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• Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.

  Thomas Sowell

  Compassion, Bigs, Left

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• A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all.

  Cornel West

  Strong, Jobs, America

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• The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda, you're simply using a pen to record what you have thought out.

  Billy Collins

  Writing, Discovery, Records

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• War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future.

  Pope John Paul II

  War, Past, Catholic

  Pope John Paul II (1987). “Pope John Paul II, Pilgrim of Peace”, Random House Value Pub

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• This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect.

  Michele Bachmann

  Numbers, Political, President

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• The secret of our success is found in our daily agenda.

  John C. Maxwell

  Wrestling, Secret, Found

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated”, p.26, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Mean, Law, Corny

  Parkinson's Law ch. 3 (1957)

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• You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas.

  Dougray Scott

  Confused, War, Wish

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• I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

  Frank Press

  Transition, Smooth

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• The agendas on the management side of the table now are not in sync like they used to be because you have vastly different entities supplying programming to networks.

  Dick Wolf

  Different, Tables, Sides

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• Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public agenda.

  Eric Alterman

  Struggle, Issues, Force

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• The unionists also for their part, want to minimise the potential for change, not only on the equality agenda but on the issues of sovereignty and ending the union.

  Gerry Adams

  Equality, Issues, Unions

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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• I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.

  James L. Brooks

  Moving, Character, News

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• As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Knowing, Literature, Facts

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• When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

  Tom Daschle

  Majority, Degrees, Minorities

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• We only have one agenda, which is to make 'em laugh their pants off. Unless they are girls, of course, when it is to make them laugh their bras off so we can get a quick look.

  Ade Edmondson

  Girl, Laughing, Looks

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

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• I am ready to sacrifice everything in completing the unfinished agenda of our noble jihad...until there is no bloodshed in Afghanistan and Islam becomes a way of life for our people.

  Mohammed Omar

  Sacrifice, People, Islam

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• I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.

  Jackie DeShannon

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• We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

  Mac Thornberry

  Common Sense, Political, Balance

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• They established their patriotic credentials long ago, and are either supportive of the Bush agenda or know when to keep their traps shut.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Patriotic, Long Ago, Supportive

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• Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.

  Sarah Palin

  Government, Competition, Needs

  Keynote Speech at the Inaugural Tea Party Convention, delivered 6 February 2010, Nashville, Tennessee

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• This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.

  Allen West

  Republic, Who We Are, Progressive

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• Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

  David Wilkerson

  Change, Judging, Wicked

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• It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.

  Ron Wyden

  Thoughtful, Judging, Needs

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• If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.

  Eleanor Clift

  Strong, Zero, War

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