Centered Quotations

The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance.

'Indigenous' is a bit of a gory thriller film that's centered around five best friends who take a vacation to Panama. They are enticed into the forbidden jungle by a local Panamanian and are being hunted by an indigenous creature - the legendary Chupacabra.

The primary part of the weekend is centered around my children, and I have to be flexible. To call an audible is to be liquid enough to understand that at any given time you have to be a chauffeur or a chaperone, especially for my 12-year-old and whatever her plans are.

Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.

My family background is Mexican, and I was born in Chicago. It's pretty much family tradition every time we get together for Christmas and major holidays to sing. Our family time is centered around the food and a little bit of performing for one another.

There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.

I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

Most of 'Let the Great World Spin' is centered on the day in 1974 when Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center, creating an astonishing spectacle that intersects with the lives of many of the novel's multiple protagonists.

One of the problems with any kind of talking about the media landscape is that we've just been through an unusually stable period in which, for fifty years, English language media was centered in three cities - London, New York, and Los Angeles - around a very stable group of people working in a relatively stable set of media.

Well, my life is so centered around the people I care about, my animals, and my work.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything - just the family presents was every Christmas Eve.

You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself.

A film centered around the Second World War with a predominantly white cast would not have the pressure on it that 'Red Tails' has.

Architecture is a discourse; everything is a discourse. Fashion discourse is actually a micro-discourse, because it's centered around the body. It is the most rapidly developing form of discourse.

Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid, Hindoo. We've always bought into to the crudest, humanity-denying forms of sorting.

My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.

When your mind is fully withdrawn in superconsciousness, it becomes centered in the bliss of the spine. You are then in your ideational, or causal, body. That is the level of the soul.

Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.

The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving my car. Those are the two most important things, more than anything else. Being at my keyboard, it's the happiest time for me.

Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.

I grew up in this business... A lot of my life has been centered around this question about how NASA is helping us to understand our own home planet... and to understand our place in the universe.

If we're on the edge of an outbreak centered in Springfield or Branson, or if we're ground zero, there will be a spike in the numbers.

MDM really is centered around the capability to coordinate operations, in addition to reporting. MDM has been around for years, but using master data for specific domains, such as customers, products or financial accounts, is giving rise to Applied MDM and Infrastructure MDM.

We had been touring for about two years, so our minds were in tour mode, definitely. We thought we had done it and changed over to a studio mind, and we started to do the writing and recording and stuff, and we realized that you know what, no, we're not ready, actually. So we had to step back and really just get centered and get focused and ready to do it.

She had a very magnetic personality. People were drawn to her warmth and good humor, but she was very centered on others, ... If you asked her about herself, you'd just get silence, but she was always ready to say great things about her teammates.

I can live without endless television programmes and films just centered around computers. I can sort of live without that.

I can't imagine it wouldn't be more successful than last year. And with the Fair being centered around the Beach, it's possible for almost everyone to get involved. In order to get anywhere on campus you'll have to cross through the Fair. Additionally, it ties the entire area together, even places Mt. Vernon.

I get to wake up in the morning and ride my horse and walk the dogs and just be in this beautiful place. It's very restorative, and I think it's helped keep me centered in a way,

If it turns out that Cheney was actively involved in decisions related to the disclosure of a CIA officer's identity and if the truth of it is that he was orchestrating the disclosure of information to the media, it seems to me that's a fundamentally different case than one centered around the activities of Libby.

centered all my aspirations and hopes about where I'd end up: in a jet fighter cockpit.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

If the contract is centered around more time for the kids, but the kids don't have to show up, it doesn't make sense.

There is a greater level of detail (in the new plan). There is also a section centered on implementation strategy.

The purpose of moving toward one name, one solution, is centered around a single branding effort by Microsoft. Most people today do not even realize that Microsoft has a business division.

My research in this period centered around growth, technical change, and income distribution, both how growth affected the distribution of income and how the distribution of income affected growth.

Starting in goal is where it's at. Everything is centered around him.

Red gives one energy, so the combination of the red and brown in this dress is giving Sarah the energy to keep her busy schedule. It's also nurturing and supporting, so she doesn't get off balance. While we could say that it is a color we don't normally find young celebrities wearing, it could be a very wise and wonderful choice for a young woman in a crazy business who is looking to be centered and secure.

Our meet centered on the medley and running it fast. That time gives us a chance. We'll see if it sticks.

