Quotes by U.S. Generally this comes from founders who have lived the problems they're solving and have a history of succeeding despite big setbacks, but they don't necessarily have to be a serial entrepreneur. Josh Wolfe us Do you have clarity on why you want to become a multi-unit owner? Is it to make money? To diversify your holdings? there are ways to grow beyond buying a higher unit count. If you are able to double the volume of your current unit, that is pure profit. Would you rather have 30 units that make money -- or 100, of which 30 are stagnant and 30 lose money? Aziz Hashim us You’re not behind the counter anymore, you have to have the entrepreneurial mentality that you are working on your business and not in it. You have to find the best use of this newfound time, and you have to learn to trust advisers and your managers. Everything might not be as perfect as if you did it yourself. And you have to be OK with that. Aziz Hashim us The knowledge to open 80 or 90 units doesn’t just drop down from heaven, you have to go out and find the people who’ve done it and learn from them. Aziz Hashim us There’s absolutely no explanation for us, the word ‘evil’ comes to mind….This is a mother who took her son’s life. Monroe County us For most of the The Keys, there is no fuel, electricity, running water, or cell service. Monroe County us I would have thought that having four officers there would have deterred any incident like we saw (Saturday). Monroeville Mayor Gregory Erosenko us As far as I’m concerned, I buried my mother [Saturday] when I had her memorial, this is now her shell that will now be buried at a later date. Monique Williams us I cannot trust you that this is her. Monique Williams us I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul. Monica Viego-Rodriguez us The mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it, they just want to get the situation resolved. Monica Viego-Rodriguez us We lived a life of poverty that only a refugee could know, hundreds of families lived in a warehouse without electricity or running water. Work was sporadic and often impossible to find. We didn’t speak Spanish and the Laotian people were subject to harassment and treated with little respect. Monica Phromsavanh us I was ready to create something worthy of the business acumen I had developed over the years, and that matched the potential I knew I had, i wanted to reach a greater audience than I could through a traditional retail setting. Monica Phromsavanh us Two weeks later, I was on an airplane for the first time in my life and landed at JFK without knowing a word of English. Monica Phromsavanh us I took every shift that was available to me, and I never refused any task. I wanted to outwork all of my coworkers, and when I did I was promoted to manager. Monica Phromsavanh us Imagine about as much destructing as you can imagine in a car. He ripped door panels off. He tore the steering wheel off. Josh Tillman us He kind of stopped and looked at us like no big deal and took off. Josh Tillman us Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing. They hid it all. Josh Shapiro us It was none of those things. It was child sexual abuse, including rape. Josh Shapiro us We were just in shock, obviously you don't expect to have a vehicle stolen any time of the year. But for it to happen on Christmas Eve, we didn't really know what we were going to do. Josh Roffeis us «23456789101112»
