Chairman Quotes - Page 10

• The other financial genius, John McCain, said the fundamentals of our economy are strong, and then yesterday he wanted to fire the head of the SEC -- except you can't as president fire the SEC chairman, it's a non-governmental job. Sarah Palin said today one more gaffe from McCain, and she's going to drop him from the ticket.

  Bill Maher

  Strong, Jobs, Fire

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• Hillary Clinton does represent the establishment. I represent, I hope, ordinary Americans, and by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment, but I am very proud to have people like Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva in the House, the co-chairmen of the House Progressive Caucus.

  Bernie Sanders

  People, House, Ordinary

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.

  Russell Simmons

  Beach, Hbo, Years

  "Russell Simmons Has Your Oscars Alternative". "All Things Considered" with Eric Westervelt, www.npr.org. February 28, 2016.

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• I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates has an amazing documentary called Many Rivers to Cross - really, his whole writings; he's such a wealth of knowledge.

  Jurnee Smollett

  Girl, Book, Writing

  "Jurnee Smollett-Bell Gets Deep About Underground, a Slave Narrative That Will Make You Proud to Be Black". Interview with Ronda Racha Penrice, www.theroot.com. March 9, 2016.

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• North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Thinking, Voting, North Carolina

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things.

  Ebbe Skovdahl

  Soccer, Football, Ideas

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• We commend the commission, under the leadership of Chairman Martin, for recognizing the reality of today's communications marketplace and for fostering an environment where there will be greater choice in communications services and providers.

  Edward Whitacre, Jr.

  Communication, Reality, Choices

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• I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Israel, Two, People

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• Playing music well is difficult, yet the world has an abundance of fine performers. Explaining a little about music is easier, yet few do it well. Those who can do both supremely form a tiny club, whose honorary chairman is the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

  Justin Davidson

  Playing Music, World, Clubs

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• Experience shows that after a disaster it is particularly difficult with the Americans, who appear to be quite cowardly despite their Rambo films.

  Ken Bates

  Soccer, Football, Rambo

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• Mr. Chairman, delegates. I accept your nomination for President of the United States of America. I do so with humility, deeply moved by the trust you have placed in me. It is a great honor. It is an even greater responsibility.

  Mitt Romney

  Humility, Responsibility, America

  "Election Guide: Romney Rhetoric". Interview with Jason Williams, www.cityweekly.net. October 31, 2012.

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• I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.

  Joe Barton

  Common Sense, Trying, Regulation

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• If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to do as Chairman Mao said. It was not possible to tell them anything else.

  Jung Chang

  Children, Parent, Ruins

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• Football hooligans? Well, there are 92 club chairmen for a start.

  Matt Busby

  Football, Clubs, Wells

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• Mr. Chairman, I think the record should show that for the first time since McKinley, we have a Republican president worth shooting, and I think that's a good sign.

  James Johnson

  Thinking, President, Mckinley

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• Im sometimes mistaken as the wife of the chairman. I just laugh it off.

  Patricia A. Woertz

  Laughing, Wife, Sometimes

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• Jim Rohn is the master motivator - he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference and it sticks. I consider Jim the 'Chairman of Speakers.' The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend, Jim Rohn.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Differences, Style, Making A Difference

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• I don't understand the United Nations. They have selected Iran to sit on the U.N.'s women's rights panel. Iran! Also on the panel - Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Brown, Phil Spector, Robert Blake and committee chairman O.J. Simpson.

  Jay Leno

  Rights, Iran, Brown

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• Sir John Hall was a multi-millionaire when I came back to Newcastle. With all the players I've bought, I'm trying to make him just an ordinary millionaire.

  Kevin Keegan

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• I am the first African-American chairman of any major conservation organization in history. That's a big step.

  Jerome Ringo

  Organization, African American, Firsts

  "The Pioneer". Interview with Erik Kancler, www.motherjones.com. April 25, 2005.

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• The TSA's airport body scanners have been shown to be so ineffective, the Homeland Security chairman suggested using traditional metal detectors. While LaGuardia will continue to just have a scarecrow dressed as a cop.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Airports, Tsa, Body

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• At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?

  Kevin Keegan

  Soccer, Football, Games

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• I've always loved the beauty world. Ever since I was a child, I looked at magazines and wore fragrances and tried out samples and sets. I worked at Clinique in the creative department for a summer during high school. And when I graduated from university, I worked at Prescriptives. My uncle [Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies] smartly had wanted me to go into a small brand - to figure out what part of the company I loved. I discovered I was passionate about the creative process, the product development, creating a concept around a fragrance or lipstick.

  Aerin Lauder

  Summer, Uncles, Children

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.

  Lynne Cheney

  Numbers, Irrelevant

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• The intellect is no longer the chairman of the board - it is an employee. It becomes a tool in the service of the heart.

  Gary Zukav

  Heart, Coaching, Boards

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