One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding. – Andrzej Wajda
Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition? – Andrew Nikiforuk
John Boehner was and is an unprincipled ward-heeler who simply couldn’t weather the transition of the Republican Party from a corporatist party with a sizable conservative base to a purely conservative party. – Alex Pareene
I always think it’s hard for any young actor to make that transition to more grown-up roles. Because you don’t want to alienate your audience who has been supportive of you for so many years, so you kind of have to tiptoe through that process. – Alexa Vega
I was acting before I did music, so it is an easier transition for me in my own mindset. – Ashley Thomas
The time to realize that you need to transition out of your job is when you know that you’ve grown out of the role that you were doing before. – Ben Huh
In spite of the evidence for the disorder-induced M-I transition as inferred from the transport and optical measurements, the metallic state of conjugated polymers has been a subject of controversy. – Alan J. Heeger
The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition. – Ban Ki-moon
In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically. – Andrzej Wajda
We are in the throes of a transition where every publication has to think of their digital strategy. – Bill Gates
Paper publishers are doing everything they can to slow the transition to eBooks because, in a digital world, paper publishers’ high hardback margins essentially disappear. – Barry Eisler
You’re in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It’s all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult. – Don Johnson
We’re trying to fix this with the plan we’ve been floating. Now, the law says the transition ends in 2006 or – and the ‘or’ is the only part that matters – 85 percent of Americans go buy a digital TV. – Michael K. Powell
I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you’ve always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person. – Felicity Kendal
By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime. – Moshe Sharett
I’m very lucky to be on ‘Melissa and Joey’ because it’s a multi-cam sitcom, and it was a nice transition from theatre because it’s taped in front of a live audience. – Nick Robinson
By far, the greatest contribution Ireland can make is to lead by example, by actively pursuing its own transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. – Enda Kenny
Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off. – Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Even for runners who never make the transition to more sophisticated workouts, easing into speedwork will lead to more enjoyable running. – Don Kardong
Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news. – Cameron Mathison
I don’t have doctrinaire views about how we should relate to Asia. But novelists reflect the world they live in, and that world propels you, to some extent. I’m a creature of the British Empire, and of the period of transition from the Empire. – Christopher Koch
You know Marques Houston, you know I’m a dancer, I’m a singer, but I wouldn’t want to do a movie that I’m a dancer and a singer in. I want to do movies that people can take me more seriously in as an actor, because when you’re making that transition, it is tough. – Marques Houston
Margaret Thatcher inherited a country in transition. The British Empire was still a considerable entity well into the 20th century. – Nick Harkaway
MIDI made a natural transition to the PC. The MIDI messages that make up a musical composition can be saved as MIDI files, which are collections of MIDI messages with timing information. – Charles Petzold
I don’t know that it needs to be a transition from modeling to acting. I think that they can both exist at the same time. – Emily Ratajkowski