Supporter Quotes - Page 18

• My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.

  Apolo Ohno

  Dad, Mind, I Can Do It

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• We're going to fight this battle with everything we have, and we will probably lose. But then we will fight it again, and we will lose a little less, for this battle will win us many supporters. And then we'll lose *again*. And *again*. And we will fight on. Because as hard as it is to win by fighting, it's impossible to win by doing nothing.

  Cory Doctorow

  Fighting, Winning, Battle

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• This is sort of the epitome of the economic elite that is converging with a political elite. It's not only the banks and insurance companies. It's the war industry and private prisons. Certainly the fossil fuel agencies. It's not only that they're supporting this campaign, they're supporters of the Clinton Foundation. And where the Clinton Foundation ends and Hillary's [Clinton] political actions begin, that too is quite troubling.

  Jill Stein

  War, Agency, Political

  Source: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• I am a supporter of the state of Israel.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Israel, States

  "Parsing the Record of Feisal Abdul Rauf". www.nytimes.com. August 21, 2010.

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• I'm a gun owner. I'm a strong second amendment supporter.

  Tim Kaine

  Strong, Gun, Second Amendment

  Source: www.politico.com

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• We're kind of in the wild west, and, you know, it would be very difficult to run for president without raising a huge amount of money and without having other people supporting you because your opponent will have their supporters.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, People, President

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community.

  Otto Schily

  Istanbul, Years, Community

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• I don't think that the folks who are in the middle look at the conversation over whether or not Donald Trump's campaign is racist or whether or not Hillary Clinton should use that term to describe some of his supporters made sense, I don't think that the folks in the middle are looking at that debate.

  Bill Burton

  Thinking, Campaigns, Looks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.

  Chinua Achebe

  Desire, Genocide, Treated

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• On Hillary Clinton, who was an ardent Goldwater supporter in 1964: 'If he'd let his wife run business, I think he'd be better off. ... I just like the way she acts. I've never met her, but I sent her a bag of chili, and she invited me to come to the White House some night and said she'd cook chili for me. Someday, maybe.'

  Barry Goldwater

  Running, Religious, Gay

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• For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Order, Enemy, Might

  Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, Sir (2010). “Machiavelli, More & Luther”, p.21, Cosimo, Inc.

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• I'm a great supporter of transcendental meditation. I've been using it for almost 40 years now - and I think it's a great tool for anyone to have, to be able to utilize as a tool for stress. Stress, of course, comes with almost every business. I think there are enough studies out there that show that TM is something that could benefit anybody. It's a great system to use. Otherwise, why would I've been doing it for all these years, for almost half of my life?

  Clint Eastwood

  Stress, Thinking, Years

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• I've always been a big supporter of equal rights and encouraging people to be who they are.

  Josh Hutcherson

  Rights, People, Bigs

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• Recalling that a good chunk of the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes are Romney supporters - especially of course seniors (who might well 'believe they are entitled to heath care,' a position Romney agrees with), as well as many lower-income Americans (including men and women serving in the military) who think conservative policies are better for the country even if they're not getting a tax cut under the Romney plan. So Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him.

  William Kristol

  Senior, Country, Military

  "A Note on Romney’s Arrogant and Stupid Remarks". www.weeklystandard.com. September 18, 2012.

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• A former congressman on his sexting habit: I have made terrible mistakes. I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends and supporters and the media.

  Anthony Weiner

  Mistake, Media, Religion

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• Freedom for supporters of the government only, for members of one party only no matter how big its membership may be is no freedom at all. Freedom is always freedom for the man who thinks differently.

  Rosa Luxemburg

  Peace, Party, Men

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• The U.S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs... and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though the public is normally averse to war, even with modest propaganda efforts... the public can be quickly transformed into enthusiastic supporters of war.

  Edward S. Herman

  War, Struggle, Patriotic

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• Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters.

  Raymond Aron

  Future, Enemy, Manipulation

  The Opium of the Intellectuals Chapter IX (p. 284}

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• Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters...You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Educational, Passion, Loyal Customers

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• Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data on shopping habits, leisure activities, voting histories, charity donations, and so on, in order to pinpoint likely supporters and the type of appeal most likely to win them over.

  James Surowiecki

  Party, Winning, Leisure Activities

  "Calculating Campaigns". www.newyorker.com. September 24, 2012.

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• I had a strong sudden instinct that I must be alone. I didn’t want to see any people at all. I had seen so many people all my life -- I was an average mixer, but more than average in a tendency to identify myself, my ideas, my destiny, with those of all classes that came in contact with. I was always saving or being saved -- in a single morning I would go through the emotions ascribable to Wellington at Waterloo. I lived in a world of inscrutable hostiles and inalienable friends and supporters.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Strong, Morning, Destiny

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996). “The Jazz Age: Essays”, p.58, New Directions Publishing

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• I know both Secretary [Hillary] Clinton and President [Barack] Obama were very gracious and I respect that a lot in the way they handled it the day after, two days after. But I wish they would says something about it too. Because after all, these are supporters of President Obama and Hillary Clinton and maybe they could say something about this. Really not the right thing in the democracy.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Two, President, Democracy

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Even the majority of their own voters do not support them. It's something like 25 percent of [Donald] Trump supporters that actually support him. The majority actually hates Hillary [Clinton], and the same is true for Hillary. One-third of her supporters really like her. They dislike fear and hate Donald Trump. What's wrong with this picture?

  Jill Stein

  Hate, Support, Majority

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• My support is particularly Bernie Sanders supporters but that's drawn many [Donald] Trump supporters to start with.

  Jill Stein

  Support, Trump

  Source: www.politico.com

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• "Kindness" can mean a lot of different things. In this case, I felt I had to present his [Donald Trump's] supporters in as fair a light as possible - many of them hadn't been interviewed before and that entailed some interviewer-courtesy in the editing and so on.

  George Saunders

  Kindness, Mean, Light

  "George Saunders on Trump, Mystery, and Why He Rejects Social Media". Interview with Catherine Woodiwiss, sojo.net. August 30, 2016.

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