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“I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness, tolerance, humour, et cetera. The current Trump administration seems to thrive on trying to enforce a very odd, fearful agenda, that it tries to disguise in a false garment of fondness for the working-class - despite the fact that its policies seem designed to continue the decades-long habit of marginalizing that group.”

“Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.”

World Trade Currents Terrorist Drivers License Identification World Trade World Trade Center Licenses

Author:Jack Kingston

“Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.”

Wells Said I Can Two Choices Literature Given Imagine Election Currents Presidential Presidential Election

Author:Dean Koontz

“Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?”

Ifs Feels I Can Running Kids Wanted Political Differences Events Office Majors Capable Currents Engaged Making A Difference Why Not Political Science Current Events Running For Office

Author:Queen Latifah

“I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi.”

People Ifs Men Feelings Hands Bits White Grew Grew Up All Things Response Affair Currents Boxing Eastern Pencils Impatience Love Affair Pajamas

Author:Hugh Laurie

“My iPod's unbelievable. Seriously. The kids have put most of the music on it but there's a complete mix of 80s rubbish and current day stuff.”

Kids Stuff Currents Unbelievable 80s Rubbish Ipods

Author:Mark Lawrenson

“The environmental benefits of hydrogen are also outstanding. When used as an energy source, hydrogen produces no emissions besides water. Zero polluting emissions, an amazing advance over the current sources of energy that we use.”

Use Used Energy Water Produce Source Benefits Environmental Currents Zero Outstanding Emissions Hydrogen Energy Sources

Author:Dan Lipinski

“There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.”

Greater Communication Currents Rude Discourse Rudeness

Book:The Works of John Locke: Some thoughts concerning education. An examination of P. Malebranche's opinion of seeing all things in God. A discourse of miracles. Memoirs relating to the life of Anthony, first earl of Shaftesbury. Some familiar letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends

Source: The Works of John Locke: Some thoughts concerning education. An examination of P. Malebranche's opinion of seeing all things in God. A discourse of miracles. Memoirs relating to the life of Anthony, first earl of Shaftesbury. Some familiar letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends

“Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.”

Reason Running Action Political Events Serious Currents Touched Action Movie Current Events

Author:Javier Bardem

“Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on.”

Ifs Moments Actors Talking Currents Rehearsing Right Road Magical Moments

Author:David Lynch

“Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.”

Needs Light Purpose Creative Innovation Currents Substance Present Day Spirited Pedagogy

Author:Anne Sullivan Macy

“There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.”

Needs Political Interest Liberty Opinion Standards Majority Currents Maxims Liable

Book:James Madison's

Source: James Madison's

“You've got to stay current and up with the competition. The main thing, though, is finding the greatest songs you can possibly find.”

Song Findings Competition Currents Greatest Song

Author:Reba McEntire

“It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.”

Crisis Currents Solve Euro

Author:Angela Merkel

“A Prius is not a true hybrid, really. The current Prius is, like, 2 percent electric. It's a gasoline car with slightly better mileage.”

Car Percent Currents Electric Hybrid Gasoline Mileage Prius

Author:Elon Musk

“Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'”

Two Enough Today Vote Threat Mere Currents Determined Just One Senate Senators Jimmy Jimmy Stewart Filibuster All Nighters

Author:Evan Bayh

“Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.”

Men Mind Believe Made I Believe Waste Computer Conscious Tasks Currents Wasting Time Analogies

Book:The View From Nowhere

Source: The View From Nowhere

“Michelle and I don't want anyone telling us who our family's doctor should be - and no one should decide that for you either. Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.”

Ifs Want Should Ends Stories Periods Doctors Currents Our Family Proposal

Author:Barack Obama

“Here's my gift-giving rule: Respect your current financial situation.”

Giving Situation Financial Currents Gift Giving

Author:Suze Orman

“Recast your current problems into proactive goals.”

Problem Goal Currents Setting Goals Proactive

Author:Suze Orman

“But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.”

