Issues Quotes - Page 27

• 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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• To protect people's lives and keep our children safe, we must implement public-works spending and do so proudly. If possible, I'd like to see the Bank of Japan purchase all of the construction bonds that we need to issue to cover the cost. That would also forcefully circulate money in the market. That would be positive for the economy, too.

  Shinzo Abe

  Children, Japan, People

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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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• The environmental assessment should give us the answers to all the issues that have been raised: potential lead migration, endangered species, noise abatement and proper disposal of shot, shells and things.

  Steven Hall

  Assessment, Giving, Environmental

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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 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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• With President Obama, there's a feeling that he gets it. He has women in his life. He knows that our health care is important, that it's important able to get access to the care that we need when we need it. That's what translates. Women hear that when they hear him speak about these issues. He will be a champion and will defend us when we need it.

  Sandra Fluke

  Champion, Feelings, Important

  "An Interview with DNC Speaker Sandra Fluke". Interview with Sarah Kliff, www.goodreads.com.

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• I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Writing, Contemporary Fiction, Voice

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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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• Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

  David Crystal

  Writing, Language, Ends

  "Watch what you're saying!: Linguist David Crystal on Twitter, texting and our native tongue" by Joy Lo Dico, www.independent.co.uk. March 14, 2010.

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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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• It is hard for people outside the White House to understand the constant daily problems and issues that come up that require the president's attention, but he can not let himself get too personally involved.

  Fred F. Fielding

  White, People, House

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• Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

  Luis Fortuno

  Republican, Hispanic

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• I imagine people might look at me and think 'Oh, she has been single-mindedly working on her career all these years and those family issues have fallen by the wayside', but that is absolutely not the case.

  Savannah Guthrie

  Thinking, Years, Careers

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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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• When I was a child, I was unable to go to any type of sleepaway summer camp because of health issues. Once I learned about the Lopez Foundation, I knew I wanted to get involved, send kids with kidney disease away to camp so they can still experience overnight camp with medical needs at hand.

  Sarah Hyland

  Summer, Children, Kids

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, every bit of money - someone says Stanley Ho, you issue me a check of so much money - we don't give that easy.

  Stanley Ho

  Giving, Mind, Money Laundering

  "Hong Kong Business Tycoon Stanley Ho TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2004.

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• There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.

  Davey Havok

  Cities, People, Right Place

  "Davey Havok of AFI". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. December 6, 2009.

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• Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial.

  Eric Holder

  Race, Average, Political

  Speech at the DOJ African-American History Month Program, delivered 18 February 2009

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