Now imagine that while we know the direction of each of these policy changes, alas, we are very uncertain about how far these wonderful ideas will go.
Senator JOE BIDEN (Democrat, Delaware): He or she better be able to, from the moment they stand behind that desk, know which direction they want to take the country.
But I think we need to step back and acknowledge that we don't know what direction the hurricane -- or the tropical storm, if it becomes a hurricane, will take.
We know what direction to go...
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As I say, it's much better to set a broad direction at this stage, which is for lower, simpler, flatter taxes, if necessary and then people know the direction you're travelling in, but you're not actually writing budgets, five years before they have to be delivered.
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You know, without direction by the State as to how they should expend their efforts.
Like honeybees and ancient mariners, they can navigate by the sun, so they know the general direction in which to travel.
Ms. DANIELLE PLETKA (American Enterprise Institute): The president is still the president, and the likelihood of him saying to any new secretary of defense - you know what, I'm bored with all this stuff, you go in a different direction, let me know how it works out for you - is not very great.
Mr. Clinton, as you know, has been surprised by the direction the case has taken and the fact that the exclusive focus of these questions is on Lewinsky.
We have now taken a major step in this direction and will use our know-how in an international cooperation, which involves our colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"We're looking for some inspiration, direction and we trust him to know what's best, " he said.
People somehow knew that we were in this direction, they didn't know the size of it.
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They need to know the more extreme a trend in one direction, the more extreme the move in the opposite direction.
Now, part of the point you're making though is, you know, the headlines start to drift in another direction, right?
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"We could get the train going in the right direction, but we didn't know where it was ultimately going to end up, " explains Bryan Harres, who runs the Atlanta operation center.
We know where we need to head: in the direction of a lower carbon economy that delivers sustainable prosperity for a planet that will have 9 billion people by the middle of the century.
NHS. The public might then be prepared to see this tax rising, because it would know that its extra contributions were heading in the direction it wanted them to, and not to other, less popular areas of state spending.
Do I know what it takes to be successful in this new direction, and am I committed to it 100%?
They felt that, you know, if it was going to go in their direction, it would have happened a lot earlier.
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They know how to drive the courts in a conservative Christian direction.
The greatest hope for the future is the people know that they alone hold the power to determine the direction the country will take.
They didn't know if this country was ready to move in a new direction.
"It's an individual award but if you win it, you know it's because everyone is pulling in the same direction, " said a delighted Jefferies.
We all know that there are many reasons to be pessimistic about the direction of housing prices, the number 1 reason being the lack of credit.
Chafee was invited to the White House last week for a one-on-one meeting with President Bush, but called the brief visit a "get to know you session" more than a substantive discussion about the direction of the GOP agenda.
Even though he didn't know my name, the first time he glanced in my direction he felt comfortable enough with my stature as a human being to literally snap his fingers and suggest that I make his wife a sandwich.
And I know of no group of people who more consistently steer in that direction than governors, because ultimately the buck stops with you in your state, just as the buck stops with me at the national level.
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Mr. IZRAEL: You know what, Michel, I for one am really excited to see BET going this direction.
He did wag his finger in the direction of last year's Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney ("we know who's to blame - we don't have to say") and accused his party of being "stale and moss-covered".
If you are familiar with Elliott Waves, (and I do recommend that you invest some time to learn it), you will know that the corrections that come at the end of a five wave movement in one direction is usally made up of three waves.
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