United Quotes - Page 28

• Family life! The United Nations is child's play compared to the tugs and splits and need to understand and forgive in any family.

  May Sarton

  Inspiring, Children, Play

  May Sarton (2014). “Kinds of Love: A Novel”, p.29, Open Road Media

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• Gov. Romney has claimed to have created 100,000 jobs at Bain and people are wanting to know, is there proof of that claim? And was it U.S. jobs created for United States citizens?

  Sarah Palin

  Jobs, People, United States

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• Running a business is not the same as being president of the United States.

  Rick Santorum

  Running, President, United States

  "Rick Santorum: ‘Running A Business Is Not The Same As Being President Of The United States’" by Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2012.

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• There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that he's going to have to face up to this at some time or another, and South Carolina is as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Real, Differences

  "Palin calls Bain Capital criticism against Romney 'fair'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2012.

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• It's an ideal existence. Out in the open. Berating the president of he United States... I'm free to thwart and torment the authorities - that is to say, I can get out my hostilities - because I'm protected in my conscience by the knowledge that what I'm doing is morally right. I've never been so relaxed. I've never been so happy.

  Benjamin Spock

  Men, President, United States

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• Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Brother, Struggle, Forever

  "In Iraq, a popular cleric cranks up anti-U.S. rhetoric" by Jomana Karadsheh and Joe Sterling, www.cnn.com. January 8, 2011.

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• English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market.

  Norman Spinrad

  Design, United States, Pieces

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• I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.

  Paullina Simons

  Thinking, United States, Way

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• It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.

  Romeo Santos

  Kids, Community, United States

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• Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.

  Terry Southern

  Believe, Firsts, United States

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• Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America!

  Richard Trumka

  Pride, Opportunity, Years

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• The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.

  Andrew Tobias

  Years, America, United States

  "'I Have to Take a Call from My Russian Broker': Andrew Tobias Talks About His 'Vast Fortune'". Interview with Deborah Stead, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 1997.

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• By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.

  George Tenet

  Enemy, United States, Definitions

  Remarks at Georgetown University, 5 February 2004.

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• I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.

  George Tenet

  People, United States, Asian

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• Iraq... has also had contacts with al-Qaida. Their ties may be limited by divergent ideologies, but the two sides' mutual antipathy toward the United States and the Saudi royal family suggests that tactical cooperation between them is possible.

  George Tenet

  Two Sides, Iraq, Ties

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• General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

  Jim Talent

  Circles, People, Decision

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• I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America's future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.

  John Thune

  Fighting, America, United States

  "Senator John Thune Doesn't Plan to Run For President". www.foxnews.com. February 22, 2011.

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• When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.

  John Thune

  Issues, President, Cliffs

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• This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.

  Jon Voight

  Country, Strong, America

  "Voight: My Concerns for America". www.washingtontimes.com. July 28, 2008.

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• Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.

  Daniel H. Wilson

  Japan, People, Culture

  "How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Revisited". Washington Post Online Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 23, 2006.

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• The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.

  George Weah

  Country, Believe, Rights

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• The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.

  Howard Wilkinson

  Football, Moving, Years

  "Howard Wilkinson's LMA survey reveals depth of managers' dedication" by Louise Taylor, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 2012.

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• There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.

  Lawrence Wright

  Country, Believe, People

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• The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.

  Sanford I. Weill

  United States, Financial, Economy

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• You know, that's the very least that the American voters can expect is that when you're running for President that you outline what you would do and what you would do differently from this - from the President of the United States.

  Mitt Romney

  Running, President, United States

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