Mac Thornberry Quotes

#1. In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.

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#2. My goal is to get people thinking and trying to wrap their heads around the amazing things that have been achieved and to dream about what will be achieved.

Neil Turok

#3. Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.

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#4. The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

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#5. I put what was left of the ice cube into my mouth. Her lips parted, watching my every move. I didn't hesitate, diving back in to feed on my mate, my tongue cooling the fire and heating her desire all at once.

Lisa Kessler

#6. Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.

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#7. Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.

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#8. No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

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#9. I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.

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#10. Abandon benevolence, discard duty, and people will return to the family ties.

Laozi

#11. He knew what I was thinking," the boy said to himself. The old man, meanwhile, was leafing through the book, without seeming to

Paulo Coelho

#12. There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore.

Menachem Begin

#13. We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

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#14. We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.

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#15. And at Dack's party- it was like this. Like you had all the time in the world, and you wanted us to have it together. I loved that. It was like- well, it was like you'd climbed up that tree and found me there at the top. And we had that together.

David Levithan

#16. In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

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#17. I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.

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#18. When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.

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#19. The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.

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#20. For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.

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#21. Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

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#22. My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

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#23. It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.

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#24. The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

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#25. I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life were a favor. If you cannot live the way you want, there is no point in living

Reinaldo Arenas

#26. Even today, the bigger the city, the better. That's why I live in New York.

Paul Smith

#27. We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

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#28. And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.

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