In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.
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Related We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing... BRENE BROWN It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for it... BEN LINDER When we go to court, they are going to have to come up with all the evidence where they are accusing... JOE ARPAIO I am not better than you because of my religion, color, culture, education, status, wealth, etc. I a... NAJWA ZEBIAN The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That&... SPENCER ABRAHAM It's a sad indication of where Washington has come, where policy differences almost necessarily ... ERIC HOLDER You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel l... SHAILENE WOODLEY We all pay federal taxes that we send to Washington and it is not unusual that as Americans we would... MICHAEL NUTTER Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries ... BARRY MCGEE Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON The most important thing that I've figured out is that things work out the way they're suppo... RANDY COUTURE What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where... TED DEUTCH One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES You have to change things in order to get to where you want to go. And things might get worse. But i... ALBERTO SALAZAR The goal is to become the central hub of publishing, where we have all the written material - user-g... TRIP ADLER The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's no... CHRISTOPHER GUEST You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small ... ALVIN TOFFLER There's a good argument to be made that companies that are private, where they're run by par... ANDREW ROSS SORKIN 'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect b... RAMI MALEK There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what the... NATALIE PORTMAN We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where t... CARLES PUIGDEMONT It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invadin... STEPHEN KING I think the core criterion is the social awkwardness, but the sensory issues are a serious problem i... TEMPLE GRANDIN Whether you're talking about Chris Christie, or you're talking about Rick Perry or Scott Wal... NEWT GINGRICH It's time for an American comeback... where leaders in Washington listen to 'we the people.&... GEORGE ALLEN I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriat... CHRIS GIBSON The bad, angry, upset, wounded people are more interesting, so they're in the news more, but I d... MARK RYLANCE Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're headin... MARISSA MAYER The person earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 isn't going out to eat at restaurants. They... NICK HANAUER We're living at this funny time, where we're all urged to express ourselves as unique indivi... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN In my normal way of doing things, there's a little bit of 'going native' that takes plac... LOUIS THEROUX I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don'... KEITH STANFIELD I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don'... KEITH STANFIELD It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON People don't do theology in a vacuum but in a community with other theological thinkers, where t... FREDERICA MATHEWES-GREEN The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's prioritie... CARLY FIORINA By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all t... RICK DANKO I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell produ... BOB EDWARDS Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I... RANDY JOHNSON What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where th... JOHN HENCH It was really an easy decision for me to be a part of the Lakers. It's priceless. It is one of t... PATRICK SOON-SHIONG Being in front of all these people staring at you and it helps you to dig down and become more emoti... FRED DURST Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words n... SIMON MCBURNEY I think we've gotten to a point where we're becoming really sensitive to things like body dy... EUNY HONG With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeli... MARKETA IRGLOVA You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The ac... DON JOHNSON The fact that we're living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws - t... EDDIE VEDDER Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. When it's a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you're riffing off other people's... STEVEN JOHNSON See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, it's fueled by mistrust and distraction and division. ... PARDIS SABETI With any group of people in life, sad things happen, and crazy things, and happy things. When you... MARGOT KIDDER As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where peop... EMMANUEL JAL If you manage things properly - and, listen, I'm a business guy. I've got to prioritize spen... RON JOHNSON You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running t... LESTER HOLT It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what... DONALD TRUMP Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our ... PAUL BROUN One of the disconcerting things about writing for publication is that you're trying to clear you... DARIN STRAUSS We all act differently in certain places. We don't want to admit it, but we're different whe... MIKE COLTER Where you come from now is much less important than where you're going. More and more of us are ... PICO IYER Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support... DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN But if we can manage it so people don't have things forced on them that they don't want, I t... K. ERIC DREXLER Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after... HOWARD DEAN Some people think they're depressed and they go to the doctor and want pills. And you just think... GRAHAM NORTON For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washi... JOHN SUNUNU People's financial situation has changed, and they surrender their cats all the time, because th... CELIA HAMMOND The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans go... JOHN MAJOR Yoga is the most boring exercise. It's for people who are too lazy to get on the elliptical. Bik... NOUREEN DEWULF We've got rings, glasses, we wear things for armor, for protection from the elements, to signal ... ASTRO TELLER Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they d... BEN SHAPIRO There are things that should be allocated to states' rights - that's Gryffindor - and certai... PAUL GOSAR We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government ha... NAN HAYWORTH The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are do... EMERIL LAGASSE People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. ... MARTIN YAN Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ... AMY SEDARIS We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're f... JENNIFER PAHLKA It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are ... ALAIN DE BOTTON I'm a great believer in governments doing as little as possible and people power doing the rest,... GERRY HARVEY 'Disruption' is, at its core, a really powerful idea. Everyone hijacks the idea to do whatev... CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN The important thing is not to be too comfortable when you're writing. Noise in the street? That&... E. L. DOCTOROW Credentials are critical if you want to do something professional. If you want to become a doctor or... PETER THIEL Social media are a catalyst for the advancement of everyone's rights. It's where we're r... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not jus... LEWIS THOMAS Elites are once again invoking Reagan, dropping their G's and saying things in a folksy sort of ... EUGENE JARECKI Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or... ANONYMOUS These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out ... HARI KUNZRU In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the... DANICA PATRICK Things have become devalued to the point where people don't realize the repercussions, that they... MARILYN MANSON The 4th Congressional is a rural district where people are proud to put in an honest day's work.... SCOTT DESJARLAIS Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to ... YARA SHAHIDI We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do wei... 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