Josh Fox Quotes
Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that protect Americans. That's contamination of the political system.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.
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I'm starting to find my own style.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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You don't know how to love God and your neighbor unless you look to the law to define it.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.
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As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up.
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If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit and watch real actors do a real series and they can get into some kind of gun battle and all of a sudden your television prompts you to pick up your controller and all of a sudden, you're playing a first-person shooter.
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Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
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Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
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There will not be an automatic increase in interest rate when unemployment hits 6.5%.
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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems.
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The child protection system needs real changes and real solutions to underlying problems, not attacking symptoms with band-aids. It needs to prevent disturbing issues and tragic incidents from occurring rather than applying a cosmetic to a preventable wound. For that to happen the public's chief informant, the media, has to get into the game.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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Every single dollar spent lobbying a legislator on behalf of oil and gas is a toxic dollar that undermines public health and safety laws that protect Americans. That's contamination of the political system.
