Issues Quotes - Page 17

• Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

  Christopher Eccleston

  People, Church, Theatre

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

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• What's been important with Flickr is the community that's been there from the beginning and the serious photographers that are there creating and sharing great content. If we lose that at some point then I think we have potential issues, but so far we've been able to do a really good job of maintaining that.

  David Filo

  Jobs, Thinking, Creating

  "Taking an open-minded approach". Interview with Jemima Kiss, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2009.

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• The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.

  Vito Fossella

  Jobs, Climate, Shore

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• As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.

  Anna Gunn

  Smart, Kids, Parent

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• I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

  Trey Gowdy

  Government, Punishment, People

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• We're talking about the lawyers for the United States of America. And I think it's very, very important that the lawyers be comfortable being very candid and open about their views on very sensitive issues affecting the United States.

  Alberto Gonzales

  Thinking, Views, Talking

  "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 26, 2005.

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• People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

  Colin Greenwood

  People, Focus, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Obama's record on climate issues is not all bad.

  Jeff Goodell

  Climate, Records

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• Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.

  Jeff Goodell

  Sexy, Mean, Racing

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• Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.

  Justin Amash

  Accountability, Care, Littles

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• When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

  Loni Anderson

  Vanity, Weight, Quitting

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• John Kerry doesn't think in terms of black-and-white. He's all gray, and he looks at all sides of the issues. That makes people think he likes to be devil's advocate. Whatever you say, he'll challenge you on.

  Douglas Brinkley

  Black And White, Thinking, People

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• Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.

  Donna Edwards

  People, Done, Argument

  "What I've Learned: Representative Donna Edwards (D, Md.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 15, 2010.

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• I think 'The Wire' really is relatable. It reflects an ongoing issue across America, about inaccuracies in major cities between rich and the poor and some of the things that go on behind the red tape of council and government bodies.

  Idris Elba

  Thinking, Government, Cities

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• The kind of issues that we face as detectives are similar to what the other married couples out there are facing, or the brother and sister, or the brother and brother are facing. Relationships are universal.

  Michael Ealy

  Brother, Couple, Detectives

  "Michael Ealy Breaks Down ‘Think Like A Man,’ Relationships And His Return To Broadway". Interview with Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2012.

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• The international community can't trust such a government. If the government of Iran wants the international community to believe in what it says, it should try to bring true, pure democracy into the country. The political solution to the energy issue or the nuclear case is democracy in Iran.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Country, Believe, Government

  Interview with Reese Erlich, www.motherjones.com. April 7, 2007.

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• The civil liberties types who are fighting this issue have to fight it, owing to the nature of the laws, as a matter of freedom of speech and stifling of free expression and so on. But we know what's really involved, dirty books are fun. That's all there is to it. But you can't get up in a court and say that.

  Tom Lehrer

  Fun, Dirty, Book

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• I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

  Dave Chappelle

  Care, I Care

  "Dave Chappelle on comedy, fame and what’s next". Interview with Chuck Martin, www.seattletimes.com. September 30, 2005.

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• Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy issue to get behind.

  Rachel Dratch

  Water, Littles, Easy

  "The Real Debbie Downer: An Interview With SNL’s Rachel Dratch". Interview with Avital Andrews, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.

  Corey Feldman

  Animal, Rights, Mind

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• Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

  Luis Fortuno

  Republican, Hispanic

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• As an observer of markets - whenever everyone focuses on one thing - like Greece and Europe - maybe they miss issues that are far more important - such as a meaningful slowdown in India and China.

  Marc Faber

  Meaningful, Europe, Missing

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• Derivatives are a huge, complex issue.

  Judd Gregg

  Derivatives, Complexes, Huge

  "Senator Judd Gregg on Financial Regulation". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 19, 2010.

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• We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation.

  Raul Grijalva

  Country, Creating, People

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• I like writing about the issues we all bump up against as we get older, but I try to present them in a fun way.

  Lisi Harrison

  Fun, Writing, Trying

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