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Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq.
Christine Gregoire

Free, Fighting, Against

I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
Park Chan-wook

Person, After, Cannot

So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.
Vicente Fox

Government, State, Security

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
Bradley Whitford

Yourself, Character, Done

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue.
Kerry Washington

American, Dangerous, Case

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.
Azar Nafisi

Bad, Moral, Author

That's the most difficult issue for me... to find a subject that holds my interest long enough that I'm prepared to go to work and spend the time and energy to shoot the subject.
Leonard Nimoy

Work, Time, Long

I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it.
Leonard Nimoy

Spiritual, Either, Deal

We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
Bashar al-Assad

Why, Difficult, Countries

Evolution is unobservable. It's based on blind faith in a few dry bones and on unreliable dating systems in which the gullible trust. Kids should be allowed to make up their own minds about this issue, and not be censored to 'one side is all we will let you hear.'
Ray Comfort

Faith, Trust, Dating

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
Peter Garrett

Change, Strong, Action

I haven't chosen to make an issue of faith.
Peter Garrett

I'm not looking to be dominating all the media outlets ... to talk about any issue just to be on TV, I'm not your guy. I'm not going to be 'the black Republican'. I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish.
Tim Scott

Black, Talk, Looking

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.
Martina Navratilova

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.
Anna Lindh

Freedom, Important, Deal

I have no issue with being a character actor. If you've been around enough that people are able to segregate you into that category, it means you're working. So that's good!
John C. McGinley

Good, Character, Enough

A lot of things went incredibly well for 'Scrubs': from a ridiculous number of downloads on the iPods, to whenever they issue a new season on DVD it kinda sells out, and we got nominated for an Emmy. To be picked up for six years is all gravy, man.
John C. McGinley

Number, Ridiculous, Season

With the club now in administration and concern about where the money for land sale has gone, I know there are huge commercial difficulties to be resolved, but I hope that football will once again become the most important issue.
Anne Campbell

Money, Hope, Important

What's interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent.
James Levine

Women, Men, Big

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.
James Levine

Family, Women, Friends

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.
James Levine

Work, Men, Working

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue.
Clifford Geertz

Important, Quite, Feminist

Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy issue to get behind.
Rachel Dratch

Easy, Since, Water

Money in politics is a huge issue.
Russ Feingold

Politics, Money, Huge

The NHS is a bit iffy when you sprain an ankle, but when it's a high-priority issue, it's fantastic. They don't mess about. They're incredibly efficient when things go wrong.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Wrong, Bit, Fantastic

What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement.
Clara Zetkin

Work, Women, May

When the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were growing up, that was at it's height and the War cemented that with photographs of the Royal Family having breakfast together and so on, by pinning their reputation so firmly on that particular issue.
Anthony Holden

Family, War, Together

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.
Sue Wicks

Money, Happy, End

Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.
Paul Cellucci

Work, War, Deep

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.
Bobby Scott

Alone, Live, Year

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