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One of the great things about Lanai is that the weather is always fabulous. Always 82 degrees and sunny. The problem is that, like California now, Lanai needs more water.

The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.

I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again.

I like the cold; I don't have problem with cold, and I don't have problem with rain either, as long as people are smiling. You know, early in my career, I used to wonder about this fan frenzy, but now I realize that there is genuine love, respect and affection, which makes me very proud to be an actor.

More people would recognise me in Kingston, but it's rare to go on the road and not get recognised by someone. The problem now is everyone has a camera in their pocket, on their cell phone - at the airport it's difficult to get from point A to point B without taking half an hour because there are so many people taking pictures.

The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.

I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.

I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.

The basic idea of Games With a Purpose is that we are taking a problem that computers cannot yet solve, and we are getting people to solve it for us while they are playing a game.

My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems.

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.

I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.

There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure.

I want a leader that sets out a path. I want one that doesn't just talk about cuts, but talks about the shining city on the hill. We're only going to get out of this problem if we grow this economy.

Hero shows you how to solve the problem - yourself.

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

Clinton was very early on aware of the problem of international terrorism.

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.

I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems.

I really have a problem with any kind of drug, I always have.

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.

I do have some young coaches, but I don't really believe that is the biggest problem we have here.

The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we learn - words, dates, formulas, historical and biographical details - don't really matter. Facts can be looked up. That's what the Internet is for.

The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.

There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.

The problem of a rising population destroying more than four tons of soil for every human already alive needs to find its way into corporate board rooms if we are to enjoy future financial, economic and political stability.

When I started running, the pain barrier was very familiar to me, and I had no problem pushing beyond the pain. When for your whole life, every single workout, you are programmed to push beyond belief, it's really hard to just turn that off and kind of just be a social competitor.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

Men and women can absolutely be friends, and that's what we need to be. Part of the problem is that we aren't friends enough. Our relationships are negotiations, and that is not friendship.

Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though.

I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.

Music is such a problem in the time it takes.

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.

One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.

I'd have no problem serving under any president.

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.

It doesn't matter what kind of problems a family is having; it should always stay in the family.

I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out.

The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.

I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

I have no problem with nudity. I can look at myself. I like walking around nude. It doesn't bother me. I see all the people walking around nude; it doesn't bother me.

The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are always turning over rocks, jumping with two feet into mud puddles and playing with the tablecloth and fine china.

The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis.

The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern.

As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

I committed a cardinal sin as a kid. I never spoke, and my mother thought there was something seriously wrong with me. A silent child is regarded as a problem in Ireland, and I just read all the time.

Every problem that is interesting is also soluble.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment.

To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

You know, you know, obviously, if my daughter's happy, you know, then I don't have any problem.

I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

With violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.

The only problem we've had is the amount of time it's taking people to develop titles.

To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.

The real problem is that there's a tendency to associate ageing with loss and decline and things that aren't desirable. But experiencing all that there is to experience in life - whether that's at the age of ten or thirty or fifty or eighty - is what life is all about.

Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss... whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.

Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.

The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.

The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.

Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

Climate change is not a discrete issue; it's a symptom of larger problems. Fundamentally, our society as currently designed has no future. We're chewing up the planet so fast, in so many different ways, that we could solve the climate problem tomorrow and still find that environmental collapse is imminent.

The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.

If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia.

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I've never had a problem with nudity, but I don't put it out there without a reason.

Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.

I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.

I always insist on my jeans being ironed. Is that a problem?

I have one major problem with the Internet: It's full of liars.

One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.

There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense impressions, you've got all this stuff to digest.

I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem.

You see, that's the problem I have with "you people.

I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble with me because all of that energy was directed in a positive way.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures - adventure things that boys, guys want to see.

I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening to put a damper on the day.

I'm a late bloomer. Being a late bloomer is a problem when you decide at 40 you want to have children

People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it.

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

We cannot solve the problem of terrorism by asserting our will on the world.