Colorado Quotes - Page 2

• A new report says that last year Colorado collected $44 million in marijuana taxes. Unfortunately, they can't remember where they put it.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marijuana, Years, Lasts

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• Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I've played so many shows in Colorado that I think I'm the Colorado house band.

  Brandi Carlile

  Thinking, Oasis, House

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• Colorado's economy is already being threatened by unchecked climate change.

  Michael Bennet

  Climate, Economy, Threatened

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite, the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Beautiful, Children, Yellowstone

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.128, Cornell University Press

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• Some of the best times I've spent in Colorado have been in the backcountry with my mom and siblings, and more recently, with my own kids. That is why I'm concerned to see today's kids spending more time browsing the Internet than exploring nature.

  Mark Udall

  Mom, Sibling, Kids

  "Make the Kids to Parks Day Pledge" by Mark Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Colorado's majestic landscapes are one of our most valuable assets, and it's important that we work to preserve these treasures.

  Michael Bennet

  Important, Treasure, Landscape

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• Each year, millions of skiers come to Colorado to experience its superb emergency medical facilities.

  Dave Barry

  Years, Emergencies, Medical

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• I look at some of the things that Donald Trump will do around cutting red tape, reducing bureaucracy, helping entrepreneurs, helping businesses grow more rapidly, more access to capital - I'm all for it. That's all stuff that I've been trying to do in Colorado.

  John Hickenlooper

  Cutting, Entrepreneur, Trying

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• One day the Constitution of Colorado is the highest law of the state. The next day it’s waste paper.

  Robert F. Williams

  Next Day, Law, One Day

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• As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.

  Bob Beauprez

  Country, Safety, Growth

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• A stock market decline is as routine as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you're prepared, it can't hurt you. A decline is a great opportunity to pick up the bargains left behind by investors who are fleeing the storm in panic.

  Peter Lynch

  Hurt, Opportunity, Storm

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• Make friends with pain, and you will never be alone.~Ken Chlouber, Colorado miner and creator of the Leadville Trail 100 mile race

  Christopher McDougall

  Pain, Race, Miles

  Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.57, Profile Books

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• Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.

  Bob Beauprez

  Jobs, Economic, Heavy

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• I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality, so I'll be walking down the street, and I forget what I do and who I am.

  Amy Adams

  Girl, Jobs, Thinking

  "Amy Adams: 'David O Russell said to me: "You are so not the princess type" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2012.

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• In 1966 the ACS formulated a State Model Cancer Act which was instrumental in the enactment of anti-quackery laws now enforced in 9 states...In California (it is a) felony...The use of unproven methods is also a criminal offense in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  Jane Brody

  Cancer, Dark, Illinois

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• It's easier for me to go to Russia and train with top coaches and choreographers there than go to Colorado Springs and train with 14 of my competitors.

  Johnny Weir

  Spring, Russia, Easier

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• Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

  Joan Van Ark

  Character, Boulders, Teens

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• Have you ever been to Colorado?" I frowned. "Is that one of those square ones, in the middle?

  James Patterson

  Squares, Middle

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.317, Hachette UK

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• I'm twenty-nine, yes really, I'm from Aspen, Colorado, I'm six feet one, yes really, I've been at Quantico two years, yes I date guys, no I dress like this just because I like it, no I'm not married, no I don't currently have a boyfriend, and no I don't want to have dinner with you tonight.

  Lee Child

  Years, Two, Feet

  Lee Child (2008). “The Visitor: (Jack Reacher 4)”, p.125, Random House

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• Do what we will, the Colorado will one day find an unimpeded way to the sea.

  Donald Worster

  Ocean, Sea, One Day

  Donald Worster (1992). “Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West”, p.78, Oxford University Press, USA

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• We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedies.

  John Conyers

  Memorial Day, School, Gun

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• I think the Colorado Plateau is the most scenic area in the world - let's begin with that. Not just the United States.

  Stewart Udall

  Thinking, United States, World

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• Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp..." She looked at Zoe. "Which one was it?" That boy in Colorado," Zoe said. "You turned him into a jackalope." Ah, yes." Artemis nodded, satisfied. "I enjoy making jackalopes.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Hunters, Lasts

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Yet for all the depression no one ever quit. When someone quit, we couldn't believe it. 'I'm becoming a rafting instructor on the Colorado River,' they said. 'I'm touring college towns with my garage band.' We were dumbfounded. It was like they were from another planet. Where had they found the derring-do? What would they do about car payments? We got together for going away drinks on their final day and tried to hide our envy while reminding ourselves that we still had the freedom and luxury to shop indiscriminately.

  Joshua Ferris

  Believe, College, Colorado River

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• As we crossed the Colorado-Utah border I saw God in the sky in the form of huge gold sunburning clouds above the desert that seemed to point a finger at me and say, "Pass here and go on, you're on the road to heaven.

  Jack Kerouac

  Clouds, Utah, Sky

  Jack Kerouac (2007). “Road Novels 1957-1960”

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