The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation.
Leadership is happening, but it's not coming from the leaders of the old institutions. Everywhere you look, you see these extraordinary, sparkling new initiatives that are under way.
We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
When you first see MacGruber working on the bomb, in the initial opening credits, that bomb was a replica of the 'Die Hard' bomb. The love runs deep for '80s action movies.
A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.
I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.
Recall that the minimum wage was initially conceived as a method to exclude undesirables from the workforce.
Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.
In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.
You never know how you're going to be received, after all this time. The initial response we had was just overwhelming, particularly that tour of the States.
I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
[after Wolcott's bird goes down] Garrison: We just lost the initiative.
Initially, it was my dream to get into RADA. Then I got in. So it became my dream to show them I wasn't half bad at acting.
When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules.
