left too many questions unanswered when it comes to Social Security ... [He] says he wants an open review of options, but he's not open to anything other than privatization.
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Related The president called for a bipartisan commission on Social Security in his State of the Union addres... CHARLES E. SCHUMER I've told my staff we are going to keep all options open. I'm not saying yes or no at this point, ..... MIKE CASTLE God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too. PATRICIA HEATON Charles (Lee) made a great penetration play, and left me wide open with no other choice but to shoot... ABE BADMUS A lot of times when a package says Open Other End, I purposely open the end where it says that GEORGE CARLIN Congress cannot approve an illegal program when so many questions remain unanswered. CAROLINE FREDRICKSON An open book is an open mind" -Charles Chiltington CHRIS GRABENSTEIN What it means is that the president decided to engage our brains rather than open the taxpayers' wal... DONALD RUMSFELD It is way too early to make such bold assertions when so many questions remain unanswered and many t... WILLIAM PEDEN I think if the vice president thought he had other legal options open to him, we'd defer to his judg... LAURA NICHOLS When it comes to security, McDowell is at the top of the list of the worst places, just because the ... SUSAN TAYLOR When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? B... MITCH ALBOM God is always on time, it may not be the time you are expecting, but hes on time. Just like he said ... ARTHLENE LAUDAT LAWRENCE An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate fou... C.S. LEWIS People become more ignorant when it comes to religion. DANIEL MELGAçO The most painful questions are left unanswered. SUSANNA DUDIYEVA I have an open door policy when it comes to blame BRANDON BOYD When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he say... ALFRED HITCHCOCK Governor Romney will be working with Attorney General Reilly to review all legal options on the tabl... JULIE TEER At this point, there are just too many open questions, ... And all I'm trying to do is answer those ... LOUIS GRAHAM It's complicated. There are too many unanswered questions and it's moving too quickly. We're worried... JENNIFER ALEXANDER It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chr... BEBE REXHA May the source be with you. OPEN SOURCE Epicurus's old questions are still unanswered: Is he (God) willing to prevent evil, but not able? th... DAVID HUME Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the q... DALE CARNEGIE He's smart and when the field is wide open, so he figured, why not take it? He's not Michael Vick or... CASEY RABACH If 'The Blacklist' taught me anything, it was kind of open-ended intrigue and leaving questi... JOE CARNAHAN Despite promises, we're still seeing the 'old' World Bank. The International advisory group that the... ALEJANDRO QUERAL Privatization is the worst idea to try to protect Social Security. It's nuts. We have to find ways t... JUDY AYDELOTT John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security. ZELL MILLER I have too many unanswered questions about the nominee to justify a vote confirming him to this enor... HARRY REID Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to question... WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open. RABINDRANATH TAGORE I don't know if he can read anything. The first receiver better be open, but he can fling it. KURT WARNER We have to do a better job knowing where he is. To start the game he didn't get too many open looks,... GLEN MILLER I think it's very clear the premier doesn't like the Canada Health Act, he wants to find a way aroun... CAROLE JAMES The privatization plan weakens Social Security and threatens our economic security by creating trill... RUBEN HINOJOSA We don't have many other options left. This is it, GROUP INC When he gets open looks, he can burn it. JAMES SHULER He says he's got too many important things to do than to assist an ambitious candidate to continue t... ALICE STEWART Open platforms historically undergo a lot of scrutiny, but there are a lot of advantages to having a... SUNDAR PICHAI There are too many unanswered questions about the validity of evidence against these store clerks fo... CHRISTINA ALVAREZ The private lobbyist comes in with information he says he has, but doesn't show and they change publ... GREG PERRY When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.... ALFRED HITCHCOCK 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer rea... ALICE WELLINGTON ROLLINS Luxembourg's government has an important role to play. Several options are open. JEANNOT KRECKE We're very opportunistic when it comes to open source. PETER GRAF The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, da... MAX BAUCUS Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to ques... WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. An educated