Agendas Quotes - Page 34

• We can still cap carbon, but that needn't be at the top of the agenda that we communicate to voters.

  Ted Nordhaus

  Voters, Caps, Carbon

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Nwo, Doe, Politics

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• The liberal Gluten-free agenda is turning our dogs lesbian.

  Stephen Colbert

  Dog, Gluten, Gluten Free

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• Whoever sets the agenda controls the outcome of the debate

  Noam Chomsky

  Outcomes, Debate

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• Love moves without an agenda. It just moves because that is its nature to move.

  Adyashanti

  Love, Moving

  Adyashanti (2009). “Emptiness Dancing”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its myriad tiny nerve endings that notices the neglected pathos, poignancy and practicality that lies at the heart of life. It's as if the media are somehow irritated and envious that anonymous people should have the quiet brilliance of their rich and sustainable inner lives.

  Michael Leunig

  Lying, Heart, Media

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• I think there needs to be a meeting to set an agenda for more meetings about meetings.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Thinking, Needs, Meetings

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• Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

  Lauren Weisberger

  Focus, Want, Focus On Yourself

  Lauren Weisberger (2009). “Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.

  Mitt Romney

  Abortion, Legislation, Familiar

  "Mitt Romney Abortion Stance Changes, As Candidate Says He Won’t Push To Restrict Access" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 9, 2012.

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• Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Rights, People, Essentials

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• No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.

  Angela Davis

  Steps, Movement, Quests

  "Farrakhan causes new controversy as march approaches". www.cnn.com. October 14, 1995.

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• I will step outside the system. Voting for the “lesser evil”-or failing to vote at all-is part of the corporate agenda to crush what is left of our anemic democracy. And those who continue to participate in the vaudeville of a two-party process, who refuse to confront in every way possible the structures of corporate power, assure our mutual destruction.

  Chris Hedges

  Crush, Party, Two

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• Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda. For me, that was always a high priority in whatever I was doing.

  Chuck Yeager

  Fun, People, Priorities

  Chuck Yeager (1986). “Yeager: An Autobiography”, Bantam

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• Nothing in the outer world makes you feel any way. You decide what you want to feel, and then use outer people and events as permission slips to execute your feeling agenda.

  Alan Cohen

  People, Feelings, Events

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• There's a dishonest tyranny in the liberal/progressive/socialist agenda that comes down and says 'we are here because we care about you; we want what's best for you'. But really what they want is the control of your life.

  Allen West

  Control Of Your Life, Care, Politics

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• The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your
  agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps it will
  be the most urgent thing. Or the easiest. In fact, the most important
  thing probably isn't even on your agenda.

  Seth Godin

  Important, Today, Next

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• If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that's what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it.

  Henry Blackaby

  Christian, Talking, Goal

  Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (2001). “Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

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• The focus of President Trump's administration will continue to be to have a safer America, to have a more prosperous America, and to continue to advance the president's agenda, both on Capitol Hill and through executive action and carry that message all across the country.

  Mike Pence

  Country, America, Focus

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• There's no hidden agenda, no political agenda [in Patriots Day]. The only politics we were really talking about was the politics of community, the politics of social love.

  Peter Berg

  Talking, Community, Political

  Source: ew.com

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• The most profound benefit of yoga and meditation for me has been a natural relaxing into my life. Obstacles are not so scary. I am more fluid, more curious, and at the same time more patient. I have more options for happiness because I don't require specific conditions. It is a relief to discover that I can be happy even if the world doesn't revolve around me or my agenda.

  Cyndi Lee

  Yoga, Profound, Meditation

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• If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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• I don't want to be one of these filmmakers that hit you over the head with my agenda or my opinion. I just want to take you down the 50-yard line and let you form your own opinion of what this controversy is about.

  Ric Roman Waugh

  Yards, Lines, Want

  "Waugh Enlists Johnson to Play Everydad in ‘Snitch’". Interview with Angela Dawson, frontrowfeatures.com. February 20, 2013.

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• The Congressional leaders set the agenda for journalism; it's not the other way around.

  Michael Pollan

  Leader, Way, Journalism

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• We are free, in the West, to choose; we have real choice to pursue our own desires; we are free to set the goals and contents of our own lives; the West is made up of individuals who are free to decide what meaning to give to their lives-in short the glory of the West is that life is an open book,[1] while under Islam, life is a closed book, everything has been decided for you: God and the Holy Law set limits on the possible agenda of your life.

  Ibn Warraq

  Real, Book, Law

  Ibn Warraq (2010). “Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays”

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• I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.

  Richard Dawkins

  Watches, Politician, Syllables

  "Richard Dawkins is not an accommodationist" by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. October 4, 2009.

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