Willing Quotes - Page 24

• I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.

  Pat Robertson

  Thinking, America, Judging

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• There is a consensus of willing leaders from both parties coalescing around the right way forward in health care. Reform should address government-imposed inequities and barriers to true choice and competition.

  Paul Ryan

  Party, Health, Government

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• God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.

  Muqtada al Sadr

  Vietnam, Occupation, Driven

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• I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

  William Safire

  Libertarian

  "William Safire to End Op-Ed Run at N.Y. Times" by Howard Kurtz, p. C01, www.washingtonpost.com. November 16, 2004.

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• There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot.

  Jerry Saltz

  Art, Order, Space

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• The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, they're quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain.

  Arthur Scargill

  Leadership, Party, Europe

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• I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO.

  Eric Schmidt

  Thinking, People, Degrees

  "My other interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt" by Fred Vogelstein, www.wired.com. April 09, 2007.

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• You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

  Charles Schumer

  Two, Majority, Want

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• A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

  Amy Sedaris

  Girl, Thinking, Ugly

  Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. November 2, 2007.

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• I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

  Blake Shelton

  Anniversary, Thinking, Rest Of Your Life

  "Basic Blake". Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. January 17, 2012.

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• We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

  Joel Silver

  People, Film, Accepting

  "V For Vendetta - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.

  Nate Silver

  Average, Data, Play

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• Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

  Simon Sinek

  Inspirational, Sacrifice, Numbers

  "Why good leaders make you feel safe". Simon Sinek at TED2014, www.ted.com. May 19, 2014.

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• In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

  Simon Sinek

  Military, Sacrifice, People

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• You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing.

  Kevin Smith

  Crush, People, Imagination

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.

  Wilbur Smith

  Real, Roots, Government

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• If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

  Will Smith

  Jobs, Hard Work, Giving

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

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• I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

  Edward Snowden

  Nsa, Support, Government Spying

  "Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.

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• Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

  Thomas Sowell

  Mouths, Taxpayers, Donate

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• If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.

  Hal Sparks

  Mean, Commitment, Rights

  "Hal Sparks, ‘Gay-Adjacent’ Star of Queer As Folk , Explains Why He Supports LGBT Equality" by Charlotte Robinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 27, 2012.

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• Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

  John Shelby Spong

  Real, People, Enemy

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• If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Pain, Crowds, Pleasure

  "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. December 15, 2006.

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• Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Self, Class, Support

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• Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

  Jon Stewart

  Yesterday, President, Groups

  "American Morning" with Soledad O'Brien and Jack Cafferty, www.cnn.com. November 02, 2004.

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• I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.

  Sharon Stone

  Thinking, Giving, Scarcity

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