Bill Richardson Quotes

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• Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.

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  Single Mom, Struggle, Opportunity

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• Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

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  Ignorance, Tyrants, Enlightenment

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.

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  Working Together, Together, Needs

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• I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Differences

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Recognizing and preventing men's health problems is not just a man's issue. Because of its impact on wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters, men's health is truly a family issue.

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  Mother Daughter, Men, Issues

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• We're a superpower with a third world grid.

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  World, Grids, Thirds

  "Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham on 'Fox News Sunday'". "Fox News Sunday" with Tony Snow, www.foxnews.com. August 17, 2003.

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• You have a 12-foot fence. You know what'll happen? Thirteen foot ladders.

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  Feet, Ladders, Fence

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• The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

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  Jobs, Focus, Economy

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• Natural gas is the future. It is here.

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  Natural, Gas, Natural Gas

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• I've been told that I have a lot of energy. The secret is that I use renewable resources. Some days I'm solar powered. Some days I'm wind powered. And some people in this room might think I'm hybrid gas-powered. You'll just have to guess which it is today.

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  Thinking, Wind, People

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• We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

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  Strong, Heart, People

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• "Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot."

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  Moving, Garden, Plot

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• Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad -- a foreign policy with alliances.

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  Strong, Home, Mean

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• So what if it's risky? It's the right thing to do. What we're talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.

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  Pain, Marijuana, Talking

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• I'm not a big believer in doing things unilaterally. I'm a big believer in opening up a dialogue and figuring out how we can make something work for all people.

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  Opening Up, People, Bigs

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• You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.

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  Two, Shut Up, Two Things

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• I am now a member of the private sector. I'm happy. I've got a little foundation. You never say never, but I may have had my last race and that was the Presidential race. I think that you only get one shot.

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  Thinking, Race, Presidential

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

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• When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart . . . should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit.

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  Heart, Thinking, Brain

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• John McCain will pay hundreds of dollars for his own shoes. But we're the ones who have to pay for his flip-flops.

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  Shoes, Dollars, Pay

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• The last thing we need to do, relating to teachers, is the key to a good education in this country is a strong teacher. I would have a minimum wage for all our teachers, $40,000 per year.

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  Country, Teacher, Strong

  "In Their Own Words: Democratic Candidates Speak Out On Education". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• The rocket that goes up next March will not only lift a payload, it will launch what I believe will ultimately be the most significant commercial space facility in the country, ... This launch will be a brilliant signal flare that will let the nation and the world know New Mexico's spaceport is open for business. We can now say with certainty that the dream of this spaceport launching a new era in New Mexico's aerospace industry will become reality.

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  Dream, Country, Believe

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• [on compromise immigration bill] This is fundamentally flawed in its current form, and I would oppose it. We need bipartisanship, but we also need legislation that is compassionate. I’m not sure this is.

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  Tears, Bills, Immigration

  "Hispanic Hopeful for '08 Confronts Immigration" by Adam Nagourney, www.nytimes.com. May 24, 2007.

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• Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.

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  Time, Army, Korea

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• We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

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  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

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• As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.

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  School, Thinking, Issues

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