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• I am pretty interested in trying to write and produce an animated film at some point, but that's a job that takes several years, minimum, to get an animated movie going.

  David X. Cohen

  Jobs, Writing, Years

  Source: www.ign.com

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• I do think there would be a receptivity to somebody who campaigned in a straightforward, cohesive way, supporting an increase in the minimum wage, being for universal health care for all Americans, and opposing trade agreements like NAFTA.

  Russ Feingold

  Thinking, Agreement, Would Be

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild for The Progressive Magazine, www.thirdworldtraveler.com. May 2002.

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• I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Equal Pay, Minimum Wage

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, dealing with the fact that we have more people in jail, shamefully, than any other country on Earth, that I am against the death penalty, Secretary Clinton is not, I think, as people become familiar with my ideas, we are going to do better and better.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• And the reason that I was one of the first, not one of the last to be in opposition to the TPP is that American workers should not be forced to compete against people in Vietnam today making a minimum wage of $0.65 an hour. Look, what we have got to do is tell corporate America that they cannot continue to shut down. We've lost 60,000 factories since 2001. They're going to start having to, if I'm president, invest in this country - not in China, not in Mexico.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, America, People

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If you do not have at least an eight-month emergency fund, and you think there's a probability you could loose your job - and it's not just losing your job; you could be in a car accident, get sick - continue to pay the minimum on your credit card every month. Everything beyond that needs to go to establish an emergency fund. And if you have an emergency fund saved, then fund your retirement account before paying down credit card debt.

  Suze Orman

  Retirement, Jobs, Thinking

  "Debt vs. debt: Which loans do I pay off first?". "Today" Interview, www.today.com. May 6, 2009.

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• I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to catch and so we’re going to be doing a complete review of FDA operations. At bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter. That’s what Sasha eats for lunch. Probably three times a week...

  Barack Obama

  Kids, Thinking, Lunch

  "Interview with President Barack Obama". "NBC Today Show" with Matt Lauer, archives.nbclearn.com. February 2, 2009.

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• I put pressure on myself to propose something new - I think it's the minimum that you can do as a fashion designer.

  Nicolas Ghesquiere

  Fashion, Thinking, Pressure

  Source: www.elle.com

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• What is the minimum daily requirement for carbohydrates? ZERO. The food pyramid is based on a totally irrelevant nutrient.

  Ron Rosedale

  Zero, Pyramids, Requirements

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• Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now, the U.S. is delivering at a staggeringly low rate of 44%, which is the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the adult population, 18 years and older. We need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America's middle class.

  Jim Clifton

  Jobs, Years, Class

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• I think changing the Democratic Party platform [at the convention] is a great place to start. It should include expanding Social Security, a $15 minimum wage, and breaking up too-big-to-fail banks on Wall Street - among other Sanders priorities.

  Ben Wikler

  Wall, Party, Thinking

  "What Should Bernie Sanders Do Next?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2016.

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• Businesses generally deal with minimum wage increases by finding efficiencies in their business practices or slightly increasing prices if they have to, not cutting jobs. Of course: because they need staff to make their businesses run!

  David Rolf

  Running, Jobs, Cutting

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nursing assistants, preschool teachers and paramedics are all under $15.

  David Rolf

  Teacher, Nursing, Average

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• A September 2015 poll found that, by a 3-1 margin, voters are more likely to support political candidates who favor raising the minimum wage.

  David Rolf

  Political, Support, Minimum Wage

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• If you're fighting against a minimum wage increase, you're fighting an uphill battle, because most Americans, even most Republicans, are okay with raising the minimum wage.

  Frank Luntz

  Fighting, Battle, Minimum Wage

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Plan your day with an eye to your tendency to procrastinate, and put in safeguards to keep it to a minimum.

  John Perry

  Eye, Tendencies, Procrastinating

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. October 4, 2012.

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• I come from a minimum wage working world, as we all did for at least some part of our lives, and that is never out of my rearview. I've never forgotten how much your feet hurt after you've stood on them for like 12 hours. And how the drudgery of a job you hate craps on your entire life; how you treat other people, how you treat yourself, and it really was getting to me.

  Henry Rollins

  Hurt, Jobs, Hate

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• E governance can bring minimum government and maximum governance. It is easy, effective and economic governance. It brings empowerment, equity and efficiency of the economy. It is a very useful field that can be the greatest problem solver of the people.

  Narendra Modi

  Government, People, Empowerment

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• What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business.

  Narendra Modi

  Mean, Government, India

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• Sustainable development: Meeting present needs without compromising the stock of natural resources remaining for future generations. In terms of buildings, it implies resource efficiency, minimum energy use, flexibility and long life

  Richard Rogers

  Future, Long, Vision

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• But music is, at the very minimum, inflammatory, exclusionary, divisive, encouraging of snobbery and solipsism.

  Arthur Phillips

  Music Is, Snobbery, Solipsism

  Arthur Phillips (2009). “The Song Is You: A Novel”, p.42, Random House

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• Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

  Bobby Scott

  Waste, Taxpayers, Has Beens

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• Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.

  Bobby Scott

  Fighting, Second Chance, Years

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• The main goal in any criminal statute is to produce what's best for the victim. And sometimes, a mandatory minimum doesn't accomplish that.

  Paul Martin

  Goal, Criminals, Sometimes

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• I am inclined to believe that if there can be a meaningful human right to any material thing, surely it starts with access to minimum clean freshwater.

  Steven Solomon

  Meaningful, Believe, Clean

  "Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization". Book by Steven Solomon (p. 495), www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2010.

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