"Highway spending, which I think most everybody says is badly needed in this country, creates American jobs, and also makes America more competitive."

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Source : "McCain, Lieberman, Conrad, Scott and Malloy on "State of the Union"". www.realclearpolitics.com. February 27, 2011.

Kent Conrad

#Country Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began as a war game; that is, the representation of a miniature battle between the forces of two kingdoms”
“I don't know what your damage is, but in case you've failed to notice,we're in a bit of trouble here. Can you focus on something other than trying to get into my pants?" His lips curled. " I can multitask.”

Source : Alexandra Ivy (2010). “Beyond the Darkness”, p.46, Zebra Books
“I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We knowingly chose to protest in the Christ the Savior Cathedral, the most important church in the country, to denounce the connection between the church and Putin.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It's important for me to try my hand at philanthropy because I want to leave behind a record of someone who did more than just gobble up stuff for themselves. I realized that a life lived for yourself is not much of a life,”

Source : Ben Affleck speech at People's Choice Awards, www.eonline.com. January, 2015.
“If I'm afraid of someone on the street, I'll turn to him (it's always a boy) and say, "Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?" This is my way of saying to the person, "I see you as a friend, and there is no need to hurt me or take my stuff. Also, I don't even have a watch and I am probably not worth mugging." So far, it's worked like gangbusters... And I've discovered that most people I'm afraid of are actually very friendly.”
“Children are natural mythologists: they beg to be told tales, and love not only to invent but to enact falsehoods.”
“You are like a candle. Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are ...transforming and continuing in a different form at every moment.”

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