Significant Quotes - Page 17

• Do I think reality TV is going to be a path to politics in a significant way? Eh, I don't know. Trump is a very specific case. It's really gonna be hard to replicate that.

  Jennifer Pozner

  Thinking, Reality, Way

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.

  Barack Obama

  Hard Work, Government, Years

  "President Barack Obama Holds a News Conference". ye.usembassy.gov. November 14, 2016.

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• Sometimes your personal life is much more significant. Sometimes your work life is more significant. Friends and family, or sometimes the general population, take precedence.

  Kiki Smith

  Family And Friends, Population, Life Is

  Source: crushfanzine.com

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• There is more action in some other countries. In Germany, they've called for a very serious inquiry that's discovering more and more. They've just discovered a significant violation of the German Constitution that had been concealed from the Parliament.

  Edward Snowden

  Country, Serious, Germany

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• If we didn't have the Electoral College there would have been no George W. Bush presidency. Algore would have been elected. The Democrats have not gotten over that, and they never will get over the recount, the aftermath of that election in 2000. They are still animated by it today. It is a significant portion of the rage and anger they carry around with them every day, so they want to get rid of it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  College, Aftermath, Rage And Anger

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? Whether there was cooperation with the Russians. I don't mean to say that's a distraction or we shouldn't follow it up. But the underlying story of the Russians trying to subvert our democracy, both through propaganda, planted stories, manipulation of social media and through direct efforts to infiltrate our state election system, is really an enormously significant event. And it's not over.

  Angus King

  Mean, Effort, Democracy

  "This Voice of Reason Rises From the Swamp". Interview With Albert R. Hunt, www.bloomberg.com. June 18, 2017.

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• The fact is that one significant way the Iranians have a posture different from the North Koreans, the North Koreans basically are saying we have a nuclear program. We are seeking weapons. We have produced weapons. We're proud of the fact that we have weapons.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Different, Nuclear, Proud

  "Charlie Rose interviews Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.nytimes.com. June 18, 2007.

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• I think Prabhupada's accomplishments are very significant; they're huge. Even compared to someone like William Shakespeare, the amount of literature Prabhupada produced is truly amazing. It boggles the mind. He sometimes went for days with only a few hours sleep. I mean even a youthful, athletic young person couldn't keep the pace he kept himself at seventy-nine years of age.

  George Harrison

  Mean, Sleep, Thinking

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• If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.

  Nelson Mandela

  Development, Want, Civil Society

  Source: www.mott.org

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• The Mexican people are increasingly middle class, and Mexico has substantially become a middle-class society. This is true despite the significant poverty, and the class and geographic inequality that have deep historical roots.

  Alan Bersin

  Class, Roots, People

  Source: www.salon.com

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• Trump doesn't need to spend a dime to get his message out. Trump doesn't have to run an ad. Trump doesn't have to run a series. He doesn't have to pay people to show up. He doesn't have to buy TV advertising, because he gets more coverage than the combined advertising the rest of the Republicans could buy. And aside from the overwhelming, significant upset that is, the very fact of all that ticks them off. Donald Trump has direct access to his supporters. And you know who gives it to him? The media.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, Media, People

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.

  Bill Capodagli

  Organization, Belief, Behavior

  "Bill Capodagli on “The Disney Way”: Part 2". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. June 19, 2016.

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• Donald Trump doesn't have significant tells when he's lying because truth and lies to him are kind of homogenized. He's such a pro at it that you don't see a lot of divergence in his body language when he's lying or telling the truth. It's just constant bulls**t. He's probably a very good bluffer.

  Daniel Negreanu

  Lying, Language, Kind

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• There are two economic realities in America in 2016. There's been a record six straight years of job growth, and new census numbers show incomes have increased at a record rate after years of stagnation. However, income inequality remains significant, and nearly half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

  Lester Holt

  Reality, Growth, Economic

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• FBI directors serve at the pleasure of the president, but they often have terms that transcend partisan transfers of power at the White House. Firing an FBI director is a major problem from the point of view of a president who is already facing significant questions about investigations already underway.

  Stephen Farnsworth

  House, President, Problem

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• It's generally not wise to pick a fight with law enforcement in politics, especially when you're in the middle of a pretty significant scandal already.

  Stephen Farnsworth

  Wise, Fighting, Law Enforcement

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• There are simple things which would make sense. Take, say, weatherization, which would make a big cut in the unemployment rate. That's the kind of work that plenty of people are quick to do, and it would save individual households money, and it would make a significant reduction in the threats of climate change. But something is holding it back: the sociopathic character of market systems.

  Noam Chomsky

  Character, Cutting, Simple

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.

  Yo-Yo Ma

  Thinking, Purpose, Pieces

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. January 7, 2013.

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• Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical community, unfortunately, has done little to dispel. Happenstance usually plays a part, to be sure, but there is much more to invention than the popular notion of a bolt out of the blue. Knowledge in depth and in breadth are virtual prerequisites. Unless the mind is thoroughly charge beforehand, the proverbial spark of genius, if it should manifest itself, probably will find nothing to ignite.

  Paul Flory

  Blue, Views, Play

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• Some people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It is really wise. I myself have a few weeks per year, let us call them white or black, when I am not interested in the world around. When I come back from this isolation of the news, I realize that I have missed nothing significant. We live in the rain of disinformation and rumors, where the truth is a very small number. In those weeks of dissociation I seek for knowledge that lies within me.

  Henning Mankell

  Wise, Lying, Rain

  FaceBook post by Henning Mankell from Mar 09, 2012

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• My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Motivation, Impact

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• Casinos are spreading like wildfire, and it seems to be an entertainment option that a significant number of people engage in. That's just the reality of gaming that it is proving to be attractive to a great number of people.

  Ron Porter

  Reality, Numbers, People

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• The most significant dimension of freedom is the freedom from one's own ego - in other words, from the feeling that I am the center of everything

  Wojciech Kurtyka

  Climbing, Ego, Feelings

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• The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be.

  Stephen Covey

  Learning, Involved

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• This is critical to the region. Every other major city has public transportation going downtown. We have a world-class airport now, and this could be an important additional piece to the airport development. This is a significant investment and one that should be seen as a significant long-term commitment to making this a reality.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Commitment, Reality, Airports

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