Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quotes

The Russian Federation's practice of instant citizenship, whereby Russian passports are distributed willy-nilly to ethnic Russians abroad so they can be 'protected' in their current homeland, is unacceptable. Passports are travel documents, not a tool to justify aggression.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.

Jim Sensenbrenner

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I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

Jerry Rice

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There's simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the hands of the consumer. But the important thing that gets lost with some of these business owners who are very upset with us is it's the whole picture that counts.

Jeremy Stoppelman

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I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.

Andrew Vachss

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President Obama likes to talk about winning the future. But someone needs to tell him: You can't win the prosperity of tomorrow if you're mortgaging it to pay for the big government programs of today.

John Thune

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I was very interested in vaudeville. It was the only sort of discipline that was a five-minute act on stage, which is what I really enjoyed and saw myself doing. And I bought books on it.

Steve Martin

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Technology has long been the driver of growth in the music business from the invention of lacquers, eight-track players, vinyl, cassettes and CDs.

Troy Carter

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Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

Tony Dorsett

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Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.

Tom Scholz

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Human nature is you work shoulder to shoulder in a real emotional kind of setting, and there are jealousies that come up. There's resentment, and resentment turns to just outright bad things.

Dickey Betts

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You don't keep your job if you don't make a great show.

Courtney A. Kemp

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The first thing I hear when I wake up is the sea, which is so close to our house that its reflections from the sun dapple our bedroom ceiling.

Craig Brown

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