man is not judged by the answers he knows, but by how many questions he is capable of as... VIKRANT PARSAI He says anything that first comes into his mouth. MRS. MANLEY We do not ask the right questions when we are young, so we miss the important answers. Now it is too... PETER ABRAHAMS The border is way more porous than it should be, and I think we'd be open to discussing anything... MITCH MCCONNELL Even when he was beginning to open this thing, he would ask for advice and he was open to ideas. He ... BRENT MARTIN I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this wort... MARY LANDRIEU He says some of the right things but he does not change anything. HORACIO DELGUY As I open myself to questions being posed by those from other systems, I gain perspective on how man... ANNE WILSON SCHAEF It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out. CARL SAGAN The Talmud says that “blessed is He who has created all these to serve me.” German politician Ju... H.W. CHARLES He used hot water to open his doors, he got in, closed the doors and drove to work. When he got to w... JAMES OLIVEIRA I am emphatically against the privatization of Social Security. It is going to hurt millions of Amer... BARBARA MIKULSKI That was nothing more than an open gallop. He didn't really exert himself. ERNIE PARAGALLO Frank didn't do anything wrong. He wants to see this come to an end, but he's not going to plea to s... BOB CHLOPAK He posted up well and they went to a box-and-one on him. He was working too hard to get open and I t... JOHN ARTINGER Anytime it happens to any of your players it empties your stomach. Hopefully he'll make a speedy rec... MIKE SHULA I also think he won't be a dictator but that he'll be an open coach. He wants his assistants to do t... COLIN ROY Yeah, he’d yield. He was a bad cut of steak left on the open grill too long, though—the general�... RHI ETZWEILER Usually not often. It's too early to tell [how many will come open]. Certainly, the decision at Flor... CHUCK NEINAS We had guys open, but he gets so excited when he sees guys wide open that he just throws it too hard... BRYAN BLAKE He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more... P.G. WODEHOUSE When cubism began to take a social form, Metzinger was especially talked about. He explained cubism,... MARCEL DUCHAMP If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE [Dick Cheney took two opportunities this week to declare publicly that 75-year-old Rep. Charles Rang... DICK CHENEY My brother went to New Orleans when he was 19, ... Hes 72 now. BARBARA UPTON One big factor was that Williams had a miraculous game. He hit some open shots, but he also hit some... BILLY TUBBS Hazel!” he yelled. “That box! Open it!” She hesitated, then saw the box he meant. Te labe... RICK RIORDAN He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Greatness comes not in possessing security, but in withstanding insecurity. JEFFREY FRY Change, when it comes, cracks everything open. DOROTHY ALLISON When you have unanswered questions. Everyone's kind of unsettled. CARL HARRIS An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate fou... C.S. LEWIS The angle he was on, it was a very hard degree of difficulty. He had an open net, but it was very di... ANDY GATES uses (Kyle) as an inspiration. He says when he thinks about Kyle, 'I haven't got any problems.' Kyle... WAYNE NEWTON We're going to keep our options open. GREG HENDERSON Our feeling is that this is his first meeting (as chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee) and... ADAM BROWN The guy's calm and collected. He just called plays and executed. The guy's just a winner. He didn't ... BRIAN FINNERAN Members of Congress should not be receiving pay raises that are higher than Social Security and othe... BRIAN BAIRD Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head SARAH ORNE JEWETT He says he wants to be a firefighter, DENISE ROBERTS Being open minded gives you more options than a one track mind. SEAN CROSBY Under no circumstances will I vote to spend one penny of the Social Security trust fund on anything ... TOM DELAY Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. ANONYMOUS The fact that a man is open to being with an older woman suggests that he doesn't give a hang wh... CANDACE BUSHNELL He is not sensitive to political demands but he is to social ones. It is populist rather than democr... LILIA SHEVTSOVA Florence, listen to me carefully. He squeezed her hand. Take whatever that agent offers you. Give hi... SANA KRASIKOV Contest each other, point out different issues, have heated open debates... but be careful about des... P.S. RUCKMAN Brian can cover so much of the field, ... He's very calm out there. He plays hard, but he doesn't ha... NICK RIMANDO There's still an open invitation to anyone who wants to come. DAVE WAKELING I think he would consider (playing). He's in shape. He's just taking his time and keeping his option... EUGENE PARKER
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