Bills Quotes - Page 39

• Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

  John Mica

  People, Missing, Reform

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• Politically Incorrect was the name of the show Bill Maher hosted in the 1990s. It's also an apt description of the man himself. Now host of - HBO's hit show Real Time, I find Maher to be one of the sharpest observers of American politics and life in general out there. It doesn't mean I always agree with him. I always find him funny, though.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Real, Mean, Men

  "Fareed Zakaria: 'Bill Maher One of the Sharpest Observers of American Politics Out There'". www.newsbusters.org. December 5, 2010.

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• Last year, I co-sponsored the Highlands Conservation Act and in a bipartisan effort we passed the bill through Congress.

  Sue Kelly

  Years, Aggravation, Effort

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• Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration, guidance, and billions of dollars through their global foundations.

  Willow Bay

  Inspiration, Leader, Dollars

  "Living Now Gets a Makeover: Check Out Our New How-To Guide for a Fuller Life" by Willow Bay, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 17, 2007.

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• I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

  Bill Bruford

  Play, Finished

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• The country's newest aquarium, opened in November, bills itself as the largest in the world, holding more than 100,000 animals representing 500 species. It is the first in the USA to display whale sharks, the largest fish in the world.

  John Grant

  Country, Animal, Sharks

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• The ADA was a landmark civil rights legislation. It was a bill of rights for persons with disabilities, a formal acknowledgement that Americans with disabilities are Americans first and that they're entitled to the same rights and freedoms as everybody else.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Rights, Firsts, Ada

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• I think America did a great job. I think Carrie Underwood fits the bill of American Idol. She's a wonderful girl, and she's gonna have a great career.

  Bo Bice

  Girl, Jobs, Thinking

  "Rocking Runner-Up Bo Bice Wants To Show What He's Really About". Interview with Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. May 26, 2005.

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• You don't get real reform by pandering to every special interest. With cap and trade we wound up with a bill that didn't accomplish much, was enormously complicated and expensive.

  Brian Baird

  Real, Special, Reform

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• Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.

  James Bovard

  Party, Rights, Air

  Interview with Aaron Zelman, jpfo.org.

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• I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.

  Kathy Bates

  Soul, Pay, My Soul

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• It was Bill Clinton who once pithily captured the contrast between the two parties when it came to selecting a presidential standard-bearer: "Democrats want to fall in love; Republicans just fall in line."

  Mark Halperin

  Falling In Love, Party, Two

  Mark Halperin, John Heilemann (2013). “Double Down: Game Change 2012”, p.153, Penguin

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• The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them.

  Ken Calvert

  Purpose, Cloning, Research

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• I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win.

  Maxine Waters

  Heart, Winning, Thinking

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• If I had to vote for the bill again, I'd vote for it tomorrow.

  Mary Landrieu

  Tomorrow, Vote, Ifs

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• I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.

  Paul Begala

  Winning, Numbers, Guy

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• The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

  Rick Boucher

  Educational, Communication, Law

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• I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China called 'America Town,' starring Daniel Henney and Bill Paxton. I actually had to speak Chinese in the film. It was funny because I found out I was doing the film and then a week later, I was in Shanghai.

  Eliza Coupe

  America, Chinese, Female

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

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• You need not see what someone is doing to know if it is his vocation, you have only to watch his eyes: a cook mixing a sauce, a surgeon making a primary incision, a clerk completing a bill of lading wear the same rapt expression, forgetting themselves in a function. How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-obje ct look.

  W. H. Auden

  Beautiful, Eye, Expression

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• Just as bank tellers need a thorough knowledge of legitimate currency in order to spot counterfeit bills, so Christians need a thorough knowledge of the Bible in order to spot bogus religious teachings. How grounded are you in the Scriptures? How deep are your theological roots? How capable are you of detecting false teachings?

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Christian, Religious, Teaching

  Charles R. Swindoll (1920). “Conquering Through Conflict”, W Publishing Group

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• Bill Moyers is everything I never aspire to be: Calm, Thoughtful, and Informative.

  Stephen Colbert

  Thoughtful, Calm, Informative

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• Recently the country has seen too much of our legislators, seeing them as a gaggle of check-kiting, judge-smearing deadbeats who don't pay their restaurant bills but raise their pay in the middle of the night. Many Americans-this columnist included-hitherto said tax increases are justified by the budget deficit now say: Give that mob more money? Never. Not a nickel of new taxes until term limits change the political culture on Capital Hill.

  George Will

  Country, Money, Night

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• If the human isn’t responsible for their role in the horse human relationship, horses just don’t get along very well. So that’s why I say it’s all about the human meeting the bill to fit the horse in any given situation. But don’t expect the horse to always fit the human.

  Buck Brannaman

  Horse, Roles, Fit

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• Life is so simple, really. Think through what people want, watch what others fail to give them, and provide it. Then bill'em.

  Stuart Wilde

  Simple, Thinking, People

  Stuart Wilde (1998). “The Trick to Money is Having Some”, p.51, Hay House, Inc

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• Like my colleagues, I did about 10 to 15 town hall meetings on this issue; and what I found is people came with a sincere interest to learn, a sincere interest to cut through the rhetoric and understand how this Medicare bill impacts them in their daily lives.

  Chris Chocola

  Cutting, Issues, Impact

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