Tim Pawlenty (Timothy James Pawlenty) Quotes

One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.

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• If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.

  

  Ted Cruz
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• Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme.

  

  Barbara Demick
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• President Reagan has no enemies in the Phillipines.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
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• You have to love what you do. And in order to do that, you have to search your soul to find out what it is that you really are about. And then when you find it, if you're lucky enough to be in a position to do what it is that you love, it becomes easy. I'm blessed that I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do.

  

  Maceo Parker
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• I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.

  

  Xavier Becerra
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• I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.

  

  Donnie Iris
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• Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording.

  

  Charlie Daniels
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• In fact, five years ago, after Saddam ejected the UN inspectors, John McCain and I gave up on containment and introduced the Iraqi Liberation Act, which, when it became law, made a change of regime in Baghdad official US policy. You might therefore say that, when it comes to Iraq, President Bush is just enforcing the McCain-Lieberman policy.

  

  Joe Lieberman
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• There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
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• Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.

  

  Barack Obama
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• It's a little hard for me to stand behind the walls of the great mansion and play rock and roll star. I feel the need to give back.

  

  Jon Bon Jovi
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• This necessary spending should not, however, jeopardize the president' long-term deficit-reduction goals.

  

  Ben Bernanke
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• There is absolutely no record ever of Hillary Clinton or anyone in her campaign ever saying that President [Barack] Obama is not legitimate.

  

  Chris Matthews
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• But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.

  

  Betty Smith
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• Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for president. That title belongs to Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president in 1872. Her running mate was a young, scrappy John McCain.

  

  Conan O'Brien
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  • Hillary Clinton

• I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

  

  Rachel Cohn
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• I learned a lot of things that I didn't know about playing quarterback. Going to Metro, I learned how to move in the pocket and how to position the ball on pass plays.

  

  Kenny Johnson
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  • Metro

• I don't face any particular problems as a woman president because I have been a professional for a long time. I keep telling people: I am a technocrat who happens to be a woman.

  

  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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• Trying every day to tell the truth is hard. There are harder things, of course - arguably, living with lies and meaninglessness, living in despair is harder, but it's hardship disguised as luxury and easier perhaps to grow accustomed to, since truth is usually the enemy of custom. There are harder things than writing, being President Obama, for instance, and having to deal with House Republicans, or trying to fix the leak at the Fukushima reactor, these are harder, but writing is hard.

  

  Tony Kushner
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• I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• Don't expect a pat on the back for merely doing your job, but know that you'll get one for doing it exceptionally well.

  

  Lea Salonga
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• One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.

  

  Tim Pawlenty
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