America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks.

The serve I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand you know use my forehand as much as I could and so that's why I think it's my strength also today you know.

My wife and I have always trusted each other and I have to thank her strength.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong but I make up for physical strength in other areas like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

At Casablanca we did 'Midnight Express ' 'Flashdance ' and 'The Deep.' My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

But I really like hosting I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise and I love the spontaneity of that and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.

At their core when things really matter people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

With such thoughts in your mind now that you have resolved to love Him and please Him with all your strength your only fear should be to fear God too much and to place too little confidence in Him.

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives one for myself and one for the world.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds about guarantees for countries about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe.

The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.

The weapon of the Republic is terror and virtue is its strength.

The President has not created any Ford constituency unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

I mean I'm not smarter than the market but I can recognize a good tape and a bad tape. I recognize when it's right and when it's wrong and that's what my strength is.

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

When I write down my thoughts they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.

While other industries have suffered the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery thereby creating more jobs.

Now I am about to be nailed as the man who disliked 'Howl's Moving Castle.' Lord give me strength! Also IT please disconnect the e-mail thing.

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact.

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.