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Targets don't fight crime. -- Theresa May
Targets are achieved sooner out of need, than out of greed. -- Amit Kalantri
Targets and timetables do matter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being. -- James Cameron
Management gurus in general are, I think, best avoided. All too often they reduce your working life to a list of rules to be followed. Targets are aimed at. Goals kicked at. You then break the rules or forget them and, hey presto, you start beating yourself up. -- Tom Hodgkinson
The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets. -- Tom Clancy
What's happened is that an incessant, an insidious insurgency has repeatedly attacked the key infrastructure targets, reducing outputs. -- Stuart Bowen
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. -- Nido Qubein
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are. -- Toni Morrison
Touring on 'Folie' was like being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in clandestine hoods. -- Patrick Stump
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities. -- Yvette Clarke
A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. -- Alexis Tsipras
People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets - even if they have to destroy the enterprise to do it. -- W. Edwards Deming
I'm dealing with fools and trolls and soft targets. It's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. I don't have time for these clowns. -- Charlie Sheen
Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime. -- Charles Bass
Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression. -- Antonio Tabucchi
Well can I just say unlike my predecessors, Conservative and Labour, I have set up an independent body that studies whether what I'm saying is true, whether I've met the targets that I set out. -- George Osborne
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. -- John Yoo
Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people. -- Nas
Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past. -- Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.
What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse; they also destroyed an icon in the household imagery of the American nation. -- Jurgen Habermas
Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it. -- Waris Dirie
The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed innocent civilians in Dresden and dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets. -- Feisal Abdul Rauf
Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind. -- Tom Selleck
I have targets for business achievements; I do not have targets for acquisitions. Because if you have targets for acquisitions, you end up making compromises in terms of valuations, and you buy things because you have a target, and it is not good for business. -- Dilip Shanghvi
When I am training, I don't want any disturbances. I have to be focused, not losing sight of my targets. I cannot evade the fact that I am now well known and I have made already some money, but you can learn how to deal with it. -- David Rudisha
The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time. -- Ban Ki-moon
A guided missile corrects its trajectory as it flies, homing in, say, on the heat of a jet plane's exhaust. A great improvement on a simple ballistic shell, it still cannot discriminate particular targets. It could not zero in on a designated New York skyscraper if launched from as far away as Boston. -- Richard Dawkins
It's an amusing idea to some, this feminism thing - this audacious notion that women should be able to move through the world as freely, and enjoy the same inalienable rights and bodily autonomy, as men. At least, that's the impression given when feminism and feminists are all too often the targets of lazy humor. -- Roxane Gay
Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people. The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. -- Noam Chomsky
People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard. -- Jeff Ross
Those who aim low usually hit their targets. -- James M. Barrie
The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets. -- Brent Weeks
Israel does not target civilians. It targets the terrorists. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines. -- Bre Pettis
Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda. -- Howard Bloom
If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third. -- Robert Jordan
I learned to shoot more accurately because my teachers held the targets. -- Maxine Hong Kingston
Binding emissions targets for the developing nations are out of the question. -- Eileen Claussen
I think drones are a good tool to go after high-valued targets. -- Michael McCaul
You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers. -- Paul Pierce
Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred. -- Joseph Goebbels
I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself. -- Sachin Tendulkar
Did we miss out on a lot of targets? No. Was it disappointing? No. -- David Moyes
Do people still shoot at presidents? I thought there were more stimulating targets.' (20) -- Don DeLillo
The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism. -- Noam Chomsky
Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve. -- David Suzuki
I don't really believe in targets, because my next target is to beat Stoke City -- Ron Wylie
We now know 600 different genes involved in cancer - giving rise to new drug targets. -- Eric Lander
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. -- Paul Polman
I just try to find targets I feel something about and express it my way. -- George Carlin
Most of our troubles are due to poor implementation"¦.wrong priorities and unattainable targets -- J. R. D. Tata
The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people. -- Noam Chomsky
We were sexual targets, marked as eternal sluts for exploring the desires only acceptable in men. -- Maggie Young
They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets. -- Ward Churchill
I only want to hit my targets if the aiming and the hitting both feel good. -- Danielle LaPorte
To be very wealthy, you have to program yourself as a machine with targets to reach. -- Ehab Atalla
We will be just as ruthless as any of our targets. We will go for the throat. -- Dan Mathews
Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs. -- Meghan Daum
Any team sport, there are certain team targets and those targets should always be in the forefront. -- Sachin Tendulkar
Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another. -- Tim Wise
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization. -- Feisal Abdul Rauf
If envy were the cause of terrorism, Beverly Hills [and] Fifth Avenue ... would have become targets long ago. -- Fareed Zakaria
Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency. -- Jan Schakowsky
You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination. -- W. Clement Stone
Markets really matter. Because the bigger the market, the more targets there are for the missile to hit. -- Josh Kopelman
Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all you energies on a limited set of targets. -- Nido R Qubein
The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation. -- Noam Chomsky
Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws. -- John Shadegg
The Cold War is over. And our focus has got to be on intelligence, increased manpower, fighting internationally targets. -- Bernie Sanders
You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows! -- Rick Warren
The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime. -- Mike Pence
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction. -- Barton Gellman
We have switched from defense to offense and in this battle all the members of the Hamas leadership are legitimate targets. -- Tzachi Hanegbi
Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets. -- Patrick Rothfuss
As it stands, our patrols and bases are just targets, and the more firepower we use, the more enemies we make. -- Daniel Suarez
There should be momentum created for achievement of goals by 2022. When we celebrate the 75th anniversary of freedom we should achieve targets -- Narendra Modi
The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum. -- James Hansen
The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran. -- Mairead Corrigan
The budget targets imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, combined with the effects of the devaluation, trigger the collapse of public investment. -- Michel Chossudovsky
The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets. -- Zainab Salbi
A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren. -- Elizabeth May
Our work targets world infidels. Our enemy is the crusader alliance led by America, Britain and Israel. It is a crusader-Jewish alliance. -- Osama bin Laden
Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims. -- Boaz Ganor
I enjoy shooting. Around where I live, it's something you do for entertainment once in a while, you go out and shoot targets. -- Bonnie Jo Campbell
The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less! -- Isabel Allende
We are out-of-the-gates strong in fiscal 2015. We grew revenue 8% in the first quarter and exceeded our QuickBooks Online subscriber and our company financial targets. -- Brad D. Smith
Defending ourselves from internet-based attacks, internet-originated attacks, is much, much more important than our ability to launch attacks against similar targets in foreign countries. -- Edward Snowden
But the guilty person is only one of the targets of punishment. For punishment is directed above all at others, at all the potentially guilty. -- Michel Foucault
Inequality provokes a generalized anger that finds targets where it can--immigrants, foreign countries, American elites, government in all forms--and it rewards demagogues while discrediting reformers. -- George Packer
Some people claim that expectations are the reason for unhappiness. However, I can assure you from personal experience that you'll suffer greatly by setting subpar targets. -- Grant Cardone
Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
If Canada, one of the richest nations in the world, can't meet Kyoto targets, why should China or India give any considerations for meeting the targets? -- David Suzuki
In setting goals and executing a strategy, Wanda is sophisticated. We have good systems and departments. If targets are not reached, a yellow light goes off. -- Wang Jianlin
Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here. -- Janet Morris
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold
Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers. -- Akio Morita
We attacked selected military targets of the P.L.O. Around, civilians were hurt, I don't want to deny it. Very regrettable, very regrettable. We regret it deeply. -- Menachem Begin
I don't think there's any question journalists have become targets, but then I think that - that anyone who tries to practice liberty becomes a target of fanatics. -- Adam Gopnik
It is becoming increasingly clear that the targets in the Kyoto Protocol cannot and will not be met on the established timetable in the United States and elsewhere. -- Eileen Claussen
I think all shows change as they age as do the people who make the shows. As do the people who watch the shows. All targets are moving. -- Alex Borstein
The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians. -- Nong ?uc Manh
The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians. -- Nong ?uc Manh
As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the acquisition of communications on a planetary scale. -- Barton Gellman
No-one wants to see violence of any kind on our streets, certainly not any violence that's justified by extreme nationalist ideas or that targets people because of their religion. -- Tim Soutphommasane
Never reduce a target. Instead, increase actions. When you start rethinking your targets, making up excuses, and letting yourself off the hook, you are giving up on your dreams! -- Grant Cardone
The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Compassion, Love, and Peace are the true targets of the ego system... -- Jacqueline Ripstein
We have a lot of great creators in Square Enix, but for larger-scale development we will be doing more distributed and outsourced development to reach our targets on time. -- Motomu Toriyama
We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force. -- Martin Van Creveld
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible. -- Al Yankovic
I agree that we should go back to the moon and on to Mars. We should treat all objects in the solar system, including comets and asteroids, as exploration targets. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
The reason they were designated as targets was to keep them from the witness stand and us. Is it just a coincidence that four years later they haven't been indicted -- Randi Weingarten
My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future. -- John Hutton
We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men. -- Jane Harman
You cannot use [nuclear weapons] to target civilians; you cannot use them against military targets if they have indiscriminate effects on civilians in addition to the attack on the military target. -- John Burroughs
I think likelier targets are [Steve] Mnuchin, the Treasury pick. When you look at his dealings during the financial crisis, that's going to be a target rich environment, and [Rex] Tillerson. -- Rich Lowry
As far as the targets hit by the Islamic attackers, I do not consider the WTC a U.S. institution, but the headquarters of most that's wrong with our present masters. -- Tom Metzger
It is becoming clear that many diseases - especially cancer - are highly complex and may respond better to a multi-drug approach which targets many different aspects of a disease process. -- Eva Vertes
Celebrity stalkers also are not necessarily fixated on one person as the public thinks. Rather, they tend to switch targets, going from, say, an athlete to an actor to a politician. -- Park Dietz

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