Our national purpose, not our party differences, must define the American Brand. We must change the conversation from one centered around what defines our differences to one that hangs a lantern on what binds us, supports our collective well being and makes us all stronger and more productive as a result.

It created a 'bunker mentality' among consumers, who are more centered around the home, shopping less often, and spending less freely.

I think there's more of a need for China-based domestic services centered on the huge flow of products from China to North America. The current trucking capabilities are very fragmented ... Our belief is that companies like ours understand how to efficiently move large volumes on a continental or long-haul basis, and we are evaluating how we can assist companies that want to perform that type of transportation.

Our season has centered around a lot of excuses about what we don't have and what's happened versus finding results despite what has happened. That's not to minimize how good Tracy is, certainly. Yet I feel we could have responded better. Take Yao out of the picture. Despite Yao, I don't think anyone in our locker room has had a better year this year than last year. That's on me, and that's on them.

I thought, wouldn't it be nice to do a theatrical performance centered on Woman's History Month?

We believe the key questions surrounding Microsoft's security strategy are centered on how they plan to distribute these products, how they will structure subscription services and how they will approach license pricing,

You have so much today that is pure flesh, yet people have labeled it as the Spirit. It's not the Spirit, because it's not centered on Christ.

You learn to train the mind to stay more focused. We?re not always present. We?re usually thinking about the past or worrying about the future, which creates stress and emotional anxiety. If you find the balance between effort and relaxation and don?t let your mind get carried away, you can react to that stress. You?re able to stay more calm and centered during a stressful situation.

With all the chocolate companies out there. It is quite an honor to have someone whose entire business is centered on taste and style to pick your product to represent their company as a Christmas gift.

We had great attendance from other music communities in Nashville. Respect and admiration for bluegrass has grown in recent years, and we feel that we have much to learn from the other genres centered here.

We tried everything. They had two groundballs that found holes and Cabrera centered a ball. It was a good win for them and a tough loss for us.

This produced much stronger ground motion than similar quakes centered at Swan Island or Kelley Point in North Portland.

We're happy to be in the final. These kids are really focused and centered on the tournament. They really came to play.

There is certainly a strong game development community in Texas, centered around Austin, with a significant additional contingency coming over from Dallas.

We had a tiny celebration on the ice and then got on the bus and went home. This is a physically draining tournament. Our conversations have centered on the games at hand, not looking down the road. This team is all business.

We recognize on going education for staff is essential. We provide monthly in-services for staff on issues and concerns related to dementia continuing to focus on person centered and resident directed care. We also utilize information on the Internet. There are many sites that have information about new research, preventative measures and early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

What I need in order to stay creative and centered is a certain amount of distance from the maddening crowd. You cease to be your best self if you're running too fast.

The contribution of the Indian diaspora to the American technology revolution centered around Silicon Valley and elsewhere has been profound.

We're trying to get them centered and focused,

While not strictly centered on IT, the six initiatives will require entire business processes to be transferred from agencies not contracted as Centers of Excellence. As a result, agencies will focus on transitioning major programs out of their agency to a shared service provider.

The recession was largely centered in the manufacturing sector, and that is where we continue to see the strongest signs of recovery.

When we began to think about our clients' interests, we discovered a common passion for motorcycles. Therefore, we created an event that is centered on that common passion. This passion for riding, coupled with the need to learn about the latest models of John Deere equipment has led to our employees, vendors and customers having a fantastic day together.

We're going to see a lot of the money that has been parked in real estate move back to stocks. Wealth should not be centered in your residential real estate, which is going to return to more stable to flat appreciation.

Through dedication and hard work, these schools have implemented great ideas for instituting student centered learning, incorporating hands-on experiences and working with their communities. By highlighting successful schools, we hope to inspire others and bring about improved learning for all children.

down-to-earth . . . He's a very centered person, very comfortable in his own skin. I think most of the people he has to work with, and negotiate with, get that.

The spring concert is really just for the students. It is not centered around Homecoming, but is something our students can be proud of.

These discussions have centered on open formats, particularly as they relate to office documents, their importance for the current and future accessibility of government records, and the relative 'openness' of the format options available to us.

These discussions have centered on open formats particularly as they relate to office documents, their importance for the current and future accessibility of government records, and the relative

We wanted the space to be very much centered around the theme of an old mansion.

