Solutions Quotes - Page 25

• The United States is for a two-state solution. The United States wants to see the Israelis and Palestinians come together.

  Bill Richardson

  Two, Together, United States

  "Richardson: President gives us a path forward". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. September 04, 2012.

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• The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.

  Erwin Rommel

  Air, Adoption, Suffering

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• The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.

  Mitt Romney

  War, Government, Promise

  "Mitt Romney’s New Hampshire primary speech" by Felicia Sonmez, www.washingtonpost.com. January 10, 2012.

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• I would love nothing more than compromise. But I would say to you that compromise that's not a solution is a waste of time.

  Marco Rubio

  Waste, Wasting Time, Compromise

  "Sen. Rubio launching a PAC" by Scott Wong, www.politico.com. August 05,2011.

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• While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that.

  Paul Ryan

  Responsibility, Math, Challenges

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• The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

  Paul Ryan

  Leadership, Offering, People

  "Exclusive: GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan on 'Hannity'". Interview with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• We are looking for bipartisan solutions not partisan rhetoric.

  Paul Ryan

  Rhetoric, Partisans, Bipartisan

  "CNN Newsroom" with Brooke Baldwin, www.cnn.com. April 13, 2011.

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• The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.

  Paul Ryan

  President, Speech, Debt

  "Ryan slams Obama inaugural speech" by Mackenzie Weinger, www.politico.com. January 22, 2013.

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• We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

  Paul Ryan

  Feet, People, Safety

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• Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.

  Anwar Sadat

  Pregnancy, History, Giving

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• When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is a good time for them to loosen up - a chance to breathe and experiment a little - and go for the juicy solution lurking in their own basements.

  Jerry Saltz

  Cutting, Museums, Juicy

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• I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body; whether it's an eating disorder or talking about getting your nose fixed, as if that's going to be the solution to all the pressure.

  Susan Sarandon

  Thinking, Talking, Feelings

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. November 1, 2004.

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• Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.

  Charles Schumer

  Party, Believe, Israel

  "Schumer: Obama's 'counter-productive' Israel policy 'has to stop'" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. April 22, 2010.

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• It's time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking about how we can attract more solution-based leaders like Nathan Fletcher and Anthony Adams.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Party, Thinking, Doors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was growing up, my mother, who had been through a lot of terrible things in life, taught me that when life is tough your instinct is to close your heart. But if you can accept what happened and reach out to someone, there will always be someone less fortunate, or someone that can bring a solution and help your life.

  Jane Seymour

  Mother, Growing Up, Heart

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• Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.

  Ariel Sharon

  Peace, Idaho, Steps

  Ariel Sharon's speech at the Herzliyya Institute of Policy and Strategy, news.bbc.co.uk. December 18, 2003.

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• In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues.

  Peter Singer

  Thinking, Issues, Leader

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• I have been a systems engineer, systems administrator, a senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency, a solutions consultant and a telecommunications information systems officer.

  Edward Snowden

  Senior, Agency, Information

  "NSA Leaker Edward Snowden in His Own Words: 'You're Being Watched"'". Interview with Glenn Greenwald, www.truth-out.org. July 04, 2013.

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• Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions.

  Thomas Sowell

  Yesterday, Today, Problem

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• It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's 'problems.'

  Thomas Sowell

  Watches, Television, Problem

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• I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.

  Maurice Strong

  Organization, Environmental, Boards

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• Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.

  David Suzuki

  People, Bags, Incentives

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• Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

  David Suzuki

  Simple, Energy, Burning Fossil Fuels

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• Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.

  Thomas Szasz

  Psychosis, Doubt, Neurosis

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (1973). “The second sin”, Anchor

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• The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Hurt, People, Too Much

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. December 3, 2012.

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