Support Quotes - Page 30

• While I recognize the great value and importance of prescription drugs and strongly support a continued U.S. focus on pharmaceutical research and development, our nation's seniors cannot be asked to subsidize the drug costs of other wealthy industrialized nations any longer.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Senior, Research And Development, Focus

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• Recent demonstration projects have shown that with some Federal support, a little funding can go a long way toward ensuring that low-income children have access to good oral health care.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Children, Long, Low Income

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• So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid it, but it's not like it's a religion for me. It's not like I consider I'm polluted if somehow some bit of milk or cheese or something passes my lips.

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Views, Want

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• I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support.

  Anna Nicole Smith

  Funny Love, Jobs, Right Now

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• A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Alleviate, Poorest, Conditions

  "Iain Duncan Smith vows to tackle 'absurd' welfare dependency". www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2010.

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• With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Growing Up, Children, Moving

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• I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Children, Believe, People

  "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

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• I understand and get when kids and teenagers feel like they're alone and it's not going to get better. My advice is that there is a support system out there, there are a lot of people who have been through what you're going through and are going through it now.

  Brittany Snow

  Teenager, Kids, Support Systems

  "Brittany Snow and MTV Launch 'Love is Louder' after Recent Suicides" by Archive-Kara-Warner, www.mtv.com. October 01, 2010.

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• I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

  Edward Snowden

  Nsa, Government Spying, World

  "Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.

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• When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

  Hope Solo

  Football, Real, Female

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• If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

  Steven Spielberg

  Believe, Government, Mass Destruction

  "Cruise and Spielberg Back War". news.bbc.co.uk. September 26, 2002.

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• All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support them.

  Lysander Spooner

  Government, People, Earth

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• One essential of a free government is that it rest wholly on voluntary support. And one certain proof that a government is not free, is that it coerces more or less persons to support it, against their will.

  Lysander Spooner

  Government, Essentials, Proof

  Lysander Spooner (1867). “No Treason: No. 1-”

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• The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather than that he was a superior being.

  Lysander Spooner

  Jesus, Kings, Followers

  Lysander Spooner (1971). “The collected works of Lysander Spooner”

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• Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Mean, Divorce, Too Much

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• Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There's tremendous support - you've got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it's all you, and it's just crippling when people tear up your pages.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Writing, Support You, Editors

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• Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Self, Class, Ordinary

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• Sculpture is made with two instruments and some supports and pretty air.

  Gertrude Stein

  Air, Two, Sculpture

  Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten (1958). “The Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein: A novel of thank you”

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• There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

  Laurence Sterne

  Christian, World, Scripture

  Laurence Sterne (1860). “The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, Etc”, p.705

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• It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

  Cat Stevens

  Reality, Albums, Charity

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• I support Alice Waters in her desire that there be a vegetable garden at the White House. I don't think they should rip up the Rose Garden, because that's something that I love. They should probably dig up another patch and grow some vegetables there.

  Martha Stewart

  Rip, Garden, Thinking

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• I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly, too.

  Rod Stewart

  Football, Hard Times, Play

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• The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.

  John Sununu

  Party, Independent, Talking

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• The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we issue. Elected officials have an obligation to maintain that integrity, regardless of whether they voted for the programs that required the borrowing in the first place.

  John Sununu

  Integrity, Commitment, America

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• My mother was a strong-willed and opinionated woman - a Sicilian! - and if she didn't like something, she'd let you know about it. So her undying support of her kids went a long way in proving to us that we were on the right path.

  Marlo Thomas

  Mother, Strong, Kids

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