John Hickenlooper Quotes
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Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum.
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America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
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If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
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Infrastructure investments lead to jobs. And quality of life starts with a good job.
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Wellington Webb was one of the most significant mayors of the latter half of the 20th century. His natural political instincts are almost unrivaled.
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In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
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To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.
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We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.
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Infrastructure is more than laying new roads and expanding transit: it's running the fiber and deploying new technologies for reliable, affordable Internet in every part of the state.
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Government requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.
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Colorado is known for many great things.
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If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.
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There can be an energy in a populist campaign that isn't always in the best interest of the party.
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When someone's kind of a braggart to the bully... it makes me on edge just because I live that, and I don't think that's a model we want for our kids in this country.
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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.
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Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.
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I could easily say that, for quite a long time before I became mayor, I had obeyed all laws.
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I try to go to concerts whenever I can, just because I love music.
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My father had a handgun on the bedside table, and we were all taught to handle firearms.
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The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!
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What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.
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We don't want the federal government coming in and telling us how to do our environmental remediation or how we're going to do our healthcare.
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If you don't trust the media, they are not going to trust you, and if they don't trust you, it's hard for the public to trust you.
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In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.