Issues Quotes - Page 11

• I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

  David Frum

  Government, Years, Environmental

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• I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

  Andrea Arnold

  Film, Theme, Wanted

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• It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

  Pratibha Patil

  Views, House, Mind

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• Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

  Morena Baccarin

  Country, Latin, America

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

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• I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that's what I feel they are. But I'm quite pragmatic.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Writing, Mean, Causes

  "Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent - and also ditzy and klutzy'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2012.

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• I enjoy eating and have no issues with eating. I am not going to be one of those girls who have to watch her weight.

  Moon Bloodgood

  Girl, Watches, Weight

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

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• I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.

  Conrad Black

  Perception, Credibility, Policy

  Conrad Black (2012). “A Matter of Principle”, p.517, Encounter Books

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• Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

  Demian Bichir

  Powerful, Epic, United States

  "The Esquire Nominating Academy Presents: Demián Bichir" by Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. January 8, 2013.

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• When you run a company, you need to be pretty open-minded. There are a lot of different views on faith, on religion, on many different issues, and you can't let your own faith be the barometer.

  Gregory D. Brenneman

  Running, Views, Different

  "Online Extra: Burger King's Brenneman: 'Why Not?'". Interview with Brian Grow, www.bloomberg.com. November 8, 2004.

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• I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.

  Jan Brewer

  Thinking, Elements, Conservative

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• The Libertarian Party holds that same-sex marriages are an individual issue and that the government has no right to determine with whom a person should have a relationship.

  Michael Badnarik

  Sex, Party, Government

  "Candidate Profile: Michael Badnarik, Libertarian Party". www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2004.

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• I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

  Sam Brownback

  Rights, Numbers, Rebuilding

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• I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative. I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues.

  Sam Brownback

  Strong, Military, Hard Work

  "Sen. Sam Brownback's Politics of Faith". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. February 9, 2006.

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• The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Nhs, Priorities, Ankles

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• But I don't want to be out there anymore; I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

  Toni Braxton

  Girl, Kids, People

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

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• I've always had stamina. It's a genetic thing. Don't forget, I'm from the era where we played outside, so there was no issue with weight because we were out running around the fields and playing hide and seek.

  Tracie Bennett

  Running, Weight, Eras

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• I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Talking, Important, Problem

  "Rep. Chaffetz on voting for Ryan's budget cuts for Medicare: 'It's a totally different approach' to Obama's cuts, says Republican plan doesn't call for vouchers". "Starting Point" with Soledad O'Brien, startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com. August 17, 2012.

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• China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for tiger bone wine. They're driving the tropical timber trade and illegal logging in Indonesia, and the trade in tropical reef fish.

  Mark Carwardine

  Wine, Rhinos, Logging

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• It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.

  Bryan Clay

  Fun, People, Kind

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• When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

  Charlie Crist

  Oil, President, Helpful

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• Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.

  Bill Ayers

  Teaching, Justice, Social

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• The fundamental issue is the moral issue.

  David Attenborough

  Fundamentals, Moral, Moral Issues

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• I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.

  Don Cheadle

  Real, Film, Awareness

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• The issue for us is rebuilding a governing majority that is comfortable with differences that can transcend the divisiveness and unify behind the principles that we know our party has succeeded on.

  Eric Cantor

  Party, Differences, Majority

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• The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care.

  Kent Conrad

  Government, Would Be, Roles

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