Issues Quotes - Page 17

• We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity.

  Chris Noth

  Kids, People, Giving

  "Exclusive: Chris Noth Opens Up About Playing Mr. Big On Sex and the City, His New Life On The Good Wife, and the Crusade He's On to End Hunger!". Interview with Lauren Brown, www.glamour.com. October 8, 2012.

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• Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Environmental, Franklin, Concerned

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• The issues are by some geometric number - 100 or 200 or 500 - times more complicated today than we appreciated them to be when Franklin Roosevelt was around.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Numbers, Today, Appreciated

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• If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.

  Graham Nelson

  Games, People, Car

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• There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.

  Jessye Norman

  Caring, Political, World

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• The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.

  Taslima Nasrin

  Moving, People, Mouths

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• Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.

  Barbara Olson

  Justice, Political, Champion

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• I think that's going to be an issue: Whether or not voters are going to get more of the same in a Clinton candidacy or whether she really is something unique and has something to offer apart from her husband.

  Barbara Olson

  Husband, Unique, Thinking

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• It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

  Daniel Okrent

  Facts, Opinion, Complicated

  "It's curtains for Okrent" by Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

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• I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Alcohol, Flight, Knows

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• Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.

  Keith O'Brien

  Country, Moving, Views

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• For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which at its worst caused me to lose half of my hair and brought my weight down dramatically.

  Renee Olstead

  Hair, Self, Years

  "My Life Before ‘Secret Life’" by Renee Olstead, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2012.

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• My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Population, Film, Motivated

  "Conversation With Oscar-Winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy". Interview with Ellie Knaus, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Country, People, Want

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• Gay marriage won't be more of an issue 25 years from now than interracial marriage is today.

  Jared Polis

  Gay, Years, Today

  "What I've Learned: Representative Jared Polis (D, Colo.)" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 29, 2010.

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• I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid.

  Josh Peck

  Kids, Weight, Young

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• Spirits are not finely touched But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But like a thrifty goddess she determines Herself the glory of a creditor,Both thanks and use.

  William Shakespeare

  Excellence, Use, Spirit

  William Shakespeare (2012). “Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.1845, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A Jew remains a Jew. Assimilalation is impossible, because a Jew cannot change his national character. Whatever he does, he is a Jew and remains a Jew. The majority has discovered this fact, but too late. Jews and Gentiles discover that there is no issue. Both believed there was an issue. There is none.

  Ludwig Lewisohn

  Character, Majority, Doe

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• So I've gone in and out of the UN, working on counter-terrorism, on UN reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.

  Edward Luck

  Strong, Years, Rights

  "Interview with Edward Luck, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General". UN News Centre Interview, www.un.org. August 1, 2011.

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• Immigration is not the top issue for Latinos. Latinos are like every other American - economy, jobs, healthcare, education.

  Eva Longoria

  Jobs, Immigration, Healthcare

  "Eva Longoria: There'll be 'no empty chairs' in my DNC speech" by Scott Stump, www.today.com. November 02, 2015.

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• What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent.

  Frank Luntz

  What Matters, Personality, Who You Are

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• I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

  Jacob Lew

  Thinking, Sense Of Urgency, Urgency

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• Traditional horizontal search engines cannot always identify the target audience, niche or vertical industry of a page or site. Vertical search engines address this issue by the nature of their design. They identify sites according to more specific criteria and sometimes even by human input.

  Marc Ostrofsky

  Target Audience, Design, Addresses

  Marc Ostrofsky (2013). “Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year.

  Ridley Pearson

  Character, Heart, Years

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• Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite industries see the importance of this issue and voluntarily create a family tier of programming and offer culturally responsible products.

  Charles W. Pickering

  Addresses, Responsible, Satellites

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