Beautiful Circumstances Balls Currents Karma Unexpected Curves Unfolding Life Unfolding

Author:Carre Otis

“I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.”

People Want Littles Stills Moving Bits Records Little Bit Currents Pops

Author:Katy Perry

“Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.”

Giving America House White Plans Economic Pages Currents White House Slips Residents

Author:Rick Perry

“We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.”

Accepting Circumstances Currents

Author:Rick Perry

“Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.”

States Bigs America Next Cities Bills Workers Currents Dues Decades Contracts Compelled Belts Pension

Author:John Podhoretz

“In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly.”

Ifs Loses Numbers Female Currents Fallen Seats Labour Trends Polls Cabinets Mps

Author:Lucy Powell

“In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions - like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges - are not without controversy.”

Long Issues Policy Duty Raises Climate Currents Lists Vehicle Controversy Proposal Reducing Emissions Manchester Doorstep Congestion

Author:Lucy Powell

“The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.”

World Powerful Numbers Cities Plans Economic New York Building Trade Currents New York City Recessions World Trade World Trade Center Economic Recession

Author:David Rockefeller

“The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.”

Currents Babe Ruth

Author:Seth Rogen

“When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.”

Truth Science Perspective Future One Day Scientist Errors Currents Intuition Misunderstanding Gross Prophetic

Book:The substance of man

Source: The substance of man

“As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which is young, with great potential, speaking many foreign languages and having wide expertise.”

Young Language President Situation Concerned Standing Population Currents Wide Employment Expertise Foreign Language Kosovo Current Situation

Author:Ibrahim Rugova

“There's four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated four eras.”

Four Currents Eras Queens Victoria Biggie Biggy

Author:Geoffrey Rush

“Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.”

World Stills Opinion Happened Modern Europe England Affair Currents Sophisticated Modern World Commentators Forecasts American Writer Current Affairs

Author:Salman Rushdie

“If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between rich and poor and with how the rich somehow or other always manage to betray the poor, even when they don't mean to.”

People Ifs Looks Mean Poor Careers Rich Currents Betrayal Manage Obsessed Betray Look At Me Betrayed Rich And Poor Arcs

Author:Richard Russo

“We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.”

People Age Order Next Generations Promise Program Aging Currents Reform Organized Birthday Senior Retired Next Generation Saying No Medicare 50th Birthday

Author:Paul Ryan

“Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.”

Knows Past Artist Literature Names Fame Instruments Currents

Author:Marilyn vos Savant

“My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.”

Literature Goal Currents Setting Goals

Book:Anchorwoman

Source: Anchorwoman

“My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.”

Feels Life Is Currents Salmon

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won’t admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs.”

“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

“I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.”

Country Political Desire Events Currents China Juniors Confrontation Political Systems Discussing Diplomats Taiwan Current Events American Political System

Author:Michael K. Simpson

“Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.”

Novel Currents Comforting Enlightening

Book:13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

Source: 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

“The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.”

World Needs Should Grows Genius Currents Worn Coins Life And Love New Thought Usage Mint Flipping A Coin

Book:Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country

Source: Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country

“It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.”

Facts Government Policy Strategy Response Currents Scenarios

Author:Julie Bishop

“After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.”

Years Complexes Currents Reform Welfare Unfair Welfare Reform

Author:Iain Duncan Smith

“First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.”

Firsts Would Be Spiritual Political Sides Position Philosophical Currents

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.”

Lasts Voice Views Party Mines Republican Currents Reasonable Republican Party Moderates

Author:Eliot Spitzer

“Titles of honour are like the impressions on coin; — which add no value to gold and silver, but only render brass current.”

Values Literature Honor Gold Add Currents Impression Titles Silver Coins Brass

Author:Laurence Sterne

“It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.”

Years Technology Worry Years Ago Currents Medical Reform Addresses Pace Medicare Modernization Medical Technology

Author:John Sununu

“Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.”