Steve Israel Quotes
As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.

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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence.
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Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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I try to eat fruit and be healthy.
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I'm sort of a slob.
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Ah, poder ser tu, sendo eu!Ter a tua alegre inconsciência,E a consciência disso!
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The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
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I am working as hard as I possibly can, and do not even dream of doing anything except the cathedral. It is an immense task.
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You're not going to hear me sing about being on a tractor or being married... because I don't know anything about that.
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Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.
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My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method.
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The greatest crisis in the world today is a crisis of leadership, and the greatest crisis of leadership is a crisis of character.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%.