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• Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

  Hans Blix

  Long, Environmental, Use

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• The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

  Milton Friedman

  Thinking, Government, Important

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• The left has chosen the courts as a major battlefield over social issues.

  Rod Parsley

  Social, Court, Chosen

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• Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Moving, Commitment

  "The Scottish Himalaya Expedition". Book by W. H. Murray, 1951.

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• I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Spiritual, Inspiration, Shooting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Issues deals with the issues I had, the fears I had and it isn't a 'nice' album but fears and depressions are not particularly nice.

  Jonathan Davis

  Nice, Albums, Deals

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• My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views.

  Stephen Harper

  Views, Abortion, Groups

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• But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.

  Anita Hill

  People, Political, Needs

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• Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

  Jeffery Deaver

  Suspense, Stories, Integrating

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• Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

  George W. Bush

  Two Sides, Long, Enough

  George W. Bush's Remarks at Bush-Cheney 2004 Reception in Houston, Texas, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. March 8, 2004.

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• Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

  Michael Porter

  Creativity, Innovation, Growth

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• The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.

  Howard Dean

  Wings, Abortion, Mind

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• Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues.

  Ajay Devgan

  Trends, Today, Corruption

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• I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker.

  Vin Diesel

  "Vin Diesel on Vin and Babylon A.D". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. August 28, 2008.

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• I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Family, Political, Grew Up

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• The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Attitude, Political, Progressive

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Keys, Presidential, Aspect

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• The current system punishes communities which make the investment in creating landfills, only to have them filled by states which refuse to adequately address their waste issues.

  Paul Gillmor

  Creating, Community, Addresses

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• A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Real, Stronger

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 05, 2013

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• Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

  Gore Vidal

  Political, Historical, Democracy

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from May 03, 2011

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• Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience.

  Casey Kasem

  Men, Talking, Playing Music

  "Casey Kasem's Reflections on the Power of Radio and Music" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. June 15, 2014.

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• In debate, one randomly was assigned to one side or the other. This had at least one virtue - it made one see that there was more than one side to these complex issues.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Sides, Debate, Virtue

  Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 2001.

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• We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.

  James Levine

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Men

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• In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

  George Orwell

  Birthday, Lying, Political Language

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.282, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.

  Jane Elliott

  Hate, Political, Needs

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