"It`s such a struggle to protect your integrity and dignity in this industry ... they really want to attack your morality and your beliefs. They need you to give up a certain part of yourself before they`ll initiate you into `stardom` ... I`ve always been kind of a hermit. I find my joy in the little things they want to take away from me. Prior to all this, I took pleasure from being the observer. Now I`m the observed."
- Hayden ChristensenI don`t initiate violence, I retaliate.
- Chuck NorrisThere`s so many new drinks that are fruity, sweet, kind of taste like soda. It`s an easy way to introduce someone to alcohol. ... In the old days, when people wanted to do research on alcohol using rats, to get them to initiate drinking you had to introduce sugar to make them drink. We used to do it with rats. Now we do it with people.
- Kimberly JohnsonMy accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn`t know.
- Lawrence WelkMy generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.
- John HughesThat option is an important asset that we have now. For those who say that we took all these steps forward to go nowhere, that`s not exactly true. I think we have a much clearer idea of the issues that would be before us should we decide to initiate acquisition at some future date.
- John MorrisMr Blair's attempt at Gleneagles to start a climate change partnership with the developing world, or at least initiate a dialogue, is vital.
- Michael McCarthyDr. Rice`s record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President`s decision to initiate military action against Iraq.
- Carl LevinIf you fail to initiate the appropriate steps within the first hour or two, patients very rapidly become comatose and the mortality increases significantly.
- David FrancisI envision devices that detect disease much earlier than conventional detection methods. It could eventually be possible to initiate treatment at this very early stage using implanted devices that communicate with cells at the molecular level.
- Michael SimpsonDoes not the very word `creative` mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
- Al NorthingtonThrough mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.
- Alan HeapAdvertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.
- Amando TetangcoWithout change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.
- Andrew RecordThere are many times more cell phones and pagers than computers, and once hackers get into a consumer device at any level, they can initiate communication, ... My pager can run programs. Imagine what will happen when your refrigerator is Internet-enabled for ordering groceries.
- Austin HillWhen customers initiate contact with an organization, they are willingly giving their time, attention and permission for that contact. Not only can the customer`s request be dealt with, but this is also an ideal opportunity to give a specific message or offer targeted to each customer.
- Barbara KasoffWithout change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.
- William Pollard