Joined Quotes

[Hip-Hop icon Russell Simmons has joined the Honorary Committee for Daniel Pearl Music Days 2005 , a 10-day network of performances named for the late journalist.] I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level... My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers - both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the 'Harmony For Humanity' e-Stage. - Russell Simmons

[Donahue joined leaders of other religions in promoting the film and subsidizing tickets.] We first bought 1,200 tickets, subsidizing it at $5 a pop, even though it cost us $8 a pop, ... We sold out in two days, so we bought 2,000 more tickets. And we sold out again within two days. - William Donahue

[But the insurers are not betting everything on one piece of legislation. If they can get the focus right, they figure, good things will follow.] The main priority... is to sensitize the nation and the nation's leaders to the crisis in long-term savings. This is the long-term savings debate being joined. - Frank Keating

[And what about the claims that Mutya went out of her way to make life difficult for Heidi, when she joined?] I never argued with her, ... I just didn't speak to her. I thought: I've worked from the youngest age to get where I am and here she is, just jumping in. I found that really hard. - Mutya Buena

(Those are they) who said: Surely Allah has enjoined us that we should not believe in any apostle until he brings us an offering which the fire consumes. Say: Indeed, there came to you apostles before me with clear arguments and with that which you demand; why then did you kill them if you are truthful? / But if they reject you, so indeed were rejected before you apostles who came with clear arguments and scriptures and the illuminating book. - Quran

(The husband) Stephen Grady was 42-years-old and a finishes manager on the World Trade Centre project in Bahrain. He joined the Murray and Roberts team on this project only four weeks ago. - Brian Bruce