Members Quotes - Page 2

• The Patriot Act is the most egregious piece of legislation to ever leave Congress since the Alien and Sedition Acts, John Ashcroft and every member of Congress who voted for it should be indicted.

  Michael Badnarik

  Pieces, Aliens, Patriot

  Debate at Cornell University, October 6, 2004.

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• It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.

  Graham Norton

  Sound, Shallow, Fascinating

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• As long as God is with me, I don’t need anything else. With my father looking after me from heaven, I wouldn’t be tired or exhausted, no matter what! As long as I’m with my beloved members, i can do anything! With ELF’s care on me, I can do everything

  Lee Donghae

  Father, Tired, Long

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• To my precious members, who I hope to be with forever, I love you and thank you so much.

  Choi Soo-young

  Love You, Forever, Snsd

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• It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in the Greek case, this isn't only allowed, but it's also in Germany's interest. We all benefit by ensuring the stability of the euro zone.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  Country, Greek, Germany

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• Clearly it's not easy for woman in modern society, no matter where we live. We still have to go extra mile to prove that we are equal to men. We have to work longer hours and make more sacrifices. And we must emotionally protect ourselves from unfair, often vicious attacks made on us.

  Benazir Bhutto

  Sacrifice, Men, Matter

  "Whither Pakistan: Dictatorship Or Democracy?".

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• Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community, is sadly often still a radical idea. There is so much power in storytelling, and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling, in inclusive representations.

  Kerry Washington

  Color, Ideas, Community

  Kerry Washington's Acceptance Speech at the GLAAD Media Awards, www.vulture.com. March 22, 2015.

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• If you continue to act now and be a member of the WWE Universe, you will see the same footage from... another... camera angle.

  John Cena

  Wwe, Cameras, Camera Angles

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• We call on all members of America's religious communities, as a testament of our common faith, to join Faithful Security, and to take action immediately to break faith with nuclear weapons.

  William Sloane Coffin

  Religious, America, Community

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• The animal world being altogether external to the scheme of redemption, was regarded as beyond the range of duty, and the belief that we have any kind of obligation to its members has never been inculcated - has never, I believe, been even admitted - by Catholic theologians.

  William Edward Hartpole Lecky

  Believe, Animal, Catholic

  William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1955). “History of European morals from Augustus to Charlemagne”

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• I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Men, Wish

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Essays of Henry David Thoreau - Walking”, p.2, Editora Dracaena

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• For sure, they don't teach you this in history class, but in colonial times, the person who got left in the stocks overnight was nothing less than fair game for everybody to nail. Men or women, anybody bent over had no way of knowing who was doing the ram job, and this was the real reason you never wanted to end up here unless you had a family member or a friend who'd stand with you the whole time. To protect you. To watch your ass, for real.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Jobs, Real, Men

  Chuck Palahniuk (2001). “Choke: A Novel”, Anchor Books

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• Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus. In the same way, they are responsible for helping us. We desperately need each other in the daily fight to follow Christ in a world that's full of sin.

  David Platt

  Jesus, Brother, Mean

  David Platt (2013). “What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?”, p.39, Tyndale House

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• As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Office, Gains, Should

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• All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.

  Patricia Reilly Giff

  Book, School, Kids

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• The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger.

  Curt Weldon

  Able, Danger

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• Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Mistake, Team, Weakness

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.158, John Wiley & Sons

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• It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.

  Sean Parker

  Thinking, Dollars, Revolutionary

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• The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.

  Zara Phillips

  Senior, Thinking, People

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• Well, you got to remember, bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans and, in some ways, he and his ideology killed tens of thousands of his fellow Muslims, including Pakistanis. I understand that that was provocative and complicated for Pakistan, but only if you accept the idea that he was an acceptable member of Pakistani society.

  Sebastian Junger

  Ideas, Pakistan, Way

  "Journalist Sebastian Junger". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. June 10, 2011.

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• If the selection process is right and its members GOOD, then there could be no reason why the collection of the teammates be not BETTER and bright who would work in the BEST interest of the organization, either individually or jointly, to bring sustainability in achieving newer growth height.

  Anuj

  Organization, Growth, Teammate

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• No production of high ideological and artistic value can evolve out of a creative group whose members are not united ideologically and in which discipline and order have not been established.

  Kim Jong Il

  Order, Discipline, Creative

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

  Leland Stanford

  School, Law, Institutions

  Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”

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• It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.

  Andy Stern

  Stronger, Unions, Pay

  "Labor leader calls for reform / Reorganization in order, says chief of fast-growing union" by George Raine, www.sfgate.com. June 22, 2004.

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• So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

  Kristi Noem

  Party, Home, Tea

  "Interview with Representative Krisi Noem". "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 8, 2011.

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