growth, Teaching, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"What defines you isn't how many times you crash but the number of times you get back."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

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"The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success."

Success

"Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you're convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there'll be no surprises along the route."

Time

"All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others."

Economy

"Believe me, I'm not going to try to get into testing."

Action

"Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards."

Finance

"Manufacturers account for nearly 60 percent of all industrial research and development."

Development

"Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't where the greatest need is."

Being

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