Jared Polis Quotes
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
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I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
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I'm sentimental about many things: the lumpy feel of a baby's unused feet, the metallic smell of the air before the first snow, the last scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' But Valentine's Day leaves me cold.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
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I did not realise that I was so loved. It can't just be for the films. I must have done something else, but I can't remember what.
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Football's the big cheese, if you like. It's easy to have a swipe. There's a lot of footballers, and when they fall foul, they become big news.
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I always know I'm going to lose my job. It's either going to be canceled next week or next year or nine years from now, but I always know my job is going to go.
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I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.
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I observed, 'Love is the fulfilling of the law, the end of the commandment.' It is not only 'the first and great' command, but all the commandments in one. 'Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise,' they are all comprised in this one word, love.
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In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency.
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The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.
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There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
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Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
