I'd be less than honest to say it will be exactly the same here. Government (work) has some sense of security to it but many jobs have been lost. But what government doesn't have is flexibility. And we think we can do things in better and more creative ways.
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Related 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL It is better to participate in government with the strength we have than to be without influence in ... FRANZ MUENTEFERING We've been doing some things well, but we know we have to work on some things. We can be a very good... MICHAEL STRAHAN The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Washington politicians think that government can make better decisions than you and me. But we know ... BRAD WENSTRUP They're sanctioned up to the eyeballs and they don't have that much aid now, ... But I think we have... COLIN POWELL I think the thing that our government lacks - just about more than anything else - is technological ... JOHN MCAFEE You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE. LORRIN L. LEE Government has to have the flexibility to say, 'We're going to dismiss this person, not because we t... EUGENE VOLOKH The government has done integration quite well in some instances. Private industry has said to the g... PHILIP COYLE To have more... Be more. Do more. Give more. LORRIN L. LEE We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to t... ROBERT BROWN We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious a... WARREN HARDING You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be... JOHN PERRY BARLOW 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... 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VIKRANT PARSAI Some see it as unusual, but we see it as an experience level that can benefit Colorado. He created j... DICK LEGGITT To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t... CRISTIANO RONALDO Be the best you can be. Do the best you can do. Have the best you can have. LORRIN L. LEE Everyone has there own good reasons for being what they are being, doing what they are doing, and ha... LORRIN L. LEE We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER I am a believer in smaller government, limited government, less regulation, less taxes, because I th... MATT BEVIN You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that i... SHARRON ANGLE I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. EMINEM It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more ... 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BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH I think in many ways we can some up now the one year anniversary of this terrible natural disaster t... JAN EGELAND I love community service and I think student government should be more involved in community service... CORINNE WIDMER There might be a kid out there who has been through some bad things and maybe seeing me, someone who... CARON BUTLER If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is sayin... AI WEIWEI Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they g... JOHN BENTHAM Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they go... JOHN BENTHAM Knox County board of commissioners would support more flexibility, not less. You have to be responsi... ALLEN STOCKBERGER My philosophy in all my jobs at McDonald's is to be honest and say what I think and mean what I ... CHARLIE BELL Foley, Savage and Bret Hart have been doing just fine outside of the world of wrestling, ... What el... BRET HART Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. ... ERIC HOFFER Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. ... ERIC HOFFER What does it mean to say that government might have a responsibility? Government can't have a respon... MILTON FRIEDMAN I call it the birthday cake model. We need to have building codes, but we do not want to turn the to... BRIAN COONEY To be honest, we have no control over what's going on with a movie, much less what people are go... MIKE MILLS I think I'm about the only one on this team who has ever been to Birmingham and seen what it looks l... WILLIAM BROWN In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the c... BRAD THOR Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are har... PAUL RYAN Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themse... NICOLAS WALTER We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported ... ROBERT W. WELCH, JR. The less government we have the better. RALPH WALDO EMERSON If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The g... TIM SCOTT We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I think we sort of have lost track of the fact this is a government that has to be accountable to th... HILLARY CLINTON Are you being the best you can be? Are you doing the best you can do? Do you have the best you can h... LORRIN L. LEE DO what you LOVE. BE with those you LOVE. HAVE the things you LOVE. LORRIN L. LEE I think there are many things that we can do today to make it a better work environment that is more... AILEEN LEE Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn... PETER SCHIFF Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pre... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pre... WINSTON CHURCHILL We have played so many close games this year. We lost some on crazy things and won some on crazy thi... GREG WALKER Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: Th... DESMOND TUTU It will only make people more distrustful of government. What we need is more openness, not less. Th... JAY HECK Of course there will always be some expansion of security and contraction of security as information... BRIAN MARR We're gonna be more aggressive with expansion, but it makes good sense not to have too many teams. I... DAKOTA CROW We see bad things happening and we do not change them. I have made mistakes in many ways, some were ... VICTOR WERNET We don't want violence. But if it happens, it will be caused by government officials and the governm... CHAMLONG SRIMUANG We have flexibility to do many things. PHIL SCHILLER One of the things that we're trying to do with Creative Labs and all our experiences is explore ... MARK ZUCKERBERG I have no doubt... (the government) feels it will be less of an affront to China if some other form ... BOB BROWN I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it. EMM GRYNER We think about the lost lives, lost property and lost jobs. We are in fear. Some of us think it migh... KANAGALINGAN JANENTHRA Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then ... ERNIE FLETCHER We always do what we MOST WANT to do, whether or not we like what we are doing at each instant of ou... SIDNEY MADWED We're better than we've been since I've been here, but we're also more disappointed, because we have... MIKE DUNLEAVY Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be... JAMES MADISON We have enough clothes right now, but we don't know exactly what we're going to do. But, people from... TERRY ALLEN But we still do our jobs. Our pride in our jobs has been hurt, but I wouldn't say that it is gone. JOE FRIDAY
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