Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quotes

Salmon recovery in the Northwest is a complex issue and requires a comprehensive regionwide effort. Dam removal is not the answer. It would have a devastating impact on our region's energy and transportation infrastructure and may do little to even help salmon listed as threatened or endangered.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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EffortEnergyImpactHelpRecovery

My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.

Joe Frazier

TreeDayMeMomBagRocks

A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day. A gas balloon, which usually uses helium, has the problem that the helium cools at night when the sun is not on it, and you have to throw ballast overboard to keep it from going to the surface.

Steve Fossett

GreatDaySunFlyNightProblem

Violent movements attract thugs and firebrands who enjoy the mayhem. Violent tactics provide a pretext for retaliation by the enemy and alienate third parties who might otherwise support the movement.

Steven Pinker

SupportEnjoyEnemyMovementAttract

We unfortunately did foreclose on certain people in the military.

Steve Mnuchin

PeopleMilitaryUnfortunatelyDid

I like to fish. I'm an outdoorsman. I love to hunt and fish.

Steve Zahn

LoveFishLikeHuntI Love

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

Simon Mawer

TimeWritingReadingNewFiction

I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.

Tom Morello

FamilySmallGrowChicagoGrow Up

I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

Rita Ora

GoNervousStagePainsGetBelly

I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, 'This is la-la land.' God doesn't say, 'Welcome to Earth. Everything's perfect. There's no crime. There's no murder. There's no death.' The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard.

Luke Scott

LifeGodDeathWelcomeWorldYou

Environmental activists in the rough Antarctic seas have launched a new tool in the fight to stop a Japanese operation to kill hundreds of whales: remote-controlled drones.

Jonathan Franklin

FightEnvironmentalStopNewWhales

Anything that had to do with music is what I wanted to do.

Dianne Reeves

MusicAnythingWantedHad

I'm not superstitious at all. I'm not a Russian.

Chelsea Handler

RussianSuperstitious

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