Agendas Quotes - Page 20

• I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.

  Ian Somerhalder

  Political, Actors, Wanted

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.'

  Mira Nair

  Believe, Character, Who I Am

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• I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness, tolerance, humour, et cetera. The current Trump administration seems to thrive on trying to enforce a very odd, fearful agenda, that it tries to disguise in a false garment of fondness for the working-class - despite the fact that its policies seem designed to continue the decades-long habit of marginalizing that group.

  George Saunders

  Kindness, Thinking, Class

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• We will reverse course on the heavy hand of regulation, discarding Dodd-Frank and any other regulations that advance a political agenda at the expense of jobs and investment on Main Street.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Hands, Political

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• Obama lost his ability to push his agenda through Congress when he received what he himself called a 'shellacking' in the November 2010 elections. That shellacking was primarily the result of massive policy overreach when he had a Democratic Congress in his pocket.

  John Podhoretz

  Pockets, November, Election

  "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets a visit from Obama". nypost.com.

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• I was the first to tell people, my success doesn't depend on who wins elections, 'cause I can't control that. But I do have an agenda deconstructing the left, informing people what liberalism is, how to spot it, who liberals are, and all that, but still within the confines of the business that I'm in, in broadcasting.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, People, Firsts

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power.

  Lucy Powell

  Meaningful, Government, Offers

  "Ending the sick note culture" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2008.

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• The universities deceive when they say they have no agenda other than to open minds.

  Dennis Prager

  Mind, Deceiving, University

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• Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  People, Political, Doe

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• Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Organization, Political, Target

  "Ground Zero mosque' imam sets the record straight on 'Hannity". "The Sean Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. May 23, 2012.

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• The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

  Alan Rickman

  New York, Eight, Rocks

  "'CBGB' was never on Alan Rickman's 'Agenda' - now he's the boss"by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2013.

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• We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.

  Marco Rubio

  Positive, Party, America

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• A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year.

  Paul Ryan

  Winning, Years, America

  "Paul Ryan Is Faking It Until He Makes It" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2012.

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• If you're keeping yourself in the bubble and only looking at your own data or only watching the TV that fits your agenda then it gets boring.

  Nate Silver

  Data, Tvs, Fit

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• Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Children, Parent, Decision

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• I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.

  Patti Smith

  Children, Thinking, America

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• Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is the desire to see the person we love be and become all he or she is capable of being and becoming. Love is a willingness to lay down our own personal plans, desires, and agenda for the good of the relationship. Love is delayed gratification, pleasure, and pain. Love is being able to live and thrive apart, but choosing to be together.

  Matthew Kelly

  Love, Pain, Age

  Matthew Kelly (2015). “The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved”, p.115, BookBaby

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• Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.

  Pete du Pont

  Thinking, Way, Times Of Crisis

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• De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a great success. Nor can we overlook the contribution of the entertainment industry, which now determines what passes for 'culture.' The main practical vehicle of de-Christianization has been the Sexual Revolution. A few radicals have called for the abolition of the family, but most liberals have been more discreet, avoiding hostile rhetoric while quietly but constantly pursuing policies that result in lower birthrates and fatherless children.

  Joseph Sobran

  Children, America, Government

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• Now whatever you think of the liberal agenda on its merits, until very recently nobody thought the Constitution meant what liberals now say it means.

  Joseph Sobran

  Mean, Thinking, Merit

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• I did not go to the Supreme Court on behalf of a class of women. I wasn't pursuing any legal remedy to my unwanted pregnancy. I did not go to the federal courts for relief. I went to Sarah Weddington asking her if she knew how I could obtain an abortion. She and Linda Coffey said they didn't know where to get one. They lied to me just like I lied to them. Sarah already had an abortion. She knew where to get one. Sarah and Linda were just looking for somebody, anybody, to further their own agenda. I was their willing dupe. For this, I will forever be ashamed.

  Norma McCorvey

  Pregnancy, Class, Abortion

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• In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it with no agenda, only an appreciation that becomes participation: 'I love looking at this birch' becomes 'I am this birch' and then 'I and this birch are opening to a mystery that transcends and holds us both.

  David Richo

  Appreciation, Tree, Mindfulness

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• Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as you are in that moment, a way of saying, "This is my experience right now, and it's okay." Then go into the next moment without any agenda.

  Pema Chodron

  Heart, Hands, Mindfulness

  Pema Chodron (2012). “Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change”, p.72, Shambhala Publications

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• When you understand the values of God's kingdom, you will best understand His agenda.4 However, it is my conviction that the message of the kingdom, and the values therein, are sorely lacking in understanding today.

  Tony Evans

  Christian, Understanding, Kingdoms

  Tony Evans (2012). “How Should Christians Vote?”, p.22, Moody Publishers

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• The reason so many believers are struggling is that we have voted in the past asking God to bless our plans rather than casting our votes based on seeking His agenda. We want God to sign off on our decisions rather than us following His.

  Tony Evans

  Christian, Struggle, Past

  Tony Evans (2012). “How Should Christians Vote?”, p.24, Moody Publishers

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