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• But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school.

  Jared Polis

  Kids, School, Parent

  "Rep. Polis gets crusty about pizza"by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. May 15, 2012.

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• Unless we make education a priority, an entire generation of Americans could miss out on the American dream.

  Blanche Lincoln

  Dream, Missing, Generations

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• I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

  Jacob Lew

  Cutting, Thinking, Payroll Tax

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• How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

  James Lafferty

  Order, Doe, World

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• Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.

  Ed Pastor

  Pell Grants, Maintaining, Program

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• I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission.

  John S. Pistole

  Cutting, Technology, Tsa

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• Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.

  Jimmy Reid

  Essence, Government, People

  "Still irresistible, a working-class hero's finest speech". www.independent.co.uk. August 12, 2010.

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• My boyfriend, who I love to death - he's only 17 so he's the youngest guy I've ever dated - he just moved here from Hawaii to be with me and I met him when I was 10. Anyway, in Hawaii they have such a different mentality and different priorities.

  Nikki Reed

  Guy, My Boyfriend, Different

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• I always wanted to be a musician from when I was kid. It was always a massive dream of mine. School was also really really important to me and having an education was top of my priority. So I really wanted to have a degree before I tried anything in the music industry.

  Emeli Sande

  Dream, School, Kids

  "Emeli Sande: The other Adele goes from med school to music" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. June 05, 2012.

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• I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today.

  Ken Salazar

  Dream, Growing Up, Believe

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• Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state.

  Llewellyn Rockwell

  Political, Age, Separation

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• This is not a skill problem, this is a will problem. Does America have the will to make education a priority? We know the things that work. Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

  Tavis Smiley

  Skills, America, Doe

  "Education an economic issue?". "Meet the Press" with David Gregor, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

  Fred Thompson

  Important, Ifs, Asks

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• I think everybody has different priorities in their life. People live their lives differently. People become famous through all sorts of different reasons... some of it through art and some of it through just wanting to be famous. And I think how that all starts tends to reflect how you live your life daily.

  Keith Urban

  Art, Thinking, People

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• I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it.

  Dianne Wiest

  Kids, Want, Sometimes

  "Dianne Wiest at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival". Interview with Leslie Rigoulot, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.

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• A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Nuclear Iran, Effort

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• Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Iran, President

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• Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime-if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the start of something more-was more revitalizing than the cheap thrills of a cookie-cutter shallow, superficial romance, where the top priority was how beautiful a person was on the outside.

  Jess C Scott

  Beautiful, Reflection, Superficial Things

  Jess C. Scott (2010). “The Other Side of Life (Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy, Book 1, Pre-Final Version)”, p.68, jessINK

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• Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is.

  Donald Miller

  Morning, Sunday, Church Service

  "Born-again rebel Don Miller reveals 'best sermon I ever heard'" by John Blake, www.cnn.com.

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• I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Kids, Thinking, America

  "Alonzo Mourning: The Edge of Sports Interview". Interview with Dave Zirin, bleacherreport.com. January 26, 2009.

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• Some people in LA are addicted. They have to be here. My personal life is stronger than my professional life, in terms of priorities.

  Debi Mazar

  People, Stronger, Life Is

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• It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.

  Gavin MacLeod

  Should Have, People, Trying

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• I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.

  Warren Christopher

  Government, Safety, Giving

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• I think toilets are more important than temples. No matter how many temples we go to, we are not going to get salvation. We need to give priority to toilets and cleanliness.

  Jairam Ramesh

  Thinking, Giving, Important

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• At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down the line where other races may take preference, but for 2015, it's the Tour.

  Chris Froome

  Careers, Race, Lines

  "Team Sky's Chris Froome confirms he will ride the 2015 Tour de France" by Ed Aarons, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2014.

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