Bridges Quotes - Page 14

• The sad reality is that there are no purely domestic issues in Israel. Issues that would be dealt with by municipalities in other countries - such as how to deal with a dangerous bridge or how to resolve conflicts between religious and secular bus riders - become major international issues when they occur in Israel.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Country, Religious, Reality

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• I don't mind payin' for the police and for streets and sanitation, or road work, bridges, trains, food subsidies and welfare. But I don't wanna pay for bombs to fight proxy wars in the middle of nowhere against enemies in the night.

  Lupe Fiasco

  War, Fighting, Night

  "Lupe Fiasco: 'I have the right to speak out'". Interview with Angus Batey, www.theguardian.com. Mach 3, 2011.

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• When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money for building bridges or inspecting meat. Not surprisingly, running up a deficit is a strategy favored by the wrecking crew for its liberal-killing properties.

  Thomas Frank

  Running, Meat, Looks

  "No Future for You" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2008.

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• My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I've got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Father, Long, Chance

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• Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Children, Leader, President

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• In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Running, School, Rivers

  Interview with Jim White, www.theguardian.com. April 8, 2002.

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• Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job.

  Laurieann Gibson

  Jobs, Artist, Phones

  "Laurieann Gibson: 'We've Created a New Jerusalem' With Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Video". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 10, 2011.

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• Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Ministry, Jew

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• I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Guitar, Nuts, Trying

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• You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.

  Jim Henson

  Giving, Abstract, Audience

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• I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Horse, People, Stuff

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• Since my education, I've done quite untraditional things. There are very few Etonians who went to Rada. And far fewer Etonians - certainly when I was there - went to Cambridge. I don't know whether it's the same now. Most people I knew went to Oxford, because it seemed more of an easy bridge.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Oxford, People, Done

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• France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

  Francois Hollande

  Fall, Responsibility, Europe

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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• There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Country, Government, People

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• I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

  Michael Jordan

  Want, Next, Generations

  "PRO BASKETBALL; Who Will Replace Jordan's Star Power?" by Liz Robbins, www.nytimes.com. February 9, 2003.

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• We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Opportunity, Games

  "Olympics: Now make a level playing field for women" by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, www.cnn.com. August 14, 2012.

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• As far as I'm concerned, the people who aren't paying taxes don't get to run around claiming that they built everything, that the built the roads and that they built the bridges and so forth.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, People, Paying Taxes

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• It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

  Harvey Mackay

  Success, Sports, Art

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• Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty.

  Kevin McCloud

  Beauty, Beautiful, Philosophy

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• Somehow, magically, I've become an electronic musician, and I have a recording studio that looks like the bridge of the Enterprise.

  Moby

  Musician, Looks, Enterprise

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• My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.

  Elon Musk

  Car, Opinion, Autonomous

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

  Richard M. Nixon

  White, America, Black

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• For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.

  Christopher Nolan

  Taken, Mean, Planets

  "'He's not a god - he's human'". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2005.

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• I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.

  Mehmet Oz

  Wife, Used, Bicycle

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• I try to jog in every city I visit, and I particularly enjoy harbour-front paths that let me ogle big ships, railroad bridges and the ruins of factories and warehouses.

  Steven Pinker

  Cities, Trying, Railroads

  "My week" by Steven Pinker, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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