Sam Brownback Quotes
The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that.
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I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.
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I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.
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There are things that people say that hurt my feelings or whatever, especially with social media right now. It can be the most amazing thing, and it can also be the most negative and detrimental thing.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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To lead people walk behind them.
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I first moved to Denver to work with a group called YWAM, 'Youth With a Mission.' I was a kid - I was 18 - and did some work with homeless people. Really, trying to convert people is sort of an awful position to find yourself in, so I quickly, on my own, grew out of religious ideas.
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I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.
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Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
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Exercise is more important than diet for me because it's a twofer. It keeps me in good physical shape, and it relieves stress. And when you're a representative of the public, there's never a shortage of things to do.
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I love entertaining people, and I want to pursue it.
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Everyone's for free markets except when it affects your own business.
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I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.
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With the EP 'Listen,' I just wanted to bring back a feeling of appreciation for our women in our community. That feeling of love and being vulnerable.
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Give me a guitar, give me a piano, give me a broom and string; I wouldn't get bored anywhere.
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The Marvel universe is a deep, weird, woolly place, and getting to expose strange corners of it is part of the fun of 'She-Hulk.' Honestly, it's part of the fun of any Marvel book.
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The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.