Facebook is the social graph with the organizing principle around your friends and your social life. LinkedIn is the professional graph, organized around you, your job, your industry, your title and your function. At Chegg, we are building a student graph centered around you, as a student.

Despite the importance of education in our family, my life was not completely centered around school work or recreational reading.

All along we've been practicing very specifically with each individual player. If you focus on the specific needs of each player it adds up for the whole team. We're trying to build each player's game around their best skills. Our overall philosophy is centered on consistency first. You don't have to win every point.

A lot of people thought we were down this season, but that's not the case. We're just guard-driven instead of centered around post players, which is a good thing.

San Francisco is a classic bike town, and it is beloved by everybody. In our online reader poll, more readers chose San Francisco than any other city but Portland. There is a culture of cycling ? there are bike clubs, there's the messenger culture and there are long-standing community activities centered around cycling.

Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was a false sense of security: If we get Saddam, we're going to win this war.

I've done movies that have mostly feminine characters and elements, and I think that both 'Heathers' and 'Truth About Cats and Dogs' are, in their own weird ways - they're different ends of the girl movie spectrum, but they're very much centered around the female characters, and I like those movies, and I like working with good actresses.

I'm more centered and happy inside than I think I've been in 10 years.

I love to come home and work on one of my other jobs. Just to remember that the floors gotta be mopped, and that everything isn't centered around what you fought about in Washington last week.

So far, I am encouraged to see how well the regional economy has weathered the job and income losses centered in the auto manufacturing sector. Mild winter weather and the Super Bowl no doubt helped to support the economy early in 2006. As those effects fade, I would expect to see some fall off in activity over the next several months.

Everyone remembers the experience quite truly, ... And everyone was centered around this thing, that we suffered. No one forgot that. Everyone had that in common.

Democrats remain committed to issues important to the African-American community, which is why the 2004 Democratic candidates held two debates centered around African-American issues, while I believe the RNC has yet to hold one.

'A Rogue by Any Other Name' is the first book in the 'Rules of Scoundrels' series, centered on a legendary pre-Victorian casino and her four scandalous aristocratic owners.

I hesitated before buying a Kindle. I wasn't worried that the digital reader would ruin literature as we know it. Rather, my concern centered on using an electronic device in the bathtub.

He thinks he's found something, a little something to keep his head centered and still on the plate. He made better pitches. His fastball command improved as a the spring went on, his breaking ball sharpened up. He feels confident going into the season.

A rainbow is a full circle of light centered around the point opposite the sun, but grounded we can only see the arc above the horizon. You can only see a rainbow with your back to the sun.

The games were centered at Francis Field, which had the first concrete stadium in the U.S. and Francis Gymnasium, the most modern gym in the world at the time.

The key difference between this and anything we see out there today is it would be grounded and centered in the community.

The idea is that we feel like a community. We do not graduate many students at a time because some of our members might take a session off, but they still come to our free lectures or events that promote any other member's works. No one ever stops being a part of our community. We are all very centered around the philosophy of being a writer support group.

A company that would emerge from this bankruptcy would probably be centered around these core energy assets, and we've always talked about putting them on the auction block. If all of them sell, we would be looking at winding down the rest of the estate to maximize the amount of value for the creditors.

At first, we'll be centered toward children ages 9 to 18, and some college kids. We hope some high school students will get hooked and go off to big film schools.

A SOBA is a client/server application done right, ... It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.

A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.

It was a whole business model centered around selling this type of software to criminals. The malicious software was created and sold to criminal organizations so they can steal data. It's a lot different from the old days of the virus writer wars of who can gain the most notoriety.

We knew Braden was a good shooter. I had the whole defense centered around him, but you have to give the other guys credit for making the shots.

It should be a great ball game between the two programs, ... I grew up on Alabama football and have always wanted the chance to play against them. All of my early life was centered around the teams of Frank Thomas and Bear Bryant. I know their history well.

There's a kind of intensity that she has, and a real focus, ... I can glean from her personality that she's going to have a very long career and is going to be a very centered person. You just look at her and go, wow, this kid has really got it together, and it's just so nice to see.

I'd have to say, for me, as a child, my favorite memories were always centered around Christmas time. It always seemed like no matter how much money my parents had or didn't have, we got completely spoiled rotten. There were always presents under the tree, and we always did special things, like hide elves around the house.

I don't want to be the father on a sitcom that's centered on the kids,