Nevada Quotes

• I know that many students take personal responsibility for their education and succeed as a result. I want them to know they are not alone - that Nevada's system can and will support them.

  Brian Sandoval

  Responsibility, Support, Want

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• But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada has been doing a good job of putting California criminals in jail. I mean, we couldn't put OJ in jail, but they did. We couldn't put Paris Hilton in jail, but they did.

  James Belushi

  Jobs, Mean, California

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• I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.

  Bill Richardson

  Hurt, Thinking, Issues

  "Bill Richardson: Latino Presidential Candidate Coming Soon". "Fox News Latino" with Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. June 18, 2012.

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• Nevada was hit hardest by the recession - highest unemployment, highest foreclosure rate, highest bankruptcy rate.

  Brian Sandoval

  Unemployment, Rate, Foreclosure

  "Brian Sandoval RNC speech". www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

  Harry Reid

  Mom, Strong, Dad

  Democratic response to the State of the Union address, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2005.

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• Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.

  Drew Carey

  Vegas, Judging, Unions

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie & Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November 1, 1997.

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• I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada.

  Tia Carrere

  Casinos, Parks, Roller Coaster

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few.

  Mark Foley

  Country, Travel, New York

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• As I said in my state of the state address, we can no longer rely on gaming and sales taxes to pay our way. Indian gaming next door in California is eroding our major industry in Nevada.

  Kenny Guinn

  California, Doors, Pay

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• And if you like 14.4 percent unemployment, if you like the fact that 70 percent of home mortgages in Nevada are underwater, then stay the course. Vote for Harry Reid

  John Cornyn

  Stay Strong, Home, Unemployment

  "Battle for the Senate on 'Fox News Sunday'". "Fox News Sunday" With Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone.

  Harry Reid

  People, Streets, Prove

  "The Ed Show" with Ed Schultz, www.nbcnews.com. October 21, 2010.

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• Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector.

  Kenny Guinn

  Tourism, Climate, Double Standard

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• When I saw all of the people I have known all these years, when we got together, it was scary because B.B King and I lived in the same place in Nevada.

  Ruth Brown

  Kings, Years, People

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• I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates.

  Mel Tillis

  Two, Here And There, Casinos

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• My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.

  Mark Twain

  Brother, Book, Years

  Mark Twain (2008). “10 Books in 1”, p.541, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Las Vegas, Nevada: A city where oddities don't make you lame, But instead bring you riches and fortune and fame.

  Walter Wykes

  Vegas, Oddities, Cities

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• The state of our state is fragile, but I know our spirit and love for Nevada is not.

  Kenny Guinn

  And Love, Spirit, States

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• When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?

  Wanda Sykes

  New York, Gay, California

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• Sometimes I think we're on this world for three reasons: to be useful, to tell each other stories and to collect stuff. It's the only explanation for eBay. We love to collect stuff, and at least if we're collecting stuff in cyberspace we're not deforesting the Sierra Nevada.

  Paul Saffo

  Thinking, Ebay, Cyberspace

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours, shooting weapons at targets, directing kills on enemy combatants. Then you get in the car and you drive home, and within 20 minutes you're sitting at the dinner table talking to your kids about their homework.'

  P. W. Singer

  Motivation, War, Inspiration

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• Las Vegas is a major family destination. Nevada casinos have become American family values now. It's considered just fine to go into one of these windowless scary gambling-malls, drink yourself silly, lose your ass at roulette, and then go ogle showgirls with breast implants. Republicans do this now. Working-class folks do it in polyester stretch pants. It's normal.

  Bruce Sterling

  Silly, Vegas, Gambling

  "Greetings from Burning Man!". www.wired.com. November 01, 1996.

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• Which idiot put the GOP convention the same time as 'Burning Man' in Nevada? Is there time to change this?

  Grover Norquist

  Men, Burning, Idiot

  Grover Norquist @GroverNorquist, twitter.com. July 1, 2012.

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• The drive to Black Rock City from San Francisco leads through the Nevada flatlands, past the jittering neon sadness of Reno.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Sadness, Past, Rocks

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2002). “Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism”, p.79, Three Rivers Press

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• In 1966 the ACS formulated a State Model Cancer Act which was instrumental in the enactment of anti-quackery laws now enforced in 9 states...In California (it is a) felony...The use of unproven methods is also a criminal offense in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  Jane Brody

  Cancer, Dark, Illinois

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• My colleague Senator John Ensign of Nevada told me a story that epitomizes the selfishness of our culture: When I was a teenager, I had a sticker in my car with a picture of a bear scratching himself on the tree, and under it was the saying, 'If it feels good, do it!' That was the motto of the '60s and the '70s, and certainly it is the motto today. The image of the bear scratching himself highlights a view of human beings as animals, and that people should do what pleases them at the moment without a thought to the broader long-term consequences of their actions.

  Rick Santorum

  Teenager, Animal, Views

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