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democracy speech committees
Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. Alan Bullock
democracy public-opinion input
Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed to respond [to it]. Alan Blinder
democracy
All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy. Al Smith
democracy knows ifs
You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history. David McCullough
democracy humans corporate
We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both. David Korten
democracy way communism
Capitalism has defeated communism. It is now well on its way to defeating democracy. David Korten
democracy unions leon
Here's to the day when the complete works of Leon Trotsky are published and widely distributed in the Soviet Union. On that day the USSR will have achieved democracy! C. Wright Mills
democracy boards cynic
Im a cynic about corporate democracy and boards. Carl Icahn
democracy soil wealth
Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists. Ai Weiwei
million mind run
When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter. Ewan McGregor
million today worth
What $1 million is worth today is not the same as it will be worth in 2030. Harold Jones
million perry rick win word
We're going to have to use the word million in the plural, but with that being said, we're not going to have to outspend Rick Perry to win this thing. Jason Stanford
millions
I want to sell out arenas and sell millions of records. Katy Perry
million returned three troops vietnam
Three years into American involvement in Vietnam they were up to 500,000 troops in-country and there probably were already a million who had returned home. Michael Schwartz
million next project received three
Three years ago we received 7 million applications. This year, we project 13 million applications. Next year, 15 million. Frank Moss
million movies offered
Luckily, I haven't been offered any $300 million movies that I hate. So I'm not in that predicament just yet. James Frecheville
millions
Let's just say it would be in the millions of dollars, F. Stone
million people promise represent senate texans truth
And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do. Ted Cruz
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
taiwanese
BaoHaus is idiosyncratic, creative, and artistic. My restaurant doesn't look like a Taiwanese restaurant. Eddie Huang
taiwan democratic
Taiwan is democratic. Annette Lu
taiwan four firsts
The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop. Jeremy Lin
taiwan helping said
I simply said that I would do everything to help Taiwan to defend itself. George W. Bush
taiwanese
The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom. Jason Wu
taiwan thorn
Democratic, market-oriented Taiwan is a thorn in its side. Steve Johnson
taiwan separation china
We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China. Hu Jintao
thumbs-up decision roger
Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass. Eddie Murphy
thumbs skeptical
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion. Ben Casnocha
thumbs littles faces
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. Arthur Baer
thumbs thumbprints different
If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different. Bruce Schneier
thumbs zero
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring! Vidya Balan
thumbs too-much
Too much under the thumb of the Iranians. Adam Schiff
thumbs-up giving roles
I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. Adam Arkin
thumbs spots assault
Thumbs grow into my throat. I wear slaps like a spot of rouge. Anne Sexton
thumbs-up giving humanity
Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. Anne Heche
watching
We're just watching the legislation. We're not lobbying it. We're not negotiating. Jan Jones
watching
We're just going to be watching and monitoring. John Huber
watching weight
Yeah, he's watching his weight all right. Watching it expand. James Farrior
watching
I am still watching you as well Mr. Whitey! Betha Aris
watching
I feel like I always have someone watching my back. Sandra Bullock
watching
He's a keeper. We'll be watching him for years. Alan Trammel
watching
there he is, I'm watching him, there he goes. Viggo Mortensen
watching women
I think there were a lot of women out there watching and voting, and there were a lot of men out there watching, but not voting. Stacy Keibler
watching
Man, watching Jerome all day long, he just is what he is. Willie Parker