Facility Quotes - Page 2

• Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and facilities. If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States.

  Barack Obama

  Safe Haven, Iraq, People

  "James Foley on the Dehumanization of War: Acclaimed Filmmaker Haskell Wexler Shares 2012 Interview". www.democracynow.org. September 12, 2014.

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• Gay-Lussac was quick, lively, ingenious and profound, with great activity of mind and great facility of manipulation. I should place him at the head of all the living chemists in France.

  Humphry Davy

  Gay, Science, Profound

  Humphry Davy (1839). “The Collected Works: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy”, p.167

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• Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Silence, Mind, Important

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• Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think that any country in Western Europe or in America can any longer adopt the idea of totally free movement of people. I t would simply overwhelm their social facilities, their societies and create migratory dynamics on the scales of tens and tens of millions of people. That simply is not practical.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Country, Thinking, Europe

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• Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn.

  Robin Cousins

  Stars, Athlete, Skating

  "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.

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• Yesterday I, along with a bipartisan Congressional Delegation of lawmakers, inspected the detention facilities at Guantanamo used to house individuals detained in the War on Terrorism.

  Jim Ryun

  War, Yesterday, House

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• You can have the top stars to bring the attention, you can have the best stadium, you can have the best facilities, you can have the most beautiful project in terms of marketing and all this kind of thing. But if you don't win... All the work these people are doing is forgotten.

  Jose Mourinho

  Motivational, Beautiful, Soccer

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• The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.

  George C. Marshall

  Military, Fall, Army

  Speech to the Overseas Press Club, March 1, 1945.

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• Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.

  Bob Hope

  Golf, Crowds, Invention

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• Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

  Alexander Pope

  Expression, Easy, Conversation

  Alexander Pope (1812). “The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson”, p.233

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• I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes.

  Ron Paul

  Crazy, Government, Abortion

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• Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Men, Together

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.515, Da Capo Press

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• Personally, I liked working for the university. They gave us money and facilities. We didn't have to produce anything. You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector ... they expect results!

  Dan Aykroyd

  Life, Money, College

  "Ghostbusters". www.imdb.com. 1984.

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• Everyone knows that a man can marry even if he reaches the age of 102, is penniless, and has all his facilities gone. There is always some woman willing to take a chance on him.

  Amy Vanderbilt

  Funny, Women, Age

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• I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green facilities, and buy green power like wind or solar energy. Our actions may determine if we become a casualty in the war for a habitable planet for generations to come.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  War, Wind, Car

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• Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons.

  George W. Bush

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, Wmd

  Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 12 September 2002, New York, NY

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• Why are people so supportive of him [Osama bin Laden] in many countries? Hes been out in these countries for decades building roads, building schools, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.

  Patty Murray

  Country, Grateful, School

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• I'm expressin' with my full capabilities,
  And now I'm livin in correctional facilities.
  Cause some don't agree with how I do this,
  I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist.

  Dr. Dre

  Buddhist, Rap, Hip Hop

  "Song: 'Express yourself'(Album: Straight outta compton)". 1988.

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• The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be the most significant commercial space facility in the country, ... This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico's spaceport is open for business. We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico's aerospace industry will become reality.

  Bill Richardson

  Dream, Country, Believe

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• It has been discovered that C++ provides a remarkable facility for concealing the trival details of a program - such as where its bugs are.

  Robert D Keppel

  Details, Bugs, Language

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• Millions of Americans have contributed to building a stronger Israel; I've been proud to be one of them. Last year, I went to Jerusalem to help dedicate in my father's name a new MDA medical facility which treats people of all faiths and all nationalities absolutely equally.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Father, Israel, Years

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• Those who devise better methods of utilizing manpower, tools, machinery, materials and facilities are making real contributions toward our national security. Today, these ideas are a form of insurance for our national security; tomorrow, this same progressive thinking is insurance for our individual security-it is, in effect, job insurance.

  Robert R. Shannon

  Jobs, Real, Thinking

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• Traveling in the segregated South for black people was humiliating. The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people and white
  people that blacks were so subhuman and so inferior that we could not even use public facilities that white people used.

  Diane Nash

  White, People, Black

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• There are those who say that when civilization progresses a bit further transportation facilities will move into the skies and under the ground, and that our streets will again be quiet, but I know perfectly well that when that day comes some new device for torturing the old will be invented.

  Junichiro Tanizaki

  Moving, Sky, Civilization

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• The modern computer with all its various gadgets and wonderful electronic facilities now makes it possible to preserve and reinvigorate all the cultural richness of mankind.

  Alan Lomax

  Gadgets, Computer, Wonderful

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