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• I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.

  Sarah Palin

  Party, Conservative, Republican

  "Where does Palin stand?". www.sbs.com.au. August 23, 2013.

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• I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Character, Thinking, Intense

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• Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.

  Pope John Paul II

  Feet, Rome, Land

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• There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

  James Cash Penney

  Competitors, Merchants

  James Cash Penney (1960). “View from the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant's Daybook”

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• I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go .

  Evita Peron

  Eight, Government, Hands

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• To make sure that votes are never canceled out by illegal votes, we instituted a photo ID requirement. And don't you think it's fair to apply at least the same standard required to get a library card or to board an airpane?

  Rick Perry

  Thinking, Library, Boards

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• I think you need to have a tax system that basically is flat, fair and simple. And - that you can put on a post card. I mean, even Timothy Geithner could do this one and get it on time.

  Rick Perry

  Mean, Simple, Thinking

  "SQUAWK BOX" with John Harwood, www.cnbc.com. October 25, 2011.

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• I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Wish, Should, Justification

  "You must be Joaquin" by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2003.

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• A decent government with an effective, but not gratuitously violent, police force and a fair court system are essential. This deters and incapacitates psychopaths, bullies and hotheads - and if it earns the confidence of the people, they don't have to become violent in self-defence.

  Steven Pinker

  Government, Self, People

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• It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage.

  Martha Plimpton

  Care, Lectures, Morality

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• I didn't play football in school, but I've been a fan of football all my life. I have a fair understanding of it. Doing movies about it really helps because you know what makes them work and what doesn't.

  Dennis Quaid

  Football, School, Play

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 6, 2008.

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• I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

  Dan Rather

  Groups, Advocating

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• When I became successful, I put up a caution. I didn't think it was fair to have the shadow of that kind of success thrown on my family. And I was cautious about being taken by things that could destroy you.

  Robert Redford

  Taken, Successful, Thinking

  "American dreamer". Interview with Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2004.

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• True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

  Robert Reich

  Memorial Day, America, Remembrance

  Robert Reich (2017). “Economics in Wonderland: Robert Reich's Cartoon Guide to a Political World Gone Mad and Mean”, p.50, Fantagraphics Books

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• Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

  Ann Richards

  Country, Believe, Play

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA

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• You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don't see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom.

  Eric Ries

  Perseverance, Keys, People

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• I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

  Tim Robbins

  Views, Two Sides, Political

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• Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Ideas, People

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• It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1990). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952”, 1990.

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• Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.

  Alan Rosenberg

  What Matters, Play, Bargaining

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

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• A good puzzle, it's a fair thing. Nobody is lying. It's very clear, and the problem depends just on you.

  Erno Rubik

  Lying, Problem, Clear

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• Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

  Rumi

  Beautiful, Eye, Lovely

  Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana), Jelaluddin Rumi, Kabir Helminski, Andrew Harvey (2005). “The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi”, p.5, Shambhala Publications

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• People are feeling and sensing a return of anti-Semitism - even in Europe, which, seventy years after the Holocaust, is a very scary thing. I think they are feeling that Israel is very isolated and doesn't always get what they see as fair treatment in the European media.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Thinking, Israel, Media

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• If the Frieze Art Fair catches on, I imagine at least two great things happening. First, we will once again have a huge art fair in town that isn't too annoying to go to. More importantly, Frieze may finally show New Yorkers that we can cross our own waters for visual culture. That would change everything.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Two, Water

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• When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this flashy 'art-fair art' and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Moving, Space

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